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  • I recognize that this is a very different angle but there is a global trend for free open source software which are non profit by design.

    Of course this basically means you need to be a developer and than there is still the question about how to survive within economic society.

    I doubt you want to live from donations coming from where you are now.

    The sweet spot, which might be viable for you is an open source devision within a for profit company. Many industries have started to understand the massive value of open source software and standards. Companies like redhat build open source tools on one side but then sell industry tailored packages and support to enterprises for profit. Even Nvidia has started to open source some level of their drivers because they realized that enthusiast will often improve on those for zero costs.

    I imagine in some of those divisions its just like a normal company with not just devs but all kinda of roles your direct product will be used by the for profit stuff but also be free for everyone else out there that might need it.



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    7 days ago

    Something i recently learned:

    Your live usb does not need to be the same distro as your main. (And in retrospect that makes total sense but i never realized)

    My arch install broke and could not get timeshift to roll back using the arch live usb. But a ubuntu-desktop live usb worked flawlessly.










  • webghost0101@sopuli.xyztoLinux@lemmy.mlAMD vs Nvidia
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    23 days ago

    Just to add some variation to these comments.

    Nvidia works absolutely fine on (arch) linux, that needs to be said. Performance is on par with windows.

    Depending on what your needs are its the better choice. (I have a few pieces of software that greatly rely on CUDA)

    But the elephant in the room is your need for non proprietary driver. The only open source nvidia does is the strict minimum to catch up and stay competitive on linux (they where losing before). There is a clear winner on this front. Que all the other comments.


  • YSK: most tiny refrigerators are super wastefull and can often cost more energy then a fullsized one while not even keeping the food consumption safe.

    Obv i dont know what types of refrigerator your mom had access too but for everyone else just because its smaller doesn’t mean it costs less.

    Technology connections has a video on thia i believe.



  • Great question because honestly, nothing beats more secure then a set of offline disconnected hardrives in a vault with copies at your parents/kids house vaults.

    The main benefit of self hosting is accessibility.

    Immich (photo server i self host) is just an app on my phone, i can upload pictures from it just like i would on many proprietary clouds.

    I can equally use it to view pictures and download/share them using whatever communication app.

    Immich is not connected to the internet, i need to be on my home network to use it, much safer.

    I do expose a nextcloud server to the web, and gave family members an account. This way we have a secure way to share photo albums and any other files.