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what's your current linux distro?

wanting to hop into the world of linux on a dual boot method (one of my favorite games unfortunately cannot be run on linux at all, and it's a gacha. I don't want to gamble with my account being banned, so I'm keeping windows for it specifically.) this'll be my second go at it, I used Pop!_OS briefly but had some issues with...

robber ,

I recently switched to Debian and use nix to install / provide the likes of node / python / go for development.

robber ,

Yes, you can just go ahead and install nix in your distro to use e.g. nix-shell to create a development environment.

robber OP ,

So you access the models directly via terminal? Is that convenient? Also, do you get satisfying inference speed and quality with a 16GB card?

robber OP ,

Thanks! Glad to see the 8x7B performing not too bad - I assume that's a Mistral model? Also, does the CPU significantly affect inference speed in such a setup, do you know?

robber OP ,

Sounds like a rather frustrating journey for you.

robber ,

That sounds familiar. Remember when we used to watch TV?

robber ,

That one looks cool! GPS receiver makes it interesting compared to the pine time.

robber ,

That one looks cool! GPS receiver makes it interesting compared to the pine time.

what will be my next server operating system (Fedora Server, Fedora CoreOS, NixOS), your experience and opinion

I want to reset my server soon and I'm toying with the idea of using a different operating system. I am currently using Ubuntu Server LTS. However, I have been toying with the idea of using Fedora Server (I use Fedora on my laptop and made good experiences with it) or even Fedora CoreOS. I also recently installed NixOS on my...

robber ,

I use Fedora CoreOS on my homeserver and a bunch of VPSs. Migrated the homeserver just recently, but I've migrated the first VPSs a bit more than a year ago. So far, I had no problems with it. There's a low-traffic mailing list where the devs inform about security issues and breaking changes to the whole container stack.

I used debian before for some years, but at some point became tired of manually updating the system (which is probably one of the biggest benefit of FCOS). It takes, however, quite some time to put your first Ignition config together, and debugging is tedious as you have to redeploy to see if a bug / error is now gone (I've used a VM for that).

I use podman on some, Docker on other servers (you can't use both at the same time). Both have been working well so far.

I'd recommend it, but would also recommend taking a look at Flatcar Linux which is more or less the same without the IBM dependency (which makes my stomach hurt sometimes).

robber , (edited )

Why exactly are the IBM dependencies a problem for you?

I guess I just like independent, community-driven distros, since there's less space for financially motivated enshittification. Just shortly after I decided to go with FCOS, RedHat / IBM decided to close down CentOS, for example.

I can’t really find good resources on how FCOS is working and what are the benefits. Is it updating the system/kernel automatically as well as the containers?

The system & kernel yes. The whole system is basically a read-only system "image" for which the devs make sure all the packages play nicely together. Packages are not updated individually, but whole system "image" are released periodically, which the system then downloads automatically and reboots (you decide when it actually reboots through the config). If anything goes wrong, the system is rolled back to the previous "image".

When you go with podman, there's a systemd service you can enable which will update the containers (i.e. pull the specified image tag). I'm not aware of a similar mechanism for Docker, which is why I use watchtower for that which has been working smoothly so far.

Edit:

And what are generally, in your opinion, the advantages of FCOS?

For me, it's the (quite safely designed) auto-updates of the base system (I just feel like having to do less repetitive work), infrastructure-as-code aspect, and the container mindset (as I containerize everything anyways). Also I just have a weakness for new, fancy stuff.

robber ,

Nextcloud all the way. I especially love the calendar, contacts and notes integrations besides the file sync, and it's extensibility in general. Such a powerful tool.

robber ,

I just use a bunch of markdown files for that. Guess you could also use Notes and its category feature.

robber ,

Only Chinese code is present, namely [lists three linux distros]

Linus Torvalds: *clears throat*

robber ,

Just imagine the license fees.

robber ,

The fact chromium based browser are going to be allowed as well makes me nervous.

robber ,

From an idealistical point of view, sure freedom of choice is the way to go.

What makes me nervous is that Safari has been the only big player left besides chrome in regard to usage share on mobile. So while from an idealistical point of view the ban of other engines was certainly a bad thing, it still helped to prevent google from extending its monopoly.

robber ,

MuPDF Viewer works fine for me. Not very feature rich tho.

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