I second this proposition of DIY build. My current build is an older version of this using an ASRock motherboard with integrated Intel j5040. It’s already very capable! I run Jellyfin with HW transcoding and a dozen other containers and there is still plenty of headroom.

The Jonsbo N2 case is pricey but good quality, nice looking and nice to build with ! Cheaper options are there but not as nice in terms of looks and usability.

And acetone will destroy your liver.

My name is Giovanni Riggitano, but everybody calls me… hum… John.

You can look into this database: PSU Low Idle Efficiency Database by Wolfgang’s Channel / Google Docs

Have you tried running in a Wayland session if you have the same issue ? I am not so sure, but I think GPU acceleration is only really working with Firefox in Wayland. Also, check which version of the Nvidia driver you have, maybe there is something newer you can use from the backports repository.

I once made an animated presentation using Inkscape and an add-on I can’t remember the name of. It was epic and blown everyone’s mind. But it was not worth the effort and I have never attempted this again.

Sea water, very salty

I use a few of the google apps via the sandbox google-play services on GrapheneOS and it works fine (Maps, Android-Auto, Camera, Playstore).

A bit better maybe, but still the worst phones you can possibly buy, in my humble opinion.

I had a Samsung A50 for some time. Worst phone I’ve ever see in my life. Terrible build quality, the thing came apart all by itself, and it’s my work phone that I really use at a minimum. And the worst is how slooooow this phone as always been.

Last year I got it “upgraded” to a A35 5G, it’s a little faster, but the build quality still seems to be rubbish and the bloatware is through the roof !

Yes ! I’ve got the exact same experience, it was mad ! Pop-up to update a bunch of baggage apps I would never ever want, I dismiss it for it to appear again exactly one week later. I untick everything and press next. It installed the stuff anyway ! This should be illegal.

My SO has had several and really liked them until they broke or got lost (the phones’ quality really aren’t to blame here). I’ve offered the Sony Xperia 10 VI to my dad last Christmas and it doesn’t come with much bloat at all, I would call it good.

But if you want a completely bloat-free phone, you can’t beat Google Pixel flashed with GrapheneOS.

My personal experience with Samsung phones is that they are rubbish, slow, full of bloat you can’t remove. Maybe the high end are good, but the A-series have no business being so bad for the price.

I hope Poland makes the right call and let him return to Finland.

I haven’t encountered this problem myself.

This isn’t exactly what I recommend. Only in the case the hardware is bleeding edge, as in, it was released less than 6 month ago, then check in which Kernel version it starts to be supported, as well as check the Kernel version shipping with the distribution you are interested in installing. Distro Kernel version >= Kernel version where the driver starts to be included, no problems. Otherwise, check a distro that has more frequent upgrades.

Things to check: GPU, CPU, WiFi chip, Ethernet chip. In windows you can find the information in the device manager. On Linux (e.g: test with a live USB) the command lspci with display the information.

A common case would be: I am interested in Debian because I heard it’s the most stable, will my AMD 5070XT work with that ? Probably not very well, better Check Ubuntu non-LTS or Fedora.

I am not recommending op to modify the Kernel from the Linux distro, just consider this point in choosing the distro.

By “end-to-end” they refer to how deep they fuck you in terms of security.

I recommend you to use a regular Linux distro for your PC, SteamOS is always going to focus on handheld devices which may not provide de best possible experience for desktop. Bazzite seems to be the hot Linux gaming distro at the moment, it’s based on Fedora (my personal favorite, also a good option for gaming IMO). Maybe, give this one a try ?

200% tariff on Champagne? How is this going to help US ? How is this going to hurt France ? Pretty sure champagne will sell no matter the price. This cannot favor US producers since Champagne can only come from Champagne in France. If you make the same sparkling wine in US it cannot be called Champagne and it will sell at a much much lower price and rich people will not be interested to buy it.

Ok, thank you for the explanation. Probably not a project I would use, but it’s very cool that you share your project!