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[–] mub@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago

Not seen that option, it.might be useful. However, If I move from Plex it needs to be familiar to everyone else in the house. Retraining them is tricky.

[–] mub@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah tizen based TV. So no android apps.

[–] mub@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Using FTP (I assume you mean SFTP) will buy you some performance, as would other protocols that are faster and requiring less compute than SMB.

I predict whatever solution you use will only buy you time. Usage is bound to increase so you'll still hit the performance limits for the hardware platform at some point, unless you can constrain the simultaneous connections. File sizes will impact scalability a lot as well.

You can't guess this one. You need to test.

tl;dr - I suspect you can't win.

[–] mub@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago (14 children)

I liked Jellyfin when I tested it last year but it had 3 show stoppers for me.

  1. Samsung app was flakey and had to be side loaded.
  2. Each profile had to use a password and had a full keyboard to enter. Needs a no password option, and a pin pad option.
  3. Not everything played successfully.

Have any of these things been fixed?

[–] mub@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You know, there was a much shorter range version of this that was predominantly used in offices and college computer rooms. It was called FrisbeeNet.

[–] mub@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Damn it. Beat me to it. I'll be first ext time.

[–] mub@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ok so I just watched that with the audio off cos I'm in a waiting room. I was confused by the commentary. The words sort of fit, then I realised the subs were song lyrics. Arguably made it even more fun to watch.

[–] mub@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Interesting. That's not what happens on mine. I have to actually click into the password box on the primary screen if I want to use that one. Password entry works on both screens so doesn't really matter which I use, it is just a cosmetic thing that bothers me.

[–] mub@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

The prompt screen is the same on both monitors. But the typing cursor is in the password box on the secondary monitor.

I had a go at setting the kwin primary using another method but I'll have a look at copying the settings across like you said.

 

I'm using EndeavourOS (Arch btw) with KDE plasma 6.x (Wayland), SDDM, and systemd as boot manager. I have 2 displays, one HDMI-A-1 (1080p) and one on DP-1 (Ultrawide).

When I boot the password entry cursor defaults to the HDMI display, but I want it to default to the DP-1 display.

I've tried a few things, mostly suggestions from ChatGPT. But nothing has worked. The weird thing is at boot the boot menu and boot messages all appear on DP-1, and it is set as primary in KDE and that works fine as well. It is just the logon prompt that defaults to the wrong display.

Things I've tried so far.

  • Adding video=DP-1:e to the options in the systemd entry - (No effect)
  • Edited /etc/sddm.conf.d/wayland.conf to run a script that did the following: kwriteconfig6 --file startkderc --group General --key PrimaryScreen DP-1 (didn't fix it, actually broke the logon process so had to remove it)

I'm just not familiar enough with how SDDM works so hoping for some good pointers to provide the answer or point me in the right direction.

[–] mub@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

I'd like that as well.

[–] mub@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 month ago

If you really need one take white list approach. Block everything you don't need and only open what you need. Have fun finding out what you need.

[–] mub@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Me too. I enjoy the @myservername thing as it lets me have one file to maintain lots of servers (Minecraft in my case). I'm sure someone will say other init systems can do the same, but I learnt this one and I like it.

 

I'm running EndeavourOS and Windows 11. Each OS is on a separate disk, but I have a data disk that is currently NTFS that mount in both OSes. NTFS causes problems for some things in Linux, and I'm worried it'll bork the drive for windows eventually, so I'm keen to find an alternative. I've read about the WinBTRFS driver so wondering if that is a better way to go?

I don't want to run a server with a share to access this data because it is way to slow for my needs.

 

I have 2 screens attached to my EndeavourOS (KDE Wayland) PC. The secondary is HDMI the primary is Display Port. The boot menu and boot messages all appear on the primary display, but once the login appears the password entry defaults to the secondary. How do I force it to default to the primary?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by mub@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

Not everything actually requires a GUI, obviously. But anything that requires configuration, especially for controlling a hardware device, should have a fully functional GUI. I know Linux is all about being in control, and users should not be afraid to use the command line, but if you have to learn another bespoke command syntax and the location and structure of the related configuration files just to get something basic to work then the developer has frankly half arsed it. Developers need to provide GUI's so that their software can be used by as many people as possible. GUI's use a common language that everyone understands (is something on or off, what numeric values are allowed, what do the options mean).

Every 12 to 18 months I make an effort to switch to Linux. Right now I'm using Archlinux, and it has been a successful trip so far, except my audio is screwed, I can't use my capture card at all, I had issues with my dual displays at the start, and the is no easy way to configure my AMD graphics card for over clocking or well anything basic at all.

I'm not looking for a windows clone, I love that I can choose different desktop environments and theme many of them to death. I even like the fact there are so many distros. Choice is a big part of linux, but there is clearly a desire to get more people moving away from Windows and until that path is 95% seamless most people just won't. Right now I think Linux is 75% to 85% seamless depending on the use case and distro but adding more GUI front ends would, imho, push that well into the 90% zone.

GUI is not a dirty word, it is what makes using a new OS possible for more people.

EDIT: Good conversation all. This is genuinely not intended to be a troll post, I just feel it is good to share experiences especially on the frustations that arise from move between OSes.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by mub@lemmy.ml to c/homelab@lemmy.ml
 

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