PopOS. It was the easiest to get my Nvidia GPU set up and plays all the games that I wanna play without too much pain. I've been meaning to try something like Arch with KDE, something like what my SteamDeck is using... but I don't wanna fuck around setting up Arch.
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I just grabbed a pair of 18TB Seagate Exos SATA drives - surprisingly quiet for what they are.
This is exactly how my local municipal fiber network works. The the county owns, and builds put, the fiber network and maintains it, selling network access to local ISPs who sell to customers.
Only shitty part is that if you want to have a connection built out that isn't on their plan, you have to fund the fiber run to you from wherever the nearest spot is, and that can be many thousands of dollars.
I imagine if we expanded the program like you're talking about in the rest of the world, we could actually run it fine, like, we have the ability to... It's just that the people in power are fucking awful.
Hell yeah. Also, support your local library! I know your local library doesn't have a free for all streaming service, but they lend books and all kinds of media... Just imagine if we could push it to where your local library DID have a Plex/Jellyfin/Netflix-esque service? Just log in with your library card! That's the dream...
They did, and we're really up front about it being an opt-in thing, if I remember correctly. Might have started that easy with Microsoft, too. But they can't resist enshitifying.
Well, shit.
Forgot to mention: controls that don't suck
You might also ask nicely for folks to send you theirs. Especially since Nintendo is going after Yuzu, I'm sure there's plenty of folks that would volunteer keys via DM just to stick it to Nintendo...
I'm also in the "my USB Xbox 360 controller is great" camp and wish that they still made them
Just try not to get fakes that are just the normal garbage with drift
This is my experience. I had them on my desk in a test bay to make sure they were all good to go and the only time I notice them is when they're doing a lot of read/write movements. While they idle they're quiet. So it depends on your use case, where the drive physically is, and what the drive is attached to. If it's mounted with nice rubber dampers or something you might never hear them. If they're mounted up to a loose chunk of metal they might rattle and drive you nuts.