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That’s fair. I had 24.04 installed because I needed a Linux de for something, and it eventually became the base of my Plex install for awhile.

I purposely did very little to it, besides periodically update it.

Almost immediately I had display issues where the monitor would shimmy back and forth about 10 pixels, rapidly. No rhyme or reason. I figured it was a Wayland thing.

Then the updater started hanging. That’s when I started learning proxmox to properly replace the whole setup.

By the time I got it moved over, you couldn’t restart the machine unattended, because it would kernel panic unless you used grub to revert to an older kernel.

I swear I didn’t tinker with this thing, it just… Died.

Of course that’s just my experience 🤷‍♂️ Glad things have been solid for you. I still recommend poking at atomic distros, I think they’re the future for a lot of less experienced users. It’ll be good to have knowledge of how they work.

I’ve got my very non-techy buddy running it right now. There are a couple of issues with flatpaks not having extended permissions, but otherwise, smooth sailing.

I went with fedora bluefin.

It’s an atomic/immutable type OS, based on silverblue, but with a bunch of drivers and software bundled in.

Atomic is not for everyone, but I love it. I tried it on a whim when I got my framework 13 over a year ago, and it’s been on there ever since.

I’ve been using Linux on and off for a couple of decades now, mostly Ubuntu, but some others (OG DSL anyone?).

Really though I’ve never been able to ditch windows until bluefin. My problem has always been that after a year or two, my system starts to get unstable. And you can forget about complete version upgrades. Out of the question. They never fail to always fail. I just can’t stop tinkering with things.

But bluefin? It has everything I want and need in a daily driver. And it’s very nature FORCES me to not tinker with the inner gubbins. Thusly, it just works. Every day. Every update. Solid.

I use distrobox for tinkering. Or I spin up a Windows VM in proxmox if I need to get crazy. And I’ve still got a Windows computer gathering dust in the corner for when Windows on metal is required, but that’s only happened once since I started this party.

So yeah, if you haven’t given it a try, I highly recommend it.

Don’t have kids.

Your face is redder than a strawbrary!

This was happening to me last night! Firefox on Debian LXDE.

Thought I was going crazy, really messed with my workflow.

I just checked this morning, about 9 hours later, and it’s working again.

Stupid AI scrapers ruining it for everyone. Bot detection never used to be so… Twitchy.

Also I hate that cloudflare is the backbone for so many services. When will people learn?

I have my fw13 plugged in almost all the time. So I set the battery max charge to 60%.

If I really need more juice, I can set it back to 100, but I basically never need that.

Samsies. I also got the amd version that came out before the AI 300 stuff, so it was discounted, which was nice

I’ve watched them three times. Always spaced out by many years. Just did it a week or two ago actually.

The last two were extended. I don’t even know what the theatrical looks like anymore. I can’t imagine skipping scenes.

Which scenes do you skip? And what are you fine skipping in the two towers?

So basically if I slap emby on an open port, and point my domain to my IP, it’ll work just the same. Connect is just for people without static IP addresses?

I ask because most people say you can’t put JF on an open port and call it good. Not safe.

Emby is based on jf from years ago. Is it safe?

Doesn’t emby have some kind of “connect” feature? I wish jf would do something like that

Wait, does emby do remote access similar to Plex? And without VPN like JF? That’s literally the only thing keeping me on Plex.

Most people are not gonna go that route unfortunately. I want to love JF, but the remote access is a big sticking point, especially for non tech relatives.

It bugs me when people just say tailscale like that solves it all. It’s very useful and solves a lot of problems, but not all. Unfortunately.

Doesn’t that mean your jellyfin server is directly exposed to the Internet? The very thing everyone constantly warns against?

I’m still on Plex, one of my biggest hangups with JF is that the remote access is kludgy

Not for all clients, like Roku for example.

Yes the solution is different hardware, like a Google TV, older firestick, raspAP, or flash openwrt on a router. But that’s no longer plug and play and may have other caveats. Besides costing money.

No shade, it’s just not QUITE that simple every time.

Oh, didn’t they make a new fw16 top plate that’s all one piece? Or is that not released yet?

My fiber install last year came with a “free” eero router, I sent it back.

My fiber install this year came with one, this time I refused to let them install it.

Reduced modularity to appease corporate purchasers doesn’t really sit well with me. Kind of the opposite of their ethos.

Like a dark path that leads to profits over sustainability, where framework takes their momentum and pivots into just another laptop manufacturer.

No thanks. I love my fw13 just the way it is.

Here here

The texture is definitely a concern, and still gets me a bit occasionally. But the flavor is quite good, so I deal with the texture