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Qualcomm Aiming For Snapdragon X Elite GPU Support In Linux 6.11
  • From my small experience with Qualcomm in the past, I'm not too hopeful. In a company I used to work for, we wanted to use one of their SoC with Linux, which they claimed they supported. It was many years ago. But was full of closed binary blobs which even when signing NDAs, we couldn't get the source for. We're talking user-space drivers, sensors offloaded to a separate core with closed source firmware etc. It's Linux, but it's not Linux in spirit, it feels so closed and proprietary and secretive. They're coming from Android, which google architecturally enabled vendors to close their drivers by utilizing HAL. It's the single most significant blow to Linux by any corporation so far. It enabled thousands of vendors to close their shitty driver in user-space and not maintain it for newer kernels (kernel driver is just an IO proxy for user-space drivers). I get that without it, there wouldn't be Android phones we have today, but I expected them to slowly open up. 10+ years later, almost nothing changed, in fact - things seem worse to me.

  • Doorbell kamera solution

    Hi, anyone have any good self hosted solution for a doorbell camera? What I need is to have the option to look at who is at the door and be able to actuate a lock (relay operated). I have a cheap Chinese brand solution, but it uses an unknown cloud solution and is very unreliable. A phone app would be fine, but if there's a standalone tablet, that's even better.

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    Teslas can still be stolen with a cheap radio hack despite new keyless tech
  • How about just having a button on a fob/phone which initiates comms, like in the good old days. You can't relay the signal if there isn't one till you press the button. But that isn't sexy and it's too similar to traditional cars, so they won't do it.

  • Home Assistant 2024.5: Just a little bit smaller
  • Any PC that has virtualization features can be used. Unless it's very old, I'd say it's supported. But it may not be enabled in the bios by default. It's called VT-x for Intel and AMD-v for AMD, I think. But both are supported for at least 10 years on almost any PC.

  • Home Assistant 2024.5: Just a little bit smaller
  • It's a hypervisor level virtual machine host and you can use it to install multiple os's on the same machine with little overhead. I've been running haos like that for a few months now and I'm super satisfied.

  • Buying advice for desktop amp
  • Bah, I have read this already, I hope the difference won't be that significant. Or that I can tune it to my liking. I'll have no reference point and I'm just aiming for it to inspire me to play more.

  • Buying advice for desktop amp
  • Honestly, I feel I would probably be happy with any of those, probably even something entirely different too. And given I have not tried anything similar, Nux is just an educated guess.

  • Buying advice for desktop amp
  • Well, if I could compare them in person, I would, but that's unfortunately not possible where I live. There's barely any stock here I found - one Nux and one older gen Yamaha. And I have to drive significantly to test it out. So blind shopping it is. I will however post my impressions once I get it.

  • Buying advice for desktop amp
  • Was gonna say it's much more expensive than the rest, but on Thomann, B-stock is exactly the same price as Nux (B-stock also). And I've heard it's good sounding and that one YT review on Anderton's, says it sounds the most natural out of most of what I've listed. So now I'm undecided again. And for the headphone out - I don't really care, I have a headphone amp. I have a sound interface and VST setup I can use for that.

  • Buying advice for desktop amp
  • It's the cheapest from the list, and doesn't appear to lack in versatility/features. The only thing I notice is it's not a 24bit interface, but I don't know if it bothers me. I already have a separate audio interface for when/if I record. And to be honest, while I plan on recording, I've recorded like one or two demos in the past 10 years.

  • Buying advice for desktop amp
  • Do you think there's anything to be gained from going one size up? It's stereo, perhaps near-field, it might sound better with some stereo effects? Currently, I'm thinking either Spark or Nux Mighty space. Spark is a lot cheaper, though.

  • Buying advice for desktop amp
  • I actually have a 2x12 cabinet sitting in a shed collecting dust, I haven't used it in years. It's just inconvenient for casual everyday practice. I'm a hobby player, with a small kid and a not too tolerant wife. What little practice/playing I get I need to be suuuper convenient, so I gather - desktop amp is a good choice. It's a dad amp, basically.

  • Buying advice for desktop amp
  • I actually have used (and still do) a Vox amPlug headphone amp and it sounds amazing! But I can't stand using it with headphones. I feel like I'm chained to my guitar. So I connect it to my HiFi system instead. And it works and sounds wonderful, I don't need/want anything else. This is actually why I may want a desktop amp, it skips one step, which is having to connect to my HiFi system and provides additional versatility. But the headphone amp has its place too, I agree.

  • Buying advice for desktop amp
  • This might work. But I need it to have enough versatility on its own. It needs to have high gain (I'm a metal fan), plus some reverb/delay. I'd prefer not to need pedals for a practice amp. At least I think I need this, not sure unless you try. Also, second hand, I currently can't find anything nice locally (I'm in Serbia).

  • Buying advice for desktop amp
  • Regarding price, you're right, but I don't have room for a 10' combo and if I have to add a few pedals/fx, I think it would end up rarely being used. Though I agree these desktop amps are way overpriced. Like, I will likely skip Yamaha, just because I don't feel like giving $450 for a practice amp.

  • Buying advice for desktop amp
  • I actually have a decent audio interface and I do have half-decent speakers, but they don't fit on my desk, so they sit on a shelf and rarely get used. Anyway, this may be a silly use case and I'm not that bound to it. I just figured - the amp has full range speakers and it does sit on the desk and the amp has an audio interface. But this is more like - nice to have.

  • Buying advice for desktop amp

    Hi! I hope you don't mind giving some advice on buying a desktop amp. I'm talking basically about those amp sims with full range mini-speakers. I've been playing for years, but I've been using amp sims. I've previously owned tube amps, but found them inconvenient for practicing and always ended up playing unplugged. I also tried vox amPlug, which was better, but I also dislike having headphones on while playing. So I primarily want a desktop amp that would inspire me to play more.

    I've looked at various ones online (I don't really have an opportunity to try them live), which makes a decision very hard.

    My list so far:

    • Yamaha THR30
    • Positive Grid Spark 40
    • Hotone Pulze
    • Nux mighty space

    I also don't have great PC speakers, so maybe I could also use it as general speaker there. Do you have experience on any of those? Some others? Any advice?

    Thanks!

    Edit:

    Ordered a Nux Mighty Space, it could take a week or two before it arrives. I'll post an update once I get it. Thanks everyone!

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    Camera suggestions

    Any recommendations for good open protocol cameras? I heard about Reolink cameras, are they ok? I need them to be Ethernet and be able to stream with RTP/RTSP and expose some sort of API for control/monitoring. And not depend on cloud, if possible. Thanks.

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