>>17862 >paying money to be a part of the windows botnet

>>18542 >that are capable of having CalyxOS or GrapheneOS flashed onto them. Google kills them with Play Integrity. Wanna use banking apps? TOO BAD! >inb4 works on my phone, bro. Just install these 20 different magisk modules bros.

>>18599 And not even for something that could justify Windows (games, Adobe shit). I think most people would have no issue moving to Linux full time.

>>18624 A lot of stuff works fine, particularly on CalyxOS. You can always look up the compatibility here https://plexus.techlore.tech/

Looking to get a small silent keyboard without the 10 numbers parts on the side, any suggestions ?

>>18708 Thinkpad compact keyboard, though it isn't cheap.

>>18716 >though

>>18741 That would be the conjunction I used, yes.

>>4 (OP) Greetings /t/ I have a small doubt i've seen people recommend for a gaming setup a ryzen 9800 instead of the 9900? the price difference isn't that high, so is it due to the energy consumption?

>>18759 9900 is 2x6 core 9800 is 1x8 cores Anything that will need to go from the first to the second set of cores on the 9900 is gonna be heavily penalized, this includes games

Does anyone here have an ipad air M3? I want to buy one and wonder if the battery life is any good. I'll be getting an 11" with a pen to start doodling and general tablet stuff. Small hands, 13" was too heavy for me. I also wanna play some games on it (master duel) as I've given up on the idea of getting a flagship phone. About 6 hours with game use, and 8 hours of random usage would be fine which is advertised, but I've read some concerning things as well. Anyone with first hand experience here?

Where do you guys recommend buying keycaps from both artisan and non artisan?

>>18759 Get a 9800X3D if you can't budget for a 9950X3D. Generally wouldn't recommend a 9900X3D as it's a different / bad core layout. I'd suggest /pcbg/ and post your budget + parts you currently have.

>>18599 >>18630 I could probably get my dad to try linux but realistically I don't think my parents give a shit about the Windows Bad rhetoric. They're old, they just want a computer that isn't a fucking Surface 2 barely clinging to life.

>>19084 I had no idea windows cost that much until I saw your list. Downloading windows 10 and getting it verified using kmspico or some shit used to be easy. I wouldn't know with 11 because I won't even consider using it. But you should definitely try them on mint or whatever before paying that.

>>19090 Pretty sure this is the least sketchy practice for activating windows. https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

i'm trying to figure out the best option for hosting a server where i can access all of my movies/music/text files from my network without needing to connect it to my primary (or secondary) pc. right now i'm using Plex for all of the movies, and was considering a prebuilt NAS. all of my storage is on a single 16tb external and i feel retarded for that being the case. would a NAS be the best option just because i don't have an excess of time to DIY one, or should i just do it myself? if the former, what particular prebuilts are decent/don't make me a huger retard than i already am? thank you in advance,

I need advice on getting external 2tb SSDs. Which >brand is the most reliable in terms of long lasting SSDs and resilient to physical abuse SSDs? And lastly if the SSD fails which manufacturer's SSDs are the most easiest to get their data recovered?

>>19155 Buy good quality NVME enclosure, put reputable NVME inside said enclosure.

>>20275 Never heard of this one. Any specific products to recommend?

>>20310 I think Sabrent products are okay for drive enclosures, and last I checked at least one of the Sabrent NVME enclosures made proper contact with the thermal pads to transfer heat away to the metal chassis. That's primarily what you want, so just look up reviews and see if it looks like the heat sink isn't shit for whatever you have available. As for the NVME SSD's themselves, that's a lot more complicated. Basically every brand of manufacturer makes things that are really good and really shit, it depends on the individual model. What I typically do is watch youtube reviews and look up the model on https://redlib.privacy.com.de/r/buildapcsales/ to see what people say about the SSD. Also >And lastly if the SSD fails which manufacturer's SSDs are the most easiest to get their data recovered? Recovering data from a failed drive is really not something you should bank on, like at all. If your data isn't backed up then it's gone if your drive fails, this is how you should always think and operating. One is none, two is one.

>>20319 >Recovering data from a failed drive is really not something you should bank on, like at all Fair enough. How many years is it until it is time to put an SSD be it external or internal down and get a new one?

>>20320 I think 10, but there might be software that tells you how degraded they are, not sure. Sometimes drives fail within the first year or two, sometimes they last very long.

>>20320 Almost any SSD and HDD from the last 150-20 years will have SMART capability, which lists things like error rates, segment degradation, total read/write values, etc. SSDs typically have a generic "health" % in the SMART data too, iirc once they drop under about 95% you should start to think about replacing it. Keep in mind that none of this helps if a random bit of hardware in the SSD fails. I had a cheap nVME drive that was only a year old die because of a blackout/power spike event, couldn't recover anything from it. If you want data security, have a backup system in place and use it regularly.

>>20372 What software do any of you personally recommend to check the health of an external SSD? Preferably Linux compatible too if possible.

>>20453 Most if not all Linux distros will ship with their own software by default to check that. KDE has a partition manager that shows it and gnome probably has gparted or something.

>>20453 smartctl should be all you need, for GUI stuff it depends on your DE and distro. At the end of the day all it'll be doing is reading the SMART data off the drive, there's nothing complicated about it.

>>20510 I consider myself still pretty new to Linux and not much of a tech guy so maybe that says something about Linux's accessibility nowadays. >there's nothing complicated about it. Don't underestimate one's ability to reach new levels of failure. I'll try not to meet it though. If it is just a terminal command I should be fine though. I've used it to install Wine, and force Bottles to have a dark mode.

im EU based, i have a desk pc but i got some traveling coming up and i wanna get a laptop, mostly for gaming and game development/modeling and stuff. can i get some thoughts on this model for the price? https://amzn.eu/d/5ED6IM4 thanks a lot bros

>>839 S-video be the best you can find on a good VCR. From what I've seen, there exists nothing modern that's any good. I had a Sanyo with component out, but it was trash tier - as in the picture quality was crap, lots of tracking lines, etc. For a project of digitizing old VHS, I used a rather high end JVC that I got off eBay for $500. Upon asking on some enthusiast forums, I discovered I was blessed it actually worked and wasn't a scam. Properly good VHS players are almost exclusively 1980s but I think I recall some may have been built into the 90s. I grew up on VHS but never realized how garbage most of them are. The visual quality of a good player compared to whatever walmart had is astounding. Digitalfaq forums are where got a lot of info. And it's probably one of the better places to look for functioning decent VHS players. Expect to pay $500 to $1k If you just want any old thing and don't care about quality, go find a yard sale or goodwill/thrift store.

>>21657 Holy shit I'm dumb. I didn't realize this thread was so old. I guess I just assumed this was made to catch all the influx from 4chan and didn't bother to look at dates. Well, it's useful data for anyone looking into that. I guess I just want everyone to know how stupid I am. lol On a different topic, can someone point me to some decent cameras. I'd like to get something for my mom since she keeps filling up her phone. It doesn't need to be top of the line. Just not shit. Specifically, I want to avoid anything that tries to fuck you over with propriety software that will become useless when they push the next new thing to consume. I don't know what the world of cameras is like, but I don't want something that needs an app or an internet connection to transfer files to a PC. It just needs to take photos and video, and plug into a PC with a cord. Something simple and intuitive for a boomer to use. Obviously, no review site is going to factor that in or even recognize it.

>>21657 >>21664 Useful information regardless, kind of funny though

>>21664 Can you be more specific about the intended use, preferred size, and budget? There's an even wider range of products and prices in the camera world than in the computer world, so it's hard to make a general recommendation. In terms of image quality and general usability, any digital camera made in the last 10 years will be more than adequate for anything except very specialized use cases. The main differences are in ergonomics and features that will only matter to enthusiasts. Also, for what it's worth, the general-purpose compact camera market has almost completely disappeared because most people use their phones. Dedicated cameras in the current year are almost exclusively targeted at enthusiasts or professionals. In general, the well-established camera companies (Nikon, Canon, etc.) do not play any stupid games with vendor lock-in or other bullshit. Higher end cameras do have proprietary raw formats, but it's not necessary to use those formats and they are readable by third party software. 20 year old digital cameras are still completely usable. Some of the newer Chinese companies do try to lock you in to their ecosystem or force you to activate the camera with a smartphone app in order to use it. As far as I know none of them make still cameras, just video, but I don't follow the market closely.

>>20518 >>20510 >>20453 >>20372 >>20324 USB drives typically expose little or no SMART data. And even if you are able to read it, SMART data is not a very reliable predictor of impending drive failure. There simply is no good way to monitor external drive health on any OS. The only real solution is to have a good backup strategy and be prepared for occasional drive failures.

>>21694 >Can you be more specific about the intended use, preferred size, and budget? Use is an old lady who takes tons of pics and video of family and events. It basically needs to handle someone who's not great at photography. The simpler the better, probably. She currently uses a Moto G that's a year or two old, but I don't know the exact model. Size, preferably compact, but the main goal is to avoid something unwieldy. I don't think it'll be worth having a giant lens, red dot sight, and underslung grenade launcher. I just don't even know what counts for compact these days, but a sizable screen would be a plus since eyesight is getting worse. Budget. It's for my mom so I don't mind splurging a bit, but like everything else, I don't even know the prices these go for right now. You're right, most people use phones these days so I've paid zero attention to dedicated cameras. I'd like to spend maybe a few hundred bucks, but if they cost more, they cost more. >In general, the well-established camera companies (Nikon, Canon, etc.) do not play any stupid games with vendor lock-in or other bullshit. This is the main thing I wanted to know, thanks. I'm just trying to avoid the issue that TVs, entertainment centers, etc all seem to have. "Smart" shit, an app so your phone is the remote but when the servers go offline then your stuff doesn't work, that kind of thing.

>>21765 The first recommendation that comes to mind is an Olympus Pen, but that may be more complex than she wants. I haven't followed the non-interchangeable lens compact market in a long time, but I'm sure there are some good options. Ricoh and Sony have historically made some very good ones. If there's a good camera store in your area, probably your best bet is go and just see what's available.