Works with anything plugged into the wall. Software developer most of the time. Helped start a makerspace once.

Will talk about Linux, plants, space, retro games, and anything else I find interesting.

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  • mesamune@lemmy.worldtoVideos@lemmy.world•Microsoft Sucks at Everything | NakeyJakeyEnglish
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    14 days ago

    7 was the windows where the configuration options started become less pronounced. You had to “know” where to go to change any system configurations. There were also many different ways to do the same operations that XP and some other windows had just one way of doing a thing. I remember something like multiple ways of powering off windows just one example.

    Its better than modern day windows in that it had better backwards compatibility layers (in my opinion).

  • mesamune@lemmy.worldtoVideos@lemmy.world•Microsoft Sucks at Everything | NakeyJakeyEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Im glad games work on proton/wine nowadays.

    I grew up in the era where my first computers were MSDOS, then over to win 95, then XP. Back then, most of the iterations on Windows were revolutions in what you could do with your machine. But ever since vista…its just been terrible one way or another. I didnt really enjoy Vista, 7, 10, or 11. They all do relatively the same thing. Theres no “killer” app that is exclusive. Even the AI stuff in win 11 is more a hindrance.

    Enthusiasts forget, most people don’t care about their operating system, they care about running their programs. Before you HAD to use MS products to run your programs. Nowadays, most programs are going cloud/hybrid in some manner.

  • mesamune@lemmy.worldtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Is Mac Mini suitable for self-hosted server?English
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    14 days ago

    I have an old mac mini that was a server for a good 4-ish years.

    The good:

    1. They are pretty good at sticking in a closet and forgetting about them.
    2. Specs are always on the decent side and some of the older models are easy to upgrade.
    3. Power is ok. It sips power
    4. It can run for years without issues. I still have two mac minis I used for CI/CD jobs, thin clients, etc…
    5. Its a cheap mac. If you need mac for something, like building custom mac specific applications, then its a decent little machine.

    The bad:

    1. CPU is usually lacking compared to any computer of the same price range.
    2. MAC OS. Its good at desktop but as a server, it just doesn’t have the same options/ease of use as a good linux box. You can get around that by dual booting, but its just another headache. Docker/VMs are also an option, but the RAM/CPU usage would take a hit.
    3. The newer the model, the harder it is to upgrade.

    I would use it as a specialty server if you have something you do automatically only macs can do. Or as a thin client/vm box.

    I used to use it as a CI/CD box before github actions was a thing. If you happen to have one, sure set it up for fun. If you dont and are looking at buying one, I would suggest a cheap dell desktop or (depending on what you want to host) a pi 5 or thin client and throw linux on it.