Don’t use btrfs if you need RAID 5 or 6.

The RAID56 feature provides striping and parity over several devices, same as the traditional RAID5/6. There are some implementation and design deficiencies that make it unreliable for some corner cases and the feature should not be used in production, only for evaluation or testing. The power failure safety for metadata with RAID56 is not 100%.

https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/btrfs-man5.html#raid56-status-and-recommended-practices

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a public WiFi network with IPv6 enabled. I usually just use the hotspot on my phone to access my server since my cell carrier provides IPv6. I do have a VPN as a backup though.

I use rsync to transfer files between my VPS and computer. Don’t torrent on Oracle Cloud without a VPN, they will terminate your account.

Single board computers have GPIO and interfaces like SPI and I2C. They also tend to have lower power consumption and can run from 5 volts. If you want to interface with low level hardware or run from batteries, the SBC will usually be the better choice.

Torrents are more reliable too. Every block gets its checksum verified automatically. If there is any corruption, the block will be downloaded again. With a direct download, you have to verify the checksum yourself and if it’s corrupted, you have to download the entire ISO again.

$350 gets you a pretty decent PC. That’s a ridiculous price for a thin client that requires a subscription to use.

The other option is to use hardware from any other company.

That works 99% of the time. I’ve run across a couple that refuse to extract, so I had to run them in a VM and copy the files over.

SSDs are not suitable for long term storage. Modern consumer grade SSDs are only rated for 1 year of data retention without power. Only SLC flash is suitable for long term storage, but those are very expensive and low capacity.

Considering that there was an assassination attempt there not that long ago, it’s not surprising they increased security.

You’re much better off with a mini PC running Linux and Kodi.

I would get a recertified enterprise drive from Server Part Deals. Drives in the 12-18TB range currently have the best price per TB. Be sure to get a SATA drive if it’s going in a desktop.

If they really cared about carbon emissions, they would shut down all of their AI crap.

Motherboards almost always use a normal m.2 WiFi & Bluetooth module. You can swap it out if needed.

I just hope they will also provide the unmodified versions for people that want to play them on original hardware.

Everything posted on Lemmy is public though.

We really need to strip back copyright protection and limit it to 10-20 years.

For a dual port card, you will want an 8 lane PCIe 3.0 slot connected to the CPU. Almost any desktop CPU will have enough lanes since you won’t be using a graphics card. You can get by with a 4 lane slot, but you won’t be able to max out both ports bidirectionally at the same time.

I’ve seen a few, but they should be required everywhere.

There really should be big signs warning about scams at any place that sells gift cards.