Yeah, I'm surprised too by how little there is for htpc use cases. And I'm bummed by how little development plasma bigscreen has seen.

Oh, honestly most of the software I'm using on it isn't configured through nix. I'm sure I could go a bit further configuring Kodi with it, but the other things like Steam and Firefox wouldn't really benefit.

If I were you, I'd just focus first on getting the base system setup and software installed. Then once you have the software how you like, start porting configuration over to your nix config file(s). That's one of the nice things about NixOS; there's no rush to get everything in a single config file, but you can opt in when it makes sense.

I don't know about hottest, but on my little HTPC I'm running NixOS with KDE (mainly for KDE Connect, but it's nice to have a DE of some sort when things crash/break).

I set up flex launcher to auto start and added menu options for Kodi, Firefox, and Steam.

I used to run LibreElec. It was mostly fine, but the Kodi YouTube plugin breaks just often enough that I wanted to have a web browser as backup. Also, I eventually wanted to play/stream games to it.

Real talk, Fortnite is the only remaining reason I still dual boot into Windows.

I mean, if you're voting within a "first past the post" voting system for a solo position, then yeah you cannot vote outside the two expected, establishment choices and expect it to do anything other than spoil the next candidate you would have chosen.

You have to change the voting system first to something else like ranked choice.

There's a fun little article about it here.

It sorta depends. I've personally had some issues with certain software (mainly Firefox) running in Wayland on my Nvidia card. There are environment variables and flags to remedy some issues, but I'd still get the occasional application crash.

What worked well for me was setting up prime offloading so basically all of the system runs on the integrated GPU and only games run on Nvidia.

Since it's a laptop, for whichever distros you're considering I would absolutely check for any compatibility issues or weirdness others have experienced (things like sleep/wake, power management, wifi, webcam, any other features on the laptop).

What laptop is it?

You're confusing the metaphorical sort of "analogous" with the term "analogous" used in evolutionary biology.

The real cheat sheet:

The best thing I ever did was use Nvidia prime offloading to move everything to my integrated GPU and have only select GPU intensive applications (like games, video editing) interact with Nvidia.

Never had to deal with weird graphics bugs after that.

Right? I made the realization a while ago that refurbished mini PCs are a way better fit for most of my homelab needs.

Sure, if power consumption is your #1 priority then you'd want some ARM solution. But for my use cases, I've found myself fighting with software support and the relatively low computational power of even the newer RPis.

Also, T-series Intel chips (the low power ones) have pretty good idle power consumption and don't spin up the fan too much given their lower power. And a lot of uses cases require sticking a fan and heat sinks on an RPi so you lose the quietness benefit.

Also also, you (still?) need proprietary blobs to use a bunch of the hardware on RPis. You can go full open source on a regular old PC.

Have you considered/tried streaming games from your primary desktop PC? Obviously very dependent on your situation's specifics, but that's one of the things I do with the Linux htpc I have set up.

And then you wouldn't have to worry about games and NAS stuff competing for system resources.

I'd personally go the hypervisor route (I'm using proxmox, truenas, and an *arr stack on my NAS). It keeps things compartmentalized (especially network configurations) and usually keeps me from breaking everything at the same time.

Ah, I think I understand. Although, my take on those dullster communities is that they're less about being a boring human but more of a recognition that a lot of tasks are pretty mundane but deserve a place to be discussed/celebrated. There may be value to be found in posting your successes and discussing them.

I don't know of any communities that are specifically about what you're looking for, but I guess you could also check in !adhd@lemmy.world and ask.

Do you mean to creating a community? There's a button in the header navigation to do that. An entire instance would be overkill.

Although, you might consider checking out !dull_mens_club@lemmy.world and !dullsters@dullsters.net. Those seem like the sort of vibe you're going for.

Just jump in the deep end and install NixOS. 😉

I was seduced by the possibility of permanent "new computer smell" and it is 100% worth the fiddling: https://grahamc.com/blog/erase-your-darlings/

A true old classic: taking the hobbits to isengard

Interesting. I'll have to see what the numbers look like once someone data mines them.

Still... thrust reallocation ^probably should have been a feature of normal engineering gameplay.

In simple terms, Flight Blades are components that go into your ship's computer ports to adjust its flight behavior in two key ways currently:

• Speed: Increase your straight-line top speed

• Maneuverability: Improve ship handling

So you can just buy bigger numbers? If I had to pick one thing they absolutely shouldn't sell for money, it'd be this.

Like, the game has always been pretty pay-to-win, but at least there was a veneer of plausible trade-offs/pros/cons between different ships. This is just indefensible "pay money for better stats" levels of P2W.

Do people actually think that produce in stores sits there for a week? Most of it is gonna be restocked daily for bigger stores... like twice a week at worst.

Also, just taking your produce out of it's packaging immediately before storing in the fridge will help immensely with the moisture build up causing mold.

That's fair. But since you do have a Switch, I'd still recommend finding a used copy of Yoshi's Crafted World if you haven't played it.