kurcatovium

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What's something that you used to hate, but now love? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

The description of Ghost I've read online: "Ghost is modern day Kiss of rock/metal music" and I think it's true. It's more money generator than band.

What is something you learned in your line of work that other people wouldn't know in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago

Nice try, but still bunch of losers compared to MS...

What was Linux like in the 90s in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Half of it because random disconnect happened in the middle and download did not resume.

What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Fuck no. Luckily it's not even enabled in my country.

What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

I'm too old to learn vim escape game. I'm glad I can do :q :-D

Florida draft law mandating encryption backdoors for social media accounts billed 'dangerous and dumb' | TechCrunch in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Terrorist children of terrorists! Now that's complete.

What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I have to live with Windows at work so that's where I use Notpad++. I'm fine with Kate at home.

What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 71 points 5 days ago (36 children)

Just from top of my head and from what I have to use at work:

  • Dolphin vs. Explorer - Dolphin is sooo much better and useful it's not evwn funny
  • Notepad++ vs. Notepad - day and night, even though Notepad got an overhaul in W11 it's still piece of shit compared to Notepad++
  • literally any foss player vs. what MS offers - be it VLC, SMPlayer, MPV, anything is better than windows built in crap
  • ImageGlass, Nomacs, Gwenview, etc. vs. MS Photos - same as above, windows picture viewer is now worse than ever while open source alternatives get better and better
  • and plenty others, like Linux vs. Windows, lol
Synology could bring “certified drive” requirements to more NAS devices in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 10 points 5 days ago

I was looking at simple 2 bay home NAS and Synology was - quite logically - one of the contenders. Now I'm glad I ordered differently. Went with Asustor AS5402, which might be not as polished package as a Synology option, but they're very open about it and say it's just regular PC so you can instal e.g. TrueNAS if you want. This openness convinced me.

Florida draft law mandating encryption backdoors for social media accounts billed 'dangerous and dumb' | TechCrunch in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 18 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Given how dumb current GOP is I'd say it's gonna be terrorist children.

How often do you go to concerts? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Hmmm, badass Mozart t-shirt sounds like a thing...

How often do you go to concerts? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

When I was young it used to be like 15-20 a year, most of those local, some of those with my band. Nowadays, it's more like years apart between my visits anywhere. Not only there are way, way less happening in general (at least where I live), but family, other hobbies and keeping things quiet after busy work week has higher priority for me.

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Looking for specific app (lemm.ee)
 

I don't know how to exactly describe what I'm after so I'll explain my intent. I'd like to record (write up) my dreams from the night as a first thing in the morning, every day. I'd want it to be recorded with date stamp and easily searchable. Something like calendar and or diary/journal combined. I can't figure out what I should be looking for. Simple calendar might do, but I'd have to start new event every morning and fill all the unneeded cells...

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Synology/QNAP/Asustor (lemm.ee)
 

Hello, not sure how on-topic is this, but I'll ask anyway. Since I'm wrapping my head around this topic for long time to no avail.

I'm planning to buy NAS mostly to store my music, pictures and documents on my place. At the beginning I'd like to keep it simple so I don't plan to install billion things on it. I would definitely want to install adblocker like PiHole/AdGuard. I'm also eye-ing Tailscale for remote access (no public IP) and Jellyfin/Emby for music streaming at home. So apart from usual NFS/SMB file shares, let's say there are these three apps I'd like it to run at the beginning.

The NAS has to be as quiet as possible, so even thought it's more expensive, I'll have to go with SSD drives. Looking at prices two 2 TB (in mirror RAID) should be doable and should be enough space for me, at least for now. I'm no hoarder.

I have few other "must-haves":

  1. decently working companion app that automatically backups pictures from at least 2 android phones (my wife needs to deal with it and she's not really friends with tech stuff)
  2. possibility to upgrade storage other than just replacing drives for bigger ones
  3. simple, easy to use (both setup and "rescue") scheduled backups to external USB drive
  4. I knew I had something else but it completely slipped out of my head

That brings me to what's available. I almost pulled the trigger on Synology DS423+. It looks reasonable powerful, I can put 4 SATA SSDs and 2 M.2... that's what I thought. But it turned out it's not possible to use M.2 as storage with anything but Synology's own overpriced drives that aren't even available in my country. So, it's just four SATA drives, which is... "not great, not terrible" as some would say. What seems to be a big plus is the DSM. Everyone I know really praises it. Plus it seems to have very good reputation in terms of longevity of devices.

Then there is QNAP. Apparently their system QTS is not as polished as DSM, but everything needed should still be there. There's similarly priced, similarly equipped TS-462. It's just dual-core CPU, but has more RAM (not upgradeable though) and it seems it can accept M.2 as storage at least. As per internet research, the build quality is just as good as Synology.

And then there's Asustor, which I heard about years ago and then completely forgot they exist. Last week my friend mentioned this name, so I checked their offering too. Well, Nimbustor AS5402T looks absolutely the best on paper! Well, it only has two regular drives, because it's got FOUR M.2 slots! I assume it's because SATA is on decline, but M.2 SSDs are cheaper than SATA nowadays so it's actually better for me to have the numbers reversed. And it's cheapest on top of it. So where's the catch? I presume the ADM system is piece of shit. Right? Or is it build quality that's bad? Reliability? IDK.

Which of these three do you think would be the best for my needs? I'm more than open to other offerings and suggestions too! Thank you very much!

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