I suggest that this community should consider bringing in the “Daily Simple Questions” threads. They were fun to participate and build community. Perhaps make the threads weekly, instead of daily as the community continues to grow with Redfugees.

Don’t worry about the reputation / !check system, though. Upvotes for good advice is sufficient, IMO.

    • @mister_newbie@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      1 year ago

      I used to, but with the official Microsoft app installer (Winget) I haven’t had the need lately (nor have I bothered with ninite, lately).

      Winget search …
      Winget install …

      E.g.,

      winget search steam

      [Shows results]

      winget install valve.steam

      Tip: Toss in a -i to get interactive (as opposed to silent) installer. Good for when you want to, say, install Steam on different drive.

  • @jws_shadotak@lemmy.world
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    11 year ago

    I plan on upgrading my server PC to a modern gen Intel chip. Along with that, I plan on switching to a Linux distro (probably debian).

    I have a large hard drive formatted in NTFS. Will it mount okay or will it be an issue when I switch to Linux?

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      31 year ago

      What kinda server? If you’re just slinging files, you don’t need much horsepower on your CPU – I’m using an SBC and a Debian derivative made specifically for that, OpenMediaVault. NTFS mounts okay for reading; writing isn’t recommended to NTFS due to file permissions.

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        11 year ago

        It’ll be general purpose. Mostly Plex but I also host game servers and a bunch of other docker containers on it. I want a good CPU to handle whatever I throw at it.

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          21 year ago

          Yeah you’d likely want a stronger CPU. As an aside, check out Jellyfish as an alternative to Plex, I prefer it.

          As for the NTFS issue, I’d likely suggest just going ext4 as the FS on your server. You can mount it in Windows using a roundabout method through WSL2, should you ever need to.

          • @jws_shadotak@lemmy.world
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            11 year ago

            I’ll probably run both Jellyfin and Plex since a of my friends and family are already on Plex.

            I’ll eventually move to a proper RAID setup - probably RAID5 - so I’ll just do a full rebuild with drives included.

  • @learningduck@programming.dev
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    11 year ago

    How to pick a PSU? 80+ isn’t as reliable. Think, I should rely on Cybernetics and find reviews about noise and stuffs, but most of the review site only review big PSU like 750 - 1000w, which is overkill for me.

    • @mister_newbie@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      11 year ago

      There used to be a PSU tier list thread on the LTT forums that people referred to a lot. Last I checked, it hadn’t been updated in a while, but might be a good place to start, regardless.

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        11 year ago

        CPU: R5 5600g GPU: GTX 1070ti SSDs:

        • 512 GB
        • 1TB HDD: 1TB

        Newegg PSU calculated 500-599 watts, but I think pushing for something like 750+ for head way of upgrading would be nice.

        Just ordered a Corsair RM 850. Found it cheaper than some other 750 watts PSUs in my country.

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          21 year ago

          Corsair is a great choice. You’ll have plenty of head room, especially since their PSUs are known to handle higher loads than what they’re rated for