Cue every one of the factory workers at my job to crack jokes about a Chinese invasion all day

Get wrekt

I post as I still have problems with Wayland on Arch lmao

This seems like a dumb tiktok trend or some shit. It’s hard to get by in this world without a cellphone

But I just wish anyone would still want to talk on the phone. I love chatting with friends for an hour or so on the phone but everyone hates it now. Quick random texts just feel so much less personal. Ah well

Wow Linux 12 lookin sooo much better than Windows 12

I had no problems at all as recently as this year. I think I was playing over the summer

Spotify (adblock) from the AUR 😈

No ads & you can still login to your account

Soulseek my friend

I actually just answered this question on another post in this forum. I’ve been using a KVM to use my living room TV as another screen that I can play games / stream video / generally use my PC which is in my bedroom.

It works great in a max resolution of 4K/60hz and zero latency as far as I can tell on the USB ports for gaming controllers and mouse & keyboard. I use KDE big screen to easily navigate & open programs, emulators, steam, whatever with a controller so I don’t have to try to read tiny 4K text from the couch. I generally find disabling my monitors and enabling my TV works best.

Basically how it works is:

PC (HDMI & USB) -> transmitter -> Ethernet (CAT 6 or better) -> receiver -> TV (HDMI & USB)

The Ethernet wire only connects from the transmitter to the receiver. It does not connect to your network at all.

This is the particular one I got:

Basicolor HDMI KVM USB Extender 4K@60Hz KVM Extender Over Cat5e/Cat6 Up to 60m (196Ft), 4 Ports USB,Lossless or Zero Latency, Plug&Play(Point to Point KVM Extender) https://a.co/d/8Ki2lzw

Other option, if everything is in the same room you could just run some long HDMI or displayport and USB cables.

No, this only really serves one purpose which is utilizing your TV or other distant monitor as another screen for your laptop or desktop.

The Ethernet wire does not connect to the rest of your network. It only goes from the transmitter to the receiver.

What you’re describing is possible however, via some self-hosted services on a server for instance.

Best way to describe it:

PC (HDMI & USB) -> transmitter -> Ethernet -> receiver -> TV (HDMI & USB)

I use the receiver’s USB connections for connecting controllers and wireless mouse & keyboard. I don’t notice any latency whatsoever.

This is the particular one I got:

Basicolor HDMI KVM USB Extender 4K@60Hz KVM Extender Over Cat5e/Cat6 Up to 60m (196Ft), 4 Ports USB,Lossless or Zero Latency, Plug&Play(Point to Point KVM Extender) https://a.co/d/8Ki2lzw

FWIW, I have an old steam link. I can’t remember what video settings I was getting. But I know they weren’t 4K/60hz. I ran one additional cat 6A Ethernet wire to a dedicated KVM from my desktop to my living room OLED TV. I’ve been very impressed by the result. I’ve mostly played a lot of my old favorites on various emulators. It’s been very nice playing through the metal gear solid series in upscaled 4K and avoiding that crap collection that was just released by Konami.

The steam link is cool and I’m glad to see Valve still supporting it all these years later. But the flexibility of a KVM is really nice. I watched a Steelers stream today just using my TV as another monitor basically. And KDE big screen is very nice for navigating things with a controller and not trying to read tiny text in 4K resolution lol

I’m running a couple dozen docker containers on unraid and I only have one NVME cache disk, it’s 256 GB. I have only have 76 GB filled on my cache disk, the majority being attributed to Plex with things like movie trailers, temporary storage for torrenting, etc.

Just wanted to give you a heads up that 1 TB and a 2 TB NVME drives may be a bit overkill unlesa you’re trying to host a lot of VM’s

Sure you can.

I use Rosewill rackmounted cases because they’re cheap and get the job done. They’re a far cry from any enterprise gear, but that’s not really needed in a homelab. Think of the typical material used on a desktop PC.

This is the case I use, but see if anything else jumps out at you:

Rosewill RSV-R4200U 4U Server Chassis Rackmount Case | 11 3.5" Bays, 3 2.5" Devices| ATX, CEB Compatible | 2 120mm Fan, 2 80mm Fans | USB 3.0, USB 2.0 | Black https://a.co/d/icPXCTH

The official Rosewill rails are pretty crap, so I used these. They work great:

iStar TC-RAIL-20 20-Inch Sliding Rail Kit for Most Rackmount Chassis https://a.co/d/iaJBFNl

Beyond that, where you want to go is sort of up to you. Really any motherboard / CPU / RAM will do if you’re only using it for storage. I used a few different parts I had laying around already, and then got some open box ones off eBay for things I needed to finish out the build.

OS is up to you as well. I like unRAID because it’s the “grow as you go” OS, but I’ve used TrueNAS in the past as well. Both are solid options but have a lot of different pros and cons.

Arch baybeeee 💯💯💯