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  • I’d like to agree on that, but the reality is they won’t even bother talking to anyone. Everything goes through the realtor, they don’t seem to ever want anyone to show up without. On the way back from an outing with the kids, we swung by one and just parked on the street and looked and talked. The owner happened to be outside, and we got “You’ll have to talk to the realtor if you want to see anything” then he just straight up went inside.

    If I could find a better option for finding the sorts of farmers mentioned in the article who want people who will work the land and not just tear it up, I’d use it. I have yet to find one though.





  • I generally don’t ever look at dashboards, only historical data, and only after an issue.

    I get an alert that there is an issue, and if its an issue thats happened before, there is an automation to address (this is why I look at historical data, to determine indicators).

    So I never need to look on a mobile dashboard, because the only thing I’m interested in is the notification. The only way that isn’t going to work is if I have a larger outage, but I get a notification through work for that - I have a site-to-site setup so I could attach a switch to my work network for work reasons, and if that goes down I get a notification through my work setup (and vice-versa, which was a fun morning when that side went down).





  • My workstations are Debian, my laptops are a mix of Debian and Arch, same with test hardware.

    They all look the same - KDE as my desktop environment, no generic software added at install, just adding what I want. If you were to use any one of them purely from the GUI (KDE), I doubt you’d know which was which without checking version info.

    Linux is a kernel. A desktop environment is the GUI. The distro is packaging.

    The difference between distributions is predominantly what is packaged up, the tool used to install/update, and an overarching philosophy on those tools.

    Debian is about being stable. This means more dated packages, but running into issues from an update is (mostly) not even a question when running the stable branch. Amazing for workstations and older hardware IMO.

    Arch updates constantly. Updates can introduce breaking changes, even minor ones, which can interrupt workflow. It also means the latest and greatest features are right there and ready quickly. I like arch for testing and making use of recent hardware that may not have support elsewhere yet.

    You could also build entirely from source, use a downstream from Debian like Mint (Debian Edition) or Kubuntu, or downstream of Arch like SteamOS or EndeavourOS. Downstream distributions add more opinion under a more particular approach to their upstream counterparts. For some its to make the system easier to install (EndeavourOS vs Arch), add more recent features (Kubuntu vs Debian), or to make something incredibly specialized (SteamOS, formerly based on Debian and now based in Arch, highly focused on gaming).

    The only thing thats “pure” Linux is the kernel. Everything else comes down to purpose and preference.


  • I’ve gone this route! Anything with a busted screen is fair game to me, though I haven’t picked up any recently, mostly just tiny/mini/micros (and heavy on the lenovo tiny).

    But a custom hacked up laptop can be a great option especially with tight space to work with

    Edit: I’m surprised I missed your original post! I did the same, though what I reused was first a lenovo tiny, more recently updated with a digital signage player I picked up that I swapped parts out on - way more fun than a standard console imo!