@cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
2026-09-20 20:44 UTC
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@magnue@lemmy.world 2026-09-21 01:26
Wonder what this bot is farming for
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@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2026-09-21 05:00
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread: Fewer Letters More Letters AP WiFi Access Point IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol for email LXC Linux Containers NAS Network-Attached Storage Plex Brand of media server package PoE Power over Ethernet SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL VPN Virtual Private Network nginx Popular HTTP server [Thread #108 for this comm, first seen 21st Sep 2026, 05:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [@Two9A@hachyderm.io] [Source code]
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@B0rax@feddit.org 2026-09-21 05:14
12th Gen is definitively neat, but overkill for what you are doing. 8th or 9th gen is fine. 16gigs is fine, 8gig would also work I really like the Lenovo m720q line of mini pcs (used/refurb) but they will not fit an hdd.
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@glizzyguzzler@piefed.blahaj.zone 2026-09-21 01:35
For distro I’d recommend God’s Chosen Stock Debian. You want prioritize smooth upgrade paths from one major version to another since the server should last a long ass time, and Debian is that. Debian has the eyes on it to make it chill and if there are things to do they’re caught and noted (and more often something is set up to just do it for you). So no, distro doesn’t matter as long as you can get your software going. But you’re not going to beat the insane stability of Debian. Any OS based on it is just an echo, which may even involve custom kernels which add more work for the specific distro maintainers and may slow critical security updates. I run no GUI but you can def have one. I just SSH in. I do everything in containers (Docker 1st and I’m moving to Podman - but Podman is too heavy a lift to start, Docker compose files are always right there, use em) and LXC containers run by Incus (it has a web gui as well!). I’ve been looking at “games on whales” https://games-on-whales.github.io/ to stream games from a beefy server to weaker computers and tablets. Might be a good route for your games without having to directly game on the server. I have a 4 core 7th gen Intel CPU and it seems fine with doing x265 transcoding on multiple streams, but I’ve never tried finding out how many 4K ones it can do at once. I have 32 GB of RAM (I bought cheapo laptop RAM before the true AI shitshow, praise be, stuck them in with a DIMM board cooked up by China). I had 16 before that, and it was fine. But I just kept adding services. An LLM will eat your RAM, you’d want 32 GB to be able to run a 16 GB one. But a GPU will be much, much faster. LLMs are just matrix math - that’s why they’ll never be able to think for real - and GPUs are sicko good at that kinda math (cause screens are a matrix!). I don’t fuck with LLMs though, no ethics in that whole shitshow. Good luck!
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@GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2026-09-21 01:41
something that can push at least 2-3 4K streams. 12th gen i5 with 16GB DDR4. Maybe 32GB if I can swing it. unless you’re transcoding each stream that should work, at least for Plex. Currently running 10th gen i5 with 32gb of DDR and can run one 4k transcode, five 1080 streams, and four live TV streams. though, the transcode is laggy but if you pause and let it buffer it should work. keep in mind I’m also running headless transmission, a VPN, tor, and like 8 other services on the same server. if all you’re streaming is 4k, you will hit a point of diminishing returns on network throughput. I’d recommend getting a switch with SFPs and connect your server up to a 2.5gbe or even a 10gbe (though overkill but the sky is the limit). as long as all your stream boxes are connected through that switch on their regular 1gbe they should be fine. personally I run a opnsense router/firewall and have everything passed through an unlocked Brocade ICX6610-48P-E. you can find them on eBay. FYI, these are commercial units and are VERY LOUD. basement or attic installation is a must if you don’t have a network closet. bonus, the ICX6610 allows you to turn on/off POE per port and even set the voltage. this means you can power everything from cameras, stream boxes, wireless APs, to even some POE lights. it’s also a managed switch, which means you can split your ports up on VLANs and other really neat things.