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Syncthing!

Android Phone/Linux/Windows/Mac/iOS clients. Simply sync your photos to all of your devices, if you only have the one device, use a trusted friend and cross sync....

Don't bother with cloud.

Also Signal groups for sharing with those that matter.

Yep. This works pretty well.

Got the whole family to convert to signal by using kid photo sharing as a catalyst.

I ran Ubuntu 8.04 for a while, it was the unstable. I gave it another crack when 10.04 came out. I haven't looked back.

Currently running Mint, cinnamon is a great desktop

I am running Slimbook battery, for improvements to battery life. I'll check the power settings to ensure the power state isn't changing randomly.

Thanks for this, I managed to get the firmware updated to 624361WD; hopefully it fixes the issue.

It has a standard m.2 slot (I did a bunch of research to confirm before purchase), RAM is soldered down unfortunately.

I swapped the 1TB for a 4 as soon as I got it.

I hope it isn't faulty, I live in NZ and got it from Amazon in the US....a RMA is not something I'm keen on.

Funnily, I only run AMD now for the same reasons, except with Nvidia as the PITA. Always ongoing driver issues, power management or fans running like jet turbines.... Last 3 machines AMD, no issues with the GPU's/drivers.

Science: wow that is a nice animal you have there; have you seen out Large Hadron Collider, it accelerates clouds of particles up to close to the limit of causality and slams them into specially designed targets. We do this to probe the secrets of the universe at the edges of imagination and plausibility.

Magic: I can kill people by pointing my stick at them...

Science: yeah, we have that also...how big do yours get? We have a problem where we went too far and now can destroy the world, but because everyone has these weapons we live in an uneasy tension called mutually assured destruction, so no one uses their most powerful weapons for fear that others will also.

Magic: I can make it rain when I want.

Science: ok now that would be useful, you have to teach me how to do that.

I have been using various distros since 2008; I use Mint as my daily driver.

Stability is the biggest factor for me, I want a OS to get out of my way and let me get on with what I'm doing.

I am playing a druid, the RAW interpretation is a bit boring and relegates wildshape to a secondary ability (in my opinion) when it should be front and center.

I have changed the mechanic to be more similar to sorcery points or ki points.

You get 4 WS points per druid level (+8 points if mood druid)
Transformation is the CR x 4; min 1 point
Time in the form is 15min per point.

So for a mood druid transforming into a dire wolf (CR1), it would be 4 points to transform, and 1 point for the first 15 minutes. Spending a minimum of 5 points; out of your initial 16 point pool at level 2.

Non-moon druid transforms into a cat (CR 1/8), would cost the minimum 1 point to transform and 1 point for the first 15 minutes. Spending a minimum of 2 points; out of the 8 point pool at level 2.

The points still reset on a short rest.

At level 4 when non-moon druids get CR 1/2; the non-moon druid has 16 points; the moon druid has 24. At level 6 when a moon druid gets CR2 transformation they have 32 points. A CR2 transformation costs a minimum of 9 points for the first 15 minutes.

I like this because it means that wild shape becomes a resource to be used and managed like spell slots/ki points/sorcery points etc.....it also seems more progressive, as you become more experienced as a druid you can do more with the wild shape.

It also avoids the "wasted" wild shape feeling, so instead of thinking is it worth transforming into a rat to follow this target through a sewer, when I could become a crocodile later to mess up what they are heading toward....I think, rat for the next 30 / 45 minutes is only 4 points total, leaving me with 12 points in my pool because I was a horse an hour ago.

I tried that and it works perfectly.

But it is kind of a crappy work around for a basic function.