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What are good harddrives to use with servers in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] user68k@wired.bluemarch.art 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

At home I use two Toshiba MG09ACA18TE's and they work like a charm. I've bought them at around US$20/TB and it was the best price/TB offer at that time.

At work we use Exos X18's and Exos X20's without any problem at all.

Arika Teases Potential Tetris: The Grand Master 3 Release | Time Extension in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
[–] user68k@wired.bluemarch.art 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm wondering if there is a chance of a PC release. The modern-day system releases of the first two episodes are released to PS4 and Switch only.

[JP] The successor model of "Xperia 5 V" will not appear this term Sony reveals future smartphone sales policy - ITmedia Mobile in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] user68k@wired.bluemarch.art 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I hope it's not the start of the decline of the Xperia 5 series.

Instance admins, how much does it cost you to run your instance? How much does that represent per active user? in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] user68k@wired.bluemarch.art 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

wired.bluemarch.art runs on the cheapest Hetzner VPS, so €4.18 per month plus yearly domain cost. Right now there is only one active user on this instance so the price for an active user is a bit high, but I don't really care because I would pay for a VPS even when I don't run a Lemmy instance on it.

PSA: How to install Brother HL-L5210DW printer under Fedora 40 using IPP-over-USB in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] user68k@wired.bluemarch.art 2 points 2 months ago

This method seems to not work reliably with Brother-HL-L2370DN-series printers right now. At least after a quick search I've found a bug report about an infinite loop problem in certain circumstances and sadly with my HL-L2372DN I was unable to print at all (infinite loop with occasional ! USB[0]: zero-size read error; CUPS 2.4.10 and ipp-usb 0.9.27).

For Brother HL-L2372DN it is possible to use Gutenprint with the supplied Generic PCL 6 Printer wide margin printer driver but two sided printing is quirky sometimes if you print odd number of pages.

Anyway, thanks for your post!

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GIMP 3.0 Enters String Freeze, Inching Closer To Release (www.phoronix.com)
 

GIMP 3.0 has been more than one decade in the making as the port from GTK2 to GTK3, also transitioning away from Python 2 to Python 3 support, and a wealth of other improvements from the UI to lower down into enhancing this open-source Photoshop alternative.

The GIMP project announced on X/Twitter today that they have entered the string freeze for this much anticipated release.

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GIMP 3.0 Enters String Freeze, Inching Closer To Release (www.phoronix.com)
 

GIMP 3.0 has been more than one decade in the making as the port from GTK2 to GTK3, also transitioning away from Python 2 to Python 3 support, and a wealth of other improvements from the UI to lower down into enhancing this open-source Photoshop alternative.

The GIMP project announced on X/Twitter today that they have entered the string freeze for this much anticipated release.

Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 24.04 Linux Performance For The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X Review in c/linux@programming.dev
[–] user68k@wired.bluemarch.art 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Phoronix did a really in-depth review of Zen 5 which is refreshing. From the Windows based gaming biased benchmarks you can't really see where Zen 5 really shines.

btw {"code":"command-failure","msg":"ffprobe Failed with exit status: 1"} on the tl;dr image.

What distro do you use for your servers? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] user68k@wired.bluemarch.art 4 points 3 months ago

Debian with Docker containers works well for my needs.

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Gentoo Linux Ending Itanium IA-64 Support (www.phoronix.com)
 

Gentoo Linux was one of the last few Linux distributions continuing to maintain Itanium (IA-64) architecture builds but that is now being phased out for those discontinued Intel processors.

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Gentoo Linux Ending Itanium IA-64 Support (www.phoronix.com)
 

Gentoo Linux was one of the last few Linux distributions continuing to maintain Itanium (IA-64) architecture builds but that is now being phased out for those discontinued Intel processors.

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Introducing Raspberry Pi Pico 2 (www.raspberrypi.com)
 

We’re happy to announce the launch of Raspberry Pi Pico 2, our second-generation microcontroller board, built on RP2350: a new high-performance, secure microcontroller designed here at Raspberry Pi.

With a higher core clock speed, twice the memory, more powerful Arm cores, new security features, and upgraded interfacing capabilities, Pico 2 delivers a significant performance and feature uplift, while retaining hardware and software compatibility with earlier members of the Pico series.

Pico 2 is on sale now, priced at $5.

Not a good sign in c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] user68k@wired.bluemarch.art 4 points 1 year ago

I don't think so. As I see it in the Lemmyverse there are threads without comments (image posts for example) but if there's a topic with a question or where opinions can made you can find activity there.

Yeah, it's not a million subscriber reddit community level activity, but it's still activity.

Where I can buy the cheapest non-counterfeit MC68000/MC68HC000 within the EU? in c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org
[–] user68k@wired.bluemarch.art 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you for your information. I did not know about Utsource but next time I am looking for an obsolete part it'll be definitely on my check list!

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Where I can buy the cheapest non-counterfeit MC68000/MC68HC000 within the EU? (wired.bluemarch.art)
 

Hi,

I am planning to build a computer based around a Motorola 68000 just for fun. I already ordered 3 MC68HC000FN20's from a Chinese eBay seller but they are visibly rebadged chips with rough surface so there's a chance they are not 68000's at all - we'll see when I can test them in an open loop as described in '68000 Hardware Manual'.

Anyway, I think it would be wise to buy a non-counterfeit one from a trusted seller. I tried to search for a shop where 68000's still sold and I found that I could buy a "MC68HC000FN, 20 MHz" or a "CPU 68000/8 MHz Motorola (64-pin DIL)" from Vesalia Computer for 11.9 EUR. I would like to ask is there a trusted shop where I can buy a not necessarily NOS MC68000/MC68HC000 for a cheaper price within the EU?