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MacOS is actually not a BSD as some people like to think. It is Unix, it used to be posix tested but it has never, ever been a BSD. MacOS is based on the mach kernel, a kernel that was intended to replace the BSD kernel for a GPL licensed Unix. Most of the people who wanted a GPL Unix just went with Linux in the end. We are still waiting to see what Hurd has to off though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach_(kernel)

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Can I join the club, I use 9front

I love seasonic PSU. They are the among the best IMO and all my personal machines use them.

https://github.com/libratbag/libratbag/tree/master/data/devices

Personally, I would pick something from this list. Then you can use piper to manage your mouse settings, and it will be an awesome experience.

I have a Logitech G305 with a custom shell and modded switches that I love, for something close you can look at pmm.gg custom mice.

I have to use SQL at work enough that I just use that for any database I need for personal projects, almost always MariahDB. Helps me stay current on my skills I guess.

Totally understandable, it has a lot going on and if you already know reaper it might be good to stick with it. Good luck!

Bitwig comes with so much that I can’t remember if they have drum samples or just machines or both. I highly recommend you try the free trial to see if you like it before you buy.

If you don’t mind paying for it, Bitwig is probably the best that officially supports Linux. There are also ways to run windows VSTs in wine on Linux. I’m no pro, but I love Bitwig, it has boatloads of cool stuff. Reaper also supports Linux. Ubuntu is fine IMO, I think there is a spin that’s specific to audio workloads that might be nice for a beginner. I use Arch at home but I use Ubuntu for work, it’s pretty nice these days.

I am also an IT nerd that hikes as much as I can, when the weather permits. Too many of my local trails have decent reception so I have to just forget my phone exists for a while.

Latest release was 9 years ago, not exactly what I’m looking for. 9front is probably closer to what I want than inferno.

I mean, you’re right but I still want to see a modernized plan 9, I just think it would be neat.

This is news to me! I’m honestly just paroting others with the no CLI support, I never did the homework. Shame on me I guess!

This is why I don’t love snaps, proprietary backend. I think snaps actually work great for the most part, and flatpaks don’t support cli apps, only GUI.

I think we should just resurrect Plan 9 instead.

I have one of these in a box somewhere, maybe I should dig it out and see if the battery is still good.

All of them, as far as I can see. We do not live in a city, so maybe the 5G will come here eventually but the majority of my state is still covered by LTE. 3G is dead of course, but he gets as good of cellular coverage as I do?

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My buddy at work was looking for the smallest smart phone he could get, I helped him find the Jelly Star. He has been using it for a few months, and he loves it. Fits in his 5th pocket on most jeans and it’s a real head turner, everyone is confused and thinks it’s a dumb phone

I’ve never noticed an appreciable performance hit, but I also don’t generally swap much. Most of the time on a desktop/workstation I’m surprised to see a gig or 2 in swap. Nvme drives are pretty fast. If you are actually using swap space on a regular basis it might be worth it to upgrade RAM or use a dedicated drive for swap if necessary. I remember btrfs having swap file issues but the details are fuzzy, these days I use zfs on my nas and ext4 everywhere else.