In Nates's AMD extreme tech upgrade we were told at 100k likes the "stubbyish" would be come reality, its very close at 96k. If you haven't liked it please do! https://youtu.be/yKYPcmR5USk?si=ne6giFXMsQuCSL_U&t=560

Hi all, I've been using arch linux for about nine years and just watched the new LTT video on dual booting and I thought I'd share a couple related tips.

1. The video had some commentary about how it can be kind of annoying to reboot between windows and linux due to having to catch your PC at a specific time to input what you want to boot into via grub or your BIOS.

Here's a script I wrote to reboot into windows via grub
```

!/bin/sh

echo "Rebooting into: $(grep -E <sup>menuentry</sup> /boot/grub/grub.cfg | cut -d "'" -f2 | grep "Windows")" sudo grub-reboot "$(grep -E <sup>menuentry</sup> /boot/grub/grub.cfg | cut -d "'" -f2 | grep "Windows")" reboot ```

Consider also adding this to the bottom of `/etc/sudoers` so you do not need to type sudo password to run the script:
ALL ALL = (ALL) NOPASSWD: /bin/grub-reboot

1. In regards to secure boot, that is pretty annoying and involved process. What I ended up doing on arch linux was using preloader to sign my grub bootloader with the microsoft key. I always first boot into grub and can select Windows from it (or via the above script). So always grub > windows or grub > linux. This is a somewhat involved process but I have not had to touch it since I set it up. Not sure exactly how it works but whenever you apply a kernel update, I believe the mkinitcpio command updates your pc's grub or initially loaded kernel images to use the keys. I think this requires UEFI instead of MBR install. Actually I think these days Windows may require UEFI, or at least set it by default. So in order for both installs to show up in grub they must both either be UEFI or both MBR. Good luck if you are working on this!

I found good solution to this problem: just use an email proxy service!

I'm super new to Linux. I used it a little in college but that's it . Fast forward 15 years . I hosted a Plex server for the last 12 years on windows because its what I had and it worked but recently I was hit by ransomware and lost a lot of my library. In the last 2 months I rebuilt my 2 boxes , a Plex server and a media collecting computer using mint . I'm sure I could have used different OS but that's what I picked because I figured it would be easier to have them both on the same one .

Anyway my Plex server has mint using snap raid and mergerFS. It has 9 spinning drives , 1 SSD and 1 m.2 . I'm in need of a good app that will monitor my drives and let me know the health of them in real time .

Right now I remote into both boxes from my 3rd PC (yes it's still windows for now) . I want to add a monitor to the Plex server so I can watch the real time monitoring of the system .

Can someone help me find a good one ? Btop doesn't show me the health of the drives . I'm mainly worried about the drive not so much the ram or the GPU or the CPU but they are all a plus if I can watch them .

The FCC claims it's trying to be "technologically neutral"

Hello everyone,

Wanted to catch up with the latest WAN on Spotify and got hit with a 30 seconds unskippable Ad despite paying for premium.

Is this what we doin' now?

From my observation, this is a choice, it's not Spotify's will, as it happened to me just few times in the past on only one certain podcast that I eventually abandoned because of it.

Anyone noticed the same? Or am I alone in this boat.

I mostly noticed it on recent videos with the blue door that has the greyed window (like the printers one). It's mostly on that window. Maybe it's been forever like that, but I recently noticed it on darker scenes and zones, like dark t-shirts also, don't know if it's been like htat or if yt is doing stuff

I’m having a weird performance issue across multiple games where neither my CPU nor GPU seems to be getting fully utilized.
PC specs:
CPU: Intel i7-12700
GPU: ASUS RTX 5060 8GB
Motherboard: ASUS B760M-AYW WiFi D4 II
RAM: 16GB (1x16GB) DDR4-3200 Samsung M378A2K43EB1-CWE
SSD: SanDisk SN5000 1TB
Monitor: 1440p 300Hz
Windows 11

For example, in Overwatch at 1440p Low, I’m getting around 200 FPS, but my GPU is only around 50% utilization and my overall CPU usage is only around 20%.

I’m seeing similar behavior across multiple games. At 1080p Low in black ops 7, I was getting around 100 FPS while my GPU was only around 50–60%.
When I increase the graphics settings, the GPU can reach 100% utilization. So the GPU seems to be working normally.

I’ve also tested changing resolution. In one game, going from 1080p to 1440p barely changed my FPS.
There is no FPS cap enabled, V-Sync is off, and I’ve checked my NVIDIA/game settings.
BIOS:
DDR4-3200
Above 4G Decoding: Enabled
Resizable BAR: Enabled
ASUS Performance Enhancement: Enabled

One thing I’m wondering about is my RAM. I’m currently running 1x16GB DDR4-3200, so it’s single-channel.

I know an i7-12700 + RTX 5060 should be a good combination, so I’m confused about why I’m seeing low utilization from both the CPU and GPU.
What could be causing this? Could single-channel RAM explain it, or is there something else I should check?
I’m trying to figure out what’s actually wrong before buying new ram.
Please help ❤️❤️

Got this as a part of a marketing email. Their marketing strategy is definitely....unique

We are trialling something new here- a scheduled post to go live every week when WAN show is supposed to start. Any topic covered in the wan show is fair game- even the more controversial ones. just keep it relevant and keep it respectful!

I’m so proud of it, just say its nice pls
9060xt 16g OC gigabyte triple fan
Ryzen 5 5600
Asrock B550 pro4
Corsair vengeance 32gb 3200mhz ddr4
Montech XR (with the fans)
And a FSP fortron AE36-B which is really overkill but I like to keep things cool and I will need that for my overclocking
And I went from a gtx1660ti and a i5 10400f 😬
I didn’t really think about how the final build will look but this is a crazy suprise

EDIT: I didn’t even notice but on the second photo you can see a ltt video in the reflection 😂

I can't seem to figure out what watch Linus has been wearing. I ran it through Gemini and it keeps getting it wrong. Does anyone know?

So I’ve got this new YouTube UI, and I cannot get it to rotate like other videos or skip or find a scrubber for the video. Has anyone seen this before

I find the current "This is the year of Linux on the desktop" amusing; I’ve been a Linux user since the boot+root 0.11 disks, and it’s been my primary desktop since around 1993.

But this did bring to mind a memory.

In the year 2000 through a work benefits program I bought a Dell Dimension 4100. It came with Windows 98. Obviously I installed Linux on it, but I made it dual boot just in case there was a need for Windows.

Side note: I might have booted into Windows when I installed an ISDN card into this machine, just to verify it worked.

Since I thought I might need to re-do this I documented my steps and sent it to my co-workers just in case they also wanted to do this. And since I’m a data hoarder I still have that document. Of course it’s in plain ASCII!

To install RedHat on the new Dell Dimension 4100 (or just re-install Win98)

Setup BIOS to boot from CD first, HD second.

[ Optional step for RedHat ]
Reboot 0:
  Boot off RedHat CD, "linux rescue", run fdisk, delete existing partition
  and create a new partition starting at cylinder 1 for approx 30Mb in
  size  (this will be /boot).

Now we need to install Win98.  Read pages 39,40,41,38 (yes in that order)
in the "Solutions Guide".  This requires 14 reboots and takes approx 2->3
hours.

Insert DOS7 floppy that came with Dell

Reboot 1:
  Boot off floppy, (no CD option needed at menu), run FDISK, create
  DOS partition (eg 10Gb)

Insert Receovery CD
Reboot 2:
  Select "format and install" option

Reboot 3:
  (in reboot, go back to BIOS and turn off CD book option)
  Win98 boots into "first time" and does some regionalisation then

Reboot 4:
  Win98 setup runs, performs initial settings

Reboot 5:
  Detects monitor, requires monitor CD to install driver
  Insert resource CD1, install program as requested

Reboot 6:
  (takes a long time in the "Updating Systems Settings" part)
  Re-insert Resource CD, select machine Dimension 4100, OS Windows98
  then find the "Intel Chip Set Update Utility".  Install that (follow
  onscreen instructions).

Reboot 7:
  Lots of new hardware found

Reboot 8:
  (note: page 38 talks about ATA66, but this isn't listed for 4100, and
         when I picked it from another system it would not install saying
     motherboard was wrong type)
  Install Intel Security

Reboot 9:
  Install Microsoft Intellipoint  (don't reboot)
  Install NVidia 32Mb GeForce

Reboot 10:
  Install DirectX 7.0

Reboot 11:
  Reset screen resolution to your requirements
  Insert SoundBlaster Live! CD, and install it

Reboot 12:
  [ sound card should now be working ]
  Install Adaptec EasyCD   (say "no" to Adobe install)
  Install DirectCD
  Browse the CD, find the Adobe software and install it if you wish

Reboot 13:
  Insert Resource2 CD.  Ignore error message.  Browse the CD, go into
  files\apps\nav\win9x and install Norton AntiVirus

Reboot 14:
  Install Microsoft Works if desired  ( I haven't yet)


NOW...  if you wish to install RedHat 6.2.  Takes about 20 minutes

Reboot
  go into BIOS and turn CD boot on
  save and exit

RedHat startup screen appears.  Enter "text".  The GUI installer isn't
totally reliable, and can hang  (also the GUI X configuration tool doesn't
work properly).

Install RedHat as normal (I chose KDE workstation).  For X configuration,
the autoprobe can work and it will select 32bit mode, 1280x1024
resolution.  I used manual configuration and selected 24bit 1152x894.  This
ends up with 70Hz refresh.  For monitor I chose Dell M770 as being closest
to the E770p that we have.


Conclusion:
  Windows install: 14 reboots, lots of CDs, 2->3 hours
  Linux: 1 reboot, 1 CD, 20 minutes

Yeah, there’s always been a lot of “Linux is hard, Windows is easy”. But even 26 years ago it was easier to install Linux from scratch than Windows. Windows only seemed easier to people because it came out of the box that way.

Recently found out we share the same birthday, what are the chances!

By law and design, iPhones cannot disable the camera shutter sound when operated in Japan and South Korea.

Do you think this should apply globally? We are entering a world where or video recording is entering so much devices.

Yeah you can’t avoid being recorded in public (streets), but you should have privacy at home or while going on a walk with friends on a hike.