Why wouldn't I just run Debian Testing? I'm not sure what this is offering.

so even less secure than before?

Ah, I see. WSL is a Windows feature called "Windows Subsystem for Linux". It integrates and allows the use of full Linux distributions inside Windows. Yes, one of the reasons the hell froze, BTW. There are select distributions supported and integrated, such as Ubuntu, and now CachyOS too. That's why its posted in Linux community.

I never looked deep into it in detail. It's not a virtual machine. I imagine its something like WINE maybe, but maybe deeper integrated as Microsoft does not need to reverse engineer Linux and all components. I don't know if this is actually true. You can read more about WSL here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux

Oh. I was asking if WSL meant wayland? I don't know if I use WSL I'd venture to guess. I do not.

I see the unit now, your easiest mod is probably a thick thermal pad to transfer heat to the chassis. It might work out well if you combine that with those graphene heatsink stickers. (SSD > graphene heatsink sticker > thermal pad > chassis)

I have a feeling you might not have a good time with a standard SSD heatsink/dissipator. Those usually work best with at least a little bit of airflow. It might not be much different once the heatsink fully saturates. The heat needs to go somewhere

I have an idea, if you get a chance can you post a picture of the inside of the case? I’m looking specifically for the side that you had to put the ssd in.

I’m thinking a thermal pad might couple the ssd to the side panel if it’s close enough and work like the cases on recent macs do…

Thank you. I think I’ll switch. Is on the todo list.

There’s a lot of options for heatsinking including large aluminum heatsinks you can buy with thermal tape that can attach to the outside of cases.

That sounds interesting. What kind of heatsink is that? Mind showing me some images?

Generally you want to avoid those kinds of passive cooling PC cases. Even the well built ones suffer heat issues for various components. They’re really meant for low end projects like running a display in a mall that shows a map and does basic tasks on a mini OS. Not for running a PC you’re regularly reading/writing files from.

Yes, that was my mistake and had to learn the bad way... but well, I got to stick with it for a while...

One last thing. Unless that’s a reversed fan (unlikely) you really want it blowing air on the case not trying to pull air away as you have it. It’s much more efficient that way in most cases. There’s not enough clearance for it to be a very effective puller fan. So in my opinion try reversing the direction you have that fan mounted.

I'm so used to using fans to pull air, that I didn't think about that. Gonna give it a try too, thanks!

Thank you four your help and for your humor. The case doesn't have any labels of model numbers on the outside, so I don't know the exact model. I got it from aliexpress a few years ago, but I deleted my account recently, so I can't search my history. However, that fmc-bm20 indeed looks very similar. The holes in the back are at the same positions

I even tried improvising a fan into the back, where those holes apparently suited for 2.5'' drives are, but they're exactly where the support holds the case on the table

I don't understand the question about Wayland. I was asking if you use Linux Mint in WSL.

Something to look forward to 😆

Wayland?

Atomic distros are no less open, its just a different workflow

Bingo to what I was talking

Looks like your SSH session might not have the same access to the sound card or audio services as your local session. Have you tried enabling lingering and keeping PipeWire/WirePlumber running on Host A even when you’re not physically logged in?

sudo loginctl enable-linger "$USER"

systemctl --user enable --now pipewire.socket wireplumber.service

If that doesn’t work, I’d check whether your SSH session has access to /dev/snd/ and whether PipeWire is actually running.

What would be the difference between LMDE and TuxedoOS for you?

You and me both. At least they added features with the new release instead of enshittifying straight out the gate I guess

They clearly meant that Bazzite has an immutable read-only system. Though this can be mostly worked around by installing everything in /home without sudo.

I had a set up like this about 15 years ago on my system, but haven't looked at the options recently.

It looks like it is supported. See here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Multiseat

I don't like Xfce, it somehow manages to be more resource heavy than MATE, and renaming a file or a folder shouldn't be a dialog. LXQt should be the desktop environment of choice for any lightweight distro.

Can you provide any more information that will help identify the mini pc? I really don’t wanna have to go geoguesser mode on image search to track down that case and point you at a heatsink that will fit.

You have a reply saying that a heatsink won’t fix the problem. That person is deadass wrong.

The problem is that the ssd gets hot when it does stuff. A passive heatsink provides more thermal mass and more surface area with a greater capacity to transfer its heat into the air. That will, 100% improve things.

I am speaking from years of experience when I say the following: a half inch nut from the hardware store superglued to the package (the black “chip”) is enough to extend the functional life of almost every nand storage thing.

The solution is to get that drives chip coupled to a piece of metal.

E: looks like the hnsun fmc-bm02 or fmc-bm20

Yeah but Canva. And “free”. I miss Serif

When I first picked up Linux, I was looking for good KDE options and I somehow missed this otherwise I definitely would have tried it. Now I'm past my distro hopping phase and well into being comfortable on CachyOS.

solid advice...

I wanted to know what you were going to do if the code section had a "th"