[–] [S] 1 point 1 week ago

But a minimum of 8Gb RAM for a simple media PC seems pretty high. I don't want bloat -- or an OS that requires a discrete GPU. This seems like a good choice for a gaming setup, not a low-spec media file player.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 week ago

    As long as people say why it's their favorite, that's fine. In this case, I believe openSUSE is great for you -- but I need a bare-bones media file player that I will use for nothing else, so (for this) I can discard it. ;]

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    Not a total linux noob, plenty of experience using them for servers @ work. Less experience with using them with GUIs and for other computing use.

    I've got an intel nuc i3 that I use as a media pc. It doesn't do (or need to do) more than allow me to browse files and play videos (mkv, mp4, just the usual fare). I don't really need or want something like Kodi. I just have the stuff I want to play on my NAS and smb or nfs mount to get at it. Specs aren't great, but it doesn't need to run 4k, so it's been fine. Perhaps I use clementine once in a blue moon to play a few mp3s when hosting a party or dinner. (And I toy around with the IR reader of the nuc so I can make my own media buttons on a programmable remote, but that's not super important.)

    That's pretty much it.

    Currently I run Ubuntu on it, but it takes so long to boot. What are your distro recommendations? Not afraid to tinker, I doubt I'll ever become an Archlinux user.

    [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Stretches the meaning of made, maybe, but: I painted Space Hulk 4th ed. to the absolute best of my ability. Took over two years to do it. Still proud to have it done well enough to deserve its little display case.

    Also fairly proud of my insane and fairly huge Left4Dead2 mod "Random", though hardly anyone ever knew about it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    To be pedantic: it's not raised in the sense that it cannot go any lower than this, though you could call it 'raised' in the sense that it is designed not to be level when closed. It's closed in the sense that it is fully lowered, not in the sense that you're unable to cross it by foot.

    I like the sarcastic joke, regardless.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I've tried using collections in Jellyfin to mimic my folders, but it's not great. Collections are very slow when you get a lot of content in them, plus they only take albums, not songs. Took a weekend to script the stuff in using the API, but wasn't worth it.

    I'll try navidrome soon.

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