I've been meaning to cut down my power usage without disrupting my lifestyle too much, the first thought is for me to "decommission" my HTPC which I keep running all day, asleep at best, just so it's ready for me when I want to sleep and need it to watch #YouTube (so I can get to sleep lol).
The "easiest" replacement is get an #ARM based computer to take over its job. My first thought it should run on #Linux just bcos I'm most familiar with it and it's an open ecosystem so I should be able to do a ton of things w it - but I only have a Pi 4 and that thing honestly sucks at streaming so nope. Tried #LineageOS on it to get it running #Android TV and while at first it seemed great, it ended up being quite a hassle and a mess so I ditched that.
Then my dad asked me to get an Android TV box/stick for his TV, and I got him the #Xiaomi Mi Box S (2nd gen). After I set it up and used it for a bit, I honestly kinda liked it. Tried #Plex, #Netflix, #PrimeVideo, etc. and they all ran great. The only downside I thought to this option is that I won't be able to watch YouTube with adblockers like I could with something like #Firefox on a desktop.
THEN I quickly discovered the existence of #SmartTube and GOD what a lifesaver it's been. It works just like the official YouTube client with all the pages and algos you're familiar with when you've authenticated, it blocks YouTube ads, but also it supports #SponsorBlock right out of the box without needing to self-host or wtv so it could even block sponsor segments in video if you want. Even has some nice accessibility options too like changing the subtitle colours, size, and positioning which is great for me who watches vids in bed w no audio.
This rant ended up being very long unnecessarily lol but all in all, that removed the only dealbreaker for me on getting and using said TV box for myself - so I did and have been using for abt a week now. The box turns itself and my TV off automatically after 30 mins of inactivity and I can easily turn the box and the TV back on using just my remote which is nice. Idek what'd I need the HTPC for anymore honestly since I already have a #SteamDeck to take over its job gaming wise much, much earlier.
Does anyone have a line on a mid-tier ARM processor?
Seems like the landscape is missing that middle ground. You either get the low end state of the art RK3588 which is decent but not in the same league as say a Core i5/i7. Or you get the big bois like the Ampere or the soon to be release Qualcomm X Elite which is trying to play at the top.
Where's my 10-12 core 4Ghz proc on an mATX board with a few extra PCIe lanes to play with in the $300-$500 range?
"Diese zusätzlich aufgespürte Summe übersteigt deutlich den gesamten Bundeshaushalt, sie würde ausreichen, das #Bürgergeld für 5,5 Millionen Menschen fast 20 Jahre lang zu finanzieren."
I find it funny that #OrangePi is collaborating with #Manjaro to make a #gaming handheld called #OrangePiNeo and it's not #ARM but just yet another #AMD handheld like the rest of the fleet? Isn't Orange Pi a popular alternative to #RaspberryPi that sells ARM-based SBCs?
Power to them I guess but I definitely would love to see more ARM-based #Linux gaming handhelds (not #Android, we have a ton of those already) available, no matter how "not ready" ARM + Linux gaming is. Software support could always be improved and worked on later down the road once the hardware is available to target.
Apple ha presentado su cuarto procesador ARM. El M4 viene con aceleración de AV1, H.264 y HEVC además de, como no, capacidades de IA a las que se podrá sacar partido en programas como Logic Pro y Final Cut Pro. Los primeros dispositivos en montarlo serán iPads Pro de 11 y 13 pulgadas #apple#arm -> https://hardlimit.com/archivo.php?n=2056
「 Arm may be set up for a good decade long run in the datacenter, at the edge, and in our client devices, but watch out for RISC-V. Ten years from now, we might be writing the same story all over again, with one more historical ring wave added. In fact, it is hard to imagine any other alternative on the horizon 」
Benachteiligte Gruppen haben ein größeres Risiko, Covid-19 zu entwickeln. Und durch die Erkrankung steigt wiederum die Gefahr, arm zu werden. http://www.taz.de/!6001901/
@tazgetroete#sozialschwach statt einfach #arm?? Oha! Da dachte ich, dass wir weiter seien! Heribert #prantl hat dazu alles gesagt:
„Die Armen in Deutschland werden gern als "sozial schwach" bezeichnet. Das ist eine #Beleidigung. Sozial schwach sind diejenigen, die den Armen aus der #Armut#helfen könnten, es aber nicht tun.“
Apparently, the Snapdragon is just as good as a Radeon 780M used in the ROG Ally and Legion Go, but how is the game compatibility and the X86-64 emulation. :bunhdthink:
— bhyve hypervisor kernel improvements
— desktop usability
— developer tools such as LLD
— hardware support on new ARM and RISC-V devices
— installer
— jails – usability/orchestration/OCI-compatibility
— networking
— packaging – including package base (pkgbase)
— …
#Linux 6.8.5, 6.6.26, 6.1.85, and 5.15.154 kernels are now available for download at https://kernel.org patched against the latest Spectre BHI (Branch History Injection) vulnerability affecting #Intel and #ARM CPUs.
💻 #Microsoft готується наступного місяця представити в Сіетлі своє бачення комп'ютерів зі штучним інтелектом. Компанія впевнена, що нові ноутбуки з #Windows на базі #ARM перевершать #MacBook Air від #Apple із процесором #M3.
No more fighting with a loose TTL-USB-cables: I have USB hub shield with USB-to-UART port :-) Or two of these: one for Raspberry Pi 3B+ and other for VisionFive 2 RISC-V SBC (in the pic). Need to still pile a TPM2 chip to the pins on top of the shield and hopefully it will still work. #arm#riscv#visionfive2#raspberrypi