I do it in sprints. I’ll set up a service, test it, get it working, then share it with the family.

I hear you on the instructions. A lot of these are pet projects that just happen to work well enough to share, so a bit of work is needed to implement them. If you document for others, you find that you can’t ever put every step in there because you can’t control all the variables.

More like shitposting, but someone is bound to take this to heart.

You forgot Firefox.

Yeah, but in this case it’s less a sword and more a lump of plastic.

It’s absolutely normal and should resolve itself eventually.

There appears to be many wireless options available. While there is no off the shelf option available, you may be able to automate connecting to the Wi-Fi of the cam and pulling the files from a Windows share. From there, you could put the files on a share for a service like photoprism.

If the only way up interface with it is through an app, and you don’t have an old smartphone to run the app, then you could consider running an android emulator.

Are you buying a cam or borrowing the same one? If you are borrowing again, you know the model? That will help us give better advice.

It’s a lesson many of us learn the hard way.

I guess I wasn’t clear. The average Windows user isn’t aware of PowerShell and would hardly be able to use reg itself. I agree that it is a great tool for managing registry in an environment, but I have seen professional technicians darn near cry over using cd to traverse directories.

Honestly, Windows MMC tools are one of the oldest and most dependable ways to:

Manage printers

View logs

Manage devices and drivers

Manage group policy

Manage MDT

The interface is almost 30 years old and it is prone to crash. Microsoft cannot seem to rewrite tools that replace the snap-ins.

There are some alternatives, such as diskpart to replace diskmanagement, but nobody is talking about replacing devmgmt with PowerShell or regedit with PowerShell for reg commands for the one off or the lay user.

Also, attempting to duplicate printmanagement with devices and printers has resulted in a loss of functionality for managing printer ports and drivers. Attempting to manage printers through just PowerShell is pure madness as you can’t properly parse the vendor options.

If you have made it this far, thank you for hearing me out. I’m not sure I actually made a point, but I do feel better.

I got a cheap 862D combo soldering iron from Amazon for $50 about 5 years ago. It goes down to 200°C.

Just remember to put it on a separate power strip and turn off the strip when you are done. These are super cheap, and I wouldn’t recommend leaving them plugged in unattended.

They won’t let me do it for for free. They think I’m doing bad things if I don’t charge for it.

Thanks for the list!

Looks amazing!

I was doing okay with 4-5 tabs on a core 2. Used Facebook as a test.

I can’t say how your firmware will recognize a PCI-e to NVME, but as long as your aren’t chasing boot time records a SATA SSD should be more than sufficient for boot. You could just use the NVME for speed.

Another option would be to set up 6 SATA SSD drives in there with ZFS2. The striping and read-write speeds should significantly fill the SATA buffer of 6gbps. Due to the striping, you might actually avoid filing the read buffer and be about to sustain a longer high write speed.

The drive farm is also super viable. I have a 6-port board and a SAS card installed giving me 10 or 14 ports, I can’t recall. I have a similar strategy as I described, but I’m only using it for a NAS. I looked into getting a 12-port board, but used it was still $350. It makes more sense for me to buy another SAS card instead.

Sandy bridge still has a little life in it. Most those systems top out at 8-16 GB memory, which is serviceable. You are probably missing out on NVME. The PCI version might also be a gotcha if you upgrade your video card, so double check the compatibility.

Finally, your previously-suggested video card may require new power connectors. While you might be able to find adapters, confirm that your are not approaching 80% of your PSU capability and upgrade if you are close. Power supplies degrade over time, so if you are at 65% it’s time to consider an upgrade on a 10yo PSU.

I’ll absofuckinglutely assist in providing an alternative.

Oh, devolve is a word, but I have only heard it used on procedural dramas to describe serial killers who stop following their patterns.

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Please send me some ideas! Free titles are better since I don’t have a library of older games. I was able to get Minecraft to a playable state, but Hollow Knight couldn’t do more than 4fps. I though Neverwinter might work since it was pretty old, but I only managed what appeared to be 1/4 fps. I’m running tests on a core 2 machine with an ATI Radeon HD4250, Fedora on a SSD, 6 GB of DDR 2.

The purpose is to spread the information to people who might be struggling with win 10 or older computers that can’t upgrade. I’m offering the Linux upgrade for $10 plus the cost of a SSD. I’m only posting to my Facebook crowd because I can’t do much for people who aren’t close.

I will gladly post on Lemmy if I keep going. We have until the test computer is sold. Then I am moving on to the pile of Optiplex 9010 computers I bought for testing.