You’ll still be running into frequent issues if you go with R-V, so be warned.

That being said, the Framework R-V board only comes for the 13" format, so you can buy a cheap Framework 13 refurb from their store (fully warranted and everything), and swap the board out for the R-V for $200.

There are other R-V laptops out there, but I think the build quality is nowhere near the Framework, AND if you feel like it sucks, just swap that board back with the one it shipped with.

This is a bad idea for a number of reasons. Instead, if you move files to a specific location frequently, you want to make a symbolic link to that location instead. It acts as a circuit breaker in case something about your environment changes or breaks.

When you say you couldn’t install it, how do you mean?

Did you install by package, or by running the Nvidia installer? Did you get errors, or it just didn’t work afterward?

Edit: I didn’t even think, but I bet you may have just tried to install the latest Nvidia drivers, which don’t support a card as old as yours. Good solutions here: https://www.stevestreeting.com/2026/01/26/linux-mint-22.3-on-an-old-macbook-pro-nvidia-gpu/

Your GPU isn’t getting engaged because you either have to install the proprietary Nvidia driver, or if it is already installed, you need to use the utilities to switch over to the GT from the embedded.

If you just want the machine to do something only WHEN it detects the TV, that’s a bit different. You want an HDMI or DP switcher. You can just make a tiny listener for DBUS events that launches BPM when it detects the TV coming online.

Simple bash script set to run once your DE is loaded would do it. Detect the TV with xrandr or equivalent, then start Steam in BPM. If not, do nothing.

For the very specific vocal styling you’re talking about, there was a bit of a revival in the 90’s by a legit band called Squirrel Nut Zippers. Vocalist Katharine Whalen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrgJmyPh2UI

If you’re talking about the originating genre, it’s probably more in line with Big Band and Swing. That’s if you’re looking back to the 20’s-40’s for similar sounding stuff.

You probably need a psych consult. A normal functioning human should understand and feel empathy with other human beings. You lacking that, especially the way you’re describing it, could be a sign of something else at play you should be aware of, especially if you ever plan on having normal relationships with other people and possibly children.

In that realm, there’s not a whole lot we can without actual touch with current tech.

We have handheld Portable X-Rays that are about the size of an old digital camera, but you’d probably want something with the resolution of an MR, and the smallest of those at current is about the size of a large trashcan (which is still pretty cool).

If you include basic contact with the device, we can detect Blood Oxygen, Glucose, 12-lead equivalent EKG, some hormones, some infections (rapid detection for cutaneous), and some level of internal imaging with handheld Ultrasound (low-res but live).

Tricorder was able to tell if someone was pregnant…c’mon now.

If you’re asking how feasible is a handheld device with a shitton of sensors? Fairly doable. Providing sustainable energy to something like that with current tech…not so much.

Baking soda and peroxide, OR Oxygen Bleach (Oxiclean) should be just fine for this. Just soak the affected areas for 15m on a solution of whichever, and you should see it cleaner.

If it’s been permeated from caking agent like deodorant, you may need to boil it. Look into “Laundry Stripping” as well.

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MacOS, phones, off-brand handhelds that run SteamOS…that’s the goal.

It’s not going to be effortless. That’s not really the goal. Anything that uses Google Play Services is going to be a problem still as the underlying service layer just mocks out those API calls a la Waydroid. They’re working more on the FEX stuff from what I’ve seen in the repos.

Having the disks connected externally is the same as having them connected internally

No, it 1000% is not, especially in the case of USB that I used. Even in the way Linux handles everything as a file and target, it is vastly different.

No RAID solution I know of would lose the array on a power outage

Hardware RAID enclosures have batteries on the disk controllers for this very reason. We aren’t talking about those though, we’re talking about software RAID on JBOD, which wouldn’t have those sanity protections. Here’s some random blog explaining deeper.

Honestly I don’t see how interrupt handling would be any different between internally or externally connected devives, except for different buses/protocols handling it differently intrinsicly

See above

Maybe I’m too spolied by using ZFS, but again I don’t think this would actually be a problem

That’s a filesystem solution to a hardware problem, so yes, probably a bit spoiled there, or at least it’s skewing your understanding of what RAID is and how it works. One of the reasons ZFS exists, actually. It’s nice to have nice things though.

Well…don’t overspeak. There WILL eventually be something better, and then people will complain about that as well 🤣

Also software. Literally in the description and options.

There are very few use cases for hardware controllers anymore, and they are on SAN controllers at a massive scale. Every single device you point me to at under $50k is going to be software.

Just wanted to clarify so you understand.

Software. They’re all software. They run Linux, actually.

Link me to a single hardware controlled disk array that you’re considering.