I’m not sure exactly what model but it’s a 4k 75in hisense running Android from like 5 years ago

Personally I just setup a PC as a NAS‡ and installed VLC on my TV so that I can just browse the NAS and play the files directly

Is it efficient? No.

Is it the best way? Also no.

Does it work? Yes, surprisingly well in fact.

‡ The first time was simply a network shared folder, the second time was using TrueNAS.

Recent events with streaming services has really been the best argument for self hosting your own content

A different driver set for each chip architecture maybe?

I’m unfamiliar with the “Rust” situation, has something gotten crusty or something?

I’d love to see it for sure

I keep hearing good things about it

That’s cool to hear

I’m looking forward to seeing more than just data center GPUs hit the open source list

The name definitely needs work

Might be a controversial take but I don’t mind them blocking unverified flatpaks by default, what I do mind is that when enabled they don’t show the rating and reviews for said flatpaks.

I’m not sure if that was addressed in this latest version but that’s they way it was not too long ago

Bummer

I’ve got to agree with you on that one

I finally removed all my subs from over there

Couldn’t take it anymore

If it works it works

It does everything she needs so she keeps on using it

Plus she got her rig from me as a gift a number of years ago

I installed Linux Mint on my Mom’s and Grandma’s PCs as it’s one I use for most of mine. They took to it like a duck to water.

My Mom has a little bit of growing into it as she plays a lot of videogames (literally more than I do lol) but it’s been smooth sailing.

My Grandma primarily does stuff in her browser so for her it was more of a new skin for her PC.

My Mom is running a system with a R5 1600 and a RX 580 and my Grandma is running a Intel Broadwell CPU (I can’t remember which kind with integrated graphics.

To get my Grandma into Linux required some prep before hand teaching her about doing all of her office stuff in her browser because she was rude or die on Microsoft Office. Now she’s ride or die for Google’s office suite (not perfect but primarily painless for me).

For my Mom it was pretty simple after she started getting pop-ups to upgrade to Windows 11 and then being told her system doesn’t support it. Also her finding out that Windows 10 was going EoL in 2025 really helped.

Lychee Slicer (slicer used for resin printing) is usually pretty good but sometimes it’ll still fail

Which basically means I’d have 2 choices, go in there manually with Blender or fire up Windows 3D Builder and let it work it’s magic

I haven’t fully given up on trying to find a way to get it to work on Linux but I’ve had to take a break from trying purely due to frustration

I didn’t know about the 16-bit support, which is really cool to say the least

I see myself as still somewhat of a noob to Linux

And sometimes the Windows only software is more “Windows only” and works with Wine

Windows 3D Builder though is firmly in the Windows Only category though. Which is a bummer because in my experience it’s the best at repairing 3D models for 3D printing that have errors like holes, redundant geometry, inverted faces, etc.

I’m enjoying Linux Mint so far

I’m thinking I may hope around to a distro using a newer kernel but meh

Mint is pretty nice

Edit: My “meh” is because Mint has been super stable for me and I’m not really sure that the effort to switch distros is worth it given that my systems are already rock solid.

I like owning my shit and want to keep owning my shit

I see GIMP and Krita in my near future

Well shit

It was only a matter of time given current trends

The devs mention that as the recommended method on their GitHub (which I also recommend as it’s way easier)

Activating Windows is so easy nowadays