rudyharrelson

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[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 23 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Could Linux save my laptop?

Depends on the root cause of the BSoD. If it's a hardware issue, then no, installing Linux won't fix an underlying hardware issue. What does the BSoD screen actually say? Any specific error code?

My understanding is that Linux is a kind of system that you download the components to a USB or what not and then install it on your machine. Is that something I could do in this case?

Yep, you could do that, but you'll need a functioning PC to create a USB installer for the Linux OS of your choice. You'll need a blank USB drive and some software to "flash" the Linux OS installer to the USB drive. e.g.: https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/burn.html

[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I've been really happy with Bazzite on my laptop the last few months, although I seldom game these days.

My wife's Windows laptop stopped working recently and I haven't been able to repair it, so she's been gaming on my laptop in the meantime. So far it's been able to play everything she's thrown at it without issue.

I'm sad that I haven't been able to fix her laptop, but I'm kinda happy cause it means there's no longer any Windows machines in the entire house, lol.

[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 5 points 1 month ago

That sucks man. You went the extra mile to be a good host, so you should be proud of that, regardless!

[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is it "fair"? I'd say no, but the world isn't a fair place. Enormous, unscrupulous corporations are to blame for the untenable situation we collectively find ourselves in. And those corporations aren't going to be rectifying their behavior any time soon unless forced to.

That being said, asking individuals to take steps to reduce climate change isn't an unreasonable thing in my eyes. Because, until corporations are held accountable, asking individuals is the only thing that can possibly improve the situation. Even though it's like throwing a cup of water on a forest fire.

The second that Amazon, Shell, BP, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Coke, Pepsi, et al are forced to do their part, I will start throwing my trash out the window again like a proper American. Until then, I'm gonna recycle and encourage my friends and family to do so as well.

[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 2 points 2 months ago

"Sons of Texas" reminded me of this tune I enjoyed a while back from Maylene and the Sons of Disaster:

"Step Up (I'm On It)"

[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 4 points 2 months ago

The official documentation has some guides on setting it up in a few different ways, although they assume the user is decently familiar with Linux/terminal commands and such. There might be some more beginner-friendly guides out there, though.

https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/installation/container/

I switched from Plex to Jellyfin a while back and I've been very happy with it.

[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Hmm, have you made any changes to the firewall on the system hosting the Docker container?

You might need to edit the firewall with a something like this:

sudo ufw allow from 192.168.1.0/24 to any port 8096

Are you using docker-compose to run the Jellyfin service? If so, you might need to add something like this to the docker-compose.yml file:

network_mode: 'host'
extra_hosts:
      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"

I'm no expert at Docker or UFW, but these are part of my Jellyfin setup, which I'm running on Ubuntu LTS in a Docker container.

[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 55 points 2 months ago (6 children)

These "moderators" should be ashamed of themselves. They couldn't be more transparently treating one participant with kid gloves and letting him talk as much as he wants.

It's what I expected, but I am still disappointed.

[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (10 children)

Are you putting the port number at the end of the local IP? Jellyfin defaults to port 8096 iirc. So the server URL should be 192.168.0.5:8096. What happens if you input that?

Are you able to connect to the server via web browser? e.g., typing http://192.168.0.5:8096 into Firefox

And as a quick sanity check, is your phone connected to the same wifi network as the Jellyfin server?

[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 5 points 2 months ago

Well, that was fast, lol.

Thanks!

[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

We need @SorteKanin@feddit.dk to dive in and tell us how these numbers work!

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