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TCB13 , 1 month ago to selfhosted in Anyone self hosting on Mac mini M1/M2?

since I already have a Mac for work I was wondering how suitable a Mac Mini M1/M2 would be for a homelab?

Suitable yes, if you want to do it… maybe or maybe not. Here’s a few pointers:

• Debian can be installed on those machines, however I’m not sure how power management works properly:
• Installation isn’t as straightforward and as easy as in another systems because Apple decided to keep pushing the usual ARM bullshit of not including a proper UEFI with the system;
• Some stuff will be broker, but you most likely don’t need it for self-hosting;
• If you keep macOS around you may have good luck with virtualizing Debian using UTM or VMware. Debian’s arm64 images will run at optimal performance on that hardware.

If you’re about to spend money I would grab an HP Mini unit with a “T” CPU, those will downclock really hard and you can get a i5-10500T (on ebay) for around 250€… and everything will work fine out of the box. An i7-8500T model also sells for 150€ or something like that.

Have a look at those CPU benchmarks (last one is probably yours):

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/02065e37-3547-49bf-84d4-9f1aa337138c.png

If you’re looking for power efficiency the newer CPUs are always better. Those mini units will downclock and idle at around 9-12W depending on hardware configuration but Apple should be able to do better - at least assuming you’ve power management working.

cpubenchmark.net/…/Apple-M1-8-Core-3200-MHz-vs-Ap…

TCB13 , 1 month ago to selfhosted in Anyone self hosting on Mac mini M1/M2?

Yes… wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Apple/M1

TCB13 , 1 month ago to linux in Recommendation for a high-quality webcam for Linux

Well, Apple is, Apple.

Maybe a Logitech StreamCam will deliver better results for you? I don’t have complaints about my C920 but I don’t push it so far like you seem to do.

TCB13 , 1 month ago to linux in Recommendation for a high-quality webcam for Linux

I’m using a C920 on Debian and I don’t have focus issues. I remember that once it was permanently stuck out of focus but unplugging and plugging again fixed the issue. Never had any other issues in years.

TCB13 , 1 month ago to technology in Mozilla hit with lawsuit from former Chief Product Officer

Here’s typical Mozilla not being the all mighty savior people think of them.

TCB13 , 1 month ago to steam in What do you think of this prediction?

there is a very good reason why steam hasn’t been hit by the enshittification that otherwise permeates human existence in 2024.

Come again? Steam is enshitifed af. from forcing CS:GO players to move to CS:2 to adding DRM left and right, they do it all. They even release remasters of old games that are essentially always broken one or another.

TCB13 , 1 month ago to linux in Let's Try BSD, Part 1 of 7: Introduction (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD)

Next step: macOS.

TCB13 , 1 month ago to linux in Linux distro for an ancient Pentium PC

Now it’s on Windows XP that runs quite well but doesn’t support modern SSL certificates so it can’t browse the internet (idk how to fix it ok?).

Yes there are modernized versions of Windows XP with updated certificates and whatnot.

The only thing I remember is that it’s not i686 so 99% of modern 32 bit distros don’t work on it (stuck right after grub).

Debian has images for i386: cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/

But… frankly the power consumption of that thing will be just crazy. Take for example this example, a more modern Pentium D vs a Pi:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/59448465-4373-46f6-a58a-dec35fc8774f.png

browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/compare/6390478?base…

TCB13 , 1 month ago to selfhosted in Web-Shop WYSISWG App

Wordpress + Woocomerce.

TCB13 , 1 month ago to linux in Wine Staging 9.11 Released With A Patch For A 17 Year Old Bug Report

I don’t disagree with you, but at the same time:

• They threw Alex Ionescu out: the guy that actually wrote the majority of they only kernel that actually worked;
• Martin Fuchs fired: the guy that made the explorer and a ton of GUI components. His code was later on bastardized by everyone else causing the issues you were told about;
• … and many others.

They had competent people making the thing happen, then they decided to push them away and eventually replace their code with Wine backports and whatnot.

There are still a few pieces of software that require Windows and it would nice to have the kernel portion combined with Wine.

To be fair, if Microsoft was able to create WSLv1 without a kernel and it run just fine, why would Wine not be able to do the same? :) No drivers yes, but the software (including GUI stuff) run just fine and that’s not the case with Wine + the mainstream Windows’ software.

TCB13 , 1 month ago to linux in Is there a Linux drawing tablet, or a tablet Linux can be installed on?

A suggestion for you: Microsoft and Qualcomm are working on ARM based laptops with impressive numbers right now. I believe in a year after those are released you’ll see tablets using the same CPUs that will be way better to run Linux than the garbage we’ve available today.

The issue with most ARM / Android tablets right now is that besides having locked bootloaders (so much bitching about Apple and then they do the same) they don’t have an UEFI and that means the OS needs to be responsible for the low level shenanigans of booting the systems, initializing the hardware etc. making it so you’ve to create a tweaked kernel for each device. It isn’t feasible to support so much hardware thus there’s little to no Linux support on those devices.

Whatever is coming from Qualcomm right now will feature an UEFI and will be a more open platform like a generic x86 computer and we’ll get Linux support really fast.

TCB13 , 1 month ago to linux in Is there a Linux drawing tablet, or a tablet Linux can be installed on?

PineTab 2 works but no WiFi or Bluetooth driver for now

Are you sure those drivers will come at any point? I’m not.

TCB13 , 1 month ago to selfhosted in How do I do a bare-metal install (Debian) without a monitor+keyboard?

Well I see your problem, but you’re going to have a bad time without a screen. Maybe you can get something second hand / cheap or even ask a friend to borrow one for a few days?

TCB13 , 1 month ago to selfhosted in How do I do a bare-metal install (Debian) without a monitor+keyboard?

Yeah at those price points it isn’t worth it at all to attempt a headless install.

TCB13 , 1 month ago to linux in Wine Staging 9.11 Released With A Patch For A 17 Year Old Bug Report

It’s probably easier to hack ReactOS/Windows XP to run Office 2021 than do the same in Wine.