Impossible to read article. All videos get blocked (privacy reasons, even while “accept all” the 1st video is private…) so I recommend checking instead the article to the research in the description as they host their own videos.

Yeah I don’t think you’re addressing what I wrote, you’re mixing up my suggestion (to clarify the important part is “or”) with DistroBox then more general comments. Might be that I wrote it unclearly but anyway it wasn’t what I was saying.

FWIW I did run on old hardware with ratpoison and had a blazing fast experience, much more responsive than “top” hardware back then. So… yes IMHO it’s about the wm/de usually, the rest follows. Obviously you can’t run super demanding software, e.g. video editing, 3D modeling, etc but that’s usually rather obvious.

Why wouldn’t Debian run?

Debian is the OS, with its package manager and some applications suggested by default. You can install Debian with X, without X, with a certain window manager or another, etc. So… Debian WILL 100% run, the question rather is WHICH software should you pick that gives the best compromise between ease of use (specific to that person) AND performance (specific to that computer).

PS: to be clear, that’s the same for other distributions. There are distributions that specifically target older hardware and that in turn might facilitate the process but usually if you do check how such distributions are done, they are basically Debian (or NixOS or Alpine or whatever) with a specific package selection. It’s rare (if ever? counter-example) to have anything special that would somehow “boost” performance for hardware, especially here when it’s rather common hardware.

Sure, or containers, e.g. Docker/Podman, especially if there is a Web API available.

That being said, whatever you do, in fine it’s about trust. What you are installing can cause damage so IMHO it’s more about keeping things manageable while having your actually important data (not programs, downloaded content, etc but rather things you did yourself, e.g. written documents, sketches, configuration files, prototypes, photos, etc) safe even when the system itself is broken regardless of how and why.

Torrent?

outdated

how? Maybe I don’t properly understand the difference with obsolete?

Debian… but also to clarify it’s not “old” at all. I’m using Debian on my servers, yes, but also on my desktop that use daily, to work and to play video games on, including VR. So… don’t think because it’s “old” and “stable” it means it’s outdated.

Yeay, Debian user here who also left Twitter/X for similar reasons. I was already on Mastodon and Bluesky but didn’t make a habit out of it. Leaving the bad platform entirely (and having my data archived and searchable) helped a lot.

Glad to hear they moved on!

I’m confused, are you talking to me or OP? I didn’t ask which kernel anyone “should” use. I asked about which software does rely on a specific feature that you mentioned, namely DRM. Please clarify.

Beside this service (which I’m not using), any other? I briefly looked for a list but couldn’t find one.

No doubt, apparently seeing the downvotes I came across as negative about the distribution. It wasn’t my point, just sharing my perspective. Thanks for clarifying what makes it actually interesting to you!

Also FWIW I’m using Debian (1993) so relatively speaking, it (2015) is quite new.

First time I hear of it

Hmmm… I wonder if literally the first words of my post could have been a hint. /s

First time I hear of it, always give the same kind of thoughts :

• damn, yet another distribution, is this really necessary?
• maybe I need it, probably not, how does it actually work?
• actually I should make my own distribution at some point, how hard can it be? What would I learn from doing it?

… then I move on to my day.

Node exporter, Prometheus and grafana

Otherwise much heavier but that’s also what I use.

send alerts via http request

On this specifically you might want to check ntfy as it’s quite easy to setup and can give you notifications on pretty much any device (including iOS) via your own infrastructure all the way down to basics e.g. SSE. That mean you can subscribe to a topic, e.g. servers per physical location, alert level, etc and only get the ones you need.

Indeed, professionals are expensive, and IMHO rightfully so. I’m only trying to highlight the fact that it’s unfair to imply it’s much cheaper when the quality isn’t on par.

Not a weird example. I have my self hosted video server (PeerTube) and I tinkered with transcription thanks to whisper.cpp locally. It “works” in the sense that most of it is acceptable. It still does mistake though. I provide all my content, including hosting, at my costs and to anyone in the World for free.

So… I definitely see the value. I’m only saying that it has downsides and quality-wise relative to professional, it’s still bad.

Don’t let them know about cp, we’re all doomed! DOOMED! /s

PS: sensationalist BS. Interesting as a philosophical concept for sure but here it’s just fear marketing by AI-bro for their VC-funded scam.