KRDucky

I am looking for a GPU block or GPU AIO block for my EVGA GTX 1080 FTW ACX 3.0 card. EKWB gave me some EOL part numbers but I have yet to see anyone selling any. My GPU has become "crashy".

I also forgot to mention that Fedora Linux is also available preloaded on a number of computers from Lenovo (there's a recent video from the Nest with Fedora conference on this) and Slimbook.
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is available for free for individuals for up to 16 machines, and supported subscriptions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation are US$299/system/year, which entitles you to technical and engineering support from Red Hat as well. There's also AlmaLinux, which has support options through TuxCare (though that's aimed mostly at businesses/servers, I think).
 
Another great option is openSUSE Leap, which is built by SUSE and the openSUSE community as a freely available rock-solid stable and somewhat fresh distribution. For commercially supported options, SUSE offers SUSE Linux Enterprise with a desktop variant that's available for US$120/system/year with support from SUSE. There's a more advanced Workstation variant that's available with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (US$799/system/year) with the workstation extension (US$50/system/year).
 
The benefit of paying for RHEL or SLE is that these companies take that money and pour into further developing the Linux platform. Red Hat and SUSE both spend a lot of time and money on developing Linux for the cloud, the server, and the desktop. This results in Fedora Linux and openSUSE Linux both getting improvements as a result of that money going in, and because it's all FOSS, it benefits the wider Linux ecosystem. Many of the things people enjoy on Ubuntu/Pop, Arch, Manjaro, etc. all start in either Fedora or openSUSE.

TLDR; SteamOS 3.0 is pacman-based, therefore the obvious distro choice for a gamer is pacman-based. This essentially means Manjaro for most users, and the rest can manage on their own. 
 
I have a hard time viewing anything else than a pacman based distro as a serious choice for the future if gaming is in the picture. The most obvious reason today; SteamOS is pacman based. A lot of the work done towards Linux and gaming done by Valve can found in the AUR (at http://repo.steampowered.com/arch/valveaur/). I want to be a bit technically accurate here, that SteamOS is based on arch is not important, the fact that changes made for SteamOS and gaming on Linux are pacman-package-manager based is important.
 
The rest of this post is concerned with a user who wants to game on Linux just like if it was Windows and also do some light computer work (i.e., browsing, documents, mailing etc). If gaming is not an issue, Fedora is my recommendation for workstation-like work if you do not want to tinker, but anything pacman based is easier to maintain newer releases of software and libraries on (I run arch on my private gaming- / workstation rig with custom kernel and self-compiled Xorg / Wayland and I have never had an issue I couldn't solve in 5-10 minutes). Debian-based distros use horribly old kernels, sure they are good for servers and stability, but for gaming they are a no-go with later Nvidia and AMD GPUs since they lack important kernel support and driver stacks. 
 
But, and this is an important but, I see it as highly unlikely that any distro will have a default configuration (inc kernel modules) anywhere close to the one of SteamOS when it comes to gaming. And kernel features such as F-sync, E-sync, EAC-support, etc are not "+2% improvements", they make or break the gaming experience completely (here assuming that the new EAC-for-Wine patches require a non-default kernel).
 
I.e., for the I-just-want-it-to-work-user Manjaro with Gnome is a good bet. Gnome is better integrated with Feral's `gamemode` (which can be configured to optimise scheduling, GPU-overclock etc and does a decent job out of the box, https://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode) than KDE; but tinkering can get KDE to work well as well. Depending on CPU and GPU just enabling gamemode might offer 20%+ performance because your distro might default to powersave CPU governing (especially for laptops). Just using Manjoro + Gnome defaults work surprisingly decently out of the box. I can imagine that SteamOS 3.0 when released will be the best out-of-the-box distro for normal users who sometimes want to game as well regardless of machine. 
 
And for the more advanced user (which to me means that you have at least a decent understanding of llvm vs gcc, DKMS, (x)wayland vs Xorg, mesa-driver stacks vs others, etc), the IMHO best build systems for linux kernels, wine, proton, etc, such as linux-tkg (https://github.com/Frogging-Family/linux-tkg), wine-tkg (https://github.com/Frogging-Family/wine-tkg-git), proton-ge-custom (https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom) to name a few, are all geared for pacman based linux distros. And if you are an advanced user, the distro you installed from is not important at all, it is where you end up that matters (which, as a side note, is one of the fundamental commercial problems with Linux). 
 
And ofc, for Nvidia on Linux nothing beats the packager / installer Nvidia-all (https://github.com/Frogging-Family/nvidia-all), especially if you tinker with Vulkan. 
 
I reach higher performance for gaming on my work/gaming-station with XWayland running latest proton-ge-custom with a custom llvm-based kernel with F- and E-sync enabled optimised for my rig than I do on Windows 10. For my rig, in the context of gaming, default Windows 10 beats default Manjaro with Gnome, but optimised pacman distro beats optimised Windows 10. In the context of actual work (compilation, VMs, etc) Linux blows Windows out of the water, see for example https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=2990wx-linux-windows&num=1, Windows does not handle large amounts of memory and core counts well (Microsoft has somewhat alleviated this since 2018, but not fully).
 
A side-note which might be important here, Xorg does not support monitors with different refresh rates well, the entire desktop will be synced to the slowest monitor (except if you manually install the latest RC for Xorg 21.1), so Wayland is a must for gamers with multiple monitors where all monitors are not 144 / 165 / 240 Hz.

RHEL actually has a version which is priced extremely closely to Windows pricing. Few hundred dollars or euros isn't unreasonable in my opinion to having the ability to use an os which you have no knowledge of and you know nobody to help you, but I do agree that it can be expensive for many people. On the other hand some people do not know how to research anything and I would be really interested if they can offer usable os for normies. But you are probably right that it could be completely separate topic.
 
I really would like them to try both Gnome and KDE. Personally I do not customize the looks, only functionality and even that super lightly. Yes sure, my keyboard layout is custom and I have a plenty of Gnome extensions, but I do not really care how it works if it works and I get my work done. I see the appeal of KDE, but when I tried it I wasted way too much time in settings which could have been used for real work.

As someone who uses and helps develop Fedora Linux, I was really sad and hurt to hear @LinusTechcompletely laugh off Fedora Linux as if it was ludicrous. As one of the folks who helps develop Fedora Linux and uses it as a daily driver specifically for desktop and gaming, I was really shocked to hear that neither Linus nor @Slick would even consider it.
 
In the past year alone (with Fedora 33 and 34), we've done a ton of work around the desktop and gaming:
Btrfs by default with zstd transparent compression to simplify storage and improve I/O performance Swap on ZRAM, desktop process resource reservation, and adding systemd-oomd to improve responsiveness in situations with low memory and high memory pressure DXVK for Fedora Wine to match Proton for non-Steam Windows games (and non-games!) Adding thermald to improve thermal and Intel CPU performance for ultrabooks and other laptops Routing all audio through PipeWire to simplify audio and improve the quality of life for pro-audio setups And with the upcoming Fedora 35 (releasing at the end of the month, beta out now), we've got a bit more in the pipe:
Adding power-profiles-daemon to extend battery life and enable easy power management flexibility Using a shim library to have old SDL1 games use SDL2 to improve game performance and compatibility with newer technologies Easier user third-party repository enablement to easily access third-party software like Steam, Google Chrome, and the NVIDIA driver Select Flatpaks from Flathub made available so stuff like Zoom, Discord, etc. are all just a click away Even with that, there's more coming down the pipe in the future, as Red Hat and the community work with folks like Valve, NVIDIA, and others to make the desktop and gaming awesome. Christian Schaller (the manager for the Red Hat Desktop team), wrote a blog post about what his team is working on for improving Fedora Workstation. He's written plenty of blog posts about the state of things and where his team is working to move things.

I wish they would consider using Fedora Linux, because I think we've done a stellar job trying to make an awesome easy to use Linux desktop and I think they'd love the stuff we've done to make gaming on Linux awesome.

I'm surprised they didn't mention one that is more welcoming to new users... like... Elementary OS or Zorin OS. 

Just going to post a couple of Scientific studies/reports about 5G and health effects. Take them as you will. I personally am willing to trust them given the years of study and research under their belts /credentials and detail in the studies. The results are interesting and minorly concerning depending on the technology deployed. 5G can be used for amazing things. It is the implementation that is what needs to be scrutinized. Do I think 5G causes Covid? NO. Do I think more study is needed to analyze the effects of the 5G bands being used? HELL YES
 
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/we-have-no-reason-to-believe-5g-is-safe/
 
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1438463917308143
 
https://slt.co/Downloads/News/1102/5G - IEEE with Health comments.pdf
 
https://thecalm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/5G-Wireless-Technology_Millimeter-Wave-Health-Effects.pdf
 
 
Millimeter waves bio effects CIA Declassified in 2012 Zalyubovskaya 1977.pdf

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All suggestions are welcomed.
Frankly I am disappointed at the negative responses that were left. This has always been a forum for open ideas.
 
 
@KRDucky
If you wish for Linus to see and review your suggestion you should probably tag him like so;
@LinusTech
 
Or you can post it in here as a Video suggestion for him to review.
 
Lastly, we have forum suggestions thread that you can peruse and make suggestions to;
https://linustechtips.com/main/forum/81-forum-suggestions/

I'm probably not the best person to ask... but if I were going to spec out a new FreeNAS server for myself this very moment, I would go after an i3-8100 (coffee lake), Gigabyte C246-WU4, and 32GB of Crucial DDR4-2400 unbuffered ECC memory.
 
Here are Amazon links:
CPU
Motherboard
Memory
 
All should set you back about $550 (maybe less if you can find good deals). It would be a decent "heart" of the system with decent expandability (up to 64GB RAM with that motherboard). With the rest of the budget, you would have to find a case, HBA. and a PSU that suits your needs...those choices will depend more on what you're planning to add.
 
EDIT: I linked the wrong memory... it should be fixed now. The ECC memory is quite a bit more expensive so that sucks... if you want to stay in the $550 you could run one 16GB DIMM instead of the two DIMMs.

a Linux server distro for one. (usually $0). Then get a used 100GbE card, the inifiniBand cable and a switch that can handle it.

you want clamav

Honestly, I need more of this, linux is grossly overlooked. Thanks for the vid! Please do more of this!!! Loved the vid

There's being tracked, an then there's being sold out.
Windows 10: Never in this house. Have you *read* the EULA?
You're funny.

I think the way this evolved, we kind of went more for a "what can we do now" than "what can we do easily". I do feel like a follow-up to address those issues may be a good idea, particularly if the video does well in the long term. Kind of a "here's what you CAN do, but if you just want to get your feet wet, here's how to get the basics" type of thing. This video already ran long, though, so it really was a choice of one or the other.

Windows collects so much user data these days! How can you get your game on while controlling how much privacy you give up? Linux to the rescue! Featuring Wendell from Level1Techs! - https://www.youtube.com/user/teksyndicate
 
 
Learn more about gaming on Linux over at the Level1Techs blog: https://level1techs.com/article/gaming-linux
 
More Linux gaming resources:
Lutris: http://geni.us/OOU0Sa
DXVK: http://geni.us/gPuIBiB
Looking Glass Website: http://geni.us/YUT4E
Looking Glass Github: http://geni.us/ZEVU

Its actually Ubuntu. Working on a project to make Windoze users transfer to Linux more easy.

I take it you can't be bothered to remember or read your previous posts.
 
Intel is commonly used for Enthusiast grade builds. Not Budget. That is traditionally AMD's turf.

Oh right I see, well I'm more than up for giving it a go if you want. It would have to be in a week's time though as my PC is currently apart as I am painting bits lol.

There's a fork of OBS now that makes use of AMD's VCE tech. So you have a lot of options in how you want to set up your encode.
 
I have not tested but I wonder if the built in H.264 VCE avenue provides better quality or speed than utilizing OpenCL on the GPU from x264.

Actually, OBS does support OpenCL as well as AMD specific codecs.
 
In the "Advanced" section, if you have the current version of OBS, in the text box labelled "Custom x264 Encoder Settings" you can type "opencl=true" and it will share some encoding steps to the graphics card. This sharing is mostly automatically balanced to prevent either your CPU or your GPU from getting overworked. Again, this decreases your total CPU usage.
It is not QuickSync, it's OpenCL. In fact, several people have in fact claimed they felt it increased quality.
 
AMD excels at OpenCL so this is a more AMD-centric feature.

Legal Demetria here: AMD saved themselves with this picture since they use the terms "up to" and "computer cores". 

Did you guys know that the plaintiff (Tony Dickey) is a natural person and citizen of the State of Alabama? Don't you find it odd that he is filing this lawsuit in the State of California and stating a bunch of California laws and statutes? You can read the entire lawsuit here: AMD Lawsuit
 
I don't know if this kind of this is even kosher. Also the Lawsuit states that AMD is from Delaware yet, also states that the AMD HQ is in California? It can not be both from Delaware and California. If the company is a Delaware company, the HQ is in Delaware. Correct me if I am wrong of course but that is my understanding of how businesses and law.
 
After reading through the lawsuit, I can deduce one thing. The guy went to Newegg, bought 2 FX 9590 CPUs, was not happy with the performance, and decided to sue to the tune of $5 million plus other fees and damages. He claims that AMD processors are priced unfairly high for what they are.......as if AMD processors were not priced low enough already. I want to know what the heck he was trying to use them for. Maybe he was trying to use them for Bitcoin?
He also alludes to the idea that Intel's 8 core chips cost less than AMD's "8-core" chips by stating that AMD is unfairly pricing the chips. At least that is what I gather.
 
Reading through the Lawsuit reads like a little kid screaming at the top of his lungs that his toy does not work like he thought it would or should etc. AMD Bulldozer uses CMT (Clustered Multi-Threading) instead of the SMT tech that intel uses. Two different methods of accomplishing a task. And to top it off, he requests a Trial by jury like it is a criminal case. If that is the case, and AMD is the defendant, then AMD must be considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of Law.

LOL THIS IS LITERALLY HILARIOUS ! BEEN EXPLAINING THIS TO PEOPLE FOR AGES. 

Can't the 8 core bulldozer processors perform 8 integer operations simultaneously?

Everything you do in this video makes me question your credibility.
 
You put a $370 server chip in a router ..... WTF WHY?
You did not check for compatiblity of parts.
 
Here is what you should have done...... use a 2U/4U rackmount chassis since you want to rack mount it. (I would have just used a Mini-ITX case and called it a day)
A 2U/4U chassis supports a standard ATX PSU, a Standard IO shield, proper airflow, any motherboard you wish to use. Costs roughly the same as the 1U chassis you got.  And can still be rackmounted.
 
Example: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BQY36DC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_2&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Example: http://www.amazon.com/iStarUSA-Server-Chassis-Cases-D-214-MATX/dp/B00A7NBO6E/ref=sr_1_21?ie=UTF8&qid=1442138029&sr=8-21&keywords=2u+rackmount+chassis
Example: http://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Thickness-Rackmount-Chassis-RSV-L4412/dp/B00N9CXGSO/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1442137996&sr=8-17-spons&keywords=2u+rackmount+chassis
 
You could have made it an interesting build if you built the router in something like the Coolermaster Elite 110 and then decided to DIY rackmount that case.
 
You could have easily made do with a dual core Atom chip or one of the Quad/Octo core integrated chips.