You can go with something like this if you want a clean solution.
I use a drive dock station for my backup drives, and I have a few of these for one-offs too.
Amazon typically has a few vendors that specialize in refurbished Optiplexes and/or HP Elites in small or ultra small form factor sizes.
A word of caution about these refurbs though...the memory and storage they include are often dollar store brands (Kingfast) that I wouldn't even trust for a child's PC. It's worth purchasing your own after the fact.
Your options will depend on many things...
I don't know how demanding photoprism is, but you could probably do fine with a refurbished i5/i7 Dell Optiplex or similar, with one or more SSDs added to it. If money is really tight and storage needs are high, you could go with mechanical drives instead.
The problem with enterprise servers is that are generally very loud and use a lot of power...not unlike adding a second refrigerator to your environment. In my opinion, they're not worth it unless you have a specific use case (training for a career, etc.).
The dropbear method is more secure overall, and I plan to incorporate it as well when I find the time to wipe/reinstall my server, but it's arguably not as easy or simple, which is what OP requested.
As mentioned elsewhere, the easiest method is to encrypt only the data drives. This way you can secure shell into the server upon restart and decrypt the data. I've been using this method for years now without issue.
You'll need to provide specifics if you want solutions to many of these issues.
For the keyboard, there are several FOSS keyboards which support spacebar navigation, but you can also install Gboard and simply disallow any permissions, including network access.
Regarding Signal, this would be a reality for anyone with a non-Apple device. You may need to find a compromise and simply use SMS, RCS, or even just email when dealing with certain people.
There will always be one-off features available only on other devices or platforms. Only you can decide whether they are worth the cost of security and privacy.
If you're now getting I/O errors that won't even get you booted, it sounds to me like drive failure is imminent.
For what it's worth, I've never had to change my io scheduler in the nearly twenty years I've used Linux. You can check your current scheduler with the following command: cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler (change the block device to whatever yours is...sda, nvme0n1, etc.).
In my case, it was already bfq: one mq-deadline kyber [bfq]
Distrobox will resolve your issue with VSCode and then some. Run archlinux, debian or whatever you want as a container. Then, install VSCode/VSCodium (and any other apps that Chimera lacks) inside the container OS. This will keep your development environment containerized and safely away from your host OS.
Thank you, sebastinas and gang!
It definitely sounds like a hardware issue since it has survived multiple disk wipes and distro changes.
I've been going through my old screenshots and thought I'd share some for nostalgia. This shot is from 2007, when I was working on several logo concepts for Arch Linux (it remains one of my favourites).
As I recall, the specs were as follows:
Probably a longshot, but hoping anyone here might have working instructions on getting OpenRazer running under Fedora Silverblue. I recently picked up some Huntsman V2s and while OpenRGB works for basic control, I'd like to see what other options are available.
Apparently there is a known incompatibility between Silverblue and how OpenRazer implements kernel modules (link). I've seen elsewhere that some users have tweaked the build files to work around this, but I couldn't find any detailed info. Any help would be appreciated.
EDIT:
I got it working, but it wasn't worth the trouble compared to simply running OpenRGB in a flatpak. For Razer keyboard users, you'll gain one or two RGB presets over OpenRGB, such as Reactive, and the ability to adjust the polling rate (the merits of which are highly debatable). You'll lose secure boot and kernel verification unless you also add the ublue repo and signing key rpm (ublue-os-akmods-addons).
If anyone wants to do it anyway, I had success by downloading and installing the following ublue-os akmod rpms from here:
(Note: you might need to layer the kernel-devel package first; I had it layered already so I can't confirm.)
Add the openrazer repo, then install the daemon and frontend app:
curl -o - https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/hardware:/razer/Fedora_$(rpm -E %fedora)/hardware:razer.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/razer.repo
rpm-ostree install openrazer-meta razergenie
Add the plugdev group to /etc/group, then add your user to it:
sudo bash -c 'grep "plugdev" /lib/group >> /etc/group'
sudo gpasswd -a $USER plugdev
Finally, launch RazerGenie...
Despite being a heavy cell phone user for more than 25 years, it only recently occurred to me that vertical navigation on most phones is inverted when compared to traditional computers. You swipe down to navigate upward, and up to navigate downward. I recently spent time using a MacBook, which apparently defaults to this "natural" scrolling (mobile-style), and I was completely thrown off by it.
I've been using natural scrolling on a couple of my own desktops ever since, mostly as a mental exercise, and I wondered...how many of you folks prefer this method?
A new version of my Rediggit theme for Lemmy has dropped, and with it comes a name change...
Rediggit is now Lemonberry, to better reflect the separation from Reddit.
I've also added a much-requested dark mode, adapted from Lemmy's default darkly theme. Those familiar with the Reddit Enhancement Suite's dark mode should find this pretty comfortable.
The latest version of Lemonberry is optimized for Lemmy v0.18.1 only and is available on GitHub and UserStyles. I will likely keep the optimizations in sync with only the larger instances as Lemmy development is changing rapidly, and it's proving difficult to maintain compatibility with older versions.
You can also find older versions of the theme, and additional screenshots, at the GitHub repo.
If you have no idea what any of this means, Lemonberry is a flexible, full-width light and dark theme for Lemmy. It is just one of many user-made themes for this community. These themes can be installed and enabled with the use of a CSS injector browser add-on, such as Stylus (Firefox, Chrome). UserStyles.world is a good place to start exploring the available themes.
Cheers
Not mutually exclusive, but it's highly probable that if you're running a mainstream distro, the default kernel is in lockdown mode, preventing hibernation while secure boot is enabled.