And Gnome is probably not for you.

They make a desktop which is opinionated, and in some ways pushes things forwards. For example it is nice to not have to always deal with the awful Start button metaphor.

On the others it can be a constraint. Only wanting to support the modern icon tray lead to years of having to use an extension for all the software that didn’t.

And that’s fine. That’s why we have KDE and XFCE.

I personally much prefer the Gnome flow which gets out my way, and find KDE to feel much more archaic. I don’t want docks and bars, I don’t want the desktop to be more than a place to hold my applications.

What do you mean “centered”? The top bar is top, and the clock is centered.

I would kill for an all in one, “single pane of glass” way to browse

We used to have one, and it was great.

RIP Boxee.

And multi-account containers are not enough for me.

What’s your point? They are great and serve a purpose, but they are not the same.

queue criticism

It’s cue.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cue

a signal (such as a word, phrase, or bit of stage business) to a performer to begin a specific speech or action

That last line is your cue to exit the stage.

I assume you were requesting a critique on your comment.

No one is locked into the Steam store. Any of the others could release a Linux handheld if they wanted to.

First they would have to make an interface that works in a console like way, and then actually make the launchers work on Linux. But this would require effort, and neither care about actually supporting customers.

Epic is far happier being customer hostile.

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I use them to get around shitty launchers too.

That’s weird that there are several ways to get access to the Quick Guides, and some seem to want an email.

However it doesn’t use it and takes junk (I just used a@b.com which was accepted), but sad that the form you found needed it.

But to answer your question, no I missed that link and went to “downloads” which also has the guide but doesn’t appear to require any email.

I just did a websearch and first result was a download link on their US website too which didn’t require registration.

There seems to be a lot of nonsense on here.

Err, you mean the piece of paper that came in the box, or is available to download on their website as a link without having to register?

https://www.terra-master.com/us/d6-320.html?page=menu&mid=1336

Update your DAS? What are you talking about?

The brand that runs their OS off of a USB stick inside the device

Are you alright?

If you use a reputable brand, such as TerraMaster you’ll avoid all of the scare stories you hear.

Almost everything bad seems to be along the lines of

I bought “off brand” XzzYyG from Amazon/EBay/Wish and it failed

Something like this:

https://www.terra-master.com/uk/products/homesoho-das/d6-320.html

It’ll be faster than your spinning rust anyway, as long as you have high speed ports on your mini PC.

I’ve had “trash controllers” in Orico units which rewite the drive details which makes them annoying to work with but I’ve never heard of

your drives will vanish in the middle of a write, and corrupt themselves

That sounds likes its underpowered and when the draw is up the supply can’t handle it, which could happen for internal drives if your supply isn’t up to powering enough drives.

Use a reputable brand like TerraMaster and you’ll not have those sorts of problems.

This is completely untrue.

You can get plently of performant arrays over USB. You do know how much USB 3.1 or 4 can transmit?

Enclosures often don’t cool as well so heat may degrade your disks faster as well.

DAS enclosures can do a great job of cooling by separating and not sharing the air inside a single case.

Windows 8 on a tablet was better

PC makers like Lenovo, Asus, and MSI have all opted for Windows-based handhelds so far, but as consumer patience with Windows on tiny screens wears thin and Microsoft’s progress in improving the experience is slow, it seems like OEMs are looking for a better alternative.

Microsoft hasn’t make any progress on improving the experience because the Windows UI is simply not suitable for non-mouse environment, and you are not allowed to sell a Windows device that doesn’t provide the Windows OOB experience.

Linux is the only sane choice with restrictions like that.

I used them to dismiss the EA middleware bullshit, and Cities Skyline.

Yep, completely agree that its an Intel limitation.

I didn’t see that about USB3 (my Intel system provides USB 3, and still has the 50 endpoint/25 device limit), I’ll take a look, however it sounds like AMD is just generally better.

It’ll be a shame to lose Quick Sync, but it’ll probably be worth it.

However this reiterates my thoughts about USB4, since it is a Thunderbolt derivative, and as mentioned in your link Thunderbolt doesn’t have these same limitations.

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