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So it looks like the best combo for Virtual machines on my box:
- QEMU/KVM for all Linux guests
- PCem for Windows up to and including 98
- VMWare for Windows XP onwards
I can run all three with good performance and have 3D passthrough where needed. Virtualbox would have been in there if I could run it at the same time as KVM.
If I get 'Super Serious', having a GPU dedicated to a Windows Guest via KVM/QEMU is probably the way to go. That might involve a separate box.
I find it gobsmacking that in 2026, I can't really install an English spell checker for a text editor in Debian, with a single command.
If you go down to the woods today...
Patched! That copy.fail bug seems pretty wild but then if your OS is open-source it can be tested and fixed quickly. You've got the widest programmer base. Managed to get my server sorted and back up pretty fast thanks to the hard work of all the maintainers.
Deleted my Google Account today. It's somewhat symbolic of what the internet has become. I remember wanting to work for google, being impressed by all the stuff they made. But now? Their time has passed and they only bring disappointment.
In the past, we had stories and legends, oral history and rituals. Today, my nostalgia and links to the past are dominated by TV adverts. I hate it! For all our technical wonders, our greed has cut us off from our past.
Quite worried that electrical item repair is too difficult - we had an air-fryer last night we couldn't fix. Most of it was likely fine. It'll head to landfill because of some tiny error that requires very specific knowledge to diagnose. Likely one tiny item or even just a system reset would fix it. #repaircafe #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle
Hello there. I'm looking to get #fedihired -bit new to it all. I've been a software engineer for a while, briefly a scientist with A.I. and biology leanings. I've done a lot of computer graphics and computer vision. Any folks looking to hire or have any suggestions of where to look please?
I think we can all relate to this guy! :D
I chose not to choose Windows. I chose something else. And the reasons? Who needs reasons, when you've got sherbert-I mean - Linux
https://benjamin.computer/posts/2026-07-24-choosing-linux.html
So it looks like the best option for spellchecking with Helix, is ltex-ls. It's a java latex like affair but once installed it seems to do the job well and overall, despite me having to faff to get it all setup, it does seem a little more useful than Vims spellchecking. Some details here: https://fryboyter.de/en/use-language-tool-with-restrictions-in-the-helix-editor/
Does anyone have a recommendation for a Dockerfile docker image for running gemserv or a similar gemini server plesae?
As much as I enjoy and use #Linux all the time, I do wonder if Linus Torvalds is the right person to lead the project these days? His recent post on #LLMs says less about LLMs and more about his morals and lack of philosophical understanding about where technology actually sits in the world - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/CAHk-=wi4zC+Ze8e+p3tMv8TtG_80KzsZ1syL9anBtmEh5Z40vg@mail.gmail.com/
Debating which virtualisation VM solution to use. Folks suggest kvm/qemu might be fastest but Virtualbox seems to have better desktop support and 3D acceleration. For running older systems, which do folks think is best? Apparently I can't have both as the kernel modules conflict. #virtualbox #kvm #qemu #virtualmachine