xanth's comments

On: D-Link says it won't patch 60k older modems

[xanth]

Anyone have any OPNSense budget hardware recommendations?

[senectus1 → xanth]

N100 is an excellent chip to go for. I'm currently using a aliexpress special with a celeron n5105 chipset in it.. it works fine as well, but I'd opt for the N100 next time if I had to replace it.

Celeron N5105

CPU: Intel Jasper Lake Celeron Processor N5105, 4 core 4 threads,64 bit, 10nm, 2.0GHz up to 2.9GHz, 4M cache

GPU: Intel UHD Graphics GPU, 24EU, 450MHz up to 800MHz

vs

Alder Lake N100

CPU: Intel Alder Lake Processor N100, 4 core 4 threads,64 bit, 10nm, Up to 3.4GHz, 6M cache

GPU: Intel UHD Graphics GPU, 24EU, Up to 750MHz

I bought a N100 model to run as my backup server (PBS etc) and its a cracker. Debian is so snappy on it.

[BLKNSLVR → senectus1]

Also running OPNSense (in a VM) on an N5105 from an AliExpress mini box, with four Ethernet ports. Thing gets hot though, passively cooled, but I put a fan on top of it.

Also runs another VM with some lightweight docker containers. Reliable little thing.

Would also go N100 if needed replacement.

[solnyshok → BLKNSLVR]

N150 is on the way already. https://liliputing.com/at-least-four-mini-pcs-with-intel-n15...

[senectus1 → BLKNSLVR]

I've recently found that the N5105 is cutting my HFC in half due to not being powerful enough to handle 1000/50 with IDP/IDS, so guess what I had to order to replace it :-D

looking forward to setting up the N100

[amatecha → xanth]

Just to clarify, OPNsense is based on FreeBSD[0], not OpenBSD. But OpenBSD does indeed make a good router/firewall OS as mentioned by GP. :)

[0] https://opnsense.org/about/about-opnsense/

[crest → xanth]

What performance are you looking for alternatively what's you (power) budget?

On: Show HN: Gemini LLM corrects ASR YouTube transcrip...

[xanth]

This was a clever jape; a good example of a ironic anti-humor. But I don't think you were confused by that ether ;)

[djmips → xanth]

clever japes are not desired on HN - there's Reddit for that my friend.

On: A Second Search for Bash Scripting Alternatives

[xanth]

Likewise, its a superpower to be able to integrate with a dll that wasn't developed with PS1 in mind

On: Italy's Piracy Shield just blocked one of Google's...

[xanth]

Likewise, here in aus on a FireFox 131.0.3

On: "Creounity Time Machine", the universal date conve...

[xanth]

Love the concept not the UX. I'd love to find the internal converter code

On: Swift 6

[xanth]

A low level language that's ergonomically interoperable with objective-c was probably the best choice.

On: Atkinson Hyperlegible Font

[xanth]

Thanks for sharing! I'd never thought to click through and see

[oneeyedpigeon → xanth]

Me either! Maybe if dang included a "past" link in the comment, more of us would learn about it.

On: FreeBSD 13.4-Release

[xanth]

https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.4R/relnotes/

On: JPMorgan's Python training for business analysts a...

[xanth]

This strikes me as a shit post; but does it have any specific contemporary reference its making?

[mikestew → xanth]

If you have to ask, it's not even very good shitpost, is it? I have no idea what GP is on about.

[xanth → the_censor]

Ohhhh edgy! Lets make it a puzzle, give us clues

On: Fair Chess and Simultaneous Games

[xanth]

Interesting to read the various[1,2] discussions on this chess variant

1 - http://www.hexenspiel.de/engl/synchronous-chess/ 2 - https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/synchronous-chess