Just to mention, a used or refurb M1 or M2. I don’t believe anything newer is supported, so save some cash IMO.

I use cirrus for radar and the radar widget, breezy for everything else.

Debian. For decades.

My first installation was slack and from then until now has been a mix of more things than I care to list, but includes things like freebsd on a DEC multia, a sparcstation pizza box with a 2.6ish kernel maybe?, along with things like Ubuntu, suse, fedora, centos, gentoo, ive built from scratch, I ever remember the days of configuring x with fvwm95 because I thought it would be easier for my parents.

I always go back to Debian. Though I’m happy with arch when I want something ‘current’.

A lot of the small cheap knockdowns aren’t metal, they are LDF or maybe MDF.

Ply is solid choice, I’d recommend an L bracket for the corners, 8 in total. For the casters get at least one locking, it’ll save some headache. I’d also get at least one vent or blank 1RU plate to make sure you’re lining up right between the rails, and to mount the rails with enough room top/bottom. A second set of rails for the back will let you double up on mounting front and back to make better use of the space if you’ve got low-depth devices to put in there.

Have fun!

Eh, early Dolby is where they made real progress.

Modern Dolby is more about licensing than actually doing anything for the industry. Not limited to the codec discussion.

I’m going to call this another vote for Debian

Ugh

Fuck Dolby. I mean fuck Snap too, but with this case, in specific, fuck Dolby.

What would your ultimate distro be like?

… Debian.

The comments on x have a disturbing amount of reality-defying insanity…

It drives me nuts.

At least provide a transcript somewhere. Thats all I ask.

RTFM long predates videos in the internet; at this point I’d actually call it inclusive of videos and guides.

I actually get pretty pissed off when the only guide for a feature beyond a couple lines of “here’s what this can do” with no elaboration is just a video. I don’t want a video. I want a damn manual with working examples.

But if its all there is, I’ll watch it before asking questions. The same should go for people who prefer videos, they should at least try the manual first, or looking at some guides or videos.

What’s frustrating for people (generically speaking) is when zero attempt is made in advance of posting questions, and from what I see, is the majority of “RTFM” responses.

Haven’t used that feature to be able to say how that interaction works, or used it with a tobii or anything unfortunately.

The only other thing I can think of to check out would be Jitsi, but I don’t think it does annotation. Iirc, they were adding in something for a laser pointer, but I don’t know where thats at in development or that it would be enough for you use.

The other person can use it still, it doesnt take away local control

Its not exactly call software, so its be a second app, but I think rustdesk supports a whiteboard thats transparent - so basically annotation.

I’m thinking gold and those colorful European dollarydoos.

Depends on the model, so you’ll have to take a look at each. The really big ones usually have a port rather than a captive cable, the smaller ones it varies wildly.

Sabrent. Bit more money, but I like the ones with built in power switches per port (handy for testing disconnection events), and the build quality is solid. Power supplies they provide can be a bit bulky, but I mount them in my rack so its not really a problem for me.

Anker I like for their slimmer powered hubs, but those mostly sit in my laptop backpack, not the daily driver on my home office desk.

For my work, I personally have:

• Webcam
• Mic
• Dongle for mouse
• Dongle for headset
• Wired keyboard
• Monitor 2 touchscreen
• Macropad
• Ethernet adapter 1 (connection to work network)
• Ethernet adapter 2 (connection to small switch with no uplinks, for device testing)
• Ethernet adapter 3 (connection to local avoip network)
• External drive
• Microcontroller programmer (universal, let me cut down on a few other adapters I had)
• Serial adapter
• Card reader
• Video capture - analog
• Video capture - digital
• Audio interface for xlr I/o and my good headphones
• NFC reader/writer

Then a couple of loose cables for connecting the random devices, like a tablet for adb purposes, DSLR, etc. Not including the built-in devices on the laptop which show up as USB devices, like the crappy built-in webcam, microsd only card reader in the worlds stupidest spot, etc.

I’d say its easy to hit 15 - thats only the USB devices attached to my work laptop.

(yes, that happened).

What was the site? With .af I bet it was a fun name

just that FOSS has problems unique to it that are rarely acknowledged.

None of the issues you’ve noted are unique to open source though.