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New Pyra pre-order - General questions
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Hi all! After some years checking the development of the Pyra, and being very interested in the project, I finally made my pre-order yesterday
I really love the philosophy behind the Pyra: being open, having replaceable parts, being both computer and handheld console. I am however not the best with informatic-related stuff to be honest, and have 0 experience with linux (although I am very willing to learn). Therefore, I would like to ask some specific questions regarding uses I would like to have on the Pyra:
1- I am a language nerd and on my pc I make customizable keyboards to use special symbols, especially Norse related (e.g. ǫ, þ, ᚠ) or IPA symbols. How good is unicode support and to switch between keyboard configurations on the Pyra?
2- I use google drive a lot to share documents between my computers, mostly pdfs and office related (presentations, excel sheets, word processors). Are there good alternatives that would work for Pyra and a windows pc?
3- I've seen many people can easily code on the Pyra, mostly thanks to the good keyboard. Are there good Python and Julia environments and interfaces that can be installed on the pyra? Like anaconda, pycharm, jupyter, spyder etc. What about the use of dabases like sqlite?
4- I plan to use my Pyra also to watch TV/youtube/play music now and then. How well do you think it will be possible to use mainstream services like netflix, watch national TV, youtube, spotify? Probably it should be decent on firefox, but I am not sure.
I believe that's it so far, thank you very much in advance, you seem like a very nice community
PS: sorry for the very noobie questions
Regarding Google Drive:
I have my own Nextcloud Server for file syncronisation.
It works flawlessly on all devices and has all the features you need:
File Sync, versioning, Calendar, Contacts, integrated office solution based on Libre or Onlyoffice, Video- and textchat, Mailclient and manymanymany other plugins.
Sync is available via a sync client and of course webbrowser.
If you can't or don't want to host an instance yourself, there are quite a few providers who sell instances on a monthly base for cheap, like Hetzner for example.
Storage - Hetzner Online GmbH
www.hetzner.de
NetBLOKS
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Yes, it's really convenient.
On Hetzner, the installation is even easier as it is already done for you and you got full admin rights to install Add-Ons.
But I've got a VM Cluster online, which I administrate myself and a VM Nextcloud host, Collabora Host, Rocket Chat, Jitsi and Kopano on different VMs.
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I host my Nextcloud on a server sitting in the corner of my dining room, running Proxmox and two VMs.
NetBLOKS
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Proxmox is great. I use it at nearly all of my clients and in different cluster setups.
In my opinion, it is the best of class VM environment.
Yeah, Kopano and Zimbra both.
But since Zimbra changed it's license, Kopano is where it's at for me now.
I implement it with Samba active directory and AD integration.
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I have four nodes in my cluster, one of which has a VM that acts as my gaming PC. Only two nodes stay on all the time so during the night I often lose quorum.
NetBLOKS
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Just install a low voltage, fanless PC with Proxmox and integrate it in the cluster, then you won't loose quorum.
A litte N4000 Intel box or stuff like that does wonders in that regard.
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Okay, I'll have to save up for that. Thanks for the tip! I wouldn't have thought of that.
NetBLOKS
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You are welcome!
Regarding Google Drive:
I have my own Nextcloud Server for file syncronisation.
It works flawlessly on all devices and has all the features you need:
File Sync, versioning, Calendar, Contacts, integrated office solution based on Libre or Onlyoffice, Video- and textchat, Mailclient and manymanymany other plugins.
Sync is available via a sync client and of course webbrowser.
If you can't or don't want to host an instance yourself, there are quite a few providers who sell instances on a monthly base for cheap, like Hetzner for example.
Storage - Hetzner Online GmbH
Cool, then it seems that there are a lot of alternatives for linux, I guess it is just a matter to wait for the Pyra to arrive (in two months (tm), of course) and check what I need at that time while I learn some linux in advance. Thank you everyone so far for your helpful contribution
NetBLOKS
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That's the way to go.Cool, then it seems that there are a lot of alternatives for linux, I guess it is just a matter to wait for the Pyra to arrive (in two months (tm), of course) and check what I need at that time while I learn some linux in advance. Thank you everyone so far for your helpful contribution
It may feel a bit harder at times to do it the linux way, but it is much more rewarding and works even better than their closed source counterparts (most times, not everything
)When you learnt enough Linux and open source software for your needs, you will later ask yourself, why you have not learned and used it earlier.
At least, that was my experience.
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