Hello everyone. Time for my weekly report.
- Linux setup ⌛ 2 hours
- Coding my personal website ⌛ 2 hours
- Setting up Stable Diffusion ⌛ 2 hours
💻 Linux: I attempted to set up OpenMandriva. I intended to use it for work, but after the initial setup, I didn't go any further as messing around with Linux quickly got tedious. Faster than last time though! Last time, I got everything configured and even worked on KDE Neon for a couple of weeks, but this time, I only played around with OpenMandriva a bit before getting disheartened. It turned out that OpenMandriva has a sparse package repository. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing as most sensible developers distribute their software using flatpak, which works on any Linux distro. But not all programs are available in flatpak. For example, there's only an unofficial flatpak for Intellij, which frustrates me 😤.
🌐 Website: I've started implementing comments. Here's what I want to do: implement "custom" DOS protection using prime numbers—the client sending a comment should factor the number into primes. If someone wants to spam my comments, this protection will significantly slow them down 🐌.
🖼️ Stable Diffusion: After updating my graphics driver, I encountered an unexpected surprise. ComfyUI-Zluda doesn't work with all video drivers but only specific ones. It took me several hours to figure out the issue and find a suitable driver 🥵.
Radeon drivers compatible with Stable Diffusion in NVIDIA compatibility mode:
- PRO 24 ⛔ No
- 25.5.1 ⛔ No
- 25.3.1 🟢 Yes
I also set up a second monitor for my computer. My old Samsung tablet acts as the second monitor, and the program I'm using is called SpaceDesk. It works well and is free for non-commercial use. Since I use it at home, I think I can 🪟.
