This is so much better than dual-booting.

- Windows 11 running in KVM
- Dedicated 2nd graphics card (cheap 1030)
- ParsecVDA virtual display adapter, always on and passing video
- Looking Glass for live-speed video
- Creative Cloud and Lightroom working as though native
- MacOS Catalina in a VM on the side just for fun
- Upgraded to 64GB of RAM to make all this work.

I won't be gaming on it, but it runs Lightroom just fine, which was my last holdout application I couldn't live without.

After a quick check of my backups I can wipe my dual-boot Windows drive completely, finally!

#linux #windows #lookingglass #vfio

Today in Labor History December 21, 1919: U.S. immigration deported anarchists Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman to Russia. The authorities deported, arrested and killed hundreds of anarchists, communists, labor leaders and radicals during the Palmer Raids (also known as the First Red Scare). It virtually destroyed the revolutionary union IWW.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #IWW #deportation #redscare #Revolution #russia #soviet #prison #unionbusting #PalmerRaids

Enjoy the holidays everybody!

And feel free to enjoy my drastically improved shell commands for directory navigation;

dir-stack (C-h) to recall directories from the $HISTFILE, via a convenient chronological ordered list. codeberg.org/oxo/dotf/src/bran…

cd-child (C-j) to easily navigate sub directories. Press C-j again to drill deeper down into the directory stack.

Then there are cd-up (C-k) and cd-yazi (C-l). With the last command mentioned you can use yazi to navigate to a specific directory (there is also a lf variant available).
The commands are making use of fzf and can be get from: codeberg.org/oxo/dotf/src/bran…

I am currently planning to make a demo video on this command set. Publication will be announced shortly!

#linux #arch #zsh #commandline #fzf #oxo #dotf

Building Voice #AI Applications: #Gemini Multimodal Live API with #WebRTC and #Pipecat 🎯

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🔧 Simple web app using #opensource #PipecatSDK integrates with Gemini API through WebRTC for voice communication

🌐 #WebRTC advantages over WebSockets:

The Hole Beneath the Fence

Frankie, the fox squirrel, ventured underneath the hole beneath the fence. Frankie's friends told him that the place beyond place beyond the hole was filled with lots of food, just there for the taking. But they warned that the place was also filled with danger, because there were two dogs, named Ben and Charlie, who regularly patrolled the area. Once under the fence Frankie noticed that the dogs weren't there, but Sam the house sparrow was on the ground atop a low brick retaining wall. Frankie asked Sam, "where is all of the food that I heard so much about?" Sam said, "look up." But just as Frankie looked up, Ben and Charlie came running out of the door to the house and Frankie had to flee back under the hole beneath the fence.

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #EasternFoxSquirrel #HouseSparrow

Here’s the first CoPilot plus mini PC with Intel’s new Core Ultra 9 processors

Asus officially announces the NUC 14 Pro AI mini PC.