I like to dual boot whenever I want to play some games. This way, I don’t need to install all the proprietary crap on Arch and it feels less of a pain to do so. To make it even easier, I like to use a simple bash alias, which boots into my Windows 11 installation the next time, once I restart my computer.

alias win='sudo efibootmgr --bootnext 0000 && reboot'

With the help of efibootmgr we are able to list all boot entries, but also set the boot entry which is scheduled to be run on next boot.

I'm disappointed with Jellyfin. It might look good on paper, but is hands down a mediocre experience. The apps, the ecosystem, the UI feel great. What really drives me nuts though is the meta data. In a perfect world it would match 100 percent, but reality draws a different picture here.

For instance, the seasons I own for Man vs. Wild are structured different, some episodes are missing and trying to tell it about all of this is more of a nightmare. While it works out for many other shows, there is always a mismatch with meta data.

From a regular user's perspective, it is the much better choice to go AMD on anything GNU/Linux. It just works out of the box, well sort of. There are two things I've had to deal with:

• set ozone-platform-hint=auto in chrome://flags
• force the performance level to prevent DPM issues

And that's about it. While the '560 isn't very powerful with its 2GB of GDDR5, it does the job for me. Suspend and waking up works. No more flickering or screen tearing, colors are decent. amdgpu_top shows it is only using 8 watt most of the time. It feels good to finally join #teamred, especially on such a low budget of € 20,-.