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I wanted to ask, what tool you are using, because the blog doesn't specifically mention it, but then I noticed it's Playwright. Probably the best choice. I hope these tests continue to grow and keep making your lives easier.

In the dashboard it's under Dash > Network > Details: It also shows up on the server itself after it boots up:

I think this is only you. My Deck works normally. Try opening the URL in incognito mode or clearing browser cache.

Seems like I already explained this kindly enough. Here's my last shot. To most, no terrible product is made good by having quality and clear documentation, change logs, tutorials, release cycles, roadmaps, etc. Most casual users never even look at any of that stuff. They expect things will be obvious and just work. If they don't, they give up. What is obvious to all users, not just the most basic ones: it is painfully annoying to use any terrible product, where the developers are not given time and space to do their best work. Especially in beta, when there are big and frequent changes that periodically make whole swaths of docs, tutorials, release cycles, roadmaps, etc. obsolete and useless, working on stuff like that is an annoying waste of effort. The quality of an OS is not purely in its code, but it is mostly in its code. While one can have both quality communication and a quality product, if I had to allocate development resources of a project in beta, I would allocate them to product, not communication. Especially because bad communication can be much worse than no communication. The impetus for my comments was the fact the other people brought up marketing, and I also get why they stopped replying.

Yeah, not sure why that other guy brought up marketing... I agree, I have no idea why that other guy brought up marketing. That's great. At release. How much do you value the quality of the product, though? Would you sacrifice product quality for any/all of those things? Before you even release?

That really is no explanation of what you meant. Anyway, it is precisely the point. Many, including me, wouldn't be here without the influencer getting their view and endorsing HexOS ("world-class marketing"). It is true the existing early access beta testers (or "users" as you are calling them) will not benefit much from more marketing. They will, however, benefit if the product continually improves and becomes "amazing", right? Good thing that Eshtek poured the unexpected influx of capital into a "frantic growth" of development capacities and not PR, marketing and community managers, right? By the way, I did not originally bring up marketing, but yes, marketing is for people who are not using the product, so definitely not us. I only made it clear, that Eshtek has marketing covered. Very true, and the lion's share of this reputation, especially at release and beyond, will be based on the quality of the product.

What did you mean by that? What's "curious" about any of those words given their context?

The LTT video with 1,6 million views was huge, Linus himself invested in the company. HexOS went from a niche little thing to frantic growth because of the huge influx of customers. They are fine, when it comes to interest. They don't need to worry. Now it is important for them to focus on delivery more than on anything else, because to have a great product isn't just good, it's existential for them. If they fail that, no amount of "communication" and "advocacy" is going to help.

Those are very weird examples. HexOS isn't a movie or video game. It's about as different from those as it gets. And, even so, HexOS has a world class marketing campaign behind it already. In reality, marketing matters very little to a niche, but excellent (or terrible) product that is supposed to be used daily for years and years. Word of mouth among enthusiasts matters much more. And that will come naturally, if the product is amazing.

Not really. I mean a bit, but it doesn't matter too much. What truly matters, and makes or breaks a project, is the quality of the product.

At the moment, the only option is to install HexOS from scratch. It cannot be installed on top of an existing TrueNAS.

I don't envy you this kind of a challenge. Figuring out which of the three types any given reported problem is will likely be the majority of work.

HexOS itself is in early development, so caution is warranted regarding it. However, HexOS is built on top of TrueNAS, which is a mature, enterprise grade software, which is definitely good enough for your purposes.

Thanks a lot for the answers. Do you mean the 7E10 models? Even though they do not go as high as 12TB?

Oh, that was a typo. The motherboard is actually GA-Z97-D3H https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/GA-Z97-D3H-rev-11/sp#sp, which actually has Intel NIC. So maybe not so hopeless after all? And also there is a Corsair AX850 PSU. PS: Am I missing something or it is not possible to edit posts after they are published?

I have a bunch of old components and I am wondering if they could be turned into a HexOS machine. Which will basically only run Plex. MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (rev. 1.1) https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z97M-D3H-rev-11 CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-4460 https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/80817/intel-core-i54460-processor-6m-cache-up-to-3-40-ghz/specifications.html RAM: 16 GB DDR3 (this kit https://www.kingston.com/en/memory/search/discontinuedmodels?partid=KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX and two of these https://www.memory4less.com/crucial-gaming-memory-blt4g3d1608et3lx0-16fer2) SSD (for HexOS): Samsung 840 PRO 240 GB https://www.samsung.com/us/business/support/owners/product/840-pro-series-256gb/ HDDs: Those I will buy, probably 3x 12TB WD Red Plus. GPU (for transcoding?): MSI GTX 1070 Ti Gaming https://www.msi.com/Graphics-Card/GeForce-GTX-1070-Ti-GAMING-8G/Specification I am worried this might be too old and too weak (not counting the GPU) to really make sense. Also, the network card on the MOBO is Realtek, not Intel, so maybe that's disqualifying too. What do you think?

I bought the Lifetime Plex Pass before the price increase to not have to care about the subscription. With Immich, I will just wait and see for now until Immich is stable and HexOS ready for it. Hopefully, by then it won't be too much trouble.

I knew I wasn't going to use it immediately when I bought it in December. Right now I am figuring out the HW and the use case is to have a Plex server. Nothing fancy, so HexOS is mature enough for that already. Next step for me will be Immich, which clearly needs a bit more time, but Immich itself is planned to go stable this year. No reason to expect HexOS to have Immich figured out before then.