• ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    I bought a Terramaster instead. Better hardware specs for the money and you can overwrite the OS with Linux which is way better than any stock OS.

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      4 days ago

      This is what I’ll replace my DS415+ with, too, once it dies. The TerraMasters are basically bog-standard Intel NUCs with a storage adapter. And there’s HDMI output and an internal USB drive which you can just replace (or overwrite) and install OMV or TrueNAS or whatever.

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        Sketch? Nah bro, that is exactly the kind of “This looked sick in the early 2000s and we haven’t bothered updating it since” level of design that I want to see from a hardware vendor. That’s a company that’s just sitting there quietly trucking along, making nerdy devices for nerdy people. That’s a website that was never intended to be viewed by anyone other than a 30+ year old sysadmin who owns at least one beard grooming product.

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          That’s a website that was never intended to be viewed by anyone other than a 30+ year old sysadmin who owns at least one beard grooming product.

          Somewhere, a [email protected] denizen looks offended.

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            Sorry, you’re absolutely correct, I should have added “… or a pair of thigh highs.”

            Shameful oversight on my part.

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        4 days ago

        but then what’s the point in buying an expensive NAS when you could just buy a pi with much more power, community support, packages, etc,

        Exactly, what’s the point?

      • ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee
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        4 days ago

        Mine has an internal USB so you can open it up pretty easily and install any version of Linux you prefer. Not sure what model you bought, but I would assume you can too.