kasran, fourier transfemme @typhlosion@awoo.space

what's the most straightforward way to set up a client such that it automatically synchronizes the contents of a network share onto local storage?

example use case: i've got a steam deck and it's got some emulators on it. i'd like to put my roms and stuff in a network share and set up the steam deck to grab 'em (or a subset of 'em perhaps) on its own, so i don't have to manually copy them over myself and they're accessible when i'm traveling

i suppose i could just write some software to do this, but i figured i'd ask if anyone knew of a preexisting solution

(while explaining what those other things are, i whisper "USB gadget mode" and am immediately attacked by wild dogs)

for a bit of extra explanation, i'm leaning toward having a separate machine as opposed to two samba daemons on the same machine because i want to use that in-between machine for a couple of other things at the same time, not just as a relay here

@jamey this answer is delightfully thorough and has given me a lot to go off and research, thank you very much

networking is hard

@Gulfie that's what i was thinking, yeah. probably the main network over wifi and then it's just plugged straight into the ps2 with an ethernet cable... well, maybe that would make it harder to connect the ps2 to the wider internet for online functionality... hmm.

these are the kinds of projects that would have people laughing at me if they saw the kinds of tabs i have open

disclaimer that this is a High-Growth Area for me, i.e. i have absolutely no idea what i'm doing and am trying my best to learn as i go

let's see if i can explain this in a way that makes sense and doesn't make me sound silly

i want to set up network file access for my home's local network, so i can access files from various devices without having to manually copy them over. every potential client i have is perfectly fine with SMB 3.0... except for one (a playstation 2 with some homebrew software), which only accepts SMB 1.0 for whatever reason. i don't want to enable a deprecated file sharing protocol for the entire network, so i'd like to limit it to as close to the troublesome client as i can.

is it possible to set up some kind of "relay," like in the diagram, that presents a network share or a subset of it to the ps2 via SMB 1.0 while the rest of the network can use newer protocols?

@mimir does it think it knows something you don't about the contents of jump_table, perhaps

@MiaWinter that is definitely an alien spy device masquerading as a gpu case

@mcc a quick google led me to this article: https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/differences-russian-ukrainian

the "main linguistic differences" section enumerates a few letters unique to each language, and some notes about differences in pronunciation. so it seems learning russian will get you most of the way there, but you'll still have some learning to do to accurately read ukranian names

computers with adequate cooling tend to run average workloads at temperatures around 40-65°C (104-149°F), or more if running taxing software like games and 3D renderers. therefore, most computers are not at risk of contracting rabies

@riley knowing the police, they probably wouldn't have the funding to exist or they'd get sued into oblivion

they should make modular synths that go in 5¼ inch drive bays