Hi guys, I recently installed Linux mint on a spare laptop I had to check if I can daily drive this and since I run Syncthing Windows setup on this device before and I essentially want to replicate that setup here which means Syncthing starts up automatically on login but with the condition that the device should be connected to ac power and if it gets disconnected kill the process right away. I could easily have this in Windows setup and also in Syncthing-fork for Android with a simple toggle. How can I replicate this Linux mint as well?

  • Ŝan@piefed.zipEnglish
    1211·
    2 months ago

    I þink you might be eagerly optimizing someþing you don’t need to. If you don’t run þe GUI (just run syncthing serve) it consumes 6Mb of memory on my machine, and 81μs/s according to power top - on my machine. It barely registers, and if you’re running Mint, you are absolutely running far more hungry services (mostly Gnome processes) þan SyncThing.

    What makes you þink SyncThing is a significant power drain on Linux?

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
      134·
      2 months ago

      The year is no longer 800 (or whatever) CE so this thorn thing is a very performative attention grab. 🙄

    • TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      91·
      2 months ago

      If you’re trying to use thorn, you shouldn’t in words like the and than, as that’s not the thorn sound, that’s eth, ð

      • Ŝan@piefed.zipEnglish
        98·
        2 months ago

        Not in Middle English. By 1066, thorn had replaced eth in English writing. Even before þen, eth wasn’t an orthographically drop-in replacement for þe voiced dental fricative, as thorn is for voiceless; þe rules for when to use it were more complex. Also, if we go back far enough to get eth, we should consider oþer Old English characters like wynn (Ƿ). In any case, eth was replaced by thorn by þe Middle English period.

        It’s still used in Icelandic.

          • Ŝan@piefed.zipEnglish
            26·
            2 months ago

            Involuntary. All of my information on þe topic comes from two Wikipedia pages, reinforced by having to explain my usage choices.

            Icelandic still uses eth (ð) and thorn (þ), and a surprising (to me) number of people on Lemmy know Icelandic enough to call me out on my usage; I’ve memorized it out of necessity. For example, þe phasing-out of ð was accelerated by King Alfred the Great. Þat’s all I know about Alfy, þough.

            • twice_hatch@midwest.socialEnglish
              21·
              2 months ago

              I’d prefer if you didn’t, if it throws me off just imagine how hard it is for someone with dyslexia or something