Stable Diffusion 3 will officially be closed source. You need to pay for the right to self host.

Also
>be me
>browsing the catalog
>most of the threads suck
>after five minutes decide to make a thread on sd3 reneging
>you must wait 300 seconds before making a thread
>wtf

>UPGRADE & BUILD ADVICE.
Post build list or current specs including MONITOR: https://pcpartpicker.com/
Provide specific use cases.
State BUDGET and COUNTRY or you will NOT be helped.

>UPCOMING
Intel Battlemage (Q3 2024)
RTX 5000 Series (Q4 2024)
Intel Arrow Lake (Q4 2024)

>CPU
Web browsing: i3 14100/5600G
Budget: i5 12600KF
Gaming: i7 12700KF/7600
High end gaming: i7 14700K/7800X3D
Workstation: 14700K/7900X
AM4 upgrade: 5600/5800X3D

>COOLER
Arctic Liquid Freezer III
Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO
Scythe Fuma 3 (ITX/>42mm RAM)
Thermalright Peerless Assassin SE
Budget: Assassin X 120 Refined SE, ID-COOLING SE-214-XT
AVOID: Dark Rock Pro 4/5, NH-U12A/D15(S)

>MOTHERBOARD
ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2

>RAM
DDR4: 2x16GB 3200CL16. Budget, 2x8GB
DDR5: 2x16GB 6000CL30
Workstation/high end: consider 2x32GB

>SSD (OS drive)
Budget: Crucial P3 Plus, Lexar NM710 (EU)
Mid range: WD SN850X
High end: Sabrent Rocket 5, Samsung 990 Pro

>GPU
1080p: RTX 4070 Super, budget: RTX 4060
1440p: RTX 4080 Super, budget: RTX 4070 Ti Super
2160p: RTX 4090
Workstation: RTX 4000 Series, AVOID: AMD cards, RTX 3060 12GB

>CASE (from $ to $$$)
mATX: Montech Air 100, Fractal Pop Mini Air, Lian Li O11 Air Mini
ATX: Montech AIR 903 Base, Lian Li Lancool 216, Lian Li Lancool III
AVOID: 'Silent' cases, fanless cases, 4000D airflow

>PSU
Budget: High end gold rated 500-600W PSU
Mid range: ATX 3.0 compliant gold rated PSU @ 75% max load
High end: Seasonic PRIME TX, be quiet! Dark Power Pro 13, Corsair HX1500i refresh
AVOID: GAMEMAX
PSU buying guides:
https://hwbusters.com/best_picks/best-atx-v3-0-pcie-5-0-ready-psus-picks-2023-hardware-busters/ (updated for 2024)
https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/

>OS
Activate Windows @ >>>/g/fwt

>CASE FANS
Meta: get a case with good stock PWM fans
Budget: Arctic P12 PWM PST 5 pack
High end: Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM

FAQ:
>How do I activate Windows?
https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
HWID2 mimics a valid installation to generate a permanent legitimate license.

>Which version should I install?
W10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2021
-10 yrs support, EoL 2032
-5 yrs on non-IoT LTSC
-No feature updates
-Comes with Win32 system utils
-Binary identical to Enterprise except no MS Store and no bloat apps
-If you need MS Store run this in cmd: wsreset -i
-Basically Windows: Classic 9x/XP/7 Edition, 10 years support and you decide when you want to update/upgrade

W10/W11 Home/Pro/Edu/Ent
-Dont install
-1.5-2 yrs support
-Constant forced updates
-Preinstalled bloatware apps (games, music, news, weather, people, onedrive, ads in start menu, etc)
*W11 specific
*Massive UI usability downgrades
*Taskbar removed features and options
*File explorer rewritten w/ reduced performance
*Has new CPU scheduler to support 12th+ gen Intel E-cores (its only redeeming feature)

>Is there a good version of W11?
No, 11 IoT LTSC *might* be good when released 24H2.

>How do I activate Office?
https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
Alternatively, use MSOffice through your browser since it's free,
or try OnlyOffice/LibreOffice and set it to save as MSOffice file formats.

>ISOs:
Windows https://pastebin.com/nUMgAr0b
IoT LTSC https://pastebin.com/ywkasnhM
Office https://pastebin.com/G8w5qu6z

>Should I debloat or Optimize-Offline?
If you need to ask, then no. You WILL break something.
If you know what you're doing:
https://pastebin.com/S5VKBirt

>Windows/Office install guide
https://rentry.org/windowsinstallguide

>Portable programs & reinstall-proofing
https://pastebin.com/Zh7WSbJ2

>Useful programs for a new install
https://pastebin.com/hN8nnwns

>I miss Windows##
OpenShell/RetroBar/WinClassic/StartIsBack

WinInfo&OtherPastas:
https://rentry.org/fwt
https://rentry.org/ltsc
Change to .co if links don't work

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backlight needers edition (I need one)

previous: >>99956088

Everything is already from China, but in here we discuss the cheap chink shit you see on various sites.

Useful links
>New guide (WIP): https://csg-guide.neocities.org/
>installgentoo wiki: https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Chink_shit_general
>NEW GUIDE (WORK IN PROGRESS, USUALLY TRASH): https://pad.disroot.org/p/ZxYEUYubPTPDhsEkKobh
>Mergeboss links (please post in this pad instead of spamming the thread): https://pad.disroot.org/p/%2Fcsg%2F_ali_game

>What headphones/earbuds should I buy?
>>>/g/iemg
>I want a cheap smartphone what should I buy?
>>>/g/spg/
>I want to buy some sort of emulation device
>>>/vr/hhg/

News!
later today, if some anon wanna do them feel free

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Previous previous: >>99907264

Endgame edition.

Request advice:
rentry.org/hpgdoc

>Headphone Power Calc
headphonesty.com/headphone-power-calculator

Don't miss out on EQ
Bear in mind headphones may perform differently between units

Recommended programs:
Windows: EqualizerAPO (+ Peace)
Linux: EasyEffects
Android: Wavelet, Poweramp Equalizer, (Rootless)JamesDSP

AutoEQ (disregard for mid-upper treble):
sai.squig.link
autoeq.app

>gaming
>wireless
>>>/out/

>Sub-$100
• Koss KSC75/Porta Pro/KPH40
• Philips SHP9500/SHP9600
• AT ATH-M40x
• Shure SRH440a
• Fostex TH7

>$150~$250
• DT-880/770 Pro
• Sennheiser HD 560S
• AKG K371/K361/K612 Pro
• Philips Fidelio X2HR
• Massdrop x Sennheiser HD 6XX
• Shure SRH840a
• Fostex T50RP MK3 (moddable)

>$300-$500
• Sash Tres
• Audeze Maxwell (gaming headset, but good)
• Sennheiser HD 490 Pro/600/65
• AT ATH-R70x
• Drop + Dan Clark Audio Aeon Closed/Open X
• Used/Discounted Focal Clear OG (not Mg)
• Argon-modded Fostex T50RP MK3
• Fostex T60RP (mod-friendly)
• FiiO FT3

>$500+
• ask itt

>AVOID:
Schiit - you will receive a broken product and they will charge you for returns.
Hifiman/Moondrop/Superlux and every other chinese headphone brand - Garbage build quality, significant variation between units, fraudulent marketing everywhere. Your headband will snap at some point.

>Recommended DAC/amp brands:
No NEED to spend a large amount of money on a DAC or Amp. Even a cheap JM20 dongle is capable of producing a clean signal. Get something within your budget and based on your output/input needs.
• JCally JM20/Any dongle/miniDAC with an AK4377/CS43131 chip
• White: Geshelli/JDS Labs
• chinese: SMSL/Topping/FiiO
• Expensive: RME ADI-2/Benchmark/etc

Measurements and recommended information (tentative, be wary of shills):
pastebin.com/XK9E6PZ9 (old)
oratory EQ
stereophile.com
audiosciencereview.com
rtings.com/headphones
crinacle.com/graphs
kuulokenurkka.squig.link

old >>99981190

/lmg/ - a general dedicated to the discussion and development of local language models.

Previous threads: >>100045788 & >>100035525

►News
>(04/17) Mixtral-8x22B-Instruct-v0.1 released: https://mistral.ai/news/mixtral-8x22b/
>(04/15) Microsoft AI unreleases WizardLM 2: https://web.archive.org/web/20240415221214/https://wizardlm.github.io/WizardLM2/
>(04/09) Mistral releases Mixtral-8x22B: https://twitter.com/MistralAI/status/1777869263778291896
>(04/09) Llama 3 coming in the next month: https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/meta-confirms-that-its-llama-3-open-source-llm-is-coming-in-the-next-month/
>(04/08) StableLM 2 12B released https://huggingface.co/stabilityai/stablelm-2-12b

►FAQ: https://wikia.schneedc.com
►Glossary: https://archive.today/E013q | https://rentry.org/local_llm_glossary
►Links: https://rentry.org/LocalModelsLinks
►Official /lmg/ card: https://files.catbox.moe/cbclyf.png

►Getting Started
https://rentry.org/llama-mini-guide
https://rentry.org/8-step-llm-guide
https://rentry.org/llama_v2_sillytavern
https://rentry.org/lmg-spoonfeed-guide
https://rentry.org/rocm-llamacpp

►Further Learning
https://rentry.org/machine-learning-roadmap
https://rentry.org/llm-training
https://rentry.org/LocalModelsPapers

►Benchmarks
General Purpose:
https://hf.co/spaces/HuggingFaceH4/open_llm_leaderboard
https://hf.co/spaces/lmsys/chatbot-arena-leaderboard
Programming: https://hf.co/spaces/bigcode/bigcode-models-leaderboard
Censorbench: https://codeberg.org/jts2323/censorbench

►Tools
Alpha Calculator: https://desmos.com/calculator/ffngla98yc
GGUF VRAM Calculator: https://huggingface.co/spaces/NyxKrage/LLM-Model-VRAM-Calculator
Sampler visualizer: https://artefact2.github.io/llm-sampling/index.xhtml

►Text Gen. UI, Inference Engines
https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui
https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp
https://github.com/lmg-anon/mikupad
https://github.com/turboderp/exui
https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp

/aicg/ - A general dedicated to the discussion and development of AI chatbots

The Factually Best Squid Sister edition

>News
Opus comes to AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/anthropics-claude-3-opus-model-on-amazon-bedrock/
gpt-4-turbo finally out of preview, not as fucked as the last preview snapshot
https://platform.openai.com/docs/models/gpt-4-turbo-and-gpt-4
gemini-1.5-pro is available to everyone, via API (turn off streaming if you're having filter errors) https://developers.googleblog.com/2024/04/gemini-15-pro-in-public-preview-with-new-features.html

additional info: https://rentry.org/aicg_extra_information
lore: https://rentry.org/aicg_chronicles

>Bots
https://chub.ai
https://chub-archive.evulid.cc
https://rentry.org/meta_bot_list
https://booru.plus/+pygmalion

>Frontends
https://sillytavern.app [SillyTavern]
https://agnai.chat [Agnai]
https://risuai.xyz [RisuAI]
https://docs.miku.gg [Miku]
https://character.ai [CAI]

>Botmaking
https://rentry.org/meta_botmaking_list
https://desune.moe/aichared
https://agnai.chat/editor

>Guides
https://rentry.org/tavern4retards

>Jailbreaks
https://rentry.org/jb-listing

>Models
claude: https://docs.anthropic.com
gpt: https://platform.openai.com/docs
gemini: https://ai.google.dev/docs
local: >>>/g/lmg
https://rentry.org/meta_golocal_list

>Meta
OP templates: https://rentry.org/aicgOP
services assessment: https://rentry.org/aicg_meta
fun JBs and prompts: https://rentry.org/weirdbutfunjailbreaksandprompts - https://rentry.org/jinxbreaks
sultra: https://github.com/kingbased/gemini
logs: https://chatlogs.neocities.org
aicg botmaking events: https://rentry.org/meta_event_list

Lost the Splatfest: >>100048882

F1 Edition

prev: >>99841260

Users of all levels are welcome to ask questions about GNU/Linux and share their experiences.

*** Please be civil, notice the "Friendly" in every Friendly GNU/Linux Thread ***

Before asking for help, please check our list of resources.

If you would like to try out GNU/Linux you can do one of the following:
0) Install a GNU/Linux distribution of your choice in a Virtual Machine.
1) Use a live image and to boot directly into the GNU/Linux distribution without installing anything.
2) Dual boot the GNU/Linux distribution of your choice along with Windows or macOS.
3) Go balls deep and replace everything with GNU/Linux.

Resources: Please spend at least a minute to check a web search engine with your question.
*Many free software projects have active mailing lists.

$ man %command%
$ info %command%
$ %command% -h/--help
$ help %builtin/keyword%

Don't know what to look for?
$ apropos %something%

Check the Wikis (most troubleshoots work for all distros):
https://wiki.archlinux.org
https://wiki.gentoo.org

/g/'s Wiki on GNU/Linux:
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Category:GNU/Linux

>What distro should I choose?
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Babbies_First_Linux
>What are some cool programs?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/list_of_applications
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page
>What are some cool terminal commands?
https://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse
https://cheat.sh/
>Where can I learn the command line?
https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide
https://www.grymoire.com/Unix/
>Where can I learn more about Free Software?
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html
>How to break out of the botnet?
https://prism-break.org/en/categories/gnu-linux

/fglt/'s website and copypasta collection:
https://fglt.nl && https://p.teknik.io/wJ9Zy

/t/'s GNU/Linux Games: >>>/t/1175569

IRC: #sqt on Libera.Chat
https://fglt.nl/irc.html

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