To be clear
the Beelink GTR6 is a much-much newer system, I can't emphasize that
enough. It has a faster AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX processor with a price tag of
$750-850 USD. That price includes the system, power supply,
motherboard, WiFi 6E, a 512GB NVMe SSD, 32GB of DDR5 memory, and as
mentioned before, an AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX processor.
This
post is not really going to be a review of the Beelink GTR6. I'm not
going to be able to have it long enough to really do it justice. I'm
going to be talking more about Nobara 37.
For
those who don't know briefly, The Nobara Project, is a modified version
of Fedora Linux with user-friendly fixes added to it. Think of it as the
Linux Mint to Ubuntu.
After Playing around
with Beelink GTR6 mini PC, Nobara 37, I say everything worked out of the
box. The Wifi 6E + BT 5.2 (AMD RZ608) wireless adapter and one 2.5GB
Ethernet (Intel I225-V) port all work flawlessly with Linux kernel
6.1.14. The new integrated Radeon 680M GPU worked perfectly with mesa
23.0.0.
Video conferencing
Need
to hold a virtual meeting? In 2023 it is necessity to have a video
conferencing to accommodate hybrid work. It is particularly convenient
for business users in different cities or even different countries
because it saves time, expenses associated with physically traveling.
With
Nobara it is possible to use..Jami, Zoom, Skype, OpenMeetings,
FreeConference, Google Meet, Caprine(Facebook messenger) even Microsoft
teams. Whether you are a student, an office worker, or keeping in touch
with family, Nobara 37 will make it easy to use UVC cameras (USB video
class).
UVC-powered devices incorporate a
standard video streaming functionality, meaning it automatically works
with with the operating system-supplied driver and never needing to
manually install it driver.
Using the 4K Webcam, DEPSTECH DW49
My
DEPSTECH DW49DW49 has the the standard UVC/UVA protocol USB connector,
so it's very-very easy to set up in Nobara 37. The face tracking works
perfectly removing unwanted objects. The Sony image sensor goes up to a
3840*2160 resolution at 30fps.
Using Caprine-unofficial Facebook Messenger app.
The
Caprine interface is exactly same as the official app, so no one should
have any difficulty using it, even for the first time. Just got all the
features that you expect with the official Facebook app. You can attach
files, send stickers, emojis, gifs, voice clips, and take photos
directly from the cam.
Using Microsoft Teams: progressive web app (PWA)
The
Teams PWA offers like system notifications for chat and channel, dock
icon with respective controls, and application auto-start. If you want
to install the Teams PWA on Gnu/Linux, you'll need to be using Microsoft
Edge, Google Chrome and Chromium web browsers.
Mozilla
Firefox is not currently officially supported out of the box. For users
of Firefox. You will need an add on extension. Simply download the
Progressive Web extension from Firefox.
Conclusion
Video conferencing over the web is certainly not something you're going to have issues with using
Nobara 37.
The
DEPSTECH (model:DW49) has a very good picture. And when I say very good
picture I'm meaning for the average person, not necessarily for a
professional. The camera itself works smoothly via plug & play under
Nobara 37 and is ready to go out of the box. The HD 8MP Sony Sensor is
very good even in poor lighting conditions and the autofocus does a good
job. Definitely the more light the better. It will also easily support
programs like Skype, Zoom, OBS, Facebook, YouTube and etc.
The
Beelink GTR6 Mini PC with AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX SOC is a excellent mini
PC. Now it has a pretty big price tag which is over $700 at the time of
this post. However, the Ryzen 9 6900HX is nothing to sneeze at because
it is able to hang in there with a desktop version Intel i7-10700 CPU
