Most of those features are implemented in the scan software on the PC, not on the scanner itself. Although there is a tendency to integrate more and more features in the firmware, which is not always a good idea. Also, if you’re scanning low volumes, I’d say doing the separation before the scan is generally more efficient. At least that’s how I do it. But that’s just me, of course. I wasn’t in any way trying to criticize your approach. If it works for you, it’s great.
You can use e.g. barcodes, patch codes or separator sheets (which usually carry the patch code). Sometimes you can also separate documents by recognising some feature on the first page, e.g. a logo or a barcode that’s already there. And of course it’s a good idea to put single page documents in a separate batch so you just separate them by page count. This of course also works if all documents are two or three pages long.
Not very automatic, is it? There are definitely better ways to scan high volumes of documents.
Do you have any particular model in mind? What do you mean by “automatic scanner”? Any scanner I know needs quite a lot of manual preparation to scan a batch of documents.
People who want to play games with kernel level anti-cheat won’t be happy with Linux. If that’s a must, they’d need to look for other solutions. For all others, Mint is great to get started. Most people just want their computer to work with minimal hassle. That’s what Mint excels at.
I already used that to get my GPU.
There are plenty of NAS systems that use M.2 SSDs. Those should be pretty much silent. You might even have to sell only one kidney to afford the drives.
Gee, that’s a lot of homework.
Unless you want to go professional or do something for profit, I’d just get some cheap old box and start mucking about. Just make sure you don’t put any important data on it and be prepared to wipe it and start from scratch a few times. After a while you’ll have a better idea of what you want to do and a clearer way forward.
My work computer runs Windows 11, but our IT guys have turned off pretty much all the annoying bits, so it works pretty OK.
In 1995 I bought 4 MB of RAM for DM 200, which, adjusted for inflation probably works out to about €200 in today’s money. I’d say, prices have come down quite a bit, since.
Quite so. The cheapest card that I’d put any kind of real AI workload on is the 16GB Radeon 9060XT. That’s not what I would call budget friendly, which is why I consider a budget friendly AI GPU to be a mythical beast.
The budget friendly AI GPUs are in the shelf right next to the unicorn pen.
This is the way. Money will always get peoples’ attention.
Large corporations don’t buy small companies to make better products. They buy them to eliminate the competition.
There’s probably some lightweight Linux distro you can get to run on it. It could be used for some edge computing, like Pihole.
Mint is still a great choice if just for the ease of installation. I agree they’re lagging behind a bit in the transition to Wayland but for most users that’s not really a big issue. Mint also has one of the largest communities so getting support will be easier. To me Mint is still an excellent choice for getting started with Linux. I’ve been using it for years and I see no reason whatsoever to switch.
I have no idea what any of those things are. Which is not to say, you shouldn’t post this here, but a bit of context would be nice.
Seconded. Don’t nuke your current devices until you’re really sure you know what you’re doing. Getting started is very easy. Just take any old box you have lying around and stay tinkering.