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  • Random peripherals get tested against windows a lot more than Linux, and there are quirks which get worked around.

    I would suggest an external SSD for any drive over 32GB. Flash drives are kind of junk in general, and the external SSDs have better controllers and thermals.

    Out of curiosity, was the drive reformatted between runs, and was a Linux native FS tried on the flash drive?

    The Linux native FS doesn’t help migrate the files between Windows and Linux, but it would be interesting to see exFAT or NTFS vs XFS/ext4/F2FS.



  • jollyroguetoLinuxImmutable Distro Opinions
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    I need to run immutable distros more, and I need to figure out how to roll my own images.

    Desktop side, I need certain things in the base image rather than adding more layers or using a container. Things like rsync, nvim, git, curl, lynx, etc.

    Would immutable distros help reach more desktop audiences? Perhaps. It’s more about applications though. The biggest help has been electron apps and the migration to web apps. The Steam Deck is successful because it has applications people want.

    Server side, they look really promising for bare metal servers. Provided, there is an easy way to compile custom images. Being able to easily rollback to a known good image is very enticing, as you point out.


  • jollyroguetoPrivacyToday I saw hope
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    I really wish Signal would have a “Pro” version. I would pay for that, but as it stands, there are many features missing which are needed in a business setting.

    It’s great tech, but focused on the consumer space.







  • Oh yeah, gender relations are a mess. The belief of not being able to be friends with genders you’re attracted to is bullshit, and I’m really tired of it. It’s cost me some relationships to the point where I had to make that a rule.

    I’m not attracted to everyone, and beyond that, I have a healthy respect for boundaries. Their boundaries and my boundaries.

    One note, maybe quit mentioning you’d like to be friends with them and just be friends with them? Mentioning “I’d like to be friends with…” to other people is coded as “Hook me up with…”.




  • Parting out the laptops is probably more profitable than repairing them. There are people who will want to repair their equipment, and the supply of parts isn’t going to be infinite. If you have the space and time, holding onto parts would be worth it.

    As for LibreBoot, you’re probably better off figuring out how to build your own boards around that. CoreBoot and LibreBoot are cool, but the equipment is old. People would want more modern equipment.

    Off the top of my head, an Arm board with some MediaTek chips with LibreBoot which can pass Arm System Ready tests might be interesting. The SBC space is full of junk which isn’t upstreamed in Linux and thus can’t run a vanilla kernel, so there is an opportunity there. Something which could run Debian and OpenBSD would be the idea.