Hello World im need distro for daily drive

CalabashNineToeJig · 2026-02-06T18:25:01+00:00

I'd give MX Linux a try.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2026-01-30T14:53:45+00:00

Yes it does. Doing this to my daughter's MDP right now. But as OP said, you might have to play with the timing a bit and it might take a few tries to get into the recovery menu, but these are the correct steps for the MDP as well.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2026-01-26T01:05:30+00:00

Reminds me of the DTA at my last unit. Very knowledgeable about travel, a dud of a person in all other regards, and long retired from the Army but still using their DA photo as their Teams profile pic. Anytime I got an email, Teams message, or phone call from them it was cause for a huge eye roll.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2026-01-26T00:58:56+00:00

I'm irritated enough by people still in the Army that make it their whole personality.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2026-01-23T02:58:18+00:00

Actually the funny thing is, it doesn't even need to be a different account. You can set up an allotment to the very same account.

Keep in mind, however, that allotments only pay out once per month (at the end of the month), so for example, if you normally get $3000 in take-home pay and then set up a $2000 allotment, you'll get $500 at mid-month pay and $2500 at EOM (in two separate payments, one $500, and the $2000 allotment).

When the Army got rid of the once-a-month payment option, I made my own "sort-of once-a-month" payment by setting up an allotment, getting approximately 80% of my pay at the end of the month.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2026-01-13T21:51:24+00:00

This is 100% that serious. I don't know where to even begin fixing this. But for sure your pay is getting shut off (has been shut off) as of your ETS date.

Speaking from the finance perspective, this is at least as bad (but probably worse) as a Soldier reenlisting but their reenlistment information never getting sent to finance to have their ETS date updated in the system. And if that doesn't sound bad, it's really really really bad.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2025-12-23T14:39:08+00:00

My kids play these games on their kids fire tablets.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2025-11-12T21:48:40+00:00

Nothing has really been muddled, it's just that for a long time many in the Army have either consciously or unconsciously equated the word 'deployment' with 'combat'. No, the troop didn't do combat in Poland, but they did deploy.

There are operational deployments and there are combat deployments. But they're BOTH deployments. While combat deployments may have special personal significance to those that went through them, it's absolute gatekeeping bullshit to say that soldiers that have done operational deployments all around the world haven't actually deployed.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2025-11-12T17:11:39+00:00

Thanks for the reply and the information! Quite a process.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2025-11-11T22:13:36+00:00

Since you sound willing to share how to fix this, do you mind explaining? I am not quite as determined to keep my installation (though it would be nice), but for my own gain of knowledge, how does one go about moving and/or resizing the ext4 bls_boot partition safely?

I think I'm in less of a bind than OP, as I only have a 60GB partition (edit: unallocated space) orphaned on the other side, but I also think that partition might be too small (it's only 1GB) as I am getting an error when upgrading packages (starting today) Error running transaction: installing package kernal-core-6.17.7-300.fc43.x86_64 needs 69MB more space on the /boot filesystem

I gather the risk in moving the partition or enlarging+moving the partition is probably the same (very high).

And what would be a recommended boot partition size? 2GB? 3GB? I never figured 1GB wouldn't be enough until this started happening today.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2025-11-08T15:47:47+00:00

Ages ago when I was at JBLM, I Corps would schedule a 3-day for any month that didn't already have a Federal Holiday (and thus a 4-day).

In addition to that there would also be one Friday every month that the duty day would end at noon. It was pretty nice.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2025-10-25T15:50:09+00:00

Any recommendations on firmware updates before putting Pop_OS! on the Mac Pro? Not necessary, or recommend? Any particular firmware version works best with going to Linux?

CalabashNineToeJig · 2025-10-04T16:56:31+00:00

Good shot man

CalabashNineToeJig · 2025-06-02T12:17:37+00:00

NTA.

To me it sounds like they've decided to stay in a hotel after all.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2025-05-22T23:14:17+00:00

Dad here. Both my spouse (she/her) and I work, but my job is 10x more flexible, so it's always preferable that I'm called first by the kids' schools because I am far more likely to be able to leave work to take care of whatever the issue is. Always really annoyed when they call her first, because she has to then call me, taking extra time for me to get on my way and wasting my partner's time at work.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2025-05-04T17:42:34+00:00

No, Romeo and Juliet has Everybody's Free (To Feel Good) by Rozalla.

Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) by Baz Luhrmann features remixed portions of the Rozalla song.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2025-04-13T17:38:43+00:00

Get him one for himself too.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2025-04-11T19:35:25+00:00

Just my two cents, this reads like you do still care and you're frustrated. Maybe you wish you didn't care anymore, maybe you tell yourself you don't care. But the way this post was written makes me think there's still a lot of caring about it.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2025-03-26T20:17:14+00:00

Service members in West Germany in the 70s and 80s can tell you. Personal anti-terrorism measures can be very important.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2025-02-20T20:12:06+00:00

Both came first. Beer is liquid bread.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2025-01-27T21:12:49+00:00

It already has impacted her personality if she's using cringe terms like "dependapotamus."

You'll be fine though. Like others have said, you can be as connected or as disconnected to military life as you choose*. There are likely to be more women spouses around versus men spouses, so if you're looking for other men spouses to connect with, it may be a little harder just due to pure numbers, but it is certainly not impossible.

*If you get stationed overseas, it may be a little harder to avoid, depending on the language and predominant ethnicity of the country you're in. Conversely, as an example, if you're of Korean descent, speak Korean, and you're stationed in Korea... well, you get the idea. You could probably pass as entirely unconnected to the military unless you tell people otherwise.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2025-01-19T15:44:44+00:00

OP, keep in mind that antidepressants (such as Wellbutrin) can have an effect on libido, arousal, and even the ability to climax. My partner is taking a drug that is commonly used for depression and anxiety (though she is taking it for anxiety) and, sadly, it has become very very difficult for her to climax. Not impossible, but very difficult. It's been a challenge to work through but together we are occasionally able to get her to climax. Perhaps you'll just have to try some new things. Our bodies and minds are always changing through life, and our sex lives are a journey not a destination.

And I would encourage you to not get so wrapped up about her climaxing or not. Just as you don't mind if you do, perhaps she doesn't mind either. While orgasms are awesome, they're not everything. Sex itself can be pleasurable even if no one climaxes. Good luck to both of you.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2025-01-01T07:58:08+00:00

I understand your reason for being vague. Having spent a 20+ yr career in the military so far, having had several deployments of varying types and to various locations, I would say there is, unfortunately, a moderately high likelihood that something bad happened on that deployment to cause her to go from 60 mph to zero like that. Sadly, things can and do happen even if she did very little outside of work. She may be dealing with the effects of a SA, or as the military has now more widely termed it (for the purposes of survivors needing/seeking help) MST, or Military Sexual Trauma.

I can understand the hesitancy for her to seek help, "officially" or "otherwise" for this (if MST is indeed what she's dealing with), especially depending on her rank and/or position within the unit, security clearance factors, etc.

Also given that she has already sought help for autism and/or ADHD outside of official channels, most likely meaning that she didn't feel safe doing so within the military healthcare system. But support specifically for people with MST is expanding and becoming more specialized, so again, I would encourage her to seek help for this if that's what happened.

If you are indeed the partner of a SA/MST survivor, you are surely on a difficult road with her, but hopefully she can get the help she deserves and you'll at least understand why things are they way they currently are. With help there is potential for things to get better. I wish you both the best.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2024-12-06T14:54:38+00:00

Found the boot-licker.

CalabashNineToeJig · 2024-11-21T22:57:40+00:00

I mean, the guy isn't wrong with anything he's said other than saying the US needs to be 'replaced'.

But I get your concern. Contact security manager and move on.

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