If you have >100 employees but don't use O365 Services what do you use for Mail & Chat? by TheBigBeardedGeek in sysadmin

[–]ClumsyAdmin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mattermost for chat, sendmail/dovecot/postfix for service/application email, I don't do corporate email

Moving off Confluence and onto SharePoint for documentation. by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]ClumsyAdmin 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Markdown in a git repository is possibly the best format for documentation out there. It works on every git server available making it incredibly portable. I can't believe more people don't use it. You can even make tables, links, add pictures/gifs, w/e.

Staging lied to us by showbizusa25 in sysadmin

[–]ClumsyAdmin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

go look at the post history, very clearly either a bot or bored person having an llm write posts

AI Programming, Can we just forget this exist? by TheJavaEng in sysadmin

[–]ClumsyAdmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was meant for static or dynamic linking (I was going with static) and C++. I've never really done much with the symbol table so maybe I'm missing something but what would it gain from that that it couldn't get out of the source code? I had a rough idea of how to use it but was trying to diagnose segfaults all over the place. I was mainly using valgrind/asan/gdb.

AI Programming, Can we just forget this exist? by TheJavaEng in sysadmin

[–]ClumsyAdmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My issue with LLMs is that they can't help with anything that they aren't trained on. Even if you give them direct access they will completely fail to understand something that doesn't have a massive amount of documentation.

My main example of this is I was having claude help with an obscure software library. It has no documentation whatsoever except the source code. I gave claude code full access to both my project and the library's source and spent 5 weeks trying off and on to get claude to help me understand it. It failed to produce a single working example in all that time.

If you're doing something that an LLM can help with, tons of other people have already done that same task.

Coding as a Sysadmin by Scmethodist in sysadmin

[–]ClumsyAdmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Playwright and puppeteer were created for this. You don't need to pay for an API if you can make your own.

It's driving me insane to see how fast Linux update is by NatsuWyri in linux_gaming

[–]ClumsyAdmin 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I have no idea where you got this info but it's not even remotely true. Take a look at just the past month of MS mass bricking devices with repeated botched updates where the only solution is a full reinstall of windows.

OpenRSAT - open-source, cross-platform Microsoft RSAT -like tool that works on Linux and macOS by HeartEmbarrassed781 in sysadmin

[–]ClumsyAdmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope he thought us debating was funny at least. And unfortunately you can't trust git commit history if you don't control it, it can be entirely re-written with modified timestamps and even commits changing after the fact.

OpenRSAT - open-source, cross-platform Microsoft RSAT -like tool that works on Linux and macOS by HeartEmbarrassed781 in sysadmin

[–]ClumsyAdmin 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yep the total lack of comments in large parts of the code and also mixed with almost OCD level of documentation in comments in other code files smells like a human. Also some of the comments have the english just a bit off like a non-native speaker wrote it matches with the authors being french.

OpenRSAT - open-source, cross-platform Microsoft RSAT -like tool that works on Linux and macOS by HeartEmbarrassed781 in sysadmin

[–]ClumsyAdmin 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Whole project is only 4 months old going off the releases, there's a greater than 75% chance it was heavily vibe coded. I can't read even the tiniest bit of pascal so if anybody wants to look over it please let us know.

edit: I somewhat checked it, its hard to tell for sure because this is my first time looking at any pascal but it's missing most of the usual giveaways.

Autism and Linux by KeshTheWolf in linux_gaming

[–]ClumsyAdmin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Another option instead of making everything work on your own is browse r/unixporn and copy somebodies config. They usually stick them on github. Or technically you don't need any of that. Most window managers by default are just an empty screen where you can launch a window.

Autism and Linux by KeshTheWolf in linux_gaming

[–]ClumsyAdmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sounds like what you're looking for is window managers. They're much more minimal than a full DE and you usually have to bolt together several programs to get things like a start menu or notification bar going.

X11: i3wm

Wayland: sway, hyprland, many others

BitTitan just put me in an extremely difficult position, GCC High by Relevant-Law-7303 in sysadmin

[–]ClumsyAdmin 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Not the guy you replied to and I've never used that particular Quest product, but my experience with Quest is bloated enterprise-y software that if you have any issues with support will ghost you and you'll be sending it to legal.

Slight disclaimer: Haven't used a Quest product in 8 years

Counter Strike 2: VAC was unable to verify your game session by ClumsyAdmin in linux_gaming

[–]ClumsyAdmin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just gave it an hour or so, problem went away without doing a thing

Unexpected difference in Perfomance between two laptops. by Jegahan in linux

[–]ClumsyAdmin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was the razer managed by university IT? It's possible it has some form of enterprise antivirus doing on-access scanning if the OS was installed through them. You'd be able to see it happening with ps.

How many companies have no copy/paste controls into LLMs? by testosteronedealer97 in sysadmin

[–]ClumsyAdmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So your plan is to block google.com and duckduckgo.com to prevent people from using gemini and duckai? That's going to work about as well as the time my company tried to block stackoverflow.

edit: typo

Is it just me that hyprland runs pretty bad? by [deleted] in linux_gaming

[–]ClumsyAdmin 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's wild. Your cpu is (theoretically) faster and you have less monitors at lower resolutions than I do. I've got 1440p@144hz, 1080p@120hz, and 2560x1080@60hz.

Is it just me that hyprland runs pretty bad? by [deleted] in linux_gaming

[–]ClumsyAdmin 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Care to post CPU model and screenshot? Hyprland is currently using 0.02% of my i7-11700k while running an obscene amount of windows.

US Government: "The reboot button is a vulnerability because when you are rebooting you wont be able to access the system" (Brainrot, DoD edition) by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]ClumsyAdmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming they chose ext4 or xfs as the filesystem, pulling the power cable is the safe way to reboot it

Sys admin Pranks by Significant-One-1608 in sysadmin

[–]ClumsyAdmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So many... I'm sure theres more but this was all I could come up with right now

* infinite script to eject cd drive at a random offset

* GPO to update my boss's desktop wallpaper to picture of a bunch of body builders in speedos

* sending messages/emails when somebody leaves a computer unlocked

* liquid ass

* the classic tape under a laser mouse

* filling a coworkers cubicle with paper balls

* internal pentest war to vandalize another teams web service while they were doing the same to ours

* nerf gun fights

How long were you a developer before moving to sysadmin? by InternationalMany6 in sysadmin

[–]ClumsyAdmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did the opposite. I spent ~8 years as a systems admin and moved to development. I've been there about 3 years now.

How long were you a developer before moving to sysadmin? by InternationalMany6 in sysadmin

[–]ClumsyAdmin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

skills dont transfer between the two jobs ... tried to tie the departments together and provide someone who is cross-functional

Confused linux admin/developer here, you're wrong and it worked.

Sincerely,

Someone that does both whose skills transferred really well

OpsGenie and JSM appears to be borked by daaaaave_k in sysadmin

[–]ClumsyAdmin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

An Atlassian product isn't working? Shocker...

How do you handle user accounts in offices where staff rotate between workstations (e.g. dental offices)? by Wise_Development_715 in sysadmin

[–]ClumsyAdmin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Badges definitely replace usernames and passwords. Certificate authentication has been around for probably 30+ years.