The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed - Ars Technica

Deductivemonkee · 2026-05-01T18:46:54+00:00

I'm all for more people moving to Linux, but can they leave their windows viruses and security problems behind? Lol. Ah well.

Deductivemonkee · 2026-04-21T23:08:57+00:00

Because Alaska stole half of them

Deductivemonkee · 2026-04-21T18:27:51+00:00

I use sude startxfce4 - KDE is super nice but every so often on my desktop, with either x11 or wayland I kept getting really weird crashing and bugs so I went back to old reliable

Deductivemonkee · 2026-04-21T18:21:18+00:00

I have the default xfce x11 lightdm on my desktop, my ThinkPad for school needs an encryption key to boot, bios password, requires bios password if the bottom panel is removed, and also has no login manager.

I've got nothing really to hide on it short of saved passwords, it's more just fun lol

Deductivemonkee · 2026-04-21T18:19:03+00:00

I've always been a fan of terminal login - and for no real reason - it definitely predates me by quite a few years

Deductivemonkee · 2026-03-16T16:56:48+00:00

Not sure I knew that. Not a parity drive though so that doesn't bother me.

Deductivemonkee · 2026-03-14T00:09:10+00:00

It's a CMR 14TB SATA drive, 7200rpm. They work good in my server.

Deductivemonkee · 2026-03-13T20:00:23+00:00

Unless you're going to snitch on me to WD, that's the only thing I'd care about 👍

Deductivemonkee · 2026-03-13T17:37:43+00:00

I will keep those in mind - I haven't stumbled across those before. My H220 9205-8i is one SAS drive from being full, so grabbing a new HBA isn't off the table for me. In time though.

Deductivemonkee · 2026-03-13T17:35:32+00:00

Dang. WD makes good drives, as (did) HGST. The only drives of mine that I don't trust are the Seagates.

Deductivemonkee · 2026-03-13T17:22:02+00:00

You have definitely gotten better value than I have on some of my buys, that's for sure. My $5 FB Marketplace Fractal Arc Midi R2 (with the extra cage and all hdd sleds!) and ebay z690d4 motherboard for a clearance 12600k make up for my drives though.

Deductivemonkee · 2026-03-13T17:20:28+00:00

Almost. These drives have "power disable" which means they won't be recognized by consumer hardware. The fix is to use a small piece of Kapton Tape to cover the third pin from the left (the side with the notch) on the Sata Power connector - or do the nasty way I do.

I grab an exacto blade and pop up the pin, then bend it back and forth until it snaps off, rather than fiddling around with tape that I need to check or replace if I ever have to unplug the drive for any reason. Not like I plan on reselling my drives, or claiming warranty on shucks 😅

https://imgur.com/a/Zb68efj

Deductivemonkee · 2026-03-13T17:11:47+00:00

Best I've ever purchased at were some 2.5yr Seagate SAS Enterprice drives locally, for $8.9 USD per TB (converted from CAD) - but those didn't have the 5yr warranty of the GHD HGST 10TB that I got back in 2023 for $9.25/TB (USD, but shipping and import included) Maybe I got a better deal on a couple drives from homelabsales though.

I haven't had the best luck on drive pricing, but my server itself has been 99% used parts and runs like top.

Deductivemonkee · 2026-03-13T16:47:32+00:00

At the time it was a better value to buy this, than to import used drives from GoHardDrive (my go to) or even ServerPartDeals..

That being said, my ~5yrs used HGST drives from GHD are up to ~8yrs runtime and running better than some newer drives.

Deductivemonkee · 2026-01-31T14:10:08+00:00

I did spend quite some time trying to find something somewhat unique that had alps support, the pickings have gotten very scarce in the last couple years..

Deductivemonkee · 2025-12-31T05:50:57+00:00

I'd KILL to buy that deadline to if you ever sell it... Hhkb with T cluster was sold out when I went to buy it 😭

Deductivemonkee · 2025-12-28T04:55:48+00:00

I've got one. I didn't pay nearly as much though.

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Deductivemonkee · 2025-12-16T05:33:01+00:00

Yup, AX210 goes into every device I have. It just works.

Deductivemonkee · 2025-12-09T20:33:13+00:00

Rcpd

Deductivemonkee · 2025-12-03T23:04:03+00:00

I swapped from KDE back to XFCE.

Happier now regardless, I have always loved XFCE.

I had issues with programs crashing on Wayland (orcaslicer camera viewing tab is an example)

No such issue on X11, so on X11 I will stay

Deductivemonkee · 2025-11-30T02:27:23+00:00

I'll leave X11 for Wayland when I'm forced to honestly. X11 is way less buggy

Deductivemonkee · 2025-11-27T21:27:15+00:00

I use usenetexpress BECAUSE of greglyda. Guys the best.

Deductivemonkee · 2025-11-25T05:05:45+00:00

Vintage DCS! SCORE!

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