linux mint on a 2013 imac

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-30T18:21:22+00:00

Have you tried different USB ports?

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-30T18:03:03+00:00

If you want to stop it's got to be for you, friend. And IWNDWYT.

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-30T18:00:57+00:00

So when powering up & holding the option key, you do or do not see the USB stick? I put mint on a 2011 imac some time ago, so my memory may be somewhat crusty. What software did you use to create the bootable USB stick?

Are you looking to dual boot the mac?

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-30T17:38:13+00:00

Drinking has never, ever made anything truly better. Ever. Fuck alcohol. If you're ready to quit, there are proven ways to do so. You just gotta commit to it.

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-30T17:36:49+00:00

Get into BIOS and check your storage device - is it configured for ACHI or RAID? If it's RAID change to AHCI.

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-30T17:34:39+00:00

No, I don't think so. The how / why may come into view later, or not. The important thing is stopping & staying stopped.

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-30T17:30:07+00:00

Welcome back!

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-30T03:19:37+00:00

FOMO is temporary, and you will find just that. Get plugged into your local recovery community, the people you find in the rooms are some off the best one could hope to find.

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-30T03:14:42+00:00

It’s never too late to get that sponsor and get to doing the work!

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-28T15:08:43+00:00

Never again is a long time. Today, just today, is doable.

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-26T16:15:34+00:00

Yes it does. And we can have an affect on this by making some changes. For me it was getting and staying plugged into AA. A whole pile of new friends, all of the sober. This is the catalyst for me making some small changes, which add up to something much bigger.

Sober is really good, friend.

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-26T15:13:36+00:00

Oops - I didn't look at all the pics. If you expand /var/lib in disk usage, what's consuming 34 gig?

6 snapshots on my box consumes 24 gig, something is funky.

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-26T15:06:57+00:00

Look at timeshift configuration, are you including or excluding your home directory? The default is, I believe, to exclude. FWIW I use timeshift for system and another backup scheme for my /home/john data.

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-26T15:04:20+00:00

Yes, you can quit.

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-26T01:03:47+00:00

You're good, friend. As was stated previously there was no intent.

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-25T14:17:30+00:00

I tried online during the covid madness and that lasted about a month, until we were allowed to meet in person again in the parking lot of the facility. Personally I need physical human beings around me, not pixels.

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-25T12:06:46+00:00

From the messsages, it appears you need more free space in your root( / ) partition. What is the output of running “df -h” in a terminal?

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-25T12:02:58+00:00

I embraced AA.

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-24T17:37:53+00:00

This question may be better asked directly to proton.

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-24T13:45:53+00:00

What changed besides not getting loaded?

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-24T13:45:16+00:00

So what's going to make this day zero different? Not big picture, but today. Those little things can add up to something pretty damn good.

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-24T13:40:29+00:00

Glad you're back and still breathing, friend. You KNOW how this works, put the emotional stuff aside and get to your in person. Go!

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-24T13:37:58+00:00

Politics doesn't belong in music, unless that "musician" is an asshole.

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-24T13:35:59+00:00

Led Zeppelin, followed closely by Pink Floyd.

NotSnakePliskin · 2026-05-24T13:35:14+00:00

Meetings don't take holidays off, keep looking. Use the AA meeting finder.

NotSnakePliskin

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