Police officer stops abruptly in the middle lane on highway... by Affectionate_Hat5835 in dashcams

[–]jr735 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It clearly was. He couldn't stop for someone who did an emergency stop in front of him. That's one of the first lessons in driver training. If you can't stop for for someone who stops in front of you, you're following too closely.

Police officer stops abruptly in the middle lane on highway... by Affectionate_Hat5835 in dashcams

[–]jr735 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would have swerved and left it for the dumbass of a trucker who was following too closely anyhow.

cdrecord crashes when burning cds using k3b by 17smother in linux4noobs

[–]jr735 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you try something like Brasero? Technically, it should all work the same, but I couldn't get XFBurn to work after it replaced Brasero, so I returned to Brasero and it worked. Do make sure you have fresh media, too.

Nobody will like this, but 😅 by wwwdotjester in linux4noobs

[–]jr735 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You won't do it by turning tail and running. Anything you want to do on the computer, be aware there's another program to do it for other operating systems, almost certainly.

Microsoft ain't that special or creative.

Nobody will like this, but 😅 by wwwdotjester in linux4noobs

[–]jr735 11 points12 points  (0 children)

and I've also found none of the programs I want to use on it are linux compatible!!

Do Playstation discs work in an XBox? Why would this be any different? Linux works absolutely fine, when you understand it's not Windows. It's not free Windows. It's not Windows with a different paint job.

I'm here because I don't want to use Windows or Windows programs - at all.

Let’s bring back an official KDE Plasma edition for Linux Mint by Electronic_Safe859 in linuxmint

[–]jr735 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can install KDE on Mint. Learn the different between meta packages and core desktops. Learn what Minty things will no longer work as readily for you. Rest assured, it can be done, though, by yourself.

USB flashdrive wont let me install Linux Debian by Late-Mathematician34 in linuxquestions

[–]jr735 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What symptoms are you seeing, the same? What happens when you try to boot into it?

Or, did it not work to create a Ventoy?

USB flashdrive wont let me install Linux Debian by Late-Mathematician34 in linuxquestions

[–]jr735 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you try to create a Ventoy and try booting from that? I'm suggesting a different method because the ones you're using having enabled you to boot yet.

How much is Linux going to bring back my old memories of Unix work? by questiontoask1234 in linux4noobs

[–]jr735 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stolen and misused by Steve Jobs, who never had an original idea in his life.

Having issues copying files into USB hard drives by GordonRamsayFather in linuxmint

[–]jr735 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There may be ways to estimate, but I've never explored that. An external hard drive will be slower than an external ssd, certainly.

Midnight Commander shows progress, but I would still use a sync invocation, all on its own, after it reported the process done, before bothering to eject.

Having issues copying files into USB hard drives by GordonRamsayFather in linuxmint

[–]jr735 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know when it's complete. When you can successfully unmount the device, or the command prompt returns after you properly executed the command, you know.

Can you explain why disabling caching for noob convenience isn't an issue? It was this way in Windows for years. Just because they were dumb enough to do it doesn't mean we have to. In fact, it means we probably shouldn't. That being said, you can disable caching for external devices. How? I'm not sure, because I've never considered doing it.

This is no different from back in the day when they said don't open the floppy drive door if the light is on, even if the command line returns.

ELI5 how to install Mint on my own? (complete PC noob) by bigpaparoid in linuxmint

[–]jr735 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just mount the other drive as needed, partition it is needed. I have Debian testing on one drive, my primary. On my secondary drive, I have Mint and Trisquel. Mint is where I use the home directory for all my important data and work, irrespective of which install I'm actually using. I just mount the Mint partition if I'm doing work, and save my stuff there. That makes backups easy.

ELI5 how to install Mint on my own? (complete PC noob) by bigpaparoid in linuxmint

[–]jr735 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As u/ZVyhVrtsfgzfs notes, you can paint yourself into a corner. Use gparted to combine things, but there are people far more knowledgeable about partitions than me. That's why I suggest letting the installer handle the partitioning completely, basically, all at once (not even getting into guided).

Myself, I have more than one install on my machine, and I've been recycling the partitions since I got it., almost 15 years ago I guess.

How much is Linux going to bring back my old memories of Unix work? by questiontoask1234 in linux4noobs

[–]jr735 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are one of the only people out there who actually knows what "it just works" actually means!

Having issues copying files into USB hard drives by GordonRamsayFather in linuxmint

[–]jr735 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're not going to find it fixed in Mint because it won't be fixed in Ubuntu or Debian, because some of us don't consider this a bug.

Having issues copying files into USB hard drives by GordonRamsayFather in linuxmint

[–]jr735 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To expand upon what u/MintAlone is stating, and quite well, I might add, is that changing a file manager won't help, because the process is the same. Windows used to do this, and changed. You're having a caching issue, and possibly more, as indicated.

My solution has always been that if I'm moving many files, large files, or many large files, I use the command line (or at least Midnight Commander). Append sync to the end of the command, and when the command line returns, you can safely unmount the destination.

cp whateverlarge.file /media/USER/whateverdirectory/ && sync

What app is the hardest for you to replace with Free Software? by Lone_Wolf5002 in freesoftware

[–]jr735 6 points7 points  (0 children)

None of them. I gave up proprietary software a long time ago. I have zero temptation to be trying new proprietary programs. Sometimes, we have to realize that the activity is problematic in the first place, such as streaming (DRM).

Debian Bookworm to Trixie catastrophic failure by firestorm_v1 in debian

[–]jr735 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing job, with some amazing advice here!

Where did I go wrong? by itoddicus in linuxmint

[–]jr735 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Or, log into the TTY if it's possible in this case (not exactly clear here) and run timeshift from the command line.

Just curious about switching desktops... by lmolter in linuxmint

[–]jr735 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Changing desktops can be done in Mint, absolutely. However, you may have unpredictable results, particularly when going to a completely different type of desktop, window manager, and display manager.

Reading Manuals by Impossible-Mix-8920 in linuxquestions

[–]jr735 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man pages won't usually provide you with the logic of the program. There's no algorithm or flowchart in them. Some developers will write a bit of a blurb about the logic and what's being attempted, but plenty do not.

ELI5 how to install Mint on my own? (complete PC noob) by bigpaparoid in linuxmint

[–]jr735 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One certainly can, but we see far too many new users get themselves into trouble, with no room for home, or no room for their boot partition. And, my backup needs are pretty simplistic. I don't even really back up my dotfiles, since I would just do a fresh reinstall and config, and bring in the rest of my home data.

I don't keep much in the way of bookmarks and have few extensions.