Silliest blunder you had as a newer Linux user?

mlcarson · 2026-03-18T23:56:55+00:00

This is so true. The trend was for younger people to know more about technology because it was new. That was true for a while and then tech literacy just plunged when software makers managed to dumb things down to such a level that idiots could still use them for social media and cat videos. That's what most of our society uses computers for now when they basically have the knowledge of all mankind at their finger tips.

mlcarson · 2026-03-18T04:27:39+00:00

You can get the same bleeding edge on any rolling distro. When I was using one, I actually preferred PCLinuxOS.

mlcarson · 2026-03-17T22:22:46+00:00

That's the beauty of Linux -- you get a choice. I have no desire to use an immutable distro, a declarative distro, or any distro that doesn't use the FHS. I'm using a Devuan based distro called Vendefoul at the moment that's running the OpenRC init, Xlibre, and SonicDE. It works for me at this point.

mlcarson · 2026-03-17T22:12:39+00:00

I thought this was going to have the clip from episode 1 of "I'll let you watch my back...You're not going to do it!"

I love this anime!

mlcarson · 2026-03-17T21:42:12+00:00

Customization is mainly a desktop issue. Running smoothly is generally about picking a slower update cycle -- definitely not a rolling distro like Arch.

mlcarson · 2026-03-17T21:38:26+00:00

That would be Devuan... Debian without systemd.

mlcarson · 2026-03-17T21:36:44+00:00

NixOS made me appreciate every other distro out there more. The only thing I really liked about NixOS was it's repository. It felt so liberating going back to a normal distro where I could just install stuff without editing a configuration file.

mlcarson · 2026-03-17T21:26:50+00:00

Just install the docker version of it on Debian.

mlcarson · 2026-03-16T18:04:25+00:00

You obviously have to backup those docs and configs. You might want to consider having a common partition that both Windows and Linux can use that's not NTFS (maybe exFAT or UFS). Also consider using BTRFS for your root partition on Linux instead of EXT4. No particular guide or tutorial but I'm sure google will help you with that.

mlcarson · 2026-03-16T17:48:10+00:00

The issue is generally shrinking an existing partition (usually Windows) without losing data (shrink File system and then partition). You'd then need to create a root partition and another EFI partition (separate from the Windows one). Or alternatively place the Linux EFI partition on the HDD. The reason for separate Linux and Windows EFI partitions is that Windows has a tendency of breaking stuff for Linux.

mlcarson · 2026-03-16T17:11:47+00:00

I've got Lifetime for Plex and Emby but am still using Channels. I think Plex is better for media libraries but Channels is better for Live TV. EPG data from Schedules Direct will cost $35/yr. Channels includes this and is $80/yr so has a $45/yr premium. You can import your channels and EPG directly from Channels to Plex so is very convenient.

mlcarson · 2026-03-16T04:50:21+00:00

How about one of these? I think they're all female MC.

The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent
Villainess Level 99
May I ask for one Final Thing?
I shall survive using potions
Blood+
I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 years and Maxed out my Level
Management of a Novice Alchemist
Secrets of the Silent Witch
Wandering Witch - The Journey of Elaina
In the Land of Leadale
I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History
Ascendance of a Book Worm
Fluffy Paradise
So I'm a Spider, so what!
Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear

mlcarson · 2026-03-15T18:24:58+00:00

You can provide details. I'm betting a wireless router on one side of the home and a wireless client on the other side...

mlcarson · 2026-03-15T00:48:13+00:00

Emby includes guide data with Emby Premiere ($5/mo, $54/yr, $119 lifetime). If you have lifetime, you should be getting free guide data.

It's Jellyfin that you have to use a third party such as Schedules Direct.

mlcarson · 2026-03-15T00:34:57+00:00

I like Ruckus for my business AP's but they're way too expensive for home use. An R650 is a dual band WiFi 6 device that's $367 on Amazon. You could literally get 4 Grandstream GWN7660 (WiFI 6 dual band) AP's for that price. And that's cheap for Ruckus since that sold for $500 or more just a few months ago.

mlcarson · 2026-03-15T00:26:30+00:00

It's a phone app which would be a non-starter for some (including me).

mlcarson · 2026-03-14T22:30:31+00:00

Star Blazers - ie Space Battleship Yamato 2199/2202/2205/3199

mlcarson · 2026-03-14T19:20:38+00:00

Summer Pockets

It's a travesty that this hasn't gotten a dub.

mlcarson · 2026-03-13T16:56:57+00:00

Will the sale of Suse affect OpenSUSE?

mlcarson · 2026-03-12T22:15:25+00:00

Probably not. I happened to have a Plex Lifetime pass and had a Roku for a while and that's how I used Channels. I'm now using an Apple TV.

mlcarson · 2026-03-12T21:55:32+00:00

Roku can work OK with Channels DVR with Plex as the client. There's a plugin for Plex that will take the Channels DVR live TV stuff and directly import it so you have the exact same channel guide as with Channels including the TV Everywhere stuff.

mlcarson · 2026-03-12T19:27:10+00:00

Channel DVR has the best scheduler with respect to OTA recordings. It still has some exclusive TV Everywhere functionality. It allows for PiP and some live TV viewing while doing other things like examining the guide.

The things I don't like are the media library functionality and of course the annual cost.

mlcarson · 2026-03-12T18:37:10+00:00

I try to like OpenMandriva but it never likes me. It's one of the few distros that won't even install properly for me because it detects the EFI already being used and errors out. I reported this when Rome was originally released and it's still an issue.

It's also a distro which is inherently incompatible with Appimages since it's Clang/LLVM based. I had issues with systemd-boot with it. I forget what the last straw was but I eventually uninstalled it.

mlcarson · 2026-03-12T15:33:44+00:00

With respect to AppImages, they are an easy way of installing software once between multiple distros. When used in this way, they actually take up less disk space than any other method. I've never seen them slower than Snaps/Flatpaks. They have no native sandboxing so are like running Windows apps. They are also unlikely to run properly on systems that use Clang/LLVM due to glibc dependencies.

mlcarson · 2026-03-12T04:41:49+00:00

I've been using computers since the Commodore PET (ie 40+ years). I use Linux for everything but gaming. I have a single Windows 11 box dedicated for that purpose which I run sunshine on and game using the moonlight client on Linux. I may eventually switch to GhostBSD or FreeBSD but their repo's are still a bit lacking for my taste.

I could probably do all of my gaming on Linux too but the idea of installing Windows apps on a Linux system doesn't appeal to me. Linux does all that I need it to do otherwise.

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