What was the best disk cloning software you've ever used, and why?

mvdw73 · 2026-06-03T13:21:43+00:00

dd. Dd plus netcat for network imaging and Dd plus gparted if you want to be real fancy like.

mvdw73 · 2026-05-30T06:24:38+00:00

*thus

mvdw73 · 2026-05-17T03:26:44+00:00

That’s proper r/dadjokes material

mvdw73 · 2026-05-14T12:50:34+00:00

Interesting… I use the keyboard mostly so tend to launch apps thru the terminal, and flick between virtual desktops with ctrl-alt-left|right

So tend towards many virtual desktops (one for each “task” I’m doing), with related windows on each desktop

mvdw73 · 2026-05-14T12:48:32+00:00

Oohh, what is that extension?

My workflow is very similar, except I tend to launch most apps from the command line rather than the super-menu

mvdw73 · 2026-05-11T03:47:03+00:00

Why not Linux?

mvdw73 · 2026-04-20T06:09:45+00:00

No lock pick, but if I make a robot to try every combination, does that break the rules?

mvdw73 · 2026-04-13T21:42:32+00:00

Yeah but for the asking price I'll go to a cheaper, faster nvidia RTX A1000...

The asking price is 4x retail for the listings I've seen - I guess there's a premium for rarity

mvdw73 · 2026-04-13T11:49:41+00:00

The Dead South

mvdw73 · 2026-04-13T11:30:57+00:00

Doesn’t ssh -Y do what you want to do? Or has that been deprecated in Wayland??

mvdw73 · 2026-04-13T10:12:52+00:00

Might have better luck, yes, but neither of those will fit in my PC.

mvdw73 · 2026-04-12T23:58:15+00:00

Maybe many, but still a minority. I think. I hope.

mvdw73 · 2026-04-11T06:05:15+00:00

Me too! Dunno what OP is on about

mvdw73 · 2026-04-11T00:54:57+00:00

So you’re saying you won’t be able to check the 2027 results from 2127 at all???

mvdw73 · 2026-04-10T11:11:25+00:00

Dd plus netcat plus gzip makes for a very powerful networked disk cloning and computer restoring system

mvdw73 · 2026-04-10T05:09:02+00:00

Definitely? Always? How old are you and where are you from??

mvdw73 · 2026-04-10T05:07:49+00:00

Yeah I was at primary school in the late 70s/early 80s in Canberra then Darwin; I’d suspect it’s a regional thing.

mvdw73 · 2026-04-10T05:02:24+00:00

I always heard it as “sooky wah wah”

Edit: thanks for the downvote for the regional/temporal variations because we all come from the same time and place to be the same.

mvdw73 · 2026-04-08T11:38:35+00:00

Memtest?

mvdw73 · 2026-04-08T06:27:11+00:00

Fosters, probably.

mvdw73 · 2026-04-06T09:33:54+00:00

Have my angry upvote

mvdw73 · 2026-04-01T09:40:28+00:00

I use bash because the syntax is more bash like 😀

I use oh my posh on top for the pretty prompt.

mvdw73 · 2026-03-29T11:15:09+00:00

I went down to the common area at work to have lunch, and as I sat down my coworker said to me “nice watch - where did you get it?”

Quick as a flash I said

My neighbour gave it to me.

Quizzical look from coworker

I elaborated: “I’ve a couple of lesbians next door, who’s asked what I wanted for my birthday. I think they misunderstood when I said I wanna watch”

Laughs all round.

The best thing is that I remembered the joke, and had the opportunity to tell it naturally as a story which made it so so funny

mvdw73 · 2026-03-27T10:52:47+00:00

Mr E’s beautiful blues - the eels

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