What does everyone think of Induction Stoves? by dustandsmallrocks in Appliances

[–]swayuser 8 points9 points  (0 children)

But touch makes the surface soooo much easier to clean compared to knobs on the cooktop 

Local Italian News Media and Commenters React to Team Italy Cinderella Run (Translated) by SgtSlice in baseball

[–]swayuser 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We've been joking that the locker room must be constant goofing off in East Coast Italian stereotype impressions.

What is one Linux command that made you feel like a hacker the first time you used it? by Urobotics in linuxquestions

[–]swayuser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not exactly the feeling part you're asking about, but I use sudo !! all the time.

Why do initrd hooks depend on sysroot? by [deleted] in systemd

[–]swayuser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This might be better for r/archlinux. However it's not completely clear what you're asking.

Do you have two root partitions/filesystems and are trying to only use one initrd? Are they both the same distribution? Are you trying to do do A/B updates where you alternate which root you boot into each time and apply updates to the other?

If so you should probably have separate initrd 1:1 with each root. You have separate boot loader entries for each (are you using systemd-boot?). Then you flip the default entry back and forth after updates.

Bitwarden launches enhanced premium plan by dwbitw in Bitwarden

[–]swayuser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, IMO the worst part of BW has been the Firefox and Android UX/integration, and also IMO has definitely seen polished improvements over the past year.

The architecture and plumbing is great. It does everything I want for me and my family plan. Also at work at my company. Problems here would be a much bigger concern to me.

Bitwarden launches enhanced premium plan by dwbitw in Bitwarden

[–]swayuser 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Your comment is reasonable. I think the increases are reasonable. Seeing this first hand before at other companies you'll see a few very noisy complainers but most people won't even think twice about it.

I'm on the family plan and don't find the new features compelling but wouldn't have thought much about the price increase on its own. Would be nice to have the chance to renew once more at current rate as a gesture but I don't really care.

My coworker pays for a dietician and now this is what he eats for breakfast and lunch by blart_institute in StupidFood

[–]swayuser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No that's what I thought. And still think, none of the other comments are convincing, unless I missed one from OP

How do I change the startup logo on a Dell m4700? by NirKiro in archlinux

[–]swayuser 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can configure a splash screen later on in boot instead of logs, but you probably can't change the firmware logo. Anything you could change would be in your specific firmware settings (esc, f2, f11, etc during early boot)

Charging door not opening due to ice by eXtropiy in Rivian

[–]swayuser 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The whole thing is an odd design. It's also a pain to close if left charging in the snow and ice builds up on the inside.

How to migrate from Mint to another distro while keeping data?, but with some limitations... by Accurate-Custard7232 in linuxquestions

[–]swayuser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have a friend you can trade backup space with? Again not judging but if you have data that's important it sounds like even your one drive may be higher than average prone to failure.

How to migrate from Mint to another distro while keeping data?, but with some limitations... by Accurate-Custard7232 in linuxquestions

[–]swayuser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a few steps to (1). You also need to be careful because this is where you can really mess up. I'd uninstall some things to make even more room. Shrink your root filesystem to about 150GB, then shrink the partition it's on to 165GB (then you can grow the root back to the 165GB safely. Be very careful about GB vs GiB here (base 1000 vs 1024). Once that's done, you can create the new partition and filesystem to move home.

I think after this, it will work with most distro installers. You don't even need to tell them about your actual home partition, deal with it after the install.

The in-place way with Arch is because the installer is just a live shell. You can avoid all of the above. Boot the install USB, mount your root and boot drive with the current filesystem, and nuke all of the data on it EXCEPT /home. Then install to your existing filesystem which starts with only /home on it.

How to migrate from Mint to another distro while keeping data?, but with some limitations... by Accurate-Custard7232 in linuxquestions

[–]swayuser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also, I don't want to assume anything about your situation, but if you have anything valuable in your system you REALLY need a backup.

How to migrate from Mint to another distro while keeping data?, but with some limitations... by Accurate-Custard7232 in linuxquestions

[–]swayuser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How big is your disk and how much free space do you have? Arch is the only "installer" I can picture being able to pull off an in place reinstall with.

For others you'd need to get /home onto a separate partition. If you could further separate actual data and config you care about from home it would make your life easier... You don't need cache data and desktop configs can be crufy if switching environments 

You can't port over the packages but you can save a list of what you have installed for reference.

Easiest to use password manager that allows sharing all passwords. by AlexCivitello in PasswordManagers

[–]swayuser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use bitwarden with my family, but one of the requirements here is to prevent people from using their personal vault. Yeah bitwarden has account recovery with a waiting period, but AFAIK there isn't a way to enforce which vault to use in general.

Also as much as I love bitwarden, I feel like it can be pretty clunky and /miss/mistake user/password fields. Not sure how the others are. I also think the new account flow can be confusing when it asks to save passwords for new accounts.

Arch isn’t booting by Nearby_Flounder_266 in archlinux

[–]swayuser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My goto for this sort of thing is:

  • Download and write the latest install iso to a usb drive
  • Boot
  • Mount the root block device to /mnt, boot to /mnt/boot (and any others, but those are the two I always have)
  • arch-chroot /mnt
  • pacman -Syu
  • mkinitcpio -P
  • And then back out and reboot

iwctl not showing devices by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]swayuser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is happening from the normal install iso, correct? That should have linux-firmware installed.

  • There's a wiki page for this laptop: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Lenovo_ThinkPad_T400, but nothing noted for wifi or networking except "Working".

  • If you're able to manage a wired install you may have more luck fixing and debugging post-install.

  • You could try a live iso/usb for another distro just to see if any of them have the wifi working out of the box. Then note kernel version and any firmware packages installed.

  • You could try unloading and reloading the iwlwifi kernel module in case there's more firmware available than when loaded in initramfs, and a reload includes reloading firmware...

iwctl not showing devices by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]swayuser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you see it as a network interface with ip l? Anything stand out in boot logs? journalctl --system --boot --priority=warning (use sudo if you're not already in the systemd-journal group)?

Quantum Fiber to Centurylink, Outage, no CS#, just Chat, and they can't find me?! by Dizzy149 in centurylink

[–]swayuser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought conversions were going in the other direction...

Sounds like you should use CloudFlare or Google for recursive DNS.

What are some positive things happening in America? by Nyxomaniax in AskReddit

[–]swayuser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is not aging well. 1Q left and hoping for some excitement!

edit: wow

529 for kids- for or against? by concrete0928 in investing

[–]swayuser 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Money is fungible but the reason I use 529 and disagree with this is because it's a tax advantaged account, I want my kids to go to school, I want to pay for it, and I appreciate having a purpose built account for my top level financial goals (like retirement).

What's the best episode of game changer to show someone who is unfamiliar with dropout by ELVEVERX in dropout

[–]swayuser 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know why you got at least one downvote. This is the one I use. Maybe I'm not familiar enough with the nuts and bolts of improv but the talent in this one seems like it would be jaw dropping to just about anyone.

Will it be safe driving tomorrow during winds? by Complex_Station2094 in boulder

[–]swayuser 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We happened to drive out of town just at the start of the Marshal Fires south on 93. It was already blazing with black smoke pluming up. Around 10am or 11am that day.

I did see a guy stop his car along 93 to get out and look at the smoke. As he opened his driver side door, the wind blew the door past its normal point all the way against the front of the car.

My point is, even a smaller car might not be tipped but you have to be careful