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It doesn’t use GTK does it?

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Beautiful, so there’s a good chance for it to not be a hot mess! Looking forward to it. 😊

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Crashes on Arch, doesn’t crash on Debian:

Debian > Arch

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Could be a defective library that’s used by many apps. Glibc, etc. That said, if something like this is that broken, others should be complaining about it too.

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Of course.

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Let’s not. It’s not a good tool.

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In short, yes, yes it’s worth it.

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Prometheus.

It’s open source, it’s easy to setup, its agents are available for nearly anything including OpenWrt, it can serve the simplest use case of “is it down” as well as much more complicated ones that stem from its ability to collect data over time.

Personally I’m monitoring:

  • Is it up?
  • Is the storage array healthy?
  • Are the services I care about running?

I used to run it ephemerallly - wiping data on restart. Recently started persisting its data so I can see data over the longer run.

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OP, this is terrible advice. Do not follow! Unless you run into a problem with Ubuntu LTS or distro based on it that you and the community cannot solve and it’s due to the LTS, stick with LTS. The vast majority of users are on LTS which is why there are tested solutions for most common problems you might run into. LTS releases last for many years so once you solve a problem, it’s likely you won’t have to solve it again for a long time, unless you decide to make your life more interesting by upgrading or changing the OS. Non-LTS releases last for 9 months or so, then you’re thrust onto a new set of changes and bugs that may or may not hit you, with much fewer comrades to test them and find solutions for. As a new user, if you’re going with Ubuntu or Ubuntu-based OS, stick to LTS. You’ll have enough hurdles to cross getting acquainted with the OS itself.

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Great advice substantiated by clear reasoning. I second it. More specifically, grab Ubuntu LTS. Going with an Ubuntu LTS based distro might present some extra challenges but it would probably be fine too.

Ubuntu is great for the reasons outlined and it provides an obvious path to Debian, should you want to move away from it in the future.

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Being able to always rely on the package manager alone, in other words on the built-in repos alone, has never been achievable on a stable system. You have to throw stability out of the window to allow for that to happen. There are huge downsides to that, especially for new users who have no clue how to isolate and work around defects. That’s why sideloading content via third party repos or individual debs has always been a part of the reality of Debian-based OSes. As a result, most open source communities and proprietary vendors provide one or the other.

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I did a similar inquiry a few months ago. I tried DocuWiki and Wiki.js. Ended up with Wiki.js. It’s very easy to setup with docker-compose. Everything is stored in Postgres but it also exports to the local filesystem in Markdown. Its advanced built-in search is pretty good.

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<span style="color:#323232;">ln -s `which cat` /usr/local/bin/nano
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Ubuntu is great. I use it on laptops, desktops, servers and IoT devices. We use it on thousands of corp workstations at my workplace too.

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Not sure if serious.

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https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/a10f515b-2d24-416d-bbe3-e1c805567024.jpeg

And mine starts with the addition of Z-Wave to my Yellow in preparation for automating a thermostat! 🥹

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Spotify 🫥

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Tarred and feathered.

With that said I do buy music for my Plex. 🥹

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The way to solve that problem is to read the commands and look up what they do. The installation method they describe is pretty standard and inoffensive. And provides automatic updates. The commands used aren’t complicated and they’re some of the system fundamentals for Debian/Ubuntu systems so it’s a good idea being familiar with them.

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Some heavy schooling happening in this thread. Glad to see it. Learning is a good thing. 🙌

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Seems like a measurable improvement although not dramatic in most benchmarks.

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This is perfect. Well done. 👏

If still unclear, the sentient virus is:the child

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