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GnomeComedy, (edited ) to linux in The magic behind configure, make, make install - How it works in Unix

You assume everyone has root.

On a system I don’t administer, I can compile and install software in my home directory (or shared directories that I have write access) by using:

./configure --PREFIX=/home/myuser/software/

make # to compile

make install sudo, to install to ~/software/bin

So when you say “only in (B)LFS”, you’re overlooking a VERY common use case - especially in HPC and other systems NOT running on my desk/lap.

GnomeComedy, to linux in Gentoo goes Binary (packages)

Wouldn’t the larger ones be the ones you’d get the most benefit from compiling?

GnomeComedy, to linux in Gentoo goes Binary (packages)

For the uninitiated, does “gen” imply source/compilation somehow?

GnomeComedy, to linux in What distros have you tried and thought, "Nope, this one's not for me"?

On 22.04 LTS, you can’t even open Firefox if you’re using NFS/Autofs home directories.

How is that not taken seriously as a major bug?

GnomeComedy, to linux in Is linux good for someone tech illererate.
  • old laptop
  • windows 11
  • tech illiterate

Something doesn’t add up, or only 2/3 are true.

GnomeComedy, to linux in Performance engineering on Ubuntu leaps forward with frame pointers by default in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Cool. But will we again be able to open Firefox on an NFS/autofs home directory?

GnomeComedy, to linux in What's an elegant way of automatically backing up the contents of a large drive to multiple smaller drives that add up to the capacity of the large drive?

Don’t become so concerned with if you could, that you overlook if you should.

I would buy a larger drive.

GnomeComedy, (edited ) to privacyguides in The state of open source SMS messagers

That’s the app OP is talking about ‘selling out’ to advertisers.

GnomeComedy, to linux in I use linux for the same reason I wear fuzzy socks and sweaters

This all falls apart as a “reason” when you consider Windows Home vs Windows Enterprise.

The better reason is that Windows Home sucks.

GnomeComedy, to privacyguides in US lawmakers introduce surveillance reforms intended to curb FBI spying

“A decade”?! Try 2

GnomeComedy, to linux in How is your experience with Fedora as a server?

Production. Means “anything important”.

GnomeComedy, to linux in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Committing Fully To Netplan For Network Configuration

I think it was actually the default on 18.04 LTS as well.

GnomeComedy, to datahoarder in That many people need old Ubuntu installations?

ITT: speculation by people that clearly don’t use/understand Ubuntu.

GnomeComedy, (edited ) to linux in What would cause a hard drive's, in an enclosure, filesystem to not mount in PopOs?

Are you intentionaly using NTFS for compatibility with another machine? If not, I’d use a Linux native filesystem like xfs or ext4 and add it to /etc/fstab

GnomeComedy, to linux in Fedora or Mint for noob?

Have them check with their University if they do any Linux support. If they do - use one of the distros they support so they might possibly have KB articles about accessing University recourses from Linux.

Source: am Linux admin at a University that writes such documentation. I have seen exactly the Eduroam issue you mention and came up with an Ubuntu workaround for example.

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