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<span style="color:#323232;">grub> set root=(...)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">grub> linux /vmlinuz root=...
</span><span style="color:#323232;">grub> initrd /initrd.img
</span><span style="color:#323232;">grub> boot
</span>

What's (are) the funniest/stupidest way(s) you've broken your linux setup?

Tinkering is all fun and games, until it’s 4 am, your vision is blurry, and thinking straight becomes a non-option, or perhaps you just get overly confident, type something and press enter before considering the consequences of the command you’re about to execute… And then all you have is a kernel panic and one thought...

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Tried to convert Ubuntu to Debian by replacing the repos in sources.list and apt dist-upgrading. 💣 Teenagers…

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An intern nuked their workstation by sudo chmod -R 777 /. Turns out adding exec to everything isn’t good either.

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Second that. VM suspension is but the only way to achieve this on a standard OS.

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Sorry, why are we switching away from Plex because of this? Genuinely asking.

E: Wow at the downvotes to an honest question. 🥲

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Thanks. I understand this perspective.

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Is that bad though? I don’t mind renting a movie I really like even if my friend has it on their Plex. Especially if it’s from a small studio. Currently I do that via Google TV. Plex Inc being a small private company might use the money better than a publicly traded giant. I wouldn’t mind my friends and family spending a few bucks on it either.

Of course if Plex starts enshitifying existing private streaming features to push this, that’ll be another matter altogether. Which would not be unexpected.

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I’ll probably trial Jellyfin too in preparation to migrate the family should push come to shove.

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Recently received an AirGradient One. Added it to HA via ESPHome. The setup was pretty smooth. It shows the following sensors in HA:

  • CO2
  • Humidity
  • NOx Index
  • PM 0.3
  • PM 1.0
  • PM 10.0
  • PM 2.5
  • PM 2.5 AQI
  • Temperature
  • VOC Index
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It isn’t.

avidamoeba, (edited )
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Memes are cool. Blatant misinformation in the form of a meme to manufacture outrage, not so much.

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Even though this has been explained many times since the whole hullabaloo, I’ll assume you’re genuinely unaware and/or perhaps got rage-farmed by someone else’s meme. The current meme implies that Ubuntu/Canonical have actively disabled safety/security features in the form of withholding security updates, unless you pay for Ubuntu Pro subscription. The Ubuntu package support hasn’t changed with the introduction of Ubuntu Pro. The packages that were supported by Canonical prior to this are supported the same way today. The packages that were community supported prior to this are supported the same way today. Without Ununtu Pro. There is net new support by Canonical that covers community-supported packages too which is available with Ubuntu Pro subscription. Therefore Canonical hasn’t removed any existing, previously free security support. In addition, this newly added security support is available for free for up to 5 machines and it lasts for 10 years.

More info here: discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-pro-faq/34042

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Don’t need to. It’s useful while free for people who wouldn’t otherwise pay for it. If/when we get the rug pulled from under us, mothrrship Debian is right there.

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Exactly. I’m already running a local wiki, but I don’t want stuff I link to in my wiki to result in 404 in a few years. Or worse, to some AI-ridden ad-infested dumpster fire.

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Oh yes, this looks like a winner. Thanks!

It seems like it’s written in Python too, which means I can maintain it if need be.

Oh boy I wish I had set this up many years ago. I wouldn’t have to resort to scouring !antiquememesroadshow for the top quality memes of the past when I need them…

On a far side of the moon note, I wonder if ActivityPub could be used to federate multiple archiveboxes to create a more resilient Internet Archive alternative. 🤔 Then integrate that with Lemmy to autoarchive links from posts. Aaand lemmy.world ran out of disk space. 🤣

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Kind of. Linkwarden seems to save as PDF. That’s better than nothing, however preserving a functional copy of the pages would be better. Archivebox seems to do this.

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It seems like all of their software is in the parent account of heritrix - github.com/orgs/internetarchive/repositories?type….

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It’s no true Scotsmans all the way down.

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I’d like to thank Haier for their transparency. ♥️

avidamoeba,
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Ubuntu Pro is free for up to 5 machines per account.

avidamoeba, (edited )
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I thought they mean support beyond 5 years. You’re right of course.

avidamoeba, (edited )
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Installing Debian is not an alternative to the 10-12 year Ubuntu LTS support because Debian doesn’t offer that kind of support. Also as the sibling noted, Ubuntu Pro isn’t needed to get the same support you’re getting from Debian. Ubuntu Pro provides additional support that you don’t get from Debian throughout the support lifespan.

BTW, not offering 10-12 years of support is totally reasonable for a community distribution. I don’t expect volunteers to be backporting fixes for packages built 12 years ago.

Accessing NAS when not on LAN

So I have a TrueNAS server set up at home, and it would be cool to have access to it at all times. I currently have Syncthing set up to access and back up my most essential files on my phone and laptop, but it would be nice to be able to access all the … legally obtained files I have stored there wherever I go. I looked into...

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Thanks! Odd, it seems they aren’t available from other registrars for this price.

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Hahaha, good point. At least not that autocratic.

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