The neck beards that judge someone's distro choice without knowing their use cases don't represent the Linux community. Just use the best tool for the job
I use Ubuntu on most of my servers and dual boot my gaming rig with Ubuntu Desktop mainly to host LLMs. I've been a Linux user for 25 years, I remember playing around with Red Hat pre 2000. Right now though, I want a solid distro that supports lots of hardware (my network consists of x86, ARM, Oracle Cloud, SBCs, etc), has a large community for support, and isn't likely to get abandoned. Ubuntu solves that
My daily driver used to be a MacBook Air running Linux. Apple hardware is amazing, I don't give a shit about the logo on my laptop. I only switched to MacOS for a daily driver when I started working for a company that gave me a MacBook pro so I sold my Air which was just gathering dust.
I’m guessing it’s from dry air god me but even with humidifier I always have to blow my nose a bunch of times in the morning. Sometimes my lungs feel tight for a while after waking up. This happen to anybody else? Why does it happen for you?
Fill the drive 100% using data duplicator then delete everything on the drive. Repeat a few times to ensure you scrub all blocks. There is no need to physically destroy the drive.
edit: fair criticism of this approach in cases when the data is unencryptd and the hard drives has bad blocks. I just wanted to give a counter to the destroying hardware approach which isn't necessary warranted
That's fair, I can appreciate an attack vector in cases where there are bad blocks and the drive was unencrypted. Luckily bad blocks are less common with modern SSDs and assuming the disk was encrypted, a few bad blocks are unlikely to expose any contents. So knowing the number of bad blocks and what data was stored would inform if a fill and empty approach would be suitable to sanitize the drive.
I’m part of a small group of Jr Self Taught Web Developers who were recently brainstorming ideas for a Group Project App we could put together and actually create a user base....
I’m going to go see the eclipse next week, and I want to video tape myself doing something ridiculous. For example, I could enact some ancient spiritual ritual or play Total Eclipse of the Heart the whole time. I’m leaning more towards the ritual since I wouldn’t be annoying everyone around me and would have time to engage...
how would anyone know if a particular name is being unused?
I have a couple of nice domain hacks and I use them for email and random services I run so the root domain appeared to be abandoned. I received so many messages from people wanting to buy them I just started pointing them at other sites so they would stop hassling me. I’ve had one of these domains for nearly 20 years and it’s my main email address. I’m not selling because it would be a year long full time job just to update all my services 😅
I read “it’s dying” by people on Discord and Reddit all the time, but the numbers prove otherwise. It’s been going up this entire time and sitting over 3 billion MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS!...
Do you mean E2EE for voice calls and SMS? Otherwise why not use a trusted or personal VPN to solve this problem? I wouldn’t bother with trying to secure voice calls provided by a carrier as the recipient would also need those counter measures in which case why not use ab E2EE voice app like signal.
I try to stream my favorite games, and I will get small audiences because I do events in the online games. But whenever I try to edit or listen back I feel like I’m in pain....
I live in Canada and seeing so many people riding around without helmets in Amsterdam felt weird until I realized how protected the cyclists are by the design of the road infrastructure. Cycling while sharing the road with a truck with no barrier in-between is common where I live so I appreciate your perspective.
I thought Twitter’s infrastructure was going to collapse within weeks after Musk made all those cuts and changes. I was obviously wrong because Twitter’s infrastructure didn’t collapse. I’m not speaking to the user experience on Twitter but from a purely infrastructure perspective, Musk was right and I was wrong.
This is great, I have a NAS and I still get slow data corruption for my long term data even using bit-rot resilient file systems. I would like a way to back up 5Tb of photos and videos on a single disc to bury somewhere for long term (decades) storage.
Don’t follow someone else’s path. I took a year off to travel in my 20s, a year off to sail in my 30s, and now that I’m 40 I’m planning another year long adventure in the next 5 years. I wasn’t born into wealth, I spent less than I earned, invested the rest, and avoided debt. Don’t get a big house in the suburbs with a mortgage, new lease car every 4 years, student loans, etc unless that’s what your actually want. Set yourself up for success with smart money management so you can do what you want.
AWS & Azure don’t offer free VMs but they offer other always free cloud services. I use Oracle Cloud’s Always Free VMs which are great. You can get two AMD-based compute VMs and one Arm-based compute VM with 24GB of RAM. I’ve been using them for nearly 2 years now. GCP also has a more basic always free VM offering.
I’m starting to notice my hair is thinning a bit. Nothing drastic. Just natural aging. No, nothing unusual came up when I got my blood tests, my doctor didn’t find anything wrong with me....
One of my many admirers just went through literally every single post or comment I’ve ever made to downvote. Is there a way to see who it is and save them from having to see my posts in the future?...
That data is available is the ActivityPub but as far as I know, you don’t have access to the vote data as a Lemmy user. You would have access to this data if you were running your own Lemmy server.
But honestly, let it go. Someone stole fake Internet points from you. It costs you nothing but it cost them 5 minutes of their lives. You’re having a fight with some stranger that doesn’t value their own time. Value your time and stop feeding these kinds of energy vampires. You deserve better! Have a wonderful day my friend :)
Slack has been scanning your messages to train its AI models ( www.engadget.com )
Using Ubuntu may give off hipster vibes to the average PC user, but within the Linux community its has the opposite effect.
hot take?...
Telegram founder and CEO alledges signal has backdoors, they don't provide reproduceible builds, etc.
Here's what he said in a post on his telegram channel:...
Who else wakes up and has to blow their nose or clear their airways every morning and why?
I’m guessing it’s from dry air god me but even with humidifier I always have to blow my nose a bunch of times in the morning. Sometimes my lungs feel tight for a while after waking up. This happen to anybody else? Why does it happen for you?
Has anyone here ever tried Linux From Scratch?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15150206...
You randomly get a hold of your colleague's phone. It's unlocked. You don't mind being fired. What sounds do you set as his notification and ring tones?
I was thinking of something like the Duff Man theme and slapping sounds and moans, but I feel that Lemmy knows better....
Pope will attend G7 meeting to discuss AI ( www.euronews.com )
How do I wipe a modern SSD to prevent data recovery?
I understand traditional methods don’t work with modern SSD, anyone knows any good way to do it?
What is an interesting fact that you recently discovered?
Leading the world in technology and ecological transit.. on 3.5" ( abc7news.com )
Are there any legal issues recreating YouTube SponsorBlock for Podcasts?
I’m part of a small group of Jr Self Taught Web Developers who were recently brainstorming ideas for a Group Project App we could put together and actually create a user base....
Washington's Lottery AI site turned user photo into porn ( mynorthwest.com )
What ridiculous thing can I do during the eclipse next week?
I’m going to go see the eclipse next week, and I want to video tape myself doing something ridiculous. For example, I could enact some ancient spiritual ritual or play Total Eclipse of the Heart the whole time. I’m leaning more towards the ritual since I wouldn’t be annoying everyone around me and would have time to engage...
What is your favorite paradox or conundrum? I am partial to can god kill god?
The monotheistic all powerful one.
The domain aftermarket has a big problem ( domainnamewire.com )
Here’s my take:...
Why is Facebook still so insanely popular? ( midwest.social )
I read “it’s dying” by people on Discord and Reddit all the time, but the numbers prove otherwise. It’s been going up this entire time and sitting over 3 billion MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS!...
What do I need to separate devices to its own no-internet network and still be able to communicate with within the house and outside? (Diagram provided) ( programming.dev )
Hello, I’m planning on creating a home server and getting some cameras....
Why haven't private carriers emerged yet?
All questions are in bold for ease of use....
Is my voice annoyingly high? ( drive.google.com )
I try to stream my favorite games, and I will get small audiences because I do events in the online games. But whenever I try to edit or listen back I feel like I’m in pain....
Amsterdam testing system that can remotely slow e-bikes down ( nltimes.nl )
Alrighty,...
Usage Of Elon Musk’s X Dropped 30% In The Last Year, Study Suggests ( www.forbes.com )
DVD-like optical disc could store 1.6 petabits (or 200 terabytes) on 100 layers ( www.techspot.com )
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How do you deal with the thought of having to work for 40+ years and then when/if you retire, you're too old to do much?
There has to be a better system than this.
What's the deal with posting images from imgbb?
Got my account banned because I posted a photo that I uploaded to imgbb.com with the reason being “blacklisted URL”.
What free things online should everyone take advantage of?
What free resources do you know on the internet that everyone should use?...
Anyone had good results with hair growth products/methods?
I’m starting to notice my hair is thinning a bit. Nothing drastic. Just natural aging. No, nothing unusual came up when I got my blood tests, my doctor didn’t find anything wrong with me....
I thrive in Summer Camp-style environments. What job/hobby should I do?
When I was a kid I always liked going on Scout camps. I think what I liked specifically was:...
Is there a way to see user likes and dislikes on lemmy?
One of my many admirers just went through literally every single post or comment I’ve ever made to downvote. Is there a way to see who it is and save them from having to see my posts in the future?...
Plus Putin sounds like pooping ( lemmy.ca )
Yevgeny Prigozhin asked the no pooping for 3 days question so that his troops can take less toilet breaks during the coup.