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data1701d (He/Him)

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"Life forms. You precious little lifeforms. You tiny little lifeforms. Where are you?"

- Lt. Cmdr Data, Star Trek: Generations

  • Debusine Repositories Enter Beta: Ubuntu PPA-Like User Archives For Debian Linux

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  • https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianNet

    It’s an official Debian address, and the main page redirects to .org. I think it has more broad use now, but I think it’s often been used for stuff like media codecs they can’t include in the main distro. Often used for side projects.

  • What Have I Learned From Daily Driving Arch Linux For Three Years?

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  • What GPU model is it? And what distro are you using?

    Did you install separate AMD drivers? You’re generally not supposed to do that; it’s just plug-and-play in the kernel and MESA (assuming the version is new enough), and you usually don’t need to download separate drivers.

    Also, what kernel flags did you have to use?

    It’s just that I’m a bit skeptical any of this is actually the fault of the AMD Linux kernel driver, and I would guess there’s some underlying software or hardware issue like a faulty ACPI implementation on the motherboard. I’m not saying AMD can do no wrong, but in this case, making blanket statements about the quality of AMD GPU drivers may be premature.

  • What Have I Learned From Daily Driving Arch Linux For Three Years?

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  • As others have said, “stable” and “unstable” have a different connotation in the FOSS world.

    Rolling releases probably don’t have more software crashes than their stable counterparts, which is what you meant.

    However, some use cases prefer that they are able to use the same config for a long time, and when software updates frequently, system administration can become a cat-and-mouse game of “What config broke this time?” That’s not to say rolling release is bad, but sometimes it’s like using a power drill instead of a screw driver.

    Also, I definitely feel like a stable distro is more likely to survive a software update after not using the computer for a few months to a year. Granted, I’ve had a Debian Testing (rolling release) install that did survive an upgrade after a year of non-use, but I’ve also seen Arch VMs that broke after just a couple months of non-use, forcing me to reinstall.

  • Linux Patches Begin Adapting RAID Code To Use Folios

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  • I went into this Phoronix article half-expecting someone to come up with a venomous, nasty comment over even something this mundane.

  • The Quark Who Subsidized Christmas

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  • We are all at his mercy.

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  • Heck, if random Ensign Jo is at the helm and waits for the right moment, they could probably warp the ship into a star before anyone can realize what’s going on.

    Though I think one probably one of the most potentially deadly characters in the franchise by sheer skill might be D’Vana Tendi, considering how she went through all those Romulan guards in Veritas, her ability to take over a ship, her ability to switch between an completely unintimidating and absolutely terrifying demeanor, etcetera.

  • So close yet so far. Why must hardware support be so weird?

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  • USB Wi-Fi adapters are usually fine. I do have a PCI-E Wi-Fi card in my desktop from my Hackintosh days, though, which has gone unused since my home now has lots of ethernet connections.

  • The Sisko was not amused to find out Buddy was the new Federation ambassador to the space elves.

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  • Of course, it was really just Santa pulling some Jason Vigo-type bullcrap, doing anything he could to offload him to someone else.

  • Fat chance of convincing them to switch to Linux

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  • It's not the concept of updating that's the problem; it's that Windows's process gets in the way of your work and doesn't make its status clear. You can be stuck on 90% for thirty minutes, and all you can do is wait with fingers crosses.

    When updating on Linux, it's usually dead clear what it's updating and very forthcoming about any errors that have come up. Also, I can usually still at least check my e-mail while updating my Linux packages, if not most of what I usually do, and just restart when it's convenient.

  • Fat chance of convincing them to switch to Linux

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  • As someone who works at a help desk, the main "blue screen" I see these days is the computer asking for a Bitlocker key after an update, upon which I have to direct them through their Microsoft account.

    I've also seen my fair share of crapped out installs that just needed a reinstall, as well as the occasional issue with Realtek 8852.

  • Wait, I know you...

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  • True. At the same time, if I were forced to invite one to Thanksgiving dinner, I'd have to choose Kai Winn because it'd probably be easier to make her shut up.

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  • I used Linux in a VM and WSL for several years, and I occasionally used it on an old laptop. It was in 2022 on the week I installed Cygwin that I thought, “I do more Linux stuff than Windows stuff. Why don’t I just straight up use Linux?”

    I created a test install on a secondary drive, which has now been my main install for years and has been moved to a bigger drive twice.

    I got very used to Linux, and Windows gave me no reason to come back.

  • What are some of your most useful or favorite terminal commands?

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  • for file in *.WAV; do ffmpeg -i “$file” -i cover.png -disposition:v attached_art “$(basename “$file” .wav).flac”

    (I’m doing this from memory, so I may have messed something up, but that’s the gist of it for taking a bunch of WAV files and turning them into FLACs with cover art. I also do a similar setup for combining the metadata of an MP3 and audio data of a WAV, since They Might Be Giants seems to have forgotten FLAC was invented.)

  • Follow Captain Gomez on social media for more life pro tips

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  • I guess it worked, too; she went from ensign to captain in no more than 16 years… in a gold uniform.

    Heck, depending on when she got the Archimedes, she may have beaten Riker to captain.

  • Linux is awesome at home, but aren't y'all forced to use Windows at work?

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  • M.2 Caddy

  • It always bugs me when a character makes this mistake, which happens WAY TOO OFTEN

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  • "IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'LL TAKE YOU HOOOOOOEEEEEM AAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN, KATHLEEN!"

  • Wait, I know you...

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  • I don’t know about that.

    While Kai Winn is really fun to hate and has a repulsive personality, on an objective level, she’s better than Dukat. All Kai Winn has to her name is 1 murder (maybe 1.5 if we count her making Bareil meaninglessly sacrifice himself), a failed assassination, some back alley political deals, and a school bombing that killed no one, which, while all horrible, is relatively tame compared to killing millions, sexually assaulting dozens, and running a suicide cult.

    Also, while I wouldn’t call Kai Winn humble, she’s much less narcissistic than Dukat. She seems to express a genuine sense of insecurity throughout the series that, while not altruistic, is not expressed (though certainly felt internally) by Dukat. Winn is like, “Why am I not enough for power?” while Dukat is like “I deserve power and someone is cheating me of it.”

    Also, when she kills Solbor, she seems to feel a genuine remorse, while Dukat tends to justify his murders.

  • Wretched hive and all that

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  • Don’t forget: Star Trek V did knock off Mos Eisley first.

    At least they did it better than Star Trek III’s excuse for seedy space bar with a couple arcade machines, relatively well-clothed women (relative to Quark’s or the weird cat lady in V, at least), and lots of Starfleet officers ready to report anything shady going on.

    Overall, the occasional campy imitation of Star Wars locations is a time-honored Trek.

    Now, when Star Wars starts looking like Star Trek, it’s usually horrible. Take The Acolyte for instance; you could already tell the show wasn’t great by its crappy set design. This is supposed to be a seedy cargo ship, but it’s so clean that you’d think you’re on a Federation starship. This lack of attention to detail foreshadows the show’s further failures that lead to me giving up 2 or 3 episodes in.

  • A happy follow-up to a formerly one-off TOS species

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  • If you notice, the Dulhanians all wear golden cuffs on their necks, which the parents of the family are also wearing, while the Vaalians do not have them.

    Also, the Vaalians have distinct cheek patterns, which the family lacks.