A big part of learning Linux is screwing up computers and starting over.
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I tried to use dd with too much hubris once. I had to restore from backups (which ironically, I had made with dd). I'm usually overly cautious, but I was in a hurry.
I did this one a few weeks ago lmao. You think once would be enough. But I am a truly special being.
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The "starting over" part is what made it take so long for linux to "stick" with me.
Once it became "restore from an earlier image", it was a game changer!
Every time I install or configure anything, it's done via CLI and added to a script. Makes setup a breeze.
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My crippled kernel count is around 6, how about yours?
Never the kernel but just about every time I touch /etc/fstab I fuck something up. I've done that a lot....
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My crippled kernel count is around 6, how about yours?
It's even better if your only internet connection is that computer you broke.
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I get mine set up how I want then create an HD image that I run in a VM for fucking with.
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My crippled kernel count is around 6, how about yours?
.... So what should I try Linux again?
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My crippled kernel count is around 6, how about yours?
Maybe 1 or 2 back when things were less stable, but any time I have used Linux in the past 7 years or so, and particularly since I started using Debian as my primary OS, I haven't had any problems outside of trying to get some windows applications to emulate correctly, and one time when I echo'd into sources.list with > instead of >>.
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It's even better if your only internet connection is that computer you broke.
Great incentive to learn even faster
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.... So what should I try Linux again?
You mean why? Because you're using your bare machine, you can use it as you wish. No nanny software limiting the fun or productivity
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Great incentive to learn even faster
And enforces the value of installing documentation and source packages
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You mean why? Because you're using your bare machine, you can use it as you wish. No nanny software limiting the fun or productivity
Yeah but breaking like six computers to do it, or one computer six times, seems like a pretty steep price for that when I basically just use my computer for gaming browsing and the occasional audio/video edit.
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Yeah but breaking like six computers to do it, or one computer six times, seems like a pretty steep price for that when I basically just use my computer for gaming browsing and the occasional audio/video edit.
Nah, if you're installing something user friendly (ie Linux Mint just for an example) it'll work 1st time, guaranteed - or your money back.
But... you'll only really learn once you've fubar'd something... just like
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It's even better if your only internet connection is that computer you broke.
Ah yes, reminds me of messing with my 1st pfSense firewall... I learned how good their recovery process was that evening
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"Starting over" is how we learnt Windows in the 90's too
I still remember playing around in autoexec.bat, config.sys and command.com but don't remember what the hell i was doing there and probably shouldn't have touched those files. I guess i learned something as i haven't bricked anything this side of the milennia.
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Bricking hardware is a form of enrichment for me.
Ah, have you found the land of IoT? Bricks everywhere, you'd love it.
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Ah yes, reminds me of messing with my 1st pfSense firewall... I learned how good their recovery process was that evening
Just bricked my Proxmox install an hour ago and I have the pleasure to learn their recovery process sucks. (At least for my case)
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My crippled kernel count is around 6, how about yours?
Pretty much everytime I try to do fancy stuff with the bootloader I get pretty close to nuking systems.
Worst was my 1st UEFI system where I was trying to get rEFInd to show multiple OS to boot from... eventually gave up and went back to the warm embrace of GRUB -
Just bricked my Proxmox install an hour ago and I have the pleasure to learn their recovery process sucks. (At least for my case)
Ah, yeah, you've just reminded me, I must move my stuff off proxmox when I get a chance.
I tried that proxmox backup thing when I first set it up, good god what a complex mess... backup & recovery needs to be as simple and as smooth as possible.
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Ah, have you found the land of IoT? Bricks everywhere, you'd love it.
You're suggesting I should follow the yellow brick road to find the Wizard of -Oz- iOT
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You're suggesting I should follow the yellow brick road to find the Wizard of -Oz- iOT
Why not... or try another brick in the wall
