Theoriginalthon

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How do y'all deal with programs not supported on Linux?

I’ve been seeing all these posts about Linux lately, and looking at them, I can honestly see the appeal. I’d love having so much autonomy over the OS I use, and customize it however I like, even having so many options to choose from when it comes to distros. The only thing holding me back, however, is incompatibility issues....

Theoriginalthon,

If you have to use a program that is windows only you have to use windows. I could move our entire company over to Linux if it wasn’t for SOLIDWORKS been windows only.

Wine can be an option but I’ve found it very hit and miss on some of the more obscure windows only programs

In the past I’ve used virtual box (virtual machine) in seamless mode, so it looks just like a window in Linux. I can’t remember why I stopped, I think it was down to licencing and oracle buying it.

Theoriginalthon,

The amount of times I’ve had this argument in the office is untrue. I think the default values aren’t stored in the docx file or something like that, but when you manually set a value it does store it in the docx.

Then you have the whole proprietary blobs in a “open” standard to deal with.

The worst offenders are people who format with tabs and spaces and wonder why it’s all messed up.

Theoriginalthon,

Exactly all programs should be web based cloud subscription only. We don’t want that filthy code on our rgb nvme drives

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    Theoriginalthon,

    I’ve done it before where a newer version of a program is available that hasn’t been backported, just need to watch the dependencys. Sometimes it works out fine, othertimes you need a second package or 2 to update, othertimes it’s time to upgrade to the latest bleeding edge release of the OS

    Action Cams on Linux (i.e. GoPro, DJI, Canon, etc)

    Hi folks. I’ve been running some form of Linux since about 2006 or so. Hardware support has gotten so much better, and yet here I am, looking for personal experiences people have had using action cams with their Linux based operating systems. I’ve done research on this, but most of the info I’ve found is out of date or...

    Theoriginalthon,

    I’ve got a GoPro 8, I just pull the SD card out and attach it by usb card reader then dump it to the nas. For pulling clips out I usually us the android GoPro app. Make a 5-10 second video and share it straight off the phone. Most of the videos I do are in 1-3min anyway.

    Theoriginalthon,

    Did it over android when I first got it, but you can drop the file in folder called update on the SD card gopro.com/en/gb/support/…/windows?gclid=EAIaIQobC…Bit of a lol at the instructions, but it’s got everything for windows. I started out with 2/3 smaller SD cards, that’s why I’m doing the SD card dance, have since got a large one but still just pull the SD card out, I’m pretty sure it just works using the usb connection, but don’t use it

    Theoriginalthon,

    Oh and sailing, kayaking/paddle boarding, bike rides, at the beach in waves, generally anything that involves getting wet

    Theoriginalthon,

    Something like iSCSI as you already have to 10gig card, or fibre channel SAN, apparently qnap supports both, however I’ve never used a qnap or iSCSI For booting wiki.archlinux.org/title/ISCSI/BootFor the qnap qnap.com/…/how-to-create-and-use-the-iscsi-target…

    The general idea is a small boot partition to load kernel and most importantly the drivers for the nic, then mount the Nas over iSCSI and finish loading the os

    To be honest a 1TB SATA ssd isnt that much, you could have 10 distros @ 100gb each with extra storage mounted on the nas. 100gb is loads for a Linux OS. I think most of the virtual machines I spin up without a GUI use a 20GB disk

    You can also boot directly over the network with pxe/netbootin etc but I’m not sure how that works with an add in network card, as it’s usually a feature of the bios itself

    Theoriginalthon,

    I did this without the zip ties, kind of wedge it between the motherboard and the power cables.

    Theoriginalthon,

    Have you had a look at PCI exhaust fans and cable ties as cheaper version of this akasa.co.uk/update.php?tpl=product/product.detail…

    Theoriginalthon,

    Trickle, never used it but seen it mentioned a few times

    Theoriginalthon,

    I put fail2ban on everything, and I manage to lock my self out of systems at least once a month, so I guess it’s working as intended.

    Theoriginalthon,

    In settings untick append .part to incomplete files Then find enable sequential download and tick it.

    I think this is a global setting rather than per torrent

    Theoriginalthon,

    Looks like it was added march this year github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/4795

    Theoriginalthon,

    I’ve never seen nftables, or should I say never noticed nftables, when ever I’ve seen documentation it’s always referenced iptables, if it has mentioned nftables I’m guessing my brain just glossed over it. It’s kind of like with networking configuring with /etc/network/interfaces rather than with netplan or network manager or systems or ifup ifdown, or anything else I’ve missed

    Theoriginalthon,

    I went for a eBay 4u server case, no hotswap bays or anything, just 13 or so 3.5" slots with a a row of 3x120mm fans behind them. Sits in the garage out of sight all for £45 delivered.

    Theoriginalthon,

    This one logic-case.com/…/4u-standard-chassis-15-x-35-hdd-…Got the price wrong it was £50, and 15 drive bays, I populate every other one. Temps are about 25 at the moment, but it is sat in the garage, which is always cooler than the house. I think I just run it with the 120mm fans (and CPU and PSU) but quieter ones as the ones that came with it sounded like an aircraft taking off.

    Theoriginalthon,

    It’s the headline that’s slightly miss leading, the only event that happened prior, was the star getting ‘eaten’. Other sources have been ruled out

    How the fuck can I kill 20 hours?

    My 13 hour flight just got delayed 7 hours, I’m stuck at my second airport, and I dont think I’m gonna make it. I have some movies and audio books on my phone, but really only anticipated having to burn the flight time via napping and some media, not 7 hours leading up to it, and I’m pretty sure I’m gonna mentally burn...

    Theoriginalthon,

    He might miss his flight

    Theoriginalthon,

    Looks more like an orc, maybe it’s the goblins boss

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