--$STD-DISCLAIMER: I have no affiliation, etc, just a satisfied customer, but I've been using the "Great Value" powdered drink mixes from Walmart with a standard-sized bottled water to good effect.
--I find it hard to drink just plain water, I need the flavor as well. They sell a good grape-energy drink that has slowly been replacing Mountain Dew for me; most of their drink mix is low-sugar, as well. FYI
--My friend's PC was nuked just like they are saying. You gonna call me a liar?
--She was called into work *after having had time off approved for the day* because her primary Win7 PC crashed and System Restore would not fix it. I suspected it was a bad Win update, and the repair tech confirmed it. Her office was taking orders manually all day because of this.
> I recently put together a small ESXi server with a couple of Intel 750 Series [intel.com] PCIe SSD's for VM storage
--Could you please expand on your server specs? I am interested in putting together a small ESXi server for personal use and would like to keep the budget under $800 or so if possible... TIA
--You are correct, sir.:) I still have my old Lexmark all-in-1 scanner+color inkjet, but only rarely use it for scanning-only anymore. Went out and bought an inexpensive HP laser printer and I'm much happier with it. (Plus it works with Linux.)
--Thanks for that. I strongly suspect this is what happened to an older dual-core PC I was using to test Win10 before the general release - both NICs suddenly stopped working under Linux, the internal one and a PCI card. Incredibly annoying, especially when the Win10 preview EXPIRES and then REFUSES TO BOOT with a cryptic error message. Bah. Win10 is only on 1 machine I own (upgrade in-place from Win7), and that's where it's going to stop!!
--I got tired of Linux Mint's seeming inability to do a proper upgrade as well, and switched to XUbuntu 14.04-LTS after the last go-round of not being able to do an apt-get upgrade anymore on Mint. Much happier now, you might want to give it a try.:-)
> How about a "roll back drivers" or "system restore" when updates go wrong, something Windows has had since Win2K? The zealots can get pissy and downmod all they want but there is a reason that "the hairyfeet challenge" has lasted for 8 years with nobody passing
--I accept the hairyfeet challenge, and offer a quick google: OpenSuSE has had this feature since 2014; see:
--From the article: [[ However, perhaps the biggest advancement is the way openSUSE automatically takes snapshots of the Btrfs file system and allows the user to rollback to previous configurations by rebooting the machine and selecting an old snapshot from the boot menu. ]]
--FYI, I have been using a btrfs Root filesystem on Debian (Antix--64) for the past few months and it's been stable for me. I'm running stock repo kernel 4.x. Apart from that, I do a full system tar backup before doing *any* apt-get update, and log every package that is being changed...
--You're one of my Friends here on/. -- I imagine the SuSE forums might benefit from some of your input and ideas regarding system recovery;-)
--I definitely sympathize, believe me. Have you considered starting your own business, and reaching out to hire or partner with others that are in the same/similar circumstances?
> I have yet to meet ANYONE that has found linked in to be useful in any way
--I re-initiated contact with an old friend a few years ago after finding her on LinkedIn. Other than that, an old recruiter got me into it. Admittedly, I don't use it much anymore these days - but it has come in handy.
--Totally felt like they weren't really dead all this time. Granted I haven't watched the entire original series run, but just felt like they were still around somewhere/somehow.
> I should have been more familiar with EFI/UEFI issues before starting. I've been a long time linuxer, so I was counting on my outdated MBR/dualbooting and ntfsclone dumps to get me through.
--Could you please recommend a good link/resource to learn more about EFI/UEFI? TIA...
--#1, systemd takes away choice. Binary logging by default is incredibly bad, and I don't want to have to change it manually every time I do an install. If I wanted Windows, AIX or Solaris, I'd be running those instead of Linux. I think way too many distros are changing over to systemd when it's not really what a lot of people want or need. SysV was OK, Upstart was fine for most people's needs. Give me a sane/etc/rc.local at bootup and I'm good.
--Systemd resembles the MCP from TRON too much for my taste, it's taking over too many functions and subsystems. And the main coder "LP" has a history of horribly buggy software. I've also seen reports of systems being unable to boot that are running systemd when they were working fine before they were upgraded.
--#2, Linux Mint Debian edition is pretty reputable, I wouldn't exactly call it niche. I have the ISO for Void but haven't installed it to test in a VM yet. Devuan admittedly needs to do a general ISO release to make sure it gets better exposure and testing (update - I just checked their page and it looks like they have made progress in the last couple of months, so I plan to test Devuan $soon.)
--I'm not an AC. I've been using/adminning Linux since 1996, and I *despise* systemd. I'm looking into Mint Debian edition #2, Void, and Devuan to get away from systemd.
--Not looking to get into an argument, just wanted you all to know that we do exist, we are real admins, and we want a sane init environment + logging system that we can work with.
--Don't feel too bad, I did a similar thing working on my dad's ancient 500MHz XP PC back in the day. Was trying to DD write to floppy and mistyped it as/dev/sda... Lucky he wasn't using it much, I think we ended up selling it or giving it away to a friend
--I have seen ZFS (FreeBSD and Linux) be "stable" with ~2GB of RAM, as long as you are using a 64-bit OS. In my experience, these days ZFS only needs lots of RAM if you are doing de-duplication - although this can be gotten around to a certain extent if you use an SSD drive for L2ARC; it will just be slower. Maxing out your RAM is recommended if you want max speed and you can afford it, but there are other ways. As long as you're not doing de-dup and not expecting miracles; my ZFS backup/fileserver only has 6GB of RAM and is doing fine running Ubuntu 14.04-64-LTS.
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--What are you, twelve? Buh-bye, troll. *mic drop*
--Try reading what I wrote again, you moron. You're making yourself look bad (again.)
--$STD-DISCLAIMER: I have no affiliation, etc, just a satisfied customer, but I've been using the "Great Value" powdered drink mixes from Walmart with a standard-sized bottled water to good effect.
--I find it hard to drink just plain water, I need the flavor as well. They sell a good grape-energy drink that has slowly been replacing Mountain Dew for me; most of their drink mix is low-sugar, as well. FYI
--My friend's PC was nuked just like they are saying. You gonna call me a liar?
--She was called into work *after having had time off approved for the day* because her primary Win7 PC crashed and System Restore would not fix it. I suspected it was a bad Win update, and the repair tech confirmed it. Her office was taking orders manually all day because of this.
Then HOWDAFUQ do you explain Chelsea Clinton, who was born in 1980?? That whole fabrication is Beyond Dumb. NOTHING gets Bill Clinton out of lying.
--Your dog wants steak. ;-)
> I recently put together a small ESXi server with a couple of Intel 750 Series [intel.com] PCIe SSD's for VM storage
--Could you please expand on your server specs? I am interested in putting together a small ESXi server for personal use and would like to keep the budget under $800 or so if possible... TIA
--You are correct, sir. :) I still have my old Lexmark all-in-1 scanner+color inkjet, but only rarely use it for scanning-only anymore. Went out and bought an inexpensive HP laser printer and I'm much happier with it. (Plus it works with Linux.)
--Thanks for that. I strongly suspect this is what happened to an older dual-core PC I was using to test Win10 before the general release - both NICs suddenly stopped working under Linux, the internal one and a PCI card. Incredibly annoying, especially when the Win10 preview EXPIRES and then REFUSES TO BOOT with a cryptic error message. Bah. Win10 is only on 1 machine I own (upgrade in-place from Win7), and that's where it's going to stop!!
--I got tired of Linux Mint's seeming inability to do a proper upgrade as well, and switched to XUbuntu 14.04-LTS after the last go-round of not being able to do an apt-get upgrade anymore on Mint. Much happier now, you might want to give it a try. :-)
--Look into deadbeef. I too like Winamp / xmms from the old days, and it is the closest I've seen for Linux.
http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net/
--Been done.
http://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/vigor
/ *MIC DROP* // slashies :b
> How about a "roll back drivers" or "system restore" when updates go wrong, something Windows has had since Win2K? The zealots can get pissy and downmod all they want but there is a reason that "the hairyfeet challenge" has lasted for 8 years with nobody passing
--I accept the hairyfeet challenge, and offer a quick google: OpenSuSE has had this feature since 2014; see:
http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20141110#news
--From the article:
[[
However, perhaps the biggest advancement is the way openSUSE automatically takes snapshots of the Btrfs file system and allows the user to rollback to previous configurations by rebooting the machine and selecting an old snapshot from the boot menu.
]]
--FYI, I have been using a btrfs Root filesystem on Debian (Antix--64) for the past few months and it's been stable for me. I'm running stock repo kernel 4.x. Apart from that, I do a full system tar backup before doing *any* apt-get update, and log every package that is being changed...
--You're one of my Friends here on /. -- I imagine the SuSE forums might benefit from some of your input and ideas regarding system recovery ;-)
> But to anser your question: I would like to have a complete linux-shell with all tools that truely feels native under windows.
--Look into MobaXterm - it comes close.
http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/
--I wish I had mod points for this. +5 Insightful. Companies NEED to be willing to train people.
> Greetings, rare person with a smaller UID than mine.
--Say what now? ;-)
--I definitely sympathize, believe me. Have you considered starting your own business, and reaching out to hire or partner with others that are in the same/similar circumstances?
> I have yet to meet ANYONE that has found linked in to be useful in any way
--I re-initiated contact with an old friend a few years ago after finding her on LinkedIn. Other than that, an old recruiter got me into it. Admittedly, I don't use it much anymore these days - but it has come in handy.
--I KNEW IT!!!
--Totally felt like they weren't really dead all this time. Granted I haven't watched the entire original series run, but just felt like they were still around somewhere/somehow.
> I should have been more familiar with EFI/UEFI issues before starting. I've been a long time linuxer, so I was counting on my outdated MBR/dualbooting and ntfsclone dumps to get me through.
--Could you please recommend a good link/resource to learn more about EFI/UEFI? TIA...
--#1, systemd takes away choice. Binary logging by default is incredibly bad, and I don't want to have to change it manually every time I do an install. If I wanted Windows, AIX or Solaris, I'd be running those instead of Linux. I think way too many distros are changing over to systemd when it's not really what a lot of people want or need. SysV was OK, Upstart was fine for most people's needs. Give me a sane /etc/rc.local at bootup and I'm good.
--Systemd resembles the MCP from TRON too much for my taste, it's taking over too many functions and subsystems. And the main coder "LP" has a history of horribly buggy software. I've also seen reports of systems being unable to boot that are running systemd when they were working fine before they were upgraded.
--#2, Linux Mint Debian edition is pretty reputable, I wouldn't exactly call it niche. I have the ISO for Void but haven't installed it to test in a VM yet. Devuan admittedly needs to do a general ISO release to make sure it gets better exposure and testing (update - I just checked their page and it looks like they have made progress in the last couple of months, so I plan to test Devuan $soon.)
--Just my $2.02.
--I'm not an AC. I've been using/adminning Linux since 1996, and I *despise* systemd. I'm looking into Mint Debian edition #2, Void, and Devuan to get away from systemd.
--Not looking to get into an argument, just wanted you all to know that we do exist, we are real admins, and we want a sane init environment + logging system that we can work with.
--Don't feel too bad, I did a similar thing working on my dad's ancient 500MHz XP PC back in the day. Was trying to DD write to floppy and mistyped it as /dev/sda... Lucky he wasn't using it much, I think we ended up selling it or giving it away to a friend
> ZFS can be unstable if not fed enough RAM.
--I have seen ZFS (FreeBSD and Linux) be "stable" with ~2GB of RAM, as long as you are using a 64-bit OS. In my experience, these days ZFS only needs lots of RAM if you are doing de-duplication - although this can be gotten around to a certain extent if you use an SSD drive for L2ARC; it will just be slower. Maxing out your RAM is recommended if you want max speed and you can afford it, but there are other ways. As long as you're not doing de-dup and not expecting miracles; my ZFS backup/fileserver only has 6GB of RAM and is doing fine running Ubuntu 14.04-64-LTS.
+5 Epic troll ;-) You win 1 Internet.