Just last week I did a drive clone for somebody who’s disk reported a total runtime of over 9 years. The SMART stats only reported one pending sector and long spin up time but it was making noises that said otherwise.
The clone completed with only three I/O errors.
Stripping out the audio tracks for languages I don’t speak reduces the file size a little.
Once you’ve awoken to the Isreal problem, there’s no going back.
Predict if you have C⭕🔻🆔 OMG alarm bells we’re all gonna die! … or the flu. Y’know, just the flu, tee hee.
Market: Successfully established.
I’ve enjoyed using Wayback Machine on journalistic articles where they try to retcon information, but the original copy had already been captured. The Ministry of Truth hates archive.org.
Those suffixes in the installation images denote for which CPU architecture the image’s binaries had been compiled for. In short, yes, they will only install and run on their respective hardware.
Unless you just want to fire them up in a virtual machine simulating the relevant CPU architecture.
I can only speak for myself, but abandoning x86 isn’t something that I could have done if I hadn’t first cleaned my hands of my old gaming habit.
On the technical end, if you’re already using some Linux distro, you’re already half way there. Just use the installation media for ppce64el or riscv64 instead of the usual amd64.
Relying on IA as the sole internet library was bound to create problems.
There need to be other entities doing this work independently of one another. Like municipal libraries.
Google and Meta and such don’t even need you to have an account to build accurate profiles and track you everywhere
This is true if one does nothing. It takes a lot of work but it is indeed possible to starve them of your data.
Jump ship from x86 to something that isn’t hostile to users.
RISC-V
OpenPOWER
ffmpeg
Honestly I should have a bit of respect for zeds and alphas who grow up around locked black boxes and still despite that manage to come out the other side knowing how to use something like terminal or git.
Even no tech seems to be better than consumption focused devices.
It is far preferable to teach old relatives, who have never touched a computer, how to do basic things than it is to try to introduce a better or faster or freer way to those who have already been exposed to the officially ordained Microsoft or Apple way of doing things that should be simple.
And you haven’t turned to piracy yet?
The year is 2030, and you are on your way to meet a friend for a meal.
I don’t eat out
You receive a message notification on WhatsApp
I don’t use any of DARPA Lifelog Facebook Meta disservices.
which was sent by your friend using her Signal messaging app
I don’t have friends. And DEFINITELY not girls. (I use Arch btw)
You choose an app because you like the way it looks
I think I just vomited a little bit in my mouth
You look at reviews produced by people you follow
I don’t “follow” people and never will.
https://www.vernoncoleman.com/
Feels very home made.
Me: Whoops I accidentally archived it.
Archived