So that’s where they put the front after it fell off? Space?

Another comment also answered, but he has moved to “The Alex Jones Network” owned by Bigly. It’s a bullshit move that pulled a lot of assets out of the bankruptcy.

Appreciate the suggestions.

I have to run Ubuntu for our security software (Vanta), and I did thr upgrade early mostly hoping they’d finally ironed out the issues with the ipu7 camera on the Dell XPS 13 (9350).

It’s otherwise fine (although I get a touch irrational about snaps…)

Reinstalled my work laptop earlier today.

1. IPU7 camera still doesn’t work out of the box. Hoping there’s an OEM driver released at some point.
2. Switching away from snap-based Firefox means a firefox that won’t start up. I’m now stuck with Firefox in a Snap, which can’t manage gnome extensions. Annoying paper cut requiring installing (ironically) a flatpak to manage extensions.
3. They removed the “Software and Updates” package from the default install, making for a worse experience for new users trying to fix driver issues
4. The dash-to-dock plugin that Cannonical default installs overrides some keyboard shortcuts (particularly super+q - my preferred shortcut for closing programs)
5. ptyxis is fine as a terminal, but all configs only go through dconf, so any changes you want require a pile of searching
6. sudo -E doesn’t actually bring in environment vars, breaking at least some scripts.

Some of these come from Cannonical switching away from GNU userland tools. Some of these may be more Gnome choices. And some just suck.

If I wasn’t stuck with Ubuntu because of software requirements, I would use nearly anything else.

That is something I didn’t know. It’s also a bummer.

I had forgotten portions of years exist. Thanks for clearing that up.

I know it’s not the point, but is anyone else confused by a 23 year old serving more than 5 years in the military?

I assume it’s just a typo/bad editing or something…

I haven’t found a solid answer for this…does XMPP support proper history nowadays? I remember using XMPP servers back around 2012 and if you didn’t have your client open, you just missed messages in rooms. If that’s still the case, it’s a pretty significant draw back…

You could fit both of those cars inside a Canyonero!

I know it’s not the most popular, but I’ve genuinely been happy with Matrix for the last few years. Obviously there are problems, but it really has gotten fairly stable. At least…for me…

There must be in-groups that the law protects but doesn’t bind, and out-groups that the law binds but doesn’t protect.

People mentioned Ad Busters and others, but No Logo was pretty formative for me. It’s not exactly what you asked about (it’s a book, not a movement), but I think it continues to point that people have been acting against advertising for decades.

Just, you know, they don’t have a ton of money…

I don’t understand… It wasn’t even an Arch-based distro!

btrfs can pool disks just fine. Create a RAID nice and quick.

There’s also btrfs send and receive. Which may be what you need for shipping the data? You can use SSH for a secure write…

If this is a one-time copy, I’d strongly consider just syncing the data vs. shipping drives (which, as people have pointed out, may have serious reliabilty concerns).

Otherwise, if you must ship, I’d say the best move is two copies of each piece of data, so any single drive failing in shipping isn’t a big deal. But not a RAID. Just two literal copies on two separate drives. Simplest way to ensure some redundancy.

You can even have like…40 taskbars floating in the middle of the screen!

Kasts is decent. And it integrates with gpodder, which means you can sync with mobile pretty nicely.

The metal ones last longer, but the Oxo ones (like above) don’t hurt as much.

Potato peelers. The ergonomic handle was a big step forward, yes. But the basic design hasn’t (and likely won’t) change.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brainwashing_of_My_Dad?wprov=sfla1

In this particular case, the answer was to - quite literally - turn off the TV.

I don’t imagine this is a good option for many, but shutting off the incoming flow of hate can make a difference.

Check for mounts hiding the underlying drive?

Sometimes du . -x will help, too. (-x doesn’t cross mount points).