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Didn’t know about this. I’d still like QMK since I like having hardware level control, but this looks like something I’d use in conjunction with QMK. I should try setting it up this weekend. Thanks!

Technically you are able to to do with any live environment and backup data, so the answer would be “yes”.

Restic is my favorite, but you really would need to be familiar with the terminal, cron tasks, etc. to consider it a viable option.

Okay but the real question is does the keyboard use QMK? Mnt Reform has set the standard for open source laptops imo, if I can’t program my keyboard then that is a massive downside.

I unironically suggest you try installing Gentoo some time. You’ll be forced to learn a lot about how modern Linux works, and can even go with a non-systemd install if you want to learn a more “traditional” install.

That’s how you turn the boys and girls into proper Linux using men and women.

Gnome devs have a nasty habit of “rethinking” things while ignoring tons of usability issues. I’d like them to stop rethinking things until they addressed those first…

This is the most simple solution and probably a lot safer than the alternatives. Another good option would be to use OpenVPN.

Ext4 came out 20 years ago.

When you pick a file to upload or open from inside another application, the GTK/Gnome file picker does not allow you to have a thumbnail view of all the files. It is a meme in the Linux community at this point since there was a bug filed in 2004 asking for this feature, some even writing patches to make it work. Gnome devs refuse to change how the file picker works however.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141154

Are they going to rethink putting thumbnails in the file selection dialog or many of their other insane decisions?

Gnome seems like they want to take the Apple approach to UI design without the attention to detail that Apple’s UX has.

Buy a used Dell Latitude. They are business laptops that often get put up on eBay, so you can get them for $200-$750 depending on how old you’re willing to buy.

Many (most?) Windows users find Windows to be frustrating. I find Gentoo to be extremely frustrating a lot of times. Frustration doesn’t really drive people away from tools that are necessary to them.

Yes, since you can run Android apps on them. They will be slower and have some quirks though I’m sure.

Linux phones are getting closer and closer to usability every day. I don’t care that they’ll always be less polished than iOS or Android, I want a Linux phone.

If a program screws up and crashes while writing data to your drive, it can take out more than just the data it was dealing with. RAID will simply destroy data on both your drives at the same time, making any data recovery impossible.

Someone on lemmy here suggested Restic, a backup solution written in Go.

I back up to an internal 4TB HDD every 30 minutes. My most important files are stored in an encrypted file storage online in the cloud.

Restic is good stuff.

Try in another computer if you have one. The fact dd is limiting you to 5GB though doesn’t sound good, not going to lie.

Just wait until you realize there used to be a train to every town, including every single small town.

We had the passenger train networks, it was what built the country, but now it is gone.

At least they took a stand. Thousands of other subs who got the same ultimatums just gave in no questions asked, no malicious compliance.