Well that's a problem.
I don't think you'll need to. I expect we'll see a cups fork in the offing like what happened with Xlibre. Corporations throwing their weight around and deleting features is the antithesis of how the Linux world works.
Would it make sense to have a CUPS2IPP docker image that people can run to convert their old CUPS printers into compatible printers
I personally don't keep up with the drama of what shit the linux community freaks out about personally. I'm just here with my CachyOS set up and just having a good time. As long as it works and I am not getting ads in my face. I am a happy camper.
Some can't even handle ISO9660. I was confused why some laptops can't load the Windows 10 ISO dd'ed into a USB, but my desktop could. It worked after changing the USB to FAT32 and splitting the install WIM file because Windows is FAT and exceeded 4GB.
Comfy Linux using is absolutely the way to go.
sudo smartctl -- keep track of the TBW from any previous OS (even if the drive was reformatted)?0x00 for "Critical Warning" mean? Everything OK?
0x00 means you have no critical warnings, your SSD is healthy.
Operating Systems, swap files, and 1TB of German midget porn are all just 0s and 1s to the drive: SMART data is handled by the controller hardware, and doesn't judge you.
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Yes. SMART data isn't kept on the OS, but rather the drive controller hardware as said above.
Is there a limit to how much it can keep track of? Like how many writes and TBW can it count before crapping out?
From memory, that number is stored as an unsigned 32 bit integer (which can go up to 4,294,967,295) and is stored in GB.
FAT remarkably is still the safest option for general compatibility. If you look at the instructions with BIOS updates by USB on modern MBs there's typically a warning that the USB has to FAT32 formatted.
Think of it like an odometer. It doesn't specifically track how many times you've washed your car, turned left, or driven down MLK Boulevard at 2am, but if it maxes out and says "999,999 = Critical error = YES" you probably need a new car.
I believe SMART just counts errors and maybe usage hours. If any of those integers get maxed out the drive is probably on its last legs anyways
ntfs was added to the Linux kernel a while ago, so they should function fine. No more hacky FUSE workarounds needed anymore.
I dual boot, so I keep all my shovel data (movies etc) on NTFS because getting Linux to read NTFS requires clicking, whilst getting windows to read Ext3 would require drilling a hole into hell and summoning Satan.