The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice

[DavidS877]

dd finally got me after a hundred uses. USB stick was on /dev/sda and internal storage drive was on /dev/sdb somehow

Check your lsblk folks, this is a warning

Or just upgrade everything to nvme.

 

[Betonhaus]

dd finally got me after a hundred uses. USB stick was on /dev/sda and internal storage drive was on /dev/sdb somehow

Check your lsblk folks, this is a warning

you booted with the USB drive plugged in?

 

[DavidS877]

Or just upgrade everything to nvme.

And to be 3.1% less flippant, you can also use /dev/disk/by-id/usb(tab)

 

[Anti Snigger]

lsblk -o NAME,UUID or lsblk -f before I do anything. A working fstab makes your life easier.

 

[Carpe Jugulum]

I want to switch to Linux full time, but I'm always having issues on my main PC with my graphics always being a pain in the ass to deal with at my max refresh rate 165Hz. I have a 3080, but I always heard that Nvidia is a bitch to deal with when it comes to drivers on Linux. Would it be easier to switch to an AMD card instead, or has Nvidia gotten a bit better? I'm eyeing the 7900XT as a replacement potentially.

I have a 3080rtx, game exclusively on Linux, have 3 monitors (1 x 180fps, 2 x 60fps) on x11, with proprietary nvidia drivers and they’ve never given me a problem besides that issue Arch had the other week when you couldn’t update without removing and re-adding linux-firmware (this affected my none nvidia laptop too).

 

[AnOminous]

dd finally got me after a hundred uses. USB stick was on /dev/sda and internal storage drive was on /dev/sdb somehow

Check your lsblk folks, this is a warning

I live in terror of that. I won't even touch that shit unless I haven't had so much as a beer in a week or two.