The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice

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Orcinus Orca said:
What does some of this mean? I'm a newfag to Linux stuff.
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I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GOY/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GOY plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GOY system made useful by the Windows corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by Bill Gates.
 
Orcinus Orca said:
How do I begin troubleshooting GNOME? I tried starting up gnome-session and this is what happened
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WSL is a tool for hosting Linux applications in the Windows desktop environment, not really for running an entire extra desktop environment. If you want a full Linux desktop environment to learn Linux, dual boot. If it must be under a Windows system because you're not sure about your sea legs, then run a virtual machine. You're putting a drip coffee machine in the oven and sendind us photos of the melting plastic and asking why it doesn't brew even though there's power being supplied.
 
analrapist said:
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GOY/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GOY plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GOY system made useful by the Windows corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by Bill Gates.
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The funny thing about this for me, is that probably whatever problems @Orcinus Orca is running into have to do with:
  1. Gnome having unnecessary dependencies on systemd that don't work when running under WSL and cause difficult to debug errors
  2. Gnome being set up to default to run with Wayland rather than the correct X11 layer, which allows basic, normal functionality like displaying windows from client applications running on one computer (the WSL VM) rendered on another (the user's Windows machine via VcXsrv or whatever)
Meanwhile the retards at KDE and Gnome continue making the situation even worse. At some point in future, there'll be more support for KDE applications like Kate and Okular as native Windows applications than normal Linux applications running with the normal X11 windowing system.
 
Are there any Timeshift alternatives for backups on Linux Mint, since I think that Timeshift only saves files from the moments you take a snapshot (which could lead to me losing some files)
Thanks!
 
AfpelApple said:
Are there any Timeshift alternatives for backups on Linux Mint, since I think that Timeshift only saves files from the moments you take a snapshot (which could lead to me losing some files)
Thanks!
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As opposed to? Is your concern that only certain directories are included, or that snapshots only occur at certain times- do you want a complete history of certain files back to time immemorial with every single revision ever saved to disc?
 
AfpelApple said:
Are there any Timeshift alternatives for backups on Linux Mint, since I think that Timeshift only saves files from the moments you take a snapshot (which could lead to me losing some files)
Thanks!
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Are you referring to the incremental backups where Timeshift will make one initial full backup then future backups only log the changes, so you don't waste space by having 20 versions of identical files in every backup?
Or does Timeshift do symlinks so that every backup directory points to the same file so any backup can be deleted without corrupting the others? I forget.
 
AfpelApple said:
Are there any Timeshift alternatives for backups on Linux Mint, since I think that Timeshift only saves files from the moments you take a snapshot (which could lead to me losing some files)
Thanks!
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Have a rsync script running every x hours or when you turn off your computer. After the first run, it changes only what files you changed/added and can also be used to delete files in your backups that are no longer present in your original folders if you wish. Personally timeshift bit me once but rsync backups haven't yet.
 
Betonhaus said:
Are you referring to the incremental backups where Timeshift will make one initial full backup then future backups only log the changes, so you don't waste space by having 20 versions of identical files in every backup?
Or does Timeshift do symlinks so that every backup directory points to the same file so any backup can be deleted without corrupting the others? I forget.
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Im not sure about this either, but I think it's designed more to protect your system files. For example, I don't think it saves stuff from your home directory.
Premium Dog Food said:
Have a rsync script running every x hours or when you turn off your computer. After the first run, it changes only what files you changed/added and can also be used to delete files in your backups that are no longer present in your original folders if you wish. Personally timeshift bit me once but rsync backups haven't yet.
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I'll see what I can do.
 
whats the status on the ikea lack rack
i have a nice network switch now for all my linux boxes and want to mount it in my office space with a table for my 3d printer
 
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