Tried that and Terminal output was fatrace wasn't found. Is that a package I have to install?
bash: fatrace: command not found
Yeah. I tested it out, it seems pretty handy. Easy to parse, as well.
He is a good guy. He was anti-Israel way before it was cool.
Did you even read my post? I explicitly outlined that MX or Devuan should be the newbie choice because they are so simple and intuitive, but also happen to lack systemd. Why should I suggest something does the same exact thing but comes with pottering shovelware?
See, that's the problem. I suggested MX explicitly because it is just as easy to use as Mint sans systmed. Say what you will, but I see the widespread adoption of systemd as a problem, and so naturally, I wouldn't recommend a newbie get hooked on it from the get go.
Would highly recommend running a super simple RAID or ZFS. Not to go into too much detail, but if you've got more than one 1/2 TB drives, I'd look into mirroring your sensitive files to keep them safe in case of drive failure. Like @Aidan said, you can jam them in either a simple case or an old PC. Just be aware that if you buy refurbished server drives, they can get very loud and run very hot.
What do you mean by filesystem layout?
under /mnt/ or /media/$user/ is pretty good
This whole time I thought /mnt was a placeholder for a mount location.... I didn't realize y'all were referring to an actual thing
Didn't you use /mnt during the arch install process? It's been a while since I've done one but back in like 2022 that was the default place you mounted your root to prior to pacstrap
It's less he opposes Israel and more that he supports the palestinians. His reasoning is that Israel is an oppressive fascist coloniser state that slaughters innocent brown people, rather than "Israel is run by da jooos". It's the same retarded "palestinian solidarity" bullshit that leads to people importing masses of muslims into the west, in order to stick it to the oppressors and the colonisers, whoever they may be. Anyone who disagrees with his belief that the palestinians are entirely innocent in every circumstance is a nazi and should stop using Mint entirely. Not a rational position.
I'm using endeavourOS. Still arch. But not like arch arch
That is unless you remove EOS packages, repositories, keyrings, mirror list and then update. I did this for a laugh once and it's unsurprisingly easy to convert an EOS system back to Arch. I suppose it's an option if the script stops working and you don't want to do the manual install. I usually do the manual because I like to set up GUID partitions for the auto-generator that locates and mount said partitions without any explicit /etc/fstab entries. It's what I am used to now and you don't risk stuff happening to your entries messing your system up. IIRC no manual installer lets you set that up during partitioning, but I could be out of date on that.
I use the distro SystemRescue for this instead. It's intended to be used in this way and comes with a ton of tools for it, but PuppyLinux probably works just as well too. For fstab issues you don't really need either, you can append systemd.unit=emergency to boot parameters which boots you into emergency mode, the most minimal environment available on systemd. You then mount to write, and you can fix from there. I prefer to use SystemRescue still though, it's nice to have a XFCE environment to fix in.
I respect Puppy Linux a lot for what it is. It's not much of a "daily driver" for anyone passing through here but for someone who does basic stuff on their computer it's great and can extend the life of old hardware significantly. And as you say, you can keep it lying around as it's designed to live entirely on removable media if you want so if you want a portable OS with GUI that runs well, it's a good choice. I've never considered using it for recovery, though.
I've been waiting for a year or two for my Arch install to brick itself so I can go back to Gentoo
Why wait? If you really want to get back onto Gentoo I say just do it.I've been waiting for a year or two for my Arch install to brick itself so I can go back to Gentoo
That's like saying that you want to wait for your horse to die before getting a car. Just make the switch when it's convenient so it doesn't happen when you are in the middle of a bunch of important things like a vacation or a family crisis.I've been waiting for a year or two for my Arch install to brick itself so I can go back to Gentoo
I have a good arch setup now, everything works how I need it to, I just dont have enough time like I used to, to fuck around with distro hopping/swapping. Although I know it would take an hour or two max to get a workable setup on my machine.