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spankmeister posted:don't run fedora if you're not willing to upgrade it every 6mo, year tops. who said i wasnt willing
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hbag posted:who said i wasnt willing There are probably much smarter ways but I would just uninstall that openvpn3 package, do the upgrade, then reinstall it afterwards.
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this is the plan but first i need to make sure that package isnt somehow needed to keep the OS from making GBS threads itself and dying
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Apr 8, 2024 07:41
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it's not. just upgrade it goddamn we don't want another 25 posts about how openvpn is blocking an upgrade you should have done a year ago
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this thread is truly the Linux experience
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Captain Foo posted:this thread is truly the Linux experience Works for me!(TM)
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hbag posted:this is the plan but first i need to make sure that package isnt somehow needed to keep the OS from making GBS threads itself and dying nah, just back up the configs and uninstall, then reinstall after upgrading. make sure to jump to the latest version and not just the next one, so that you won't just run into the same issue in half a year (the fedora release cycle) this may require multiple upgrades.
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they say "Operating systems are pets, containers are cattle" but the reality is that operating systems are cattle too.
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agreed, which is why you should use the cattle desktop os (fedora silverblue)
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spankmeister posted:nah, just back up the configs and uninstall, then reinstall after upgrading. make sure to jump to the latest version and not just the next one, so that you won't just run into the same issue in half a year (the fedora release cycle) this may require multiple upgrades. in that case i should probably just wait for fedora 40 since apparently thats soon
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hbag posted:in that case i should probably just wait for fedora 40 since apparently thats soon do whatever you want
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hbag posted:in that case i should probably just wait for fedora 40 since apparently thats soon auuughhh
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hbag posted:in that case i should probably just wait for fedora 40 since apparently thats soon I think you'd be better off with Ubuntu LTS. 24.04 is almost out.
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im not touching ubuntu. kubuntu maybe
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thought about gentoo? it's way more performant bc it custom compiles for your exact machine
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im not at that level of neckbeard yet but i guess ill consider it
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fuckin lol
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Update to F39 to make the F40 easier. Good lord.
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hbag posted:im not at that level of neckbeard yet but i guess ill consider it not so much neckbeard more goon in the well
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how is me not wanting to change distros being "in the well". get a grip
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imagine if there was a separate version of windows called cwindows and the difference was it came preinstalled with chrome
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josh04 posted:imagine if there was a separate version of windows called cwindows and the difference was it came preinstalled with chrome
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josh04 posted:imagine if there was a separate version of windows called cwindows and the difference was it came preinstalled with chrome no
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tbf windows n is the windows for vlc users
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install windows 2000 and blow that puny version 40 out the water
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Cybernetic Vermin posted:tbf windows n is the windows for vlc users windows n was made out of spite, that doesn't count
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Do not install Gentoo. Install NixOS.
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nix that
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Fedora is fine. If you don’t want to upgrade often, install RHEL or Rocky Linux.
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or Debian so that you can actually play videos
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spankmeister posted:nah, just back up the configs and uninstall, then reinstall after upgrading. make sure to jump to the latest version and not just the next one, so that you won't just run into the same issue in half a year (the fedora release cycle) this may require multiple upgrades. it’s trivial to check for, so it really shouldn’t be an issue Sapozhnik posted:agreed, which is why you should use the cattle desktop os (fedora silverblue) Athas posted:Do not install Gentoo. didn’t know wishing violence on other posters was okay
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BlankSystemDaemon posted:why does the package manager touch modified files? It doesn't but it never hurts to make backups.
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spankmeister posted:It doesn't but it never hurts to make backups.
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i am seriously considering putting Clear Linux on one of ye olden ThinkPads i have laying around
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do it, clear owns bones and will give it new life
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i should get a cheap lovely laptop to gently caress around on. just install all kinds of bullshit on it without having to worry about all my actual files or the lifespan of my ssd
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i literally have twenty dollar wish.com tier ssds as my read/write caches on my nas and ive written so many terabytes through them and they're fine. nobody should worry about TBW.
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I've never given SSD lifetime a single thought
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the only time i did was when i bought that pair of optane 58GB's on fire sale as a complete joke. they have like 1600 tbw which is just funny. i use them as my raid1 for /var/log. maybe after ten years i will hit 1% of that
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hbag posted:i should get a cheap lovely laptop to gently caress around on. just install all kinds of bullshit on it without having to worry about all my actual files or the lifespan of my ssd - Stop caring about SSD lifespan - You want a VM. Setup a KVM with stupid bullshit on them.
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