So after all the issues I have related with Arch Linux on a FikWot SSD...

I installed memtest86+-efi on Arch and ran it, and it passed. I couldn't
fsck the FikWot due to ERROR: FEATURE_C12 or somesuch not supported.
The final straw was that Arch wouldn't boot... journalctl showed that
the "plymouth" binary couldn't be found.

So I took the FikWot out and put it in a USB case. I put the Ubuntu SSD back
in and most of the issues disappeared. The only remaining issue was the
slowness of copying between USB and the SSD. YouTube worked fine, no
weird errors that would occur now and then.

I checked the FikWot with smartctl. It came up clean, but the output
noted it was not found in the smartctl database. I googled again and
found some people saying that FikWot worked fine, and others saying it
caused immediate issues. Apparently it uses some newer technology.

I am left wondering if the problems were due to Arch, the SSD, or the
laptop. It's old, and the power LED is flashing. I've already replaced the
battery before and won't do it again.

As a backup, and perhaps my main desktop machine later, I ordered a mini PC
with a N100 CPU from "Trycoo". It comes with Win 11 Pro. My plan is to
shrink that partition and install Debian Testing from a Live USB that I've
already made and tested. It uses the Calamares installer framework, simpler
than the usual Debian installer.

I am keeping Windows so that I can test my projects on it as well. I could
use a virtual machine, but the goddam Win 11 costs almost as much as the
mini PC.

We shall see how that all works out.

--
Reserve your abuse for your true friends.
-- Larry Wall in <199712041852.KAA19364@wall.org>

On 10/5/2024 5:44 AM, Liarmutt wrote:

>
> We shall see how that all works out.
>

*yawn*

On 10/5/2024 12:49 PM, Frank wrote:
> On 10/5/2024 5:44 AM, Liarmutt wrote:
>
>
>
>>
>> We shall see how that all works out.
>>
>
>
> *yawn*

"Liarmutt"... we have a returning veteran!

On Sat, 5 Oct 2024 07:44:30 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> I am keeping Windows so that I can test my projects on it as well. I
> could use a virtual machine, but the goddam Win 11 costs almost as much
> as the mini PC.

The Beelink I bought came with Windows 11 Pro which seemed odd for the
price. I did bring it up and it did seem to work but I didn't dig into the
license before overwriting it with Ubuntu.

Frank wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On 10/5/2024 5:44 AM, Liarmutt wrote:
>>
>> We shall see how that all works out.
>
> *yawn*

Is that you, flatfish+++? Or did "Hadron" take over your account? :-D

For the benefit of others, I used the nym "linonut" for awhile years ago, and
the said change above came from some sillyassed trolls.

Once a sillyass, always a sillyass.

--
Individualists unite!

rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Sat, 5 Oct 2024 07:44:30 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>> I am keeping Windows so that I can test my projects on it as well. I
>> could use a virtual machine, but the goddam Win 11 costs almost as much
>> as the mini PC.
>
> The Beelink I bought came with Windows 11 Pro which seemed odd for the
> price.

Microsoft offers "incentives" to ensure that most PCs ship with their
carpware.

> I did bring it up and it did seem to work but I didn't dig into the
> license before overwriting it with Ubuntu.

Powered up the mini PC awhile ago and it is still going through updates to
Win 11 Pro. The usual slowass Microsoft crap.

--
lp1 on fire
-- One of the more obfuscated kernel messages

On 2024-10-05 5:03 p.m., Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>
>> On Sat, 5 Oct 2024 07:44:30 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>
>>> I am keeping Windows so that I can test my projects on it as well. I
>>> could use a virtual machine, but the goddam Win 11 costs almost as much
>>> as the mini PC.
>>
>> The Beelink I bought came with Windows 11 Pro which seemed odd for the
>> price.
>
> Microsoft offers "incentives" to ensure that most PCs ship with their
> carpware.

The incentive being that customers will actually buy the product rather
than ignore it entirely.

>> I did bring it up and it did seem to work but I didn't dig into the
>> license before overwriting it with Ubuntu.
>
> Powered up the mini PC awhile ago and it is still going through updates to
> Win 11 Pro. The usual slowass Microsoft crap.

Dude, even when you weren't retired, you didn't have a life. Just shut
the fuck up and take it. You have nothing better to do than stare at a
screen for however long it takes. If it makes you feel better, you can
kill two birds with one stone and tell those burly black dudes to rape
your ass _while_ you wait for the updates to complete.

--
CrudeSausage
Catholic, paleoconservative, Christ is king

On Sat, 5 Oct 2024 17:03:22 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> Powered up the mini PC awhile ago and it is still going through updates
> to Win 11 Pro. The usual slowass Microsoft crap.

I've got a company laptop that I use solely for the SonicWall VPN. IT was
getting antsy since it was still Windows 10. I fired off the update
Thursday and went geocaching so I don't know when it finished downloading
what appears to have been 7 GB. I rebooted and went through the 'you
computer may reboot several times' hoops, followed by logging in to the
'Hi. We will be getting things ready for you for the next half hour'
screen.

Finally! I fired up SonicWall and went through its hoops including two
trips to the frigging 'Windows Authenticator' app on my phone and I could
finally ping my work machine.

I did not fall for the 'Install this preview to brick your machine'
gambit.

Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> "Frank" wrote:
>>
>> On 10/5/2024 5:44 AM, Liarmutt wrote:
>>>
>>> We shall see how that all works out.
>>
>> *yawn*
>
>Is that you, flatfish+++? Or did "Hadron" take over your account? :-D
>
>For the benefit of others, I used the nym "linonut" for awhile years ago, and
>the said change above came from some sillyassed trolls.

Hehe. Those were the days, in here.

>Once a sillyass, always a sillyass.

Mental illness is forever.

--
'According to the "advocates" it "all just works".' - "True Linux
advocate" Hadron Quark

On 6 Oct 2024 02:21:14 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> On Sat, 5 Oct 2024 17:03:22 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>> Powered up the mini PC awhile ago and it is still going through updates
>> to Win 11 Pro. The usual slowass Microsoft crap.
>
> I've got a company laptop ...
>

Listen to this Blowman asshole. He jumps in on anything and
everything just to show that he's done everything and anything.

One can mention a place or a thing at random and Blowman will
immediately jump in.

Example: Pago Pago.

Blowman: I was on a tramp freighter and we held over in Pago Pago
for engine repairs. I remember the lack of nightlife and the
hostility of the natives ...

Example: Eniac

Blowman: I worked for a company that had a mothballed Eniac in the
sub-basement. During lunch hour we'd sometimes go down and program
with the plugboard ...

Give it rest, asshole.

Blowman is just a do-nothing, know-nothing pompous imbecile.

Xavier Dominica wrote this post; take it under advisement:

> On 6 Oct 2024 02:21:14 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 5 Oct 2024 17:03:22 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>
>>> Powered up the mini PC awhile ago and it is still going through updates
>>> to Win 11 Pro. The usual slowass Microsoft crap.
>>
>> I've got a company laptop ...
>>
>
> Listen to this Blowman asshole. He jumps in on anything and
> everything just to show that he's done everything and anything.
>
> One can mention a place or a thing at random and Blowman will
> immediately jump in.
>
> Example: Pago Pago.
>
> Blowman: I was on a tramp freighter and we held over in Pago Pago
> for engine repairs. I remember the lack of nightlife and the
> hostility of the natives ...
>
> Example: Eniac
>
> Blowman: I worked for a company that had a mothballed Eniac in the
> sub-basement. During lunch hour we'd sometimes go down and program
> with the plugboard ...
>
> Give it rest, asshole.
>
> Blowman is just a do-nothing, know-nothing pompous imbecile.

You're not being fair. The posts of rbowman are often interesting.

--
It's later than you think.

On Sun, 6 Oct 2024 13:14:02 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
wrote in <vduggq$1a4j1$2@dont-email.me>:

> Xavier Dominica wrote this post; take it under advisement:
>
>> On 6 Oct 2024 02:21:14 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 5 Oct 2024 17:03:22 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>>
>>>> Powered up the mini PC awhile ago and it is still going through
>>>> updates to Win 11 Pro. The usual slowass Microsoft crap.
>>>
>>> I've got a company laptop ...
>>>
>>>
>> Listen to this Blowman asshole. He jumps in on anything and everything
>> just to show that he's done everything and anything.
>>
>> One can mention a place or a thing at random and Blowman will
>> immediately jump in.
>>
>> Example: Pago Pago.
>>
>> Blowman: I was on a tramp freighter and we held over in Pago Pago for
>> engine repairs. I remember the lack of nightlife and the hostility of
>> the natives ...
>>
>> Example: Eniac
>>
>> Blowman: I worked for a company that had a mothballed Eniac in the
>> sub-basement. During lunch hour we'd sometimes go down and program
>> with the plugboard ...
>>
>> Give it rest, asshole.
>>
>> Blowman is just a do-nothing, know-nothing pompous imbecile.
>
> You're not being fair. The posts of rbowman are often interesting.

They are...
....unlike the tantrums of the do-nothing nymshifter.

(Did you see where I mentioned going to a film festival,
and he flipped his shit? No culture in that one.)

--
-v ASUS TUF Dash F15 x86_64 NVIDIA RTX 3060 Mobile
OS: Linux 5.15.0-122-lowlatency Release: Mint 21.3 Mem: 15.9G
"Bugs come in through open Windows"

On 10/6/2024 10:53 AM, Lameass Larry Pietraskiewicz wrote:

> On 6 Oct 2024 02:21:14 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 5 Oct 2024 17:03:22 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>
>>> Powered up the mini PC awhile ago and it is still going through updates
>>> to Win 11 Pro. The usual slowass Microsoft crap.
>>
>> I've got a company laptop ...
>>
>
> Listen to this Blowman asshole. He jumps in on anything and
> everything just to show that he's done everything and anything.
>
> One can mention a place or a thing at random and Blowman will
> immediately jump in.
>
> Example: Pago Pago.
>
> Blowman: I was on a tramp freighter and we held over in Pago Pago
> for engine repairs. I remember the lack of nightlife and the
> hostility of the natives ...
>
> Example: Eniac
>
> Blowman: I worked for a company that had a mothballed Eniac in the
> sub-basement. During lunch hour we'd sometimes go down and program
> with the plugboard ...
>
> Give it rest, asshole.
>
> Blowman is just a do-nothing, know-nothing pompous imbecile.

PKB if ever there was one.

No need to be jealous, Feeb. Some people achieve and succeed.

bowman seems the real deal: lots of IT experience with a variety of
software and hardware, and lots of life experience. That's what happens
when you're 75 and smart and don't waste years on Gentoo (or trolling
cola like I do).

Thankfully he's not a clownish, crazed, lying, insufferable,
braggadocious, no-proof asshole like you:

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I know EVERYTHING.

I am NEVER incorrect.

I am ALWAYS correct in EVERYTHING that I say.

I do not make errors. Ever.

NO ONE has an advantage over me in any way.

All my code is ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. Always.

If only they [NASA] had my perfect simulation, perfectly realized with
GNU/Linux, it would have saved their asses.

*my* stuff is what gets NASA to Pluto and beyond

formidable background in digital technology

I am worth (at least) 5 billion people.

I can do anything and everything and I can do it all extremely well.

magnificent programming prowess

I can program ANYTHING.

I program only in GNU C (but more and more assembly).

I use GNU/Linux exclusively

I was doing that [assembly programming on CTOS] when I was 12 years old

I began programming in machine language and I will stay in machine
language until I croak.

Writing a BIOS in assembly is "candy-ass, chicken-shit programming"

computing virtuoso,

C Programmer Extraordinaire

Perl guru

assembly language genius

EXPERT in image processing and audio processing

expert in *all* aspects of both GNU/Linux and Microshit

the performance [of my own homemade audio equipment] exceeds anything
that is commercially available

straight A college and grad student

worldly and seasoned programmer,

seasoned professional,

talented artist,

REAL MAN,

COMPOSER,

keyboardist,

CREATIVE man,

INNOVATOR,

businessperson,

ex-con,

ex heroin addict,

mathematician,

electrical engineer,

mechanical engineer,

computer scientist,

research scientist,

material scientist,

music producer,

veritable genius
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You forgot #1: angry, lonely, deranged kook