fxt_ryknow

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[–] fxt_ryknow@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago

phew!

I don't care what you do with your data... As long as your being careful with my data.

[–] fxt_ryknow@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

At the end of the day... Cloud storage is just using someone else's computer.

[–] fxt_ryknow@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Agreed. Although I will say.... While people not reading the articles was extremely common on reddit... Sadly, I feel like Lemmy is even worse about it.

[–] fxt_ryknow@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Absolutely hate the fact that their drivers and firmware updates (for servers) are stashed away behind ludacris support contracts.

Have a simplivity stack at work, and for two nodes with an off site DR, needed an $8,000 support contract just to get the latest drivers and firmware to upgrade to the latest VMware version simplivity supports.

One shot deal, as we are already planning the move away from VMware and getting plans together for budgets to do so...

Maybe they all do this...? Admittedly I've not had to go looking for drivers or firmware updates on the few dells we have as they are air gapped systems that just run for a very specific purpose... So I honestly am not sure. But HP absolutely sucks in this regard as far as Im concerned.

[–] fxt_ryknow@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I picked up an Epson eco tank printer for my wife a couple years ago, and it's been fantastic! My wife, being a kindergarten teacher has a knack for absolutely killing printers... And this little Epson has been a work horse!!! I have nothing but good things to say about it!

[–] fxt_ryknow@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

See... I'm the opposite... I change and hip around and reinstall across various machine so often, changing the setting has just become second nature... I don't even think about it anymore! Hahahaha

[–] fxt_ryknow@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Wait... Mine is 9.9.9.9, too!

[–] fxt_ryknow@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I do this for expansion. I can expand the pool three drives at a time instead of 6. But, I set it up knowing the risk with a single parity drive...and I've acounted for that with backups. 👍

[–] fxt_ryknow@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'd do a pool with 2x vdevs, each with three drives in raidz1

[–] fxt_ryknow@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Just to add to this... I rarely print anything, but my wife (an elementary school teacher) prints all kinds of stuff! We picked up an eco tank printer from Epson. We've had it now for a coupe years and it's been fantastic! We would replace ink cartridges a few times a year previously.. Where as with the eco tank we do about once a year. The print quality has held up, and it's just been a good little work horse for her!

[–] fxt_ryknow@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

I'm forced to use windows in my career life.... But I moved to Linux entirely at home back in 05-06.

[–] fxt_ryknow@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Cpu is an i5, and I forget what specific model but I can check. My carbon is an older Gen 5. It also just uses the Cpu for graphics... No dedicated graphics card. Battery life is good concidering the age (the battery is still original, and I get probably 3 hrs with moderate use. My carbon also is the 8gb (ram) model. On this particular model the ram is soldered on, so upgrading isn't an option (without replacing the board, obviously).

Now, for me... I use the machine for work. I'm a systems administrator and spend most of my time remotong into servers and end user machines... So the work load on the laptop is on the lighter side. I do have various vm's that I spin up form time to time, but never more than one at a time.

Anyway, as I said before, it has been the single greatest Linux experience on a laptop I've ever had. Everything just works, and it's been rock solid. I've been running this machine as a daily driver for work now for about three years.

Edit: Love the down vote, also. Makes me feel like this is reddit all over again. Lmao. Down vote for sharing an opinion of what's been the best Linux on laptop experience I've ever had. Whoever down voted me.. Can you correct me and tell me the correct answer for what has been the best Linux experience on a laptop? I'm obviously mistaken.

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