https://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/

RTFM, Mom!

How is /etc/fstab configured? Partitions should be assigned to mount points by UUID and not by their names (such as /dev/sda1). Names can easily change across boots.

Something to look into. Understand the frustrations here, but it looks like something that can be fixed if you are able to get to the machine and troubleshoot.

If this played out like a procedural crime drama, the DoJ would be interviewing everyone on these flight logs to figure out who is connected to crimes and how much everyone knew at the time. That will never happen, since all of these people have lawyers on retainer and won’t answer anything.

I mean, even if they are innocent and were totally unaware of any wrongdoing, they still wouldn’t willfully open themselves up to this questioning.

The official line is that they are victims who were trafficked.

Pam Bondi said back in February that they would release the list as soon as they had redactions for all of the victims.

Is it really? I’ve always understood the cult around it as a joke.

But seriously, RTFM.

Old Testament Jesus

It’s the first thing I think of when I see that creepy shriveled windbag.

Package metadata isn’t stored in text files because there’s an amazing technology called the database.

All you have to do is learn how to use your package manager. Spend time reading the man pages and learn the options, and you can query everything you need.

Well, updating can cause problems whenever you do it.

Technically, you should check the news feed for breaking changes whenever you update your system. Usually, the worst that happens is pacman just barfs. Then you can figure out why and apply any fixes.

Upgrading an Arch install months or even years out of date is not that big of a deal. That’s one of the benefits of a rolling release platform.

Once after a move, an old desktop sat in a box for at least two years and I had it updated in a hour or so. Yes, you have to review the archlinux.org news feed for breaking changes, but if you follow any steps that pertain to your packages it’ll work fine.

Neverball.

So gaming on Linux is obviously amazing now, but back in 2006 or so when I started using it, it was less than great. I probably tried every single game in the Ubuntu repos and Neverball entertained the hell out of me.

I spent hours rolling this shiny ball around. I loved Marble Madness on NES as a kid, so it was a natural fit.

A close second was Freeciv, as I had also grown up with a copy of Civilization.

Honorable mentions to Nesticle and Snes9x.

Sure! My point is that hosting doesn’t really matter, though. Malware and vulnerabilities are introduced at all points of supply chains.

• PyPi
• npm
• Maven Central
• Docker Hub
• Artifact Hub
• PPA
• AUR

The problem isn’t specific to anything. It’s also not specific to malware. Vulnerabilities are just as dangerous, if not more so.

They could call it “sparkling deportation” /s

Lol thanks for clarifying your sarcasm. 😂 I can be an airhead at times.

I was actually interested in trying NixOS on a laptop that is gathering dust. I did see a few months ago that there was some drama surrounding the project owner, though. I never investigated enough to understand what that was all about, but I’m less excited about digging into something if it may suddenly end.

Thanks for the suggestion. I am interested in nix, but haven’t explored it yet.

Thanks for the detailed answer. I think I have a clearer picture of the problems it’s trying to solve and the solutions it’s delivering.

It also now seems connected to immutable distros I’ve heard about recently. So I guess the idea there is that the OS is just a tiny core set of libraries that never have to change, then the applications have their dependencies bundled, instead of requiring them as system dependencies.

I’m not convinced it’s something I want as a user, but more importantly not something I need.

From a development perspective, it seems downright seductive, allowing almost total freedom of opinion.

The AUR is a different kettle of fish entirely, though. I do see your point, but the AUR is solving a problem common to all distros; hosting a repository for applications that there isn’t willingness or capacity to host in the official binary repos.

Installation, removal, dependency management, etc are all still handled by pacman. As others have pointed out there are great tools available to aid in AUR usability. My favorite is aurutils.

Some kinda wise guy over here 🤣