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TCB13 , 1 year ago to linux in Devuan 5.0 Released For Debian 12 Without systemd

Ahaha welcome to the power of systemd.

TCB13 , 1 year ago to linux in Devuan 5.0 Released For Debian 12 Without systemd

Systemd is incredibly versatile and most people, including myself, are unaware of its full potential. Despite its usefulness, it is often overlooked due to controversy and the current state of things when it comes to software development. Begin today your journey thought Systemd’s capabilities and discover how to efficiently manage systems with fewer processes than traditionally required.

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TCB13 , 1 year ago to linux in What exactly does systemd do?

systemd-kerneld.

TCB13 , 1 year ago to linux in What exactly does systemd do?

If you’re using /etc/network/interfaces.d/ and all the NetworkManager related crap you’re doing it wrong. garajau.com.br/2022/01/configure-networkd-debiantadeubento.com/…/systemd-hidden-gems-for-a-better…

TCB13 , 1 year ago to linux in What exactly does systemd do?

It does everything you might think of and much more tadeubento.com/…/systemd-hidden-gems-for-a-better…

TCB13 , 1 year ago to selfhosted in Raspberry Pi 4 replacement

Yeah an HP Elite Desk Mini or HP Pro Desk Mini would be great.

TCB13 , 1 year ago to linux in btrfs appreciation post

Yes it is :) but comparatively I’ve never lost a volume / disk to BTRFS in years of the same scenarios.

TCB13 , 1 year ago to linux in btrfs appreciation post

I can’t share your enthusiasm about Ext4’s safety. I’ve had multiple disks lost to simple power failures at home and more complex hardware failures at datacenters. At the time I migrated to XFS - which also always performed better than Ext4 when things failed - and then moved to BTRFS when become mostly stable.

TCB13 , 1 year ago to linux in Is it worth switching to BTRFS for the average user?

Yes, a few examples of advantages here: lemmy.world/post/3197228

TCB13 , 1 year ago to selfhosted in What's a good solution for a small NAS?

“real” NAS (Synology, qnas, etc.)

Any modern SBC is better than that crap.

TCB13 , 1 year ago to linux in How bad is battery life on Linux laptop?

HP Elitebook 840 G5 here, doubled battery time after switching from Windows 10 to Debian 12.

TCB13 , 1 year ago to linux in btrfs appreciation post

Yeah BTRFS is way more reliable than Ext4. A simple power failure or other hardware fuckup with Ext4 and you can be sure all your data is gone, with BTRFS your data will survive a lot of shit.

TCB13 , 1 year ago to mildlyinfuriating in lemmy.world blocked the largest piracy community in all of lemmy

Is there an automated way to move my account and all content to another instance?

TCB13 , 1 year ago to mildlyinfuriating in lemmy.world blocked the largest piracy community in all of lemmy

Is there an automated way to move my account and all content to another instance?

TCB13 , 1 year ago to selfhosted in Routers

How much wifi and open-source do you really want?

If you are willing to go with commercial hardware + open source firmware (OpenWRT) you might want to check the table of hardware of OpenWrt at openwrt.org/toh/…/toh_available_16128_ax-wifi and openwrt.org/toh/views/toh_available_864_ac-wifi. One solid pick for the future might be the Netgear WAX2* line. One of those models is now fully supported the others are on the way. If you don’t mind having older wifi a Netgear R7800 is solid.

If you want full open-source hardware and software you need a more exotic brand like this www.banana-pi.org/en/bananapi-router/.

Both solutions will lead to OpenWRT when it comes to software, it is better than any commercial firmware but there’s a catch about open-source wifi. The best performing wifi chips are Broadcom and those don’t usually see open-source software support**. MediaTek is the open-source alternative and while they work fine they can’t, unfortunately, beat Broadcom. As most hardware is Broadcom they have hacks that go behind the published wifi standards and get it go a few megabytes/second faster and/or improve the range a bit.

** DD-WRT is another “open-source” firmware that has a specific agreement with Broadcom to allow them to use their proprietary drivers and distribute them as blob with their firmware. While it works don’t expect compatibility with newer hardware nor a bug free solution like OpenWRT is.