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\- Buying the SSD from a lame-ass, crooAHEM... vendor.
Finally I could find a tiny bit of solace in getting a RMA'ing for new SSD. But As I've decided to go a little bit too cheap the vendor got a drive from outside of EMEA and the WD site says I can go and f\*ck myself.
Also the WD site has a broken the registration form and I can't even get any support without solving some dumb HTML/JS form problems.

# 2. Conclusions

Detailed conclusions may not interest you. Well those are simple: recover what you can, delete what you can't, get a system running.
But I will at least offer a few words that could help you avoid crashing and burning completely.
\- your memory can lie to you\[4\]; that's why password managers are your friends, especially combined with Syncthing,
\- an online password manager is better that no password manager (unless you use a password sharing site that disguises itself as a password manager),
\- diceware is a good help but may require longer phrases these days,
\- there are two kinds of people: those that have recoverable backups and everybody else,
\- bonus irony: I work in a disaster recovery team and regular DR tests are our work; but as we say in Poland: the shoemaker walks barefoot,
\- always have a backup plan (other than your backup),
\- in other words if you plan something think about a contingency plan how you'll get back to speed if your plan fails,
\- fix your sh!t, or at least work around it,
\- "Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action."
\- a written plan is better that the one in your head (see memory lying).

TL;DR: overlooked a big, but "manageable" problem with disk activity and that problem eroded my SSD. Then a few mistakes chained up to being left with a perfectly fine, but encrypted with no password HDD with my data.

\[1\] More or less like described under the Usage paragraph: [http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/lvmcache.7.html](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/lvmcache.7.html)
\[2\] This is still a mystery to me: why Syncthing showed up so often in this case. "Write at any cost"?
\[3\] A bonus middle finger to Google here.
\[4\] Seriously, this is a psychological phenomenon: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False\_memory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory)
As a bonus story I once had a phrase-based password and a simple drawing to give me hints that, in assumption, only I could use to re-remember the passphrase. Unfortunately due to inflections in the polish language I could not remember the proper forms that went with the picture. ...or the order that things went. ...or maybe I've interpreted wrong words?
I've made this password two years ago. To this day I don't know what it is.

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Software Package Management using apt on Ubuntu
https://thecodinginterface.com/blog/linux-apt-package-manager/

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Thoughts on Redcore, a hardened, Gentoo-based desktop distro
https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20190923#redcore

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Favorite things about your Desktop Environments or Window Managers?

I know, for instance, I love running XFCE on my laptops due to it being lightweight, simple, and very fast, love running KDE on my desktop where that extra RAM can be used to making my desktop look elegant, and love using IceWM on my server due to it being a super lightweight yet complete window manager/mini-desktop environment.

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Careers or Jobs in the Linux Community

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Linux Experiences/Rants or Education/Certifications thread - September 23, 2019

Welcome to r/linux rants and experiences! This megathread is also to hear opinions from anyone just starting out with Linux or those that have used Linux (GNU or otherwise) for a long time.

Let us know what's annoying you, whats making you happy, or something that you want to get out to r/linux but didn't make the cut into a full post of it's own.

For those looking for certifications please use this megathread to ask about how to get certified whether it's for the business world or for your own satisfaction. Be sure to check out r/linuxadmin for more discussion in the SysAdmin world!

_Please keep questions in r/linuxquestions, r/linux4noobs, or the Wednesday automod thread._

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Windows update is making me switch to ubuntu (rant / over-dramatic rant)

I've always loved Ubuntu. It looks clean, smooth and works well for programming!

I only had 4 reasons not to switch over

1. Minecraft Java Edition was for Win/Mac only
2. Brawlhalla. One of my favourite games, It's now on the switch so i'll play that, also crossplatform now. I'll just have to "get gud" again
3. Most of my steam library is rendered unplayable, but i use the switch way more then steam now.
4. It's a pain to move OS.

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Windows 10 forcefully updated my computer in the middle of the night without my knowledge or connect. causing my drivers to fail, rendering my 2nd monitor not-working, built-in speakers into my monitor not working, minecraft unable to run.

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I've snapped.

It's Linux time!

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My Talk at Microsoft - Richard Stallman
https://www.stallman.org/articles/microsoft-talk.html

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Reinventing Home Directories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwjzfdLJtX4

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All Systems Go! 2019 Conference Recordings
https://media.ccc.de/b/conferences/all_systems_go/asg2019

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My new wallpaper (real time) Wallpaper manager: komorebi
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Fucking hell, Micro$hit windows 10 update nuked my Linux partition

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Had Windows 10 and Manjaro dualbooted on my laptop. The only point of Windows 10 is so that I can print shit on my office, because printer driver doesn't play nice with my laptop, and to make sure presentation I made on Libre Office is not fucked up. I know the update I've gotten is probably not the latest update, I haven't booted windows in 6 months. I'm hoping that somehow I can boot with live CD and restore grub to see what's salvageable, but my hopes are slim. This shit is literally worse than spyware, at least a spyware doesn't delete your data. I'm seething right now.

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Inkscape 1.0 beta1 available for testing
https://inkscape.org/news/2019/09/08/inkscape-10-beta1-available-testing/

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An Oral History of Unix
https://www.princeton.edu/~hos/Mahoney/unixhistory

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ForceDisplayer 0.01 Released. A simple and fast way to force display resolution.

I just released ForceDisplayer 0.01. I wanted to make this software because i know many people who have problems setting up xrandr screen resolution.

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This is a GUI program made in Lazarus (Pascal) and for some reason i didn't put a license coming with the package but if i ever do it will be in BSD license.

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**This program isn't anything professional or useful its just xrandr made simple with a gui.**

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Its the first time i'm programming in pascal after ditching Windows and C#.NET so i guess that's why its kinda sucky.

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[https://drive.google.com/file/d/13V-2r\_Nrgjux0pJbhPet3p72XveCCoGZ/view](https://drive.google.com/file/d/13V-2r_Nrgjux0pJbhPet3p72XveCCoGZ/view)

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etckeeper | Manage /etc with Version Control in Linux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3m_YZugJWw&feature=share

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LF Edge Continues Rapid Growth as New Projects, Members Collaborate at Open Source Edge - LF Edge
https://www.lfedge.org/2019/09/23/lf-edge-continues-rapid-growth-as-new-projects-members-collaborate-at-open-source-edge/

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Creating a new local Linux user group?

Hey all. I live out here in the lonely west Texas city of El Paso. I've been looking to find a LUG local to my area, but it appears we no longer have any active groups out here, at least not since 2014. The closest LUG to this area is in Albuquerque, NM, which is about a 3 hour drive away and is not feasible to attend on a regular basis. Therefore, I'm looking to create a local LUG for the surrounding area, which would include Las Cruces, NM and CD Juarez, Mexico. The idea would be to meet monthly for drinks (coffee/beer) and discuss our projects, host workshops, help new users, etc... all focused around Linux and open source software.

What would be the best way to go about creating a new LUG? What types of locations work best for monthly meetings? Facebook group vs. Meetup? The dos and don'ts of LUGs? Are LUGs even relevant anymore because of the Internet? I'm very excited to get this group off the ground, but I have zero experience organizing any such type of thing.

Thanks!

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Desktop usage statistics

Everytime I mention using Linux to windows users I get one of a few responses; 1) it's too hard to figure out how to compile the kernel so I dont use it, 2) you can't play games, 3) Photoshop is not supported.

Compiling the kernel? Was this a thing?

Can't play games? Is this all a desktop is used for nowadays?

Photoshop, that I just leave since if they are willing to rent software for ever there is no switching for them.

Are gamers the people that make up the user base for desktops or are they just the ones the yell the most?

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USENIX NSDI '19 Presentation -- Slim: OS Kernel Support for a Low-Overhead Container Overlay Network
https://www.usenix.org/conference/nsdi19/presentation/zhuo

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Easiest way to get Linux onto laptop with virgin SSD, in a remote location with no access to another computer and really slow satellite internet connection?

I can have packages delivered, ie Amazon etc, so the best idea I can come up with is buying a premade Ubuntu liveUSB and having it shipped here. I have no idea if anyone sells such a thing, cursory Google search didn't bring up anything obvious. Any other suggestions? Perhaps theres a way to make a live USB from my phone?

By virgin SSD I mean new from factory with no OS etc

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