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How much RAM in your Linux PC?

512MB

<1GB

1GB

2GB

4GB

8GB

16GB

32GB

64GB

96GB

128GB

Voting ended onApr 16

#linux #linuxposting #pc hardware #computer hardware #computer memory #debian #linux mint #slackware #foss #arch linux #gentoo #system administration #ubuntu

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Do you use virtualization technology?

I don't know what that is

No. I -do- know what it is but I have no use case.

No. I want to, but lack RAM, CPU speed/cores, disk space

Yes. Hyper-V on Windows

Yes. KVM on Linux

Yes. Virtualbox on Windows.

Yes. Virtualbox on Linux.

Yes. VMware on Windows.

Yes. VMware on Linux.

Yes. Other, not listed.

Voting ended onApr 16

https://linux-kvm.org

#linux #linuxposting #virtualization #pc hardware #foss #system administration #windows 10 #windows #virtual machines #debian #linux mint #slackware #arch linux #gentoo

How to break Microsoft's monopoly

I believe that desktop/laptop computer OEM's should be required to ship their machines configured in one of the following ways:

A) Windows is installed with Linux in a dual-boot configuration

B) When powered on for the first time, the user is offered a choice: - install only one of them - install both of them

C) Regardless of the above, have the 'Recovery Partition' contain the tools necessary to install either, with the option to switch the OS at some time in the future.

It's a dream I have.

#linux #linuxposting #foss #windows 10 #windows 11 #computer hardware #system administration

Linux Tip of the day 26-04-07

iftop

Display real-time bandwidth usage for a network interface. (Requires elevated privileges.) From 'iftop' package.

#linux #linuxposting #sysadmin #system stuff #pci #pc hardware #microprocessor #foss #debian #linux mint

There are two kinds of computer users. Those who have lost data & Those who are about to.

#linux #system administration #system stuff #hard disk #ssd #nvmessd #nvme #data storage #windows 10 #windows 11 #disaster recovery #disaster #natural disasters

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Linux Tip of the day 26-04-06

lstopo

Displays the physical topology of your computer (PCI bus, CPU, etc.); from 'hwloc' package

#linux #linuxposting #sysadmin #system stuff #pci #pc hardware #microprocessor #foss #debian #linux mint

Linux Tip of the day 26-04-05

Cool feature of btrfs file system

Fun fact:

You can convert an existing EXT2/3/4 file system to 'btrfs' in-place.

(Of course you still want to make a backup...)

#linux #hard disk #ssd #system administration #sysadmin #data storage #nvmessd

Does your PC have disk fault tolerance?

No.

WTF is that, and why should I care?

Yes - hardware RAID controller

Yes - Windows - RAID1

Yes - Windows - RAID5

Yes - Intel 'Soft RAID' (some consumer motherboards)

Yes - Linux - kernel RAID (mdadm) + FS directly on RAID device (e.g. /dev/md0)

Yes - Linux - kernel RAID (mdadm) + LVM + FS on LV (logical volume)

Yes - btrfs - RAID1

Yes - zfs - RAID1, RAIDZ1 (1 parity disk), RAIDZ2 (2 parity disks)

Voting ended onApr 12

#linux #windows 10 #windows 11 #hard disk #ssd #disaster recovery #system administration #data storage

There are two kinds of computer users. Those who have lost data, and those who are about to.

Do you make backups?

No - I have never lost data

No - I have lost data, but it wasn't a big deal

No - I have lost data and was a big deal

Wait a second! I'm supposed to make backups?

Yes - data only - free cloud (Gdrive/Onedrive/iCloud, etc.)

Yes - data only - paid cloud (Amazon S3, Backblaze, etc.)

Yes - data only - local removable media / second HDD/SSD

Yes - data only - local NAS

Yes - full system - file-by-file

Yes - full system - image backup

Voting ended onApr 12

#linux #windows 10 #windows 11 #windows xp #macintosh #apple #backup #software #disaster recovery #system administration

What was the CPU in your first PC (Part 2)

AMD Am386/Am486

AMD K5/K6/K6-2/K6-III

AMD Athlon/Athlon XP

Apple/Advanced RISC Machines Ltd ARM6/ARM7/StrongARM/Xscale)

AMD Athlon64 (K8 arch) / Opteron

Intel Pentium 4 w/EM64T

Intel Core 2 Duo / Core 2 Quad

Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 / i9

AMD FX series (Bulldozer)

AMD Ryzen (Zen series - desktop)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper (Zen series - workstation)

Apple Silicon M-series

Voting ended onApr 12

#intel #amd #apple #vintage tech #pc hardware

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What was the CPU in your first PC? (Part 1)

MOS Technology 6502/6510/Western Design Center 65C02

Zilog Z80

Intel 8080/8085

Motorola 6800/6809

Intel 8086 / 8088 / 80186

Intel 80286

Motorola 68000/68010/68020

Texas Instruments TMS9900

Intel 80386 // 80486(SX/DX/DX2/DX4)

Intel Pentium (Pro/II/III/4) / Core 2 Duo

Motorola 68020/68030/68040

Apple/IBM/Motorola PowerPC 60(1/2/3/4)/G3/G4/G5

Voting ended onApr 12

#vintage tech #old tech #desktop #motorola #intel corp #texas instruments #microprocessor #8 bit #16 bit #32 bit #apple ii #macintosh #ibm pc #commodore 64 #linux #windows 3.1 #windows 95 #windows 98 #macos

What's the oldest CPU you've used with Linux

80386

80486

Pentium

Pentium II / Celeron

Pentium III / Celeron

Pentium 4

Ryzen 1000-3000

MIPS

SPARC

HP PA-RISC

IBM POWER

ARM

Voting ended onApr 12

#linux #linuxposting #intel #amd #sparc #mips #pa-risc #x86 #x86-64 #linux kernel #slackware #debian #arch linux #archlinux #linux mint #arm

What file system contains your root directory?

ext2

ext3

ext4

xfs

btrfs

zfs

dm-raid + (your file system)

dm-raid + lvm + (your file system)

NFS

What's a file system?

Voting ended onApr 12

#linux #linux kernel #foss #open source #linux mint #debian #linuxposting #sysadmin #arch linux #slackware #gentoo #unix #freebsd

Linux tenure

How long have you been using Linux?

<1 year

1-2 years

3-5 years

6-10 years

15 years

20 years

25 years

30 years

35 years (you're lying - the kernel was released 34 years ago)

Voting ended onApr 12

#linux #foss #open source #linux kernel #linux mint #arch linux #ubuntu #linuxposting #slackware #debian #redhat #fedora #cachyos #bazzite #gentoo #freebsd #unix

Linux install media survey

What installation media did your first Linux install come on?

5.25" floppy (You're very old)

3.5" floppy (You're still pretty old)

Commercial CD-ROM

Commercial DVD-ROM

Downloaded .ISO burned to CD-ROM

Downloaded .ISO burned to DVD

Downloaded .ISO imaged to USB stick

Other

Voting ended onApr 12

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Always thought it would be fun to have a worm that modifies the boot drive to add a small partition, drops a bare-bones Linux install that then gradually migrates their Windows install to Linux with a Windows UI.

#linux #FOSS

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