Virtual Insanity

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Cake day: July 4th, 2023

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  • Have had this issue myself asking with other DD card related issues.

    I can’t understand why the pi foundation persist with using SD as the only physically practical storage option.

    They’re looking post the point of needing a way to snap on reliable EMMC storage, as a default, in a way that doesn’t leave a cable or something permanently plugged into a USB port.

    Sure, USB is a fine option, but I hate that it’s only an option and not a designed default.

    Most of us only need 8GB or so for the OS, 8GB or good quality durable EMMC should hardly cost anything.

    Other tiny computers and even economy notebooks and Chromebooks already use this.








  • Virtual Insanity @lemmy.worldtolinuxmemes@lemmy.worldLinux users when
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    6 months ago

    Great, you can accomplish the bare essentials with Linux.

    Now how do I install a program called chirp for programming 2 way radios?

    Searched for a week and gave up as each set of instructions lead down a broken, redundant dependency rabbit hole with no solution in sight, Flatpack this, snap that, no explanation or even a searchable clue that could begin me a solution.

    In windows I just unzip the nightly build to a directory of my choice, run the executable and it works.

    Sure… Not everyone knows or needs to know about these edge case applications, but point stands, it works in windows, and everyone encounters an edge case sooner or later.

    I’m keen to ditch the Microsoft hole, and I have no issue with making an effort to learn, but I can’t afford to or my life in hold for hours or days at a time in order to accomplish things that already work in seconds.

    I think my simple issue here is… I’m not incompetent. I can comfortably navigate a fine system in a shell, can mount and unmount, can tar -xvzf a tarball, can do most things up to writing a shell script from scratch (could cobble something








  • Very rarely do I have a positive view on posts in this com, but this is a rare exception.

    No mindless, pointless, circle jerk hating, but rather a positive and legitimate wish and view toward an alternative.

    People can hate on cars so they want, but since people and places end up making cars nesecary.

    Earlier this year I needed to go Melbourne to Albury, usually a trip done in a car, but this time I had use of a car at the other end so I took the train. Was a fantastic trip. Access to a small food bar, toilets, the occasional stop at more significant towns.

    Trains kick ass.

    I’d love to see a better in town solution for transport, buses and whatever both in Albury and my home town aren’t really up to scratch yet.