Migration from Win 10 to Mint
So I’ve been putting this off all summer, but with support nearly ending for Win 10 and finally having a weekend to spend on this, and absolutely refusing to move to win 11, I’m finally pulling the trigger and getting this done.
I run a home built AMD rig with a 5800x and RT 7800xt, so as I understand, drivers shouldn’t be an issue. I’ve got 3 storage drives currently, a 1tb m.2 NVME I use for the OS and games I need to run quicker, and 2 SATA SSDs. I’ve also got a much larger external HDD which I’ll use to back up my entire windows environment (which I’ll disconnect after it’s backed up) just in case things go sideways during this process.
My biggest concern is here is moving all of my music, pictures, and docs over after the migration. Is it as simple as copying everything over from the NTFS win10 backup HDD to my newly formatted ext4 drives outside of the OS partition? I’m sure I’m not completely phrasing this correctly, since my understanding of Linux is currently at about a 4th grade level, and is probably why I’ve been running around in circles trying to find answers without much luck. I did go over the Mint install docs, but it seems a little light on details for my particular concern.
If there are any resources, suggestions or advice anyone could offer here to help me get through this, I gladly thank you in advance.
Edit: I think I have the information I need to make this work (at least for now), I just want to thank everyone here for taking the time to reply to this. I sincerely appreciate it!
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I'm talking about him, but also Stephen Miller, Vought, Lutnick, and Kevin Roberts. They need to go.
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On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik-1, humanity's first artificial satellite.
Its simple yet proud “beep-beep” sound stood as mankind’s first signal reaching beyond Earth.
Sputnik-1 was a spherical aluminum spacecraft, 58 cm in diameter and weighing 83.6 kg. Its hermetically sealed body protected the equipment inside from external conditions. Onboard were two radio transmitters operating at 20.005 and 40.002 MHz frequencies, broadcasting the legendary signals, which were picked up by radio enthusiasts around the world.
Four external antennas, 2.4 to 2.9 meters long, ensured stable transmission. The satellite had no propulsion system and moved in orbit solely by the impulse received at launch.
To deliver Sputnik-1 into orbit, a two-stage R-7 launch vehicle was used, developed under the guidance of the great Soviet engineer Sergey Korolev. The satellite reached the orbit in 314.5 seconds (just over 5 minutes) after liftoff. Its apogee was 947 km, perigee 228 km, and it orbited Earth every 96 minutes.
In total, Sputnik-1 spent 92 days in space, completing 1,440 orbits and covering more than 60 million kilometers. The last signal was received on January 4, 1958, after which the satellite re-entered the atmosphere and burned up.
The launch of Sputnik-1 was not only a groundbreaking technological achievement, but also a symbol of a new era – the beginning of humanity’s space age.
Since then, dozens of countries have launched thousands of satellites, transforming science, communications, navigation, and our daily lives.
Yet no matter how many follow, Sputnik-1 will forever be the First!
syncspirit v0.4.3 release!
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37069564
I'm glad to announce v0.4.3 release!Syncspirit is independent BEP protocol implementation. Like
syncthing is continuous peer-to-peer file synchronization tool.raw.githubusercontent.com/basi…
You can download ready-to-use binaries for Linux x86_64 (AppImage),
Windows 32 bit (WindowsXP is supported),
Windows 64 bit
and Mac OS X (Apple silicon).Notable changes:
- [core] fix compatibility with syncthing v2.0 (i.e. tolerate directory with non-zero size and without blocks)
- [core] allow to specify root certificate authority to use in all tls/ssl connections, see faq, mostly actual for Windows XP with expired system certificates
- [core] allow to load huge databses and interrupt loading porgress
- [core] reduce memory consumption by model (~ 44%)
- [core] use in-depth scan order instead of in-breadth
- [core, win32] fix negative serial number in generated ssl-certificates
- [core, fltk] more correctly display file scanning progress
- [core, bugfix] make successful upnp port unmapping upon shutdown
- [fltk] deactivate currently selected log level button
Syncspirit is a syncthing-compatible is written from the scratch software in C++ as classical desktop application.
Syncspirt source code uses GPLv3 license.
Any feedback is welcome!
WBR, basiliscos.
Release v0.4.3 · basiliscos/syncspirit
[core] fix compatibility with syncthing v2.0 (i.e. tolerate directory with non-zero size and without blocks) [core] allow to specify root certificate authority to use in all tls/ssl connections, se...GitHub
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OpenAI's New Data Centers Will Draw More Power Than the Entirety of New York City, Sam Altman Says
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An ads milestone in marketing reach without data risk. The ad industry is shifting, and with it comes a clear need for advertisers to use data responsibly
Anonym and Snap partner to unlock increased performance for advertisers
With Snapchat campaigns, advertisers can now bring first-party data that’s typically been inaccessible into play and understand how ads on the platform drive real-world actions.Kristina Bravo (The Mozilla Blog)
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Opera wants you to pay $19.90 per month for its new AI browser
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Some more developments over at Opera, the browser company based out of Norway. The company announced that an offer to acquire the company for $1.2Ingrid Lunden (TechCrunch)
I had no idea they were reusing the name. Apparently they had a different prototype under this name in 2017.
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Meet Opera Neon, Opera's radical vision for the future of web browsers
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Opera wants you to pay $19.90 per month for its new AI browser
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Giuseppe Vita D
Indice dei contenuti
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- Recensione del libro “D” di Giuseppe Vita
- La trama Storica dietro al Thirller
- Un po’ di curiosità storiche prima della recensione
- Il presente oscuro
- Suspense e introspezione
- Una lettura da non perdere
- Trama
- Biografia
Un thriller noir che vi farà rimanere senza fiato
Giuseppe Vita
”D”
Thriller noir
stampato a giugno 2025
pp 210
Recensione del libro “D” di Giuseppe Vita
Un thriller che intreccia storia, mistero e indagine psicologica
La trama Storica dietro al Thirller
Il borgo di Castroantico diventa il cuore pulsante di un intreccio che attraversa i secoli. Nel 1548, l’invasione turca sconvolge la vita di una comunità apparentemente tranquilla. Pochi anni dopo, nel 1552, un nuovo attacco viene respinto da misteriosi monaci, custodi di un segreto che rimane sospeso nel tempo.
Un po’ di curiosità storiche prima della recensione
La narrazione di Giuseppe Vita trae spunto da fatti realmente accaduti. Nella metà del Cinquecento, il Cilento fu più volte minacciato dalle incursioni ottomane. Nel 1548, flotte turche colpirono le coste pugliesi seminando distruzione, saccheggi e deportazioni. Questi eventi generarono un clima di paura diffuso, che spinse molte comunità a rafforzare mura, torri costiere e sistemi difensivi.
Nel 1552, un nuovo assalto mise nuovamente alla prova i borghi della zona. La tradizione locale tramanda storie di resistenza e di interventi “provvidenziali”, spesso attribuiti a figure religiose o monastiche, come nel caso di Castroantico. È su questa suggestiva commistione di storia e leggenda che si innesta il romanzo “D”.
Il presente oscuro
Nel 2024, Castroantico è di nuovo avvolto dall’oscurità: sette giovani scompaiono e la Chiesa affida le indagini all’ispettore Franco. Uomo tormentato, Franco dovrà affrontare non solo un caso complesso, ma anche le ombre del suo passato. Le sparizioni e le antiche invasioni sembrano intrecciarsi in un unico filo che lega epoche lontane.
Suspense e introspezione
“D” è un thriller/noir dal ritmo serrato, in cui il lettore è costantemente tenuto con il fiato sospeso. La scrittura di Giuseppe Vita alterna colpi di scena, atmosfere cupe e passaggi introspettivi, in cui emerge un interrogativo centrale: fino a che punto il passato condiziona il presente?
Una lettura da non perdere
Con “D”, Giuseppe Vita offre un’opera che unisce intrigo storico, suspense contemporanea e riflessione personale. Un romanzo che si legge in pochi giorni e che accompagna il lettore in un viaggio tra luce e ombra, fede e mistero, vita e memoria.
Trama
In un piccolo borgo del Sud Italia nel XVI secolo orde di corsari distruggono e saccheggiano la costa. Ai giorni nostri la tranquillità dello stesso paese viene sconvolta da 7 misteriose sparizioni. Un ispettore tormentato dal suo recente passato,originario del posto, viene richiamato da un cardinale che si rivela essere il suo padre spirituale. A lui viene affiancato un prete, appartenente ad un ordine sacro, uomo fidato del Cardinale. Entrambi sono chiamati a risolvere il mistero di queste sparizioni. I due protagonisti, opposti ma complementari, saranno affiancati da altri personaggi tutti vicini al Cardinale. La situazione degenera, alcuni spariti vengono trovati morti, in modi atroci quasi spettacolari. È una corsa contro il tempo nella speranza di salvare almeno gli altri ragazzi, ma nulla è scontato. C’è un filo conduttore in tutta la storia è la lettera D. Dietro di essa è celato il mistero.
Biografia
Mi chiamo Giuseppe Vita ed ho 41 anni, sono sposato da 13 anni ed ho un bambino di 5 anni. I miei hobby sono lo sport, ho sempre praticato la canoa fluviale anche come agonista e sono tuttora dirigente societario e delegato per la discesa fluviale per il comitato regionale Campania e Basilicata, amatorialmente ho praticato pugilato e sono un appassionato di boxe. Mi piace anche il calcio e sono un simpatizzante dell’Inter ma guardo con piacere tutti gli sport. Mi piace leggere molto tutti i generi, spaziando dai libri tecnici soprattutto economici ai romanzi ed ai gialli. Sono un estimatore in particolare di Donato Carrisi e Ken Follett, ma ho una vasta libreria. Mi piace molto la musica dal cantautorato classico italiano (De André, De Gregori, Dalla ecc..) ma ho una passione particolare per il rock, sono un grande estimatore dei Guns n’ roses, dei queen, dei Led Zeppelin, della Premiata Forneria Marconi, dei Deep Purple, dei Dream theater ed altri e mi piace molto la chitarra come strumento, ne posseggo due ed ogni tanto “strimpello” con amici. Ho una grande passione per i cani in particolar modo per il pastore tedesco. Ne ho uno che ho voluto inserire sia all’interno del libro “D” come personaggio che sulla quarta di copertina in foto con me. Sono molto attivo in politica per passione, sia nel paese dove sono nato che a livello di partito avendo ricoperto la carica di segretario di circolo per diversi anni. Ho anche questa passione per la scrittura ed a oggi ho pubblicato 2 libri il primo “la questione settentrionale, disparità e disuguaglianze nell’Italia che cambia” Edizioni Kappa 2023 ed ora “D” Una libro giallo Scarenz Editore 2025. Ho difficoltà a stare senza far nulla. Naturalmente tutto questo nel tempo extra lavorativo. Sono impiegato nel settore nautico e turistico.
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Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs
An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.
Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs
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New Tech Channel by Ex-Tech Tips Employee (Alex)
Zip Tie Tech
Buckle up, tech just kicked in yo! For car video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/@ziptiptuningYouTube
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Albania’s AI ‘minister’ makes its debut with an address to parliament
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Albania’s AI ‘minister’ makes its debut with an address to parliament
Albania’s AI ‘minister’ makes its debut with an address to parliament
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How should I make system snapshots in OpenSuse Leap 16?
I’ve been reading you should use Snapper. I looked before I updated from 15.6 to 16, but didn’t seem to have it installed even then, though I did have something that looked like it in YaST.
Now in 16, I also can’t find Snapper and I don’t seem to have the general interface of YaST anymore either. Just some separate tools, but not the snapshot one.
Is Snapper something you can download? I previously installed Timeshift because I went to OpenSuse 15.6 from Mint. I didn’t know there was already something installed that could do this, and as Timeshift is what’s used in Mint, I just downloaded that. Can I just use Timeshift?
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It is setup out of the box, run snapper list as root and you should see the your current snapshots. But you do not need to do anything as snapper is configured to take snapshots before and after a transaction.
The docs have not been updated for 16 so ignore all mentions or commands referencing yast.
And remember that this is not a backup solutions in the taditional sense, so please make proper backups of your important data.
System recovery and snapshot management with Snapper |…
Snapper allows creating and managing file system snapshots. File system snapshots allow keeping a copy of the state of a file system at a certain point of time…doc.opensuse.org
Ah, alright then. I thought I could use YaST’s GUI, but then I just need to do it using the terminal.
Isn’t it possible to make a manual snapshot?
How safe is stoat ?
What do you think of stoat ? I didn't find any comparison with other safe messaging service.
I understand that legally, it's under the GDPR but it's depand of the UK, famously imply in the 5 eyes States.
3 parties services are used, which may imply metadata leaks' and I didn't saw any mention of end-to-end encryption, OSR or other safety feature.
Stoat sell itself as safety focus. Do you think it's still an interesting app, compare to other chat service like mattermost, or do you think it's a safe-scam like Theema or proton ?
As far as privacy goes, they're stuck at no end-to-end encryption github.com/revoltchat/revolt/i… otherwise, they are probably (I don't know this for sure, because just being open source isn't enough for this kind of service) slightly better than Discord
End-to-end Encryption
need to write out requirements here TODO: write an RFC (https://github.com/revoltchat/rfcs) MVP List: OMEMO-style secret chats OpenMLS instead? key verification (verify users through trusted channe...insertish (GitHub)
Having trouble upgrading Fedora from 41 to 42, plus WiFi problems.
I had installed Fedora KDE for an older relative on his old Dell laptop. I had already upgraded it from 40 to 41 before, but this time it seemingly refuses to upgrade at all.
I tried upgrading through the "KDE Discover" program at first, no success. I would click the "Upgrade to Fedora 42" button and nothing would happen.
Then I tried upgrading manually using the instructions given by the fedora wiki, and I get the errors from the attached image. (Image below is the continued output)
On top of that, to make things worse, WiFi literally disappears at a whim sometimes. I mean all GUI options for WiFi disappear. I have to restart to make it work again. This is frustrating, can anyone give some insight? Should I just wipe and reinstall something else?
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That rpmfusion package looks like trouble, can you uninstall it or all of rpmfusion before upgrading? I also see internet problems here also so you might be better off fixing that first.
Upgrade Error with vlc-plugins-freeworld
Users may experience issues during dnf upgrades with the vlc-plugins-freeworld package.Madomado (Cats on a Keyboard)
I'd remove rpmfusion and it's packages, upgrade, and reinstall them.
No idea what's the particular issue with the 404, could be old mirrorlist, transient issues, but in general if you asked Fedora they'd tell you they only support upgrading with official repos on.
Which is fine really. You're not losing anything.
Crunchyroll Faces Cancelation: Why Anime Fans Are Choosing Piracy After Latest Update
Recent reports have announced that Crunchyroll, the largest anime streaming service, will be replacing Aegisub with Israeli Software, OOONA, to produce subtitles more efficiently. Anime fans across the world are disappointed with this collaboration due to Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians (via a report by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry).
Crunchyroll is also ignoring the needs of groups who require Closed Captions to understand the scenes better. They are isolating a large chunk of their audience in favor of AI-based subtitling, which defeats the point of a streaming service. Overall, this hasn’t been a great year for Crunchyroll, and this won’t be the end of it.
Crunchyroll Faces Cancelation: Why Anime Fans Are Choosing Piracy After Latest Update
Crunchyroll has made yet another controversial move in 2025, but this time, anime fans cannot forgive it and finally cancelled the streaming site.Bidisha Mitra (FandomWire)
Crunchyroll Faces Cancelation: Why Anime Fans Are Choosing Piracy After Latest Update
Recent reports have announced that Crunchyroll, the largest anime streaming service, will be replacing Aegisub with Israeli Software, OOONA, to produce subtitles more efficiently. Anime fans across the world are disappointed with this collaboration due to Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians (via a report by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry).
Crunchyroll is also ignoring the needs of groups who require Closed Captions to understand the scenes better. They are isolating a large chunk of their audience in favor of AI-based subtitling, which defeats the point of a streaming service. Overall, this hasn’t been a great year for Crunchyroll, and this won’t be the end of it.
EDIT: Link was taken down thanks to someone in the comments here's the archive for the page web.archive.org/web/2025100418…
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Crunchyroll Faces Cancelation: Why Anime Fans Are Choosing Piracy After Latest Update
Crunchyroll has made yet another controversial move in 2025, but this time, anime fans cannot forgive it and finally cancelled the streaming site.Bidisha Mitra (FandomWire)
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scp the container and ~/Music on my RPi5, which I keep on 24/7, has a 512Go microSD and tailscale... and I guess that's it, I have my own music server. I don't have discovery on though but still, already useful!
Another update on that front, I added on my RPi5 :
yt-dlpwhich I use with its-xaudio only option on RSS feeds from DJs- tested then added that to nightly
crontabto get updates - configured
LMSfor hourly database scan tonein order to updatetagson files and try to organize my~/Musicdirectory
So it's still nowhere near as good as the music streaming service I used so far BUT it's getting there!
The FBI is weighing an arrest and perp walk for Comey — and suspended an agent for refusing to help, sources say
The FBI is considering carrying out a "showy" arrest and perp walk of the agency's now-indicted ex-Director James Comey, and has suspended an agent who refused to participate in the plan, three sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
Ray refused to participate in this plan, believing it would be inappropriate and highly unusual for a white-collar defendant like Comey, according to the source. He was then suspended for insubordination.
The FBI is now actively working to put together a team to arrest Comey between now and his court appearance on Thursday, but other FBI supervisors have also refused to cooperate, said a source knowledgeable about the conversions and a law enforcement source familiar with the situation. The expectation is that the FBI will eventually find somebody.
The FBI is weighing an arrest and perp walk for Comey — and suspended an agent for refusing to help, sources say
The FBI is considering carrying out a "showy" arrest and perp walk of the agency's now-indicted ex-Director James Comey, sources tell CBS News.Daniel Klaidman (CBS News)
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Briar - secure p2p group communications
Briar is a messaging app designed to be used by groups of people to allow for secure and censorship resistant communications.
This technically isn't self hosted in the strictest sense but I think it is still relevant.
Crunchyroll Faces Cancelation: Why Anime Fans Are Choosing Piracy After Latest Update
Recent reports have announced that Crunchyroll, the largest anime streaming service, will be replacing Aegisub with Israeli Software, OOONA, to produce subtitles more efficiently. Anime fans across the world are disappointed with this collaboration due to Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians (via a report by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry).
Crunchyroll is also ignoring the needs of groups who require Closed Captions to understand the scenes better. They are isolating a large chunk of their audience in favor of AI-based subtitling, which defeats the point of a streaming service. Overall, this hasn’t been a great year for Crunchyroll, and this won’t be the end of it.
Crunchyroll Faces Cancelation: Why Anime Fans Are Choosing Piracy After Latest Update
Crunchyroll has made yet another controversial move in 2025, but this time, anime fans cannot forgive it and finally cancelled the streaming site.Bidisha Mitra (FandomWire)
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È morto Remo Girone: addio al “Tano Cariddi” de La Piovra, aveva 76 anni
Il mondo dello spettacolo italiano piange Remo Girone, morto improvvisamente all’età di 76 anni nella sua casa di Montecarlo. L’attore, indissolubilmente legato al volto di Tano Cariddi nella serie La Piovra, lascia un’eredità artistica che ha attraversato cinema, televisione e teatro, oltre a un rapporto speciale con il pubblico.
LEGGI L'ARTICOLO COMPLETO: È morto Remo Girone: addio al “Tano Cariddi” de La Piovra, aveva 76 anni
È morto Remo Girone, addio al “Tano Cariddi” de La Piovra
È morto a 76 anni Remo Girone, il “Tano Cariddi” de La Piovra. Nato ad Asmara, ha lavorato tra cinema, TV e teatro.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
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in reply to JASN_DE • • •Eugenia
in reply to BurningRiver • • •BurningRiver
in reply to Eugenia • • •I’ll reformat the drives to the suggested ext4, that part’s fine. I was worried about whether or not I’d have to somehow convert all of the files going from the NTFS windows backup to the ext4 drives, but the other comment here said just copying them over would work.
Thank you for the reply!
Asafum
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in reply to BurningRiver • • •I see you already got the answers you need, so I just came to welcome you to the linux community, and wish you good luck.
In the beginning, it will be a bit hard, because changing things we're used to is always hard, but give it some time, and you get the long-term benefits, which, in my opinion, are very worth it. Among a few things, you will experience no arbitrary interruptions to your device usage, will have lower hardware requirements, your devices will last longer, will have to deal with much less bullshit, and will even have more free time (unless you become one who likes to spend time tinkering with the system lol)
BurningRiver
in reply to morto • • •arti
in reply to BurningRiver • • •Kongar
in reply to BurningRiver • • •Um, let’s just clarify a bit more just in case.
You have your pictures, music, videos, and other personal files on what?
On the internal hard drives (hdd/ssd/nvme/whatever) and the backup/copy of those files on the external drive (external usb hdd/ssd, flash drive, NAS, whatever)? Presumably both are formatted ntfs?
What I described above is the ideal scenario. It could be as simple as formatting your internal drives and installing Linux, then copying those files back to your newly formatted internal hard drives. This is going to be fine as long as you are SURE your backups are good. Linux can read ntfs drives and copy files from them.
I’m always a bit paranoid though and I like to take extra steps. Sometimes, you forget to backup a file. Like a save game file sitting in a random game folder, a configuration file (like a blahblah.ini) files for program settings, or your favorites, you get the point. This stuff usually isn’t a deal breaker - you really only care about the stuff that’s irreplaceable like pictures and home movies. But it’s annoying…
So what I like to do is to take a drive image. Not a backup - a bit for bit clone of the internal hard drives. Then you can’t forget anything ;) Pick your program of choice - I’ve used macrium reflect successfully in the past and it was free - it’s been a while and there may be better options these days. Make that image and store it on a large external drive/nas/whatever. Then if you screw something up - you can simply restore your windows computer or go grab that file you forgot in your backup routine. I usually keep both my “backup files” and the drive image for a good long while after I reload a pc. Sometimes it’s months before you realize you’re missing something.
So in summary/my advice.
Kongar
in reply to Kongar • • •I should note that depending on which internal drives are used - you can use them like external drives for backups. You can copy files and images there, then easily disconnect the sata cable. Then you can’t overwrite it by accident during install. But you get to use the large size of the drive for images and whatnot.
It sounds like you have enough drives to do this super safely with zero chance of screwing things up 😀
BurningRiver
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in reply to BurningRiver • • •Welcome to the club. I switched about a year ago and its been fine.
Mind you, I was a windows power user and I Linux I'm just a below average minimalist user, but its been fine. Also mind you, I run a windows VM for some stuff I'm still tethered to (virt-manager is your friend if this is the case). But I have 3 machines in my house that are all Mint boxes and its smooth sailing.
There are some things I wish were different, but you need to choose your battles. Like I don't want any kernel based anticheat on my system so those kinds of games I play on console if available, or don't play at all.
As far as advice, part of what I like about Mint is their forum. Yes, you can always search and find answers but with so many variances between distros having a forum tailored to your specific OS is a nice perk. You will find a lot of answers there.
Hot tip: read up on file permissions, users and groups. Permissions aren't inherited like they are in windows so that's a mental adjustment you need to make.
You'll probably pick up on the file structure fairly quickly. Though I didn't unhide the hidden folders in my home directory because I needed to (I forger why but it came up)
And honestly, I've used an AI tool to help walk me through getting some stuff to work (somehow I broke my Samba sharing) so that's always a resource to help guide you and troubleshoot.
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