Flaky

joined 2 years ago
[–] Flaky@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

That's for mounting, yeah, but when it comes to interacting with the hardware, Linux itself uses letters for some types of devices. For example, serial-connected ones (e.g. SATA internal drives, USB external drives) are /dev/sdx (x being a letter from A-Z). I don't know what happens when all letters are used up though, maybe someone can chime in there? NVMe uses numbers it seems - my boot drive is /dev/nvme0n1

There are other ways to access devices and partitions besides that though. I just had to put EndeavourOS on a flash drive and the Arch Wiki recommended doing this by targeting the drive via /dev/disk/by-id/, which lists connected drives by name, connectivity and serial number.

[–] Flaky@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

The only thing I don't like is when I mouse-over the main pages, the menu that pops up doesn't match at all. Other than that it's a good update.

[–] Flaky@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I need to work on refactoring a plugin I made for MusicBrainz Picard that lets you submit chosen tags (typically genres) to matching entities on the site.

[–] Flaky@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I see the Lego comparison and I admit, when I built computers when I was younger I did that exact comparison.

Nowadays I would say it's more akin to building Ikea furniture than Lego. It can be daunting, especially the more expensive you go, and depending on one's situation it might even be better to have someone else do it, but if you do build it, it's very rewarding. IIRC the CEO of AMD made that Ikea comparison and it's a lot more apt IMO.

[–] Flaky@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (10 children)

I'll be honest, when I was looking for places to get a PC built, Reddit was of little help either. Constantly telling me to build it myself when I couldn't even if I wanted to.

(Eventually did get a PC built, paid more mainly due to UK VAT)

[–] Flaky@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Eurovision is probably the one I'll miss the most from Reddit. The people I talked to their were real chill.