FYI they only rolled back that change in one single state. The change will still happen in other states.

Right, its definitely wrong to be mounting a device and not a partition

It sounds to me like you have been very unlucky with unsupported hardware, based on your network, sound, and graphics issues. Back in 2013-2014 this was a common problem, and while amazing progress has been made to bring support to much more hardware since then, unfortunately there are still some brands and models that are notorious for not having support. I’ve just learned to avoid these brands and do some quick research to see if hardware has mainline kernel support or if the manufacturer offers a Linux driver, before I purchase it.

I think another problem is that you are probably making things more complicated and less ideal by trying to run from a USB. Booting from a USB will be the opposite of instant. Booting and running programs will be VERY slow, because USB drives are not as fast as a proper hard drive, and it will take more time to load the system and programs into memory, as well as read and write persistent files. This will affect the system performance across the board, no matter how fast your CPU is.

Another issue is that you are trying to run an application for an operating system that is not the OS you are using. Again, amazing progress has been made over the past 10 years on compatibility layers and containers in order to run Windows programs on Linux, BUT it’s not always going to work for every Windows program. I’m not really familiar with the program you are trying to run. I think maybe the easiest path forward for this would be to look into running a Windows virtual machine.

When you keep getting the same responses and advice, I understand dismissing it as just people touting “their way” and “their distro”, but also, you have to consider that maybe there is a reason you hear this advice over and over. And remember that many many people, and the people offering this advice, are running Linux without these problems and completing all of their typical computing workflows with it, from gaming to productivity and development to running highly stable servers.

When following guides, you will need to tailor and customize commands to fit your exact situation, for example with your sudo mount /dev/sdc command, your drive may be named differently in your system, it could be /dev/sdb or /dev/sdd instead depending on the number of drives detected by the system, or something completely different depending on the kind of drive it is. Many commands you can expect to copy and paste directly, some you need to change to fit your system, and there is a learning curve to understanding when that is the case and how to make the required adjustments. There are a lot of poor quality guides out there that might not make this apparent.

You’re using an operating system that you do not seem super familiar with, and you are trying to do things with it that are not really a typical or standard use case for it, so I think it should be expected that it will be a learning experience with potential issues to overcome along the way.

Is there an alternative program for Linux that does the same thing as the one you need to run?

Again?

I’m using ZFS in RAID1 for my /home directory on Gentoo, but not for the root filesystem. Setting it up actually isn’t too bad. It should be straightforward to install and only a couple commands to create and mount the zpool.

When I upgrade the system, sometimes it does not autoimport the zpool on next boot, and I need to do a # zpool import -f pool_name && reboot, but otherwise there have been no issues.

General ZFS config info:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ZFS#Zpools

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/ZFS#Configuration

Root filesystem info:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ZFS#ZFS_root

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Install_Arch_Linux_on_ZFS#Installation

The first time it happened to me, I was shocked. Now I am just entertained

Gentoo still exists 🙂

Way too late to “fight” them this way, it’s already served it’s purpose for them. Everyone needed to have done this like a year ago, dummies. But yeah, still delete it anyway.

Oh dear god, no, what have I done

Microsoft Teams is dog shit

That’s all.

This is what you’re looking for: https://github.com/alvr-org/alvr

I believe you could use qemu for 64-bit emulation on a 32-bit system

Lol cars last more than “a few years”, my current vehicle is 20 years old. I’ll easily get another 150,000 miles out of it, probably more. I already have a crate motor picked out to swap in when the engine finally dies. Or I could just “upgrade” to a newer year and still be non-networked.

Now I’m being a little silly, but at this rate of climate change acceleration, I’m starting to bet that my current vehicle is going to outlive capitalism anyway.

Yeah, so the thing is, any amount of trust that I had has already been completely destroyed. “We don’t do it anymore because it’s illegal, trust me bro” isn’t going to cut it. Does the bill include mandatory prison time for executives for violations, or just cost-of-doing-business fines? Will this be enforced by a government regulatory body that is not literally outnumbered 20:1 by car manufacturer lawyers?

If the car has any kind of network capabilities and 100% of the car’s software is not open source, I’m not buying it. Period.

This bill would not need to exist if cars were FOSS, or if cars were non-networked. Those are the only 2 solutions that I will accept. This bill is worthless to me.

What about extreme violations of privacy? Let me know when that is “out”, too.

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/privacy-nightmare-on-wheels-every-car-brand-reviewed-by-mozilla-including-ford-volkswagen-and-toyota-flunks-privacy-test/

Ha, had no idea it was pronounced like that. I’ve always said MATE like “date”/“rate”/“fate”

It is not only more Rubles than currently exists, but more money than currently exists in any currency 😂

KDE Plasma. I like having a familiar start menu and keyboard shortcuts

You’re welcome to fork Linux at any time 👋 see ya!

It’s a little unclear what you mean, like because more than half a million Russian soldiers have already been killed so far and yet the war keeps going, that the people must be responsible for supporting?

Russia is conscripting, so most are not there by choice but required by law. If you draft dodge and get caught, you go to prison, and still just end up on the frontline anyway, since they are emptying their prisons to use as soldiers, too. And these people will be shot and killed by their own side if they attempt a retreat, while fed propaganda and misinformation about their treatment if they surrender. There has been significant human trafficking to support their war effort. They’ve also depended heavily on mercenary forces outside of their military in order to have skilled soldiers, and are now even receiving soldiers from North Korea in order to continue fighting.

Besides that, there are so many factors that go into why a person would decide to join the military and in reality, they are usually economic ones or from extensive propaganda.