This happened when I booted a friend’s computer from a live USB Mint stick. It took hours to find the correct password for her account and get Windows running again.

A few years ago Microsoft deleted my Linux ext2 directory when I dual booted to Windows and ran Windows Update.

At this point I’m convinced one of Microsoft’s primary business functions is selling malware.

Prices in Canada and Mexico didn’t increase anywhere near this much even at the height of the pandemic.

Maybe Bird Flu is refusing to cross international borders. Or maybe U.S. monopolies no longer need to even pretend to compete and the producers are raking in record profits.

And nothing of value was lost.

Return-to-Work

Blatant propaganda in a news headline continuing throughout the article. These people are already working. It’s “Return-to-Office”

Further down In the article.

People would rather stay home.

People would rather work from home.

Propaganda is rarely so obvious.

https://kbin.earth/m/world@quokk.au/t/1651896/Protests-held-across-Ukraine-after-parliament-passes-bill-weakening-anti-corruption

Of course weakening anti-corruption in Ukraine is exactly the same as Zenlenskyy becoming a dictator.

Look! Squirrel!

Именно это и сказал бы российский оперативник.

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I need a separate router and AP, but given a choice I’d ditch the AP. IMO there’s no reason to have two devices if one provides sufficient features and wifi coverage, and it’s one less thing to manage.

Regarding DD-WRT vs OpenWRT, after years of use my DD-WRT routers began intermittently losing their configurations when reset and I was unable to resolve the problem. The switch to OpenWRT was difficult but worth it because the firmware is so flexible and well supported. It has been rock solid.

Take a look at the GL-iNet Flint 2. It runs OpenWRT and should easily support everything you mention and more.

Not sure if this is the same thing, but “Custom filtering rules” (for both white and blacklist entries) allow you to enter as many as you want in a single field, or to copy a bunch in at once without having to enter them one at a time. Does Pi-hole have something similar?

“Add Blocklist” > “Choose From List” on Adguard pops up a list of about 75 different block lists and you can check any number of them before saving. I don’t remember setup being a lengthy task either, but it’s been over a year since I switched. Once set up I rarely touch it except to occasionally turn it off for a couple of minutes so some device can update.

I ran Pi-hole for a couple of years and switched. Besides preferring the UI on Adguard Home, IMO the big advantage of running a DNS server on OpenWRT is that if the router is up, my DNS server is running. I don’t have to rely on a 2nd device and lose Internet access when the Pi is taken down for some reason.

I bought an used Netgear Nighthawk X4S R7800 off Ebay for around $50 and it works well. Despite its age it’s currently running Wireguard, Adguard and Dynamic DNS and it loafs along at below 1% CPU usage most of the time. I have about 30 devices connected locally and another 10 through WG.

If I were to buy new, the GL.iNet Flint 2 ($160) would be at the top of my list.

Glad to hear they’ve added headless support. Will have to take another look.

When I tried RustDesk it was not able to easily function on headless systems, including servers and my desktop PC if the monitor was powered off. Has that changed?

Anydesk and Teamviewer don’t have that problem, but both companies have had hacking incidents and Teamviewer actually blamed their users instead of taking responsibility. Allowing 3rd parties of any type remote access to my computers is IMO just asking for trouble, especially for always-on systems.

Wireguard plus VNC isn’t as seamless but it works fine the vast majority of the time. When I occasionally need features that VNC doesn’t support, NoMachine is a full-featured, free for non-commercial use alternative that works great with WG.

Edit: It looks like the latest release of NoMachine now offers a intermediate network service that operates like Teamviewer and Anydesk. Access via intermediate network ID is not enabled by default, so with it disabled it should theoretically be more secure than the other apps.

Same article could have been written about people in stores refusing to mask up during the height of the pandemic. It was really useful to be able to identify Maga assholes from 50 feet away.

Every time I’m forced to use Windows it feels like I’m being punished.

Are you running zram or zswap? They can make 4gb surprisingly useful.

Mother was not vaccinated and killed her child. These kinds of deaths need to be prosecuted as negligent homicide.

I’ve been running a W10 VirtualBox VM with Linux Mint on a dedicated raw SSD without any problems at all. It’s been years, but I remember it was a PITA to set up initially. Looking at the docs, it seems to be easier now.

No post about the Nazi is complete without this.