it was 2006 and I spend half a day trying to install a Last.fm client, only to realize I don’t have to, my music player had an option to scrobble without installing any additional software.
I got the task to update a Jura insallation so we could migrate to cloud later on.
I did follow the instructions to do so. Created the backup before the update, updated the system, started it and nothing worked.
I was thinking okay lets do a roll back with the backup I created. So I tried to unzip it just to recognize that it was empty.
I spend my whole lunch break and time until end of day to get the system up an running. I only worked for around 3 months in the company so it was pretty important to get this fixed before anyone noticed the issue.
Itwas super intense my hearth beating like crazy with sweaty hands.
I learned that day to check my backup before doing something important.
I was dual booting with Windows 98SE, and had mounted the C-drive in Linux to access some files. When done I (thought I) un-mounted the drive and ran "rm -rf" on the mount point that I had created temporarily.
Returning to surfing the web I noticed the harddrive LED flashing on my computer. "That is strange" went through my brain right before I turned to the shell in panic, hitting Ctrl+C.
Most of the Windows folder was gone. Had to reinstall. Lesson learned. 😀
Back in 2014 I was using my laptop as a jukebox at a party, just playing youtube videos. It got completely stuck, keyboard didn't react, mouse didn't move. Needed to do hard restart. I remember I didn't need to do this on Windows for years, I was angry and embarased by people saying "Shouldn't Linux be stable?" and I was wondering whether I did correct decision by switching to Linux
Installing Nvidia drivers. I had to reinstall my system 2 times in the process. It was Deepin, so it didn't have many, if any, tutorials, and I had to install from the .run file
Installing and using audacity as flatpak and keeping it running.
For one project I wanted to use audacity as flatpak on multiple devices. When we wanted to use it, on every device did hide the curser on the timeline. And there was no Internet available to install the other way 🫣. And now on Linux Mint Audacity doesn't even work properly without adjusting settings for the flatpak.
charlie :linux: :mastodon:
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •I got the task to update a Jura insallation so we could migrate to cloud later on.
I did follow the instructions to do so. Created the backup before the update, updated the system, started it and nothing worked.
I was thinking okay lets do a roll back with the backup I created. So I tried to unzip it just to recognize that it was empty.
I spend my whole lunch break and time until end of day to get the system up an running. I only worked for around 3 months in the company so it was pretty important to get this fixed before anyone noticed the issue.
Itwas super intense my hearth beating like crazy with sweaty hands.
I learned that day to check my backup before doing something important.
Kenneth "Seetee" Frantzen
in reply to It's FOSS • • •I was dual booting with Windows 98SE, and had mounted the C-drive in Linux to access some files. When done I (thought I) un-mounted the drive and ran "rm -rf" on the mount point that I had created temporarily.
Returning to surfing the web I noticed the harddrive LED flashing on my computer. "That is strange" went through my brain right before I turned to the shell in panic, hitting Ctrl+C.
Most of the Windows folder was gone. Had to reinstall. Lesson learned. 😀
efreet
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •The very first distro I ever tried to install was alpine because it was advertised as lightweight
Instant regret, couldn't finish install
Johannes
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Installing and using audacity as flatpak and keeping it running.
For one project I wanted to use audacity as flatpak on multiple devices. When we wanted to use it, on every device did hide the curser on the timeline. And there was no Internet available to install the other way 🫣.
And now on Linux Mint Audacity doesn't even work properly without adjusting settings for the flatpak.