I guess this is mainly targeted at Universities and organisations that mirror repos?

They’re the kinda place (I presume) that would be able to support this…

Is that the same i as the squareroot of -1?

If you’re able to, use GeoIP ranges to only allow access from the countries you want.

That immediately limits a lot of everything

Then - again if you’re able to - use a block list that covers known scrapers in case they’re in your country.

I use pfBlockerNG on my pfSense firewall for exactly this.

I think they meant they’re not a fan of Windows and having to update those programs individually…

Ah, Ok, yeah Arch on ARM is struggling at the moment

I have / had some Ras Pis on it, but they wrapped up … Pi0? a while back, so had to look at Raspbian (or whatever it’s called now)… I’d not considered Gentoo for them… hmmm

Maybe I’ll check that out

Thanks

Interested in why you went back to Gentoo after Arch.

I use Arch (btw) and tried Gentoo back in the day, but it’s always in the back of my mind that compiling source could be “better”…?

I believe some manufacturers allow end users to claim the license cost back.

Do check the manufacturer’s T’s & C’s - you might need Windows if returning for hardware issues.

I take a full disk image of a new computer before powering it up, so that I can restore it exactly as it was when purchased.

Take a backup and go for it.

Personally, I ditched OMV for standard Arch Linux and just added the packages I wanted…

This

x10

Mint is the best apparently

https://distrowatch.com/

I use Arch btw

Well, depends on what you mean by “better”:

https://tonyschocolonely.com/pages/tonys-timeline

Personally, I think it’s the best advertising point of these devices - “effortlessly” making your phone fully charged again.

That single (non-verbal) action has made more people reconsider their choice of phone than anything else.

This was great… great find and genius idea.

Yeah, I do get it - I pulled a (single) photo off my phone recently and it took “a second” (ie slurp of coffee), which - to me - is fine.

But, yeah, if I was browsing them all and copying loads… I get your point.

Which is exactly what I recently did with my 3+… all charging issues now solved and I didn’t have to spend days reconfiguring a new phone to how I like it

Yeah, me too.

t’s great ripping off the back of the phone and swapping a battery whilst all the iMoan users are staring in disbelief, tethered to the power outlets

But, how often do you use it for bulk file transfer though?

Everything on my phone’s transferred over wifi with syncthing… or https://pairdrop.net/ (etc)

Yeah, but as the old saying goes, if you like something you’ll tell 1 person, if you don’t like something you’ll tell 10 people…

I do agree, their support is really bad and they’ve acknowledged that. Whether it’s true or not, they’re saying they’re struggling to keep up due to demand…

All I can say is, my experience was completely positive.

I think you’ve read me wrong there.

First up, I presume you searched for other posts like this one? If not, a pinned post might’ve made that easier for you to get started (ie Mint)

Second, the pinned post doesn’t become a final answer, it’s a starting point to add to the discussion, (ie you tried Mint, but didn’t like X, Y & Z)

From my pov there are a lot of posts asking this same question and this was simply a reflection on how we could improve the community… and your experience.