IsoKiero @ IsoKiero @sopuli.xyz

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Hieman ehkä sensaationhakuinen otsikko, kun mikään ei ole sinänsä muuttunut ja noita pitoisuuksia on ilmeisesti ollut salmiakeissa ties kuinka pitkään, mutta nyt niihin on sitten syystä tai toisesta tartuttu. Hyvä asia tietysti että elintarvikevalvonta toimii, mutta kuten jutussakin lukee niin osa valmistajista ei ole ko. aineesta aikaisemmin kuulutkaan eikä laboratorioita ole ihan joka nurkalla missä pitoisuudet voisi edes testata.

En jatkossakaan taida jättää mustia karkkeja syömättä, kun ei niitä kuitenkaan tule aivan ämpärikaupalla vedettyä ja eiköhän niissä ole paljon muitakin ainesosia mistä aiheutuu erilaisia riskejä, sokeri mukaanluettuna.

Facebookissa ei tule notkuttua, mutta instagram läväytti omankin kännykän ruutuun ilmoituksen että joko hyväksyt mainosseurannan tai maksat kuukausimaksua. Niin tärkeästä palvelusta ei itselle ole kyse että alkaisin vielä kaiken muun lisäksi visanumeroa antamaan metalle, mutta kyllähän tuo pisti taas miettimään että tarvitseeko tuotakaan palvelua käyttää ollenkaan.

Mites muut, kiinnostaako some niin paljoa että maksat siitä toista kymppiä kuussa, hyväksytkö vain faktan että sinä olet tuote mitä myydään muille vai loppuuko käyttö kokonaan?

Broken computers aren't really stressful to me anymore, but it sure plays a part that I kinda-sorta had waited for reason to wipe the whole thing anyways and as I could still access all the files on the system, so in the end it was somewhat convenient excuse to take the time to switch the distribution. Apparently I didn't have backup for ~/.ssh/config even if I thoguht I did, but those dozen lines of configuration isn't a big deal.

Thanks anyway, a good reminder that with linux there's always options to work around the problem.

Why I didn't think of that. It whould have fixed the immediate problem pretty fast. I would still have the issue with too small boot partition, but it would've been faster to fix the issue at hand. But in either case, I'm pretty happy I got new distro installed and hopefully that'll fulfil my needs better for years to come.

Would I be correct to assume that you’ve been hurt by Btrfs in its infancy and choose to not rely on it since?

I have absolutely zero experience with btrfs. Mint doesn't offer it by default and I'm just starting to learn bits'n'bobs of zfs (and I like it so far) so I just chose it with an idea that I can learn it on a real world situation. I already have zfs pool on my proxmox host, but for that I hope I'd gone with something else as it's pretty hungry for memory and my server doesn't have a ton to spare. But reinstalling that with something else is a whole another can of worms as I'd need to dump couple terabytes worth of data to somewhere else in order to make a clean install. I suppose it might be an option to move data around on the disks and convert the whole stack to LVM one drive at the time, but it's something for the future.

But I imagine you couldn’t care less 😜.

I was a debian only user for a long time but when woody/sarge (back in 2005-2006) had pretty old binaries compared to upstream and ubuntu started to gain popularity I switched over. Specially the PPA support was really nice back then (and has been pretty good for several years), so specially for a desktop it was pretty good and if I'm not mistaken you could even switch from debian to ubuntu only by editing sources list and running dist-upgrade with some manual fixes.

So, coming from a mindset that everything just works and switching from a release to another is just a bit longer and more complex update the current trend rubs me in a very much wrong way.

So, basically the tl;dr is that life is much more complex today than it was back in the day where I could just tinker with things for hours without any responsibilities (and there's a ton more to tinker with, my home automation setup really needs some TLC to optimize electricity consumption) so I just want an OS which gets out of my way and allows me to do whatever I need to whenever I need it. Immutable distro might be an answer, but currently I don't have spare hours to actually learn how they work. I just want my sysVinit back with distributions which can go on for a decade without any major hiccups.

Great piece of information. I personally don't see the benefits with immutable distribution, or at least it (without any experience) feels like that I'll spend more time setting it up and tinkering with it than actually recovering from a rare cases where things just break. Or at least that's the way it's used to be for a very long time and even if something would break it atleast used to be pretty much as fast as reverting a snapshot to fix the problem. Sure, you need to be able to work on a bare console and browse trough log files, but I'm old enough that it was the only option back in the day if you wanted to get X running.

However the case today was something that I just couldn't easily fix as the boot partition just didn't have enough space (since when 700MB isn't enough...) even a rollback wouldn't have helped to actually fix the installation. Potentially I might had an option to move LVM partition on the disk to grow boot partition, but that would've required shrinking filesystem first (which isn't trivial on a LVM PV) and the experience ubuntu has lately provided I just took the longer route and installed mint with zfs. It should be pretty stable as there's no snap packages which update at random intervals and it's a familiar environment for me (dpkg > rpm).

Even if immutable distros might not be for my use case, your comment has spawned a good thread of discussion and that's absolutely a good thing.

You can still fuddle your way through even that scenario and retain a fully working system.

Or at least you used to have that option without too much of a headache. I'm pretty sure you can still do it tho, but the steps required to 'rescue' old installation tend to be more complex than they used to be.

But regardless of that you can still daily drive it as your distribution and many do. That's why I said it's an adventure of it's own, but if you know what you're getting into and accept the reality with Sid it can work. Personally I don't want to use it at this point in my life, but I used to run it for several years when woody was getting a bit old on packages and sarge wasn't out yet (and I think I just continued with sid after sarge release).

I haven't been paying attention on the rolling releases scene, but I'm pretty sure there was no mature option back when I installed that thing in 2019 or so other than Debian Sid (and daily driving that used to be an adventure in itself, but it's been years since I last had a system like that). With ubuntu since at least version 14 upgrading from stable release to another was pretty stable experience, but that's not the experience I'm having today.

Yes, I know. Existing drive layout however says that I need to repartition the whole thing and that says that I need to copy couple of hundred GB's over to something else before reinstallation and so on, so it's not a half hour job. And while I'm at it it's better to do it right than half-ass it over a long, long period of time.

You might be correct, but I haven't found one that I'd like (not that I've really looked for one either). Maybe you know if there's any Debian derivatives which do rolling releases?

I like cinnamon and I've been running mint on my laptop for quite a while and I like it, so I'm going with it right now and plan for my next distro-hopping needs more carefully when installing.

But in general I'd say that Ubuntu is far from what it used to be and the TLC the latest version wants is just something I'm not willing to put up with. If something breaks on a update then it breaks, but at least give me an option to choose when it happens.

And then you can't easily cut power from the fixture if you need to replace the bulb or change the whole lamp altogether. I wouldn't recommend doing this, especially if you don't have a socket on the ceiling to remove the fixture.

This is my preferred solution. I like the option that I can use the switch as normal and still get benefits of automations. Switches should outlast any bulb on the market and with other family members around there's no way to guarantee that they stay in place. Plus with that I can change the lamp itself to self-contained LED without bulb or something else and it'll still be 'smart'.

But if I absolutely had to go that route I'd get white tape (assuming the faceplate is white) and use that to hold rockers in place. It's still easy to switch off if needed but that would give a pretty strong indication that it shouldn't be operated normally. Preventing access to a switch or jamming them with something doesn't seem like an safe option and it may be against the code depending on where you live.

Best ones I have are registered after either a random thought or a brainstorming session. For me pronounceable is a must (at least to some extent), short is strong second and funny is of course always nice, but not necessity. Including TLD is always nice, but unfortunately it's rather difficult at least with the TLD's I usually use.

Oh, right, the screen resolution is something I didn't even consider that much. My system has 1600x1200 display and GPU is Quadro FX570. This thing would absolutely struggle anything higher than 1080p, but as all the parts are free (minus the SSD, 128G drives are something like 30€ or less) this thing is easily good enough for what I use it for and it wouldn't be that big of a stretch to run this thing as a daily driver, just add bigger SSD and maybe a bit more modern GPU with a 2k display and you'd be good to go.

And 1600x1200 isn't that much anyways, if memory serves I used to have that resolution on a CRT back in the day. At least moving things around is much easier today.

I'd say that single core performance and amount of RAM you have are the biggest issues with running anything on old hardware. Apparently, in theory, you could run even modern kernel with just 4MB of RAM (or even less, good luck finding an 32bit system with less than 4MB). I don't think you could fit any kind of graphical environment on top of that, but for an SSH terminal or something else lightweight it would be enough.

However a modern browser will easily consume couple gigabytes of RAM and even a 'lightweight' desktop environment like XFCE will consume couple hundred MB's without much going on. So it depends heavily on what you consider to be 'old'.

The computer at garage (which I'm writing this with) is Thinkstation S20 I got for free from the office years ago is from 2011. 12GB of RAM, 4 core Xeon CPU and aftermarket SSD on SATA-bus and this thing can easily do everything I need for it in this use case. Browsing the web on how to fix whatever I'm working with at the garage, listen music from spotify, occasional youtube-video, signal and things lke that. Granted this was on a higher end when it was new, but maybe it gives some perspective on things.

Tallissa on taas pidempään vaan tullut hoidettua pakolliset korjailut alta pois, mutta jälkien siivoaminen on jäänyt johonkin myöhemmälle ja nyt ollaan siinä pisteessä että ei siellä enää voi tehdä oikeasti yhtään mitään kun joka nurkka on jotain sontaa täynnä. Tänään vähän jo aloittelin sillä että kasasin työkaluvaunun takaisin suunnilleen iskuun ja keräilin ilmeisimmät roskat pois kuljeksimasta. Huomenna voisi projektia jatkaa ja siirrellä romuja edelleen omille paikoilleen ja syytää kaikenlaista sontaa ovesta ulos. Jo pidempään on tullut kalusto hommattua ja rakennettua sen mukaan, että kaikki mikä ei ole seinän vieressä kiinteästi on pyörillä, mutta eri yksiköitä on vähän huono siirellä paikasta toiseen jos lattia on täynnä tiessunmitä romua.

Tallin siivouksen yhteydessä pitäisi järjestää myös kylmä ulkovarasto kuosiin ja lykkiä sinne ruohonleikkurit ja muu rekvisiitta mitä ei ennen kevättä tarvitse. Saa nähdä mihin yksi viikonloppu riittää. Ensiviikolla on sentään päivä lisää kun liitot ilmoitti lakkoilusta, joten sekin päivä menee sitten rästihommia siivotessa.

Aikaisemmin tänään tuli käytyä vähän isommin kauppareissua ja takaisintullessa saikin ajella viittäkymppiä kun lähtiessä alkanut vesisade vain jatkui siitä huolimatta että lämpömittari näytti miinuslukemia. Yhtään minkäänlaista pitoa ei ollut missään, onneksi oli kanssa-autoilijatkin todenneet saman ja kaikki edettiin hyvin hyvin rauhallisesti kohti omaa määränpäätä pitkien turvavälien kera. Valoristeyksestä oikealle kääntyessä etuvetoautokin nosti perän irti ja hetken aikaa mentiin kahva edellä. Onneksi seuraava liittymä oli heti vieressä, joten luisteluun oli käytössä kaksi kaistaa ilman vastaantulijoita. En muista milloin olisi viimeksi tullut noin liukkailla ajettua, mutta onnettomuuksia ei onneksi matkanvarrella näkynyt. Pari täysperärekkaa oli tosin pysähtynyt keskelle tietä, ilmeisesti toinen oli luistellut melkein ojaan ja perässätulija melkein osunut edellämenevään, mutta tuostakin selvittiin sillä että hidastelin kävelyvauhtiin kun hätävilkut ilmestyivät mutkan takaa ja kahden rekan kuskit suorittivat liikenteenohjausta apua odotellessa.

Varsinkin julkishalinnon soisi siirtyvän fediverseen melkoisen nopealla tahdilla. Twitter jyrää edelleen uutisen kuin uutisen sisällössä, oli sitten kyse poliiseista tai poliitikoista (kansainvälisistä uutisista tietysti puhumattakaan) ja on jotenkin ihan käsittämätöntä että alusta, jonka perustaminen maksaa luokkaa kossupullon jollekin teekkarille ja vähän palvelinkapasiteettia ei ole yleisesti käytössä vaan jokapaikassa nojataan amerikkalaisiin toimijoihin.

Ehkä seuraavan viiden tai kymmenen vuoden aikana muutos tapahtuu (tai nopeammin jos Elon paskoo twitterin lopullisesti nopeammalla aikataululla), mutta sitä odotellessa. Eipä toki sillä, en ole itsekään mastodoniin pahemmin tutustunut vaikka monesti on ollut suunnitelmissa luoda sinne tili ja katsoa mitä löytyy. Ehkä tänään olisi se päivä, sopulissa olen kyllä viihtynyt oikein hyvin, mitä nyt varsinkin tämä kotimainen tarjonta on edelleen hieman ohutta.

Unifi ticks most of the boxes you have. Wifi will work without controller and they act as an bridge, so DHCP and other services work as-is, VLAN support is there (if you want to use different SSID for different VLAN then you need a controller) and so on. I have couple of their APs and I've been pretty happy, but that being said, their push for their own cloud-only products and the way they manage updates, longevity and other stuff isn't the best (to say the least). For now it works absolutely great for what I need it, but at the future situation may change with a short notice.

No idea about T-link, but mikrotik devices are interesting. For wifi I don't have any kind of experience, so I can't recommend them, but on paper they seem pretty nice.

teeskennellään että se akkuhapon makuinen terva on juuri semmoista mitä pitääkin olla.

Mitenniin teeskennellään. Ja se on pannujauhatusta (tai karkeampaa). Lisäbonus jos miljöö on sopiva että purut voi vaihvihkaa syljeskellä lattialle. Tuppilankkulattia (höyläämätön tietysti, mielellään kirveellä veistetty mutta sahattukin kelpaa). Ja joko kuksasta tai sitten siitä halvimmasta mahdollisesta korvallisesta pahvimukista minkä kanssa palaa sormet ja saa jännittää että sulaako liimat vai kuppi ensin.

Keletappi toki jo maalasi varsin fiinin suomalaiskahvilan sielunmaiseman niin hyvin että huono siitä on parantaa.