Can’t think of pro-LLM fan boys in the same light anymore.

And what happens when the AI is an official at work? “My boss says I am the second coming of Jesus and this expense is approved.”

Apt-cacher-ng doesn’t tend to expire automatically. It can be configured to keep the last version regardless. https://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~bloch/acng/html/maint.html#extrakeep

One can also use a cache to hold deb and rpm files requested by the machines. (Works great when running hundreds of systems.)

I like “apt-cacher-ng”. It will do deb and rpm. https://wiki.debian.org/AptCacherNg

https://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~bloch/acng/

Edit: better link

Offline repository caches for Linux have been a thing for decades. People absolutely pass binaries to friends.

Flatpac may not be suitable, but that is only one way to get software on Linux.

Makes one wonder if she was talking about powerful people that run governments?

Pretty much every Windows machine I’ve ever owned after a certain year requires you to type in your Bitlocker key, including my first-gen Surface Go from 2018.

This is interesting. I had a work computer require this ~4 years ago, but not one of the three since have (personal and different employers.)

Other options are LUKS with Tang and Clevis, or LUKS with SSH and Dropbear.

Sorry, I have no details.

Edit: Tang/Clevis are local software and a network server that provide keys. If stolen, won’t boot.

SSH and Dropbear make it so you can login to provide keys.

It is complicated. There are several options, each with tradeoffs in functionality, compatible software, and performance.

A simple method is to use one system as a desktop, and SSH into the others as “headless”.

Other options include making a K8s or HPC cluster (there are other cluster types).

Spreading a single set of communicating processes requires a low latency interconnect. Something better than Ethernet, like Infiniband. But many programs don’t support that.

What features do you want?

What should my first configurations and preparations

Write on paper your goals. Write on paper a list of your systems and what needs to speak with what.

Then pick the most important or simplest device and get it connected the way you want.

Fantastic! wonder how people are adjusting? Walking more, pooling trips, or avoiding slow roads?

I wondered at the definition:

defined as roads where lamp-posts were no more than about 180 metres apart.

Will this result in worse lighting to avoid the reduced speed limit?

At home, colors Whatever color the purpose is.

Gotta setup the double jeopardy…

For the out of the loop, but also lazy:

Android app that reveals installed apps which may be leaking your location data.

I did watch the video and that is what I qm saying.

Yes, but no.

The customer experience and expectations are different. American companies can do what Chinese companies are doing. American companies are unaware or unwilling to provide the same type of customer service (and likely will be at a higher price point.)

The two sets of companies have very different customer targets. (Good or bad…)

You put lots of time and effort in. Now it will be discarded due to decisions of others.

Sad and/or disappointed feelings are normal.

Take care of yourself.

Look up what system vendors will sell for that CPU. If they sell 256 GiB, then you are likely good.

I don’t find I ever upgrade after the first couple months. I would max it out or get multi CPU boards wherI cannot afford to max it out.

That isn’t hard to do.

One needs high priced lawyers.