NYC need do propose remaining trump tower

A lot of this is often down to shitty IT practices by the vendor who has little IT knowledge let alone decent security insight.

I helped support a new PCL installation (technician control PCs and software upgrade) in this exact scenario many years ago. The vendor came in expecting to treat our system as their own. Direct remote access to several over-specced, physical servers from the outside world, available on our core network, shared account names (and passwords!) across all devices, every account a local admin and their own domain admin account so they can make changes as required… Needless to say our security guy almost broke a rib from laughing so hard!

What they got was very different. I ended up doing fairly basic troubleshooting to get the shitty software working without it needing admin rights to run - XP era software running on Win7 clients so it was meeting basic folder and reg key write permissions - everything else was locked down as tight as we could. They didn’t even get admin on the servers.

A few years later I heard they’d reported that our site was their most reliable. Probably due to the fact that they (or the techs) couldn’t fuck with anything without our permission. Apparently their original configuration is normal in the industry… Shudder

It’s covered in the article

I feel this deep. Coming around full circle over the past 30-odd years.

Cutting my teeth mucking around and learning DOS 5 with friends on my families first PC, they were directories. Migrating to a support career where everything is stored in folders and now coming out the other side abandoning windows altogether and I’m back to calling everything directories again!

90% of the NZ population was right behind this… And then the tobacco lobby got their fingers into the govt and they folded like the cheap 1-ply TP they are. Fuckers!

That’s a good point and something I haven’t really considered but will keep that in mind moving forward - that’s part of my problem is not really being aware of what already exists or the most suitable method (or for different distros).

That’s what ended up getting me into trouble on Bazzite when I was attempting to use Fedora documentation thinking it’s similar and broke boot trying to mess with fstab. Only recently found out why that didn’t work!

Oh, thanks will look into those, might be a good alternative!

Popup on the screen:

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They aren’t even waiting for market saturation, they’re just speed-running straight into enshittification now

I’ve seen the same, it was fixed by selecting a different color profile under display settings

… And the fires are started by Jewish space lasers! Conspiracy confirmed! /s

Too little, too fucking late!

I second this, it’s why I went with Bazzite on my main rig - it just needs to work and be reliable. The last thing I want to be doing in my spare time is funking around trying to fix anything that happens to break.

All my other devices run whatever I feel like so I can scratch that curiosity-itch but they get reinstalled if anything major breaks and I can’t fix it in a reasonable amount of time

Yup, our shit-stain conservative govt rolled back one of the most popular policies in decades against the public desire, with legislation practically copied n pasted from tobacco industry lobbyists

So far, so good but I haven’t really thought about it since. It may not suit a purist, hardcore or someone who tweaks their system endlessly but for someone like me, I don’t want to spend me free time fiddling, breaking, then fixing my home gear.

Until Win10, I never liked to “upgrade” any OS, preferring a clean slate approach and from what I understand, that’s what I’ll get here. A clean new OS with each upgrade that eliminates any gradual degradation due to a build up of clutter and abandoned packages. All while the flat packs and my data/config reside safely in the use partition (anyone, let me know if I’ve got this wrong!)

Thanks! I’m genuinely encouraged by learning Linux. That’s why I’ve been documenting things here, to share with those like me who have tried before or hesitant to make the jump.

Agree - software is the greatest blocker these days. My recent software restriction was simply a tool I was only using for study.

I was still skeptical that it would be so easy as I’ve been burnt before by Linux on YouTube or articles that exclaim just how easy it is but I usually run into at least a couple of major issues that become a pain to overcome. Not so this time! Every PC I’ve cut over during this process has been painless.

Literally the only issue I’ve had to date was my monitor not waking from sleep - a minor fault that was fixed by selecting any colour profile that wasn’t the default.

As long as you are domain joined, group policy will get rid of all that BS (I think that’s the requirement, I’ve been out of ops for a couple of years now and the memories are fading fast!). These days, that’s the only way to make Win11 somewhat decent.

Definitely no hate for Arch, just me being a smart arse ;)

“High performers don’t waste their time arguing with the void on social media. Congrats, you just burned the only free hour you had after work.”

Bro, you’re literally just like those you despise. Talking of badges, don’t prick yourself with that “Sheriff of Linux” badge you made it out that bottle lid.

Edit: Sorry, where the hell did that link come from!? I swear it wasn’t there when I last looked!