Oh the horror..

Installing Windows on the Custom Built Gaming PC for myself. This is the first new PC for me in a long time, and the first custom build I have done, and first GAMING PC I've built..

GAH - what have I done.

Merry Christmas

Happy holidays

Bah humbug.

Does that cover everyone?

@scottalanmiller said in ChromeOS vs Linux:

The idea behind ChromeOS is to be "set and forget." It's not meant to be twiddled with.

I get that,… why so popular with schools..

@scottalanmiller said in ChromeOS vs Linux:

@gjacobse said in ChromeOS vs Linux:

@travisdh1 said in ChromeOS vs Linux:

@gjacobse said in ChromeOS vs Linux:

The topic of ChromeOS and Linux has come up once or twice I believe.

I'm trying to help my brother deal with his 'wants' and 'needs' with using and older laptop for what he wants to do with his streaming provider (some cable company that rarely gets positive comments).

So, I have ChromeOS running on a older HP laptop.. no big deal and easy to have setup. No different than starting with any other Linux based system.

And now I am sitting here at the terminal window and all the commands I would expect to work in Linux are not the same in ChromeOS.

Have I managed to mislead myself in believing that the two - while different - are in a basic manner, the same?

Seems I need to know a different command base to perform things I already do in Linux on the x86 and ARM platforms...

That's why I picked up an Intel based Chromebook when I got one. I can load Ubuntu on it and work the way I normally would.

I've got no useful experience with with the ChromeOS shell.

I dont either. But he goal is not achievable under Ubuntu….

What does he want to do? Ubuntu can normally do much more than ChromeOS.

It’s what he can’t do on Ubuntu, Fedora, etc; he can’t stream (x) cable provider. Everything else he can.

It is akin to being able to use Peacock, Hulu, YoutubeTV but not Netflix… lame but about sums it up.

@nadnerB said in ChromeOS vs Linux:

I haven't had a lot to do with ChromeOS but the little that I have used wasn't great.
I'd pick something else if the use case/brief allowed for it.

I'd almost go with an Android tablet over ChromeOS, even taking Google's penchant for killing projects/product lines, if I liked the tablets specs

On the outside, the appearance of cOS looks decent, but the core engine is a mosh pit of unkept mice.

This is a really a small case of wanting to do one single task and being unable. Hey, I got him to consider Linux for more things than he had in the past… so now he wants to do one more.

All well and good, but sometimes it just isn’t possible.

I’ll add a ‘sub question’
Can you make cOS ignore one network adapter over another? Setting it to only know of/use the WiFi? And this is for NoMachine specifically ….

@travisdh1 said in ChromeOS vs Linux:

@gjacobse said in ChromeOS vs Linux:

The topic of ChromeOS and Linux has come up once or twice I believe.

I'm trying to help my brother deal with his 'wants' and 'needs' with using and older laptop for what he wants to do with his streaming provider (some cable company that rarely gets positive comments).

So, I have ChromeOS running on a older HP laptop.. no big deal and easy to have setup. No different than starting with any other Linux based system.

And now I am sitting here at the terminal window and all the commands I would expect to work in Linux are not the same in ChromeOS.

Have I managed to mislead myself in believing that the two - while different - are in a basic manner, the same?

Seems I need to know a different command base to perform things I already do in Linux on the x86 and ARM platforms...

That's why I picked up an Intel based Chromebook when I got one. I can load Ubuntu on it and work the way I normally would.

I've got no useful experience with with the ChromeOS shell.

I dont either. But he goal is not achievable under Ubuntu….

The topic of ChromeOS and Linux has come up once or twice I believe.

I'm trying to help my brother deal with his 'wants' and 'needs' with using and older laptop for what he wants to do with his streaming provider (some cable company that rarely gets positive comments).

So, I have ChromeOS running on a older HP laptop.. no big deal and easy to have setup. No different than starting with any other Linux based system.

And now I am sitting here at the terminal window and all the commands I would expect to work in Linux are not the same in ChromeOS.

Have I managed to mislead myself in believing that the two - while different - are in a basic manner, the same?

Seems I need to know a different command base to perform things I already do in Linux on the x86 and ARM platforms...

Had a few days to use before the end of the year.. so here I sit,.. about to take some HR trainings as the hotwater tank is being replaced.. (eye roll-face palm).

I am happy it's lasted as long as it has... eighteen years. So,.. there is that.

Domain, “ it’s time to change your password”

Me: changes password.

Computer, “No trust relationship with server.”

Me: WTF?

Reboot.

Computer, “nope”

Sigh- rebuilding,…

S A P
Troubleshooting recovery. Was a long day yesterday, as in sixteen hours long on normal day and participating in root cause of a performance issue with our systems. Included running two 150’ ‘patch cables to isolate some of it..

Boils down to it ain’t my network though the computer itself could use a replacement..

I tired- of course I didn’t just sit there, I helped the VP ship and palletize a few hundred orders…

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Merging several of my routinely used Powershell functions into a menud system.

Taking some time,.. but will put machine and user functions into one place. Something I’ve wanted to work on for a while..

I've done the same with VMware Snapshot cleanups. I'm about ready to post a new version of that before long. Just need to polish up a couple of things before I release it to the masses.

It has been interesting looking through the code snippets that my co-workers use to see how similar the mindset has been. There hasn't been much that I have added to my 'cobbled' menu. Likely a nicer / cleaner / stronger way to do this, but alas - I am not the one to build that.

Merging several of my routinely used Powershell functions into a menud system.

Taking some time,.. but will put machine and user functions into one place. Something I’ve wanted to work on for a while..

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Ordering yet another printer… and I think I have three more that will be needed in the near future…. Crimmy

Is it the worst of the worst and label printers?

Yup,.. I have a fleet of ZD621 printers and another large model with rewind…

Ordering yet another printer… and I think I have three more that will be needed in the near future…. Crimmy

Was in North Carolina for work the last few days. Was close enough I decided to see the sunrise over the Atlantic.

@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@gjacobse Slegehammer and go all OfficeSpace. Printer problems gone!

If only,..
We do global shipping to the tune of (rumored) $6mil,.. that’s just UPS fees..
So lots of prints.

So,… many,… printers,…

@CCWTech said in MeshCentral Future:

@gjacobse said in MeshCentral Future:

@scottalanmiller said in MeshCentral Future:

1.1.13 is out today!

Nice!

I am trying to lean those who would make the decision to go to Mesh over the ‘solution’ we use now.

What is that 'solution'?

DameWare

It ‘works’ but I dislike the limitations and aggravations with it.

@scottalanmiller said in MeshCentral Future:

1.1.13 is out today!

Nice!

I am trying to lean those who would make the decision to go to Mesh over the ‘solution’ we use now.

@nadnerB said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Moving from iOS to Android...
Honestly wasn't ready to but events have transpired to move things along.

Not sure how I feel about it.

I have been on iOS for ,.. since iPhone 3….

I do need Android for one task,.. which is a shame. Application isn’t available for iOS. (WoAD)