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Is there any easy way to install a Linux distribution directly to a USB drive?
  • Yes. Just partition the drive manually, install packages with debootstrap, bind-mount /proc, /sys and /dev, chroot into it and install a bootloader. If you don't understand what I say, you have to run an installer, possibly in a VM.

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    I made a local APT repository that automatically fetches DEBs and AppImages from anywhere
  • If I'd decide to implement something like this, I'd consider two options: local repo with file:// scheme or custom apt-transport. HTTP server is needless here. (But I'll never do this because I prefer to rebuild packages myself if there's no repo for my distro.)

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    Is there any way to save storage on similar images?
  • No, it is impossible to solve this on filesystem level. In theory, it would be possible to adopt some video codec for compression of such photo series, but it would be a lot of work to integrate it into immich.

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    Is Linux (dumb)user friendly yet?
  • There's one case when you can't avoid using command line. If you ask someone on Internet to help you, he will say you to type some commands. No window clicking, no screenshots will help. All GUIs are different, but CLI is (almost) always the same, and its output is well searchable. That's why you see numerous command line listings in each topic discussing problems and could decide it's impossible to use Linux without coding.

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    Is Linux (dumb)user friendly yet?
  • In depends on how dumb the user is. If you want to see drive C:\ and don't want to learn why there's no such a thing, forget about Linux (and any other OS except the only one you are familiar with). If you are ready to learn new concepts and just don't want to remember numerous commands, that's OK, just pick up a distro with advanced DE and graphical admin tools.

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    How dare you use a text editor because it's easy to use
  • "Easy to use" means that you do less and get more. Learning doesn't count if you learn something once and then use the skills you obtained many times.

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    How dare you use a text editor because it's easy to use
  • No, some piano plays are still harder than others, mo matter how long you practice. Editing text with vim is easier than with nano after some practice.

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    How dare you use a text editor because it's easy to use
  • Vim (or emacs, or any other advanced text editor) is much easier to use than nano when you need to do something more complex than type couple of lines.

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  • What a hell is going on? I expect to see everything inside backticks exactly as I typed, but something happens to ''>" and "<" characters. In the preview everything is fine, but after submitting the post it breaks:

    • "<" → <
    • ">" → >
    • "<<" → <<
    • ">>" → >>
    • "<a>" → ``
    • "</a>" → ``
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