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Anon is incompatible (thelemmy.club)
submitted 4 months ago by [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[+] -10 points 4 months ago (9 children)

Who the hell still uses flash drives in 2026? Especially a slow-ass USB-A one. I can’t think of a single use-case for them.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    Me. Linux distros (either install media or straight live boot disks like Tails), moving files larger than like fucking 2gb without relying on spyware or self hosting a cloud service, redundant backups of your most important files, rescue disks, and MORE! Only $16.99 for a limited time while supplies last see comment for details.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Linux distros (either install media or straight live boot disks like Tails)

    What’s the advantage of using a slow USB drive instead of just network-booting the install media or mounting it through IPMI?

    moving files larger than like fucking 2gb without relying on spyware or self hosting a cloud service

    Just send the data between machines using SCP, much easier and faster.

    redundant backups of your most important files

    Backups you do either to a NAS or to a Thunderbolt-connected SSD, not a USB-A drive. Again, much too slow to use a USB drive.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    What’s the advantage of using a slow USB drive instead of just network-booting the install media or mounting it through IPMI?

    Why spend 30 minutes setting up the networking when I could just plug in the USB and go do something else for 5 minutes?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    I don't have internet spawning from my ass, so it works better in non-connected environments.

    More importantly I have no fucking clue what any of that means, but I can plug rectangle into rectangle hole. And absolutely 0 "how to install linux" tuts come with your set-up, so I'm gonna guess most new people don't know how to either. "Do network magic because some dickhead wants to remove all ports" isn't going to be a selling point for them.

    Can I SCP my dad the pictures of my vacation from 3 states away? Maybe. Would he prefer I mail him a "zip drive?" Yes. Not everyone on earth is a 1337 H4x0r like yourself there zero cool.

    You really need your monthly 3rd redundant backup of your .kdbx file to be lightning fast? I can wait the .03 seconds it takes to transfer I'm not in as much of a hurry as you.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    I don't have internet spawning from my ass, so it works better in non-connected environments.

    Yeah, if you’re in the middle of a desert, Antarctica or in some jungle then I can imagine. But the majority of people who are not on a safari somewhere and live in a normal, populated area will have internet practically everywhere. You’d have to go out of your way to find a place without internet.

    More importantly I have no fucking clue what any of that means

    Then maybe just buy a Mac and get 99% of the benefits of a *nix system without needing the appropriate knowledge.

    Can I SCP my dad the pictures of my vacation from 3 states away? Maybe. Would he prefer I mail him a "zip drive?"

    He would prefer you sending him a simple WhatsApp message with your pictures instead of having to mess with a thumb drive.

    You really need your monthly 3rd redundant backup of your .kdbx file to be lightning fast?

    No. I need my hourly incremental backup of my entire drive to be fast.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Ohh you don't know poor people? I know more than one person without internet at home that just torrents at a friend's house, I'm one of them. Honestly I prefer it this way.

    Then maybe just buy a Mac and get 99% of the benefits of a *nix system without needing the appropriate knowledge.

    Yup, no poor people, got it. Linux is free using your existing hardware, Mac not so much. Moreover they're not much better than windows when it comes to privacy and control over your own hardware. Not really sure what benefits you're talking about because it sure as shit ain't those, unix based file system maybe, woohoo.

    Meanwhile I've been using linux for about 7yr without needing to know that garbage because "stick go into hole" works just fine for everyone but you.

    He would prefer you sending him a simple WhatsApp message with your pictures instead of having to mess with a thumb drive.

    He also cares about privacy actually, so no whatsapp. Delta Chat, but then Image Compression.

    No. I need my hourly incremental backup of my entire drive to be fast.

    You don't keep a spare spare spare of your most important files? Do you even offsite backup? Up your paranoia game my guy, skill issue.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I'll just laugh at you with my 256GB "slow" USB 3 flash drive if you ever need any boot utility like memtest or gparted then.

    Who use those? Well simply people who actualy maintain computers.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    If I need any of those I simply set the machine to network-boot. I have all of those and more available as network boot images on my LAN.

    Alternatively I can simply log in to the IPMI interface on any of my machines and attach the disk image as a virtual drive and boot it from that. No need to even physically go to the machine as all my x86 machines use server-grade hardware with remote management capabilities.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Those are not things all motherboard support, and the whole discussion stemed from laptop ports, do any consumer laptop (or any laptop at all) have IPMI?

    As for PXE boot, doesn't this one relies on the existence of a rj45 port on the target machine? Did you believe a laptop that replaced every port with usb-c somehow still had one of those?

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