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deepsikh bros...??

>installing identical Linux distributions on multiple identical laptops for [reason] along with 8 specific software programs
>Software Manager seemingly arbitrarily decides whether it features certain programs and/or what versions they are from one computer to the next despite it being the same operating system and identical hardware
>learn how to use Flathub from terminal for uniformity purposes
>no real standardization on how they're formatted-like some have capitalization and others don't-but that's not an actual problem just tripped me up a couple times when trying to do them from memory, actually don't mind it at all and kind of reminds me of being a kid installing/opening stuff in MSDOS
>some software dev teams support flathub and others ignore it. Most software from there that I'm using is at or near current thankfully but one program called ffmpeg is literally version like 1.6 out of 7.0+ (thankfully it's one of the ones that seems to show up in the software manager without issue)
>further realize that I installed a lot of stuff from the Software Manager early on and will basically have to start over again back to a certain point

I'm tired boss. Frick Windows tho

>>110469
Why not use massgrave to install windows 10 ltsc on them all? It's a barebones utilitarian version of windows for businesses. Massgrave is easy and free. It's also used by microsoft tech support

>>110381
>how about you "seek" a deep connection with a divorce lawyer.

no thanks

>>110469
Yo HDV how much longer do you intend to host 4chon?

Let me remind you it would be trivial to redirect the domain 4chon.me to 8chan.moe/4chon via your domain provider (ackhtually it has to be Porkbun, you need to transfer 4chon.me to them, since Godaddy is an overpriced shitty service and doesn't support direct path redirection, just domain-to-domain), and to leave the current site up as a read-only archive accessible by its IP address for a few months or so.

If you're still interested in continuing hosting 4chon in the long run, you should switch to interserver.net, I just learned about their generous storage offer. Wouldn't be difficult to copy and migrate.

>interserver.net/vps/storage.html

For $3/mo they offer:
1000 GB storage
2 GB RAM

You're currently paying ramnode $4/mo for:
160 GB storage
512 MB RAM

More RAM doesn't matter for a site like this (could probably get by with even 256MB) but it's a nice bonus.

They have mostly good reviews it seems and according to archive.org they've been around since 1999:
>web.archive.org/web/*/interserver.net
>reddit.com/r/Hosting/comments/1l6u2ng/anyone_have_experience_with_interserver/
>reddit.com/r/webhosting/comments/kq6ngc/anyone_used_interserver/

Also don't forget to migrate the domain 4chon.me and your other domains to porkbun since you're being ripped off by godaddy's renewal rates.

However at the end of the day, just my opinion, I don't see any purpose in paying for 4chon let alone see any growth prospects for it because 1) the name "4chon" just implies a rip-off of 4chan to any layperson at a glance; the name is a curse if you care about growth, and 2) it provides no real niche that others do not, since moot/hiro brought back /pol/ in 4chan years ago, and 8chan, zzzchan, krautchan, mlpol, lolcowfarms, crystalcafe and others all have their niches with orders of magnitude more visitors. Also you need to focus on your biznis which has a high likelihood of failing (it's just the reality of smol biznisses) and not have to worry at all about whatever happens to your site.

>>110493
bro it's probably like 3$ a month to host this thing and this isn't the meta thread

>>110493
Börk Bun. I'll think about it. This host being around since 99 is maybe more of a selling point than the storage advantages and price alone heh. Not sure I want to expend the effort of changing hosts even though Godaddy is indeed a company with some odorous policies and illegitimate fees

Real talk if I quit my job and managed my business full time I would have much more free time in general compared to now tbh, I'm not worried so much about any of that stuff. I just need to get it set up. I'm only working so much right now because there's so many fixtures to take care of (and Linux anomalies to figure out like how to create a shared folder, which I believe is like three right clicks in Windows iirc) while still juggling my full time job.

>>110495
Please never ever have anything to do with 8chan.moe. That site has bad UI and captcha. Probably worse than 4chan. And that's saying something.

Whatever you do please keep this captcha and UI as close to the way it is right now.

>>110494
>>110496
I think the captcha is one-time per IP and the UI can be tweaked with CSS if 4chon were to migrate to the single board retirement home at 8chan.

Getting sick of Vivaldi's bugs, e.g. downloading files doesn't work at all if I leave the browser open long enough and it's impossible to restore closed windows. They seem almost as incompetent as the Brave team.

Some people have suggested I try out 32-bit Firefox (non-ESR) with:
addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/auto-tab-discard
accessibility.force_disabled set to 1

and obviously with uBO, and see if this piece of shit browser still leaks memory, by monitoring YouTube and DeepSeek tabs and "GPU Process" in about:processes as the main test.

Considered trying out Pale Moon with addons.palemoon.org/addon/suspender even though it's run by some furries and lolcows, but it doesn't support many add-ons for Firefox like Sponsorblock, enhanced-h264ify and others which is a deal-breaker.

>>110495
I don't know if these people are lying but Godaddy would be scumbags if this is true:

>reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/2er8c4/domain_name_registered_on_godaddy_after_i_looked/
>reddit.com/r/ecommerce/comments/wrmykl/did_godaddy_steal_my_domain/
>reddit.com/r/digital_marketing/comments/1hjvk9x/warning_godaddy_might_be_snatching_your_domain/
>reddit.com/r/Domains/comments/1jmh7pf/godaddy_stealing_domain_name_after_searching/
>reddit.com/r/Domains/comments/1f1lm3y/godaddy_stealing_domain_within_minutes/
>reddit.com/r/Domains/comments/1epu156/godaddy_is_stealingpricing_up_domains_after_you/

>have everything I can install via flatpak installed
>need to install Samba (whatever that is) via sudo ito make it so computers can communicate over local network for some reason
>installation failed due to what appeared to be a permissions issue on three or four machines, not sure
>once again, these machines are ostensibly identical and have been set up as such
>set up a shared folder
>given a notification that permissions are insufficient or whatever (maybe I'll write down the specific error later)

Maybe I was foolish assuming that it would be easier to set up a network on Linux just because it's the go-to for network stuff for professionals

>>110504
You are quite literally asking 4chon to die. I see through you're "neutral" take. Faggot.

Troonix sisters...??

https://wccftech.com/microsoft-wants-to-bring-steamos-level-of-gaming-performance-to-windows-11-cutting-back-ai-bloat-k2-project/
https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-finally-agrees-windows-11-has-problems-and-k2-is-its-plan-to-fix-them-claims-report/
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/news/windows-k2-microsoft-s-plan-to-fix-windows-11-bloat-ads-gaming-and-performance-issues/ar-AA2258pR

>>110702
>You are quite literally asking 4chon to die.
That's a good thing. All these spinoff shitboards, oh hell ALL image boards, need to be uninstalled and all backups deleted and Gutmann wiped. The age of anon is over.

>>110744
>winutil
>remove putlocker
>disable updates/disable uploading
>disable startup processes

thats all you need to do, you dont need windows help on that

>>110702
On ze contrary mister bond. I expect you to DIE!

I remember chuds were like "only China would do dis, we're in da free world!"

>>110877
depressing. Hopefully Jesus comes back and destroys the earth soon.

>>110882
yeah for sure, cant wait for the magical man to magic the bad away magically

American AI chatbots will require mandatory ID verification after the passing of this bipartisan bill

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/bill-banning-ai-companions-kids-155110424.html
https://www.engadget.com/2161370/senate-judiciary-committee-unanimously-approves-ai-chatbot-age-verification/
https://www.hawley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GUARD-Act-Bill-Text.pdf

Big Tech has no reason to lobby against this because they would too would love to data-mine individuals accurately.

>>110920
Looks like I'll be back to using deepseek soon

>>110920
i never use any AI chatbot

I keep seeing ads like this on YouTube.

>>110937
not sure what you'd want someone to respond to this with
ok?
wow thats bad
wow thats good
>AI

>>110939
People were talking about AI and I saw an ad about a chatbot AI using a bizarre fetish picture of Frieren in a gimp suit.

>>110942
did you get mad because shes 'your waifu'?

>>110962
leave his waifu alone

>>110962
No, I just thought it was a funny coincidence.

>>110963
That is hands down one of the funniest fucking pictures I have seen in years

>>111012
really?

>>111039
try updating bios, make sure chipset driver is latest, update the SSD's firmware if available, use DDU to remove gpu driver and try adrenalin 25.9.1. also check in event viewer if there are any error messages that can give a clue prior or during its crash in system & application sections. i think the most likely cause is gpu driver, try different vers.

>>111039
try installing windows 11

How the FUCK do I make user and network permissions to be congruent across multiple linux machines (I guess using Samba?) so I can HAVE A FUNCTIONAL NETWORK AND SHARED FOLDER(s)? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>111043
hows any1 supposed to guess wat u tryin to do

>>111044
I just want to share a folder across number of Linux machines but instead of right-clicking a couple times like in Windows I have to like, figure out multiple sub layers of permissions apparently in Linux. Like Samba isn't even sudo-installing properly on some of said machines it seems like heh.

>having these problems despite multiple identical machines and identical distribution installs is quite perplexing to me ngl

>>111046
what are these machines for? is pirating windows not an option? do they have to be internet-connected?

>>111048
Pirating windows is unfortunately not an option. These computers are for a public-facing organization. The risk that someone would investigate something like that is pretty nil under normal circumstances but I want to keep my nose as clean as possible (I've heard that sort of thing happens with disgruntled employees most often but that's besides the point). I just want to store a few directories where all of my in-person clients will have access to them and my favorite based nerd schizo OS is NOT making this easy. lol heh

Think the Linux Mint forums or some other specific resource would be helpful?

>internet-connected

Not at this time, they're just all connected to a wireless router. I think it's kind of cool you can just make an intranet like that even though I'm having a bit of a hard time lmoa

>>111049
you said just a few machines failed to install samba, so uninstall and reinstall them:

sudo apt purge samba samba-common samba-common-bin
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt update
sudo apt install samba

make sure /etc/samba/smb.conf exists after installation

check these tutorials:
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=377372
https://fullmetalbrackets.com/blog/setup-a-samba-share-on-linux-via-command-line
https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/install-and-configure-samba
https://www.zentyal.com/news/linux-samba-server/
https://glovesoff.substack.com/p/samba-on-linux-the-easy-way
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Main_Page

if you ever get tired of troonix and need legit windows pro copies, you can just buy keys for $5 each:
https://www.gamers-outlet.net/en/buy-windows-10-professional-n-retail-cd-key-microsoft-global
they're legit:
https://old.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/wc5zj6/are_gamers_outlet_windows_keys_a_scam/
https://www.trustpilot.com/review/www.gamers-outlet.net
install Win10 Pro N using below ISO but do not activate or plug in internet until automatic updates are disabled:
https://os.click/en/Windows:Windows_10:22H2:19045.4894:Multi-Edition:en-us:x64
do not allow it to update, keep internet unplugged/unconnected until you have set "Configure Automatic Updates" to Disabled in gpedit.msc (Local Group Policy Editor):
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/8013-enable-disable-windows-update-automatic-updates-windows-10-a.html#option2
remove "PLUGScheduler" from Task Scheduler to disable End of Service nag screen:
https://www.askvg.com/a-new-journey-with-windows-full-screen-message-in-windows-10/
and de-telemetrize and debloat with shutup10++ and winutil:
https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10
https://github.com/christitustech/winutil
install the latest BIOS, chipset, gpu, power management, touchpad, keyboard and wifi drivers for all laptops
(this is the main pain point of mass windows installations unlike troonix).
after installing the usual programs, check these file sharing tutorials:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/111783-share-files-folders-over-network-windows-10-a.html
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/file-sharing-over-a-network-in-windows-b58704b2-f53a-4b82-7bc1-80f9994725bf
https://pureinfotech.com/setup-network-file-sharing-windows-10/

I sure love how Mozilla makes it as tricky as possible to disable the stupid update notification nag pop-up on Firefox that pops up 3 times a day no matter what settings you tweak in about:config because these fuckwits intentionally made the browser ignore those settings

>old.reddit.com/r/browsers/comments/154o58v/comment/loht2vz/

At least they finally seem to have fixed the memory leaks, at least with the 32-bit version with some tweaks (>>110505)

>>111055
Thanks for the resources. If I give up trying to fight uphill against open sores I wouldn't be averse to dropping a few hundo on some genuine keys ig tbh heh

>>111055
if meth were a 4chon post, touch grass

>>111103
Literally wife material