re @stopAI

indeed.

re vmware

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/13/anexia_vmware_to_kvm_migration/

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/first-they-ignore-you/

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/08/29/streisand-effect-apple-gets-concept-renderer-to-take-down-concept-art-for-being-too-realistic/

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/14/turns-out-barbra-streisand-is-aware-of-the-streisand-effect-but-seems-confused-about-it/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect

magic donutholes

mostly for future thread visitors, since nvidia-detect was mentioned:

https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers

mostly for the convenience of future thread visitors, since DD was mentioned:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ddrescue

also please visit the other projects as well for additional food for thought:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ddrescue#Unrelated_recovery_tools

sometimes i remember to remember to marvel at each and every successful storage media activation(but oh how the expletives flow when they don't...sigh)

typically customer initiated returns are a discrete opportunity to continually be on the lookout for counterfeits. the company feels fortunate that you don't feel the need to send it to one of the labs that does this:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/rejected-chips-hidden-microsd-cards-plague-the-usb-stick-market/

@zapper, golinux modification was only to add some text to the original post(no deletions iirc)

humor and/or "lack" of it, is a contentious/deep/wide subject/topic(and varies widely depending on a vast multitude of conditionals)

for one example consider the contributions of:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_de_Sade

anywho/nevertheless/andallthatjazz...

even the OT of the OP is such a deep subject that it is almost defies logical rational reasoned thought.

@yeti and all, we are already in the "off-topic" area and discussing "architecture(s)" IS what we are already doing.

so i see no reason not to cross-post(yeti-again, pun intended!):

https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=53863#p53863

https://archive.fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/rv_selfhosting_all_the_way_down/

we/us users/developers/engineers/etc. are all in this together and as long as there are people willing AND hardware available...and the two have access to each other(physical people AND physical hardware, no qemu please) then we will continue to see some antique architecture software availability.

wonder what architecture and operating system Voyager is using?

https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/12/21/0612239/voyager-1-signals-from-interstellar-space-detected-by-amateur-astronomers-on-1950s-telescope

amazing.

re: corsiar voyager GTX 128GB

this doesn't reference your specific model/version but i wonder if corsair support is still so lacking?

https://forum.corsair.com/forums/topic/29621-voyager-bootable-linux/

sidenote: in the early days of thumbdrives we came across some that had "special" drivers and software on them as well as an autorun function(windows executable) that would automatically install "drivers" and offer to install and set-up some sort of encryption capability that may or may-not have been just for these brand/make/model/version of thumbdrives(too long ago to remember exactly). also, back in those days there were questions regarding alignment/block-size/erasing/formatting/secure-deletion/trimming/etc...sigh...

i would like to know exactly what corsair has to say for themselves and a product that doesn't perform the same as _virtually_any_and_every_other_external_storage_media_ so please keep us informed(even if you just return it for a refund/exchange/etc).

guessing by now you've come across this webpage but just in case you haven't:

https://support.dynabook.com/support/viewContentDetail?contentId=4015505

were you able to determine if the functionality you desire was operational in the units original operating system?

do you need a brighter or dimmer screen and/or is the adjustment more for power conservation efforts?

keep us posted.

i seem to remember using "sudo gedit" for some files that required elevated privileges to save edits.

then i came across a commentary saying never to use plain "sudo" for gui applications but use "gksudo gedit" instead.

that was many years ago and i don't remember the exact scenario/situation but in those days when something went borked i just did a fresh install and carried on(simpler times...ha!)