So I’ve got an old Mac I use as a Plex server and I’m considering installing Ubuntu on a DOS-formatted partition I’ve already set aside. What I’m wondering is:

• Do I just need this one partition, or is it going to need an additional blank partition for VM/Swap?
• can I install Ubuntu on an external drive and then clone or dd the external install onto the internal partition I’ve set aside?

So although Paramount is being purchased by Skydance media, it’s being bankrolled by Ellison of Oracle software fame. Why he wants to run an entertainment studio, I have no idea.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/billionaire-larry-ellison-control-paramount-after-deal-bloomberg-news-reports-2024-09-05/

“It’s not like ‘ER.’ It’s not kind of ‘ER.’ It’s not sort of ‘ER.’ It is ‘ER’ with the exact same executive producer, writer, star, production companies, studio and network as the planned ‘ER’ reboot.”

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/michael-crichton-the-pitt-er-reboot-john-wells-noah-wyle-1236120015/

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/warner-bros-tv-michael-crichton-lawsuit-response-er-the-pitt-1236120286/

Just split it back up already.

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/warner-bros-discovery-ceo-david-zaslav-tough-tactics-nba-cnn-1236106600/

Not that I should be surprised, but trying to watch it today and it’s just talk talk talk talk. Commercials. More talk. Overhead shots of the stadium. People walking around in the rain. Talking head. Cut away to footage of Carl Lewis bitching about something. Instant replay of something they already showed. People hugging. Stadium shot. Human interest story. Commercial. Shot of Eiffel Tower. Promo for actual sports being shown on Peacock. Etc etc.

Meanwhile you can see there’s sporting events going on because they are showing them on the Jumbotron in the stadium shots. Really no excuse for this since most of this coverage is pre-recorded anyway.

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/halo-canceled-paramount-plus-1236075994/

Evidently screwing customers twice by making them watch ads for the same price they used to get ad-free has been profitable. Let the enshitification continue!

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/netflix-subscribers-277-million-q2-2024-earnings-1236076843/

In other news, their ad sales VP left this week for some reason.

Sounds pathetic. I wonder how many product managers have been in charge of Apple News since it started?

https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/07/16/apple-news-ads-may-get-much-worse-with-new-taboola-deal

Not since AOL Time Warner has there been such a boondoggle of media mergers. Way to go Zaslav!

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/warner-bros-discovery-rises-after-bofa-says-possible-sale-assets-likely-2024-07-16/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/warner-bros-discovery-explore-strategic-options-1235949753/

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/warner-bros-discovery-lays-off-1000-employees-finance-max-1236074169/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/warner-bros-discovery-should-explore-a-potential-sale-or-strategic-alternatives-bank-of-america-says/ar-BB1q6Bq9

Their Safari extension just stopped working. They reposted it under a new App Store entry. 🤷‍♂️🙄

https://www.ghostery.com/blog/adblocker-safari-app-migration

Good article about Nexstar’s race to the bottom. Maybe they can hire David Zaslav to help them run the CW further into the ground.

https://www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/jared-padalecki-fires-a-parting-shot-at-the-cw.php

I will be so glad when the flashback/flash forward/flashback fad of storytelling is over. Trying to watch “Manhunt”, and they can’t even be bothered to show the moments leading up to Lincoln’s assassination in order. It reeks of “the writing is weak — what can we do in the editing to spice things up?!”