[-] Andi@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

To counter my own "easy to migrate" argument, DietPi includes a backup utility called 'dietpi-backup' (genius naming convention, I know!) which you can use to backup your whole system to another drive. And of course restore your whole setup on a clean install.

Also very useful for rollbacks if needed. I have a 2.5in 5400rpm 1TB drive attached to my DietPi server which is just for backups - it backs up every night at 2am and it's incremental too. I have 5 days of backups and it's one command and a couple of 'Enters' to get it rolling back to an earlier config - really easy and useful when a recent kernel update broke my ethernet adapter (Debian's fault - not DietPi!).

[-] Andi@feddit.uk 1 points 5 months ago

Though someone hacked it a few years ago and took it over. Demanded money from me and I told them to f off, as I hadn't used it for years.

[-] Andi@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago

Because the paid-for "bloat" is per region. If you don't define the region..... taps side of forehead

[-] Andi@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago

DietPi (based on Debian). Incredibly lightweight. Easy menu system for installing apps easily which it then maintains and updates for you, or you can easily install Docker if you prefer that (or both). Contains a backup system if you want to use that too.

[-] Andi@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

You misunderstood. The US is <10% of Samsung phone sales globally (I found retail sales online for their handset sales per country) . And they will know the stats of which of those phones ever used the magstripe feature. An educated guess of <1% of global users activating the mag stripe feature is a feature they can afford to cut, especially if it saves on cost.

[-] Andi@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

The other issues with SD card is security. Your data isn't safely tucked away, controlled by Knox if it's on a SD card which can be removed. And 'letting the user choose' just means that there needs to be configuration and extra options in firmware, which leads to backdoors and workarounds and a higher chance of comprimsed user data. (When they're not just stealing it off your device and selling it anyway...).

[-] Andi@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

It's armv7, but should be v6 compat.

[-] Andi@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Ooh, I like that too - thanks.

[-] Andi@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Second this. I moved from PiHole to AdGH and it's rock solid stable.

[-] Andi@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

You have Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) which will allow you to run Ubuntu within Windows.

Or you have Docker for Windows which also utilises WSL in a similar manner.

So yes, although not a native Windows exe, it's perfectly possible.

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