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Pandya

7:12 AM

@Wildcard I also think If questioner just tried to know about rsync from tag, then he could got answer!

Pandya

7:22 AM

@ekaj I also noticed that he is favourite-ing all of his question!

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Faheem Mitha

8:55 AM

This is wildly off topic, but I have an old laptop which runs Win XP, from 2007. Is this unsafe to use these days? From a quick survey, it looks like it is. I'm debating whether I want Windows on my laptop at all, but if so, what's the least awful choice?

Gilles

@FaheemMitha There's probably plenty of malware that it isn't protected against. But it depends what you do. I wouldn't use Internet Explorer there, or use it on a network that I don't control, but Chrome or Firefox always used behind a NAT (or a proper firewall) should be fine.

I'd recommend running it in a VM though, unless the goal is to play games.

Lots of bigcorps are still running XP, but there aren't any more security updates.

Faheem Mitha

@Gilles Yes, that's what I read.

Would a more recent version of Windows be better? And if so, which one?

I don't find the idea appealing, but occasionally one needs to run Windows software. Though the only thing I recall running is tax software.

@Gilles On a VM on the laptop, for example?

Would that make any difference from an infection standpoint?

Actually, as of right now, GRUB doesn't have a Win entry at all. So I can't even boot into it.

On my laptop, I mean.

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Pandya

10:23 AM

What do you think for following question in our community?

Q: What is the difference between micro-kernel and monolithic-kernel?

I heard that Unix/Linux is a monolithic-kernel whereas Hurd is micro-kernel. So, I want to know what is the difference between these kernel type?

Gilles

@Pandya haven't we had it before?

I think I've already answered it, but it might have been on a different site

Pandya

@Gilles I can't find in our community

@Gilles yes, some commented for another community : unix.stackexchange.com/questions/252836/…

Also started answering from them. But I want a Canonical one for our community.

Gilles

Q: How does Linux kernel compare to microkernel architectures?

I read once that one advantage of a microkernel architecture is that you can stop/start essential services like networking and filesystems, without needing to restart the whole system. But considering that Linux kernel nowadays (was it always the case?) offers the option to use modules to achieve...

linux kernel

if all you want to know is “what's a microkernel”, there's Wikipedia for that

Pandya

@Gilles Good! But I think that question focus on advantage of micro-kernel over monolithic by comparing it.

Gilles

@Pandya as opposed to your question, which… compares microkernels and monolithic kernels

Pandya

10:42 AM

@Gilles It may be duplicate. However now, visitors can easily reach to that by searching

Pandya

10:53 AM

Hurd = Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons.

Pandya

11:41 AM

@user from where you are trying to copy files?

If you are sure, you can use sudo

Actually no risk to source, but destination is important because overwriting withsudo may harmful but it depends upon destination

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user

@Pandya I am backing up my home to /run/media/user/encrypteddrive

thanks for all the help

Pandya

@user as, I said if you're sure about overwriting at destination, you can use sudo

user

ok great

@Pandya would "sudo rsync -av --delete --info=progress2 ~/ /run/media/user/encrypteddrive" be the correct command?

Pandya

yes

user

thanks

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terdon

1:19 PM

@cas Holy shit, really? That's great Cas! Does that mean you'll be off dialysis? Assuming all goes well, anyway?

Wally

2:05 PM

Is it possible to use jack to convert a audio out and mic in as line in?

I'd like to ask this question but am afraid I may get downvoted.

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Faheem Mitha

4:44 PM

@Wally Worry less about being downvoted. And if it happens, I'm sure you'll survive it. Many of us have been downvoted, and we're still here.

Gilles

5:25 PM

Q: How to run Unix?

I always wanted to try Unix but I can't seem to find an ISO file or somewhere to buy it. Is Unix published for the whole wide world to use or is it a special OS only for high-class servers, mainframes and supercomputers? Can I try it out? Does it comes in distros? This is like the problem I had ...