Posted on 01/14/2019 6:37:20 AM PST by ShadowAce
Nice script. I also write script-generating scripts. I've got one that I run monthly to generate 2-3 different scripts (depending on the remote server) onto a remote server, with an Excel spreadsheet as the input. It has saved me weeks of time over the course of a single year.
I stole it from somewhere. I couldn't write that has 'sed' line.
Just wondering why you used Excel? I've seen scripts that parse/modify OpenOffice spreadsheets that work really well, because XML is fairly easy and straightforward to parse.
Historically speaking, that is the tool used to maintain our list of servers. It contains name, IP, OS, Date of monthly update, whether or not to reboot it after the update, and the server's application owner, as well as the server's admin on our team.
I just used an existing information source to make my job easier. We probably could go to LibreOffice, or OpenOffice, but the maintainer uses a Mac, and he inherited the spreadsheet from a former maintainer. It's just easier to keep what we know works. :)
Here’s an idea. Above I posted the directions on how to make a Linux Boot USB stick. Do this on your current working machine. Then boot the one you are working on from the Linux stick. This will override the password protect for you and get a usable OS up and running.
Now if at this point you want to just go ahead and install the linux it will also give you the option to reformat and wipe the drive clean as part of the install options set up. You can always make it a dual OS machine later if you like. But if you get the Linux version I have you are going to like it and not miss windows much at all.
I figured it was something like that. Inertia isn't just for physical things!
I really hope!
They've put all the source code for Windows 10 into github, believe it or not. You could theoretically compile it and make it work. That's a lot of work, though.
The bigger problem isn't the code it's the support. When they no longer provide the security patching is when I'd stop using it. The Internet is a cesspool, and I'd be too worried about getting infected.
But the company really has changed. The boomers who founded it are almost completely gone, and now it's filled with Mellenials. I hardly go to Redmond anymore. Even the dining halls show MSNBC non-stop, like an airport with CNN, but worse!
Know what? I’m not for sure all that security patching was even needed. I have been running Win 7 with no problems and have had my updates turned off for about 6 years now. Strange right? lol
Bump for later.
Thank you sir!
aaaannnnd you just scared everyone off
Lol... I was thinking the same thing. You gotta use Code??? I’m done... lol
Sadly, Mint is stopping support for KDE after 2021 :/
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I think what they have done is compiled the best of the best and incorporated it all into one core base. Have you tried cinnamon or mate yet? Pretty sure they will handle anything you use in KDE. These will be the core base they will be upgrading from now on. But I am kind of new to it and digging cinnamon. Reading around it looks like many have liked the move from KDE to cinnamon. :)
LOL. Looks like it!
Continue as planned, or go ahead? Need some input.
A week wouldn't be bad, and would keep the haters from freaking out as much (though they seem to be a definite minority these days). It might make sense to do one on Monday and one on Thursday as well. Really depends upon how busy you are.
I have an issue with my media player that I'm hoping someone will be able to help me with that I was going to post on the next thread.
LOL! I'm winging this. I will have to go and find the content for the next one.
You mean now you can right click on a icon in the Start menu equivalent and then go to the source of the program? Or are they still hard to find? I am tempted to once again install Mint to show the differences, plus the lack of truly comparable software (like AutoHotKey).
Linux has much potential as a Desktop (though that genre is decreasing) and could be made a much more viable alternative, ut I fault the "easy as windows" line as hype, and having tried every major and many minor distros myself I find it lacks the ease of customization and comes short in truly comparable 3rd party software (without which Windows would be much less able). But just most people do not customize their computer much and are satisfied with the defaults, and most actually choose the Chrome browser over Firefox ESR with its vastly more extensive abilities for the power user (which also work in Linux) then many more could switch to Linux if they felt the need to.
On the other hand are those who want to their computer software computer to do much more, and know coding, and thus Linux is the best option for them.
For me I would be missing some functions unless I knew how to code (aside from a few simple scripts)
. But thank God for alternatives. What if we had to rely in the gov, for computers and software?
You mean like much Broadcom wireless?
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