Firefox’s default in-built download manager is hot garbage. It is so much more reliable to download multiple large files at once with a resource-friendly download manager.

I did perform the self-test function, the long version that says it will take 10s of minutes. Some of the errors were displayed with red text before the test. After the self test, it said that my drive passed and all the red errors showed up as “Old age” in black text, every single one.

(This is in the GUI app for smartctl)

It’d be bad if I were working on something and the entire thing just suddenly broke down before I have the time to save and backup 😅

I used the GUI program for SMART and the list of issues got marked as “old age”, all of them.

It’s the same error, no matter how many times I reinstall. I assume it’s a hardware issue

Yeah the important stuff is backed up, but I am still concerned my entire OS will suddenly go kaput. How fucked am I?

I still browse through the political communities occasionally but I hate how their posts absolutely dominate the main page by default.

Now you can thank yourself for making that good decision!

Yeah… I am so sorry but I’m just a beginner and all I see here is a bunch of jargon. I am trying the solution that @nightwatch_admin has suggested here at the moment.

Could you please point me to some sort of simple guide/video? If that’s not too big of a hassle

Yeah, it doesn’t :(

Yeah It’s more reliable in that way.

Still, I wish there was a something like a simple flag for the package manager so I could control if user data gets preserved.

I’m a bit surprised that that isn’t a feature.

(In Windows) If you uninstall a program using the “uninstall.exe” provided, you can tick an option to wipe all the data.

This is also available from the Control Panel’s “Uninstall programs” page. The “uninstall” button usually launches the “uninstall.exe” provided by the app’s devs.

I’ve never had this issue on Windows before

Thanks. I wish there was a more straightforward process though.

Every other OS I’ve used purges all app data after uninstalling, why is Linux different?

Here’s an excellent tutorial for that: https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ&t=0

Me too, and I’m surprised how I haven’t. As a kid I used to pirate stuff from tons of shady websites without any antivirus software on an outdated Windows XP.

What’s wrong with lemmyworld?

Germ Theory

Diseases used to be associated with paranormal powers or the wrath of gods in most cultures. The discovery of microorganisms and advancement of medicine may be our civilization’s greatest achievement.

Agreed, It does get stale.

I wish I could run it on my PC, though.

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Maybe someday when I can afford a better device.