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Shiina

SShiina A windows 10 pc with a. 3700x 64gb of ram and an Rx 6600 XT

CharlieBros

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CharlieBros•1/17/24, 8:46 PM

Uff, the dream!

Shiina

SShiina Is it fine to just select my windows OS drive?

tryhardsoccermomswag

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tryhardsoccermomswag•1/17/24, 8:47 PM

yes keep in mind, it will wipe everything on that drive

Shiina

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ShiinaOP•1/17/24, 8:47 PM

Well I think I backed up everything on my OS drive that I cared about

termdisc

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termdisc•1/17/24, 8:47 PM

whatever that Netac SSD 512GB has will be wiped. do take care to pay attention to which drive is checked

Shiina

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ShiinaOP•1/17/24, 8:48 PM

Wait what the hell it says it don't have enough space?

Kyle Gospo

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Kyle Gospo•1/17/24, 8:48 PM

You've only selected the drive, you have to pick the reclaim space option

Kyle Gospo

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Kyle Gospo•1/17/24, 8:48 PM

That's what deletes everything off of it

Shiina

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ShiinaOP•1/17/24, 8:48 PM

Root account? Yes or no?

Kyle Gospo

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Kyle Gospo•1/17/24, 8:49 PM

no, normal account w/ admin checked

Kyle Gospo

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Kyle Gospo•1/17/24, 8:49 PM

no root

Shiina

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ShiinaOP•1/17/24, 8:50 PM

What do I put in the full name Field?

Shiina

SShiina What do I put in the full name Field?

HikariKnight

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HikariKnight•1/17/24, 8:50 PM

the displayname you want for the account

Shiina

SShiina What do I put in the full name Field?

termdisc

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termdisc•1/17/24, 8:50 PM

whatever you feel like telling the OS your name is

termdisc

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termdisc•1/17/24, 8:50 PM

some people do real names. others do aliases

Shiina

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ShiinaOP•1/17/24, 8:51 PM

And the username is what the OS uses for like commands?

termdisc

Ttermdisc there's a certain irony about how one of the old selling points about Linux is n...

CharlieBros

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CharlieBros•1/17/24, 8:51 PM

At least when you reboot, everything is done, no "applying updates"... right?

Shiina

SShiina And the username is what the OS uses for like commands?

termdisc

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termdisc•1/17/24, 8:51 PM

/home/USERNAMEHERE/home/USERNAMEHERE

termdisc

Ttermdisc now I restart or shut down more often than I ever have

Kamquat

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Kamquat•1/17/24, 8:51 PM

Eh even plain (non-immutable) Fedora has the user reboot to do updates.

CharlieBros

CCharlieBros At least when you reboot, everything is done, no "applying updates"... right?

termdisc

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termdisc•1/17/24, 8:52 PM

the updates are staged while in session or during reboot, so I think the answer to your question as intended is yes

Shiina

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ShiinaOP•1/17/24, 8:52 PM

Like this?

termdisc

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termdisc•1/17/24, 8:52 PM

if you want to call yourself

user

user

, then yes

termdisc

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termdisc•1/17/24, 8:52 PM

add a password

termdisc

Ttermdisc if you want to call yourself `user`, then yes

CharlieBros

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CharlieBros•1/17/24, 8:53 PM

Actually, @E-Waste Gamer I'll recommend you to call your username "deck"

CharlieBros

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CharlieBros•1/17/24, 8:53 PM

Some software and plugins expects your username is called deck

Shiina

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ShiinaOP•1/17/24, 8:53 PM

Ah nice catch

CharlieBros

CCharlieBros Actually, @E-Waste Gamer I'll recommend you to call your username "deck"

tryhardsoccermomswag

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tryhardsoccermomswag•1/17/24, 8:53 PM

this is going to be on their PC

Shiina

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ShiinaOP•1/17/24, 8:53 PM

I'm using deck UI

CharlieBros

CCharlieBros Actually, @E-Waste Gamer I'll recommend you to call your username "deck"

termdisc

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termdisc•1/17/24, 8:53 PM

I do not agree with this

tryhardsoccermomswag

Ttryhardsoccermomswag this is going to be on their PC

CharlieBros

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CharlieBros•1/17/24, 8:53 PM

Yes but they want to use the deck image

tryhardsoccermomswag

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tryhardsoccermomswag•1/17/24, 8:54 PM

oh ok and yeah i dont agree either

CharlieBros

CCharlieBros Yes but they want to use the deck image

Kyle Gospo

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Kyle Gospo•1/17/24, 8:54 PM

better those extensions fix their shit than force people to use "deck" as their username

tryhardsoccermomswag

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tryhardsoccermomswag•1/17/24, 8:54 PM

decky, emudeck, retrodeck, whatever

Kyle Gospo

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Kyle Gospo•1/17/24, 8:54 PM

it's very few of them

termdisc

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termdisc•1/17/24, 8:54 PM

@Kyle Gospo put in quite a bit of effort to not require deckdeck be the user name

tryhardsoccermomswag

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tryhardsoccermomswag•1/17/24, 8:54 PM

they all should be fine with any username

termdisc

Ttermdisc I do not agree with this

CharlieBros

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CharlieBros•1/17/24, 8:54 PM

How so? I think even @Aru has recommended this? Have been I lied? ��

termdisc

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termdisc•1/17/24, 8:54 PM

it's old news

CharlieBros

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CharlieBros•1/17/24, 8:54 PM

Aaaah I see

CharlieBros

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CharlieBros•1/17/24, 8:55 PM

Damn, everything moves so fast, hard to keep up, and I read everything here, everyday, sheesh

Shiina

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ShiinaOP•1/17/24, 8:55 PM

Is a password required and would I need it to log in or is it just to authenticate stuff?

termdisc

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termdisc•1/17/24, 8:55 PM

if we rewind about 20 months, then yeah, it's a valid recommendation

Shiina

SShiina Is a password required and would I need it to log in or is it just to authentica...

CharlieBros

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CharlieBros•1/17/24, 8:55 PM

AFAIK is just to authenticate stuff... right? Like Steam has the PIN system similar to the XBox

termdisc

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termdisc•1/17/24, 8:56 PM

but all of the reputable plugins and software have been updated to use

$HOME

$HOME

as needed

CharlieBros

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CharlieBros•1/17/24, 8:56 PM

Or have I been lied again

Shiina

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ShiinaOP•1/17/24, 8:57 PM

Idk why but this is kinda exciting lol

CharlieBros

CCharlieBros AFAIK is just to authenticate stuff... right? Like Steam has the PIN system simi...

tryhardsoccermomswag

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tryhardsoccermomswag•1/17/24, 8:57 PM

certain software needs a user password

Shiina

SShiina Idk why but this is kinda exciting lol

CharlieBros

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CharlieBros•1/17/24, 8:58 PM

Testing stuff is exciting, I distrohopped like nobody's business, just for fun

tryhardsoccermomswag

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tryhardsoccermomswag•1/17/24, 8:58 PM

it's recommended you use a user password as long as the user can remember it

tryhardsoccermomswag

Ttryhardsoccermomswag it's recommended you use a user password as long as the user can remember it

termdisc

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termdisc•1/17/24, 8:58 PM

for further emphasis, please for the love of your deity of choice, remember your password

Shiina

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ShiinaOP•1/17/24, 8:59 PM

I have no diety I just default to the 9 aedra lol