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A Samba Share on Manjaro

Manjaro is one of the better Arch based Linux distributions, but it has notorious frustrations with Samba. The latest rounds of frustration come from the fact they should have never supported Ubuntu Snaps. Snaps are insecure. Because of that insecurity Manjaro had to add apparmor. That gets us back to the classic issue with Manjaro. Developers behind the distro always view conflicts between packages as “someone else’s problem.” Creating Your Share I had a spare … A Samba Share on ManjaroRead more

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The Viciously Sad State of NAS Disk

Like many of you, I was duped into buying WD RED disks when I originally set up my F4-210 NAS. Western Digital marketed WD RED as the pinnacle of NAS storage drives. Since you are reading this post you probably know what is coming. This is kind of an all around failure. You know how there are drive lights on the front? Whenever a drive is having trouble the light for it is supposed to … The Viciously Sad State of NAS DiskRead more

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Beware Hiring “Companies” Hosted on GoDaddy

Hiring scams are back in vogue because the job market is shit. Despite what the Imbecile-in-Chief in the White House blurts out of the ass sitting on his shoulders, the job market is shit and hiring scams are rampant. Thieves have gotten better at faking the jobs as well. If you work in IT or another high paying field requiring a college degree, and you have your resume posted on any job board, you will … Beware Hiring “Companies” Hosted on GoDaddyRead more