Comment on YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs
the_q@lemmy.zip 2 months agoThat’s a lot of instructions just to use the computer you paid for and is yours…
Comment on YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs
the_q@lemmy.zip 2 months agoThat’s a lot of instructions just to use the computer you paid for and is yours…
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Linux has its stupid bullshit too, its just 12 of one and a dozen of another sort of situation. For example I don’t have to jump through hoops to mount a secondary drive on windows I just install the drive and there it is. But on linux I have to jump through all sorts of ridiculous hoops for some stupid reason. However it will auto mount flash drives and sd cards even though those are the ones more likely to pose a security risk.
drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I just plugged in an old drive to make sure I’m not going crazy, and I didn’t do anything besides hit the power button, log in, and open the file explorer:
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And its right there.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It depends on the DE.
Even still, typing mount /dev/sda1 external isn’t exactly Cirque du Soleil
BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
That behavior is controlled in the gnome user session defaults
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the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
articles like this wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t true, they will appear but they wont auto mount techhut.tv/auto-mount-drives-in-linux-fstab/
*some distros may auto mount but I never used one that did
glog78@digitalcourage.social 2 months ago
@the_riviera_kid @drosophila
As always on Linux you have different possibilities. Most big Desktop Environment's like KDE / GNOME / Cinnamon .... can mount devices automatically or on a click on the device. No need for additional entries in fstab.
If you however want a more general approach you can use systemd's automount or a fixed mountpount using fstab.
Most normal Desktop User's will be totally fine with the DE Solutions.
drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I just click on it and it mounts and opens
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This is Linux Mint btw
blue_canuck@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Say what? That’s not true in the slightest, if the drive is mountable it will show up in your file manager.
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
articles like this wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t true, they will appear but they wont auto mount techhut.tv/auto-mount-drives-in-linux-fstab/
BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
I think people are confused because the difference between mount on access and mount on boot is meaningless for 98% of people. I can think of reasons to need the latter, but not many.
BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
This article is more for a headless server. Any DE is going to present disks to you. And if some odd quirky drive doesn’t, you go into the disks app and click the play icon on the drive you want to mount
the_q@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Yeah, but again you don’t have to do all this stuff just to use the PC. And for having the tiny user base Linux does it’s amazingly pro-user compared to the monopolistic bullshittery that is Microsoft Windows.
BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
What are you running? Mine just shows up, I double click it and supply the encryption password and it’s mounted. (Which could be skipped if it wasn’t encrypted)
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
So many people do not understand the “auto” part of auto mount, clicking on it first is not auto mount. Auto mount means its mounted on boot not after you click on it.
BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
You can set it to do that. Same as you do in windows when you assign a drive letter, it then will automount that drive. You can do that in Linux in the disks tool
EnsignWashout@startrek.website 2 months ago
So you’re complaining that you have to click on it - once every two years - when you reboot…
That’s rough, buddy.
I joke. But also, I guess if you feel that strongly about wasting my a click, Linux is definitely the OS for you.