Comment on YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs

• the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.

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  • drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.

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    • BCsven@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That behavior is controlled in the gnome user session defaults

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    • FauxLiving@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It depends on the DE.

      Even still, typing mount /dev/sda1 external isn’t exactly Cirque du Soleil

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    • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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

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      • glog78@digitalcourage.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.

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      • drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I just click on it and it mounts and opens

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        This is Linux Mint btw

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  • BCsven@lemmy.ca ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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)

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    • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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      • BCsven@lemmy.ca ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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

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      • EnsignWashout@startrek.website ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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  • blue_canuck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Say what? That’s not true in the slightest, if the drive is mountable it will show up in your file manager.

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    • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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/

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      • BCsven@lemmy.ca ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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

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      • BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.

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  • the_q@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.

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