It was just my media rips. So to say it was “lost” is a bit dramatic I suppose. I just had to spend another two weeks re-ripping my DVD and Blu-ray collection to restore the lost archives. (Without the RAID this time lol)

I ran a software RAID5 via LVM2 and when a failure occurs it becomes some voodoo magic that not even the maintainers understand.

Lost 6TB of archives.

Any chance you can open up a Shizuku instance to disable the system launcher? That should cause the TV to automatically boot into your installed launcher instead.

I used aShell to accomplish this on my device.

I’m a Birdtray user myself. All I needed was the ability to minimize to tray icon, and the ability to click the icon to bring it back up.

Hasn’t disappointed me yet.

You sound like you are one step short of wiring up a giant lever to dramatically pull down when you want to power on the computer.

uhhhhh…

oh, duh, how could I forget about my applicon™ PCI2000PFB fieldbus network interface card. I use it every single day!

I can’t even find a device to complete the joke.

oh no! Now I can’t use my… one moment.

That… doesn’t make sense. The Windows NT line changed the way hardware and drivers interacted with a new Hardware Abstraction Layer, so a WinME driver wouldn’t load in Win11.

Additionally, Win7 changed it so that drivers require certification and signature, which I could guess the certification would come in grandfathered, but the signature certainly wouldn’t be there for a WinME driver.

Why even complain about a 300kb driver sitting in System/SysWOW64, as it isn’t going to reside in RAM until the actual device is plugged in… so it’s actually a good thing to keep. I’m glad they don’t act as the arbiter of what is too old and force people to purchase new hardware when the old stuff still works.

You should be able to use dd to create bootable device. Ubuntu has a guide, just replace their iso with yours: scroll all the way down to Using the Linux command line

Wow! That’s not even listed on their Amazon storefront.

Thank you so much!

I have an antique AUKEY that has been limping by for quite a while now, and that’s exactly what I need. Ordering it now.

every Viofo I’ve checked had WiFi + app. Even the cheap ones.

Got a link? I’m actually in the market for a replacement and have had no luck finding a simple device.

It’s an impossible ask. Even the cheap $20 imports require an app to set them up.

Privacy nightmare on multiple fronts, given the latest wifi/bluetooth scanning revelation.

Xbox started as the underdog, and while it didn’t hold a candle to PS2’s price and library… they at least brought some competition to the stagnating market after Sega’s departure. The Wii/360/PS3 era would have been so much worse without the 360.

and then when Microsoft stopped trying to compete and instead tried tying the brand to TV/Media/Windows, Sony and Nintendo seemed to collectively think that competition is pointless and the consumers must be wrung dry of any spare cash and ownership they could have.

If they really wanted the brand to turn around in an instant: Make Xbox Live service free. Offer a week-long game rental per month from a curated rotating list for every console owner. Get developers on their side by limiting predatory practices publishers are using. Start printing physical media with benefits like an included strategy guide, a poster, a map, or heck a sticker pack. Anything. Just get Xbox brand back in eyesight. It has to be tangible so that people can actually notice it while shopping instead of scrolling through a list on a storefront where it’d be missed.

But no- instead we have to talk about how there is a failure to monetize the brand. Boohoo, they can’t get even more money.

Wow, yeah I completely forgot that we used to connect directly to the internet. No gateway to shield us.

I used to get OS alert popup windows from random people connecting to the local Messenger Service with all sorts of scams.

A few things that people seem to have forgotten over the years:

The “Fisher-Price” visual style fiasco. (People claiming XP’s UI design choices were too unprofessional)

Extremely unstable on base release, with things only getting better after Service Pack 1.

Activation servers required to install the OS.

The start of Window’s Customer Experience Improvement Program telemetry.

Integration of Windows Update into the OS, which re-enabled Microsoft defaults like Internet Explorer, after patches were complete.

The start of confusing SKUs: Home Edition, Professional Edition, Media Center Edition, and Professional x64 Edition which was confusingly a re-badged Server 2003.

I’m sure I am forgetting a lot more. It wasn’t all sunshine and daisies like people seem to remember… but it was a lot better than now.

I still don’t get how telemetry is even legal.

If I purchase a vehicle from a previous owner, I do not have any agreement with the manufacturer regarding collection of my data.