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What's your "Oh fuck, that actually worked!" Linux moment that made you feel like a wizard? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev
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For me, my high bar that I have yet to beat, was the time I pivoted the running OS (ubuntu) into RAM over SSH so I could unmount and image the boot drive without rebooting and loading a live USB (Which would have required a ticket with my provider to enable IPMI)

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[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 8 points 1 month ago

The real wizards are the folks who made KDE's printer integration. Or maybe CUPS.

[-] artifex@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago

I’ve you ever looked at CUPS code? Forget wizardry, it’s straight up Eldritch lore in typed form.

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