What's your "Oh fuck, that actually worked!" Linux moment that made you feel like a wizard? (lemmy.world)

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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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[-] themoken@startrek.website 4 points 2 days ago

Yes! It used to be so hit or miss with Wine, but I played WoW in it around the same time and it was crazy that it worked (at least most of the time).

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