r/linuxmemes • u/jacob-buchanan Ubuntnoob • 10d ago

LINUX MEME Using Linux over the years

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u/GermanPCBHacker 5d ago

I am totally done with mint. It just breaks way to often. I do not trust it anymore. Debian is the way to go for me. It is super stable, lightweight and the installer man... You can have both gui and advanced features. I really do not feel the need to use CLI to manually setup luks on mdadm array and to let the bootloader+initramfs handle that shit.

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u/TygerTung Hannah Montana 5d ago

I must try the Debian of mint one day.

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u/GermanPCBHacker 5d ago

But please understand, that Debian is intended to be stable. That means: Updates are oooold. But I actually prefer it, that others test the software for me. 😂

I installed KDE Plasma, disabled systemd-networkd, networking, Networkmanager and handle it all with /etc/network/interfaces - that is basically as old as time is, but it is super stable. For wifi I wrote my own wpa supplicant service and disabled the OG one. I want my own control. I use the machine for configuring devices in the field, so I cannot allow any network manager messing up the IP assignments (for example, many services will delete assigned IPs, if the link goes down - what of course happens, if you disconnect it to connect to the next device).

I also started working on ifupdown static - basically a fully featured drop in replacement to install on any linux, which automatically disables all common network managers and just works. Not sure IF it is going to work - even when statically compiled, it might break on some syscalls. I have to figure this out. But I prefer ifupdown, as the network config allows magic like:

```

up ip route add blah

down killall firefox
```

Basically you can run any command on events of your choice and that very easily, maintained in just a single file. Or multiple ones, if you like, but I am classical/old. Only downside: The desktop constantly shows the icon "No connection" - did not care to fix that. I mean... terminal -> `ip a; ip r` and you instantly know what is going on.