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    [SOLVED] Installing Ubuntu Server in an external drive

    Just a follow up, I managed to do it! =) I kept insisting, asking ChatGPT for help, and it posted me quite a lot of actions was should try. In the end, it turned out to be a problem with a few VirtualBox dependencies. I had to try installing various dependencies, many of which wouldn't go...
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    [SOLVED] Installing Ubuntu Server in an external drive

    That I understand.. that wasn't my doubt. I didn't manage before to create the VM in the ext drive. Then you suggested I added my user to the vbox user list, and I did, but then I didn't understand what you meant by booting USB in vbox. This is a new piece of information, I managed to save a...
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    [SOLVED] Installing Ubuntu Server in an external drive

    Hey, thanks for your reply. I'm doing what you suggested, and just added my own user to vbox's user list. Now, after reboot, I don't understand to 'Boot USB in VirtualBox'. What exactly should I do here? I'm guessing it's not booting up on Manjaro and then trying to create the VM in the...
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    [SOLVED] Installing Ubuntu Server in an external drive

    Hello, everyone! I'm running a Manjaro distro in my machine, and I want to set up an Ubuntu Server with Nextcloud as a local home server, for all our day-to-day file usage. I don't have another computer in which to install Ubuntu Server fully, so I was wondering if I could use a 2TB external...
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    Newbie: setting up a new home network

    Oh, wow! Thanks a lot! I'll make sure to try these suggestions. For the time being, I started a Nextcloud account with a Swiss server, that offers 2GB per account. It isn't much, but that will do for now. I'll keep posting here if I manage to setup a better configuration in the near future...
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    Newbie: setting up a new home network

    I did ask for a quotation for their tech support. They sell yearly subscription services starting from about €2k, for up to 50 users. Most of the pages in their forums were exclusive for their customers, I couldn't access it without paying for the service. I didn't try the IRC channel yet. What...
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    Newbie: setting up a new home network

    Hello all! As part of my migration away from big corporation software, among other things, I would need to use a FOSS cloud storage service. Having done some research, I concluded Nextcloud would be a great option, so I started the installation process in my home desktop (running Arch Linux)...
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    Transitioning away from corporate and into open source

    Yes, I have installed KDE Plasma =) Thank you =) I believe what caught my eye was the challenge of installing it yourself, for the most part. It was pretty much a personal challenge I put myself into, not to mention that I get to choose everything I want to install or not, which leads both to...
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    Transitioning away from corporate and into open source

    @CHRIS Turner Thank you! And, wow, these have been some intense days since I decided to get far away from proprietary bs! I kinda fell in love with foss, and somehow this experience feels familiar, in a lot of ways. Mostly, in the “freedom of information and expression” kind of way. I have...
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    Installing storage hd

    Thanks, I already found the solution to this problem. It took me a while to understand that Linux file structure is more "straightforward" then Window's. I mean, all there was to it was to know that I needed a mounting point, and an ext4 formatting type on my hdd, then I could mount it and use...
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    Installing storage hd

    Hello, there! Just yesterday, I installed Ubuntu MATE, and have spent the last 15 hours configuring my system. I'm having a lot of fun doing it, even though it's actually a bit difficult. Linux doesn't hand you all the information you need, but it's amazing how just a few quick searches can get...
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    Transitioning away from corporate and into open source

    I’ve downloaded Ubuntu Mate, and intend on installing it this weekend. I guess I may be overthinking and worrying a bit too much about privacy, and anonymity... I guess it takes little effort to make this subject escalate to a crazy conspiracy theory level. Still, this was a legitimate question...
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    Transitioning away from corporate and into open source

    From the point of view of "going off the grid", should I install proprietary drivers? If not, what should I do instead? By the way, my pc specs are: i7-7700k, GTX 1080Ti Strix, MSI z270 Tomahawk, TridentZ 2*8GB DDR4 RAM... I don't know if it's important to mention the hard drives as well, I...
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    Transitioning away from corporate and into open source

    Oh, wow! xD A rabbit's hole, just as expected. Thank you for your links, I'll start from the 1st =)
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    Transitioning away from corporate and into open source

    Hello all! I feel like I want to "get off the grid", I believe is the expression. Basically everything I do is dependent on Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple... and I feel like it's all too much. I want to start taking up measures in order to protect myself and my personal information better...
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