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

submitted 10 months 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 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

When the network printer suddenly started printing the picture my kid had drawn in tux paint without me having configured the printer on their PC.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You might actually be a wizard lmao

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] artifex@lemmy.zip 9 points 10 months ago

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