brickfrog

PXE / Net boot / install is a thing but that's not really meant for Linux noobs. Often times it's something IT departments do to install the same OS image on multiple systems on the same network (not just Linux, Windows and others can do this too). I've never attempted to do that over the internet so can't say much else about that process.

Being this is linux4noobs I suspect you're just talking about one system being installed, a regular USB install would be far more feasible in your use case. You're kind of going straight into hard mode attempting more advanced types of installs.

The popular Vanguard ETFs will definitely have it, they do track CRSP and FTSE Russell (VT and VTI for example) - Both of which adopted fast track rules that will allow SpaceX to become eligible 5 days after the IPO. Unless Vanguard themselves decide not to include it in their portfolios (seems unlikely but you never know). I think Vanguard does have some funds specific to tracking S&P but that's not usually what people use Vanguard for.

e.g.

https://www.basenor.com/blogs/news/ftse-russell-fast-entry-rule-could-land-spacex-in-major-indexes-days-after-ipo

https://moneywise.com/news/top-stories/elon-musk-spacex-ipo-crsp-vti-ftse-russell-nasdaq-401k

That could lead to some interesting outcomes, how these funds look in 12 months could indeed be tied to which specific index(s) they are tracking.

Not sure if you already know, the Piefed software (and pifed.social site) does maintain a list of default domains they block. It's mostly right leaning/far right type stuff but still, hosting a conservatism community on an instance that censors/blocks a lot of those related links... is certainly a choice.

See https://lemmy.ml/post/47022286/25574741 and rest of the post discussing it.

I've no interest in the community, just letting you know in case you're wondering why certain news site links don't show up there.

Offhand I'd suspect a finicky adapter. Does the adapter work with other disks? Does the disk work when plugged into a server/computer directly?

Assuming it's the adapter being finicky - did you happen to try using other USB cables with the adapter?

When plugging into the system - Does the dmesg output display anything else useful, any warnings or anything? I would have thought it would give you the USB drive chipset vendor/model, I didn't think Sabrent builds their own chipsets but could be wrong.

Also would try doing a smartctl --scan followed by a smartctl -a /dev/YOUR-EXTERNAL-DRIVE and see what comes up. (those are part of smartmontools)

Intuit really is the worst.

I sort of expect them to conduct more layoffs / raise the price of their other software/services even more to compensate, greedy fuckers. Unfortunately a lot of businesses use their other software so Intuit is sort of embedded there. Outside of work/business stuff not sure why anyone willingly gives these people money.

tried it via tor

Doesn't load in Tor for me either but I suspect their site is simply blocking Tor. The site does load fine outside Tor in the regular clearnet.

9 times out of 10 these sort of things turn out to be a DNS issue on your end, you might want to double-check you're actually able to query their IP address via nslookup freedns.afraid.org or similar. (assuming you've already tried other web browsers to rule out issues with installed extensions or specific browser settings).

You typically need to enable the Windows Feature called "Hyper-V" if it isn't enabled already. There's a bunch of documentation online if you search around, offhand these two should get you going

https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/how-to/virtualisation/ubuntu-on-hyper-v/

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-install-linux-ubuntu-on-hyper-v-in-windows

https://github.com/RidwanurRahim/Hyper-V-Ubuntu-Server (way more advanced than you need but steps 1-5 could be useful if want more how-tos)

Hints:

• You don't have to use Ubuntu if you don't want to, just do a VM install with any .iso image file (though I'd say Ubuntu is fine if you just want to tinker and get to learn basics, and Ubuntu itself is well documented)
• For the networking you typically don't need to do anything too advanced, a standard default switch to create a virtual NAT is fine for the most part. You only need to tinker with bridged networking if you intend to run a VM that pulls down its own IP address and has its own incoming internet traffic separate from your host Windows system.

Windows 10/11 Pro has Microsoft Hyper-V built-in for virtualization, that would be the most straightforward to use on Windows. It can run Linux guest OSes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-V

Adding on to the earlier comments you can run tests against the drive with smarctl e.g.

smartctl --scan (scans and lists all drives connected to your system)

smartctl -t short /YOUR/DRIVE (short non-destructive drive test, usually takes 3 minutes or so, afterwards run smartctl -a again to view test results towards the bottom of the output)

smartctl -t long /YOUR/DRIVE (this is a long more thorough test, non-destructive, this can easily take a few hours or even days depending on the size of your drive and whatnot)

smartctl -a or smartctl -x will give you testing progress in its output.

Or another option, if you can't run smartctl for some reason, and you're just testing a regular HDD not SSD, look into running a badblocks non-destructive scan.

Adding onto the other comments, if you have admin access to your network router/firewall you can configure the incoming port forward itself to only allow specific IP addresses while dropping traffic from any other internet WAN IPs. It's a bit like using the Jellyfin whitelist/blacklist but doing it at the network level. This drops all unwanted internet traffic to that port at the firewall before ever reaching the Jellyfin software. Downside is having to occasionally update the firewall whenever there are IP address changes.

This is probably only feasible if you only have some specific Jellyfin clients in mind to accept connections from, not any random person from any random WAN IP address.

You didn't mention your laptop specs but I'd say if your laptop has USB 3.0+ ports then you should be okay with plugging in a multi-drive USB DAS (like the ones with 2-5 drive bays) or even a single drive USB enclosure if that's your preference. I have a few that I use on and off without issue.

Slower USB speeds are also functional but the performance hit will be noticeable.