Worst part is I haven’t been on the front lines for years, but Tier I just hears ‘[Application name]’ in the request and blindly forwards it to me with no troubleshooting / fact-finding whatsoever.

That’s basically what EFI booting does.

Initramfs’s main purpose is to load enough of a system to be able to load/boot the kernel and everything else from the hard disk. It’s also used for more complex boot scenarios such as loading LUKS and providing a password prompt if the root partition is encrypted.

Very good. I’ve seen too many random Google Forms going around just harvesting emails / info to plug my details into any that I don’t click into from a legit/verified site. Not that I’m accusing OP of that, just that I don’t know where they got that form link.

Is that an official Google form and/or who am I providing my (required) email address to?

Is there an official Google page that links to this? Sorry but anyone can share a Google form.

I understand why, but I still hate it. Thankfully there’s Grand Theft Focus

Damn Small Linux (Knoppix-based) which was the gateway drug to Fedora Core 4 on an old Pentium III that was lying arouind.

Which is more horrifying? Kerneld or PulseLinux?

As long as Lennart Poettering isn’t anywhere near the line of succession lol.

I know, right?!

Clearly we need MicroUSB-C /s

If those are my two options…start looking for my projects on Codeberg I guess.

Is there a USB stick inside with a Debian ISO on it?