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I've not found this at all -- PXE "just works" on legacy boot or UEFI for me. I've used it for years to install hosts via Foreman (https://theforeman.org/), as well as for personal stuff on my home network, and it's so much better than getting people to use USB sticks or whatever else!

legooolas

8 mesi fadiscuss

You can also do things like boot with PXE (Legacy or UEFI PXE boot) to get a small image like iPXE, and then have iPXE do the http boot part. This means that you have an extra shim but you can pull larger images than TFTP is any good for.

TFTP is also UDP and I don't think it is pipelined, so it's all req->ack->req->ack, so any additional latency hits it hard too.

legooolas

5 anni fadiscuss

I've had the same experience of looking up and finding an old answer from someone I knew, but one that I made _myself_ for the exact same problem I've just hit again years later... :D

legooolas

6 anni fadiscuss

Oracle Linux already builds from RHEL sources, so that could be an option.

Edit: There's also Rocky Linux already : https://news.itsfoss.com/rocky-linux-announcement/

legooolas

6 anni fadiscuss

Isn't that the point of such fixes?

(And also why a lot of people thought that the Y2k but was over-hyped, when there was a lot of background work which fixed the problems so few people noticed when it did come to roll-over time)

legooolas

6 anni fadiscuss

"Better than Lotus Notes" is not a high bar.

legooolas

6 anni fadiscuss

> I personally hate working from home, and will only do it if there are reasons I can't work somewhere else, such as needing to be home for a plumber or being sick.

Why are you working if you're sick?

legooolas

6 anni fadiscuss

> ...like an android phone. You might get OS updates or not but mostly whatever OS version it starts with will stay on it for life.

Not all Android phones are like that -- what are you buying which doesn't get any OS updates?

legooolas

6 anni fadiscuss

Be extremely careful if soldering Lithium-Ion batteries together, as getting them too hot (which isn't very hot compared to soldering!) can easily cause them to burst into flames or explode...