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This past month, my ‘Researching with Linux’ is a minimal feature. I supported off-site software developers, changed out laptops’ hard drives, upgraded a laptop, and performed a software migration from Korora 25 to Korora 26. Essentially, I have very little to offer as informative or entertaining, yet I will discuss each topic.
Recently, we contacted an outside developer to review my Vertebral Motion Database. Their job is offer some possible explanations on the wildcat variables within the data files. This database is well over 8 GB and encompasses over 1,500 files. These files are in CSV and PNG formats. However, when working off-site, it is important that both parties have access to the same data set. The initial solution was to hand off a 16 GB thumb drive, and apply a soft-lock to the database. A soft-lock means that only one person can make changes to the data. This one person usually is the statistician. But in this case, the software developer will be contacting me directly for data issues. So a soft-lock would not work. I suggested using a new feature from Google called Team Drives. The differences between Team Drives and a Google Folder are found here, I would like to credit Digital Inspirations for the clear differences table. I like to think of Team Drives as a cloud network folder. This network folder can be assigned people and privileges, in a process very similar to the network folder offered by my university. After creating the Team Drives folder, I added the contracted developers. One of the developers contacted me after seeing a clear issue with one of the data files. I was able to correct the file and the developer had quick access to complete the job.
I acquired my parent’s 2 GB Ram Toshiba Satellite recently. My mother purchased a new Acer laptop. I upgraded the Toshiba to 8 GB Ram, and installed a 60 GB Patriot SSD with Korora 25 installed. The previous computer was an old Lenovo SL500. The Toshiba is a very robust and reliable laptop. However Korora 25 was at the end of life, so I updated to Korora 26 using the directions found here. It is a simple process if Korora 25 is current, then download the upgrade release, and finally a system upgrade implementation. This process is quite easy from the command line, but it takes about 2 hours or more depending on your internet speeds and connectivity. I have done 2 system upgrades on my laptops at home and work, and it was a flawless process. I am quite impressed at the level of stability from this small team with remixing Fedora.
So the Lenovo SL500 is still available and a great hardware device. It has tons of USB ports and an optical drive, something that is not available on the newer laptops available today. I think all Linux enthusiasts are a bit of a technology pack rat. I could not throw the Lenovo out, so I decided to make it into a dedicated Kodi machine. I like having laptops being dedicated to one task. After some poking around on Distrowatch, I decided that I would install LibreElec OS onto the machine. I will write about the installation process and review the OS later this month.
Until then Happy Holidays!