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Stefano Marinelli

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There is a subtle, almost sadistic pleasure in what I’m doing right now: I open boxes of brand-new ThinkCentre PCs, unpack them, hook them up to a monitor, keyboard, and network cable. I boot from USB and replace the preinstalled Windows 11 (never even started) with my Debian 13 golden image, using Clonezilla.

As of today, the setup is based on Debian 13, but I’m already working on a variant based on FreeBSD and jails.

#Linux #FreeBSD #Clonezilla #LiberatingPCs

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Neil Brown · 6w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqt7dmr2xue8zaxsxhy2xkdja0nx6f8cu8y8l7hfksw98y773djkgqktvf35 Nice! I do the same, but instead of a "gold image", I'm using the stock installer with a pre-seed config file, and then a script to configure / update etc., so that it ends up full up to...

passthejoe · 6w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq4calwd6xg349ahf3nnhhyqem2w2e3gs66p7zctz2sna74u3tsddq5mz6zj Thanks for letting us know that you use Clonezilla for the imaging. Do you pull the Debian image from your network, or an external USB drive?

Root Moose · 6w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqt7dmr2xue8zaxsxhy2xkdja0nx6f8cu8y8l7hfksw98y773djkgqktvf35 always enjoy nuking a fresh Windows install!

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqt7dmr2xue8zaxsxhy2xkdja0nx6f8cu8y8l7hfksw98y773djkgqktvf35 nothing sadistic about it. if anything, it is the responsible thing to do! have fun!

Paolo Redaelli · 5w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqt7dmr2xue8zaxsxhy2xkdja0nx6f8cu8y8l7hfksw98y773djkgqktvf35 It would be far better to buy hardware with a #preinstalled #FOSS #operatingsystem such as Dell or some #fossfriendly vendors such as Slimbook or Penguin but I guess you don't have the l...