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  • Yes, but no…

    For a basic user, who does not expect to be doing anything special beyond opening existing programs, or using programs downloaded from the package-manager its possible to never touch terminal.

    I have two kids who daily drive Manjaro based light gaming PC’s, they never touch the terminal, but they also dont administer their systems, I do.

    I do use the terminal, frequently for updates, and some specialized tasks like minecraft mods which require unpacking files and sometimes fixing permissions.

    So my TLDR, is that its possible to be a USER without touching the terminal, but I dont think its possible to be an administrator without.







  • Not sure what you are suggesting… The issue im trying to fix is that this extender only passes 5Gbit/s so if I plug in something that can negotiate up to 10 or lower it will try to configure the lanes that way and the extender will fail.

    The only device I have managed to get working is a USB WD Elements HD. Everything else I have tried that should support 3.0 never connects.

    So I wanted to test to see if I could lock the port at 5Gbit/s to eliminate auto negotiation from my trouble shooting.





  • How long ago did you delete everything?

    SSD’s dont work like old HD’s depending on the generation of tech it might be storing multiple values per cell which means when you “filled” the SSD you put a charge into every single storage cell on the drive.

    Garbage collection and TRIM will slowly over time clear out all the cells flagged as deleted but if one bit is still valid in a cell that was holding 3-4 other bits it cant overwrite that, or relocate it.

    That means that your files/videos and such stay fragmented and may never get put back together sequentially or in a way that the controller can optimize again for speed.

    The only fix, may be running a factory wipe from the Drive MFG’s tool set, that should fully blank each cell and let you re-install and make it feel fresh again.

    Be warned though, you have already done a full drive write once at least, this would be another. You can expect some dead cells and while there is over provisioning that should provide replacements you could see a loss in usable space sooner than later.