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▲ 13 r/MXLinux+1 crossposts

From Windows MiniOS to MX Linux: First Impressions After a Long-Delayed Migration

I've been using Linux for nearly 20 years, starting with Debian back in college. Over time, I moved through Ubuntu and Lubuntu, but life eventually pushed me back to Windows the last year.

A few days ago I gave MX Linux a try on my aging Ryzen 3 laptop with just 4 GB of RAM, and the experience has honestly exceeded my expectations.

I wrote about my first impressions after a few days of use. I'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions as a new MX Linux user. I am now working on my development environment. To be back in the GNU/Linux world is great.

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u/Illustrious_Major_14 — 13 days ago
▲ 1 r/datarecovery

Helping a friend to recover his quick-formatted data

Hi all,

I am a computer engineer, though my work has shifted toward social sciences lately. That said, I still use GNU/Linux daily and have done data recoveries before –but it has been a while since I last used testdisk.

The case:

  • 1TB HDD (NTFS), accidentally quick-formatted (user error).
  • Recovered using testdisk from a Linux Mint live USB.
  • Standard procedure: booted from live media, scanned /dev/sda, found the partition, listed files with p, and copied them to external drives.
  • The original drive remains completely untouched – no writes since the format.

The technical issue: The recovery was mostly successful, but my friend reports that inside some folders, files from three years back are missing, and that some standalone folders too. Older files/folders are present, but the more recent ones aren't there.

My hypothesis:
I suspect testdisk recovered an older version of the MFT – maybe a backup copy or a previous state of the partition – and that's why files written after that MFT snapshot don't appear. I know NTFS maintains multiple MFT copies, and depending on which one testdisk finds first, the resulting file tree may not reflect the most current state. But so far back? I also suspect, as a second hypothesis, that he doesn´t know exactly the data stored before the quick formatting, so what I recovered yesterday is truly all the "missed" data.

What I'd like to confirm:

  1. Is this behavior common with testdisk on quick-formatted NTFS volumes?
  2. Would DMDE have a better chance of finding the current MFT, or does it work similarly?
  3. Is there any scenario where photorec would find these alleged missing files when testdisk didn't, even though they're not listed in the recovered MFT?

What I'm planning:

  • Run DMDE next to see if it detects a more recent partition/MFT.
  • If that fails, consider photorec as a last resort (because we talk about more than forty years of a friend´s personal work and scientific library; this is: a lot of data).

Any insight from those who've dealt with similar MFT quirks would be appreciated.

u/Illustrious_Major_14 — 19 days ago
▲ 1 r/SocialDemocracy

The Latin American Report: Why Did Cuba End Up Alone?

It's not just the old sanctions regime, strengthened as much as it can be. It's the lethal combo of maximum U.S. aggression (targeting oil, tourism, medical services) + the calculated abandonment by countries that should be standing with Cuba + the complicit silence of the international community in general.

This post argues that Cuba's isolation isn't passive: there's a covert reprimand—not undeserved at all sometimes—and even an undeclared wish that Trump and Rubio's dirty work will finally produce a big change in the status quo, no matter the social cost that experiment is delivering.

A personal reading of the current moment from a critical, no-concessions perspective.

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u/Illustrious_Major_14 — 24 days ago
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Getting Closer to an Academic Milestone in a Harsh Context | PeakD

I wrote this today about my recent experience pursuing the scientific grade in Cuba, after submitting the final version of the dissertation to the committee.

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u/Illustrious_Major_14 — 2 months ago