Mem cache is definitely still a thing. Non-volatile storage has gotten faster in recent years but it’s still not as fast as RAM. Depending how his system is configured, data loss is definitely possible.
That being said, unless it was one big file and he lost critical data that made the file readable (say an MBR on a disk image) there’s no way he should have lost 44GB.
If you’re going to directly connect them using just a single cable then it needs to be a crossover cable and he’ll need to set the IP manually on each end. Most people don’t have a crossover cable lying around. It would be easier to plug both computers into a router/switch and do a network transfer or just get a USB adapter for whatever kind of drive is in the old computer.
Edit: it’s been a while since I needed to dot do that and apparently modern Ethernet doesn’t need specialized cables anymore. TIL.
Same. Mealie is great. I set it up on Oracle always free instance along with nginx proxy manager. Pointed a subdomain at the instance’s IP address and was good to go. Gave my wife the link and she’s happy as a clam not having to re-find all the recipes we use regularly.
I fully appreciate a sentence consisting of “Buffalo” 5 times, but I’m still lost on the 3 extra buffalo. I’m a native speaker and I don’t get how “buffalo” can mean “buffaloed by.” When is that ever done elsewhere?
More or less. I don’t think many people use Hyper-V as a type 1 hyper visor in their home labs (unless that’s what they’re using at work and trying to learn for there), but I could be wrong. I think the more common comparison would be ESXi.
There’s a way to do it on Linux. It requires the acpi_call kernel module and a couple of shell commands. Here’s a write up: https://tildehacker.com/lenovo-ideapad-battery-conservation-mode-gnu-linux
I thought that stopped working when they instituted the new system where you have to link your account
Don't allocate an insane amount of RAM and actually run applications on it? That's all I'm doing with mine. I have docker running with two applications. 1GB RAM allocated and 429MG used. Boom. Way above that 15% threshold.
I honestly think this is just about those people who overallocate resources then never actually do anything with it. Sure, Oracle can oversubscribe system resources but at some point you run into a wall because of the possibility that someone MIGHT actually use all the resources they've allocated. Until then they've got an expensive server not earning any money because everyone allocated 24GB of RAM just because they could.
Oddly, Gentoo was where I started out when I got serious about using Linux. That was when I was in my 20’s and I wanted to get every last bit of performance out of my computer. Also, breaking stuff was fun and gave me a chance to figure new stuff out.
Now I just want stuff to work and be relatively up to date. So I use Debian testing.