Posts by geraldew

Back to being FOSS, Redis delivers a new, faster version

Re: Sorry, but why do we need so many Open Source licenses ?

Why there is quite so very many licenses is hard to answer briefly but the major cleft among FOSS licenses is between two approaches. The distinction comes down to quite who is granted the most freedom:

- with "copyleft" licenses the emphasis is on the end-user, ensuring that they are _always_ passed the four freedoms;

- with "permissive" licenses, the emphasis is on other developers/programmers, including allowing them to _not_ pass on the four freedoms.

What you see happening with cases like Redis, is changes of mind about which of those types suits their business practice. Whoever creates code gets to choose a license, and it would seem pointless to not allow people to change their mind as they go along. Bearing in mind that generally, any code already published with a license embedded will retain that license as long as valid copies exist somewhere.

Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' still the Bedrock choice for moving off Windows

Perhaps try booting via USB without affecting the internal system at all?

I normally give this advice in the context of using Linux in a way that is certain to not tamper with an existing Windows installation, but for your context it would be equally valid.

The idea is to run your new/replacement Linux directly from a USB drive - i.e you boot it from the USB port.

I've detailed the method here - https://dev.to/geraldew/ubuntu-linux-installation-to-a-usb-external-drive-with-efi-boot-46pj - but a caveat is that I wrote all that as a tech description rather than a friendly "how to" guide.

In your case, having created and then booted such a system, you would then mount the computer's internal drive to access or copy off the contents that you wish to migrate. (Note: drive encryption and Windows fast boot affects the ability to do that - it's not my use-case so I don't cover it.)

BTW when the internal drive was spinning platters and the external is a USB3 SSD then this might even produce a faster system.