Try mounting them. What is the dd command you’re using?
Now, depending on your threat model maybe a drill and a sledgehammer will be enough. If your threat model is rather high and it is really sensitive data, well you’ll have to spend that money if you can’t get zeros written.
Linux Mint is a good one to try out for starters. It is Ubuntu based so most of the time if you have an issue you can find tons on it in the Ubuntu help searches.
As for a browser, Firefox is likely pre installed and pretty excellent. All major browsers have a Linux client.
For gaming, steam had great support for windows games running on Linux. There is also Lutris and Heroic launcher which all have support for running games under a comparability layer.
Good luck and have fun!
I really enjoyed it. I liked the change of environments. It was fun. I’m not sure if it’s my favorite of the series or not. It’s been a couple years since I played the 2nd.
Just finished Metro Exodus. I think I’m going to dive into Assassins Creed Origins next.
I agree except for Manjaro. EndeavourOS is a better Arch derivative I think. There are quite a few reasons but the one that bugs me the most is I’ve had things break because they hold back packages from upstream.
I use the Starr apps with torrents. I kinda just forget all about it since it all just works.
It’s awesome what the JWST can do. I can’t wait to hear more about the Trappist planets. A lot of that is over my head but I find it exciting to read anyway.
Yay! Welcome newcomers!
Another vote for bitwarden. They have self host options. I use vaultwarden to self host it.
I’m an avid self hoster. I will self host anything I can, except email. It’s a bad idea all around. From security, complex administration, to not having a two factor password emailed out to you because of an issue on your network. And more reasons. Digital ocean has a decent article on it as well as many others. There are plenty of good providers out there to use. Personally I use Protonmail.
Aliens I tell ya! Fascinating.
Yeah. That should do it. There is also a shred tool you could try.
sudo shred -vfz /dev/sdf
You can also write a zero file to see if the drive is useable. That won’t erase what’s on it, but it will write all free space. If you mount the drive and delete everything on it, a zero file will in theory write zeros to the whole drive.
mount /dev/sdf /media dd if=/dev/zero of=/media/zerofile.tmp
I have a similar threat model. If the disks are indeed bad then a nice sledge and a trip to an e-cycle location should do it.