So, just a light post, I upgraded my Pi4 last night and found the Linux firmware breaks a 32bit install.
I’ve been meaning to change to 64bit for months, but as it’s my DMZ box for torrents, radicale, etc, then it’s just finding the right time to convert an adhoc setup into my ansible scripts.
Luckily I had a SD backup from September to get it running again
So, what have you broken over the holidays?


At work we have a nearly 2 week moratorium that covers Christmas and New Years. We do zero changes unless something breaks on its own. So everyone can take time off without worrying too much.
So I do the same for my homelab. I’ll spin up new stuff for fun(new docker containers to try out new apps), but I don’t touch my stable stuff. No reboots, no updates, no image pulls, nothing.
Nice. Yeah, that’s a great idea for work.
But, for personal stuff, this is often the only time available…
I “had” to free up space (0 bytes free) on a woefully underpowered Win11 laptop for the father-in-law. I swear it was originally Win7, so it’s been upgraded a couple of times, but no, Linux is a step too far for him… crawling Win11 is his wish…
I’m now mid-upgrade for my Mum’s laptop (Mint 21 --> 22), but with a full clonezilla backup image on standby!
Ah, it’s the “holidays”… for some…