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How I got apt update and install to work (with Debian Jessie retired)
OK, so I started off creating my own local Debian repository. Not recommended -- it's a lot of work. But with a lot of Googling and experimenting, I finally got apt to work using an online source. ...
In fairness to the gurus, you are asking a lot there!
None of them are being paid - they generously chime in as and when they can, with suggestions based on their own particular interests and experiences. To expect more is unrealistic. Gurus have plenty of other things to do!
It would be very time consuming for them to get together to write a step by step guide that has been tested and validated for accuracy for every likely scenario / starting point as to firmware version, current vs intended configuration, preferred trade-offs (firmware version vs backward compatibility for aps), user knowledge level, etc. And of course things keep changing - versions and dependencies change, repositories of older versions disappear, forward or backward compatibility with third party applications and systems is lost, etc.
Yes, for sure tweaking and troubleshooting ReadyNAS issues, particularly for minority use cases, involves a very a daunting learning curve for many (including myself - I know nothing about the use of let alone nuances of the various Linux versions, cryptic set-up requirements each end for the various secure file transfer protocols etc), but I have very much appreciated whatever clues the gurus have spared the time to offer, even if I have not always succeeded in getting the outcomes I wanted.
These devices are well out of any official support now and the user base is dwindling, and no doubt many of the guru's who have posted in the past will have moved on to other gear by now and may not even have their original device any more.
Perhaps, once you have figured out what needs to happen, YOU could be that guru who posts a step by step guide?! (or at least one that addresses your own scenario)
I have worked in IT for 40 years. I manage techos during high priority incidents. I have learned from experience that many techos can't see the wood for the trees, which is good in that it created a job for me to co-ordinate them. If they go off and only do one thing at a time, they are wasting their time and that of the end users. They need to follow a logical path and see the wider picture. Answering one question at a time assuming a high level of end user knowledge is counterproductive. Like I said it wastes their time as well. Unfortunately I have had to keep techos awake for up to 36 hours because they refuse to follow guideance. If I write a document, I dumb it down, I do not assume the reader has a history with what I am writing about. If I knew this subject, I am so annoyed with what is going on here I would write the user guide. Much quicker than continually answering questions and getting annoyed when a person has a duplicate question as they don't see the response in the many pages of responses already listed.
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