Did I mess up by doing that and create a situation like that?
No, this is standard procedure. Your system and software have been updated to the latest, stable version. Unless you actively add a repo containing unstable software versions, there shouldn't be anything to worry about.
I predict that this attempted stache is going to generate comedy gold:
See, I'll be fine.
You read my mind! Now help me read this dead mechanical drive, would you?
I'm waiting for the disk to stop clicking before I back it up. Any day now!
Oh man, what a headache to maintain! If that's the case I understand why the resource deprecated after 2020.
Agreed on the project's impact and importance! Raising a small altar to Alexandra Elbakyan right here.
without relying on destroying the third world
Whether you're talking about Russia or China here, both of those countries have massive resources, both natural and in terms of population. I'd argue that they didn't have to look for (other) third world countries to ruin; they had plenty of area and people of their own to turn to.
Also, a Lemmy ML user charging into the comments to defend state capitalism in oppressive regimes kinda proves my point.
FFS, that whole hack has left the IA a shambles.
I don't disagree, therefore the attempt to disentangle the actual ideologies from the totalitarian stans who got stuck on '80s propaganda.
It's not like sci-hub hosted anything, AFAIK. Didn't it just circumvent paywalls?
If I'm right (and fucking Elsevier & co. didn't patch the security holes) it should still work, but the sci-hub proxy sites are most likely defunct.
As those in the know can probably tell, I didn't keep up with the whole takedown, but I do miss that easy access to research articles.
No, completely fair point! I think on a platform with a lot of Americans (currently locked in an election where many seem to consider the centrist candidate "too far left") it's good to call out the differences on the [edit: international] left that aren't otherwise discerned.
You really only need the "CD ROM" repo for the base install from physical media; maybe there are edge cases where you'd want to roll back, but on the whole you're in safe hands with the official, Debian stable repos 🙂
Enjoy the Linux journey! Debian is a great starting point to learn from, IMHO.