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[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

articles like this wouldn't exist if it wasn't true, they will appear but they wont auto mount https://techhut.tv/auto-mount-drives-in-linux-fstab/

*some distros may auto mount but I never used one that did

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

This article is more for a headless server. Any DE is going to present disks to you. And if some odd quirky drive doesn't, you go into the disks app and click the play icon on the drive you want to mount

[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I think people are confused because the difference between mount on access and mount on boot is meaningless for 98% of people. I can think of reasons to need the latter, but not many.

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

You are probably right, most folks aren't even aware because they have no need for it. The only reason I need it is for my gaming rig that launches big picture mode on startup. I have no need for it on any of my desktop machines.