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#2 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] 30+ sec. delay after login after xfce4 to mate? » 2026-11-07 10:21:52

thread is marked "solved" but cannot figure out which post provides the "solution"?

#5 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Devuan Won't Load Firmware AMD Radeon 7700S » 2026-09-28 15:43:59

can the title of this thread be changed to include FRAMEWORK as the manufacturer so that people searching titles for hardware can be aware that they might not want to mess with framework given this thread and others like it across the interwebs.

#6 Re: Off-topic » Solo movie creators make movie studios tremble. » 2026-09-28 15:06:02

re: AI

https://craphound.com/news/2026/09/20/technopolitics/

imhho, if everyone read everything Cory Doctorow ever wrote and/or spoke, the world would be much better off.

and, along those lines:

https://craphound.com/news/2026/07/12/12659/

ymmv.

#8 Re: Off-topic » Alternatives to Devuan or ways to make new releases like old releases » 2026-09-26 13:19:19

been using Void Linux for about three years and has been ok for the most part

https://voidlinux.org/

to update i just ctl-alt-t, sudo su, xbps-install -Su, exit from root and do a quick xcheckrestart

then one needs to manually empty everything in /var/cache/xbps/ with a quick sudo rm *.sig* *.xbp*
(if you don't do this then at some point in the future you will potentially run low on free space and all that that entails)

(and i also save the cli session as a text file for later review if necessary)

as always, your mileage may vary

in any case, keep us posted

#10 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Xorg error on Devuan freia » 2026-08-31 12:22:20

huge thanks and kudos for keeping us posted and especially your success!

#11 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Vuu-do Linux! *New Openbox-64 iso's (1.0.7) up 2-02-18*!! » 2026-08-21 07:12:23

semi-random _food_for_thoughts_ regarding creating an external-data-device capable of booting on both older-bios-booting and newer-uefi-booting hardwares:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1403792/how-to-create-a-full-install-of-ubuntu-22-04-to-usb-device-step-by-step

as always, ymmv.

edited to add the below.

also see: https://askubuntu.com/users/43926/c-s-cameron for additional articles/commentary/etc.

#12 Re: Installation » Both Desktop and Netinstall Installer Fails » 2026-08-21 07:08:03

@ralph.ronnquist, thanks for taking the time and effort to explain why Ventoy causes/creates issues/problems/failures for _some_but_not_all_ folks!
(imhho, your post deserves a "sticky" somewhere it can be easily found)

#13 Re: Other Issues » yt-dlp in Debian 13 / Devuan 6 affected by serious CVE (Score: High) » 2026-08-20 20:14:28

yt-dlp definitely has a learning curve no matter how you install and set it up.

there is a reason why the main webpage is a very very long slog:

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

#15 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Chromium 150.0.7871.46 Will Not Load After Password Update » 2026-07-08 16:32:46

pulled this snippet out of OP OP OT(original-poster_original-post_original-topic)referenced url:
https://windowsforum.com/threads/chrome-150-patch-for-cve-2026-13933-passwords-policy-fix-after-renderer-compromise.433930/

The Bigger Chrome 150 Story Is Attack Surface Sprawl
Chrome 150’s 433 security fixes are striking not only because of the count, but because of their spread. The release notes cover graphics layers, device APIs, extensions, remote access, browser UI, rendering libraries, and platform-specific components. A browser is now closer to a miniature operating system than a document viewer.
That sprawl changes how defenders should think. There is no single “browser vulnerability” category anymore. There are GPU bugs, WebUSB bugs, extension bugs, password bugs, AI-surface bugs, media bugs, and policy bugs, each with different exploitability and enterprise impact.
CVE-2026-13933 sits in the policy category, and policy bugs are easy to underappreciate. Memory corruption sounds dramatic. Policy enforcement sounds bureaucratic. But many of the most consequential security failures are cases where code does exactly what it was written to do — just for an actor that should never have been allowed to ask.
That is why the phrase policy enforcement deserves attention. It is the security model made executable. When it fails, the browser’s internal contract between trusted and untrusted components begins to fray.

regardless of which OS and/or _browser_ one is using, the whole commentary is worth reading when the time is available for such.

#17 Re: Off-topic » Proposing a a11y and aging friendly user init. » 2026-06-28 09:09:09

concur with @steve_v regarding installers.

is it just me or does anyone else get hot under the collar when installers refuse to install if the hardware is airgapped/offline/etc?

_just_

_NO_

_wtf_

...ahem...cough...sigh...

#19 Re: Documentation » Trying to create a shared directory using only manpages as helpsystem. » 2026-06-24 15:34:57

mostly out of curiosity as to the quality and format of offline materials...

went to link @chomwitt provided:

https://debian-beginners-handbook.arpinux.org/index-en.html

and then further:

https://debian-beginners-handbook.arpinux.org/trixie-en/index.html

and downloaded the 17MB 267page pdf(warning: direct link to pdf download)

*ttps://debian-beginners-handbook.arpinux.org/trixie-en/download/the_beginners_handbook.pdf

fun read so far.

ymmv.

#21 Re: Installation » Iso to install latest Devuan on UEFI » 2026-06-22 13:00:32

doubtful that a 486 system would have enough ram for _any_ Devuan.

#22 Re: Off-topic » The story of Mel » 2026-06-22 09:11:51

wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Mel

and at this current post time, the first link in the "further reading" sub-section contains an image containing Mel Kaye

https://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/mel.html

#25 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » (Fixed) Removable CDROM / DVD / Blue-Ray Devices do not Automount » 2026-06-01 03:51:22

thinking about automount always reminds me of that time my kid stuffed toast loaded with cream cheese into the vhs slot...smh...

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