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#251 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Xevuan » 2021-02-27 17:23:20

Ron

This would be promising if they get their act together. HOAS, did it come with the newest version of Xfce (the one that fixed the folder views)?

#252 Off-topic » A problem on my monitor » 2021-02-27 03:09:37

Ron
Replies: 8

I put this in Off-topic because I'm not sure if it's a problem with Devuan (I suspect it's not).

I'm noticing a problem on my monitor. It seems to have started about a month or so ago. For lack of a better way of explaining it, there's like a wiggle, or jiggle, that starts at the bottom of the screen and travels all the way to the top, and then restarts again at the bottom. Does anyone have any ideas what it is, and how to get rid of it? Does it sound like a problem with the monitor itself (the monitor is less than a year old), or something in the computer / OS / graphics card? Below are my computer's specs:

System:    Host: ron Kernel: 4.9.0-14-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 6.3.0) Desktop: MATE 1.16.2 (Gtk 3.22.11-1)
           Distro: Devuan GNU/Linux ascii
Machine:   Device: desktop System: ASUS product: All Series
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: H81M-C v: Rev X.0x BIOS: American Megatrends v: 3602 date: 03/26/2018
CPU:       Dual core Intel Pentium G3220 (-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 11972
           clock speeds: max: 3000 MHz 1: 1299 MHz 2: 1365 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Desktop GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 13.0.6 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.9.0-14-amd64
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 416.1GB (29.7% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sdb model: ST3160815AS size: 160.0GB
           ID-2: /dev/sda model: Crucial_CT256MX1 size: 256.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 234G used: 36G (16%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8C mobo: 27.8C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 0
Info:      Processes: 145 Uptime: 7:10 Memory: 640.8/3826.3MB Init: SysVinit runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 6.3.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.121) inxi: 2.3.5 

#254 Re: Freedom Hacks » Keeping sysvinit in LMDE3 :) » 2021-02-22 23:45:13

Ron

Protonmail. I've been using it quite a while and I don't think I've gotten any spam on it. It's based in Switzerland for privacy reasons.

https://protonmail.com/

#255 Re: Installation » More video streaming issues with Palemoon 29.0.1 » 2021-02-19 14:31:33

Ron

uBlock Origin must be blocking a necessary script for the video to play. I got a video playing in a clean profile without any ad / script blockers. And I then promptly deleted that profile as that link has a "Caution" rating at Norton's Safe Web.

#256 Re: Installation » More video streaming issues with Palemoon 29.0.1 » 2021-02-19 13:51:23

Ron

Do the movie sites use DRM? (Links please!) Pale Moon does not and will not support DRM. With that said, some movie sites will work with Microsoft Silverlight but since we're on Linux I don't think that's an option.

#257 Re: Off-topic » Question about Linux kernel (as relates to systemd) » 2021-02-06 21:33:43

Ron
Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Well I would agree with the comment, yes. But I'm no expert so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Well, you are more of an expert than I am. But, I'd like to hear what others have to say.

#258 Re: Off-topic » Question about Linux kernel (as relates to systemd) » 2021-02-06 20:39:36

Ron

So if I'm reading your response right, you're saying the response I got on the other forum is correct?

#259 Off-topic » Question about Linux kernel (as relates to systemd) » 2021-02-06 17:51:05

Ron
Replies: 16

On another forum, I made the comment that systemd violates the UNIX principle of "do one thing and do it well." Someone responded to that by saying "so does the Linux kernel." I'm not a programmer or coder or anything like that, but I have a feeling that that's an apples to oranges comparison. Am I right or wrong?

#260 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [Solved] On-line video viewing problem with Palemoon » 2021-02-05 02:26:30

Ron
Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Perhaps you should ask on the PaleMoon forums. Be warned that the developers are complete arseholes though.

Why doesn't it surprise me that you of all who responded on this thread says that?

#261 Re: Documentation » Panel entries for browsers that a distribution does not support » 2021-02-05 02:25:10

Ron
dice wrote:

Basilisk might be different though, i believe palemoon is a derivative of basilisk ?

No. Pale Moon's initial release was October 2009. Basilisk's was November 2017.

#262 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [Solved] On-line video viewing problem with Palemoon » 2021-02-04 01:30:09

Ron

For the Washington Post video, go to Tools > Preferences > Content, and at the bottom uncheck "Enable MSE for MP4 video." Didn't check the rest of your links, but if it's the audio that's the problem in all of them, they should all work properly now.

#263 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [Solved] On-line video viewing problem with Palemoon » 2021-02-03 22:26:10

Ron

Can you provide a link to a problem video please? A quick look over at the Pale Moon forum doesn't show anybody else having a problem with videos on the new version. Do you have any extensions that tweak video playback? Another thing to do is test a problem video in a new profile.

#264 Re: Off-topic » mozilla, we need more deplatforming... » 2021-01-11 02:25:23

Ron

There's a lot of bullshit responses in this thread. The real threat here are the ones who get to decide what is (so called) hate speech and what isn't. This IS a threat to free speech.

#265 Re: Off-topic » Info » Wine security » 2020-12-19 18:58:47

Ron
rgl808 wrote:

A good answer, . . .

Is it? I think this is a better answer: https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.com/p/wine.html

#266 Re: Devuan » Debian has fallen. What now? » 2020-11-23 22:48:29

Ron

Came across this via Distrowatch. I think this proves that Debian's vote about init systems was a complete farce.

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/piper … 03782.html

#267 Re: Off-topic » Choose your browser carefully » 2020-11-03 23:01:07

Ron
msi wrote:
zapper wrote:

+1 for locking this dumb thread

Well, this wasn't a "dumb thread" when I started it.

Looking at how fast it went off the rails in several respects, though, I regret having opened it in the first place.

Some people, it seems, just can't have a civil discussion. And, apparently, you're one of them.

He's not the only one. Some of the words used by two posters here shows they have the mentality of grade-schoolers.

#268 Re: Off-topic » Choose your browser carefully » 2020-11-02 23:05:24

Ron

Yes, let us bow ourselves down to our overlords, Gooble and Mozilla. They have our best interests at heart. Over and out.

#269 Re: Off-topic » Choose your browser carefully » 2020-11-02 01:47:08

Ron

Did you bother to get the other side of the story?

https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.ph … 56#p134236

A lot of this stuff I really don't get, I admit. But from what I can glean from it, they made some changes that weren't allowed for it to still be called Pale Moon. What's the problem with that? That would be like me getting a Ford car, putting in a GM engine, but still labeling it and selling it as a Ford, which would clearly be wrong. Am I right or am I wrong? Also, they still had the opportunity to revert what they had done so they could use official branding, or they could have kept what they did and use unofficial branding, or they could have called it a fork and used their own branding. Yet the PM devs are called the assholes? What reality are you guys living in?

blackhole wrote:
. . . Threatening and talking trademarks, while quoting the MPL.

Anybody pushing for Chromium, Gooble, or their lapdog Mozilla, has no credibility in making this statement.

#270 Re: Off-topic » Choose your browser carefully » 2020-11-01 23:28:24

Ron
blackhole wrote:

@Ron, is "old and obsolete, though still actively developed, code" better?

First off, old, yes; obsolete, no, yet more misinformation. Please stop with your misinformation. To answer your question, yes older code is better. Here is why (link below). I'd like to see how you will contradict it. The author of this article co-founded Fog Creek Software. He also worked with Jeff Atwood to create Stack Overflow and served as CEO of Stack Overflow from 2010-2019. He also served as the chairman of the board for Stack Overflow, Glitch, and HASH.

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/ … do-part-i/

#271 Re: Off-topic » Choose your browser carefully » 2020-10-30 18:38:49

Ron

Twice you mentioned that Pale Moon is based on "dead code." That is a straw-man argument. Pale Moon uses code that is actively developed by Pale Moon. Therefore, it is not dead code. Pale Moon is updated whenever there are security issues that affect it, whether said issues affect Firefox or not. That is, any security issue that may not affect Firefox, but does Pale Moon, will be fixed in Pale Moon. So don't go around saying Pale Moon is based on "dead code." That IS misinformation.

#272 Re: Off-topic » Choose your browser carefully » 2020-10-30 02:34:09

Ron

There is some misinformation about Pale Moon in this thread, so at risk of being called a lackey, I'd like to correct the record. I'll just mention one inaccuracy.

blackhole wrote:

I don't disagree with many of your points, but a largely unknown browser from a one man project . . .

According to the developer,

Pale Moon is not "just me" and hasn't been for the majority of its life. There are some talented and dedicated people at work in our community to make Pale Moon what it is, and actually has seen support in many ways by many people over the years.

The above quote is from here. If you want the facts on Pale Moon, I suggest giving it a read.

#273 Re: Off-topic » Choose your browser carefully » 2020-10-27 21:41:26

Ron
blackhole wrote:

There was a thread about Mozilla recently on LQ:
The trouble is, that the alternatives to Firefox are worse. The 3rd party forks are what amounts to snake oil salesmen peddling their wares. I despise the UIs of both chromium anf Firefox, but just learned to live with them and disable the telemetry / data collection where possible.

Sounds like Stockholm syndrome to me. I can't speak to other FF forks, but your comments about them don't apply to Pale Moon.

#274 Re: Other Issues » Xsane Image doesn't detect my scanner » 2020-10-17 23:50:08

Ron

Okay, I see python3-pyqt4 in Synaptic. But I don't see pyqt4-dbus (or python3-pyqt4-dbus). So I did a search of "dbus" and I see that I have the following installed:

python-dbus.mainloop.pyqt5
python-pyqt5
python-qt4
python-qt4-dbus
python3-dbus
python3-dbus.mainloop.pyqt5

#275 Re: Other Issues » Xsane Image doesn't detect my scanner » 2020-10-17 22:52:03

Ron

So I tried to install pyqt4-dbus and pyqt4, and got this message:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package pyqt4

In the interest of completeness, I did not first uninstall hplip 16. Now I'm glad I didn't.

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