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#276 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Upcoming browser changes » 2024-01-04 00:52:26

Micronaut wrote:

...
Can someone tell me where to find a clear list of support dates for Chromium on various versions of Debian so I can figure out what this might mean?

perhaps one of these?
ttps://packages.debian.org/en/chromium
ttps://packages.debian.org/stable/chromium
ttps://packages.debian.org/bullseye/chromium
ttps://packages.debian.org/buster/chromium
ttps://wiki.debian.org/Chromium

#277 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » merged /usr » 2024-01-02 12:18:48

Camtaf wrote:

Maybe we will have to give up on Debian, totally.... & maybe even Linux itself! :(

I, personally, am investigating using BSD instead of Linux, for all of my computing needs - even looking at Haiku as a desktop system. :)

Commercial interests are ruining Linux to my mind..... it just isn't what it used to be. ;)

I have really appreciated the effort put in by the Devuan devs, but if it gets to be too great a task in the future, I'll certainly understand......

I too, truly believe relying on Debian is coming to an end. Thanks to the Devuan team we have had a few extra years! Honestly if it were not for family commitments regarding hardware/software/etc I would already be using _something_ else completely. RIP Debian. damn shame.

indeed.

#278 Re: Devuan » Debian Farm? » 2024-01-02 11:15:25

this commentary was interesting:

ttps://www.theregister.com/2023/12/27/bruce_perens_post_open/

#279 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » merged /usr » 2024-01-02 10:39:48

re: @steve_v sig_line: Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. Four times is Official GNOME Policy.

gnome:
ttps://distrowatchers.com/linux_reviews_and_blog/files/c08c1c50e1974df26728362d97d48621-604.html

more:
ttps://distrowatchers.com/linux_reviews_and_blog/index.html

as always, YMMV

#280 Re: Devuan » Debian Farm? » 2023-12-30 16:00:46

UnixMan1230 wrote:
quickfur wrote:

Very disappointed with the direction Ubuntu is moving in.

My first distro was Ubuntu 18.04. I have fond memories of her, genuinely, and i owe what I know today to that first experience. But alas, it also made me understand why systemd was so terrible, and regarding Ubuntu she has gone down the shitter the last two major releases. Its a sad, sad state.

your post made me curious to check my old ubuntu discs and the earliest one i still have is Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon but i do remember having all of the earlier ones as well(will probably do a nostalgic boot-up of this disc later on today!)

#281 Re: Devuan » Debian Farm? » 2023-12-30 15:50:48

The-Amnesiac-Philosopher wrote:
Tatwi wrote:

enshitification

steve_v wrote:

enshitify

Note to self: save this for future usage...

:D

Cory Doctorow FTW!

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

#282 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » trying to keep my 100yr-old father computing for another year » 2023-12-30 10:57:15

rolfie wrote:

There is no way to avoid this Windows style decoration in Evolution on Daedalus. Stay on Beowulf or at the most upgrade to Chimaera.

is it possible that libgtk3-nocsd0 would help?

apt show libgtk3-nocsd0

Package: libgtk3-nocsd0
Version: 3-1
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: gtk3-nocsd
Maintainer: Christian Seiler <christian@iwakd.de>
Installed-Size: 49.2 kB
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Homepage: https://github.com/PCMan/gtk3-nocsd
Tag: role::shared-lib
Download-Size: 14.5 kB
APT-Sources: http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf/main amd64 Packages
Description: Library to disable Gtk+ 3 client side decorations (CSD)
 libgtk3-nocsd is a small LD_PRELOADable library used to disable the
 client side decorations (CSD) of Gtk+ 3.
 .
 Since Gtk+ 3.10, its developers added a so-called header bar or custom
 title bar. With this and the client-side decoration, the original
 title bar and window border provided by the window manager are
 disabled by Gtk+. This makes all Gtk+ 3 programs look like alike, but
 have different handling from other windows on non-GNOME desktops. Even
 worse, this may break some window manager or compositors.
 .
 Unfortunately, there is no reliable way of turning off CSDs in Gtk+
 directly. This library makes this possible.

also found this webpage(for i386? stuff):
ttps://packages.debian.org/buster/i386/libs/libgtk3-nocsd0

judging from the information at this webpage it doesn't solve the header bar issue:
ttps://github.com/PCMan/gtk3-nocsd

making this post more for documentation than any sort of resolution...sigh...still looking and hoping.

#283 Re: Devuan » Wifi setup in devuan » 2023-12-25 10:23:00

your post made me curious regarding a vanilla Devuan Daedalus live-session and/or pristine install bootup on a wireless capable laptop. the live-session came right up and had wireless connections available(old but not ancient lenovo y580 test machine).

#284 Re: Devuan » Malicious Programs, and Malicious People On Devuan » 2023-12-25 09:31:17

went to the OP's user profile page and to view their posts(ten-posts-at-this-time):
ttps://dev1galaxy.org/search.php?action=show_user_posts&user_id=6675

most of the posts are huge/long/tl;dr/eye-glazers
they should probably start their own blog

#285 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [Found another way] Disable ipv6 using Grub - new wrinkle » 2023-12-25 08:52:08

i like to see my grub menu when booting and so i have it visible and with a short delay before automatically booting

on some systems you use "tab" and others "e"(for-edit) to view and/or change/edit your current grub settings(non-persistent)

on a fresh install, sometimes there is no /etc/default/grub so it is necessary to copy the one stored at /usr/share/grub/default/ and then to edit it as necessary(don't forget to save your changes and to do a "sudo update-grub" for persistence)

my usual grub edits are to remove "quiet" and to add "ipv6.disable=1"

also, to reference the

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="initrd=/install/gtk/initrd.gz"

a DDG search had this as one result:
ttps://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/10/msg00161.html
(and our thread was the next result right below it...lol!)
ttps://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=6281

#286 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Not getting thumbnails in Mate » 2023-12-24 06:07:21

IIRC Mate uses caja

see if this gives any insight:
ttps://askubuntu.com/questions/1368910/how-to-create-custom-thumbnailers-for-nautilus-nemo-and-caja
(yes, dropped the h on purpose)

#287 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » trying to keep my 100yr-old father computing for another year » 2023-12-23 12:27:17

the unspoken-but-acknowledged-subtext of the conscious decision to go from Beowulf(EOL-20240630) to Daedalus(EOL-2028ish) was/is perhaps subconsciously some denial/reluctance to fully admit his days are indeed numbered(not that any of us knows our exact dates/fates).

again, heartfelt thanks to all who considered and replied!

#288 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » trying to keep my 100yr-old father computing for another year » 2023-12-22 16:13:28

golinux wrote:

Note that to get to Daedalus from Beowulf you have to go through Chimaera first and that might be a good place to hang for a year or two . . .

did a fresh install of Daedalus on a new ssd to leave the Beowulf installation unmolested and so didn't do any "upgrading" but understand your point.

#289 Re: Devuan » Debian Farm? » 2023-12-22 16:09:00

boughtonp wrote:

???

The changelog for nosystemd.org is at //github.com/muellermartin/nosystemd.org/commits

There do not appear to be any links added today...

it was a modification to my earlier post(added the referenced link instead of creating another post, sorry if that was confusing)

#290 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » trying to keep my 100yr-old father computing for another year » 2023-12-22 12:56:29

except as per this wikipedia webpage, End of Support for Beowulf is June 30th, 2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devuan#Version_history

so Daedalus(and the more-current version of Evolution) were mostly for support status

thanks for all the replies!

#291 Re: Devuan » Debian Farm? » 2023-12-22 05:17:33

the madness never ends...

https://nosystemd.org/

20231222-0726am-cst-usa-modified: added link

#292 Desktop and Multimedia » trying to keep my 100yr-old father computing for another year » 2023-12-21 16:37:57

trying to keep my 100yr-old father computing for another year

he is using beowulf and evolution mail client version 3.30.5

attempting to switch him to daedalus and evolution 3.42.4

he hates any/all change and the newer evolution is way out there(wtf, "header-bar"?)

any thoughts?

edited for clarity.

#293 Re: ARM Builds » [SOLVED] Video display not working, via rockpro64 » 2023-12-19 12:17:07

have you had video success with any other distributions(thinking hardware-check here)?
https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/ROCKPro64_ … e_Releases

say(random-pick) perhaps TwisterOS?
https://twisteros.com/twisterarmbian.html

#294 Re: ARM Builds » [SOLVED] Video display not working, via rockpro64 » 2023-12-18 06:51:53

the guide assumes you can login via serial to perform corrective action

these might provide food for thought
(grabbed semi-randomly, ymmv)

https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=6387

https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/ROCKPro64_ … er_Circuit

#295 Re: Off-topic » ChatGPT and ethics. » 2023-12-17 12:37:10

tl;dr- yes, anything AI / BOT / CGI / GPT / LLM etc. that isn't explicitly well-labeled as such should be aggressively banned/deleted/removed.

-

there will come a time when it will be virtually impossible to distinquish between Computer-Generated-ANYTHING and "the-real-thing".

even if we were able to put the genie back in the bottle, it would take millions of humans years to sift through all the false, fake, misinformed, misquoted, misrepresented "stuff" regardless of exactly the who/what/why.

perhaps we are already living in the Skynet Matrix.

food for thought from Barry Kauler, the creator of Puppy Linux:
https://www.bkhome.org/insight/a-theory-of-reality.html

came across this image and had to share it given the earlier Skynet Matrix reference:
https://recon.cx/2023/images/www_bg_2023.png
from: https://recon.cx/2023/

edited to add additional commentary & links

#296 Re: Devuan » New Devuan user here » 2023-12-15 13:55:01

indeed, welcome to all/everyone/experts/novices/us/etc, the more the merrier

“Do not try and bend the spoon, that’s impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth …
There is no spoon. Then you’ll see that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.”
https://matrix4humans.com/matrix-spoon/

#297 Re: Devuan » Why are systemd files present in Devuan? » 2023-11-27 13:35:46

golinux wrote:

golinux high-fives dice

ditto on the high-fives!
kudos for the SG1 reference.

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