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#3226 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » SSD Drive » 2017-06-07 14:10:53

@rob630 . . . Please use BBCode tags to make your post more readable.

#3227 Re: Installation » Devuan for Raspberry PI 3 ? » 2017-06-06 21:41:40

You could leave an issue on parazyd's repo at git.devuan.org.  Chances of him coming here are almost nil.  Or post to DNG.  He's chatting on #devuan as of the timestamp above.

#3228 Re: Installation » Devuan for Raspberry PI 3 ? » 2017-06-06 21:35:23

Talk to parazyd on #devuan-arm or #devuan-dev or even #devuan.

#3229 Re: Intergalactic Communities » SPANISH devuan install guide, instalacion en español » 2017-06-06 19:32:40

@mckaygerhard . . . have you ever considered writing posts in your native language and then passing it through a translator?  Some of what you write makes little sense.  Hopefully, we will have places for the international community to communicate soon.  smile

#3231 Re: Off-topic » Life after Firefox » 2017-06-05 15:17:57

GNUser wrote:

Being free software is a must-have for me--I just cannot trust an internet-facing "blackbox" running on my system. Vivaldi is proprietary software, unfortunately.

Yeah.  I just left them a note on their forum . . .

GNUser wrote:

Here's a short list of free software alternatives available today:

- GNU Icecat
- Waterfox
- Chromium

Waterfox is only 64 bit.  Will take a look at Icecat.  At a minimum the icons might be less fussy . . .

#3232 Re: Other Issues » policykit-1, polkit, polkitd authentication problems » 2017-06-04 20:43:01

It worked for me when policykit was being headstrong.  I just hopped on a different horse.  Just ignore if you want to solve within policykit.  Sorry for the noise.

#3234 Re: Off-topic » Life after Firefox » 2017-06-04 16:40:55

MiyoLinux wrote:

Probably been over a year since I tried Vivaldi. I liked it, but there were hardly any plugins available for it at the time. Perhaps I should revisit it?

It's using plugins from the Chrome app store.  Isn't that the road that FF has taken also?

MiyoLinux wrote:

One of my favorite alternative browsers is Slimjet. Built off Chromium, but it uses less RAM than Chromium and Firefox. One downside is that it has to be reinstalled when new versions are released. It's easily done with .deb packages though.

Hmmm. . . Never heard of that one . . .

#3236 Off-topic » Life after Firefox » 2017-06-04 15:49:47

golinux
Replies: 80

We all know the time is coming.  There is a thread over at Mozillazine - Which Browser for You After Firefox 57? - that I occasionally look at.  Last night a mention of Vivaldi caught my eye and I did something I rarely do . . . I installed it!  I was prepared for a quick uninstall but was surprised that I actually am liking it.  First thing was to get Adblock Plus on there.  The syntax is a little different than I'm used to but workable.  There is a nice neutral gray theme.  Video works ootb and even jitsi!  Not too happy with the licensing though.  Has anybody else given it a spin?

#3237 Re: DIY » X11 Programming Development Forum? » 2017-06-04 14:48:09

I'm not understanding this.  Is it a question (about an existing forum somewhere) or a request (for a space on this forum)?  If you want to discuss that here, the DIY forum would be a good place. Moving since it is not a support question regarding Devuan Jessie.

#3238 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » PostgreSQL 9.6 and pgAdmin4 v1.5 Installation » 2017-06-04 02:42:24

Nice to see that you found the BBCode options.  Could you please edit the commands in your original post?  It would then look something like this.

#3239 Re: Other Issues » What is best way to install latest version of Firefox? » 2017-06-02 19:44:56

GNUser wrote:

This is wrong and it makes me angry.

Pissed a lot of people off.  Don't get angry.  Get busy and create an alternative.  Don't expect corporations to do it for you . . .

#3240 Re: Other Issues » What is best way to install latest version of Firefox? » 2017-06-02 19:23:24

GNUser wrote:
Spass wrote:

(Note: New versions of Firefox (52 and up) require PulseAudio for audio playback, see here.)

Is this a bad joke? I hope so. The linked-to page says nothing about PulseAudio.

You certainly are out of the loop:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/17/03/1 … h-no-sound

Search here and on dng for apulse which is a solution

#3241 Re: Installation » [Solved] Conversion from Debian Stretch to Devuan Ascii » 2017-06-01 23:06:48

supusr wrote:

Could I change these sources somehow to perform a conversion to devuan ascii?  If so, what would the process be?

I don't think it's possible to go from stretch to ASCII.  The upgrade feature was only intended for going from Debian Wheezy or Jessie to Devuan Jessie.  I think ASCII will require a new install.

#3242 Re: Off-topic » Xfwm4 (and Openbox) Window Themes » 2017-06-01 15:17:24

smoki wrote:

It is, somewhat halfly still is mostly gtk2 but wants gtk3 some mate apps are gtk3... while current MATE upstream is all gtk3.

Xfce has also jumped the gtk3 shark . . .

#3243 Re: Off-topic » Xfwm4 (and Openbox) Window Themes » 2017-06-01 13:59:16

Somewhat Reticent wrote:

(Shouldn't this be under Desktop?)

It's OK here.  It's a show-and-tell not a support question.  wink

#3244 Re: Off-topic » Xfwm4 (and Openbox) Window Themes » 2017-06-01 05:05:27

Somewhat Reticent wrote:

Ooo!  Do these affect Synaptic too?  (I read somewhere it needs GTK 2 theme files or something).

Synaptic needs a compatible GTK3 theme or it breaks badly.  I keep sending folks to this link to help them understand the magnitude of the problem (which just keeps getting worse).

#3245 Re: Off-topic » When Wayland will fully replace the old X11? » 2017-05-31 20:54:43

spartrekus wrote:

We are maybe too old for Linux. Linux is getting heavy, bloated, ... and it is ready for cool kids. Don't you think that we shall consider using BSD rather than Linux?

I say let's teach those kids what Linux should be.  wink  I know I'm not going down quietly . . .

#3246 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Devuan 1.0.0 XFCE Thunar search » 2017-05-31 19:55:17

Whew . . . that was a novella!

I have a catfish search launcher in the Xfce panel with this command:

catfish --path=%f%d

But just now I added a new launcher by typing "catfish" in the dialog and the command "catfish" and the catfish icon were automatically entered.  Both launchers seem work the same - will search wherever/whatever I want.  I have NEVER been asked to update the database or for root PW when using catfish.

So that's not launched in Thunar but here's something I discovered by accident the other day.  Go to a directory in Thunar.  Then if you "ctrl + s" a "search pattern" dialog should pop up.  Has not yet failed to find what I need but it's localized to that directory.

#3248 Re: Devuan » The future of 32bit and Devuan? » 2017-05-29 01:46:34

Somewhat Reticent wrote:

Perhaps the motivation to deprecate support of older hardware comes from (new) hardware vendor "contributions"?

Contributions? Maybe.  That somehow seems very old fashioned.  I think it's more complicated than that.  There are those eager to have us use newer hardware that is compromised by trackers and snoopers and phone home 'features' that compromise our privacy and freedom . . .

#3249 Re: Documentation » Draft: "Devuan fact sheet" » 2017-05-28 00:32:50

But keep in mind that in the list of minor planet names, our next release should be ASCII - all caps!.  File names will still be lower case of course.

#3250 Re: Devuan » Devuan color Palette » 2017-05-27 15:19:34

FANTASTIC!!  Thanks so much for putting that together!

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