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#176 Re: Off-topic » [SOLVED] forum image embedding question. » 2024-11-27 07:32:17

indeed @ralph.ronnquist offers the correct correction and a light poke as well...sigh...

throughout decades of electronics usage we have always sought to turn off anything/everything we can/could to reduce attack-surface / bandwidth-consumption / doxxing / identity-theft / etc.

once again...and on a daily basis...humbled & _hat_in_hand_head_bowed_

nevertheless,

Be Excellent to each other and Party On!

#177 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] MAC address changes every reboot » 2024-11-27 07:14:11

my daedalus amd64 has the following

~$ cat /usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d/no-mac-addr-change.conf 
# Certain drivers are known not to support changing the MAC address.
# Disable touching the MAC address on such devices.
#
# See man NetworkManager.conf
#
# https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777523
[device-31-mac-addr-change]
match-device=driver:eagle_sdio,driver:wl
wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no

which results in part of NetworkManager configuration

~$ sudo NetworkManager --print-config

some of the different places NetworkManager components can be found/hidden(depending on your point-of-view)
/etc/NetworkManager/
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/
/var/lib/NetworkManager/

if you have time this bug report may also provide some context and/or insight:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=879484

keep us posted on your progress!

#178 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » How to disable IPv6? » 2024-11-27 06:49:08

try adding

ipv6.disable=1

to the commandline bootcode.

also i seem to recall needing to comment out all the ipv6 stuff in the /etc/hosts file

# commented out all the ipv6 stuff to quiet the /var/log/exim4 report logs
#::1		 localhost
#::1             ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
#fe00::0         ip6-localnet
#fe00::0         ip6-mcastprefix
#ff00::0	 ip6-mcastprefix
#fe02::1         ip6-allnodes
#fe02::1         ip6-allrouters
#ff02::1	 ip6-allnodes
#ff02::2	 ip6-allrouters
#ff02::3	 ip6-allhosts
#fe80::1%lo0	 localhost

you might even check what NetworkManager reports

sudo NetworkManager --print-config

keep us posted on your progress.

#179 Off-topic » [SOLVED] forum image embedding question. » 2024-11-26 09:45:41

referencing the directions for displaying an image found here:

https://dev1galaxy.org/help.php#img

     snippet quoted:

Links and images

...

If you want to display an image you can use the img tag. The text appearing after the "=" sign in the opening tag is used for the alt attribute and should be included whenever possible.

FluxBB bbcode test produces FluxBB bbcode test

     same but code tags:

If you want to display an image you can use the img tag. The text appearing after the "=" sign in the opening tag is used for the alt attribute and should be included whenever possible.

[img=FluxBB bbcode test]https://dev1galaxy.org/img/test.png[/img] produces FluxBB bbcode test

     page source code quoted:

<p><a name="img"></a>If you want to display an image you can use the img tag. The text appearing after the "=" sign in the opening tag is used for the alt attribute and should be included whenever possible.</p>
        <p><code>FluxBB bbcode test</code> produces <samp><img style="height: 21px" src="https://dev1galaxy.org/img/test.png" alt="FluxBB bbcode test" /></samp></p>

tried to do this a variety of ways and never succeeded. this was the image i was trying to embed:

xkcd password strength comic

are the instructions correctly incorrect?

#180 Re: Off-topic » What are you reading/want to read ? » 2024-11-26 09:13:15

some background music perhaps:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSG3PNztWg8

the infamous music video that broke the tubes:

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/12/gangnam-style-overflows-int_max-forces-youtube-to-go-64-bit/

wonder how many people are using iSG3PNztWg8 as a passphrase/password?

i Star Gate 3 Person Narrative zippy tunes Waste gate 8

obligatory xkcd:

https://xkcd.com/936/

semi-obligatory explainxkcd:

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/936:_Password_Strength

#181 Re: Documentation » HOWTO : Downgrade Thunderbird 115 to 102 » 2024-11-26 06:26:55

this webpage(note, debian sid amd64) has an advisement regarding the preference of using a package manager:

https://packages.debian.org/sid/amd64/thunderbird/download

If you are running Debian, it is strongly suggested to use a package manager like aptitude or synaptic to download and install packages, instead of doing so manually via this website.

You should be able to use any of the listed mirrors by adding a line to your /etc/apt/sources.list like this:

deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid main

Replacing ftp.de.debian.org/debian with the mirror in question.

to proceed manually just copy the appropriate facility/mirror link and then shorten it by removing the filename itself(something like these):

http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/thunderbird/

http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/thunderbird/

@dave, it doesn't appear that debian is even offering version 102?

haven't used the bird in years so idk, ymmv.

#182 Re: Off-topic » US Proposes Forcing Google to Sell Chrome . . . » 2024-11-24 10:57:12

another question that will never be answered honestly is what google is doing with all that capacity now that they "claim" they aren't still "caching" the WorldWideWeb anymore?

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/google-search-kills-off-cached-webpages/

in all probability they are still caching on the backend to satisfy their internal requirements(not to mention servicing the global intelligence establishments), just lowering their operational bandwidth consumption on the front end(at the expense of the end-user naturally).

also this is thought-provoking as well:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/11/elizabeth-warren-calls-for-crackdown-on-internet-monopoly-youve-never-heard-of/

further reading:

https://www.internetgovernance.org/2020/08/18/icann-whois-and-global-data-governance/

especially the comments:

https://www.internetgovernance.org/2020/08/18/icann-whois-and-global-data-governance/#comment-42616

John Poole
August 27, 2020 at 14:31   

ICANN has already FAILED the global internet community, including domain name registrants, in so many ways, why continue to persist in ignoring the obvious? ICANN policy making is “dysfunctional by design” and its “consensus decision making” often exhibits groupthink at its worst. As you have noted, ICANN structures are rigged in favor of lobbyists and lawyers representing a few special interests and ICANN’s own “contracted parties,” NOT the “global public interest” nor even the “public interest” as defined by the European Union or any other duly elected governmental authority, including the State of California! Most domain name registrants have NO representation within the “ICANN community” and that is “intentional.” ICANN exists primarily (1) to perpetuate itself — the obscenely overpaid, and oftentimes incompetent, ICANN management, and staff, the inept ICANN Board of Directors, and the “few” who dominate and control the “ICANN community” — and (2) to perpetuate U.S. hegemony over global internet governance including the global DNS. ICANN is a “failed organization.” It needs to be replaced. If people such as yourself persist in pretending otherwise, by default others will decide.

and while we are at it, who ultimately should control Skynet?

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

see also Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers:

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

obligatory skynet links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKYNET_(surveillance_program)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(satellite)

and here is another bigger question/thought:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/02/the-nsas-skynet-program-may-be-killing-thousands-of-innocent-people/

Algorithms increasingly rule our lives. It's a small step from applying SKYNET logic to look for "terrorists" in Pakistan to applying the same logic domestically to look for "drug dealers" or "protesters" or just people who disagree with the state. Killing people "based on metadata," as Hayden said, is easy to ignore when it happens far away in a foreign land. But what happens when SKYNET gets turned on us—assuming it hasn't been already?

not to mention the great pumpkin heading the patch full of gourds again...

greenday anyone?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idiot#Themes

black sabbath?

https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=51845#p51845

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edited december 7th, 2024 to include another good link referencing the "hiding of the cache"

https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/07/Legacy_of_a_Dying_World_Wide_Web.shtml

edited december 8th, 2024 to include more google

https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/07/Google_Does_Not_Have_a_Search_Engine_Anymore.shtml

#183 Re: Packaging for Devuan » Lazarus weird after update » 2024-11-21 11:41:19

currently using Daedalus. when i search synaptic using just the "name" matching i get about a dozen search results. one of them is "lazarus-ide-gtk2-2.2 IDE for Free Pascal - GTK+ version" and as you described, it says "latest available version is  2.2.6+dfsg2-2"

there is also a Qt5 version which may explain why your "apt-get install lazarus-ide-3.6" didn't quite get the job done.

thanks for keeping us posted!

#186 Re: Installation » minimal X install » 2024-11-20 09:50:09

perhaps slightly off-topic but still interesting/thought-provoking:
(especially for the distro/curious/experimenters/hoppers)

https://easyos.org/user/how-to-fix-broken-video.html

Barry Kauler's Devuan Daedalus version of EasyOS(woofwoof!):

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=12851

more for those so inclined:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=136062#p136062

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=136066#p136066

can snowballs go down rabbitholes? indeed.

https://devuanpup.wordpress.com/

#188 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Cups error AFTER successful print » 2024-11-19 09:38:54

have had many mysterious mysteries manifest over the last 40 years. especially with those printers.

#191 Re: Off-topic » systemd v257 requires the merging of /bin and /sbin » 2024-11-15 11:54:14

thanks for bringing that to our attention.

naturally it is just _tilting_at_windmills_ and/or _spitting_into_the_wind_ as NOTHING will stop microsoft/redhat/etc and the multiple millions of dollars behind this _extend_embrace_extinguish_ bullet-train.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1085370;msg=10

They cannot be disabled, there are no options to do so, feel free to send a patch upstream to implement such a feature if you want to do so

#192 Re: Other Issues » Clearing the DNS cache » 2024-11-15 09:41:42

check /etc/resolv.conf for clues

cat /etc/resolv.conf

check NetworkManager settings

sudo NetworkManager --print-config

also a further note regarding DNS resolving.

i used DDG to search the terms "force pihole usage"(quotation marks only for forum post clarity, didn't use them for the search)

there were multiple pages of results given the popularity of raspberry pi units these days(not to mention trying to stop all the ads/beacons/click-bait/cookies/iframes/javascript/pop-ups/redirects/super-cookies/third-party-cookies/trackers/zomg-and now all the AI generated garbage as well)

here is one that might be helpful even if more as an overview:

https://labzilla.io/blog/force-dns-pihole

and just for additional amusement: zomg

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/4075/what-is-the-origin-of-zomg

bonus: don't forget that some/most? browsers cache dns as well...sigh... _neverending_whackamole_

#193 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Firefox 128.3.1esr *not* clearing history on closing » 2024-11-14 20:16:38

yes, OP reported having firefox set to remove history when closed/shutdown/terminated and then had an occurrence where when starting firefox they were returned to the webpage they were at when firefox was previously closed/shutdown/terminated.

and further reported that it only happened once and/or infrequently.

a guess would be that firefox somehow failed to shutdown completely/gracefully/etc or that it somehow was still _running_in_the_background_ unknown to the OP.

and since we are now at firefox 128.4.0esr, hopefully it won't happen again.

#196 Re: Off-topic » A Libreoffice Writer ODT that Crashes the Devuan Desktop » 2024-11-12 10:46:07

slightly off-topic but for future readers/visitors to this thread(who searched for "libreoffice" for whatever reason) and with respect to pdf documents/files, this webpage was interesting/thought-provoking:

https://exactcode.com/recompress/

and if you poke around there you will probably also eventually find yourself somewhere in the T2-SDE website:

https://t2sde.org/kb/3/

full disclosure: no affiliation/association with any referenced, just humble friendly sharing. Excellent! Party On!

#197 Re: Freedom Hacks » devuan directory » 2024-11-12 08:56:39

for some background on unix50.org and sdf.org:

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

and if you enjoy that sort of thing, you'll probably enjoy floodgap.com as well:
(the entire website is packed with content and links so if you are easily distracted you have been forewarned)

https://www.floodgap.com/

#199 Re: Installation » New bpo Kernel Upgrade 6.10.11+bpo-amd64 fails to boot » 2024-11-10 22:27:18

devuan daedalus normal/standard install

someone@somewhere:~$ reportbug --version
reportbug 12.0.0+devuan2

#200 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Devuan daedalus, superGfxCtl & asusCtl for asus tuf a16 laptop » 2024-11-09 07:50:41

@ofvergara, thank you for taking the time to report your final disposition.

also, for the convenience of future visitors to this thread:

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

@rolfie, indeed there is a failure of Ventoy as of at least the version we recently obtained.
(sha1 checksum 30bdd6023d81ea09ec5b19f5924ec92c56f96538  ventoy-1.0.99-linux.tar.gz)

more for future visitors: note, the above referenced "broken" version of Ventoy did work for a temporary installation of windows 11 as per our previous post in this thread. (but did not work for a variety of other operating systems)

as always, your mileage may vary, but good luck in any case.

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