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#201 Re: Off-topic » AI Safety » 2024-11-06 10:02:31
re: tiny dot
https://archive.org/details/the-tiny-dot
re: cosmos
Universe Size Comparison | Cosmic Eye (Original HD)
#202 Re: Off-topic » A Libreoffice Writer ODT that Crashes the Devuan Desktop » 2024-11-05 15:15:33
this post(from within one of the earlier mentioned threads) describes a file taking 8 minutes to load initially.
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=1965711&#p1965711
#203 Re: Other Issues » Better argument handling from apt-cache ? » 2024-11-05 11:07:21
mostly for future thread visitors, some links for convenience:
https://linux.die.net/man/8/apt-cache
https://manpages.debian.org/buster/apt/apt-cache.8.en.html
#204 Re: Off-topic » A Libreoffice Writer ODT that Crashes the Devuan Desktop » 2024-11-05 07:25:31
did a DDG search for "libre office" calc maximum file size and looked at a few.
https://superuser.com/questions/1560674/the-maximum-number-of-columns-per-sheet-was-exceeded
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/libre-calc-exceeding-limit-4175533609/
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=341762
did an additional DDG search for "libre office" writer maximum file size
don't know how "writer" differs from "calc" in LibreOffice, not to mention all the other variables with version(s) number(s) as well as dependencies and such(can be a deep hole excavating to find the bug and/or limitations).
#205 Re: Packaging for Devuan » about debian, a warning » 2024-11-02 06:59:07
while the change may ultimately be organizationally beneficial, it is still part and parcel of the "conformed_uniformity" drive by the microsoft/systemd/eee cheerleaders whose endgame is to consolidate and consume all the poor misguided *nix/*bsd/*etc stepchildren.
Embrace, extend, and extinguish. SystemD. Indeed.
embrace, extend, extinguish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
#206 Re: Packaging for Devuan » about debian, a warning » 2024-10-30 22:43:09
sharing these commentaries so others can form their own opinions:
https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge
https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#a-merged-usr-is-now-required
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge/
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove
Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin , usr/sbin split - Rob Landley, 2010
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2010-December/074114.html
#207 Re: Installation » Is this Tailscale initscript good? » 2024-10-28 13:46:03
enjoyed this informative tailscale webpage(even if it is somewhat off-topic):
The Sisyphean Task Of DNS Client Config on Linux
https://tailscale.com/blog/sisyphean-dns-client-linux
#208 Re: Other Issues » Unusual kernel defconfigs » 2024-10-27 11:22:22
searched the forum for "compile kernel"(topic subject only) and this was the only direct hit:
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=4532
searching the same with "message text and topic subject" selected offers 4 pages of results.
#209 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Repository sync: How to reduce download size of 'apt-get update'? » 2024-10-27 11:07:00
#210 Re: Other Issues » Unusual kernel defconfigs » 2024-10-26 07:58:49
mostly for the convenience of future visitors to this thread:
https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/quickly-build-trimmed-linux.html
also should probably quote it regarding size/space requirements:
If your system uses techniques like Secure Boot, prepare it to permit starting self-compiled Linux kernels; install compilers and everything else needed for building Linux; make sure to have 12 Gigabyte free space in your home directory.
#211 Re: Off-topic » The Joke Thread » 2024-10-25 12:36:17
wwjd
https://www.jesusfilm.org/blog/jesus-washing-the-disciples-feet/
were we to meet, i'd wash thee feet.
perhaps pedicure and polish provided per mutual agreement
#212 Re: Off-topic » Several Russian Linux Kernel Maintainers Removed » 2024-10-25 09:28:49
it is sad though, that after thousands of years, and now with everyone potentially connected intimately via the world wide web, the pogroms continue globally, unabated. shameful really. how long before this type of activity comes to bear upon the thousands of global open-source FOSS projects? Embrace, extend, and extinguish. SystemD. Indeed.
pogrom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogrom
embrace, extend, extinguish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
#213 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » External USB hardrive problems with excaliber ? » 2024-10-24 09:10:54
what happens when you plug a thumbdrive into the same physical port you just tried with the external hard-drives? what does dmesg and/or lsusb tell you then?
#214 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Thunar freezes after NAS is shut down » 2024-10-24 09:06:23
did you keep notes on this
install manually a so-called minimal Devuan XFCE
so others might gain insight and knowledge so as to not repeat this?
#215 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Devuan daedalus, superGfxCtl & asusCtl for asus tuf a16 laptop » 2024-10-22 20:54:51
you should be able to download windows 11 and use it for a few minutes where you need to "use windows" to adjust certain settings
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11
also this article may provide some additional helpful information:
we needed ventoy assistance to get our older equipment to function and their latest version has the necessary bypasses:
#216 Re: Packaging for Devuan » Repository not found. » 2024-10-22 20:37:49
just used curl -I to see if it was available...
#217 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » External USB hardrive problems with excaliber ? » 2024-10-22 14:59:41
dmesg?
sudo dmesg | grep usb#218 Re: Packaging for Devuan » Repository not found. » 2024-10-21 19:24:20
someone@somewhere:~$ curl -I https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_4.3.8-0+deb11u1_amd64.deb
HTTP/2 200
server: nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)
date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 19:22:46 GMT
content-type: application/octet-stream
content-length: 1602824
last-modified: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:32:21 GMT
etag: "671665f5-187508"
x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN
referrer-policy: strict-origin
accept-ranges: bytes#219 Re: Packaging for Devuan » yt-dlp is very outdated » 2024-10-19 14:51:23
this looks interesting as well but haven't had a chance to experiment with it yet:
https://github.com/mhogomchungu/media-downloader
found that after stumbling across this webpost:
https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedl/comments/qsw5pv/ytdlp_different_options_for_different_websites/
edited: cleaned up a url
#220 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Xorg: libseat1: failure to reclaim USB input devices » 2024-10-19 10:38:18
@ralph.ronnquist,
humble request. for my personal benefit/betterment could you(if possible) relate what specific logged data allowed/allows you to find the solution to this question(am assuming others might find it interesting as well). thanks either way!
#221 Re: Packaging for Devuan » yt-dlp is very outdated » 2024-10-18 19:32:39
yt-dlp works with many different websites and is updated as frequently as is necessary and as such it is best to use the stand-alone version.
The stand-alone version is labeled "Platform-independent zipimport binary. Needs Python (recommended for Linux/BSD)" get it here:
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp?tab=readme-ov-file#release-files
they also recommend using their modified ffmpeg, ffplay, and ffprobe(all three are in "ffmpeg"):
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp?tab=readme-ov-file#strongly-recommended
and you can get the modified version of ffmpeg here:
https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases
at the date/time of this post "ffmpeg-n7.1-latest-linux64-gpl-7.1.tar.xz" is the most current and the one we are using presently.
with the stand-alone version use python3 with yt-dlp so to check for available updates:
python3 yt-dlp -Uand to download a video
python3 yt-dlp video-url-goes-herethis is done in a terminal and is easiest if you are working in the directory where yt-dlp is located(to minimize length of command lines)
(just keep it in a directory/folder on your desktop and it will be close at hand for when you choose to utilize it)
make sure you don't have the debian/devuan version of yt-dlp installed as that would probably be/get confusing and the same can be said for ffmpeg/ffplay/ffprobe(which on our daedalus installation are all three located in /usr/bin/).
the yt-dlp github webpage is huge and has an incredible amount of information so you will probably want to scan the whole thing briefly but only focus on whatever your current task-at-hand is(and save the rest for your next adventure).
ps- i see there have been a few posts while i have been putting this together so there will probably be more than one method suggested.
#222 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] How to remove security lock from a password protected SSD » 2024-10-18 16:25:18
have had the same experience several times over the years.
this webpost has helpful:
https://serverfault.com/questions/712849/how-to-unlock-an-ssd-disk-with-hdparm
also see these for faq and tools:
https://www.hdat2.com/hdat2_faq.html
https://www.hdat2.com/download.html
direct download link to pdf on creating a dos usb boot thumbdrive:
https://www.hdat2.com/files/Create_DOS_USB.pdf
#223 Re: Off-topic » The Joke Thread » 2024-10-18 05:31:51
if i didn't laugh, i would cry...just sayin'
most of humanity chooses apathy over empathy
war is the health of the state
two thousand, eight hundred, and thirty one pages...trail of tears indeed
#224 Re: Off-topic » The Joke Thread » 2024-10-17 23:23:32
#225 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Firefox 128.3.1esr *not* clearing history on closing » 2024-10-17 06:02:24
if you are comfortable using Firefox "about:config" area, then you can start investigating by searching these one at a time. "resume" "reload" "restart" and any other keywords/phrases that might show what is happening.
please keep us posted on your progress as i am sure others will have the same situation!
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