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#1 Re: Devuan » Age Verification » Yesterday 20:49:58

I wish that was readable . . . sad

#2 Re: DIY » ALSA-only purists: Question, new GUI app for the mixer and EQ? » Yesterday 18:40:14

greenjeans wrote:

. . . before I got accused of not considering folks with disabilities.

From: https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=63215#p63215

"Just a suggestion . . . Are you aware that the gray on gray is borderline to being an accessibility hindrance for a lot of folks? It also looks like there might be some blue there but the contrast is so minimal I can't really discern it."

You have an overactive imagination. I "accused" you of nothing.

#3 Re: DIY » ALSA-only purists: Question, new GUI app for the mixer and EQ? » 2026-04-15 20:15:38

Why are you accusing me of imaginary intentions? And putting words into my mouth or thoughts into my head.

I am sensitive to the subject because I have known visually challenged individuals since the 70s and have always tried to be as inclusive in my communications as possible.

greenjeans and I (and others here) go  back well over a decade. . . Long before you came on the scene. So your perspective has very little relationship to history or reality. Neither does it provide value to others. It is just an amateur hit piece. Time to grow up . . .

#4 Re: DIY » ALSA-only purists: Question, new GUI app for the mixer and EQ? » 2026-04-15 19:17:25

No one ever said there was. But there are general rules that help to make content more accessible and conversely practices to avoid. One being low contrast . . .

#5 Re: DIY » ALSA-only purists: Question, new GUI app for the mixer and EQ? » 2026-04-15 17:11:52

Have to run but do have a look at some recommendations that pop up for this search:
standard practices to create digital content accessible to the visually impaired

#6 Re: DIY » ALSA-only purists: Question, new GUI app for the mixer and EQ? » 2026-04-15 01:10:38

Just a suggestion . . . Are you aware that the gray on gray is borderline to being an accessibility hindrance for a lot of folks? It also looks like there might be some blue there but the contrast is so minimal I can't really discern it.

#7 Re: Devuan » Devuan with....systemd!? » 2026-04-12 18:57:09

Welcome to Devuan!

As an introduction to Devuan, please take a look at the systemd packages that are banned in Devuan. One is text and the other graphical:

https://pkgmaster.devuan.org/bannedpackages.txt

https://pkgmaster.devuan.org/log/unstable-banned.svg

That will give you an idea of the magnitude of the problem and how most of it is solved . . . it is sent to the trash bin!

#8 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Why Devuan have no Lomiri DE in repos? » 2026-04-10 22:42:06

Check https://pkgmaster.devuan.org/bannedpackages.txt

There are several mentions of "lomiri"  listed there. Sorry . . . you'll have to decipher it yourself. smile

#9 Re: Installation » Sound doesn't work out of the box on Devuan Excalibur with Plasma DE » 2026-04-05 22:00:45

That's okay golinux, go back to sleep. You weren't doing anything useful around here anyway.

Wrong yet again. I never sleep during the day because I actually have a life to live other than behaving for the machine. You are so assimilated, it is unlikely you could even grasp such a reality. The machine has turned human existence into some sort of glassy-eyed purgatory . . .

#11 Re: Installation » Sound doesn't work out of the box on Devuan Excalibur with Plasma DE » 2026-04-05 20:03:39

@franmm - Devuan is Debian without systemd. Full stop. Perhaps you would like to provide and maintain a better solution for Devuan?

#12 Re: Off-topic » Fluxer a Discord clone? » 2026-04-01 16:00:19

FYI . . . Our first "official" forum was Discourse which was out of tune with Devuan's user base and failed rather spectacularly. D1G replaced it after several years of running both. We don't need a new forum. But there are plenty of things that always need attention at Devuan if you are looking for something to do . . .

#13 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Trouble migrating from sid to ceres » 2026-03-27 20:56:22

FWIW . . . I have never heard of anyone trying to migrate from sid (Debian unstable) to ceres (Devuan unstable). sid and ceres are not "releases". They are the "unstable" branches of their respective distributions.

#14 Re: News & Announcements » How you can help Devuan » 2026-03-27 17:40:52

Many thanks for helping to support the cost of running our infrastructure! Any questions? Just ask. We are here to help.

#15 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » xfdashboard » 2026-03-26 00:37:32

Please note that installing Ubuntu packages is NOT an "official" recommendation. In fact, we advise to avoid installing non-Devuan/Debian packages into the mix.

#16 Re: Off-topic » systemd starting to store birthDate » 2026-03-25 15:15:54

There is serious resistance:

https://agelesslinux.org

jaromil on X . . . "In 2019 we removed machine-id from @DevuanOrg and we will remove age verification now. "AgelessLinux" is based on Debian, a foundation made to spy on users in a way or another, because it tracks machine-id."

#17 Re: News & Announcements » How you can help Devuan » 2026-03-21 02:02:19

@JayneCobb . . . Welcome to Devuan and thanks for helping to keep the servers up and running! Any questions? A search for keywords might solve your problem. If you're still stuck, folks here tend to be very helpful so don't be shy. See you around!

#18 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Hardisk space full , but no files . » 2026-03-20 21:48:55

Speaking of a strange comment that is totally irrelevant to my usecase:

greenjeans wrote:

^^ That's basically like putting a piece of tape over the check engine light in your car so you don't have to see that it needs maintenance.

My machine just works because I don't mess with it except for updates/upgrades and I only visit a very narrow selection of destinations. No experimentation. Just making sure that all of Devuan's moving parts are in order and tended to.

#19 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Hardisk space full , but no files . » 2026-03-20 19:05:09

@greenjeans . . . That would depend on what you are doing with your machine day to day. I have only had to deal with .xsession-errors when I was messing around and breaking things and those days have faded into the past. Behaving for the machine is not a life. I have better things to do with my remaining years. Apologies if that offends you.

#20 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Hardisk space full , but no files . » 2026-03-20 17:51:31

Note that if one rarely reboots, there is no need for fancy, smanchy solutions to .xsession-errors removal.  wink

#21 Re: Off-topic » systemd starting to store birthDate » 2026-03-20 01:06:03

Or . . . perhaps "less" is more" and "depression" is a choice . . .

#22 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Accidental Success: Revived 2008 Toshiba with Devuan 6 & AI (Non-Tech) » 2026-03-17 16:01:02

tyder wrote:

I don't really trust any of the equipment I use. It's essential for me nonetheless.

And we stupidly and willingly followed the breadcrumbs because we were so entranced by all the toys . . .

#23 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Accidental Success: Revived 2008 Toshiba with Devuan 6 & AI (Non-Tech) » 2026-03-17 15:52:41

tyder wrote:

I think using AI is essential . . .

I beg to disagree. The "essentials" are food, water, air and hopefully shelter. All the toys we play with are just the products of churning, deluded minds. And what a mess we make of it!

#24 Re: News & Announcements » How you can help Devuan » 2026-02-28 21:35:59

@mweishaar . . . No need to apologize or to have deleted your post. You just wanted to share. Happy to hear you like "deathmetal". Keep fingers crossed that it might yet be available some day.

#25 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] DNS stopped working on Devuan Ceres » 2026-02-27 15:51:35

I have no idea why Ceres stopped working, it might be because my internet provider is BT in the UK.

LOL! Maybe it is because Ceres is "unstable" and always in flux until it is officially released as "stable"?

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