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#1 Re: Off-topic » Note taking » 2025-03-19 22:02:07

Another mention of Mousepad excellent! smile

#2 Re: News & Announcements » Chrome based browsers and uBlock Origin » 2025-03-05 19:17:20

Removed from Edge as well apparently.
To my surprise uBlock Origin is available for my beloved SeaMonkey!

#3 Re: Off-topic » Note taking » 2025-03-02 21:08:04

Now orgmode, I was briefly introduced to this when I was using or attempting to use emacs.
I have been toying with the idea of another attempt to master emacs and after a quick read of the orgmode site https://orgmode.org/ I might need to look into it more seriously.
GTD (Get Things Done methodology) sounds interesting I'm going to look into this as I have a cluttered and disorganised brain.

I'm dyslexic and one trait of dyslexia is they way we work through tasks, instead of starting at 0 and working through to 9, If i don't keep myself in check I will start at 7 find myself completely in another dimension at -4 teleported to 17.5 and eventually arrive at 9. It can be quite an adventure. Unfortunately in the corporate world they don't see it that way.

Tasks for this evening.

0. install emacs

I think I can manage that!

#4 Re: News & Announcements » Devuan 2024 financial report » 2025-02-23 18:43:37

Great to see things are going well .
I still can't donate directly to Devuan unfortunately, PayPal still says my county is not supported though PayPal say it is.
I had the same problem recently when donating to the SeaMonkey project so who knows.

Anyway I setup a donation to the Dyne foundation through Kofi hopefully some it goes to Devuan.
Could Devuan be donated directly through Kofi maybe ?

init freedom

Rue.

#5 Re: Off-topic » Note taking » 2025-02-20 02:52:26

Yes you are right about other formats I work in the field of Records and Archiving and we are well into the world of digital archiving  and my work in extracting data from the numerous file formats in existence brings new meaning to format hell! sometimes we can only extract the raw data into a text file and then try to make it human readable.

Text is best!

#6 Re: Off-topic » Note taking » 2025-02-19 20:16:32

Yes agreed the universal aspect of text makes them ideal for information storage and retrieval. I have an old Compaq Pentium III laptop running Devuan minimal, really a prof of concept on how Devuan can be used to recycle old technology, but If I had to I can read all my text files on that machine.

#7 Off-topic » Note taking » 2025-02-18 22:18:40

ruenoak
Replies: 12

Hi all, just wondering what does the community do to create, sort and store their notes?
I have used various note taking applications in the past but have always returned to text files in folder.
Speaking of applications I do like Zimwiki and used it for quite a while and still have it installed.

My basic structure for note taking is Mousepad as my editor, though any text editor will do, a folder called Notes and the naming convention is ‘date-description’.
I save everything as markdown though, I have been saving in gemtext too.

I like text it’s very zen and I find Mousepad and a Notes folder is all I really need.

#8 Re: Installation » Ollama and DeepSeek » 2025-02-16 21:48:48

Hi alsen Ive used GPT4ALL on Devuan using a flatpak. It worked okay though it does require good amount of ram at least 16gb.
I see it has Deepseek added now too.

I haven't tried to install it any other way apart from the flatpak.
(https://www.nomic.ai/gpt4all)

(https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all)

#9 Re: News & Announcements » A special Valentine's Day for Devuan! » 2025-02-15 01:17:47

Yes congratulations Devuan and thank you to all that put in hard work to create such an amazing distribution. smile

#10 Re: Other Issues » Donation issues with PayPal » 2025-01-21 06:27:47

HI all just thought I would try PayPal donation link again unfortunately it is still resulting in the same message "Donations to this recipient aren't supported in this country"

#11 Re: Other Issues » Donation issues with PayPal » 2024-05-14 04:34:08

Hello, just returning to this, apologies it has been a while. I noticed that I still, get the 'Donations to this recipient aren't supported in this country' message when trying to donate to Devuan.
My thoughts: I can donate to Dyne.org as there are a few options. This will go towards Dyne projects and Devuan. 
I use other Dyne software so I think it is a better option for me.

Wondering is a better idea to redirect the Devuan donation requests  to Dyne with a message like 'Supporting The Dyne.org Foundation you support Devuan ' or something allot those lines.

#12 Re: Off-topic » [SOLVED] What is your view on major distros dropping X11 and requiring Wayland? » 2024-01-21 23:20:46

I agree, there is not need for apologies I found it quite an interesting discussion and Dowse was mentioned. Any discussion where Dowse is mentioned will always be a good discussion!  smile

#13 Off-topic » Sunny Saterday and Santana » 2023-09-15 22:15:14

ruenoak
Replies: 2

A perfect song for a sunny Saturday morning.
Aquamarine Santana. definitely one for the desert island list!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waxFYn5LNOU

#15 Re: Other Issues » Donation issues with PayPal » 2023-09-08 21:56:52

Just an update, PayPal customer service  actually rang me, I couldn't believe it!
They said that nothing on their end is blocking the transaction, and it could be an issue with the client.
I'm wondering if this is something to do with the button code on the donation page ?
Hopefully someone in the Devuan team can look into this.

Thanks
Rue.

#16 Other Issues » Donation issues with PayPal » 2023-09-07 03:35:04

ruenoak
Replies: 5

Hi all, I just went to renew my donation through PayPal, I gad to deactivate it for a a few months unfortunately.
When I click the link from the Devuan donation page to PayPal and setup the donation I get presented with this message
'Donations to this recipient aren't supported in this country'

Apparently this is happening to various people all over the place, not just 'Stichting Dyne.org'. Some a re saying on the PayPal community help its to do with the button code.

Using the recipient's email address is apparently a workaround for this issue but I can't be sure of that.

i would like to renew my donation but at the moment the PayPal issues is preventing it

Is this something that Dyne.org needs to look into maybe has PayPal changed something recently that has caused this ?

Anyway keep up the great work and thanks in advance for your help.

Rue.

#17 Re: News & Announcements » Devuan on Fediverse » 2023-09-04 06:37:35

This is excellent news! Thank you.

#19 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Desktop locked up .. how to solve?? » 2022-02-05 05:54:05

Interesting, I had a misbehaving browser today actually, Firefox + Youtube stream = misbehaving browser.
I never thought of adding xkill to the panel, that's a good Idea. Certainly faster than trying to open a terminal while Firefox slowly melts my laptop into the Earths core.  I'm going to try this out right now.
Thanks! smile

#20 Re: Documentation » Help - list all services » 2022-02-02 02:26:15

Hi tempvan1,
I think you need to use the whole path
/usr/sbin/service --status-all

Thanks
R

#21 Re: Off-topic » Gemini protocol » 2021-04-16 00:42:10

Yes I saw this too,
I see Hex DSL has modified his site too, he also has some interesting scripts to do with Gemini too. Just haven't had time to look at them yet.

#22 Re: Off-topic » Gemini protocol » 2021-04-15 01:07:44

Danielsan wrote:

I love it!

I use Lagrange through Flatpak!

Yes I was using the Lagrange Flatpak too.
I'm trying out Amfora at the moment

#23 Off-topic » NFT (non-fungible token) and creative works » 2021-03-20 07:57:18

ruenoak
Replies: 1

I've just been listening to a podcast about NFT (non-fungible token trying to get my head around it and understand how it works.
Something that worries me is the concept of perpetuity royalty, that you get with NFT. Now it is not that the creator is getting paid for what the created, that's great. It's the worry that this also means perpetuity copyright. Now I don't understand NFT that well but am I right here? Or if it hasn't been thought up yet, can it happen with NFT? Because if is or it can be, this is a big problem for future works entering the public domain.

For along time now we have seen big media companies manipulating and lobbying for extended copyright, we just need to look at Disney for proof of that.
If Disney some how created NFT around Mickey Mouse would they have perpetual copyright, so Mickey Mouse would never enter the public domain.
Mickey Mouse is just an example or course, the way Disney Corp have tangled Mickey Mouse up in a billion trademarks, it will never enter the public domain.
But what about other creative works, are they in danger of perpetual copyright?
Here's the podcast link if anyone is interested. https://www.badvoltage.org/2021/03/19/3x25/
Looking forward to your thoughts on this.

ruenoak.

#24 Re: Devuan » Meet Chimaera's deepsea theme » 2021-03-12 23:39:57

Absolutely beautiful! The colours of the ocean are always close to my heart. as the ocean is too.
There is allot of research on colours and chemical changes in the brain. We naturally gravitate to natural tones of nature, Earth, Sky, Oceans.
it's calming and generally pleasing to use. You see this in product manufacturing all the time.
Again beautiful theme, can't wait t use it.

ruenoak.

#25 Re: Devuan » As Debian 11 moves closer to Devuan. Is there any reason to stay on De » 2021-03-11 04:05:44

Camtaf wrote:

Debians decision to use systemd split the Linux community - I don't think the split can be repaired - I, personally, keep an eye on BSD, because I don't like the way Systemd works by amalgamating everything together like Windows Registry - one of the reasons I quit using Windows as soon as I could learn to use unix like O/Ses.

I understand where you are coming from but I am optimistic, and I like to think that communities will come together for common good and put differences aside. It's in my nature i guess.

presently have standard 'live' Devuan installed on most of my computers, but it is somewhat 'heavy' in programs, not my personal choices, so not sure if I will continue to use it, but I know that I, personally, won't be going back to Debian.

I guess if it is too heavy with unwanted applications you could go with the net install or advanced and choose what applications you want during install.

If you are looking for a minimal system you could try Devuan Minimal-Live, be warned through, it is what it says, Minimal, no xorg or desktop. I have it installed on my old Pentium III laptop it runs like a charm smile

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