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#1 Re: Off-topic » Trying to explain what happened with Cloudflare? » Today 04:46:57

from what I have heard, they tried to recreate their code in rust and that led to the problems.

Further proof that rust isn't a silver bullet and that its overly hyped

#2 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Why does Trixie/Excalibur have two Nvidia driver versions (535 / 550)? » 2025-11-15 00:45:14

I have an AMD cpu, there are loads of AMD cpus without IGP, both current and older generations, recent Intel cpus without IGP are far less common but they do exist too.

Didn't know that there were amd or intel cpus that had no integrated graphics cards in them.

#3 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Why does Trixie/Excalibur have two Nvidia driver versions (535 / 550)? » 2025-11-15 00:43:29

@steve_v Current GPU is using less than 5w, while writing this and doing general desktop stuff. When I want performance... You get what you pay for (in watts).

I don't understand obsessing over idle power consumption, particularly when it's on-par with a network card or additional SSD.

Fair enough, I didn't realize that the power usage was thatt low. I wonder how much it uses when nvidia is the graphics card being used though.

#4 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Why does Trixie/Excalibur have two Nvidia driver versions (535 / 550)? » 2025-11-14 03:30:53

@tux_99 what kind of cpu do you have? I thought intel and amd both had their own individual graphics card functionality built in.

#5 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Can't suspend, reboot, or shut down in a WM » 2025-11-14 03:29:18

@stultumanto No idea why, but that was easier to do in doas for me.

I think the syntax was just trickier for me is all. doas syntax is much simpler is all.

big_smile

#7 Re: Off-topic » Hard Rust requirements for APT from may next year » 2025-11-14 03:20:59

Those of us who have been using Linux for decades have done our part. Now, it's up to the younger generation to acquire that knowledge or it will just be a footnote in history . . . or not even that. So saddle up if you want to save apt or any of the other code that is being hijacked to turn Linux into windows.

An open source windows? Isn't that what reactos is for?

...
But yeah, we don't need linux to become like windows.

#8 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Why does Trixie/Excalibur have two Nvidia driver versions (535 / 550)? » 2025-11-11 00:37:11

@steve_v I don't use nvidia either... I tend to think, myself, why bother having an additional graphics card. They waste electricity even if you aren't using them and a lot more if you are.

#10 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Good X11 environment for laptops? Plasma 6 is not ideal » 2025-11-11 00:28:57

@steve @OP  I have no idea, I hate trackpads with a passion. Best try it and find out, push-comes-to-shove just use touchegg or similar (which I expect you will need to build yourself) to convert hand-waving into proper keybinds. That should work with any DE or WM, and any action you can bind keys to (provided libinput supports multi-touch for your hardware to begin with).

Well theres one thing we have in common I guess, I prefer trackpoint over touchpad as well... I also detest the touchpad as well.

So much easier to write stuff down in a word document or similar with the trackpoint. Otherwise, as one like yourself would guess, you can easily lose sight of where your pointer is on your screen because you accidentally touch the pad and it goes off doing something highly annoying.

So yes, I agree there.

Should I migrate to XFCE or Cinammon? Is anyone using X11 on laptops and can share their advice?

I am using X11 myself also but I don't typically use desktop environments, so I am not sure if what I will say will help,

But MATE, LXDE, XFCE4, Lumina Desktop are all ones you could look at.

I don't know how they will work, but worth a try.

#11 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Why does Trixie/Excalibur have two Nvidia driver versions (535 / 550)? » 2025-11-10 02:06:41

That must mean one of them is more stable then the other if I had to guess.

Although maybe someone more knowledgeable can tell you.

@steve_v feel free to jump in if you know something.

#12 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Can't suspend, reboot, or shut down in a WM » 2025-11-10 01:45:36

Choice of init/rc makes very little difference to shutdown/reboot invocation, and none at all to suspend (unless you have some init scripts wired up to suspend/resume hooks ofc).

I was speaking in general probably. I don't know how to do any services with regular sysvinit. So there's that

Unless of course you're going for knee-jerk "but it comes from systemd, no way" idological nonsense or hair-shirt level "minimalisim", in which case figuring out how you want to do seat management and permissions is up to you.

Does this work without root permissions? Also I wonder to myself if elogind has root permissions built in. Not saying one way or the other though. Because I have no clue.

If so, curious.. But doas is still easier than sudo in my experience. Can't say anything about elogind tho

the doas method isn't hard though and is easier than the sudo one if anyone hasn't used sudo's method which I never have due to there being so much clutter in it.

I couldn't figure out how to do stuff the way doas does in sudo

But yeah, etlogind probably is easier, although I have never used that method.

#13 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Can't suspend, reboot, or shut down in a WM » 2025-11-08 20:54:01

@fredbird67 First off, I recommend you use openrc + sysvinit rather than just pure sysvinit.

This will be much easier to handle. I have experience with this.

reboot and shutdown however are fairly easy for me.

if you know how to set up doas, you can shutdown by using:

doas poweroff
doas reboot

as for suspend, I am not sure how you would do that in devuan, without hardware keys. So... yeah lol, I draw a blank there.

If you set up doas properly though, you can just type those two commands in and it goes off immediately without requiring a password.

EDIT: If you want an easier way to shutdown though, qshutdown also works flawlessly.by hitting now on the menu and you will powerdown.

#14 Re: Installation » Everything is working perfectly, thanks community » 2025-11-08 07:13:54

@golinux I thought you knew... but I guess you learn something every day eh?

#15 Re: Off-topic » Hard Rust requirements for APT from may next year » 2025-11-08 07:12:33

@steve_v yes Linus Torvaldo is of course correct. Which is why I sometimes feel the need to diss you as well.

No worries, I expect you to be a flamer troll. It would be wise for you to ease up or you'll have a heart attack

#16 Re: Off-topic » Hard Rust requirements for APT from may next year » 2025-11-06 22:59:08

@exponentialmatrix

Not from what Hyperbola devs have told me.

Although if this is true, they are dragging their feet on it for whatever reason.

I tend to think given their stance of perfectionism, they probably think people who need rust need training wheels type mentality. I could be wrong, but that's my understanding of what I would think they would say.

I have observed their anger before and heard about their toxicity towards people who fall out of their vision of what they want.

So... yeah.

They really focus on code correctness and yet they use C for much of it anyways and what I said before.

Btw, I do agree with you on the part you said above about there is always a cost and that battle tested code being switched to another language doesn't solve everything.

Probably would make a bigger mess.

And yeah its arrogance to at least 10 out of 10 with 10 being the most

#17 Re: Freedom Hacks » Devuan without dbus » 2025-11-06 18:54:21

@alphalpha probably a bad idea. But if you make a disk clone copy first and put it on another drive, at least you won't have a huge headache.

#18 Re: Installation » Everything is working perfectly, thanks community » 2025-11-06 18:52:47

@yemuyin Makes me think of Hinata from Naruto Shippuden to be honest after the war. smile

#19 Re: Off-topic » Hard Rust requirements for APT from may next year » 2025-11-06 18:51:50

@steve_v don't worry, I forgive you for being hardheaded. I know someone just like you, he always thinks he is right and has to chew me out for everything I do wrong.

So I am used to this shtick.

#20 Re: Installation » Everything is working perfectly, thanks community » 2025-11-06 05:53:25

@stargate point taken, but which anime character is that in that picture? Just curious

#21 Re: Off-topic » Hard Rust requirements for APT from may next year » 2025-11-06 03:16:33

@steve

@zapper I'm not about to legitimize that childish outburst with a meaningful reply, if the best you have is "but your face" we are done here. Go back to kindergarten.

That's high praise!

#22 Re: Installation » Everything is working perfectly, thanks community » 2025-11-06 00:43:04

@yemuyin what anime character is that? I have my own thoughts, but I am curious.

And yeah...it does look NSFW

#23 Re: Off-topic » Hard Rust requirements for APT from may next year » 2025-11-06 00:39:39

@steve_v Only if you wish to be taken seriously.

Well given I have trouble taking you seriously, I find this hard to believe coming from you

bullshit

Hmm... edit: Seems I was wrong, C is in decline more than I thought. Although it is still one of the common ones used for building Operating systems, must be for a reason I believe

Speculation and baseless accusations. If you want to claim incompetence, provide example "bad" code.

Well I don't know what code is made by rust, so I cannot say anything here

Citation needed.

Not really, OpenBSD has been known for picking good standards long before other operating systems have.

So... yeah

Code examples (demonstrating the language itself is at fault) or GTFO. That's all you do... Besides talk smack about things you clearly don't understand.

There's an old adage, goes something like this: "Those who can, do. Those who can't, talk."
Which are you?

I have something equally as helpful as all your replies to me have been in the past

Your face. That's the seriousness you deserve as a clown.

#24 Re: Off-topic » Hard Rust requirements for APT from may next year » 2025-11-05 21:22:44

@steve_v

Do you code in rust? How about java? What have you written in python?
Do you personally know these "newbies" you claim are "enabled" by rust? Do you have the expertise to critique their code, or are you just talking out your arse on subjects you have no experience with (again)?

Does that really matter?

Most people in the coding world use C and the best developed  most secure OS is OpenBSD and most of that is in C.

So if they don't feel the need to use Rust, why should anyone else unless they are incompetent.

Also btw, java and javascript are known vectors and both are bloated. So I assume Rust has hidden problems similar that haven't been found yet. Not to mention they haven't stabilized the programming language yet. What works now, might not work later.

Rust is also very bloated another words.

Just in case that wasn't clear. and I meant vectors of weakness for malware to creep in

#25 Re: Off-topic » Hard Rust requirements for APT from may next year » 2025-11-05 20:07:10

@steve_v I don't know about you, but I don't want coding newbies developing my software.

That's what rust enables to happen.

Like javascript and java, they are a bloated mess.

Of course you can say that about python I suppose too.

This being said, I prefer my software not being written by newbies especially system components.

Also, some code is battle tested so to speak and doesn't need to be replaced by some stupid rust rewrite.

PS, I haven't seen you on here for a while, I thought you were gone for good.

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