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#1 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » ALSA+Jack system wide audio No pulseaudio or pipewire » Today 16:20:23
#2 Re: Off-topic » Microsoft admits it's own AI is malware. » Today 04:56:15
will skynet destroy us, or will we destroy skynet?
#3 Re: Off-topic » Microsoft admits it's own AI is malware. » Today 04:52:49
to a fairly complete approximation, all ai is malware.
#4 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] set up an "AD HOC" connection with HOSTAPD (OPENRC) » 2025-11-18 16:52:44
this webpage shows it was last updated in 2012 which may precede some/most/all of the systemd stuff
#5 Re: Installation » Boot issue » 2025-11-18 10:32:50
@rosun, it is possible that future forum visitors and those searching, might be better served if we knew which version of "Windows" you are referring to...
also you say you are still able to boot "Windows" via "BIOS" but are you really using the "old" bios or the "newer" UEFI/Secure-Boot/etc functionalities?
we probably should not just assume you are using an older version of windows on an mbr-formated hard-drive in an older garden-variety mini-tower(maybe even with a floppy-disk still protruding from the drive-slot).
grabbed a wikipedia link because i was too lazy to take a current photo of one of my said-same mini-towers with disk protruding(the grandkids used to say it was the "computer with it's tongue sticking out" ha!)
#6 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » ALSA+Jack system wide audio No pulseaudio or pipewire » 2025-11-18 09:51:15
not a dinosaur or a luddite, but i still fondly remember these complex devices in a simpler era:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphophone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonograph
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Talking_Machine_Company
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_Records
enjoy
#7 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Cannot change background » 2025-11-15 16:03:34
regardless of what the developers claim/do/or/say we cannot know for certain that this isn't just another production of AI Slop(why would they admit to using the ai-slop, especially when it produces bad code and bad results and bad reviews?)
#8 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Power usage of SSDs » 2025-11-14 19:24:23
used ssd for years and they definitely extend battery life on laptops
#9 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Vuu-do Linux! *New Openbox-64 iso's (1.0.7) up 2-02-18*!! » 2025-11-14 15:18:54
have used chromium for years while always just dismissing that keyring pop-up
there is probably an easy way to fix it but it never bothered me enough to deal with it
#10 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Issue with Evolution » 2025-11-14 15:01:11
claws should be fine, especially if you are in the no-html email camp
#11 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Excalibur desktop-live: "switch user" action segfaults xfce4-session » 2025-11-14 08:13:09
after countless installs(across decades and up to and including the day before yesterday), i also still fall prey to the _dammit_forgot_to_select_where_to_install_grub_again_sigh_ahem_SUPERGRUBDISKFORTHEWINAGAIN_
nine hells...
rotflmao
#12 Re: Other Issues » Hi, new here just joined devuan. need help with games an programs. » 2025-11-14 05:26:56
any way to edit response #25 to add code tags?
#13 Re: Devuan » Excalibur Network Configuration » 2025-11-12 10:52:27
not sure but will consult these given time.
man interfaceshttps://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/sect.network-config
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/sect.ipv6.en.html
#14 Re: Off-topic » Hard Rust requirements for APT from may next year » 2025-11-12 10:42:24
^^^re: quoting @blackhole
That horse has bolted
can dead(longtime) horse(bones) bolt? [/sarcasm]
#15 Re: Off-topic » Here is a good lesson, in the art of the troll! » 2025-11-11 10:59:25
i stumbled across this thread and visited:
and enjoyed it enough to share it with a nifty little _bump_
#16 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Good X11 environment for laptops? Plasma 6 is not ideal » 2025-11-11 09:12:30
i try to stay with whatever the standard/stock/image/iso delivers/installs.
i do this so i can assist others who also have done a basic/standard installation and have run into some sort of issues/problems/situations/etc.
fortunately i don't have any objections to xfce... _yet_ (but that will change someday)
#17 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Laptop shuts down instead of suspend » 2025-11-11 08:58:42
saw your recent post and wondered if you ever figured out why your machine was failing to perform as you desired/expected?
#18 Re: Other Issues » Hi, new here just joined devuan. need help with games an programs. » 2025-11-11 08:43:47
with respect to the relatively recent(historically speaking) su/substitute_user/switch_user/etc kerfuffle
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/460478/debian-su-and-su-path-differences
#19 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Can't run Devuan Excalibur on Software Raid » 2025-11-11 07:47:18
Welcome to the forum.
this happened recently(no idea if it will help in your specific situation):
#20 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Why does Trixie/Excalibur have two Nvidia driver versions (535 / 550)? » 2025-11-10 08:12:42
a thread that might be interesting:
https://www.linux.org/threads/confused-about-nvidia-driver-versions.50056/
tl;dr: a single post:
https://www.linux.org/threads/confused-about-nvidia-driver-versions.50056/post-231555
#21 Re: Installation » Running QEMU/KVM with runit » 2025-11-10 07:04:26
was curious...looked...figured i might as well share the link:
#22 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Can't suspend, reboot, or shut down in a WM » 2025-11-08 13:46:02
searched and picked the first one that may/might fit the usage(no personal experience)
https://linuxiac.com/antix-23-systemd-free-linux-distro-released-based-on-debian-12/
#23 Re: Installation » Everything is working perfectly, thanks community » 2025-11-08 09:34:05
new stuff for waldo
#24 Re: Installation » Excalibur: Mounting NFS shares using /etc/fstab » 2025-11-06 10:00:54
while looking for tailscale references/commentary/notes/etc on the forum i came across this specific post:
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=57261#p57261
which referenced /lib/init/init-d-script and so i went and saw that a bit of it referenced "mountnfs.sh" with some content/context referencing the words "after" and "before" and so i post the snippet of code here below:
# PATH should only include /usr/* if it runs after the mountnfs.sh
# script. Scripts running before mountnfs.sh should remove the /usr/*
# entries.
PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/binalso at the end of /lib/init/init-d-script there was a reference to:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=822753#53
and that link drops one into the midst of just one of many "discussions" which seem not so distant from some of those on this forum...(*cough* hat-tip @steve_v)
as always, ymmv.
edited to add: also wanted to quote a snippet from message#36 in the same above noted "discussion"
Wait, no. There is. See #427889 and policy 9.3.2. By the way, seems
#427889 could be closed...Also, by just common sence, program that return 0 in case of failure is
bad, very bad. What if I want to call /etc/init.d/{foo} in my own
script?There are scripts around, that pass exit code {rc.local, hostname}; there
are scripts around, that do not (random example - wicd).So either we
* violate LSB and adjust all initscripts to return 0 always.
I strongly oppose.* consider script, that swallows exit code to be buggy. I support it,
but there is a lot of scripts in wild that do so. I do /not/ volonteer
to fix them.All in all, let us remove last line in `init-d-script'.
Dmitry Bogatov may *not* volonteer(sic) to _fix_ them...nevertheless, there be dragons...sigh.
#25 Re: Off-topic » Hard Rust requirements for APT from may next year » 2025-11-06 06:43:28
light reading before bedtime.
https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_borland
more:
https://winworldpc.com/product/borland-pascal/7x
https://winworldpc.com/product/delphi/1x
https://winworldpc.com/product/borland-c/20
https://winworldpc.com/product/borland-c-builder/1x
fun/other:
edited, couldn't resist:
Pamela Anderson / Tool Time Lisa / Baywatch CJ Parker / Barb Wire
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