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#1 Re: Packaging for Devuan » gnome-hearts is gone in Daedalus? » Yesterday 21:46:48
GNOME-Hearts has been gone for several years, and it's not available in upstream Debian, either. The reason it was discontinued was due to one of its dependencies (I wanna say Python 2.7 -- someone please correct me if I'm wrong) being discontinued, along with the project no longer being maintained.
#2 Freedom Hacks » Request: Can we PLEASE fork APT? » Yesterday 21:40:51
- fredbird67
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As I'm sure y'all have heard, Debian has announced plans to introduce Rust code in APT no earlier than May of 2026, which I VERY bitterly oppose. Ubuntu has already done this with some of their core utilities, and from what I understand, such a move has, at least so far, proven to be a fiasco. Not to mention...and I may be a bit fuzzy on the particulars here (some clarification would be helpful here), but from what I understand, Rust's licensing allows it to become controlled by outside entities, which is anathema to the spirit and intent of the GPL and anything open source. Therefore, could y'all PLEASE fork APT, even if it's nothing more than taking the existing code and preserving it, like, for example, MATE initially was after GNOME 3 came out? #ifitaintbrokedontfixit
Thanx in advance,
Fred
#3 Re: Devuan Derivatives » "ln -sf" resulted in a broken link » 2025-10-12 11:19:52
Thanx, Ralph, I will give that a look. But I'm also now tempted to just go with the default SLiM login manager instead and create my own SLiM theme for the Xfce and IceWM editions of my project.
But I do prefer to offer the extra functionality LightDM offers, such as language selection and remote login capabilities, so I will take a look when I get the chance.
#4 Devuan Derivatives » "ln -sf" resulted in a broken link » 2025-10-12 01:08:44
- fredbird67
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I don't know if this is the correct sub-forum in which to post this or not. If it isn't, please forgive me. Anyways, I am trying to switch my distribution, F3OS, from Debian to Devuan. But I'm having a bit of a problem with LightDM. I have created my own theme file that specifies what I want my log in screen to look like. I tried to make /etc/alternatives/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf link to my theme instead of the default Sapphire theme. I could have sworn that "ln -sf (original) (symlinked file)" was the way to do it, but I guess not, as it has resulted in /etc/alternatives/ lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf being a broken link. What am I doing wrong?
Thanx in advance,
Fred in West Plains, MO
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