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#226 Off-topic » Archlinux installer » 2021-04-04 12:19:00

dice
Replies: 3

I know this is not related to devuan or debian but historic since the last official arch installer was many years ago.

I tried it out today, it works but only if you like a boot and root setup. Very minimal installer and imo they should just stick to the arch way.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page= … rchinstall

#227 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Problem installing on an Acer Aspire 315-23 » 2021-04-04 12:14:38

What medium did you download and copy to USB ? What were the commands?

#228 Re: Off-topic » what music are you listening to RIGHT NOW? » 2021-04-04 10:15:22

golinux wrote:

Do we really need TWO music threads?  I am considering merging with the other one at HoaS' suggestion.  Don't be surprised if that happens.

I thought i was posting in that thread, goes to show how much attention i want to pay.

On topic:  Novembre - Novembrine Waltz -  2. Everasia

#229 Re: Forum Feedback » New member SPOCK » 2021-04-03 07:41:19

Please tell me Leonard Nemoy uses Devuan wink

Welcome.

#230 Re: Off-topic » what music are you listening to RIGHT NOW? » 2021-04-03 07:35:14

ACDC - Jailbreak on the best station in my country Rebel FM. Nothing but rock n roll, no pop no rap just the good stuff.

#231 Re: Off-topic » systemd's new feature (wtf?) » 2021-04-02 12:19:26

steve_v wrote:
dice wrote:

Ive only just discovered "immutable operating systems"

I was doing this sort of thing back in ~2000, when you could fit an entire GNU/Linux OS on a 1.44MB floppy disk. It's doesn't need to be complicated, it doesn't need containers, and it sure doesn't need systemd.
Of course you could do it with systemd + containers + whatever other bloated over-engineered garbage the shareholders are into at any given moment, but then you end up with something that's non-POSIX, non-portable, not even remotely Unix-like, and can't be reasoned about by a human sysadmin without 10 layers of abstraction and 30 management utilities... Not real surprising that's the approach the systemd devs are pushing, is it?

Then again. it could be a prank. If it is, it's a good one, because this is exactly the kind of "feature" I expect from the developers involved.

Right, back in 2000 i was working at dhl using wyse terminals.

#232 Re: Off-topic » systemd's new feature (wtf?) » 2021-04-01 14:04:27

Ive only just discovered "immutable operating systems" via fedora while i was browsing a reddit. Fedora/redhat silverblue i think this is more or less aimed at.

#233 Re: Installation » Merging several configuration files after upgrade to beowulf » 2021-03-31 11:49:47

I had a look at the ascii version of tor and there are two torrc files one called minimal and one called sample in the package. Minimal has 2013 header and sample has 2015 header however in beowulf the torrc being used is the 2013 version, not sure why that is, bit strange behavior, possibly maintainer forgot to update to newer sample rc ?

Although beowulf has an updated sample torrc file in /usr/share/doc/tor/torrc.sample.gz you could use.

to use it, do this.

# zcat /usr/share/doc/tor/torrc.sample.gz > /etc/tor/torrc

#234 Re: Off-topic » Show your desktop (rebooted) » 2021-03-29 14:13:53

andyprough wrote:
dice wrote:
andyprough wrote:

Any chance you can share the wallpaper by itself? That's a very good picture.

Hi it is a good picture, not very big size though as my laptop screen is only 1366x768.

https://i.postimg.cc/sD2fH16S/03.jpg

I got the image from this website if you are interested, there are some others in the background you may like.

https://www.parley.tv/#fortheoceans

Nice! I was talking about HevyDevy's mountain wallpaper, but this whale picture is really a good one, thanks!

Doh, talk about attention deficit disorder, i got it in spades lol. Glad you liked the picture!

#235 Re: Off-topic » Show your desktop (rebooted) » 2021-03-29 08:32:39

andyprough wrote:

Any chance you can share the wallpaper by itself? That's a very good picture.

Hi it is a good picture, not very big size though as my laptop screen is only 1366x768.

https://i.postimg.cc/sD2fH16S/03.jpg

I got the image from this website if you are interested, there are some others in the background you may like.

https://www.parley.tv/#fortheoceans

#236 Re: Off-topic » Music » 2021-03-28 13:10:17

Canned Heat - On The Road Again (Wade Nichols edit)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsD5Aki5Npc

#237 Re: Off-topic » Show your desktop (rebooted) » 2021-03-28 12:55:34

Bit of change in theme, less status monitoring and only what is really needed for me, temp and battery is what i like to keep an eye on now. Having tried cinnamon out for awhile i had to come back to simplicity of dwm .

2021-03-28-223741-1366x768-scrot.png 2021-03-28-223915-1366x768-scrot.png

#238 Re: DIY » Minimalism Tips » 2021-03-27 13:55:21

yeti wrote:

Or use a nice and easy language that was made especially for numbercrunching:

#!/usr/bin/dc -f
_2.1sx0.7sX_1.2sy1.2sY32sM72sW23sH8k[q]sq0sh[lhlH=q0sw[lwlW=qlXlx-lW1-/
lw*lx+sRlYly-lH1-/lh*ly+sI0sr0si0sa0sb0sm[lmlM=qlalb+4<q2lr*li*lI+silalb
-lR+srlm1+smlr2^sali2^sbl0x]s0l0xlm32+Plw1+swl1x]s1l1xAPlh1+shl2x]s2l2x

http://www.greensmilies.com/smile/smile … in_lol.gif

What shape is that? Looks like a stingray maybe?

#239 Re: DIY » Minimalism Tips » 2021-03-27 05:30:23

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
dice wrote:

Doing basic math in the bash shell.

Or use a better shell that can actually handle floating point arithmetic:

% echo $SHELL
/bin/zsh
% echo $((1.0/2.0))
0.5
%

That is a drawback to bash and math, but one could always use bc.

~ $ echo "scale=2; 1.0 / 2.0" | bc
.50

#240 Re: DIY » Lowest memory footprint obtained. » 2021-03-26 08:47:10

The best i have been able to get on devuan beowulf was with dwm at around 130 mb at startup.

My openbsd machine boots up to about 80 MB using the same/similar setup.

#241 Re: DIY » Minimalism Tips » 2021-03-26 08:40:06

Doing basic math in the bash shell.

# Subtraction
[me@linux ~]$ expr 1 - 1
0
# Addition
[me@linux ~]$ expr 1 + 1
2
# Assign result to a variable
[me@linux ~]$ myvar=$(expr 1 + 1)
[me@linux ~]$ echo $myvar
2
# Addition with a variable
[me@linux ~]$ expr $myvar + 1
3
# Division
[me@linux ~]$ expr $myvar / 3
0
# Multiplication
[me@linux ~]$ expr $myvar \* 3
6

https://www.shell-tips.com/bash/math-ar … lculation/

#242 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] finding package for correct version of linux source » 2021-03-25 15:40:09

To me it sounds like you need to update to that kernel unless i am not understanding what it is you want.

so just

# apt update && apt dist-upgrade

#243 Re: DIY » Minimalism Tips » 2021-03-25 14:41:30

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
dice wrote:

Instead of bloaty gui text editors use ed.

Much as I love ed it is also bloat if you just want to create new files:

tee /path/to/file <<!
blah
blah
blah
!

Or

cat > /path/to/file <<!
blah
blah
blah
!

I prefer tee because it can be prepended with sudo (or doas) if you want to create system files as your normal user. See also https://xkcd.com/378/

And one from me: instead of bloated wallpaper programs to cycle the desktop background every ten minutes just add this one-liner to ~/.xsessionrc:

while true; do feh --bg-fill --randomize /path/to/wallpaper/directory; sleep 600; done &

EDIT: and use mksh instead of bloated bash!

Possibly but ?

~ $ ed
a
blah
blah
blah
.
w blah.txt
10
q

There is also echo.

echo $'blah\nblah\nblah\n' > blah.txt

With ed i couldnt find out how to go recursive like say create a file to ~/Documents, you have to be in the directory first.

#244 Re: Off-topic » What are you reading/want to read ? » 2021-03-25 14:22:56

I enjoy seeing what others are reading.

@ Ogis, must give that a read someday.

@ GlennW, hope you are successful in your recovery, that title looks like an interesting read.

@ manyroads, i often check with goodreads for reviews. I mostly read non fiction though or least i believe it to be non fiction.Nonetheless you have quite an extensive library at good reads.

thanks for sharing

#245 Re: Off-topic » Music » 2021-03-25 14:14:46

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
dice wrote:

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Voodoo Chile (Live From Austin, TX)

Amazing performance from SRV — better than Hendrix?

For me: Carter USM, Post Historic Monsters.

Live probably. Some of the videos ive seen of Hendrix live are good but not great if you know what i mean.

#246 Off-topic » What are you reading/want to read ? » 2021-03-24 13:49:02

dice
Replies: 204

As in books, physical paper books or digital ebooks etc. If you share here please post a short synopsis as i have done.

Reading: Endgame V1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endgame_(Jensen_books)

Endgame is a two-volume work by Derrick Jensen, published in 2006, which argues that civilization is inherently unsustainable and addresses the resulting question of what to do about it. Volume 1, The Problem of Civilization, spells out the need to immediately and systematically destroy civilization. Volume 2, Resistance, is about the challenging physical task that dismantling civilization presents.

Want to read: Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon
https://www.amazon.com/Weird-Scenes-Ins … 1909394122

Laurel Canyon in the 1960s and early 1970s was a magical place where a dizzying array of musical artists congregated to create much of the music that provided the soundtrack to those turbulent times. Members of bands like the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, the Monkees, the Beach Boys, the Mamas and the Papas, the Turtles, the Eagles, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Steppenwolf, Captain Beefheart, CSN, Three Dog Night, Alice Cooper, the Doors, and Love with Arthur Lee, along with such singer/songwriters as Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, James Taylor, Carole King, Jackson Browne, Judi Sill and David Blue, lived together and jammed together in the bucolic community nestled in the Hollywood Hills.

But there was a dark side to that scene as well.

#247 Re: Off-topic » Music » 2021-03-24 13:35:17

Cult of Luna - The Raging River (FULL ALBUM)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi2cnffejZo

#248 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Issues installing VirtualBox on Refracta » 2021-03-24 13:25:47

fsmithred wrote:

People use virtualbox because it's easy to figure out how to do things with it.

So how does one attach a usb drive in qemu? I saw two ways to do it and one way not to do it in the man page, but not really an explanation of how to do it. Anyone have a quick answer so I don't have to spend the time experimenting?

What head on a stick said. Ive only just started playing around with qemu, i installed a windows installation with qemu to update a garmin navman to the latest maps as garmin doesnt seem to care for linux and opensource. The only hard part was parting with 6GB of bandwidth downloading the win10 IS0. I followed head on a sticks tutorial and some notes from here: http://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=26102#p26102

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

I use this to launch a QEMU/KVM virtual machine along with virt-viewer and a shared directory (with the path to the disk image as the argument):

function vlaunch {
   qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm \
                      -m 4G \
                      -cpu host \
                      -smp cores=4 \
                      -drive file="$1",format=raw,cache=none,if=virtio \
                      -soundhw hda \
                      -vga qxl \
                      -device virtio-serial-pci \
                      -device virtserialport,chardev=spicechannel0,name=com.redhat.spice.0 \
                      -chardev spicevmc,id=spicechannel0,name=vdagent \
                      -spice unix,addr=/tmp/vm_spice.socket,disable-ticketing \
                      -device nec-usb-xhci,id=usb \
                      -chardev spicevmc,name=usbredir,id=usbredirchardev1 \
                      -device usb-redir,chardev=usbredirchardev1,id=usbredirdev1 \
                      -chardev spicevmc,name=usbredir,id=usbredirchardev2 \
                      -device usb-redir,chardev=usbredirchardev2,id=usbredirdev2 \
                      -fsdev local,id=qemu_dev,path=/home/empty/Public,security_model=none \
                      -device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=qemu_dev,mount_tag=qemu_mount &
   remote-viewer "spice+unix:///tmp/vm_spice.socket"
}

See http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=144775 for more on this.

But that's in $ENV (~/.kshrc) because I use Korn Shell rather than bloaty old bash :-)

#249 Re: DIY » Minimalism Tips » 2021-03-24 13:13:16

Instead of bloaty gui text editors use ed.

https://www.gnu.org/software/ed/manual/ed_manual.html

Instead of bloaty password managers use pass

https://www.passwordstore.org/

#250 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Issues installing VirtualBox on Refracta » 2021-03-23 13:23:25

Forget virtualbox, use what is available and works within devuan, learn to use qemu.

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