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#251 Re: Off-topic » Xfce 4.18 at Christmas » 2022-10-02 17:05:04

MiyoLinux wrote:

Yet, with what little I know of #! from just some web-perusing, it would appear to me that both the Star and Crowz derivatives of Devuan are similar to what #! was???

Pretty close..... big_smile

#252 Re: Off-topic » Xfce 4.18 at Christmas » 2022-10-02 17:02:28

Fluxbox is king as far as I'm concerned, but basically any WM is better than a DE, I'd even take JWM....... wink

#253 Re: Installation » Installing from USB thumb drive » 2022-10-02 08:41:45

It's likely something to do with Rufus, I've had no problems with using dd to create installer pendrives.

#254 Re: Off-topic » Xfce 4.18 at Christmas » 2022-10-01 16:41:32

I too, was a #! user, until its demise, found AntiX & enjoyed my stay there, until 'new blood' kept putting more & more into the menus & making it less like it was when I found it, hence why I'm now here; I still prefer a lightweight WM distro, but Devuan Live is as easy to install as AntiX was, & I'm getting older & lazier - Devuan is my main distro now. smile

#255 Re: ARM Builds » raspberry pi3 chimaera install "from scratch" » 2022-09-27 16:43:40

Debian has a version of their installation available if you want to go down that road. wink

https://wiki.debian.org/Arm64Port

Otherwise,

https://git.devuan.org/devuan-sdk/arm-sdk.git

#256 Re: ARM Builds » raspberry pi3 chimaera install "from scratch" » 2022-09-26 17:01:23

I use the ones here - https://arm-files.devuan.org/

Unzip it, then image write it to your card, (I use dd).

#257 Re: DIY » Convert mp4 to mp3 » 2022-09-22 14:47:36

Yes, I had to remove the .mp4 too, again, I used sed.

##To remove .mp4 from *.mp4.mp3 files
for file in *; do mv "$file" $(echo "$file" | sed -e 's/.mp4././g'); done

#258 Re: DIY » Convert mp4 to mp3 » 2022-09-20 15:06:21

Yep, it's me again.... big_smile

Thanks for the extra info though, this kind of thread gets read by more than those who post them, so any extra is always welcome.

#259 Re: Documentation » HOWTO : enable pasting linefeed-separated commands into bash terminal » 2022-09-20 15:00:19

Hmm, I prefer it not automatically reacting - I use shell scripts if I want multi instructions operated.

(I only had one instance of auto executing on some other distro, & thought it to be a rather dodgy set up, needless to say, I ditched that particular distro promptly).

Still, we're all different, & like different things - just adding my two penneth to let our devs know that some like it how it is. wink

#260 DIY » Convert mp4 to mp3 » 2022-09-19 15:03:58

Camtaf
Replies: 6

Convert mp4 to mp3

I have a load of mp4 files with spaces in their names, the first line replaces the spaces with _ so that the second line can convert them to mp3.

#!/bin/sh

for f in *; do mv "$f" `echo $f | tr ' ' '_'`; done

for X in *.mp4;do ffmpeg -i $X $X.mp3;done

#261 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] external NVMe SSD is piggish » 2022-09-19 09:22:04

USB3 has great read speeds, but I've found the write speeds to be all over the place, some of my USB3 pendrives only write at 10mbs!

USB2 pendrives write much faster than these.

#262 Re: News & Announcements » Welcome to wiki.devuan.org! » 2022-09-14 08:16:10

03 Nov 2021

Didn't know either - I've only ever added something to a wiki page once, maybe twice, but that was years ago - I've totally forgotten how they work.

Took a quick look at the opening page, there seem to be an awful lot of sections to contend with.......?!

EDIT:

Registration

New user registration is disabled on this site.

I don't think that will help.... wink

#263 Re: News & Announcements » PeppermintOS now Debian base & soon Devuan based » 2022-09-13 18:34:14

Peppermint is now a derivative of Devuan, like MIYO, Crowz, Star, etc.

Basically, they are offering their (present, & future users) the option of a systemd free version, that's all. smile

#264 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Realtek USB wifi stick RTL8188FTV » 2022-09-11 09:32:14

I found out something else about these wifi sticks & Ubuntu yesterday - the live system sees & uses then, but when I installed Ubuntu on a spare computer, it didn't find & use them, (tried a couple of times, in case it was my lack of experience with Ubuntu) - they seem to use a .bin file - so I'm thinking these are Windows drivers.

I guess I'll just keep on swapping my other wifi sticks around, until we have some proper Linux drivers for them. wink

#265 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Realtek USB wifi stick RTL8188FTV » 2022-09-10 14:10:56

I installed 5.18 from backports, but unfortunately, they still didn't work. sad

(However, on a whim, I tried them under an Ubuntu live session, & they worked - so hopefully, all I've got to do is find the right modules & put them into my Devuan installations. )

#266 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Why ceres still not updated yet to 5.19 kernel? » 2022-09-10 08:14:33

It's mainly a case of more product support.

I've just upgraded to 5.18 (using 'backports') because some USB wifi sticks I recently bought need 5.15 or greater; unfortunately, they still don't work yet. sad

EDIT: Just tried Ubuntu desktop live with these wifi sticks & they do work - so I've just got to get the kernel modules into my Devuan installations. wink

#267 Re: News & Announcements » [SOLVED] invalid: EXPKEYSIG BB23C00C61FC752C Devuan Repository » 2022-09-08 08:53:56

@Ogis1975:

When Devuan has as many maintainers as Debian has, I would likely expect the same, but until then......

(These things happen.....some other software maintainers have been known to forget to renew keys too.)

EDIT: So glad this problem was sorted out so quickly, many thanks. smile

#268 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Realtek USB wifi stick RTL8188FTV » 2022-09-07 17:27:31

Thanks for the info, will try on one of my other machines first, (don't want to mess up my main one). smile

#269 Hardware & System Configuration » Realtek USB wifi stick RTL8188FTV » 2022-09-07 15:18:12

Camtaf
Replies: 6

Seem to be having trouble with this USB wifi stick, but can't configure it, as it doesn't seem to show up in Advanced Network Settings, (nor does it show up in ceni on antiX).

(Loads the r8188eu module which should work, on antiX.)

Just found out it needs 5.15 or 5.16 kernel.....I'm on Devuan which has 5.10 at the moment.

#270 Re: News & Announcements » [SOLVED] invalid: EXPKEYSIG BB23C00C61FC752C Devuan Repository » 2022-09-05 13:18:53

amaro wrote:

this warning about package authentication is kind of annoying and pops up for every 'install' command

any chance of getting around it?

As  said above should fix it...

 

  # wget http://deb.devuan.org/devuan/pool/main/d/devuan-keyring/devuan-keyring_2022.09.04_all.deb

  # dpkg -i devuan-keyring_2022.09.04_all.deb

...& don't forget to

sudo apt-get update

Before trying to install programs.

#271 Re: Off-topic » What are you reading/want to read ? » 2022-09-05 09:26:48

Just ordered some pre used computer books....having a reminisce of command line days. wink

Linux Server Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools

Going Text: Mastering the Power of the Command Line

The Linux Command Line: A Complete Introduction

Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible

Evil Geniuses in a Nutshell

#272 Re: Freedom Hacks » Replacing sudo. » 2022-09-04 09:40:27

As far as regular desktop users, & small networks go, doas would be a better option for most distros.

#273 Re: Freedom Hacks » Replacing sudo. » 2022-09-02 17:06:59

It was introduced because a lot of admins had problems configuring sudo properly, & it has a lot less options, which makes it easier.

They introduced doas just after I finally got around to buying Sudo Mastery, just my luck. big_smile

#274 Re: Off-topic » Video - SwitchedToLinux - Peppermint Devuan - Removing systemd » 2022-09-02 09:18:48

The freedom from systemd is why most, if not all, of us are here. big_smile

#275 Re: Devuan » Debian Point Release Question (Solved) » 2022-08-27 09:11:30

Once released, I think you should be able to upgrade your system to it, & get all the new bits.

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