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#251 Re: Devuan Derivatives » An example of how Trinity Desktop Env (TDE) can look on Devuan ASCII » 2021-08-12 14:30:02
Every time I have asked about Trinity desktop in any Linux forum I see these claims that it is hugely insecure due to being such an old code base and no one with any sense would dare use it.
This is the same ignorant claim made against Pale Moon browser. As long as it's maintained with bug and security fixes, it's no more insecure than any other comparable app. (Unless there's something about TDE I don't know yet.)
Second, is this claim of 'ancient code' remotely true? Just because they forked it from KDE 3.x doesn't mean they haven't fixed any bugs since then. That's the point of the fork, to get control of the code.
You answered your own question.
#252 Re: Off-topic » ${THEY} continue crippling browsers... » 2021-05-01 03:28:24
I'm still surprised some people are crying like babies over this. How many times did Firefox "break" these legacy extensions in the past? Why do you think some of those extensions had so many updates? You can't expect frozen extensions to continue to work forever in an actively developed browser. What's so hard to understand about that? I mean, people seem more upset over this than Firefox totally abandoning this type of extension in favor of webextensions. It makes absolutely no sense to me. I also get the impression that a high majority of people bitchin' over this don't even use Pale Moon (they just have a weird hatred of it).
#253 Re: Off-topic » ${THEY} continue crippling browsers... » 2021-04-30 02:14:43
The developers are making some very questionable decisions - and perhaps it's time the browser's fans cast their minds back as to why they stopped using browsers such as chrome or firefox?
If you're talking about the recent dustup over extensions, well, you can't expect frozen extensions to continue to work forever in a developing browser. Go ask any developer of those legacy extensions how many times they had to modify them when a new version of Firefox "broke" them. This isn't rocket science.
The way the forum is administered and how the lead developers behave, may be irrelevant to the actual software itself, but the obnoxious and arrogant posturing and in particular the attitudes on show in the "insect" comment and the posting directed at the individual trying to work on an OpenBSD port, is in fact reflected in the code - in the decisions regarding tor, add ons, blocking user agent override, etc - in general foisting changes on users for a particular reason, while publicly offering another line of reasoning - not so plausible reasoning. For example the UA override removal and reasons stated for doing so were questionable - and it's likely that the same narcissistic reasoning of "branding" was behind that, as it was with the OpenBSD port situation - in that allowing users to masquerade as firefox his perceived "market share" suffers. It looks like it's - "Our browser, Our way"... Except in reality it's a fork, with the overwhelming bulk of that code being from decades of dev work at Mozilla (and Netscape before that).
Guarding one's branding isn't being narcissistic. Do you have anything that's branded? And Firefox was a fork also, and much of their code came from Netscape. What's your point? Is there one?
#254 Re: Off-topic » ${THEY} continue crippling browsers... » 2021-04-29 01:52:24
I call B.S. on that article. I've been using Pale Moon for close to a decade now and it's a great browser. Better than the Chrome clones.
#255 Re: Off-topic » What are you reading/want to read ? » 2021-04-23 16:48:35
On my list to read: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.
#256 Re: Off-topic » A problem on my monitor » 2021-03-05 00:31:28
The description fit this (probaby) being some sort of radio interference generated by something electrically powered running nearby and being picked up by the monitor cable.
Are you using the OEM cable?
Does it have a ferrite filter?
Have you tried using another cable?When you do have these artifacts on the screen, is there something electrical running nearby?
I've been "monitoring my monitor" since I last checked this thread. I don't think it's something nearby that's causing the problem. I guess the next thing to do is replace the cable if they're not too expensive (it's been a while since I had to buy one separately).
#257 Re: Off-topic » A problem on my monitor » 2021-02-27 17:35:41
After reading some of the things to try, it occurred to me I left out one detail. It doesn't do this all the time (it doesn't seem to be doing it right now as I type this). Does this extra detail shed some light as to whether it's the monitor, or the cable, or some setting on the system?
#258 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [100% SOLVED] Pulseaudio - I can't start it [100% SOLVED] » 2021-02-27 17:33:07
If that is the case, then this is somewhat of an issue with me. It would be nice if Devuan totally broke free from Debian but it doesn't seem like they have enough developers to do this.
#259 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Xevuan » 2021-02-27 17:23:20
This would be promising if they get their act together. HOAS, did it come with the newest version of Xfce (the one that fixed the folder views)?
#260 Off-topic » A problem on my monitor » 2021-02-27 03:09:37
- Ron
- Replies: 8
I put this in Off-topic because I'm not sure if it's a problem with Devuan (I suspect it's not).
I'm noticing a problem on my monitor. It seems to have started about a month or so ago. For lack of a better way of explaining it, there's like a wiggle, or jiggle, that starts at the bottom of the screen and travels all the way to the top, and then restarts again at the bottom. Does anyone have any ideas what it is, and how to get rid of it? Does it sound like a problem with the monitor itself (the monitor is less than a year old), or something in the computer / OS / graphics card? Below are my computer's specs:
System: Host: ron Kernel: 4.9.0-14-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 6.3.0) Desktop: MATE 1.16.2 (Gtk 3.22.11-1)
Distro: Devuan GNU/Linux ascii
Machine: Device: desktop System: ASUS product: All Series
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: H81M-C v: Rev X.0x BIOS: American Megatrends v: 3602 date: 03/26/2018
CPU: Dual core Intel Pentium G3220 (-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 11972
clock speeds: max: 3000 MHz 1: 1299 MHz 2: 1365 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Desktop GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 13.0.6 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.9.0-14-amd64
Network: Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 416.1GB (29.7% used)
ID-1: /dev/sdb model: ST3160815AS size: 160.0GB
ID-2: /dev/sda model: Crucial_CT256MX1 size: 256.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 234G used: 36G (16%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8C mobo: 27.8C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 0
Info: Processes: 145 Uptime: 7:10 Memory: 640.8/3826.3MB Init: SysVinit runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 6.3.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.4.121) inxi: 2.3.5 #261 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [100% SOLVED] Pulseaudio - I can't start it [100% SOLVED] » 2021-02-27 01:18:06
Pulseaudio is installed and used in Devuan 3.x?
#262 Re: Freedom Hacks » Keeping sysvinit in LMDE3 :) » 2021-02-22 23:45:13
Protonmail. I've been using it quite a while and I don't think I've gotten any spam on it. It's based in Switzerland for privacy reasons.
#263 Re: Installation » More video streaming issues with Palemoon 29.0.1 » 2021-02-19 14:31:33
uBlock Origin must be blocking a necessary script for the video to play. I got a video playing in a clean profile without any ad / script blockers. And I then promptly deleted that profile as that link has a "Caution" rating at Norton's Safe Web.
#264 Re: Installation » More video streaming issues with Palemoon 29.0.1 » 2021-02-19 13:51:23
Do the movie sites use DRM? (Links please!) Pale Moon does not and will not support DRM. With that said, some movie sites will work with Microsoft Silverlight but since we're on Linux I don't think that's an option.
#265 Re: Off-topic » Question about Linux kernel (as relates to systemd) » 2021-02-06 21:33:43
Well I would agree with the comment, yes. But I'm no expert so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Well, you are more of an expert than I am. But, I'd like to hear what others have to say.
#266 Re: Off-topic » Question about Linux kernel (as relates to systemd) » 2021-02-06 20:39:36
So if I'm reading your response right, you're saying the response I got on the other forum is correct?
#267 Off-topic » Question about Linux kernel (as relates to systemd) » 2021-02-06 17:51:05
- Ron
- Replies: 16
On another forum, I made the comment that systemd violates the UNIX principle of "do one thing and do it well." Someone responded to that by saying "so does the Linux kernel." I'm not a programmer or coder or anything like that, but I have a feeling that that's an apples to oranges comparison. Am I right or wrong?
#268 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [Solved] On-line video viewing problem with Palemoon » 2021-02-05 02:26:30
Perhaps you should ask on the PaleMoon forums. Be warned that the developers are complete arseholes though.
Why doesn't it surprise me that you of all who responded on this thread says that?
#269 Re: Documentation » Panel entries for browsers that a distribution does not support » 2021-02-05 02:25:10
Basilisk might be different though, i believe palemoon is a derivative of basilisk ?
No. Pale Moon's initial release was October 2009. Basilisk's was November 2017.
#270 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [Solved] On-line video viewing problem with Palemoon » 2021-02-04 01:30:09
For the Washington Post video, go to Tools > Preferences > Content, and at the bottom uncheck "Enable MSE for MP4 video." Didn't check the rest of your links, but if it's the audio that's the problem in all of them, they should all work properly now.
#271 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [Solved] On-line video viewing problem with Palemoon » 2021-02-03 22:26:10
Can you provide a link to a problem video please? A quick look over at the Pale Moon forum doesn't show anybody else having a problem with videos on the new version. Do you have any extensions that tweak video playback? Another thing to do is test a problem video in a new profile.
#272 Re: Off-topic » mozilla, we need more deplatforming... » 2021-01-11 02:25:23
There's a lot of bullshit responses in this thread. The real threat here are the ones who get to decide what is (so called) hate speech and what isn't. This IS a threat to free speech.
#273 Re: Off-topic » Info » Wine security » 2020-12-19 18:58:47
A good answer, . . .
Is it? I think this is a better answer: https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.com/p/wine.html
#274 Re: Devuan » Debian has fallen. What now? » 2020-11-23 22:48:29
Came across this via Distrowatch. I think this proves that Debian's vote about init systems was a complete farce.
#275 Re: Off-topic » Choose your browser carefully » 2020-11-03 23:01:07
zapper wrote:+1 for locking this dumb thread
Well, this wasn't a "dumb thread" when I started it.
Looking at how fast it went off the rails in several respects, though, I regret having opened it in the first place.
Some people, it seems, just can't have a civil discussion. And, apparently, you're one of them.
He's not the only one. Some of the words used by two posters here shows they have the mentality of grade-schoolers.
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