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#26 Re: Devuan » [SOLVED] The Devuan Ethos » 2022-11-01 20:48:01

andyp67 wrote:

Where is the virtual console shift, alt f1 f6.

Try ctrl-alt-[f1-f6]

#27 Re: Off-topic » Google in trouble again » 2022-10-30 13:02:22

LU344928 wrote:

A search engine should not decide what we see. It should display everything and let us decide.

But the whole point of the search engine is to rank the results in some way, isn't it?

Of course, there are some wingnuts that actually want their sites omitted from search engines so they have something to scream about.
https://www.techdirt.com/2022/10/07/ari … e-indexed/

#28 Re: Off-topic » Google in trouble again » 2022-10-29 15:25:17

LU344928 wrote:

Requires javascript.  No thanks!

#29 Re: Off-topic » Lennart Poettering (Systemd) Lands at Microsoft After Leaving Red Hat » 2022-10-16 02:45:54

yeti wrote:

Maybe someday they'll flip it upside down.

...and call it Wine++ or Wine#

#30 Re: Off-topic » Your thoughts on: TheCaseForTheUsrMerge » 2022-10-06 02:42:40

golinux wrote:

...Debian may close the door to the freedom to choose.

They are indeed doing that.  https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2022/09/msg00092.html

#31 Re: Off-topic » Your thoughts on: TheCaseForTheUsrMerge » 2022-10-05 21:19:24

@hunter0one: The option has been here for a long time.

#32 Re: Off-topic » Your thoughts on: TheCaseForTheUsrMerge » 2022-06-09 20:21:10

I did the usrmerge Feb 26 2021 when still on Debian Buster and have since been through an upgrande to Debian Bullseye and then a move to Devuan Chimaera, and have seen no problems.  The change seems inevitable given the momentum.

Apt and/or dpkg do seem to have obscure issues related to this and I think stuff can happen when installing a package built on a merged system on a non-merged system.

Edit 1: Read this when you've got a few hours to kill: https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/890219/12423853bab9657d/

#34 Re: Installation » Upgrade from debian bullseye to chimeara, no init! » 2021-11-08 14:40:21

In my case, "apt-get install eudev sysvinit-core" was the key.  Even after that though, the "apt-get -f install" did not complete.  I did a "dpkg --configure --pending" to get sysvinit-core and sysv-rc configured (plus a couple other packages), rebooted, then did another "apt-get -f install" which then completed.  "apt-get dist-upgrade" was successful and I have a working Chimaera system!

After reinstalling a bunch of stuff I will have successfully moved from Debian Lennax to Devuan Linux.  FTW!

#35 Re: Installation » Upgrade from debian bullseye to chimeara, no init! » 2021-11-07 23:23:07

Migrating from Bullseye using https://www.devuan.org/os/documentation … o-chimaera seems to result in no init system getting installed to replace systemd.  I wonder if

apt-get install eudev

  should be

apt-get install eudev sysvinit-core

instead?

The guide also says "The last command may cause package breaks..." so answering "yes" to "wreck my machine" can seem reasonable to someone that hasn't been through this process before.

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