Well I hate using the term 'blacklist' but that is what I did to get my Audigy 5 Rx Soundblaster working. Why can't it be named blocklisting and allowlisting instead?

I avoid posting the code here to discourage miscreants but it was the code used to remove all contents of the hard drive akin to removing a directory. When I was a moderator on another forum we had spammers posting the same code who had circumvented the phpBB forum as it then was with the heading 'How to speed up your Linux install'.

And bearing in mind opendesktop.org and all its offshoots (Pling.com, KDEdesktop, gnome-look.org all have themes which people may look at and install without deference to any PPA. Any other safe sources for themes?

Hi and thanks for your reply - haven't been ignoring you, been having internet issues which sadly appear to be down to my over-use of PowerLine Adapters interfering with the router!

Here is the result of that last command:

swarfendor437@devuan:~$ su
Password: 
root@devuan:/home/swarfendor437# apt install firmware-misc-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package firmware-misc-nonfree is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'firmware-misc-nonfree' has no installation candidate
root@devuan:/home/swarfendor437#

Startpage used to be ixquick - when I looked at startpage after I had searched for ixquick I was soon put off by some message saying about "additonal services" being made available  - can't remember the exact wording but it intimated money would have to cross palms. It was gone in a flash - I stick with DuckDuckGo.
I suspect the OP meant looking in the forum/documentation. I searched for this on another distro and the only advice I could find was dependent on dnsmasq being present - and it wasn't so that threw me. Occurred whilst having issues with TT - I have since moved to Zen - much better service.

Hi Head_pm_a_Stick. Here is the output as requested:

root@devuan:/home/swarfendor437# glxinfo -B
name of display: :0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
    Vendor: VMware, Inc. (0xffffffff)
    Device: llvmpipe (LLVM 7.0, 128 bits) (0xffffffff)
    Version: 18.3.6
    Accelerated: no
    Video memory: 16017MB
    Unified memory: no
    Preferred profile: core (0x1)
    Max core profile version: 3.3
    Max compat profile version: 3.1
    Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
    Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.0
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: llvmpipe (LLVM 7.0, 128 bits)
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 18.3.6
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 3.30
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile

OpenGL version string: 3.1 Mesa 18.3.6
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.40
OpenGL context flags: (none)

OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.0 Mesa 18.3.6
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.00

Many thanks again Head_on_a_Stick for this information. I appreciate it. We all have to take security very seriously in these trying times.

Can you use Gnome Boxes in a KDE environment? I've fallen in love again with KDE (Plasma) - the wallpapers are outstanding.

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Hi rolfie,

I know all about the extensions pack - it wasn't until a user on the other OS forum I used to partake had a similar issue - (Gnome DE) - USB was not working - needed 'gnome-tools' - I did that (don't know what KDE needs cf. gnome-tools) but in KDE created a USB filter and labelled it I: to ensure no clashes with other device names but it just does not pickup either USB 3.0 port or USB 2.0 port when I put my SanDisk Ultra 64 Gb stick in - shows up in Host obviously. I was hoping I could cut and paste from downloads in guest OS to Host OS without much success which is what I would really like to achieve. Thanks for responding too.

Hi rolfie, thanks for the input - any particular issue with qemu et al? My current issue with VB on another distro is that even though I have told it to mound USB (vhd) it won't and like Devuan, am using KDE running Windows 7 Pro 32-bit VM, purely for work purposes. I need it to access Office 365 (Outlook) purely to access a work request mailbox. I downloaded the mailbox (.pst) for it today but can't transfer to the host to import to Evolution. I will give VB a try again - any reason why some users don't like it? Is it because it is Oracle?

I've tried searching the forum using "Alternatives to Virtual Box" but not coming up with anything. I don't want to go down the VMWare root as last time I looked (many years ago) it was quite pricey. Do people find Qemu workable? Thanks for your help by the way.

Hi Head_on_a_Stick,

Apologies - I was trying to kill 2 terminals with one screenshot! I use pCloud because my Box account after using for 12 months on another distro for which I wrote the unofficial manual for, was, after users had complained that their download was not working but Box was touting for Business I complained and was promptly told that Box a. Does not support GNU/Linux and b. Does not support Firefox - both of which I had used for uploading my unofficial manual for others to download, so I opted for pCloud following advice from another user of the same OS. Someone recommended another Cloud storage service but that one also doesn't support GNU/Linux. No I don't have that package installed and my attempt to use the terminal to install it proves fruitless so would welcome advice. And thanks for all your help - it is appreciated.