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#1 Re: Installation » how start ntp? » Yesterday 15:18:02
bit of a carry_on/pile_on continuing the rtfm theme:
#2 Re: Installation » does the Brave browser work here? » 2026-01-27 12:14:34
commentary on browsers, see especially regarding Brave
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/23/firefox-browser-falls-to-ai-what-do-we-do-now/
I’m going to get a bunch of gullible fools recommending Brave. Brave was founded by Brendan Eich, the inventor of JavaScript, after he was kicked out of Mozilla for being a massive homophobe. Brave is into weird cryptocurrency nonsense and I’ve written up their dodgy behaviours in the past. Brave also has a whole webpage about how much they love AI. So Brave is not the non-AI option. Stop recommending people use Brave.
#3 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » KDE SDDM Login screen white everything, can't even read texts? » 2026-01-27 12:08:58
this cannot be shared enough, but by all means please try anyway:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
also for your amusement:
#4 Re: Installation » how start ntp? » 2026-01-27 12:02:15
might help to review the results of:
apt info ntp ntpdate ntpsec ntpsec-ntpdate chrony htpdatein daedalus several of them are listed as dummy packages
(no idea what would be listed in ceres)
as always, ymmv
#5 Re: Off-topic » Is AI going to become a Frankenstein monster? » 2026-01-13 15:57:22
@pcalvert, thanks! there are other good commentaries at that website as well
https://brownstone.org/articles/the-week-to-start-the-revolution/
https://brownstone.org/articles/the-fraud-industrial-complex/
#6 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » FYI Librewolf does not play nicely with eBay » 2026-01-08 15:51:20
they will get the bug report sooner or later...meh...
#7 Re: Installation » Some Concerning Bugs » 2026-01-07 16:16:37
#8 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Is it Possible to Run Devuan on an intel architecture? » 2026-01-07 15:14:12
@alexkemp, please keep us posted on your new machine! very interesting!
#9 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Thunar flooding .xsession-errors after Excalibur upgrade » 2026-01-07 15:00:54
this may give some insight:
https://developer.xfce.org/exo/ExoIconView.html#exo-icon-view-get-selected-items
not a solution but better than not knowing.
#11 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Chimaera started freezing completely under certain occasions » 2026-01-05 05:32:54
at least one of those bga failures was on a daily driver and even though i had backup equipment it was still a disappointment and a disruption to my workflow and productivity. keep us posted.
#12 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Chimaera started freezing completely under certain occasions » 2026-01-04 15:29:56
have had a few laptops in the past that developed bga(ball grid array) failures and there isn't a good way to "proof/quality-control" other than to just build them and let the customers/users shake them out. if i recall correctly the brands were apple, compaq, hp, and toshiba(don't quote my recall on those though).
https://www.pcbmaster.com/news/solving-bga-soldering-problems.html
as long as it isn't your daily driver you can always take it apart and work on it at your leisure
it has definitely exceeded its designed-life-expectancy at this point
good luck and have fun!
#13 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » display settings window keeps replicating » 2026-01-03 21:37:14
check the logs?
#14 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Chimaera started freezing completely under certain occasions » 2026-01-03 21:33:37
failing hdd/ssd?
#15 Re: Off-topic » Is AI going to become a Frankenstein monster? » 2025-12-28 15:00:53
"ai" will be one of the future "bubbles" along with "crypto"
follow the money down the rabbithole/blackhole/wormhole
just one company:
check out their $12K blackhole unit or the $15K wormhole:
https://tenstorrent.com/hardware/tt-quietbox
also had this open in a tab as well but not sure at what point i stumbled over that cliff:
https://www.koyeb.com/solutions/tenstorrent
as always, ymmv, smoke em if ya got em.
#16 Re: Off-topic » Cross-linking to a discussion on reddit » 2025-12-28 07:55:09
this is probably the plain generic url:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/1psmdnd/why_systemd_is_so_hated/
and while you're there you can always have a general look about:
#17 Re: Off-topic » [SOLVED] Question, about immutable distros » 2025-12-27 17:05:51
did a DDG-Lite search for "BTRFS has bad effects on SSD drives"(no quotation marks for the search) and a few random picks were:
https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/is-btrfs-good-for-my-ssd/27432
https://www.reddit.com/r/btrfs/comments/18qfof3/is_it_bad_for_ssd_nvme/
as always, ymmv.
#18 Re: Installation » Brave browser, OnlyOffice and FreeOffice » 2025-12-27 16:57:04
commentary on browsers, see especially regarding Brave
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/23/firefox-browser-falls-to-ai-what-do-we-do-now/
I’m going to get a bunch of gullible fools recommending Brave. Brave was founded by Brendan Eich, the inventor of JavaScript, after he was kicked out of Mozilla for being a massive homophobe. Brave is into weird cryptocurrency nonsense and I’ve written up their dodgy behaviours in the past. Brave also has a whole webpage about how much they love AI. So Brave is not the non-AI option. Stop recommending people use Brave.
#19 Re: Devuan Derivatives » New Vendefoul Wolf based on latest Devuan Excalibur » 2025-12-24 10:04:43
thanks for the warning, that sudoers stuff is insane
#20 Re: Off-topic » AI in Firefox or Waterfox » 2025-12-24 09:52:02
currently using librewolf with noscript, privacybadger, and ublockorigin extensions along with a custom hosts file that currently blocks around 25K of the most obnoxious( https://filterlists.com/ is a deep dive but nobody said it would be easy)
also enjoy attempting to visit websites using lynx, links2, dillo, netsurf, etc.
(and using curl _dash_capital_eye_ and wget _dash_dash_spider_ for individual elements)
***edited to add note regarding dillo, please visit https://dillo-browser.github.io/dillo.org.html
still fondly advocate:
#21 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Synaptic problem, or what? » 2025-12-21 16:20:58
the synaptic package manager screenshot functionality has always been hit/miss for me over 20yrs(ubuntu/debian/devuan)
i just have the website bookmarked for easy access:
https://screenshots.debian.net/
i seem to recall breaking synaptic a few years ago(wouldn't start/display/etc), and i just did a fresh install to make sure all was back to normal(as normal as it gets...ha!)
#22 Re: Installation » How to boot Devuan from a USB drive on a HP Elitebook 850 G6 ? » 2025-12-21 15:28:29
boot back into windows and turn off anything like "fastboot" that keeps windows from fully shutting down. reboot windows and double-check that fastboot is NOT enabled(checkmarked). if that doesn't get you further along then you might need to work through windows "advanced recovery/troubleshooting" options(many pre-existing webpages provide details and/or tutorials on these functions/procedures). please keep us posted on your progress and success!
#23 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [SOLVED] ublockorigin » 2025-12-15 13:32:00
GNUzilla and IceCat
https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/
LibreWolf
https://librewolf.net/installation/
also with respect to uBlockOrigin, please watch for fakes
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/discussions/3734
#24 Re: Packaging for Devuan » (request) including of USBimager » 2025-12-15 11:01:39
also regarding external storage media, these may provide additional valuable information:
https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,26762.0.html
https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,26778.0.html
#25 Re: Devuan Derivatives » [SOLVED] ublockorigin » 2025-12-15 10:52:09
Librewolf? just a thought.
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