The Joke Thread

quickfur · 2024-08-01 23:42:09

Recently, my drummer friend left his gig due to disagreements with the rest of the band. He has been jobless since, so I advised him to maybe consider joining them again.

"No," he said. "They've been without a drummer since I left. If I join them again, there'd be repercussions."

quickfur · 2024-08-01 23:45:38

The cannibal family is having dinner. The kids got impatient and wanted to leave the dinner table early.

"No," said their father. "Dinner isn't over until everyone's eaten!"

The-Amnesiac-Philosopher · 2024-08-02 21:00:07

Our next door neighbor accidentally got locked out of his house.

He asked me if I could help.

I said, "Sure. What do you need?"

He said, "A crowbar."

I asked, "How will a bunch of drunk crows help you get back into your house?"

quickfur · 2024-08-02 22:49:18

How will a bunch of drunk crows help you get back into your house?

First you scare the crows until they caw, then you discard the core keeping the two halves of the apple. Two halves make a whole, so you crawl through the hole back in your house. Then you ask your wife for a kiss, and then you take the keys and unlock the door so that you're not locked out again.

The-Amnesiac-Philosopher · 2024-08-03 00:43:39

Oh.

The-Amnesiac-Philosopher · 2024-08-08 17:10:06

It was recently reported that there is a hole in the fence of the local Nudist Colony.

Investigators are looking into it.

The-Amnesiac-Philosopher · 2024-08-08 17:21:32

I played golf last week and shot 2 under.

One under a bush and one under the lake.

The-Amnesiac-Philosopher · 2024-08-08 17:48:20

I normally play golf in the 80s.

If it's hotter than that, I won't play.

quickfur · 2024-08-08 18:49:37

Once upon a time, there lived a king who was only 12 inches tall.

He was a terrible king, but he made a great ruler.

quickfur · 2024-08-08 18:52:50

I'll tell you a pun about lightbulbs. It will make you groan in de-light.

The-Amnesiac-Philosopher · 2024-08-08 20:57:33

Someone broke into the local Office Supply store recently, but the Police still haven't pinned anyone yet.

golinux · 2024-08-08 21:31:21

If only Devuan's survival depended on jokes . . . sigh . . .

The-Amnesiac-Philosopher · 2024-08-08 23:43:45

Perhaps if there was a thread (here on the forum); in which, we could be updated on the needs that Devuan is experiencing???

You never know...even this silliness could attract some who are willing to help?

It reminds me of my past...

On the night before I left for boot-camp, my Dad had a talk with me. He said, "Son, sometimes, you'll just have to laugh about things going on around you."

At that time, I didn't get it.

Then, during boot-camp, I got into trouble about something (I don't recall what it was for). Anyway, I had to go to extra "Physical Training", because of my boo-boo.

So, there I was...in a room with about 30 others who had also committed boo-boos. We were having to do all kinds of exercises to the extreme. There were all these guys...crying...making all kinds of noises...like their world had come to an end.

After about 10 minutes, we had to do push-ups. I was cranking out those push-ups ( I could back then ) ... with people crying...making all kinds of noises...like their world had come to an end.

As I listened to them, I just started laughing...while still cranking out push-ups.

The Drill Instructor called me by name and asked me what I was laughing about...like he was going to rip me apart.

I said, "SIR, my Dad told me that I would sometimes just have to laugh about things, SIR!!!" ... and I kept laughing and cranking out push-ups.

The Drill Instructor said, "Get up, and get out of here!"

On my way out, I thought, "Thanks Dad!"

golinux · 2024-08-09 01:42:39

What a great story! And good advice too. Sometime you just have to laugh to keep from crying . . .

As to what needs to be done . . . there is a general list at How you can help Devuan on this very forum. Engaged forum members who spend their time outside of OT help solve technical issues by reporting bugs or posting solutions. Some of those go to Debian and some are fixed in Devuan. Once the packages are rebuilt, new installer isos need to be created weekly so that the corrected packages can be tested by users. It is a weekly grind and currently only two devs are carrying the burden and have been for years. Some apprentices are definitely needed . . . think 'bus factor'. Join the devuan-dev mail list or #devuan-dev channel on Libera to stay current. It requires initiative and commitment and most importantly a love and appreciation of Devuan.

PS . . . I have "retired" after theming the first 5 Devuan releases. I did prepare a mockup of the "deathmetal" desktop background but sadly no one has volunteered to take it further even though I spent some hours creating a howto.

soren · 2024-08-09 08:28:03

@golinux, having a look at that git for the graphics and artwork, is the reason so much is needed to be done due to rebranding from debian to devuan? I mean if its not done would debian artwork and graphics leak into the fork?

The-Amnesiac-Philosopher · 2024-08-09 12:36:10

golinux,

I'm familiar with the link of "How you can help Devuan".

However, I'm prone to supra-amnesiastical-forgetfulnessism, and it doesn't occur to my remembrance very often.

Casual perusers may never catch it nor may the members here remember to check into it. That's why I suggested what I did. However, I don't want to over-step my bounds.

A couple of years ago, someone stole some beer from our local 7-Eleven store...

They never caught the culprit...

It's a cold-case.

quickfur · 2024-08-09 13:23:41

How do I test a Devuan specific package? Says this is something anyone could contribute, but I don't see a list of packages there. Would be nice to have link there. And tips about what to test. Does Devuan have a dedicated bug tracker besides the Debian one?

golinux · 2024-08-09 14:59:07

soren wrote:

. . . is the reason so much is needed to be done due to rebranding from debian to devuan?

The custom theme is to establish Devuan's identity from installation through the default desktop. The layout is the same for every release. Only the colors change to reflect the name of that particular Devuan distribution. I chose "deathmetal" because a sword - ie excalibur - is an instrument of death (and also a contemporary music genre). The colors are that of iron - I looked at a lot of ancient swords - with a touch of the matrix because humans never seem to progress in their behavior.

soren wrote:

I mean if its not done would debian artwork and graphics leak into the fork?

Debian customizations and default application artwork would probably take over . . . but I have never given it a try.

golinux · 2024-08-09 15:14:00

quickfur wrote:

How do I test a Devuan specific package?

There are two repositories where those packages go for testing - stable proposed-updates and experimental. See https://www.devuan.org/os/packages

quickfur wrote:

Does Devuan have a dedicated bug tracker besides the Debian one?

Of course! And there is a link to it at the very top of this page! https://bugs.devuan.org/ There is also a dedicated channel on IRC and a devuan-dev mailing list.

quickfur · 2024-08-09 17:11:49

I'm not finding very much useful information in https://www.devuan.org/os/packages. Can't find the list of packages that are specific to Devuan that aren't in Debian. Is there such a list somewhere? It's not obvious on this page at all.

quickfur · 2024-08-09 17:13:40

Also, the bug page doesn't offer a simple way to browse all currently-open bugs. I clicked into a few packages but all the bugs have been marked resolved. Is there a simple way to get a list of non-resolved, open bugs? Seems like a waste of time to have to dig through every package manually to find open bugs that I might be able to help with.

golinux · 2024-08-09 17:50:50

quickfur wrote:

Also, the bug page doesn't offer a simple way to browse all currently-open bugs.

Of course it does. Did you not see this list which is on the index page of bugs.devuan.org? Note that I am not going to relink all those options in this post:

The following bug report indices are available:
Packages with active and archived bug reports.
Source packages with active and archived bug reports.
Maintainers of packages with active and archived bug reports.
Submitters of active and archived bug reports.

There is also detailed information in this resource: https://bugs.devuan.org/Developer.html

And also in git:
https://git.devuan.org/devuan/documenta … aintainers

That is probably the clearest documentation I have ever seem anywhere! Sorry . . . no one-liners . . .

One more thing . . . our packages are built here https://jenkins.devuan.dev/job/devuan-package-builder/

Last edited by golinux (2024-08-09 22:34:58)

The-Amnesiac-Philosopher · 2024-08-10 19:07:10

Hmmm...this seems like a conflict of interest to me.

Gates sells Windows.

quickfur · 2024-08-10 19:55:42

In a world without fences, who needs Windows or Gates? 😆

The-Amnesiac-Philosopher · 2024-08-10 21:53:05

Hahahaha!

The officially official Devuan Forum!

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