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ralph.ronnquist

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Re: [SOLVED] Devuan 7, regarding KDE Plasma 6.7.6 and SonicDE

is there an appropriate way for me have back-and-forth "troubling shooting session" with kapqa?

Go for it.

Possibly you together want to work out a more direct and private chat channel, e.g., using direct messaging on IRC libera.chat, or email or something. But continuing this thread is ok too.

golinux

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Re: [SOLVED] Devuan 7, regarding KDE Plasma 6.7.6 and SonicDE

Perhaps posting updates to this forum might be most useful/appropriate when you and kapqa have something ready for testing or if you get stuck and need more eyes on the problem. And as ralph.ronnquist suggested . . . you can communicate one on one on IRC. It is a very efficient way to collaborate.

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KindlyDoRight

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Re: [SOLVED] Devuan 7, regarding KDE Plasma 6.7.6 and SonicDE

I am from a bygone era of IT antiquity, when we wore a suit and tie to work and had lab coats.
The desire of my soul is to be helpful, yet it no longer has the ability to relevantly do so.
And every interaction is an indelible record on the Internet.

Gone are my opportunities to enjoy cordial, collegial, ephemeral discussions at a desk, in a conference room, or over lunch - face to face.

And also to offer "an extra set of eyes" on a problem, and to be a "sounding board" where the solution suddenly occurs to the one describing the problem, because he had someone to listen to him "talk it out."

I didn't find the particulars I was seeking. But, I did receive what I needed.  And I thank you.
This shall be my last Topic, but this ol' codger may still occasionally post.

"Old developers never truly retire.
Time simply redirects us to /dev/null" -- KindlyDoRight

Viva Devuan!

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golinux

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Re: [SOLVED] Devuan 7, regarding KDE Plasma 6.7.6 and SonicDE

WOW! I didn't see that coming . . .

Sorry that this forum was unable to provide an experience that could fulfill your needs and expectations.

Wishing you all the best. We'll be here if you change your mind . . .

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blackhole

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Re: [SOLVED] Devuan 7, regarding KDE Plasma 6.7.6 and SonicDE

Gone are my opportunities to enjoy cordial, collegial, ephemeral discussions at a desk, in a conference room, or over lunch - face to face.

That would be "retirement"...

Until next time...

SS

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Re: [SOLVED] Devuan 7, regarding KDE Plasma 6.7.6 and SonicDE

"The desire of my soul is to be helpful, yet it no longer has the ability to relevantly do so"

Never degrade yourself nor underestimate the impact you have. For example your posts/ energy got me reading alot more about Linux over last few days than I ever have.

All the best

rbit

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Re: [SOLVED] Devuan 7, regarding KDE Plasma 6.7.6 and SonicDE

#11

I personally have "removed the media" (yeah, more than once), prior to rebooting.
This results in a FAILED installation, which must be repeated

If this is the screen to which you refer...
... then it is indeed safe to remove the media at this point, it's already been unmounted.

Note: do not manually reboot at this point, click the "continue" button and the installer will issue the reboot.

blackhole

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Re: [SOLVED] Devuan 7, regarding KDE Plasma 6.7.6 and SonicDE

It couldn't be clearer.

The common mistake is to leave installation media connected / in the drive and reboot back into the installer again. If someone finds this confusing, then they probably shouldn't be installing an OS - but adversely if you got that far, then you must be doing ok...

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KindlyDoRight

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Re: [SOLVED] Devuan 7, regarding KDE Plasma 6.7.6 and SonicDE

@SS
Good morning,
   Your point is kindly made and well-received.
-- Kindly, Do Right

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KindlyDoRight

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Re: [SOLVED] Devuan 7, regarding KDE Plasma 6.7.6 and SonicDE

If you will permit, a bit of dry British wit:

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blackhole

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Re: [SOLVED] Devuan 7, regarding KDE Plasma 6.7.6 and SonicDE

But that wouldn't be kindly doing the right thing now would it?

KindlyDoRight

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Re: [SOLVED] Devuan 7, regarding KDE Plasma 6.7.6 and SonicDE

Actually, it would.
    I've seen you be a benevolent erudite (astute and insightful), and a crass harasser (presuming and stating bad motives of others).

You are skilled and proficient at both.  And you're sharp witted.
So in kindness, xyz/pdq; because your character is showing.

And actually, I prefer div.blockpost:has(a[href$="id=5884"]){font-size:5pt}
    because when you're helpful, you're really helpful. And I don't want to miss it.
    Otherwise, I could do without.

And it would be a kindness to you, if I popped in on your posts (when you're being crass), and pointed it out. And then also apologize to others on your behalf (because you're in a crass mood, 'cause typically you're helpful and astute).

And others could kindly do you that favor also.

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blackhole

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Re: [SOLVED] Devuan 7, regarding KDE Plasma 6.7.6 and SonicDE

Pointing out when I'm being crass will keep you very busy.

You'll have less time for composing long winded, elaborate posts about fixing stuff that doesn't need fixing.

rbit

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Re: [SOLVED] Devuan 7, regarding KDE Plasma 6.7.6 and SonicDE

KindlyDoRight, you may want to look into preseeding if you want to customize your installation choices across many installs / VMs.

KindlyDoRight

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Re: [SOLVED] Devuan 7, regarding KDE Plasma 6.7.6 and SonicDE

Thank you, rbit.  I do want to look into it.

And also I was highly intrigued with the conversation of SS and greenjeans, where "Refracta-Snapshot" was mentioned. Wow!
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=65725#p65725

Naive Question:
    Preseeding provides for programmatic pre-configuration, and Refracta-Snapshot captures all custom hand-tweaking refinements.  It appears to me that I could actually use Refracta-Snapshot to create an ideal, fully vetted, "install package" that would provide the same benefit as preseeding, but far greater.

Am I seeing that correctly?

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ralph.ronnquist

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Re: [SOLVED] Devuan 7, regarding KDE Plasma 6.7.6 and SonicDE

Yes and no. Obviously refracta-snapshot works well to replicate a system software setup from one platform to another when the platforms are more or less equal, whilst pre-seeding may be the better choice for replicating the intention of a setup across divergent platforms.