Re: Publish open source software

2020-04-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 04 apr 20, 03:09:54, sp...@caiway.net wrote: > I see a lot of Free Software development migrating to > > Gitlab: > > > > https://about.gitlab.com/ > > > > It is also a product that can be self hosted as some projects are > > doing. > > > free for 30 days - This is something I don't like >

Re: python3 modules -- apt vs pip?

2020-04-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 03 apr 20, 15:54:31, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > I've been using apt (and friends) to maintain my systems, including > python. Today I discovered the Debian version of the more-itertools > module is on version 4.2.0 and is three years old. Meanwhile, the > version documented on pypi.org is at ve

Partition unreadable [was: Re: Debian Stretch broken !]

2020-04-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 04 apr 20, 01:13:35, Bernard wrote: > > Next I typed 'journalctl -xb' to view system logs : a dozen of pages which I > will shoot later, one thing I have noticed in it all, printed in red > characters : > > EXT4-fs (sda2): unable to read superblock > > this repeated three times ! This *c

Re: Publish open source software

2020-04-03 Thread john doe
On 4/4/2020 3:09 AM, sp...@caiway.net wrote: > I see a lot of Free Software development migrating to >> Gitlab: >> >> https://about.gitlab.com/ >> >> It is also a product that can be self hosted as some projects are >> doing. >> >> - Nate >> > free for 30 days - This is something I don't like > Get

Re: python3 modules -- apt vs pip?

2020-04-03 Thread thierry . leurent
I always use pip. From: robo...@news.nic.it on behalf of Joe Pfeiffer Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 11:54:31 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: python3 modules -- apt vs pip? I've been using apt (and friends) to maintain my systems, including python. T

Re: Small Open Source Digital Classroom

2020-04-03 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 2/4/20 3:27 am, Andrei POPESCU wrote: It could be a manpower issue and/or upstream wants more flexibility than allowed by Debian policies. I use autokey. Until earlier this year the latest version available in debian was 0.90.odd. Version 0.95.10 is now available in testing thanks to some

Re: fetchmail timeout

2020-04-03 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 3/29/20, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 06:35:04PM +0100, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: >> hi, >> I have the following problem with fetchmail: >> fetchmail: timeout after 300 seconds waiting for server >> imap.gmail.com. >> here is my .fetchmailrc > > If I followed correctly

Re: Publish open source software

2020-04-03 Thread sp...@caiway.net
On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 19:52:24 -0500 Nate Bargmann wrote: > - Nate >It is also a product that can be self hosted as some projects are > doing. I will look into that, thanks Nate

Re: Small Open Source Digital Classroom

2020-04-03 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 03, 2020, Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 12:46:00 -0400 > Dan Purgert wrote: > > > On Apr 03, 2020, Celejar wrote: > > > [...] > > > Fair enough - but has anyone looked into, say, Jitsi Meet's default > > > settings? Do they block non-hosts from screen sharing? > > > > IIRC, jit.si

Re: Publish open source software

2020-04-03 Thread sp...@caiway.net
I see a lot of Free Software development migrating to > Gitlab: > > https://about.gitlab.com/ > > It is also a product that can be self hosted as some projects are > doing. > > - Nate > free for 30 days - This is something I don't like Get free trial - This I also don't like Thanks for the hin

Re: Publish open source software

2020-04-03 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2020 03 Apr 19:47 -0500, sp...@caiway.net wrote: > Hi. > > Would like to publish some open source software. > In the past I used sourceforge but I don't like their policies anymore. > > Is git the way to go nowadays? > > But then again I do not like MS `|` github. > > Any recommendations p

Publish open source software

2020-04-03 Thread sp...@caiway.net
Hi. Would like to publish some open source software. In the past I used sourceforge but I don't like their policies anymore. Is git the way to go nowadays? But then again I do not like MS `|` github. Any recommendations please...

Re: [OT] Backup Suggestion

2020-04-03 Thread elvis
On 4/4/20 12:20 am, Alessandro Baggi wrote: Hi list, I'm searching a new backup system to replace my old solution. I'm focusing on bacula and actually I'm widely testing it. It seems powerfull and well tested. It supports volumes on disk or tape. Multi platform, VirtualFull backup, compres

Re: Debian Stretch broken !

2020-04-03 Thread Bernard
Le 03/04/2020 21:05, Kent West a écrit : On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 1:41 PM Bernard mailto:bdebr...@free.fr>> wrote: Having done some minor resettings on alsamixer with no results, I thought I had to reboot. But : "Oh no, something has gone wrong..." So, I am writing this mes

Re: Small Open Source Digital Classroom

2020-04-03 Thread Tom Dial
On 4/2/20 02:56, Curt wrote: > On 2020-03-31, n...@dismail.de wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 08:17:56PM +0200, deloptes wrote: >>> […] Recently I was looking at zoom.us - seems to be in >>> hype now - can be installed in debian and can be used as video conferencing >>> tool. >> >> Based on z

python3 modules -- apt vs pip?

2020-04-03 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
I've been using apt (and friends) to maintain my systems, including python. Today I discovered the Debian version of the more-itertools module is on version 4.2.0 and is three years old. Meanwhile, the version documented on pypi.org is at version 8.2.0, and has at least one recipe whose arguments

Re: I Miss ckermit in Buster.

2020-04-03 Thread The Wanderer
On 2020-04-03 at 17:40, elvis wrote: > On 3/4/20 11:04 pm, Martin McCormick wrote: > >> The only thing that I truly miss after upgrading to buster is that >> the package known as ckermit has fallen beside the road. >> >> I had a hard-drive fail on one system so installed buster from >> installat

Re: I Miss ckermit in Buster.

2020-04-03 Thread elvis
On 3/4/20 11:04 pm, Martin McCormick wrote: The only thing that I truly miss after upgrading to buster is that the package known as ckermit has fallen beside the road. I had a hard-drive fail on one system so installed buster from installation media and the ckermit package appa

Re: Small Open Source Digital Classroom

2020-04-03 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 12:46:00 -0400 Dan Purgert wrote: > On Apr 03, 2020, Celejar wrote: > > [...] > > Fair enough - but has anyone looked into, say, Jitsi Meet's default > > settings? Do they block non-hosts from screen sharing? > > IIRC, jit.si (their web-client) defaults to needing a passphras

Re: Debian Stretch broken !

2020-04-03 Thread Felix Miata
Bernard composed on 2020-04-03 20:41 (UTC+0200): > "Oh no, something has gone wrong..." That message is issued when GDM cannot start. How to fix I don't know, as I never use GDM, but when that happens you should be able to switch to any of the vttys GDM doesn't run on to find a text login prompt.

Re: Debian Stretch broken !

2020-04-03 Thread Kent West
On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 1:41 PM Bernard wrote: > > Having done some minor resettings on alsamixer with no results, I > thought I had to reboot. > > But : "Oh no, something has gone wrong..." > > So, I am writing this message from my other laptop running Ubuntu 14.04 > > I tried to reboot in rescue

Re: Debian Stretch broken !

2020-04-03 Thread Default User
On Fri, Apr 3, 2020, 14:41 Bernard wrote: > Hi to Everyone, > Having done some minor resettings on alsamixer with no results, I > thought I had to reboot. > > But : "Oh no, something has gone wrong..." > > So, I am writing this message from my other laptop running Ubuntu 14.04 > > I tried to rebo

Debian Stretch broken !

2020-04-03 Thread Bernard
Hi to Everyone, Having done some minor resettings on alsamixer with no results, I thought I had to reboot. But : "Oh no, something has gone wrong..." So, I am writing this message from my other laptop running Ubuntu 14.04 I tried to reboot in rescue mode, but I don't know what to do from the

Re: [OT] Backup Suggestion

2020-04-03 Thread deloptes
Alessandro Baggi wrote: > I'm searching a new backup system to replace my old solution. I'm > focusing on bacula and actually I'm widely testing it. > > It seems powerfull and well tested. It supports volumes on disk or tape. > Multi platform, VirtualFull backup, compression and encryption. > Act

Re: Small Open Source Digital Classroom

2020-04-03 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 03, 2020, Celejar wrote: > [...] > Fair enough - but has anyone looked into, say, Jitsi Meet's default > settings? Do they block non-hosts from screen sharing? IIRC, jit.si (their web-client) defaults to needing a passphrase to even get in. But I only ever took a cursory glance before "ev

Re: Can't get Logitech webcam c910 to operate under stretch

2020-04-03 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 12:23:31PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On my laptop, with working internal webcam and internal Intel sound > hardware, I have no /dev/audio* either. Same on my buster desktop. Before the Covid craziness, I had no experience with webcams and microphones under Linux. So, this w

Re: Small Open Source Digital Classroom

2020-04-03 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 16:14:26 - (UTC) Curt wrote: > On 2020-04-02, Celejar wrote: > >> > >> I was just reading this little item about zoom from the G-men (actually, > >> Kristen is a Boston G-woman, apparently): > >> > >> https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/boston/news/press-release

Re: Can't get Logitech webcam c910 to operate under stretch

2020-04-03 Thread Celejar
[Please do not top post.] On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 16:21:10 +0200 Bernard wrote: > Thanks for this reply. I still haven't found a way to get that Logitech > c910 webcam on my desktop running Debian Stretch. It operates only as a > camera and does not record any sound. > > (This same Logitech c910

Re: Small Open Source Digital Classroom

2020-04-03 Thread Curt
On 2020-04-02, Celejar wrote: >> >> I was just reading this little item about zoom from the G-men (actually, >> Kristen is a Boston G-woman, apparently): >> >> https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/boston/news/press-releases/fbi-warns-of-teleconferencing-and-online-classroom-hijacking-dur

Re: [OT] Backup Suggestion

2020-04-03 Thread Dan Ritter
Alessandro Baggi wrote: > Hi list, > > I'm searching a new backup system to replace my old solution. I'm focusing > on bacula and actually I'm widely testing it. > > It seems powerfull and well tested. It supports volumes on disk or tape. > Multi platform, VirtualFull backup, compression and enc

Re: I Miss ckermit in Buster.

2020-04-03 Thread John Hasler
I wrote: > look at screen. Martin McCormick wrote: > I use screen all the time and maybe I am missing > something but what you get with screen is a new shell in each > window, very useful but nothing to do with RS-232 ports. Read the man page section titled WINDOW TYPES. -- John Hasler jh

Re: I Miss ckermit in Buster.

2020-04-03 Thread Dan Purgert
On Apr 03, 2020, Martin McCormick wrote: > John Hasler writes: > > look at screen. > > I use screen all the time and maybe I am missing > something but what you get with screen is a new shell in each > window, very useful but nothing to do with RS-232 ports. Maybe something like Minicom t

Re: I Miss ckermit in Buster.

2020-04-03 Thread songbird
Martin McCormick wrote: > The only thing that I truly miss after upgrading to > buster is that the package known as ckermit has fallen beside the > road. > > I had a hard-drive fail on one system so installed buster > from installation media and the ckermit package apparently isn't > p

Re: Can't get Logitech webcam c910 to operate under stretch

2020-04-03 Thread Bernard
Thanks for this reply. I still haven't found a way to get that Logitech c910 webcam on my desktop running Debian Stretch. It operates only as a camera and does not record any sound. (This same Logitech c910 works on my laptop running Ubuntu 14.04. It works bad : the recorded sound is mixed wi

[OT] Backup Suggestion

2020-04-03 Thread Alessandro Baggi
Hi list, I'm searching a new backup system to replace my old solution. I'm focusing on bacula and actually I'm widely testing it. It seems powerfull and well tested. It supports volumes on disk or tape. Multi platform, VirtualFull backup, compression and encryption. Actually I'm testing on a

Re: I Miss ckermit in Buster.

2020-04-03 Thread tomas
On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 08:52:33AM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: [...] > I appreciate the responses. It looks like gkermit is > just the file transfer which is good that it still exists but I > want the stuff that is gone such as scripting and the ability to > type things that go out over

Re: I Miss ckermit in Buster.

2020-04-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 03 apr 20, 08:52:33, Martin McCormick wrote: > > I use screen all the time and maybe I am missing > something but what you get with screen is a new shell in each > window, very useful but nothing to do with RS-232 ports. See section WINDOW TYPES in the manpage. Seems like it also sup

Re: I Miss ckermit in Buster.

2020-04-03 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 08:52:33AM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > John Hasler writes: > > look at screen. > > I use screen all the time and maybe I am missing > something but what you get with screen is a new shell in each > window, very useful but nothing to do with RS-232

Re: I Miss ckermit in Buster.

2020-04-03 Thread Martin McCormick
Greg Wooledge writes: > On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 08:14:12AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > Look at gkermit. It's evidently a GPL rewrite of ckermit. Also take a > > look at screen. > > Yeah, I did an "apt-cache search ckermit" too. > > The package description for gkermit says, > > The non-fre

Re: I Miss ckermit in Buster.

2020-04-03 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 08:14:12AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Look at gkermit. It's evidently a GPL rewrite of ckermit. Also take a > look at screen. Yeah, I did an "apt-cache search ckermit" too. The package description for gkermit says, The non-free package ckermit adds connection estab

Re: I Miss ckermit in Buster.

2020-04-03 Thread John Hasler
Look at gkermit. It's evidently a GPL rewrite of ckermit. Also take a look at screen. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

I Miss ckermit in Buster.

2020-04-03 Thread Martin McCormick
The only thing that I truly miss after upgrading to buster is that the package known as ckermit has fallen beside the road. I had a hard-drive fail on one system so installed buster from installation media and the ckermit package apparently isn't part of the distribution any more.

Re: Things Kids Shouldn't Do at Home

2020-04-03 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2020 03 Apr 04:16 -0500, G.W. Haywood wrote: > Hi there, > > On Thu, 2 Apr 2020, Martin McCormick wrote: > > > My thanks to all those who theorise that it was this particular > > drive's time to die. It is several years old and I was thinking > > along the lines that the rest of you were th

Re: Things Kids Shouldn't Do at Home

2020-04-03 Thread tomas
On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 09:58:14AM +0100, G.W. Haywood wrote: > Hi there, > > On Thu, 2 Apr 2020, Martin McCormick wrote: > > >My thanks to all those who theorise that it was this particular > >drive's time to die [...] > >What one hears is a signal that usually sounds like a > >continuo

Re: Things Kids Shouldn't Do at Home

2020-04-03 Thread Joe
On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 09:58:14 +0100 (BST) "G.W. Haywood" wrote: > Hi there, > > On Thu, 2 Apr 2020, Martin McCormick wrote: > > > My thanks to all those who theorise that it was this particular > > drive's time to die. It is several years old and I was thinking > > along the lines that the rest

Re: Things Kids Shouldn't Do at Home

2020-04-03 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Thu, 2 Apr 2020, Martin McCormick wrote: My thanks to all those who theorise that it was this particular drive's time to die. It is several years old and I was thinking along the lines that the rest of you were thinking. One thing I haven't done yet is to see if the clock crystal