and better half.
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drive space to spare. Some don't.
Keith Bainbridge
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or ke1thozgro...@gmx.com
On 28/8/20 6:23 am, Dan Hitt wrote:
So next time i search, i hope to do it more intelligently.
So why not start the search now, while you have time to think about it
for a bit before you need to jump in?
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ev/sda?
Would it be better to unplug /dev/sda for the installation process?
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ld
of 24x7 use, mostly dragging files on to back up (usb connected)
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Please note new address
2
external devices? As somebody else said in another topic, (approx) as
long as you have a well tested spare lying around for when the main
target fails. Somebody put it more like this many years ago: There are
2 kinds of drives around; those that have failed, and those that are
going to fa
ise our error. We had all forgotten how inconvenient it is to touch
one key several times to get the letter you want. And in this case,
numbers were another menu away. And it was about $10 cheaper than a
low-end smart phone.
Just suggesting there are practicable matters
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MI have ALWAYS been asked for a root password at debian
installation. Is this behaviour new in the last 3-4 weeks?
The installer activates sudo only if you left root password blank - your
choice; not default.
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On 2/8/20 11:06 am, David Christensen wrote:
On 2020-08-01 16:30, Leslie Rhorer wrote:
I am a big proponent of having a separate boot drive
+1
+1 more
For players-around like me, it is also easier, in general terms, to
multi boot.
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On 31/7/20 12:03 pm, Kushal Kumaran wrote:
Keith Bainbridge writes:
On 31/07/2020 5:27 am, Torben Schou Jensen wrote:
Filesharing by NFS.
Wondering why you are using ntfs on the Pi, rather than a linux file
system, which from my experience would cause less stress on th Pi?
NFS
On 31/07/2020 5:27 am, Torben Schou Jensen wrote:
Filesharing by NFS.
Wondering why you are using ntfs on the Pi, rather than a linux file
system, which from my experience would cause less stress on th Pi?
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win needs more space than shows when
closed to work. Swap files spring to mind.
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ome has made any number
of upgrades and experiments much more bearable to me. Backups,
too, of course.
-dsr-
+1
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On 23/7/20 4:23 pm, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Ma, 21 iul 20, 17:39:09, Keith bainbridge wrote:
I hadn't noticed this before, but where does 'the system' get my name
from. Everything I can see here says Keith Bainbridge.
Email client: Thunderbird 79.0b2 (64-bit) - the bet
On 23/7/20 4:23 pm, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Ma, 21 iul 20, 17:39:09, Keith bainbridge wrote:
To get the timing right as close as possible, it is 17:40 as I send this
note.
For the future you might want to specify the UTC time instead.
Kind regards,
Andrei
Probably right, but I wasn&#
this note.
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ingle board computers.
Most use Pi's.
We have been meeting on line since April at
https://meet.jit.si/SBCCandSBCGeelongForums
generally for about 2 hours.
Very informal.
To get the timing right as close as possible, it is 17:40 as I send
this note.
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On 20/7/20 6:40 am, Liam O'Toole wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jul, 2020 at 17:31:12 +1000, Keith bainbridge wrote:
On 16/7/20 9:15 am, hobie of RMN wrote:
Perhaps adjust your display setting to smaller numbers?
Or is everything else readable?
Some is, some isn't.:) Firefox, Thunderbir
y cinnamon are doing well. Both are gnome forks, but use
fewer resources, and allow more freedom of choice about how they appear
on screen.
Could be worth a try?
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grams?
Perhaps adjust your display setting to smaller numbers?
Or is everything else readable?
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-
neither via menu nor from CLI.
You might do better from a full install
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On 7/7/20 1:26 pm, Keith bainbridge wrote:
On 7/7/20 8:20 am, Dan Ritter wrote:
Gary Dale wrote:
This is a wish-list feature but I'm running Debian/Bullseye and the only
version of Firefox is the ESR one. It's stable but it has display
bugs that
I'd like to if they are f
nd install the latest version on the
Mozilla site.
I use a separate partition for the apps I use mostly - I multi boot and
/home is mounted noexec.
If that sounds like to advanced there is the beta option as well.
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ebian/ experimental main contrib non-free
Sorry - I just remembered I could have saved the original file.
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ng to simply works better - subjective
comment, of course. Right clicking its menu allows editing.
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On 5/7/20 1:50 am, Davide Lombardo wrote:
Maybe I can just setup this PC as a Tor's Relay
Again, the Pi would likely be better
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D
On 2020-07-03 12:30, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> The ratio of power consumption to
> computing power is like with an old 100 W light bulb.
+1
I hadn't thought of that bit, but guess it's true.
Then there is the matter of replacing broken bits
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oing to cut it.
I saw that you have a DVD, so try a couple of live .iso and see how they go.
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lphin specific. Having said that, I can't
check in another environment, other than debian, mint - oh I could
download and run an ISO in vbox. Am I that desperate to prove the point
- not yet.
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preference:
1. Use a separate Debian alongside my daily driver, and use Only for the
Zoom meetings
I would install a Debian VM for Zoom and alike software.
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I did too - until somebody suggested firejail.
I always got prompts to install add-ons in chromium.
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gular user again. Easy.
Have you tried nemo (cinnamon's file mgr) in KDE? It'll likely bring in
a bit of gtk stuff, but that shouldn't hurt anything.
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.
And yes - not good idea to log into any GUI. My experience is I can't -
I guess by design
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[upgradable from: 2:8.2.0439-1]
virtualbox-6.1/unknown 6.1.8-137981~Debian~buster amd64 [upgradable
from: 6.1.6-137129~Debian~buster]
xxd/testing 2:8.2.0716-3 amd64 [upgradable from: 2:8.2.0439-1]
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u guys are fully aware of what's the issue so you can help.
Thanks in advance,
HB.
Good afternoon Harry
I sometimes have to go into the settings for the virtual device and
untick the other boot options - CD and floppy from memory.
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#x27;ve
seen so far. And no, I haven't made one. Maybe when this laptop gives
up, and I am more patient.
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more
packages updated (from memory, packages stay in SID until about 2 weeks
of no major issues?).
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story from several terminals, there
are ways to do it, for example, set a different $HISTFILE for each terminal.
Or this in .bashrc?
# append to the history file, don't overwrite it
shopt -s histappend
PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a;$PROMPT_COMMAND"
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history with fora that are available
in browser is that I forget to go look at what is happening; even when I
ask a question. At least with email, I get a prompt to look at un-read mail.
If the interface is as good as google mail in browser, I won't last
long; maybe 2 minutes.
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On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 7:30 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>
> On Du, 12 apr 20, 12:03:12, Reco wrote:
> >
> > The million euro question here is how actually good (or bad) is that
> > "e-mail interaction with Discourse" is.
>
> Having a highly e-mail
download page.
Some people here expect you to know how to search the web for this info
- try linux alternatives to onenote vmware
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rompt for a password (because there's no
terminal).
Kind regards,
Andrei
alt-f2 used pop-up a box to enter the password, if needed
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ral earlier
releases).
Better still, list commands that you are happy to run as sudo withOUT
passwd individually at the end of sudoers. eg
keith ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/
Would I include a file manager? U,no
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On 8/4/20 5:31 am, Alexis Grigoriou wrote:
You could press Alt-F2 and enter sudo thunar
Or is that gksu thunar
But I recall a similar question a few weeks back. Perhaps xfce doesn't
support gksu any longer. I recall that it did back when I used it.
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k
Many TIA!
Dennis
Dennis
What VM manager are you using?
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TOUCHÉ: Also should be careful with names of python packages since
mistyping can lead to installation of malicious software and with sudo it
makes it even more fun - google for "python malicious packages"
days, but there was no
obvious delay).
It followed into current ubuntu (19.10) as well - quickly.
Somebody here knows the process, right? If not I could go back and
check it out.
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sn't it. I know I was at work -
our Manager brought his TV into the office for us to sneak in
occasionally. My better half was a teacher then - the kids watched most
of as their study for that day.
PLEASE, I just like having a bit of fun sometimes. At 72, I reckon
I've earnt that much?
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t at 6:00 today. Put that into context, my current time is
Fri06Mar2020@14:23:53 Many of you will read it on Thursday evening?
My solution has been to bcc my self and an archive address. I am slowly
working towards a better email server, but it takes time.
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7; is
the opposite of what you need.
I get that you'd like to complete the install without connecting if you
have a flaky internet, but if you're not connected, I don't see how the
install will set up you debian mirror.
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On 4/3/20 10:08 am, Gary L. Roach wrote:
Thanks for the information. Caja can be started as root. This solves my
problem but it would still be nice if someone could fix the Dolphin
problem.
Perhaps you need to take that to KDE team?
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r mc
I know you wanted to fix dolphin, but..
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Any suggestions ( apart from not using gmail ) ?
mick
+1
Interestingly, I am subscribed under at least 2 gmail addresses (don't
ask why) but only one of them gets bounces.
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Are there any methods to create Debian packages for these (and
similar) package tools (and the files they install) so that Debian's
native packaging system has "inventory control" everything?
I realize that software has been installed outside of APT's purview
since the beginnings of Debian, but I
On 27/2/20 8:54 am, Keith Bainbridge wrote:
Thanks for the positive responses. I am interested now because I am
about to buy a new drive. I guess the answer to these will be obvious
when I choose LVM at the disk selection stage, but do I need to keep
system partitions separate? as I install
On 27/2/20 3:46 am, Charles Curley wrote:
On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:15:44 +1100
Keith Bainbridge wrote:
Is LVM viable? I can see the benefit of re-sizing on the fly. I use
multi-boot. I can see the possibility of /dev/sda1 and LVM using the
rest. But is it viable, please?
Yes, it is viable
sks/sticks.
Is LVM viable? I can see the benefit of re-sizing on the fly. I use
multi-boot. I can see the possibility of /dev/sda1 and LVM using the rest.
But is it viable, please?
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Sent from my Apad
On Wed., 26 Feb. 2020, 16:42 Keith Bai
. Usually adds about a minute
to the upgrade.
I am about to look into LVM snapshots NOW, though.
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ter. It ran linux
for another 5 years. Clearly they believe that thier own OS it too big.
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e anything,
though.
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tried it my self, but sounds interesting.
To answer you question directly, not long.I used a vbox to test
upgrading from bullseye to sid, a couple of weeks ago, to see how much
difference there is. About 20 packages.
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esn't the project promote them more?
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fixed
in version 1.8.19p1-2.1+deb9u2.
For the stable distribution (buster), exploitation of the bug is
prevented due to a change in EOF handling introduced in 1.8.26.
I'm on 1.8.29.
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On 1/2/20 10:10 pm, Teemu Likonen wrote:
If you don't want this % effect you need to escape those characters with
backslash:
echo `date +\%Y\%b\%d`
Thankyou
Worked just as I wanted.
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Good evening All
I have a niggling problem.Any suggestions, please?
If I run
echo `date +%d%b%Y` >> /home/keith/.bash_history
in a xterm (Mate I think always), I get the expected result: a line in
.bash_history reads
2020Feb01
followed by
echo `date +%Y%b%d` >> /home/keith/.
On 31/1/20 5:21 am, Patrick Bartek wrote:
On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 18:29:06 +1100
Keith Bainbridge wrote:
On 29/1/20 6:02 am, Patrick Bartek wrote:
My point is that sudo is more of a security "hole" since it only
requires a user's password which in my experience are less secure s
es/testing/
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On 29/1/20 9:17 am, Kenneth Parker wrote:
So one of my "early actions", is to enter "sudo passwd root" and enter
your "normal user password".
You should have then been asked to enter and re-enter a new password -
for root?
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e root password.
Sorry, I think I top posted a little earlier.
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- showing about 5G
used?
I'm working on instinct, so feel free to ignore me.
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On 30/1/20 5:51 am, David Christensen wrote:
Using a Dell PowerEdge T30 with CMOS Setup configured for UEFI and
Secure Boot, I booted d-i and installed
sudo manually, you will normally need to add
yourself to the group.
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On 26/1/20 6:44 am, Charles Curley wrote:
charles@hawk:~$ which sudo
/usr/bin/sudo
id my VBox version,
I ended up with my phone# as my log in.
By the bye, Mac OSx used to do the same. At least Android doesn't; and
trying to get Admin is terrifying me.
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On 28/1/20 8:11 am, Patrick Bartek wrote:
And,
unf
try sudo apt-get update
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On 27/1/20 5:24 pm, William Torrez Corea wrote:
sudo apt get update
On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 2:58 PM Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2019-12-27 12:20 -0700, Keith Christian wrote:
>
> > It seems at one point there was a debian documentation package that
> > contained either text or HTML versions of the project's history as
> > seen
It seems at one point there was a debian documentation package that
contained either text or HTML versions of the project's history as
seen on this page:
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/ch-releases.en.html
Unable to find anything on packages.debian.org containing
"ch-re
/g502 && mount -o remount,exec /mnt/g502/ && cd
/mnt/g502 && ./daily.sh
extract from daily.sh:
DAY=`date +%Y%b%d`
NOW=`date +%Y%b%d%H`
HOUR=`date +%H`
YEAR=`date +%Y`
cd /mnt/g502
cp /home/keith/rsyncExclusionList.txt ./
date >> ./copydailyStarte
On 17/12/19 5:46 am, Kent West wrote:
Unless things have changed recently (and I don't believe they have), you
could also run "sudo tasksel" and pick the Desktop Environment[s] you
prefer.
Just worked for me, when I tried it just for fun
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kei
Fresh format-disk-and-install Buster 64-bit.
This is my third attempt, with the mediawiki installer having problems
logging in to MariaDB every time.
I've installed mediawiki (Jessie?) with zero problems.
NOTE-MariaDB was installed with a simple "sudo apt -y install
mediawiki" as described bel
"stateProv": "Victoria",
"city": "Melbourne"
Only problem is there is no such continent. How can I believe in its
accuracy?
Thanks again. I'll mail the results of using the other SMTPs
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On 7/12/19 10:55 am, Keith Bainbridge wrote:
Have had a couple of questions that have gotten me thinking deeply,
primarily about whose/what safety I am really trying to protect. My best
answer is personal, physical safety of my family.
Good afternoon all
I have pondered over all you pros and
support teams for assistance. You can also notify the
website’s administrator about the problem.
Should I be worried???
Or am I also cynical?
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On 3/12/19 8:42 pm, Keith Bainbridge wrote:
Just wondering if this is ALL good advice?
Should I use it for ALL my mail, or just sensitive stuff, like lobbying
politicians.
I'm still here. Have had a couple of questions that have gotten me
thinking deeply, primarily about whose
27;ll be back later, with personal thanks for other responses. My
typing speed is slower than I like to believe.
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lness of encryption. The people I
will be a addressing will mainly fall under the group that wont bother
trying.
Other responses follow
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; General >
Config Editor
set use_status_for_biff to false
set mail.server.default.autosync_offline_stores to true
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(has that disappeared?), and I have no .xsession* file.??
Anyone know what I am missing to get this to work?
I am running an up-to-date testing system...
Thanks,
Kenward
G'day Kenward
Is there a plasma option?
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verses it's) hits people hard, learning
English from the Latin-Based Countries.
+1
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On 15/10/19 11:31 am, Keith Bainbridge wrote:
How to prevent a repeat is the real question. My only suggestion is
extend the time-out, but how long. Maybe run manual upgrades on one
machine every day, before shutting down the others??
There was a response suggesting getting cron to run
On 14/10/19 7:42 pm, Yvan Masson wrote:
You were right Keith: after applying some updates manually, remaining
updates are
properly installed with unattended-upgrade… Now I need to understand
what was
blocking.
It was intuition rather than any knowledge I had - beyond the fact that
o I sym-linked my .bashrc into /root. Same result.
If I su, get # prompt and 'alias' works. Typing alias gets list as
expected. exit. Try su -c and same results. exit.
su -c "alias" - not found.
So where do I put .bashrc for a su - "alias" to work, please
worked at the very beginning)?
Best regards,
Yvan
Perhaps there was a larger than normal upgrade to exceeded to 10mins
delay, and it's all stalled
Suggest a manual upgrade to see what results you get.
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On 9/10/19 1:42 am, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
Yes that sounds correct: if the mount didn't happen, the script isn't
there, so it won't run.
I meant to say that I'd get cron to mount the disk, then run the script
and unmount it.
Thanks again Jonathan.
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was also reported that the University is part of the Defence Force
training system.
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On 8/10/19 12:45 am, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 10:49:01AM +1100, Keith Bainbridge wrote:
Well I think the bash line means that the bash command uses ~/whatever
as data (which it could do without the x switch?) like any program
does with data files. I wasn't aware of
On 5/10/19 1:22 am, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
On Wed, Oct 02, 2019 at 07:03:59PM +1000, Keith Bainbridge wrote:
I wonder if having /home on a 'noexec' partition would stop this
attack, please?
I don't know specifically about this attack, but noexec is trivial to
circumvent. He
I'm still lurking here, but not sure what this suggestion means.
Please expand.
On 5/10/19 1:22 am, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
On Wed, Oct 02, 2019 at 07:03:59PM +1000, Keith Bainbridge wrote:
I wonder if having /home on a 'noexec' partition would stop this
attack, please?
Yes Brian - precisely.
Thanks.
And Joe has repeated you, with a few suggestions to 'improve' the situation.
Now to convince people to switch. I believe it is easier than adjusting
to recent updates elsewhere, but...
Worth trying though.
Keith Bainbridge
ke
So it's not just 4 major regional hospitals here. Could it be the
attacks are connected.
By the bye, I a current-time documentary earlier this year, in a local
public hospital with what looked very like WinXP on the monitor behind
the doctor being interviewed.
Keith Bainb
stem. Given the suspected source of the attack, the suggestion now is
that the attack was aimed at Defence Force people.
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w-personal-information-got-out/11550578
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-02/the-sophisticated-anu-hack-that-compromised-private-details/11566540
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On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 11:39 AM Bob Weber wrote:
> On 8/15/19 9:49 AM, Keith Christian wrote:
>
> Bob,
>
> Thank you.
>
> I assume the clipboard application that installs by default on stretch can
> be removed and replaced with the (far superior, IMHO) klipper app?
>
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