Re: [DNG] googling devuan ascii leads to spam sites
spam, ads and google: I have only seen ADs from Gmail [but I figured out how too avoid them]. I never get SPAM email. I don't use google search [I use duckduckgo.com with deterministic searches; no history taint]. I use a combination of Ublock Origin [Firefox addon] and a large /etc/hosts file [rarely see Adverts]. Take control! jacksprat ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] Help with Spectre and Meltdown
on ARM alternative: ODROID C2 is a sub-100 pound/dollar single board computer like RaspberryPI3, but with 2 gbyte RAM and gigabit ethernet. it is a project as only Xubuntu is available as a ready-made Linux. I want one but can't afford time/effort. jacksprat ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] Help with Spectre and Meltdown
Thanks for the replies. When I run the "spectre-meltdown-checker.sh" script [github.com/speed47] I see that even using a recent kernel [4.15-rc8] only Meltdown is covered. The two mitigations for Spectre [IBRS or kernel compiled with "retpoline" option with a retpoline-aware compiler] are harder for me to achieve. The latter requires a retpoline-aware version of gcc - did anyone try to make one? Even then, it seems I need "reptoline-aware" versions of things like Firefox. I have explored disabling javascript in Firefox on a per-site basis, but this cannot be the future [devuan has old versions of Policy-Control addon compared to [say] antix-17]. Early days. I hate Intel for creating this mess and for the Management Engine fiasco. I had been using a "libre" [de-blobbed] kernel. Now I must use the blobby 4.15-rc8 kernel AND learn about firmware, which means per-arch /lib..? jacksprat ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
[DNG] Help with Spectre and Meltdown
I wanted to explore whether Devuan can provide a solution to the Spectre/Meltdown fiasco. Is there a guide to what elements of Devuan [jessie, ascii, ?] have been upgraded to address these issues? If I need to move to ascii to achieve this [I am on jessie], what do I need to put in /etc/apt/sources.list so that apt-get can be perform the upgrade? I have a spare computer where an ascii-based solution can be tested . Thanks, jacksprat ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
[DNG] ifconfig deprecated?
the official line is that the "ip" command replaces "ifconfig". I only use the Busybox version of ifconfig. You could use the Busybox version in the interim. The ip command is cool, though. jacksprat ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
[DNG] mdevd-0.0.1.0 - a mdev-compatible uevent manager
Didier Kryn: sorry, I am new to MLs, and thought everything arriving from lists.dyne.org was in the same space. jacksprat ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
[DNG] mdevd-0.0.1.0 - a mdev-compatible uevent manager
hello Didier Kryn: thanks for bringing this to my [and everyones] attention. My use of mdev "just seems to work", perhaps because I just use my computers for boring "desktop duties". I remember Devuan being very agressive when I tried to uninstall udev* [dragging many other important packages with it]. I like the idea of only using the built-in Busybox commands to init Linux [exceptions sdhcp and iptables]. I will explore mdevd properly when it gets closer to 1.0.0.0! thanks, jacksprat ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
[DNG] Documentation format philosophies
Steve: Thanks for the detailed reply. Bluefish was not a package in Salix
Linux, so I downloaded the source and muddled my way though
{autoconf; ./configure; make; sudo make install}
and tried it on some leapad files. I don't expect to live long enough to
explore all its possibilities!
I am half-way though writing the manual for the sinitrc 2nd edition [as
pure text]. There are a few porting things that need documenting [they are
mostly in my head at the moment].
One thing that puzzles me about the DNG mailing lists. The partial email
address [eg jack@???] is printed for some users [incuding me]! Surely this
is a bug.
jacksprat
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