Re: Installing

2023-07-12 Thread lain.
What steps did you take to put the image on that USB? Etcher or dd? What command exactly? Did you configure your BIOS or UEFI to not be hostile to booting from USB (Secure Boot off, TPM off)? On 2023年07月12日 22:35, Source Code wrote: > I was trying to install Arch Linux from USB and got an error:

Re: [off-topic] Arch Linux Questions

2023-07-12 Thread lain.
Arch does have more software in their repositories compared to Debian. I would rather make the comparison of Arch having more softrware/packages, but Debian has more developers explicitely targetting for it and supporting it. On 2023年07月12日 16:01, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2023-07-12 at 22:18

Re: Installing

2023-07-12 Thread Guus Snijders
Op wo 12 jul. 2023 18:35 schreef Source Code : > I was trying to install Arch Linux from USB and got an error: image failed > to verify with security violation. Why? Without context we can only guess, but it sounds like a secure boot error. Perhaps try again with secure boot turned off? Mvg,

Re: Plasma 6 packages / kde-unstable repo?

2023-07-12 Thread Marius Kittler
> My apologies if this is not the right list to ask this, but are there any > plans to build Plasma 6 packages for kde-unstable now that it's being > shipped in unstable KDE Neon releases and the nightly/testing repos of a > few other distros? I guess that's mainly Antonio Rojas' decision. Likely

Re: Plasma 6 packages / kde-unstable repo?

2023-07-12 Thread Iyán Méndez Veiga
Hi Michael, On Wednesday, 12 July 2023 15:43:09 CEST Michael Bromilow wrote: > Hi, > > My apologies if this is not the right list to ask this, but are there any > plans to build Plasma 6 packages for kde-unstable now that it's being > shipped in unstable KDE Neon releases and the nightly/testing

[off-topic] Arch Linux Questions

2023-07-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2023-07-12 at 22:18 +0900, lain. wrote: > After all, Richard Stallman has been fighting for software freedom since > 1985, which is probably before most of us are even born. Ouch! Most geeks are Boomers or from Generation X, which is explained by the fact that we were able to enjoy the

Plasma 6 packages / kde-unstable repo?

2023-07-12 Thread Michael Bromilow
Hi, My apologies if this is not the right list to ask this, but are there any plans to build Plasma 6 packages for kde-unstable now that it's being shipped in unstable KDE Neon releases and the nightly/testing repos of a few other distros? On the same topic, is the kde-unstable repo still an

Re: Arch Linux Questions

2023-07-12 Thread lain.
(Just realized that for some reason, Mutt keeps sending emails to the user rather than the mailing list.) 1. If you mean "free" as in "gratis", then yes. Both free as in libre and proprietary as in, well, proprietary are available free of charge in the repositories, although the AUR might include

Re: Arch Linux Questions

2023-07-12 Thread Robin Candau
Le 12/07/2023 à 13:59, Source Code a écrit : Hello, I wanted to clarify something else: 1. I understand Arch Linux is absolutely free? And all the proprietary programs that are related to Arch Linux are also free, and I don't have to pay for them, right? Yes, Arch linux itself is absolutely

Arch Linux Questions

2023-07-12 Thread Source Code
Hello, I wanted to clarify something else: 1. I understand Arch Linux is absolutely free? And all the proprietary programs that are related to Arch Linux are also free, and I don't have to pay for them, right? 2. Proprietary programs are associated with programming or anything else that I can

Re: pacman - Grub note should use root prompt instead of user

2023-07-12 Thread Christian Hesse
"David C. Rankin" on Wed, 2023/07/12 02:11: > All, > >The pacman note on grub users the $ user-prompt designation instead of > #, e.g. > > :: To use the new features provided in this GRUB update, it is recommended > to install it to the MBR or UEFI. Due to potential configuration >

Re: Arch Linux General Questions

2023-07-12 Thread David C. Rankin
On 7/10/23 06:19, Source Code wrote: Hello dear Arch Linux team! I would like to ask you a series of questions: 1. Is Arch Linux completely free? If I use Arch linux, create various programs on it, do anything in general, both commercial and non-commercial, do I have to pay anyone? Arch is

pacman - Grub note should use root prompt instead of user

2023-07-12 Thread David C. Rankin
All, The pacman note on grub users the $ user-prompt designation instead of #, e.g. :: To use the new features provided in this GRUB update, it is recommended to install it to the MBR or UEFI. Due to potential configuration incompatibilities, it is advised to run both, installation and