Re: [DNG] DocSprint Devuan, December, BXL

2016-12-06 Thread KatolaZ
On Tue, Dec 06, 2016 at 11:04:25AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: [cut] > > > > > > https://bxl.dyne.org/vectors/small-singularities > > I didn't understand a single sentence in the preceding URL. > Honestly, I think that what is important is that the documentation that comes out of that process is

Re: [DNG] DocSprint Devuan, December, BXL

2016-12-06 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 19:09:27 +0100 Jaromil wrote: > I invite you all to contribute to the process, even criticism can be > useful and I personally agree with Steve's implicit remark on having a > prose that is shorter and to the point. Not only short and to the point, but unambiguous. Make it as

Re: [DNG] Networking on installation: was Devuan GNU+Linux Beta2 release

2016-12-06 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 06/12/2016 at 23:18, Simon Hobson wrote: > Alessandro Selli wrote: > >>> OK fine, just have this yes or no question early in the install: >>> >>> = >>> Are you willing to have the install try non-free drivers and firmware >>> for your

Re: [DNG] Networking on installation: was Devuan GNU+Linux Beta2 release

2016-12-06 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Renaud OLGIATI (ren...@olgiati-in-paraguay.org): > On the other hand, by making it impossible to install without having > to go and hunt firmwares under the excuse that they are not open > source, open-source talibans are doing exactly what they condemn in > the systemd talibans: both take

Re: [DNG] Networking on installation: was Devuan GNU+Linux Beta2 release

2016-12-06 Thread Simon Hobson
Alessandro Selli wrote: >> OK fine, just have this yes or no question early in the install: >> >> = >> Are you willing to have the install try non-free drivers and firmware >> for your network, video, keyboard and mouse if free drivers

Re: [DNG] OT: Starting bash straight from init?

2016-12-06 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 06/12/2016 at 22:47, dev wrote: > Hi all, > Sorry this is off-topic for this list, but I don't really know where > I would ask this question. > > I've got a Live CD (Ubuntu 14.04) I'd say an Ubuntu mailing list (https://lists.ubuntu.com/), forum (https://ubuntuforums.org/) or Ask Ubuntu (htt

Re: [DNG] Networking on installation: was Devuan GNU+Linux Beta2 release

2016-12-06 Thread Robert Storey
Alessandro Selli said: > I'd like to point out that including proprietary drivers does > not address any of the issues Robert Storey described: > > 1) no WiFi support in the install program; > 2) no DHCP autoconfiguration using a wired Ethernet connection; > 3) Wicd missing after installation. > >

[DNG] OT: Starting bash straight from init?

2016-12-06 Thread dev
Hi all, Sorry this is off-topic for this list, but I don't really know where I would ask this question. I've got a Live CD (Ubuntu 14.04) I've remastered and trying to get an autologin with root shell initiated from init. I can get the shell started, but the console I/O is a bit wonky. If I type

[DNG] beta2 running surprisingly well

2016-12-06 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Hi all! I just tried beta2 netinstall on X61/T60/T61. Basic installation was flawless. the only thing I have to complain about is that when I installed "xorg xdm terminator xterm" it also installed "libsystemd0". Purging libsystemd0 removed sane-utils, but that's no big loss :-) And it boots f

Re: [DNG] DocSprint Devuan, December, BXL

2016-12-06 Thread Jaromil
On Tue, 06 Dec 2016, hellekin wrote: > On 12/06/2016 06:26 PM, ja...@beau.org wrote: > > > > They're going to put money towards something that most every Open > > Source project has problems with - documentation. > > > > More than money we're putting a lot of energy and sensibility into > it. i

Re: [DNG] Networking on installation: was Devuan GNU+Linux Beta2 release

2016-12-06 Thread Ron
On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 11:28:13 -0500 Steve Litt wrote: > OK fine, just have this yes or no question early in the install: > > = > Are you willing to have the install try non-free drivers and firmware > for your network, video, keyboard and

Re: [DNG] DocSprint Devuan, December, BXL

2016-12-06 Thread hellekin
On 12/06/2016 06:26 PM, ja...@beau.org wrote: > > They're going to put money towards something that most every Open Source > project has problems with - documentation. > More than money we're putting a lot of energy and sensibility into it. People who participate actually care for Devuan, as they

Re: [DNG] DocSprint Devuan, December, BXL

2016-12-06 Thread hellekin
On 12/06/2016 05:45 PM, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > > β stands for Brussels, λ for laboratory, and in vector calculus, × stands > for curl. The curl of two vectors is a third vector normal (i.e. > perpendicular) to both original vectors. A vector is something that > has a direction. A singularity is

Re: [DNG] DocSprint Devuan, December, BXL

2016-12-06 Thread Rowland Penny
On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 11:26:48 -0600 (CST) ja...@beau.org wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 17:45:58 +0100 (CET) > > k...@aspodata.se wrote: > > > No they are not, they are talking a load of b > > Why not just say something in clear English ?? > > They're going to put money towards something t

Re: [DNG] DocSprint Devuan, December, BXL

2016-12-06 Thread jamey
> On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 17:45:58 +0100 (CET) > k...@aspodata.se wrote: > No they are not, they are talking a load of b > Why not just say something in clear English ?? They're going to put money towards something that most every Open Source project has problems with - documentation. They s

Re: [DNG] DocSprint Devuan, December, BXL

2016-12-06 Thread Rowland Penny
On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 17:45:58 +0100 (CET) k...@aspodata.se wrote: > Steve Litt: > > On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 13:13:02 +0100 > > hellekin wrote: > > > On 11/15/2016 08:43 AM, hellekin wrote: > > > > for the third moment of its research-action vector on SMALL > > > > SINGULARITIES, Dyne:β×λ is organizing

Re: [DNG] DocSprint Devuan, December, BXL

2016-12-06 Thread karl
Steve Litt: > On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 13:13:02 +0100 > hellekin wrote: > > On 11/15/2016 08:43 AM, hellekin wrote: > > > for the third moment of its research-action vector on SMALL > > > SINGULARITIES, Dyne:β×λ is organizing a documentation sprint for > > > Devuan in December in Brussels. > > > > > >

Re: [DNG] Networking on installation: was Devuan GNU+Linux Beta2 release

2016-12-06 Thread Alessandro Selli
On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 at 11:28:13 -0500 Steve Litt wrote: > On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 15:27:33 +0100 > Alessandro Selli wrote: > > > Il giorno Tue, 6 Dec 2016 11:12:34 -0300 > > Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI ha scritto: [...] > > > On the other hand, by making it impossible to install without > > > having to g

Re: [DNG] Networking on installation: was Devuan GNU+Linux Beta2 release

2016-12-06 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 15:27:33 +0100 Alessandro Selli wrote: > Il giorno Tue, 6 Dec 2016 11:12:34 -0300 > Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI ha scritto: > > > On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 14:30:58 +0100 > > Alessandro Selli wrote: > > > > > Devuan was born with the intention of removing the artificial > > > limits

Re: [DNG] DocSprint Devuan, December, BXL

2016-12-06 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 13:13:02 +0100 hellekin wrote: > On 11/15/2016 08:43 AM, hellekin wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > for the third moment of its research-action vector on SMALL > > SINGULARITIES, Dyne:β×λ is organizing a documentation sprint for > > Devuan in December in Brussels. > > > > https://

Re: [DNG] Recommended location for iptables rules

2016-12-06 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 04:40:58 -0600 hal wrote: > KatolaZ wrote on 12/05/2016 04:14 PM: > > > > Hence, /var/lib/iptables/ seems indeed the perfect place to keep > > (different possible sets of) iptables rules. > > > > I would respectfully disagree here only because I've come to > appreciate hav

Re: [DNG] Networking on installation: was Devuan GNU+Linux Beta2 release

2016-12-06 Thread Alessandro Selli
Il giorno Tue, 6 Dec 2016 11:12:34 -0300 Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI ha scritto: > On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 14:30:58 +0100 > Alessandro Selli wrote: > > > Devuan was born with the intention of removing the artificial limits > > systemd is imposing users. Proprietary software is even worse in > > restrict

Re: [DNG] Networking on installation: was Devuan GNU+Linux Beta2 release

2016-12-06 Thread Alessandro Selli
On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 at 13:54:30 + Dave Turner wrote: > Robert has a very valid point. Robert Storey does have a vlid point. In my opinion Steve Litt does not. Robert Storey laments the lack of WiFi connectivity support in "the installation program for Devuan Beta2", not the lack of propriet

Re: [DNG] Networking on installation: was Devuan GNU+Linux Beta2 release

2016-12-06 Thread Ron
On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 14:30:58 +0100 Alessandro Selli wrote: > Devuan was born with the intention of removing the artificial limits > systemd is imposing users. Proprietary software is even worse in restricting > people's choice. If your vision of Devuan is something like Ubuntu, with > every ki

Re: [DNG] Networking on installation: was Devuan GNU+Linux Beta2 release

2016-12-06 Thread Dave Turner
On 06/12/16 13:30, Alessandro Selli wrote: Il giorno Mon, 5 Dec 2016 13:55:44 -0500 Steve Litt ha scritto: On Mon, 5 Dec 2016 09:05:11 +0800 Robert Storey wrote: It pains me to say this, but the installation program for Devuan Beta2 is seriously broken. And I say this not as some kind of tr

Re: [DNG] Networking on installation: was Devuan GNU+Linux Beta2 release

2016-12-06 Thread Alessandro Selli
Il giorno Mon, 5 Dec 2016 13:55:44 -0500 Steve Litt ha scritto: > On Mon, 5 Dec 2016 09:05:11 +0800 > Robert Storey wrote: > > > It pains me to say this, but the installation program for Devuan > > Beta2 is seriously broken. And I say this not as some kind of troll, > > but rather as a Devuan en

Re: [DNG] Recommended location for iptables rules

2016-12-06 Thread KatolaZ
On Tue, Dec 06, 2016 at 04:40:58AM -0600, hal wrote: > KatolaZ wrote on 12/05/2016 04:14 PM: > > > > Hence, /var/lib/iptables/ seems indeed the perfect place to keep > > (different possible sets of) iptables rules. > > > > I would respectfully disagree here only because I've come to appreciate >

Re: [DNG] DocSprint Devuan, December, BXL

2016-12-06 Thread hellekin
On 11/15/2016 08:43 AM, hellekin wrote: > Dear all, > > for the third moment of its research-action vector on SMALL > SINGULARITIES, Dyne:β×λ is organizing a documentation sprint for Devuan > in December in Brussels. > > https://bxl.dyne.org/vectors/small-singularities > > This docsprint aims to

Re: [DNG] Recommended location for iptables rules

2016-12-06 Thread Rowland Penny
On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 04:40:58 -0600 hal wrote: > KatolaZ wrote on 12/05/2016 04:14 PM: > > > > Hence, /var/lib/iptables/ seems indeed the perfect place to keep > > (different possible sets of) iptables rules. > > > > I would respectfully disagree here only because I've come to > appreciate havin

Re: [DNG] Recommended location for iptables rules

2016-12-06 Thread hal
KatolaZ wrote on 12/05/2016 04:14 PM: > > Hence, /var/lib/iptables/ seems indeed the perfect place to keep > (different possible sets of) iptables rules. > I would respectfully disagree here only because I've come to appreciate having the bulk of my configurable system knobs under /etc/. ___

Re: [DNG] Recommended location for iptables rules

2016-12-06 Thread hal
Lars Noodén wrote on 12/05/2016 02:09 PM: > On 12/05/2016 09:59 PM, dev wrote: > >> Perhaps /etc/iptables/rules.v4 and /etc/iptables/rules.v6 make >> the most sense. > > What do you see as the advantage? I'm interested in hearing the > rational for either /etc/iptables/ or /etc/network/ since i

Re: [DNG] Recommended location for iptables rules

2016-12-06 Thread Daniel Reurich
On 06/12/16 21:55, Klaus Ethgen wrote: > Hi folks, > > Am Di den 6. Dez 2016 um 0:07 schrieb Daniel Reurich: >> On 06/12/16 05:50, Lars Noodén wrote: >>> Where should we be commending the storage of iptables rules in Devuan >>> Jessie? > >> There should not be a default location. It should be

Re: [DNG] Recommended location for iptables rules

2016-12-06 Thread Klaus Ethgen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi folks, Am Di den 6. Dez 2016 um 0:07 schrieb Daniel Reurich: > On 06/12/16 05:50, Lars Noodén wrote: > > Where should we be commending the storage of iptables rules in Devuan > > Jessie? > > There should not be a default location. It should b

Re: [DNG] Recommended location for iptables rules

2016-12-06 Thread KatolaZ
On Tue, Dec 06, 2016 at 12:07:25PM +1300, Daniel Reurich wrote: [cut] > > I'm probably getting a little of topic here, but IMHO, MS Windows needs > a firewall because it has so many leaky hidden services running on the > host that should never be exposed to even local networks that make it > ex

Re: [DNG] Recommended location for iptables rules

2016-12-06 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 06/12/2016 08:59, Lars Noodén a écrit : On 12/06/2016 12:14 AM, KatolaZ wrote: ... The old Debian standard used to be /var/lib/iptables/, and I don't know when this behaviour changed (especially because I never changed it, despite the choices made by DDs). ... Thanks. That seems to fit with

Re: [DNG] Recommended location for iptables rules

2016-12-06 Thread Lars Noodén
On 12/06/2016 12:14 AM, KatolaZ wrote: > ... > The old Debian standard used to be /var/lib/iptables/, and I > don't know when this behaviour changed (especially because I never > changed it, despite the choices made by DDs). ... Thanks. That seems to fit with hier(7) too. So I will go with that

Re: [DNG] Recommended location for iptables rules

2016-12-06 Thread Lars Noodén
On 12/06/2016 01:07 AM, Daniel Reurich wrote: > ... > There is a processing cost to iptables and to be honest whilst > iptables is fantastic at border gateway for filtering out malicious > traffic, it may not be either necessary or desirable on hosts inside > the network. > ... I agree. Though fo