Re: [DNG] why is polkit needed?

2020-03-04 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting tekHedd (tekh...@byteheaven.net): > Re this thread, clearly a multi-user system with a GUI does need > polkit and /some/ sort of dbus mechanism (which I will henceforth > refer to as the "dbus mechanism" as if it were some sort of doomsday > device). I don't think I buy that assumption,

Re: [DNG] FF now defaults to DNS-over-HTTPS for US

2020-03-04 Thread terryc
On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 21:31:49 +0100 "Dr. Nikolaus Klepp" wrote: > Are you sure that femails would not use slightly more elaborate color > names? Maybe it's just a misunderstanding and "grey" is used for the > more redish tones an "gray" for a more greeish tones? All > indistinguishable for mail eye

Re: [DNG] why is polkit needed?

2020-03-04 Thread Simon Hobson
tekHedd wrote: > Surely it is time to boil down the dbus/polkit requirements and and start > over. Preferably with sane limitations on scope and configuration mechanisms. > I mean, I'm just thinking out loud here something that I've been thinking for > about 6 months. I applaud your thinking,

Re: [DNG] why is polkit needed?

2020-03-04 Thread tekHedd
On Tue, Feb 25, 2020, at 3:28 AM, Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 25/02/2020 à 09:05, Steve Litt a écrit : > > On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:21:16 + > > Daniel Abrecht via Dng wrote: > ... > >> Without dbus, applications & daemons could do similar things using > >> unix sockets. ... > >     Yep, socket, si

Re: [DNG] FF now defaults to DNS-over-HTTPS for US

2020-03-04 Thread tekHedd
On Mon, Mar 2, 2020, at 4:34 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: > On Mar 02, 2020, spiralofhope wrote: > That is certainly some Orwellian thinking right there. You say "Orwellian thinking" like it's a bad thing. :) DD ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https:/

Re: [DNG] FF now defaults to DNS-over-HTTPS for US

2020-03-04 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Anno domini 2020 Wed, 4 Mar 15:01:55 -0500 Steve Litt scripsit: > On Tue, 3 Mar 2020 18:43:01 -0500 > Clarke Sideroad via Dng wrote: > > > On 2020-03-03 5:45 p.m., spiralofhope wrote: > > > This helps me remember: > > > E for English "grEy" > > > A for American "grAy" > > > > > I attempt to

Re: [DNG] FF now defaults to DNS-over-HTTPS for US

2020-03-04 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 3 Mar 2020 18:43:01 -0500 Clarke Sideroad via Dng wrote: > On 2020-03-03 5:45 p.m., spiralofhope wrote: > > This helps me remember: > > E for English "grEy" > > A for American "grAy" > > > I attempt to be trilingual in "English". > Thanks, that memory tool is great. > In Canada we sa

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-04 Thread aitor
Hi Steve, On 3/3/20 20:05, Steve Litt wrote: On Mon, 02 Mar 2020 08:11:49 +0100 "J. Fahrner via Dng" wrote: Am 2020-03-01 23:07, schrieb aitor: My vote is for tint2. I also vote for openbox with tint2. Last night I installed tint2 on my OpenBox. Seems to work very nicely. The tint2conf co

Re: [DNG] Which DE?

2020-03-04 Thread aitor
Hi Jochen, On 2/3/20 8:11, J. Fahrner via Dng wrote: Am 2020-03-01 23:07, schrieb aitor: My vote is for tint2. I also vote for openbox with tint2. if you don't want to tediously configure it yourself, install Bunsenlabs https://www.bunsenlabs.org/ and then migrate it to Devuan. Bunsenlabs