On Wed, 17 Aug 2022 06:32:18 -0400
Hendrik Boom wrote:
> This is likely not your problem, but I've found that wifi shuts down
> on one of the older and slower local wifi frequencies whenever my
> microwave oven is in use.
I had a microwave mess with bluetooth, but it was hard to reproduce. I
go
On Sat, 30 Jul 2022 20:36:27 +0200 (CEST)
k...@aspodata.se wrote:
> If you place a million monkeys in front of typewriters,
> Shakespears complete works will eventually emerge;
> well, Internet has proved that to be wrong.
There might have actually been grand creations within the internet, but
t
On Sat, 30 Jul 2022 08:20:51 -0400
Steve Litt wrote:
> > "To use and understand Devuan, you must change your mindset and
> > perception of the distribution’s
> > core beliefs. Because, in my perspective, Devuan is first
> > philosophy and secondarily a Linux distribution."
> >
>
> T H A T '
On Sat, 30 Jul 2022 13:14:10 +0200
tito via Dng wrote:
> Of the listed distributions only MX and Slackware rank betteer on
> distrowatch.com, the other rank at about the same positions as Devuan.
I never did understand distrowatch. Plenty of people just go to their
distro directly, so distrowat
On Fri, 15 Jul 2022 09:46:47 +0200
Antonio Rendina via Dng wrote:
> Having control on some open/free source software piece helps you to
> drive the project in the direction that you find more convenient or
> to kill the project the moment that you don't need it anymore.
I've noticed this, and I
On Fri, 15 Jul 2022 16:52:12 -0400
Steve Litt wrote:
> Syeed Ali said on Wed, 13 Jul 2022 13:31:37 -0700
>
> >Microsoft has a great interest in embracing Linux via WSL with the
> >intent to obsolete the need to dual boot. With many critical
> >distributions and softwa
Microsoft has a great interest in embracing Linux via WSL with the
intent to obsolete the need to dual boot. With many critical
distributions and software requiring systemd, it only makes sense to
make sure that WSL has complete support; indeed better support than on
Linux. Combined Windows and W
As there was some discussion of fakes. At your own risk and if you
have access to Windows there are some good tools to low-level verify
either for a fake or bad bits on USB/SD storage:
"FakeFlashTest"
https://rmprepusb.com/tutorials/007-all-about-fake-sd-cards-and-usb-flash-drives/
"USB Flash D
On Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:43:09 -0500
o1bigtenor via Dng wrote:
> Someone who is using chromium - - - - is it possible to harden
> chromium?
The Brave browser specifically targets de-Googling and removing
shenanigans.
https://brave.com/
https://brave.com/linux/
It also has native ad blocking that
On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:14:32 -0500
Steve Litt wrote:
> Let's say, just for fun, that I expected to be permanently
> disconnected from the Internet, but still wanted to use my computer,
> kind of how I used my computer 1985-1995.
If you additionally want to be able to do an offline version of
ap
On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 07:33:39 +0100
marc wrote:
> Init adopts orphan processes.
This is wholesome.
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:25:05 -1000
Joel Roth via Dng wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 05:55:49PM -0700, Keith Christian via Dng
> wrote:
> > This describes the machine ID:
> >
> > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/machine-id.html
>
> So a creation of the freedesktop folks.
I l
On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 08:59:24 +0100
Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> I saw this coming into Debian Sid, so should be available in Devuan
> Ceres as well:
>
> https://troglobit.com/projects/finit/
I'm going to hazard the guess that this will be lined up in the same
way that Microsoft propped up Apple
On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 13:12:40 -0500
Steve Litt wrote:
> If a software vendor prefers to make me install and learn a screen
> reader rather than start with readable text, probably going to move to
> alternative software. Like I did with Gobo.
Now I have a fiction in my head about an old tech booti
On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 15:38:43 -0600
goli...@devuan.org wrote:
> The bike-shedding is quite useless and frankly getting annoying
> without an accompanying tangible option for us to look at and
> evaluate.
>
> Is everyone really that bored and clueless?
I think more like curious and listless.
I li
On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:08:08 +1100
Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote:
> Sure others could come up with better symbols / logos and words than
> me.
Freedom as an idea is a contrast between non-free and free.
A symbol if it is therefore shown in those three parts:
1. Non-free (limitation, impriso
On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 22:59:35 -0600
goli...@devuan.org wrote:
> Or this might be even better https://transfer.sh/CeUT0r/if-rev3.png
I submit:
"Freedom includes init choice."
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 11:09:12 -0500
tempforever wrote:
> Do we really need clear panel cases and lighting on internal parts?
> Apparently, many manufacturers believe so.
I have a closed case yet light still leaks out of the back of my PSU.
Numlock, desktop speaker, mouse DPI setting, monitors e
On Wed, 22 Dec 2021 07:08:38 -0500
Steve Litt wrote:
> I'm used to these kinds of terminals not having window decorations.
> Any way to accomplish that?
I haven't tried Antoine's work, but Openbox's rc.xml has functionality
to do that sort of thing.
I've tinkered with wmctrl
https://sites.goo
On Sat, 27 Nov 2021 19:14:25 +0100
viverna via Dng wrote:
> I have found a bug in dialog.
> How do I report a bug? Devuan, debian or to the author of the
> software?
Likely to the author. Two email addresses are listed here:
https://invisible-island.net/dialog/#bugs
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On Fri, 26 Nov 2021 21:30:38 -0500
Steve Litt wrote:
> Peter Duffy said on Fri, 26 Nov 2021 11:08:27 +
>
> >It's a bit like the charlatans and fake doctors in past centuries.
> >They'd invent an illness, and then claim to have a remedy for it:
> >
> >https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/marthamble
On Thu, 25 Nov 2021 18:11:09 +
Simon wrote:
> In the early days of motoring, you had a lot to learn and cars were
> non-trivial to drive and to keep going - to the extent that many
> users employed someone to do the driving for them. Roll forward
> through the years, and cars have got more an
On Thu, 25 Nov 2021 10:35:13 -0500
Steve Litt wrote:
> I quote then-Redhat CTO Brian Stevens: "Red Hat's model works because
> of the complexity of the technology we work with."
Create the problem, provide the solution.
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2021 10:11:15 -0500
Steve Litt wrote:
> Imagine if they made a car with the engine compartment welded shut,
> and gave you a little cockpit in the passenger compartment to control
> a robot inside the engine compartment that would do maintenance and
> repairs.
>
> What could POSSI
People ask stupid questions, and answering them is a tightrope to walk
on, lest they feel (perhaps rightfully) stupid. That happening will
make some people hesitant about a relationship. Worse yet, a
particularly smart questioner might intentionally pose questions to
trap the messenger by drawing
On Fri, 19 Nov 2021 11:29:32 +
Peter Duffy wrote:
> It was suggested that in the future, it may not be possible to find
> staff who have the skills to administer and manage servers running
> non-systemd or pre-systemd distros/releases.
This is a useful thought experiment. It does come from
On Thu, 18 Nov 2021 21:17:46 +0100
Riccardo Mottola via Dng wrote:
> Hi,
Hi!
o/
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On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 08:11:54 -0400
Hendrik Boom wrote:
> Yet these files are also working files, are kept online, and
> legitinately need to be modified from time to time.
> My present method is to keep everything on my server, and make
> regular backups.
My first suggestion is to decide why you
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