Linux is not Unix. Nor is BSD. Very few users are interested either of the other two, but they both are very important in the grand scheme of things.
David C On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 3:05 PM, jeffrey black <beastmaster...@hotmail.com> wrote: > On 3/17/2018 11:35 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: > > Folks, > > Thus is no longer a thread about gnucash. Perhaps you could take it to > another venue. > > David T. > > > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 20:57, Adrien Monteleone<adrien.monteleone@ > gmail.com> wrote: Avoiding updating the kernel can leave you with > security vulnerabilities. Last summer there was a bluetooth vulnerability > that was patched and some patches for Spectre and Meltdown have recently > been released with more pending. > > > > There is a solution to rebuilding drivers, however, called DKMS (Dynamic > Kernel Module Support) Essentially, you install the dkms package first, > then create a small .conf file with the instructions to build the driver > using the modules instructions. You then copy the module files into the > kernel source tree directories and then install the module using dkms. From > there on out, each time you update the kernel, dkms will be called and it > will re-compile and install any modules you set up this way. (note, this is > generally how the custom drivers function of Ubuntu works. Virtualbox and > Vmware also take advantage of dkms so their kernel modules survive kernel > updates) > > > > Instructions can be found here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DKMS > > > > If the RTL drivers that are pre-installed don’t seem to want to work > with your hardware, double check dmesg and look for any related warnings or > errors about not loading firmware. Some hardware requires proprietary > firmware even though the drivers are open-source. The message might even > give you a web address to download it from, but you can most likely easily > find it by doing a web search. All you have to do then is unpack the > firmware and copy it to the /lib/firmware directory. (on *buntu and Debian > systems) This will survive a kernel update as the firmware files don’t get > zapped. (the driver is already in the kernel anyway) > > > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > >> On Mar 17, 2018, at 3:42 AM, DaveC49 <davidcous...@bigpond.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Jeffrey, > >> > >> I have been using Linux Mint which is a Debian/Ubuntu distribution for > 4-5 > >> years with no major problems. The interface is fairly easy to > transition to > >> from Windows particularly if prior to Windows 8. > >> > >> The RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express controller should work with the > standard > >> Ubuntu distribution drivers. It works fine on my AMD desktop with no > >> inetrvention. > >> > >> Some wireless 802.11ac wireless usb adapters are not supported by the > >> inbuilt drivers. The list of supported drivers is widening all the time > and > >> there are prefeerred adapters for use with Linux. I have a Netgear A6100 > >> which is based on the Realtek 8811 chipset which is not supported by the > >> inbuilt drivers. It uses an RTL8812 driver for which versions modified > from > >> Realteks sources for the Windows drivers for Linux need to be used . > There > >> are a number of repositories on Github which support drivers for > chipsets > >> which are not supported by the distribution's inbuilt driver (e.g. for > RTL > >> 8812 driver https://github.com/diederikdehaas/rtl8812AU). They are not > very > >> difficult to compile and install. Sorting out which drivers need to be > used > >> can be a bit confusing at first. Ubuntu maintains lists of USB adpaters, > >> chipsets with some references to respositories but not always completely > >> upto date. > >> > >> One way to simplify things is to avoid updating the kernel version as > you > >> generally have to rebuild the drivers with a new kernel version. It is > >> generally better to stay with the Linux kernel version that the > distriubtion > >> you use is based on. Linux Mint has a default option to not install > kernel > >> updates to new versions automatically. Sometimes the kernel changes > require > >> the drivers to be patched particularly changes in the major and minor > >> version numbers. This generally happens reasonably quickly on most > driver > >> repositories. I try to use repositories which are being updated fairly > >> frequently like the above. When there is an enforced update as with the > >> Sceptre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, the kernel versions on which the > >> distributions are based are usually patched fairly quickly. > >> > >> David > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- > >> David Cousens > >> -- > >> Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User- > f1415819.html > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnucash-user mailing list > >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >> ----- > >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > I wish to thank all the people out there for their recommendations of > which flavor of "Unix" to use. I will look into the various flavors > after tax time. > > I finally managed to get Ubuntu to recognize the Ethernet port. So I am > one step closer to ditching Windoze. > > Thank you to all who replied. > > --JEffrey Black M.B.A. > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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