Re: [DNG] How to unarchive an .xz

[arne]

On Sat, 20 Oct 2018 23:08:23 +0200
Harald Arnesen  wrote:

> Adam Borowski [20/10/2018 22.54]:
> 
> > Anything else has been obsoleted and should be deprecated:
> > * gzip is venerable and had seen so much use in the past that it
> > won't ever go away.  But you shouldn't use it: it's speed is same
> > as xz at level 2.5 but compression ratio is drastically worse.
> > * bzip2 is drastically slower (esp. at decompression) than xz and
> > zstd; it needs to die.
> > * lzop had a good run but zstd is much stronger at same speed while
> > lz4 is much faster.
> > * lzip is a worse alternative to xz, peddled by a couple of trolls
> > that send untruthful propaganda to projects, hoping people won't do
> > research between accepting its use.  Just say no and use xz.
> > * ncompress is completely dead by now.
> > * zip is used by Windows folks only, similar to gzip.
> > * rar is unfree.
> > * 7z is similar but incompatible to xz; also a container rather
> > than a pure compressor.  
> 
> You forgot 'pack' :-)

You forgot pigz lbzip2 pixz pxz, those are multicore, multithtread
programs.
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[DNG] Spamassassin uninstallable in ceres

[Arne Wichmann]

Looking at CVE-2018-11780 i decided to move spamassassin to ceres, which
gave:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 spamassassin : Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.51) but 1.48+devuan2.0 is 
tobe installed
Recommends: spamc
Recommends: sa-compile but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

(502) aw@anhrefn $ apt policy spamassassin
[...]
  Version table:
 3.4.2-1 60
 60 http://auto.mirror.devuan.org/merged ceres/main amd64 Packages
[...]

This looks like a bug.

cu

AW
-- 
[...] If you don't want to be restricted, don't agree to it. If you are
coerced, comply as much as you must to protect yourself, just don't support
it. Noone can free you but yourself. (crag, on Debian Planet)
Arne Wichmann (a...@saar.de)


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Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel? Foreign countries began to develop their own kernels

[arne]

On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 10:52:20 -0700
Jimmy Johnson  wrote:

> Good sources tell me we need our own kernel, do we have one?
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> This last week I've been testing Slackware and I see Patrick is
> dealing with systemd too, Slackware 14.2 is on what seems to be a
> ASCII system, except ASCII seems to be just a little bit more sable
> in audio and video. I have Slack running on three computers and I got
> my Canon printer working too. :)  Of course Devuan Jessie is my go to
> Linux distro, the easiest to work with and audio/video is most stable
> of all.

Hi,

I don't remind which kernel.
but is was in the press for sure: 
USA authorities were given a backdoor
in the kernel.
Could have been 2.6
For security, fighting criminals whats however.

There was absolutely no resistance in those days.
Not any.

Foreign countries began to develop their own kernels.

In those days I was into floppy distro's on old kernels so did not
bother very much.
But I remember it well.

Yes I am a veteran in Linux stuff, into floppy distros like trinux 
(cloud computing avant la lettre)

John
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Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

[arne]

On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 11:03:11 +0200
KatolaZ  wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 08, 2018 at 11:52:41PM +0200, aitor_czr wrote:
> > Hi again,
> > 
> > El 08/07/18 a las 23:49, info at smallinnovations dot nl escribió:  
> > > I am not a kernel guy so maybe i am asking a stupid question; but
> > > what other parts besides the official kernel from kernel.org
> > > would you install? Or leave out?  
> > 
> > I would leave out binary blobs :)
> >   
> 
> The Debian kernel already comes stripped of any binary blob, at least
> since Squeeze was testing (i.e., since about 2009). Binary firmware
> packages have been available in the non-free component since them. If
> you don't install any of those non-free packages, your kernel is
> equivalent to the one provided by LinuxLibre, the only difference
> being that you can still load binary blobs if you wish so (while that
> is forbidden in the kernels released by LinuxLibre).
> 
> What are we talking about, exactly?
> 
> HND
> 
> KatolaZ
> 

Hi,

I don't remind which kernel.
but is was in the press for sure: 
USA authorities were given a backdoor
in the kernel.
Could have been 2.6
For security, fighting criminals whats however.

There was absolutely no resistance in those days.
Not any.

Foreign countries began to develop their own kernels.

In those days I was into floppy distro's on old kernels so did not
bother very much.
But I remember it well.

Yes I am a veteran in Linux stuff, into floppy distros like trinux 
(cloud computing avant la lettre)

John









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Re: [DNG] Help with Spectre and Meltdown

[arne]

On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 23:33:41 +
jacksprat  wrote:

> I wanted to explore whether Devuan can provide a solution to the
> Spectre/Meltdown fiasco.  Is there a guide to what elements of Devuan
> [jessie, ascii, ?] have been upgraded to address these issues?
> 
> If I need to move to ascii to achieve this [I am on jessie], what do
> I need to put in /etc/apt/sources.list so that apt-get can be perform
> the upgrade?  I have a spare computer where an ascii-based solution
> can be tested .
> 
> Thanks, jacksprat


Do you know whether MediaTek Helio X25 deca-core processor is a victim
too for Meltdown and Spectrum?
I can not find anything about it on Google.

My next debian handheld will be Gemini PDA that has that CPU.

I prefer not to worry.  

Tanks, 
John
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Re: [DNG] Which is free, which is open source, et al.

[arne]

On Sat, 13 Jan 2018 00:43:15 +
KatolaZ  wrote:

> Sun Microsystems had a huge lot of money back in the late 90s. They
> desperately wanted total domination over the entry and mid-level
> server segment. They also had a lot of exposure and a respected
> legacy. They were perfectly placed in that market. Nevertheless, they
> lost badly (hook, line, and sinker) to GNU/Linux, an unknown operating
> system developed by hundreds of hobbists, that was not on the radar of
> any serious player at that time, and didn't want to be there at all.
> 
> Devuan is not Linux, and RedHat is not Sun Microsystems, but we'll see
> how it goes. According to some professionals and experts in the field,
> Devuan should not even exist. Nevertheless, a lot of users are having
> a lot of fun with Devuan, and a lot of professionals are building
> their businesses on Devuan. This is something that nobody would have
> bet a dime on some three years ago.
> 
> Money is not everything, after all. There is indeed not enough money
> around to buy commitment, passion, and freedom ;)
> 
> HND
> 
> KatolaZ
> 

Makes me thinking again about the switch.
I have my backups,  so I could always go back to debian:)
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Re: [DNG] Devuan in the German Wikipedia

[arne]

You understand German pretty well,
It is time to correct the Wiki on all issues concerning Devuan.
I can only guess what kind of fanboy wrote the Wiki on this
issue.
I better remain silent on this.

Bye
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Re: [DNG] Another problem with systemd and I will switch to devuan

[arne]

On Sun, 17 Sep 2017 08:46:14 +0200
Alessandro Selli <alessandrose...@linux.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 17 Sep 2017 at 07:49:28 +0200
> arne <sp113...@telfort.nl> wrote:
> 
> > Another problem with systemd and I will switch to devuan.  
> 
>   Maybe sooner!  :-)
> 
> > I had a fierce struggle with rc.local and systemd. 
> > Took me 24 hours,
> > lots of coffee and pizza, (to abandon rc.local for most part in the
> > end)  
> 
>   What were you trying to do?
> 
> 

Hi,

i tried to 
run a script from rc.local and 
start lircd (for infrared remote control). 
(the script has nothing to do with lirc)

sometimes i had to start stretch in rescue mode.
never got both working the same time with /etc/rc.local.
so i ended up with the commands in another place (when starting x)

greetings

>   Regards,
> 
> 
> Alessandro
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[DNG] Another problem with systemd and I will switch to devuan

[arne]

Another problem with systemd and I will switch to devuan.

I had a fierce struggle with rc.local and systemd. 
Took me 24 hours,
lots of coffee and pizza, (to abandon rc.local for most part in the end)

I am feeling a pain in my heart if I have to leave debian.

It was my companion for 10 years.


Now the question: I run debian stretch.
is it hard to switch to devuan or is a new install preferred?

Sick and tired of systemd,
greeting,
SP
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