Re: Using a Python script as a login shell

Hey this looks like a fun thing to play with, I like what you've done.  I logged in and accessed it.  Now that it's been some time since you announced it and it's still running, I guess it has had some testing already. I don't see anything wrong with what you have done after a quick look, it

selinux causing problems

Does anyone know how to disable selinux? I had selinux installed on this system a long time ago. Recently I believe apparmor was active (and therefore selinux not active). Today I upgraded to Debian 12. apparmor was preventing named (bind9) from running; whatever I did, it was denying

Crossgrade instructions seem broken

I'm trying to crossgrade a bullseye system (from i386 to amd64). The machine is headless (with no graphical display and it's also difficult to access a console), so I'm doing it over ssh. In preparation I've switched from systemd to sysvinit (due to the warning on the crossgrade page), and

Re: Installation on NBD in the newly released

A wishlist bug report against the debian installer pseudo package would seem to be an appropriate way to go. I would also like to see nbd support in the installer.  I'm guessing it will be too late for bookworm, I tried that using the nightly installer and had a similar problem - nbd kernel

Re: repeat of previous question that has gone unansweredseveraltimes.

Printing on Linux is poor.  CUPS is poor.  It doesn't work for some (a lot?) of people. I have a Brother HL-L2300D printer.  It is connected to my (Debian bullseye) workstation by USB.  I have CUPS installed. My printer prints sometime.  Other times, it spins up (makes a noise like it is

Re: questions about cron.daily

See man crontab. There are 2 ways of maintaining your crontab: crontab [ -u user ] file ... The first form of this command is used to install a new crontab from some named file I.e. you can keep a file in your home directory (or anywhere,) update it and install it when changed using

Re: exif --remove not idempotent, and a Debian man page bug

e this should not be mandatory, but those who feel most strongly about it could contribute patches... -- Thanks, Alex King

Re: Firefox 104 on Sid unusable because it blanks open tabs after a few minutes

A couple of FF Extensions you might benefit from: Auto Tab Discard: although it does the opposite of what you want, (I.e. the purpose is to discard or "unload" tabs,) it gives a UI into the settings for when tabs are discarded. (Although I'm on FF 91.13.0esr, and I don't know if it works on

Re: How should learning to program in c++ be approached, if learning objectives are sought to be customised?

. I love programming, it is not a chore. So I'd still do it even if a machine could do it. But more likely AI will produce tools, and the best programming will still be done by humans with AI tools to help them. Cheers, Alex King