Re: Google vs. DDG

2021-04-28 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 17:07:42 +0100 mick crane wrote: > On 2021-04-28 16:05, Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:02:19 +0100 > > wrote: > > > >> On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 09:46:53AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > >> > >> [...] > >> &g

Re: Google vs. DDG

2021-04-28 Thread Celejar
e DDG, certainly for its attitude and track record of taking privacy seriously, as well as for doing remarkably well as a competitor to Google with what I assume is a tiny fraction of its resources. Celejar

Re: Google vs. DDG

2021-04-28 Thread Celejar
tween Bing and Google. Technically they could probably just as > well rely on Google (or on both). FWIW, Bing doesn't find the Thetis homepage either, so that supports your point. Celejar

Re: Google vs. DDG (was: Social-media antipathy)

2021-04-28 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:02:19 +0100 wrote: > On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 09:46:53AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > [...] > > > You've been making some very interesting points here about the key > > being context, but I'm not sure I totally buy it. DDG simply doesn'

Re: pci 0000:00:01:0: MSI quirk detected; subordinated MSI disabled ...

2021-04-24 Thread Celejar
uot; to false in "about:config" - no extensions required. Celejar

Re: installing two versions of a user application

2021-04-23 Thread Celejar
data archives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deb_%28file_format%29 If both control archive files are using a package name of "master-pdf-editor", you can try Stefan's suggestion of renaming one and seeing if they'll then coinstall. Celejar

Re: installing two versions of a user application

2021-04-23 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 18:07:02 +0100 Morgan Read wrote: > On 23/04/2021 5:40 pm, Celejar wrote: > > I'll defer to those with a better understanding of the debian packaging > > system internals, and it may depend on the details of the package, but > > I'm pretty sure

Re: installing two versions of a user application

2021-04-23 Thread Celejar
irtualization. LXC (or some sort of chroot solution) in particular might be a good fit here - you get a separate filesystem, without the overhead of a full VM, which shouldn't be necessary in this case. Celejar

Re: [Solved] Re: localhost web apps and cookie blocking

2021-04-16 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:42:14 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > Interesting. I thought my usecase was a pretty straightforward one - I > > have various typical home user services that I have no intention of > > making available on the public internet, so I

[Solved] Re: localhost web apps and cookie blocking

2021-04-16 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 17:26:36 +0300 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 09:45:13AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > I have various web (HTTP, not HTTPS) apps (e.g., pi-hole, Home > > Assistant) running on localhost (either actually on localhost, or on > > an

localhost web apps and cookie blocking

2021-04-16 Thread Celejar
ookie store ("Manage Cookies and Site Data") doesn't show any cookies stored from any site other than localhost.) This doesn't seem to be an issue for normal web sites, where whitelisting the website is (generally?) sufficient to get the sites to work. What am I missing? Celejar

Re: Firefox HTTPS-only mode breaks sites that return 404 for HTTPS connections

2021-04-15 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 09:31:11 -0300 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > On 15/04/2021 09:12, Celejar wrote: > > On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 11:16:59 +0100 > > piorunz wrote: > > > >> On 15/04/2021 03:15, Celejar wrote: > >> > >>> http://www.daat.ac

Re: Firefox HTTPS-only mode breaks sites that return 404 for HTTPS connections

2021-04-15 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 11:16:59 +0100 piorunz wrote: > On 15/04/2021 03:15, Celejar wrote: > > >> It certainly works fine for me. I use https only mode for many months > >> now. Can you bring an example of a page which returns good page on http, > >> but

Re: Firefox HTTPS-only mode breaks sites that return 404 for HTTPS connections

2021-04-14 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 16:01:13 -0300 riveravaldez wrote: > On 4/14/21, Celejar wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I recently switched to Firefox's native HTTPS-Only mode from the > > HTTPS Everywhere extension, and I've just made the nasty discovery that > > a

Re: Firefox HTTPS-only mode breaks sites that return 404 for HTTPS connections

2021-04-14 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 22:57:01 +0100 piorunz wrote: > On 14/04/2021 17:19, Celejar wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I recently switched to Firefox's native HTTPS-Only mode from the > > HTTPS Everywhere extension, and I've just made the nasty discovery that > > a

Firefox HTTPS-only mode breaks sites that return 404 for HTTPS connections

2021-04-14 Thread Celejar
://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25121604 Celejar

Re: [Solved] Re: Can't connect to torproject.org

2021-04-11 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 11 Apr 2021 18:51:20 +0200 wrote: > On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 12:16:55PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Sun, 11 Apr 2021 12:51:13 -0300 > > Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > [...] > > > > What happens when you try to access https://letsencrypt.org/, whic

[Solved] Re: Can't connect to torproject.org

2021-04-11 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 11 Apr 2021 12:51:13 -0300 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On 11/04/2021 11:25, Celejar wrote: > > I feel silly for not being able to figure this out. > > > > I can't connect to torproject.org via either Firefox or Chromium. The > > browsers object that

Re: Can't connect to torproject.org

2021-04-11 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 11 Apr 2021 16:32:10 +0200 wrote: > On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 10:25:24AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > I feel silly for not being able to figure this out. > > > > I can't connect to torproject.org via either Firefox or Chromium. The > > browsers object that

Re: Can't connect to torproject.org

2021-04-11 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 11 Apr 2021 07:55:41 -0700 Kushal Kumaran wrote: > On Sun, Apr 11 2021 at 10:25:24 AM, Celejar wrote: > > I feel silly for not being able to figure this out. > > > > I can't connect to torproject.org via either Firefox or Chromium. The > > browsers objec

Can't connect to torproject.org

2021-04-11 Thread Celejar
gestions for fixing this in my case. I have a pretty standard Debian installation, with standard certificates installed, and no customization to my local certificate infrastructure. I'm connecting via Verizon FioS, with no proxy in use (on my end, at least). Celejar

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 09 Apr 2021 21:30:45 +0200 Linux-Fan wrote: > Celejar writes: > > > On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 20:48:01 +0300 > > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > On Vi, 09 apr 21, 08:02:46, Celejar wrote: > > > > What about cases where the software simply isn&#x

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 20:48:01 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 09 apr 21, 08:02:46, Celejar wrote: > > > > What about cases where the software simply isn't in Debian at all? > > Recently, I've used IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio, and I'd like to > &

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Celejar
uot;the easiest way to install Nextcloud on a web space" * Appliance, i.e., a pre-built VM, "designed to be an easy way for less technical users to get Nextcloud up and running or to test it out" (so perhaps only one level of containerization, not Docker on top of a VM, as per another part of this thread) Celejar

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 15:39:23 +0200 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 09:28:15AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > [...] > > > Sorry, I meant NextCloud > > I see. I kept myself confusing those two for a while. > > AFAIK it's packaged in Debian? Too

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 14:51:29 +0200 wrote: > On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 08:02:46AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 09:21:49 +0200 > > wrote: > > [...] > > > > Can you pose one concrete use case where it is unavoidable? > > > > What a

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Celejar
e of these. A third solution to consider: firejail (I use Zoom firejailed) Celejar

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Celejar
may rely upon system libraries and other dependencies, which is good, insofar as everything works, but it will also have more of a chance to mess with the system (even if only accidentally). Celejar

Re: Modern best practice for putting a contact email on the web

2021-04-06 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 08:18:29 +0200 wrote: > On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 10:07:20AM +0900, 황병희 wrote: > > Hellow, > > > > Celejar writes: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > What's the recommended modern best practice for putting a contact email &

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-06 Thread Celejar
tu is it uses way too much snaps and I do not think it is a > > matter of laziness. > > I had occasion to install Zoom a few weeks ago;'snap install zoom-client'. > Everything went smoothly and I quite like having this proprietary package > strictly confined. 'apt install zoom_amd64.deb' goes smoothly as well. Confinement is certainly a good thing - I'll have to look into whether the snap route is preferable to the firejail solution that I currently use. Celejar

Re: Modern best practice for putting a contact email on the web

2021-04-06 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 11:31:29 +0500 "Alexander V. Makartsev" wrote: > On 06.04.2021 01:14, Celejar wrote: > >> On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 15:51:28 -0400 > >> Dan Ritter wrote: > >> Because it doesn't work. If it worked as well as, say, moving your >

Re: Modern best practice for putting a contact email on the web

2021-04-05 Thread Celejar
ction. I just haven't been able to figure out how much of a "standard" it actually is. Some RFCs (e.g., https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5233) acknowledge it as existing ("On email systems that allow for 'subaddressing' or 'detailed addressing' (e.g., "ken+si...@example.org") ..."), but it doesn't seem to be a formal standard. Celejar

Re: Modern best practice for putting a contact email on the web

2021-04-05 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 19:39:43 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 15:51:28 -0400 > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > > Okay, but why isn't trying to limit spammers getting hold of an address > > > > a logical part of a

Re: Modern best practice for putting a contact email on the web

2021-04-05 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 05 Apr 2021 16:50:30 -0400 Stefan Monnier wrote: > Celejar [2021-04-05 14:49:15] wrote: > > On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 14:12:07 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: > >> Celejar wrote: > >> > What's the recommended modern best practice for putting a contact email >

Re: Modern best practice for putting a contact email on the web

2021-04-05 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 21:57:50 +0100 Joe wrote: > On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 16:10:05 -0400 > Celejar wrote: > > > On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 20:36:39 +0100 > > Joe wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 14:49:15 -0400 > > > Celejar wrote: > > > > >

Re: Modern best practice for putting a contact email on the web

2021-04-05 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 15:51:28 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 14:12:07 -0400 > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > Celejar wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > What's the recommended modern bes

Re: Modern best practice for putting a contact email on the web

2021-04-05 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 20:36:39 +0100 Joe wrote: > On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 14:49:15 -0400 > Celejar wrote: > > > On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 14:12:07 -0400 > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > Celejar wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > >

Re: Modern best practice for putting a contact email on the web

2021-04-05 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 14:12:07 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > Hi, > > > > What's the recommended modern best practice for putting a contact email > > address on the web while avoiding having it scraped by spam / fraud > > bots? > > Assum

Modern best practice for putting a contact email on the web

2021-04-05 Thread Celejar
inst current bots? http://www.wbwip.com/wbw/emailencoder.html Celejar

Re: Temporary failure in name resolution

2021-04-04 Thread Celejar
ain name server. A notable class of exceptions is that of OpenWrt powered devices: OpenWrt comes with dnsmasq configured out of the box, and thus provides caching. Celejar

Re: Converting markdown to PDF

2021-04-01 Thread Celejar
x27;s packaging tools or > similar... :-) 'apt-file search pdflatex' 'apt-file' is in the 'apt-file' package - it keeps a local database, which one updates periodically / occasionally via 'apt-file update'. Celejar

Re: xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner

2021-03-31 Thread Celejar
d some trouble getting xsane to find my networked Brother HL-2280DW. I eventually got it to work by adding "brother4" to /etc/sane.d/dll.conf, following the directions from the ArchWiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SANE/Scanner-specific_problems#Network_Scanning Celejar

Re: how to record sound to mp3

2021-03-25 Thread Celejar
where a simple 'cat' won't work - I use its 'concat demuxer' regularly to contatenate MP4 files (Android starts a new video file when a 4GB limit is hit): https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Concatenate Celejar

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 17:53:13 -0300 riveravaldez wrote: > On 3/18/21, Celejar wrote: ... > > (...) The bottom line: no, I don't "know" that WhatsApp is secure, but > > neither do I "know" that anything I run is. (...) > > To put it simply, I can&

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:49:27 -0300 riveravaldez wrote: > I'm getting pretty confuse with these statements. > > On 3/18/21, Celejar wrote: > > (...) > > I definitely share your concerns about Facebook (although perhaps not > > quite your vehemence), but making **

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 17:25:48 +0100 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 10:07:08AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > [...] > > > I definitely share your concerns about Facebook (although perhaps not > > quite your vehemence), > > :-) > > >

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:28:06 +0100 wrote: > On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 10:54:24PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 09:45:28 +0100 > > wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 09:24:50AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > ... > >

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-17 Thread Celejar
it's closed source, so we can't know for sure what's really in there, and I certainly won't use it, but as far as anyone knows, it is the real deal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatsapp#End-to-end_encryption https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/04/whatsapp-is-now-most-widely-used-end-to-end-crypto-tool-on-the-planet/ Celejar

Re: Markdown previewer

2021-03-17 Thread Celejar
script. This can be done quickly without pushing code to Github. This is pretty much what I use - I have the following snippet in .config/mc/mc.ext : # Markdown shell/i/.md View=pandoc %f | lynx -stdin Not quite a GUI, but close ;) Celejar

Re: Markdown previewer

2021-03-17 Thread Celejar
es.debian.org/buster/pandoc) can do that for you with a > > > simple "pandoc -o README.html README.md" or "pandoc -o README.pdf > > > README.md" etc. > > > > Or, at the other end of the spectrum, you might like to try out Typora. > > Cheers! > > Looks nice, thank you. I did not quite understand however, is it a > commercial software, non-free? Yes: https://support.typora.io/License-Agreement/ https://snapcraft.io/typora Celejar

Re: Google vs. DDG (was: Social-media antipathy)

2021-03-16 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:02:19 +0100 wrote: > On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 09:46:53AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > [...] > > > You've been making some very interesting points here about the key > > being context, but I'm not sure I totally buy it. DDG simply doesn'

Re: Google vs. DDG (was: Social-media antipathy)

2021-03-16 Thread Celejar
with Google. And I do usually access Google without being logged in, with most cookies blocked, NoScript, etc., so in general it has much less (not zero, of course) "context" with regard to me than it does in general. Celejar

Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems

2021-03-15 Thread Celejar
ately due to its openness and non-x86ness: https://www.osnews.com/story/133093/review-blackbird-secure-desktop-a-fully-open-source-modern-power9-workstation-without-any-proprietary-code/ Of course, Raptor seems to be a tiny player, and it's hard to see how they'll get any traction since the pricing isn't very competitive, apparently at least in part due to the chicken-and-egg market share problem, but it's an exciting development to watch. Celejar

Re: Bug: missing package

2021-03-15 Thread Celejar
e: https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/frobtads https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=frobtads&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all Celejar

Re: /home partition filling immediately after recent sid upgrade

2021-03-12 Thread Celejar
; filled. > > > > I find "du | sort -n" useful in such situations. Start at /home and > > work your way down. > > My personal favorite: > > du -hx --max-depth=1 | sort -h As someone else mentioned in this thread, 'ncdu' is very convenient for disk usage exploration, due to its interactive, navigable interface. Celejar

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

2021-03-07 Thread Celejar
nitely not on the whitelist, so the machine refused to boot, and I couldn't disable Secure Boot without graphics output. (Even blindly resetting CMOS may not work, since HP flashes a code on the screen which you have to enter via the keyboard to confirm changes, at least under certain circumstances.) I eventually wound up spending $13 for a Nvidia NVS 315 that was on the whitelist, and then another $8 for a DMS-59 adapter to make the thing work with a normal monitor ... But again, the advantages of the hardware quality once you get this sort of nonsense ironed out are substantial ... Celejar

Re: Onion on boot to remotely unlock root partition

2021-03-06 Thread Celejar
to be doing it. 2) That being said, here's a solution someone built for Arch - I don't know how easy it'll be to port it over to Debian: https://github.com/grazzolini/mkinitcpio-tor Celejar

Re: debian gnome login fingerprint

2021-03-06 Thread Celejar
2758/how-to-use-27c6538d-goodix-fingerprint-dell-inspiron-5490-dell-vostro-5590 [Hint: when trying to get hardware working, try searching the web for the USB ids along with "linux".] Celejar

Re: PARTIAL DIAGNOSIS of Installation problems

2021-03-06 Thread Celejar
on the NIC hardware itself. Winmodems therefore often lack Linux support, since software has to be written for the host, while loadable firmware doesn't pose any particular technical problem for Linux (aside from the ideological problem of it being non-free). Celejar

Re: Trusting trust [was: PARTIAL DIAGNOSIS of Installation problems]

2021-03-04 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 19:05:38 +0100 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 11:16:25AM -0500, Celejar wrote: ... > > I know I can't avoid the risk > > entirely, but this is one of the reasons I try hard to limit my use of > > software to stuff in the repos.

Re: Trusting trust [was: PARTIAL DIAGNOSIS of Installation problems]

2021-03-04 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 16:14:08 +0100 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 09:21:46AM -0500, Celejar wrote: > > On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 14:17:59 +0100 > > wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 08:10:45AM -0500, Celejar wrote: > > > > On Thu, 4

Re: Trusting trust [was: PARTIAL DIAGNOSIS of Installation problems]

2021-03-04 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 15:05:29 + Joe wrote: > On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 08:10:45 -0500 > Celejar wrote: > > > On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 09:41:13 + > > Joe wrote: ... > > > Indeed. The new heartbeat/data return function in OpenSSL, itself > > > the core of much

Re: Trusting trust [was: PARTIAL DIAGNOSIS of Installation problems]

2021-03-04 Thread Celejar
ed a backdoor? > Assunto: Re: Trusting trust [was: PARTIAL DIAGNOSIS of Installation problems] > De: to...@tuxteam.de > Enviado em: 4 de março de 2021 10:18 > Para: cele...@gmail.com > Cópia: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > > > On Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 08:10:45AM -0500, Celejar

Re: Trusting trust [was: PARTIAL DIAGNOSIS of Installation problems]

2021-03-04 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 14:17:59 +0100 wrote: > On Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 08:10:45AM -0500, Celejar wrote: > > On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 09:41:13 + > > Joe wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > Undoubtedly. But there is also no doubt that gcc and every other &

Re: Trusting trust [was: PARTIAL DIAGNOSIS of Installation problems]

2021-03-04 Thread Celejar
ngs being what they are, is it really plausible that no one involved has ever let the cat out of the bag? Are the TLAs really that good at what they do? I mean, we have Snowden ... Celejar

Re: Installation problems

2021-03-03 Thread Celejar
) in the past, and believe there are other choices: > > https://packages.debian.org/buster/approx There are, notably apt-cacher and apt-cacher-ng. I use the latter, and I'm very happy with it - one generally doesn't notice it's there. Celejar

Re: Problem converting manual in PDF to HTML for on screen viewing

2021-03-01 Thread Celejar
; to the appropriate section. pdf2htmlEX *IGNORES* them! > > A suggested tool? You can try pdftohtml, in poppler-utils. I don't know whether it will suffer from the same problem you have with pdf2htmlEX Celejar

Re: Non-free firmware [was: Debian install Question]

2021-03-01 Thread Celejar
[Fixed top-posting.] On Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:23:51 + David Goodenough wrote: > On Monday, 1 March 2021 09:29:57 GMT Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Du, 28 feb 21, 12:03:31, Celejar wrote: > > > Snark aside, what's wrong with something like this: > > > > &g

Re: Non-free firmware [was: Debian install Question]

2021-02-28 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 28 Feb 2021 19:11:51 + Brian wrote: > On Sun 28 Feb 2021 at 12:03:31 -0500, Celejar wrote: > > > On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 22:49:58 + > > Brian wrote: > > > > > On Fri 26 Feb 2021 at 16:28:56 -0500, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > >

Re: Non-free firmware [was: Debian install Question]

2021-02-28 Thread Celejar
t ask ask why the inferior installer is prominent :).) Snark aside, what's wrong with something like this: "Many wireless network cards (and even some wired ones) require non-free firmware to function properly. This firmware is not included in the standard installation images, due to Debian's free software ideals. If the network hardware your installation will rely upon requires such firmware, you may consider using the alternate non-free installation images available here." Celejar

Re: Non-free firmware [was: Debian install Question]

2021-02-28 Thread Celejar
ommon this is with modern NICs. Celejar

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-25 Thread Celejar
ason is very common: I need "Python 3.9", but stable Debian > doesn't have it. > So, I have to use Docker. > > There is even a Linux distro that doesn't have anything except bare core > OS: "Core OS" And Ubuntu is apparently going in that direction, although I don't know how far they plan to go: https://www.howtogeek.com/670084/what-you-need-to-know-about-snaps-on-ubuntu-20.04/ Celejar

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-25 Thread Celejar
(upstream doesn't maintain a sufficiently stable version, etc.) are not packaged for Debian, and going the Docker / Flatpak / Snap route is quite tempting. Celejar

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-25 Thread Celejar
> library package forcibly installed to a different location is suddenly > unavailable for packages that might need it. And this is just the > beginning of potential problems if you go this route. Aren't Windows DLLs roughly analogous to Linux library packages? Celejar

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-24 Thread Celejar
. Your changes to the /etc/resolv.conf file will be overwritten, > > probably within an hour. > > > > At this point, please read <https://wiki.debian.org/resolv.conf> to > > see what your options are, for making permanent changes to > > resolv.conf. It's really stupidly complicated, and there's no point > > in my repeating it all here. Celejar

Re: Conflicting alternatives (was: Debian switchable MTA mechanism)

2021-02-16 Thread Celejar
s was before HP specialised on building inkjets of [CENSORED] > quality. Hey, I have a Z440 (purchased cheaply on eBay). It's a very nice, high quality machine, and it runs linux beautifully ;) Celejar

Re: Security: OpenWRT vs. Debian [Was:] Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-08 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 16:42:40 -0500 Dan Ritter wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > > If you are OK buying used equipment, Intel-based gigabit NICs, 4 ports > > > to a PCIe slot, cost about $35 (or $70 new). If you've got a 5 year old > > > > My understanding - pl

Re: Security: OpenWRT vs. Debian [Was:] Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-08 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 11:03:35 -0500 Dan Ritter wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > > I can be glad that OpenWRT has improved their security practices > > > and simultaneously not be interested in using it. > > > > I think we are really in basic agreement. The reason

Re: Security: OpenWRT vs. Debian [Was:] Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-08 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 09:57:13 -0500 Dan Ritter wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 08:36:34 -0500 > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > OpenWRT's security process doesn't look as terrible as it used > > > to be, but it doesn't real

Re: Security: OpenWRT vs. Debian [Was:] Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-08 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 08:36:34 -0500 Dan Ritter wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 06:41:23 -0500 > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > Gregory Seidman wrote: > > > > If you want a Linux router/AP, I recommend OpenWRT over Debian. It runs >

Re: Developers repositories and Python

2021-02-08 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 04:44:26 +0200 John Berden wrote: > Hello. > Can you recommend any trusted repositories for installing the latest > developer packages, including Python? > Thanks in advance! Please be more specific - what exactly are you trying to accomplish? An example? Celejar

Security: OpenWRT vs. Debian [Was:] Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-08 Thread Celejar
/security/2021/dsa-4844 https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2021/msg00026.html https://openwrt.org/advisory/2021-01-19-1 Celejar

Re: Removing WiFi AP in Buster?

2021-01-31 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 31 Jan 2021 07:25:45 -0800 cono...@rahul.net (John Conover) wrote: > How do you remove a WiFi AP in Buster? You're going to have to be more specific about what software framework you're using to manage your WiFi access, and what you mean by "remove." Celejar

Re: problem with wget -O

2021-01-26 Thread Celejar
cripts that use standard tools should explicitly disable configuration file reading, e.g.: wget --no-config ... Celejar

Re: Help me setup home-office hardware with free software

2021-01-22 Thread Celejar
the firmware packages installed, but X wouldn't start. I didn't experiment too much further to see how much functionality the card provided without its firmware. Celejar

Re: Help request installing wi-fi/video-card proprietary drivers [Debian 10 stable]

2021-01-20 Thread Celejar
bian.org/NVIDIA%20Optimus FWIW, I've gotten the Quadro K620M on my Lenovo W550s to work with a fair amount of fiddling using various methods (Optimus, nvidia-xrun), but the performance was always disappointing and (for me) just not worth it, so I don't bother. Celejar

Re: Debian and Android

2021-01-17 Thread Celejar
d it did work simply and nicely. Huh - that looks neat! I have Syncthing set up to do my file transferring between phone, laptop, and servers, but this certainly looks like a useful solution for situations where one just needs a quick and simple way to do a file transfer. Thanks, Celejar

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-17 Thread Celejar
or just asking your own question on the forums). FWIW, I've been using a TP-Link AC2600 with OpenWrt for years, and I've been pretty satisfied with it. Celejar

Re: Open source Atheros wifi? (ath10k)

2021-01-16 Thread Celejar
t require any firmware at all. > Ath9k is limited to 802.1n though. See [2] for an example list. > > Reco > > [1] https://hackaday.com/2016/02/26/fcc-locks-down-router-firmware > [2] https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath9k/products/external Celejar

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-11 Thread Celejar
't need to backup when upgrading, either. (Of course, you should always be backing up everything you care about, whatever you're doing.) Celejar

Re: po...@lists.debian.org

2021-01-11 Thread Celejar
they currently still require a phone number. Celejar

Re: How i do upgrade my operating system to Debian “buster”?

2021-01-11 Thread Celejar
ive is just sitting there, but I can't decide whether to go with a new install, and spend the time getting rid of stuff I really don't need (which will take more time than the actual install, as you say) and migrate configuration, or to just do what Felix suggests in another method in this thread and just clone partitions. Celejar

Re: Intermittent problem with integrated webcam / Thinkpad E130/ Stretch

2021-01-07 Thread Celejar
o much more elegant solutions (just an example): > > https://shop.protonmail.com/products/webcam-cover Yes. And what does "audio is off" mean - is the microphone physically sound-shielded, or just disabled in software (on some level of the system)? If the latter, why shouldn't that suffice for the camera as well? Celejar

Re: Webcam resolution in VLC (and elsewhere)

2021-01-01 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 1 Jan 2021 12:41:38 -0500 Michael Stone wrote: > On Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 09:50:00AM -0500, Celejar wrote: > >On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 11:13:54 -0500 > >Michael Stone wrote: > > > >> On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 10:59:36AM -0500, Celejar wrote: > >> >I

Re: Webcam resolution in VLC (and elsewhere)

2021-01-01 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 11:13:54 -0500 Michael Stone wrote: > On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 10:59:36AM -0500, Celejar wrote: > >I don't know how to evaluate this. But still, if the camera is > >reporting 720p, shouldn't the applications default to that? > > The optical qu

Re: Webcam resolution in VLC (and elsewhere)

2021-01-01 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 21:48:33 +0100 Eugen Dedu wrote: > Hi Celejar, > > To find out the capabilities of your camera, you can install v4l-utils > and execute: > v4l2-ctl --list-devices > v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --list-formats > v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --list-formats-ext &

Re: Webcam resolution in VLC (and elsewhere)

2020-12-31 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 10:53:37 -0800 (PST) didier gaumet wrote: > Le mercredi 30 décembre 2020 à 16:40:06 UTC+1, Celejar a écrit : > [...] > > 1) Why does VLC default to the lower resolution? Incidentally, I see > > that Cheese also opens the camera by default at a lower resol

Re: Webcam resolution in VLC (and elsewhere)

2020-12-31 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 11:02:31 -0800 (PST) didier gaumet wrote: > Le mercredi 30 décembre 2020 à 16:40:06 UTC+1, Celejar a écrit : > [...] > > 1) Why does VLC default to the lower resolution? Incidentally, I see > > that Cheese also opens the camera by default at a lower resol

Webcam resolution in VLC (and elsewhere)

2020-12-30 Thread Celejar
mehow figure out that he has to first discover the offered resolutions via something like lsusb or Cheese [0], and then enter them manually via the 'width' and 'height' parameters?! Who designed this thing's UIs? At least Cheese offers a relatively straightforward way of setting the resolution. [0] https://askubuntu.com/questions/214977/how-can-i-find-out-the-supported-webcam-resolutions Celejar

Re: Some recent update to unstable seems to have broken Xfce4 for me

2020-12-28 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 27 Dec 2020 22:24:58 +0100 Sven Hartge wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > > Some recent update to unstable seems to have broken Xfce4 for me: > > The Xfce team is uploading Xfce 4.16 at the moment. Because not all > components can be uploaded in one go, this may

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