Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email

On Wed, 1 Jun 2022 18:04:02 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Thu 12 May 2022 at 10:08:01 -, Virgo Pärna wrote: > > > On Wed, 11 May 2022 20:09:14 +0200, Fero Dali > > wrote: > > > Sorry for misunderstanding: it seems that my account will > > > continue to work but ability to download mail with

Re: Debian desktop environment

On Tue, 24 May 2022 13:27:29 +0200 Antonino Saetta wrote: > Hi, > > After my surrender to Jessie I've thought of moving on with Stretch. > > Currently I've installed it through the net, no problems at all. > > So I was wondering, why am I asked to choose (or not) a GNOME desktop >

Re: Installing minimal command line system with netinst.iso

On Thu, 3 Mar 2022 14:24:29 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: > I have limited internet connectivity. > I have read over the years that installing a *MINIMAL* command line > system from netinst.iso [without internet is possible]. > The intent to add pieces later assumed. > Is this process described

Re: Query

On Mon, 7 Feb 2022 08:50:36 -0700 William Lee Valentine wrote: > I am wondering whether a current Debian distribution can be installed > and run on an older Pentium III computer. (I have Debian 11.2 on a > DVD.) And have something usable? With the default GNOME desktop? Probably not. With a

Re: TDE File Manager options

On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:35:50 -0600 "c. marlow" wrote: > Hi, > > Yes, I know that in previous emails I was using LXDE, but I thought > that I would nuke and pave give TDE a try since I had never tried > TDE before. > > And I am wondering what other file managers work with TDE 14 besides >

Re: question from total newbie. a little help please

On Sun, 17 Oct 2021 09:00:52 -0400 JAMES BOSWELL wrote: > if i divide my hard drive and install debian lynx on it. will i be > able to effectively run debian on this laptop? The best way to find that out is to get a Live version of Debian, and see if boots and runs without problems. > Device

Re: First time WINE user looking for tutorial

On Sun, 10 Oct 2021 05:14:36 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/09/2021 10:24 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 09:40:21 -0500 > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >> [snip] > > > > > Just be forewarned, WINE is not the catchall s

Re: First time WINE user looking for tutorial

On Sun, 10 Oct 2021 03:28:42 + "Russell L. Harris" wrote: > On Sat, Oct 09, 2021 at 08:24:38AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 09:40:21 -0500 > >Richard Owlett wrote: > > >Just be forewarned, WINE is not the catchall solution to

Re: First time WINE user looking for tutorial

On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 09:40:21 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > I just installed WINE64 on a Bullseye system. I'm looking for a basic > tutorial. Got no promising hits from DuckDuckGo or Google. I did some > unproductive roaming of https://www.winehq.org/ . Really? "No promising hits?" I did an

Re: unhappy upgrade

On Mon, 4 Oct 2021 14:49:10 -0400 "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote: > On Sunday 03 October 2021 07:48:38 pm Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 12:49:12 -0400 > > "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote: > >[snip] > > > > > Reboot after

Re: unhappy upgrade

On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 12:49:12 -0400 "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote: > On Sunday 03 October 2021 12:11:13 am Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sat, 2 Oct 2021 11:57:51 -0400 > > "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote: > > > > > In recent messaging here I touch

Re: unhappy upgrade

On Sat, 2 Oct 2021 11:57:51 -0400 "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote: > In recent messaging here I touched on how I'd determined that my > workstation was way behind being current. Apparently I needed to go > 8->9->10->11. I tried the first of those steps, and things did not > go well in a number

Re: Install Debian netinstall to HP Elitebook 840 G8 problem

On Fri, 3 Sep 2021 09:46:24 +0200 (CEST) Richard Forst wrote: > I purchased a new laptop HP Elitebook 840 G8, and am trying to > install Debian to it. However I encounter a problem. > > I change the bios setting, but when booting from usb. What was shown > on the screen is simply a grub env

Re: clamav installation question

On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 10:19:56 +0300 Semih Ozlem wrote: > Sorry, stopping and restarting the service seems to have solved the > problem. Does it work after a cold system restart without restarting it manually? If not, my guess is some clamav or clamav-daemon dependency is not getting loaded. I'm

Re: clamav installation question

On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 23:17:52 +0300 Semih Ozlem wrote: > Hi everyone > > When I try to install clamav I am getting errots > When I try to follow installation instructions from debian's site > instruction > > (i) clamav-data package is not available in the repository > (ii) freshclam gives the

Re: Open Source Flash Alternatives

On Fri, 1 Jan 2021 18:17:32 -0500 Kenneth Parker wrote: > On Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 10:29 AM Kenneth Parker > wrote: > > > Since Adobe Flash is going the way of the Dodo Bird, I thought I'd > > check up on Open Source Alternatives, since I have some > > Standalone .swf files (games, etc). > > > >

Re: MX-Linux 19.2

On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 23:11:56 +0200 ellanios82 wrote: > On 11/17/20 10:54 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > ellanios82 wrote: > >> ??Dear List > >> > >> > >> ??- am using MX-Linux 19.2 : > >> > >> What steps to upgrade to 19.3 please ? > >> > > 1. Find a mailing list or forum for MX-Linux. > > >

Re: An old box running Debian 8

On Wed, 11 Nov 2020 17:40:50 +0100 Miroslav Skoric wrote: > I have an old comp (CPU Pentium II Celeron 400 MHz, 224 MB RAM) > running ham radio server in Debian 8. It works well in CLI, but very > slow after starting GUI. I wonder whether it would be worth to try > (if possible at all) to

Re: Replacement Email Client

On Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:23:59 -0400 Carl Fink wrote: > On 10/26/20 6:16 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 20:45:50 -0400 > > Carl Fink wrote: > > > >> On 10/25/20 8:28 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >>> I'm not referrin

Re: Replacement Email Client

On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 21:57:07 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: > Carl Fink wrote: > > On 10/25/20 9:17 PM, John Hasler wrote: > > > Carl writes: > > > > I don't remember ever getting an emailed form that was anything > > > > but a link to a web page. > > > I think that may be what he means. > >

Re: Replacement Email Client

On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 20:45:50 -0400 Carl Fink wrote: > On 10/25/20 8:28 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > I'm not referring to viewing HTML emails. I already can do that in > > Claws-Mail using its Dillo plugin. I'm talking about filling in > > forms, etc. that are part of the H

Re: Replacement Email Client

On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 14:07:00 -0500 John Hasler wrote: > Patrick Bartek writes: > > But I need to view the entire email: images, graphics, etc. and be > > able to interact with all the links, etc. and not just view them. > > Want to get away from having to logi

Re: Replacement Email Client

On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 11:42:20 -0700 (PDT) didier gaumet wrote: > Le dimanche 25 octobre 2020 à 19:00:08 UTC+1, Patrick Bartek a écrit : > > > Already have Dillo set up, but I need more than a viewer. I want a > > client that handles HTML as well as plain text emails, s

Re: Replacement Email Client

On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 13:10:04 +0100 Michael wrote: > On Sunday, October 25, 2020 1:04:00 AM CEST, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > Any suggestions? > > since this is a debian user mailinglist, my answer will be slightly > off topic. > > but i use 'trojita' (https://tr

Re: Replacement Email Client

On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 01:51:43 -0700 (PDT) didier gaumet wrote: > Le dimanche 25 octobre 2020 à 01:10:06 UTC+2, Patrick Bartek a écrit : > > Hi! All, > > > > Looking for recommendations for a lightweight email client that > > will handle HTML as well as plain text

Re: Replacement Email Client

On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 07:19:28 +0200 Teemu Likonen wrote: > * 2020-10-24 16:04:00-07, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > Looking for recommendations for a lightweight email client that will > > handle HTML as well as plain text to replace Claws-Mail. Have been > > using Claws-M

Re: Replacement Email Client

On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 05:55:02 +0100 Oliver Schoede wrote: > On Sat, 24 Oct 2020 16:04:00 -0700 > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > >Looking for recommendations for a lightweight email client that will > >handle HTML as well as plain text to replace Claws-Mail. Ha

Re: Replacement Email Client

On Sat, 24 Oct 2020 21:52:54 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 24 October 2020 19:04:00 Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > Hi! All, > > > > Looking for recommendations for a lightweight email client that will > > handle HTML as well as plain text to replace Claws-Ma

Re: Replacement Email Client

On Sat, 24 Oct 2020 19:50:14 -0500 Leslie Rhorer wrote: > On 10/24/2020 6:04 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > Hi! All, > > > > Looking for recommendations for a lightweight email client that will > > handle HTML as well as plain text > > I

Re: Replacement Email Client

On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 17:22:35 +1100 Keith Bainbridge wrote: > On 25/10/20 12:52 pm, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Both Thunderbird and Balsa have been rejected as T'bird is a > > behemoth and no longer in development; > > > Um. Why then am I getting new versions every few weeks? > Currently

Replacement Email Client

Hi! All, Looking for recommendations for a lightweight email client that will handle HTML as well as plain text to replace Claws-Mail. Have been using Claws-Mail for years and before it Sylpheed. Claws used to have a basic HTML plugin renderer which was sufficient, but latest version does

Re: can't boot to a graphical interface.

On Sat, 3 Oct 2020 13:39:22 -0400 Frank McCormick wrote: > On 10/3/20 11:20 AM, Kent West wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 8:01 AM songbird > > wrote: > > > > Frank McCormick wrote: > > > While compiling an application today my Debian bullseye

Re: Buster with MATE without systemd

On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:23:15 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 16 sep 20, 10:32:14, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > Short answer? Probably not. systemd has become too pervasive a > > dependency to do so. It shouldn't be. No other init system I know > > of i

Re: Buster with MATE without systemd

On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 19:44:03 -0700 Marc Shapiro wrote: > On 9/16/20 5:55 PM, David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 16 Sep 2020 at 16:15:12 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote: > >> On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:52:15 -0400 > >> Greg Wooledge wrote: > >>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2

Re: Buster with MATE without systemd

On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 19:55:45 -0500 David Wright wrote: > On Wed 16 Sep 2020 at 16:15:12 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:52:15 -0400 > > Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 10:32:14AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >

Re: Buster with MATE without systemd

On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 22:22:17 +0300 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 10:32:14AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > dbus, which is an xorg dependency, > > Not in buster: > > # apt policy dbus > dbus: > Installed: (none) > Candidate:

Re: Buster with MATE without systemd

On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:52:15 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 10:32:14AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > To make a long story short, after two or so weeks of research and > > numerous failed trials, I came to the conclusion that systemd has > >

Re: Buster with MATE without systemd

On Tue, 15 Sep 2020 19:28:34 -0700 Marc Shapiro wrote: > I have a fresh install of Buster which is running MATE as the Desktop > Environment.  It has taken me until now to get it working, without > messing up my current Stretch install on the same machine.  The next > thing that I want to do

Re: VirtualBox - vboxpci

On Sun, 6 Sep 2020 19:23:46 -0600 wrote: > -Original Message- > From: Klaus Jantzen [mailto:k.d.jant...@mailbox.org] > Sent: Sunday, September 6, 2020 8:05 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: VirtualBox - vboxpci > > On 9/6/20 12:27 PM, Georgi Naplatanov wrote: > > On

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 21:41:06 + (UTC) Long Wind wrote: >On Monday, August 31, 2020, 12:24:54 PM EDT, Patrick Bartek > wrote: > > My solution to all this has been to delete all my Yahoo accounts and be > done with Yahoo.  Currently, I have only one account left which I'

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:04:46 +0100 Darac Marjal wrote: > On 31/08/2020 14:18, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > On 30/08/2020 19:02, Long Wind wrote: > >> On Sunday, August 30, 2020, 10:20:53 AM EDT, Charles Curley > >> wrote: > >>> Yahoo mail is broken. I encourage Mr. Wind to get another

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

how old the system is, it may not. Are you installing along with other OSes on the system intending to multiboot them? Is Windows installed on the system? Also, please, please, please don't top post. It makes it hard to follow who's replying to whom about what. B > On Saturday, Au

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 02:59:53 + (UTC) Long Wind wrote: > installation of linux to sdb1 failsi believe hard disk has bad sectori use > e2fsck with -c, i.e. read-only testit doesn't  report any error How does install fail? Which version of Debian did you try to install? Did you read

Re: Homebuilt NAS: System Drive Filesystem?

On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 09:37:20 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 24 aug 20, 09:26:57, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > Since F2FS is not supported directly for an install, one would have to > > convert to it after or configure the flash drive with another computer > >

Re: Homebuilt NAS: System Drive Filesystem?

On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 10:40:30 +0100 Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 09:02:05PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >Opinions? Suggestions? Recommendations? > > If I were doing this, I would remount / as read-only after boot, see > what complains, and make adj

Re: Homebuilt NAS: System Drive Filesystem?

On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 14:26:15 -0700 David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-08-23 11:22, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 01:49:45 -0700 > > David Christensen wrote: > > > >> On 2020-08-21 21:02, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >>> > >>&

Re: Homebuilt NAS: System Drive Filesystem?

On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 01:49:45 -0700 David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-08-21 21:02, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > Hi! All: > > > > For my Homebuilt NAS [specs below], I've decided on a very small 32GB > > SanDisk flash drive for the system drive to keep the 6

Homebuilt NAS: System Drive Filesystem?

Hi! All: For my Homebuilt NAS [specs below], I've decided on a very small 32GB SanDisk flash drive for the system drive to keep the 6 available SATA II connectors free for storage drives. But I'm concerned about writes wearing out the flash drive too soon. I don't know if it has wear leveling

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 16:14:46 +0100 Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 12:40:03PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >Anyone currently using OpenMediaVault, or have recommendations for > >another package, or advice, in general, on homebuilt NAS? > > My advice

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

the docs on SyncThing, I agree. It's more of a personal Dropbox for your devices. Not what I was looking for. Besides most NAS software have "Dropbox-like" plugins, if such a feature is needed. Thanks for your feedback. B > On 7/30/2020 4:28 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Thu

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 21:27:03 +0200 "Torben Schou Jensen" wrote: > Instead of using old hardware, another solution could be to invest in a > small Raspberry Pi and a USB disk. > > A year back I created such a NAS solution. > Raspberry Pi3 + 1 TB USB disk > > Raspberry Pi OS is based on Debian.

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 18:41:46 -0500 Leslie Rhorer wrote: > I run a pair of Debian servers. One is essentially a NAS, and the > other is a backup system. Both have 30TB (soon to be 48TB) arrays. I > am running XFS, rather than ZFS on the RAID arrays. ZFS is definitely > nice, but is

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

, 7 machines. Thanks. I'll look into it. B > On 7/29/20 12:40 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Hi! all, > > > > Thought putting an old, retired system to good use would be better than > > letting it gather dust in a closet. And by old, I mean OLD! I > > built it

Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice

On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:09:51 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Hi! all, > > > > Thought putting an old, retired system to good use would be better than > > letting it gather dust in a closet. And by old, I mean OLD! I > > built it

Homebuilt NAS Advice

Hi! all, Thought putting an old, retired system to good use would be better than letting it gather dust in a closet. And by old, I mean OLD! I built it 13 years ago. However, it's been upgraded many times since, and was still my main box running Stretch until last year. Its current specs:

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 08:21:29 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > The default install of the MATE desktop installs too much I don't want. > Unfortunately the Debian installer does not allow coerces the > installation of "recommended" packages. > > Therefore I did an install without *ANY* desktop

Re: Smallest Usable EFI Partition?

On Wed, 13 May 2020 07:38:00 +0200 Sven Hartge wrote: > Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Tue, May 12, 2020, at 3:37 PM, Andrea Borgia wrote: > >> Il 13/05/20 00:21, Patrick Bartek ha scritto: > > >> > I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say,

Re: Smallest Usable EFI Partition?

Il giorno mer 13 mag 2020 alle ore 02:36 Rick Thomas > ha scritto: > > > On Tue, May 12, 2020, at 3:37 PM, Andrea Borgia wrote: > > > Il 13/05/20 00:21, Patrick Bartek ha scritto: > > > > I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say, 100MB is

Re: Smallest Usable EFI Partition?

On Tue, 12 May 2020 17:17:29 -0700 "Rick Thomas" wrote: > On Tue, May 12, 2020, at 3:37 PM, Andrea Borgia wrote: > > Il 13/05/20 00:21, Patrick Bartek ha scritto: > > > I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say, 100MB is > > > fin

Re: Smallest Usable EFI Partition?

On Wed, 13 May 2020 00:37:52 +0200 Andrea Borgia wrote: > Il 13/05/20 00:21, Patrick Bartek ha scritto: > > > > I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say, 100MB is > > fine; others 215 or 550 is a safe choice. It all seems to be just > > opin

Re: Smallest Usable EFI Partition?

On Wed, 13 May 2020 12:33:32 + Steve McIntyre wrote: > nemomm...@gmail.com wrote: > > > >I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say, 100MB is > >fine; others 215 or 550 is a safe choice. It all seems to be just > >opinions. > > > >Anyone know for sure? I hate having to

Smallest Usable EFI Partition?

Hi! All, I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say, 100MB is fine; others 215 or 550 is a safe choice. It all seems to be just opinions. Anyone know for sure? I hate having to waste hundreds of megs for a partition that only needs to hold a few megs, if that much. This

Re: Buster without systemd?

On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 00:04:18 + Michael Howard wrote: > On 23/03/2020 23:20, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:15:14 + > > Michael Howard wrote: > > > >> On 23/03/2020 14:28, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >>> On Mon, 23 Mar 2020

Re: Buster without systemd?

On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:15:14 + Michael Howard wrote: > On 23/03/2020 14:28, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:37:47 -0400 > > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > >> There is devuan-ascii 2.x but I don't know its equivalent to buster. > >> Th

Re: Buster without systemd?

On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:37:47 -0400 Jude DaShiell wrote: > There is devuan-ascii 2.x but I don't know its equivalent to buster. > That system maintained sysv and still has support. ASCII is Stretch without systemd or any of the dependencies. Devuan hasn't release its "Buster" version yet. B

Re: OT Filing for free vs Free File, was Re: Simple software for a scanner … LIDE 700F)

On Mon, 9 Mar 2020 10:12:59 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 09:02:02AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > One hopes that you've distinguished between 'filing for "free"' and > > the actual IRS Free File Program. > > > >

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

On Sat, 8 Feb 2020 10:28:59 +0800 kaye n wrote: > *So, how long does it take to load the second time?* > About 4 seconds. > > After doing this: > > > *kaye@laptop:~$ sudo suroot@laptop:/home/kaye# sync && echo 3 > > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches* > Yes, it opened slow again. Slow disk then?

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 20:02:57 + Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 10:45:43 -0800 > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Hello Patrick, > > >On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 06:45:43 + > >Brad Rogers wrote: > >> I note that Patrick says his starts in 3 or 4 secs. I

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 09:09:15 + Joe wrote: > On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 06:45:43 + > Brad Rogers wrote: > > > On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 10:17:09 +0800 > > kaye n wrote: > > > > Hello kaye, > > > > >I was just wondering if it takes about 35 seconds for your Debian > > >system to > > > > At

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 06:45:43 + Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 10:17:09 +0800 > kaye n wrote: > > Hello kaye, > > >I was just wondering if it takes about 35 seconds for your Debian > >system to > > At least. As you say, subsequent starts are much faster. > > I note that

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 11:27:49 +0800 kaye n wrote: > By the way, it only takes 35 seconds on the first execution. If I close > libreoffice, and open i again, it's really not so slow. > Thank you So, how long does it take to load the second time? B > On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 10:17 AM kaye n

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 10:17:09 +0800 kaye n wrote: > Hello Friends! > > I was just wondering if it takes about 35 seconds for your Debian system to > open LibreOffice. Mine does. My Debian is: No. Initially, after a reboot, so all RAM was cleared of buffered apps, the LibreOffice "Start" panel

Re: Sudo

On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 08:21:44 +0100 wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 07:00:03PM -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:18:01 + > > Brian wrote: > > > > > On Tue 28 Jan 2020 at 11:02:12 -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > &

Re: Sudo

On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 18:29:06 +1100 Keith Bainbridge wrote: > On 29/1/20 6:02 am, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >> My point is that sudo is more of a security "hole" since it only > >> requires a user's password which in my experience are less secure since > >> m

Re: Sudo

On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:18:01 + Brian wrote: > On Tue 28 Jan 2020 at 11:02:12 -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > The biggest security flaw with any OS is the user. > > By God. I wish I said that! > > The same is true is true of motor cars, washing machines, micr

Re: Sudo

On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:16:18 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 27 ian 20, 13:01:17, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:21:30 +0200 > > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > > In the typical sudo setup the root account is locked, so both su an

Re: Sudo

vor of the Mac told me. I'm not all that familiar with Macs, although it seems I know more about them than the average Mac user. :) B > > Keith Bainbridge > > keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com > 0447 667 468 > > On 28/1/20 8:11 am, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >

Re: Sudo

On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 20:58:58 + Joe wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:24:16 -0600 > David Wright wrote: > > > > > > It's always interesting to read opinions of which aspects of Debian > > are too insecure for people to use. > > > > Compared to, say, Windows? > > A few days ago, I

Re: Sudo

On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:21:30 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 25 ian 20, 19:28:39, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sat, 25 Jan 2020 12:27:21 -0600 > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 11:40 AM Patrick Bartek > > > wrote: > &

Re: Sudo

On Sat, 25 Jan 2020 12:27:21 -0600 Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 11:40 AM Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > On Sat, 25 Jan 2020 09:39:28 -0700 > > "Harold Hartley" wrote: > > > > > I did a net-install and installed with no problems. >

Re: Sudo

On Sat, 25 Jan 2020 09:39:28 -0700 "Harold Hartley" wrote: > I did a net-install and installed with no problems. > The only problem I’m having is when I want to check for updates or install a > file, it tells me that I’m not in the sudoers file. > I’m not sure what’s going on, but I’m the only

Re: Use system drive, in another system

On Mon, 20 Jan 2020 22:19:37 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 20 ian 20, 08:50:07, Esteban L wrote: > > I have Debian installed on a computer which functions as my server > > (email, webhost, smb, etc).. > > > > I want to upgrade the hardware, but don't necessary want to setup all > > the

Re: Use system drive, in another system

On Mon, 20 Jan 2020 08:50:07 +0100 Esteban L wrote: > I have Debian installed on a computer which functions as my server > (email, webhost, smb, etc).. > > I want to upgrade the hardware, but don't necessary want to setup all > the systems again. I did that yesterday with a new build Ryzen 5

Re: First boot issue

On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 22:25:01 -0800 Kord wrote: > Hi, > > I recently installed Debian 10.2 as a dual boot on a second HDD separate > from windows 10, and when booting from grub, have not been able to get > pass the “ [ ok ] gnome display manager”. Is there any fix for this? > Thanks Without

Re: Debian Installer Bug -Wifi driver not installed

On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 06:16:17 -0800 Peter Ehlert wrote: > I have a desktop computer running Debian Buster Mate that I want to move > to a different location and use Wifi. > Using a cheap USB dongle NetworkManager Applet detects the device, lets > me select from available networks, accepts

Re: New Buster install crashing

On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:45:59 + (UTC) "J.W. Foster" wrote: > So this is the issue. This is a newly built system hardware that > is all cutting edge and I have other Linux OS as well as windows > installed and all work well. I have had a consistent issue with Buster > crashing the system. I

Re: 'apt update' failure, me or repository?

On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:55:55 -0600 Art Sackett wrote: > For any who've found this thread by searching for the problem they're > having, the workaround is to create the file > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99useragent and populate it with: > > Acquire > { > http::User-Agent "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux

Re: Default Debian install harassed me

On Wed, 09 Oct 2019 13:59:00 -0500 John Hasler wrote: > B writes: > > To make things easy, I figured to just uninstall GNOME. Wouldn't work > > no matter what method I tried. Uninstall always wanted to remove ALL X > > based stuff. Dependency hell. Researched a lot. No solutions found. > >

Re: Default Debian install harassed me

On Tue, 8 Oct 2019 21:40:08 +0300 Reco wrote: > On Tue, Oct 08, 2019 at 11:21:26AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:44:32 -0500 > > John Hasler wrote: > > > > > Patrick Bartek writes: > > > > They are each their own

Re: Default Debian install harassed me

On Tue, 08 Oct 2019 17:44:55 -0500 John Hasler wrote: > Patrick Bartek writes: > > Try unistalling a DE, either in part or whole, to replace it with > > another and you'll end up with no xorg and all the stuff that goes > > with it, and all the apps that run under

Re: Default Debian install harassed me

On Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:44:32 -0500 John Hasler wrote: > Patrick Bartek writes: > > They are each their own Hell. Package management software solved, > > more or less, one type, but created another beast as the OP has > > discovered and that we each deal with in our ow

Re: Default Debian install harassed me

On Mon, 07 Oct 2019 10:01:31 -0500 John Hasler wrote: > Patrick Bartek writes: > > Welcome to the Wonderful Hell of Dependencies. > > That's not dependency hell. Dependency hell is what we had before > package management systems. I assure you that occasionally permitting

Re: Default Debian install harassed me

On Sun, 6 Oct 2019 21:50:54 +0300 "goleo ." wrote: > Hi. > > After installing Debian 10 on my laptop (I choose desktop LXQT) > I noticed that Xarchiver is preinstalled and it was inconvenient > to me in the past, so I opened Synaptic to remove it. But when > I click on "xarchiver" and choose

Re: I can't find 1920x1080 from Display Settings

On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 18:26:23 +0300 Jari Fredriksson wrote: > Hello. > > I'm using Debian Buster in a VirtualBox VM on my server. I use it from > Windows using Remote Desktop. > > The desktop size is not automatically my FullHD size so I need to go to > Display Settings and there from a

Re: Can't install package in an offline desktop with Debian 9 (Stretch)

On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 09:17:18 +0300 dalios wrote: > On 9/21/19 11:50 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 21:50:40 +0300 > > dalios wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I have a desktop with Debian 9.9 (Stretch) installed. I hav

Re: Can't install package in an offline desktop with Debian 9 (Stretch)

On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 21:50:40 +0300 dalios wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a desktop with Debian 9.9 (Stretch) installed. I have moved it in > a house were cable connection is not available but wifi is (thanks > neighbors), so I used an older wifi adapter that I have. The adapter is > (according to

Re: Autocomplete and shortcuts slow in Terminal

On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 09:15:27 -0500 Anil Felipe Duggirala wrote: > hello, > I have recently fresh installed Buster on my laptop. I am noticing that > autocomplete (Tab) in my Terminal (Gnome Terminal) is a second slower > than usual. When I push the Tab key it takes a bit longer than usual, >

Re: buster to testing

On Sat, 07 Sep 2019 17:03:03 +0100 mick crane wrote: > excuse my forgetfulness > have 2 PCs cheerfully running 10.1 > If I want to change one to testing is it *just* a question of changing > the sources list ? > Not entirely. That's the second step. The first, is to read the instructions.

Re: About firmware to install

On Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:07:31 + (UTC) Simeone Dominique wrote: > Dear friends, > I am new with Debian 10. > I need to install firmware and brasero. > I try to do it but the system said or send the document in the wrong place. > I need some help. > I wrote wget /usr/local/lib/firmware

Re: is it possible run 32-bit app on 64-bit amd system??

On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 00:13:33 + (UTC) Long Wind wrote: > i want to run adobe pdf reader on jessie for amd64 > the last adobe reader 4 unix is for 32bit, i'm afraid it can't run on 64bit > system You want to research multiarch -- multiple architectures. But your CPU MUST support 32-bit

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