Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-21 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 4:06 AM Anssi Saari wrote: > Stefan Monnier writes: > > Here's another way to attack those chicken/egg problems: > > Interesting approach. When I recently installed Debian on a newish > computer I needed some firmware packages and a newer kernel too from >

Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 18 ian 22, 22:06:33, The Wanderer wrote: > > Unless you mean "e.g., using a wired connection"? It's not clear that > that's an available option in this case, either, although there are > probably a lot of cases where it will be. (I've had the misfortune > recently, in my workplace, of

Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-19 Thread Anssi Saari
Stefan Monnier writes: > Here's another way to attack those chicken/egg problems: Interesting approach. When I recently installed Debian on a newish computer I needed some firmware packages and a newer kernel too from debian-backports. I was able to use my phone connected to USB enough to

Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-18 Thread The Wanderer
On 2022-01-18 at 12:48, Brian wrote: > On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 11:50:14 -0500, Celejar wrote: > >> On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:47:09 + Brian >> wrote: >>> Wonder no longer :). Acquaint yourself with netcat. >> >> How is netcat going to help if there's no networking on one >> machine? And if

Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-18 Thread Brian
On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 11:50:14 -0500, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:47:09 + > Brian wrote: > > > On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 14:30:45 +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 07:48, R. Toby Richards wrote: > > > > > > > Every time that I search

Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-18 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:47:09 + Brian wrote: > On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 14:30:45 +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 07:48, R. Toby Richards wrote: > > > > > Every time that I search for solutions to my wifi drivers, the solution is > > > to apt-get install a

Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-18 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
On 2022-01-18 01:47, R. Toby Richards wrote: > > > > Every time that I search for solutions to my wifi drivers, the solution > is to apt-get install a bunch of drivers. Why does nobody realize that > apt'ing anything is a non-solution: How can I apt-get install drivers> if I don't have

Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-18 Thread Brian
On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 14:30:45 +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 07:48, R. Toby Richards wrote: > > > Every time that I search for solutions to my wifi drivers, the solution is > > to apt-get install a bunch of drivers. Why does nobody realize that apt'ing > >

Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-18 Thread Loïc Grenié
Hi, On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 07:48, R. Toby Richards wrote: > Every time that I search for solutions to my wifi drivers, the solution is > to apt-get install a bunch of drivers. Why does nobody realize that apt'ing > anything is a non-solution: How can I apt-get install if > I don't have

Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-18 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 10:47:55PM -0800, R. Toby Richards wrote: > Every time that I search for solutions to my wifi drivers, the solution is > to apt-get install a bunch of drivers. Why does nobody realize that apt'ing > anything is a non-solution: How can I apt-get install if > I don't have

Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-18 Thread The Wanderer
On 2022-01-18 at 01:47, R. Toby Richards wrote: > Every time that I search for solutions to my wifi drivers, the > solution is to apt-get install a bunch of drivers. Why does nobody > realize that apt'ing anything is a non-solution: How can I apt-get > install if I don't have network drivers?

Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-17 Thread john doe
On 1/18/2022 7:47 AM, R. Toby Richards wrote: Every time that I search for solutions to my wifi drivers, the solution is to apt-get install a bunch of drivers. Why does nobody realize that apt'ing anything is a non-solution: How can I apt-get install if I don't have network drivers? There are