Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

I am personally against such a change as being default in Devuan. I view it as a change that makes things less forgiving to newbies and to people who occasionally make mistakes. An example of this is about three years ago, when I was new to Linux and accidentally blew away my /usr/bin directory

Re: [DNG] dev1galaxy host is down [update]

dev1galaxy is back online. The issue was, as noted, an issue with the host. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Compiling Firefox on Devuan (was: Re: FF pulseaudio hard dependency is here)

On 03/13/2017 1:27 PM, devua...@gmail.com wrote: > This doesn't work on Devuan because Python's > platform.linux_distribution() is returning a blank stare. Anyone know > why this is? No idea yet where Python is getting these values... >From what I can tell, the issue is that

[DNG] Announcing the dev1galaxy.org forum

The Devuan community has a new gathering place - https://dev1galaxy.org - the "officially unofficial Devuan forum" for the graybeard in all of us. We chose FluxBB because the format is simple, understandable and familiar to many long-time Linux users. There were a few growing pains the first few

Re: [DNG] Custom OS initiator. In need of some hints...

In python you can definitely fork/wait as I have done it, and I have also made an init entirely in Python 3 :P. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] SoylentNews discussion

Well if you want to install the init yourself (and not through apt which is what I assume you mean) I'd suggest trying out the instructions here: http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/init/manjaro_experiments.htm#getting_epoch_running first. It's definitely an easy thing to follow. After that I'd

Re: [DNG] OT: Desktop recording

There is OBI (Open Broadcaster Software) and there is Simple Screen Recorder (SSR). While adding certain things would require editing. These tools are decent, although with OBI it can be a bit hard to get it to work. On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 6:28 AM, vmlinux wrote: >

Re: [DNG] Name of the thumb drive automounter

I still prefer JAAM though... :P On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 9:07 PM, dev1fanboy wrote: > the 'd' would be a little annoying, but many programs use a joke in the > name > > I thought a-mount because it's similar to pmount and would not seem out of > place > > On Monday,

Re: [DNG] Name of the thumb drive automounter

Well 'amounter' is somewhat generic in some waysI did come up with JAAM (Just an automounter) which sounds a bit more amusing and is also shorter. (It's at least amusing to me that is...). On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > If anybody