Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-22 Thread Dimitris via Dng
Hey Olaf, Στις 22/4/21 11:55 π.μ., ο/η Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng έγραψε: Is debfoster smart(er) about asking what you want to keep? As in asking you about the packages that keep most of the other packages installed first (rather than going through potential removals alphabetically)? yes.

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-22 Thread Alessandro Vesely via Dng
On Tue 20/Apr/2021 16:03:59 +0200 Bernard Rosset via Dng wrote: find /usr/bin -atime +360 | xargs -l1 apt-file find | sort I would suggest dpkg -S instead of apt-file find, which matches prefix, not exact file. I would also filter on the package name and ensure unicity. Also, never log in as

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-22 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng
Hi Florian, Dimitris, Florian Zieboll via Dng writes: > On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 15:34:34 +0300 > Dimitris via Dng wrote: > >> Στις 21/4/21 2:53 μ.μ., ο/η Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng έγραψε: >> > >> > The first time around, there will be quite a long list of packages >> > that are candidates for

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-21 Thread Florian Zieboll via Dng
On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 15:34:34 +0300 Dimitris via Dng wrote: > Στις 21/4/21 2:53 μ.μ., ο/η Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng έγραψε: > > > > The first time around, there will be quite a long list of packages > > that are candidates for removal. Even without a desktop environment > > installed the list can

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-21 Thread Dimitris via Dng
Στις 21/4/21 2:53 μ.μ., ο/η Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng έγραψε: The first time around, there will be quite a long list of packages that are candidates for removal. Even without a desktop environment installed the list can be several tens of packages. Look for the "top-level" kind of packages to

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-21 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng
Hi Florian, Alessandro, Florian Zieboll via Dng writes: > On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:10:49 +0200 > Alessandro Vesely via Dng wrote: > >> Isn't there a way to remove >> packages not used for more than one year? > > Definitely not an approach for automated package removal, but perhaps a > valid

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-21 Thread Bernard Rosset via Dng
I would suggest dpkg -S instead of apt-file find, which matches prefix, not exact file. I would also filter on the package name and ensure unicity. Also, never log in as root. It has been brought to my attention I was wrong: dpkg -S doesn't require privileges and runs fine in userland.

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-21 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng
Hi Bernard, Bernard Rosset via Dng writes: >> find /usr/bin -atime +360 | xargs -l1 apt-file find | sort > > I would suggest dpkg -S instead of apt-file find, which matches prefix, > not exact file. I would also filter on the package name and ensure > unicity. Also, never log in as root. > >

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-20 Thread Bernard Rosset via Dng
find /usr/bin -atime +360 | xargs -l1 apt-file find | sort I would suggest dpkg -S instead of apt-file find, which matches prefix, not exact file. I would also filter on the package name and ensure unicity. Also, never log in as root. Here would me my quick & dirty take at your command

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-20 Thread Florian Zieboll via Dng
On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:10:49 +0200 Alessandro Vesely via Dng wrote: > Isn't there a way to remove > packages not used for more than one year? Definitely not an approach for automated package removal, but perhaps a valid starting point for decluttering manually: $ find /usr/bin -atime +360 |

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-19 Thread Alessandro Vesely via Dng
On Sun 18/Apr/2021 11:37:58 +0200 Alessandro Vesely wrote: I'll try tomorrow. Everything incredibly smooth! I don't know why I rebooted between upgrade and dist-upgrade. The graphics didn't come up, so I run dist-upgrade on the tty terminal. That's the only annoyance I had. Heck, the

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-18 Thread Florian Zieboll via Dng
On Sun, 18 Apr 2021 11:37:58 +0200 Alessandro Vesely via Dng wrote: > On Sat 17/Apr/2021 15:37:31 +0200 Florian Zieboll via Dng wrote: > > On April 17, 2021 2:33:53 PM GMT+02:00, Alessandro Vesely via Dng > > wrote: > >> > >> Is there a guide, a wiki, release notes, any help? > > > > my

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-18 Thread Alessandro Vesely via Dng
On Sat 17/Apr/2021 15:37:31 +0200 Florian Zieboll via Dng wrote: On April 17, 2021 2:33:53 PM GMT+02:00, Alessandro Vesely via Dng wrote: Is there a guide, a wiki, release notes, any help? my Beowulf to Chimaera (LXqt with openbox) went quite smooth. I had posted my notes to this list,

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-17 Thread Florian Zieboll via Dng
On April 17, 2021 2:33:53 PM GMT+02:00, Alessandro Vesely via Dng wrote: > Hi all, > > I usually prefer to stick on released system, but I'd start working on > OpenSCAD > and the version available is rather oldish. As it has lots of graphical > dependencies, I think it may be easier to

[DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-17 Thread Alessandro Vesely via Dng
Hi all, I usually prefer to stick on released system, but I'd start working on OpenSCAD and the version available is rather oldish. As it has lots of graphical dependencies, I think it may be easier to switch to Chimaera than to pin all that stuff. I run Openbox, btw. Is there a guide, a