Re: [DNG] WARNING: lvm2 > 2.02.173-1 breaks some systems and make them unbootable

On Sun 12 November 2017 19:45:02 Adam Borowski wrote: > On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 12:14:33PM +0100, Joerg Reisenweber wrote: > > The "too much work" argument is a very embarrassing one - it's the genuine > > duty of distro maintainers to take care of exactly such stuff. The > > argument > > that

Re: [DNG] (forw) Re: [skeptic] MINIX: ?Intel's hidden in-chip operating system

I have Intel ME apparently enabled. lspci says: $ lspci | grep MEI 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) If you cannot make

Re: [DNG] ID Quantique "Quantum" PCI-e RNG's - does anyone have more info?

On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 12:16:33PM +, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote: > When we say entropy and random numbers, we generally mean completely > unpredictable. > > Intel's RDRAND, ekey, presumably ID-Quantique's solution and others rely for > their entropy on quantum physics. If our understanding of

Re: [DNG] Photograph of Devuan servers.

hi Ed, On Sun, 12 Nov 2017, Edward Bartolo wrote: > I would like to ask whether it is possible for those who have access > to Devuan's servers to post a photograph of those nice machines. sometimes ago a fellow VUA sent me this picture, announcing the use of Devuan in production at a company:

[DNG] Photograph of Devuan servers.

I would like to ask whether it is possible for those who have access to Devuan's servers to post a photograph of those nice machines. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Documentation format philosophies

On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 12:13:11PM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 12/11/2017 à 00:39, Svante Signell a écrit : > >On Sat, 2017-11-11 at 13:33 -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > >>>  We use LaTEX in technical documents, > >>LaTeX is wonderful *for what it does*, which is make beautifully > >>typeset

Re: [DNG] WARNING: lvm2 > 2.02.173-1 breaks some systems and make them unbootable

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi folks, I add the lvm source package to my debian unbreak repository[0][1]. Note that there is also a debian-security repository[2] that fixes some security problems introduced by debian (and refused upstream for security reason). Regards

Re: [DNG] ID Quantique "Quantum" PCI-e RNG's - does anyone have more info?

One more. When we say entropy and random numbers, we generally mean completely unpredictable. Intel's RDRAND, ekey, presumably ID-Quantique's solution and others rely for their entropy on quantum physics. If our understanding of quantum physics is correct, then by constructing such and such

Re: [DNG] (forw) Re: [skeptic] MINIX: ?Intel's hidden in-chip operating system

On 09-11-17 02:24, Rick Moen wrote: Vaughan-Nichols's article is at http://www.zdnet.com/article/minix-intels-hidden-in-chip-operating-system/ - Forwarded message from Rick Moen - Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 17:19:35 -0800 From: Rick Moen To:

Re: [DNG] ID Quantique "Quantum" PCI-e RNG's - does anyone have more info?

If this is not your field of expertise the you should not call Intel's solution junk. It will not help with disks. What it helps with is applications that need properly independent random numbers often. A VPN server is such a case, it needs a few bits every time a client opens a connection

Re: [DNG] Different philosophies

Le 10/11/2017 à 15:39, jack da a écrit : following your lead, I seem to be systematically replacing reliance on conventional tools with low-footprint alternatives. This does not mean low tech.     Following your lead, I would like to both replace conventional tools with alternatives simpler

Re: [DNG] WARNING: lvm2 > 2.02.173-1 breaks some systems and make them unbootable

On Sun 12 November 2017 09:19:22 John Hughes wrote: > On 12/11/17 04:24, Joerg Reisenweber wrote: > > On Tue 07 November 2017 17:50:27 John Hughes wrote: > >> The separation of / and /usr is a relic of really, really tiny disk > >> sizes. > > > > Like, for example, ARMv7 systems with a 128MB NAND

Re: [DNG] Documentation format philosophies

Le 12/11/2017 à 00:39, Svante Signell a écrit : On Sat, 2017-11-11 at 13:33 -0500, Steve Litt wrote:  We use LaTEX in technical documents, LaTeX is wonderful *for what it does*, which is make beautifully typeset documents whose linefeeds are determined at compile time, not at read time (like

Re: [DNG] Thunderbird language packs outdated

On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 07:41:09AM +0100, J. Fahrner wrote: > Am 2017-11-11 23:00, schrieb KatolaZ: > >You must use either packages.devuan.org, or auto.mirror.devuan.org, or > >pkgmaster.devuan.org. > > auto.mirror.devuan.org makes no difference, still version 45 language packs. > Please look at

Re: [DNG] WARNING: lvm2 > 2.02.173-1 breaks some systems and make them unbootable

Quoting John Hughes (j...@atlantech.com): > I have a N900, that is not news to me and has already been addressed > by Adam Borowski: > https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20171108.052040.5cb5ca3d.en.html Adam saying frequently 'There's no gain to put / and /usr on separate filesystem[s]'

Re: [DNG] Thunderbird language packs outdated

Quoting J. Fahrner: "Why do you think I have 45 languages installed? You do not need to install thunderbird-l10n-all, there is a single package for every language. For example thunderbird-l10n-de." If that is the case, then, there is no need of hacks. -- If you can't explain it simply, you

Re: [DNG] WARNING: lvm2 > 2.02.173-1 breaks some systems and make them unbootable

On 12/11/17 04:24, Joerg Reisenweber wrote: On Tue 07 November 2017 17:50:27 John Hughes wrote: The separation of / and /usr is a relic of really, really tiny disk sizes. Like, for example, ARMv7 systems with a 128MB NAND to boot from, keeping /usr on a separate storage like SSD? Doesn't sound

Re: [DNG] Thunderbird language packs outdated

Am 2017-11-12 08:53, schrieb Edward Bartolo: I would remove all languages that I do not need. Certainly, you do not know 45 languages! Why do you think I have 45 languages installed? You do not need to install thunderbird-l10n-all, there is a single package for every language. For example