Awesome! This was so much simpler than I expected. Thanks, Magic Banana.
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I have recently set up a desktop computer with Hyperbola, connected to
my router via LAN. I connect to the same router, usually via WiFi, from
my laptop running Trisquel. I'd like a good setup for backing up
important directories (~/Mail, ~/Documents, etc.) from the Trisquel
laptop to the
This may help too.
https://displaycal.net/#quickstart
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> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ICC_profile
Sorry,
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ICC_profiles
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> I know in windows/proprietary drivers you can switch how the display
> displays colors in the settings.
>
> Is there any way to it here?
I don't think MATE has anything like this built in, but DisplayCAL looks
promising.
$ https://displaycal.net/download/xUbuntu_16.04/amd64/DisplayCAL.deb
$
> I have never once
> noticed that switch there on the bottom.
It's easy to miss... and easy to flip by accident. :) I've done it many
times.
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> Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
> apt - 1.2.29ubuntu0.1
Can you help me make sure I'm parsing this right? The "ubuntu0.1" in the
version number indicates Ubuntu changes to the version from Debian. The
version in the Trisquel repo is
$ apt policy apt
apt:
Installed: 1.2.29+8.0trisquel2
The
If you have an Atheros WiFi card, run
$ apt policy open-ath9k-htc-firmware
to make sure that the firmware is installed.
If it is, run
$ nmcli radio wifi on
and copy/paste any error messages here.
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> I have noticed after updating to the latest version several problems.
> Hang/freeze during downloads (caused by massive CPU usage spike,
> apparently)
Yes, and I had the same experience on a friend's computer running
Firefox 64, so assuming we are talking about the same thing I think the
issue
> There are also videos.
True. I think this should do it. The X200 and X201 use the same HMM, so
instructions for one should work for the other.
https://invidio.us/watch?v=mgbBq0QnftA
@ewlabonte I highly recommend doing this. The performance of those
dongles varies from just okay to unusable.
> I did that on my T400 but it ended up being the wrong card.
Next time look up the model here
https://h-node.org/wifi/catalogue/en
to make sure that it is known to work with free software.
> Is it easier than the T400?
I don't know how hard it is with the T400, but the X200 doesn't look
bad.
Never mind, I just upgraded to Abrowser 64 and see that there is no
longer a privacy tab, both for the default profile and for my custom
profiles.
It appears that the privacy section of the default tab was removed by
this commit.
> I've reinstalled it with apt-get remove / apt-get install, it still looks
> the same, not sure what else to do.
"apt remove" only removes the software, not your user's configuration of
the program, so everything being the same after reinstalling is the
expected behavior. If you want to start
> There may be a compelling reason this package
> was excluded from Trisquel that I'm not aware of.
That was my first thought as well, but I don't see this package anywhere
in ubuntu-purge.
https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/ubuntu-purge/blob/master/purge-xenial
> you could always grab it
All I said about Trisquel 10 is that it will be based on Ubuntu 20.04,
and that's all I know about it.
As for Trisquel 9, all I know is what I've gathered from tuning into
some of the Freedom Friday meetings, which is that the priority now
seems to be infrastructural improvements, that this
> Given the rather modest hardware requirements of MATE, I do not see much
> point in Trisquel Mini anymore. But maybe I am wrong: are there many
> current users of Trisquel Mini who have 1 GB (or less) of RAM?
I have a few machines (not my primary one) with 1GB of RAM, and there
is a noticeable
> Chaosmonk, I am sorry to take too much of your time, and I really
> appreciate your efforts. Thanks a lot.
No problem. I'll look into torbrowser-launcher more if I have the
chance, but for now the instructions in my last message should achieve
the same thing. (Assuming that you are the only
> E: Unable to locate package python3-gpg
This package isn't present in Ubuntu 16.04 or Trisquel 8. I tried
several ways of getting it and ran into problems. I can't afford to
spend more time on this today. You could ask the dev for build
instructions for Ubuntu 16.04, or just do this:
$ wget
> Can I use the Trisquelize script with any existing Ubunto to
> Trisquel version?
Yes, I think so. I have never used the script myself, but if I
understand correctly all it does is replace the Ubuntu repos with the
Trisquel repos, identify proprietary software on your system, and give
you the
> but there is no torbrowser-launcher folder to cd to.
Make sure that git is installed
$ sudo apt install git
so that the command is successful.
> And from where should I
> cd to it? I don't know but is the right question: Where does git clone the
> source to?
The torbrowser-launcher
> How do I get the best, most complete GNOME experience on Trisquel?
I'd start with a netinstall, so that you don't have any MATE stuff
cluttering your system.
To install GNOME:
$ sudo apt install gnome
For Trisquel look/feel (Trisquel's icon theme doesn't play nice with
GTK3, but GNOME Brave
> True, but wouldn't that mean having to import an increasing number of
> packages from elsewhere?
I'm not sure exactly how much extra work it would be. It would certainly
help if there were an arch32-like community project. That said, I don't
see any reason to expect Ubuntu to drop 32-bit
I've found the problem. See here:
https://launchpad.net/~micahflee/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+packages
The PPA does not have torbrowser-launcher packaged for Xenial, only
Bionic and Cosmic. Since Trisquel 8 is based on Xenial, there's no
package available.
If I were you I'd build it from source. The
> If I were to use the trisquelize script on a computer with Ubuntu 18.04
> while Tirsquel 9 has not been released, what would happen?
IIRC, that script replaces the Ubuntu repositories with the
corresponding Trisquel repositories. I don't think that there is a
Trisquel 9 repository yet, so this
> I didn't know about the netboot discs and that they still
> had 32-bit support.
Understandable. I had to specifically look for them. The Ubuntu website
doesn't go out of its way to advertise that they support more
architectures than amd64.
> All that I knew was that flavors of Ubuntu (such as
Any error messages or warnings while updating?
> ~$ apt search torbrowser-launcher
What about "apt policy torbrowser-launcher"?
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> What about "apt policy torbrowser-launcher"?
Sorry, just saw your second message. Just run 'apt update' again and
watch the output closely to see if there are any errors or warnings.
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> Version table:
> *** 0.2.4-1 500
> 500 http://es.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel flidas/main amd64
Okay, indeed the package manager does not find the PPA's version of the
package.
Based on the screenshot you attached earlier it seems like you really
did add the PPA, but run
$ ls
> I wanted to know if plans to dropping 32-bit support and only 64
> will be the future for Trisquel 9 Etiona?
Trisquel 9 will be based on Ubuntu 18.04. Since 18.04 has 32-bit support
I do not think it will be a problem for Trisquel 9. Trisquel 9 will also
add support for some non-x68
What is the output of
$ apt policy torbrowser-launcher
?
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> Can the given issue be caused by the same application being present in
> both the repo and a PPA?
No, The version that is not installed should have no effect on your
system.
> How can I make sure, that Trisquel installs from the PPA and not the repo?
The package manager will default to the
> where (link) can I find the list of preloaded software of Trisquel 8?
The most reliable way to see what software is already installed on your
system is to open Synaptic Package Manager. This will show you every
package installed and allow you to add/remove packages.
You can also go to
> www.epicbrwoser.com.
This is proprietary software, so it will never be included in Trisquel.
I'm also skeptical of claims that it is privacy-respecting. Without the
freedom to study the software, we only have the company's word that the
browser is not malware, and the privacy features
> My question is: Is there any way to print a character and use it i as if
> it was introduced with the keyboard?
$ sudo apt install xdotool
And map "xdotool key <" to something. Executing that command will output
"<" as if you had typed it from the keyboard.
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> my X200 also came with libreboot pre-installed and out of the box it
> could not suspend, and the problem was the machine did not want to wake
> up.
I have a few friends with macbooks running GNU/Linux, for whom
hibernation works with some kernels but not others. I don't know if it
will help,
> That's interesting, did you customize some configuration files? Are you
> using a certain version of libreboot?
On the X60 I think I just followed the libreboot documentation to
install libreboot. This was about a year and a half ago, but I'm pretty
sure that I did not customize it at all.
I
> libreboot cannot do sleep or hibernate in general, at least not reliably.
Suspend and hibernate have always worked reliably with my librebooted
X60 and X200.
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> When I corrected that everything booted as it was in guest.
Do you mean that panel/shutdown/etc is working like it was in guest? If
so, what problems are you still having?
If Orca is still enabled, here's how to disable it.
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/disabling-orca-screen-reader
> Just tried the logging in as guest
>
> It works perfectly
Okay, then the problem is not system-wide. There just a problem with
your user's configuration, and we need to find out where it is. Magic
Banana's suggestion should accomplish this.
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> (mate-panel:3374): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion
> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
From what I can gather searching, I think that this warning is harmless.
> The panel appears to run properly with the exception that the
> logout/shutdown buttons don't work. One other
> It booted without panel, so I ran mate-panel which worked
While mate-panel is running, can you logout/shutdown/etc from the main
menu? If so, then the only problem is that mate-panel isn't started
automatically. If not then there is something else missing as well.
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> set to Trisquel, but I had the option of a MATE login so I changed to that.
Okay, then MATE is the one we want.
> When the desktop loaded there was no panel at all.
Run
sudo apt install --reinstall trisquel trisquel-recommended
and reboot. I don't know that it will fix the problem,
> I now have a mate-panel
>
> I added this to the startup applications
Hm. You shouldn't have to add mate-panel to Startup Applications. It
should launch automatically like gnome-panel did in Trisquel 7. Remove
mate-panel from Startup Applications. That isn't the issue.
Maybe LightDM (the login
Try
$ sudo apt purge minidlna
$ sudo apt clean
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install minidlna
and if that works then retry
$ sudo apt install trisquel
$ sudo apt update
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> But it is
> almost certainly "Popcorn Time is illegal".
Is the software itself likely to be illegal? It can certainly be used to
illegally acquire and play copyrighted works, but so can other
BitTorrent clients and video players. I'm sure there are companies who
would like to ban BitTorrent
I misread your title, sorry.
Can you launch these programs from a terminal as root using gksudo? For
example,
$ gksudo synaptic
should launch a window prompting your for your password, and when
then when Synaptic launches Synaptic should work.
If that doesn't work, run
$ groups
in a
I think you should be fine with youtube-dl. I used to be under the
impression that youtube-dl executes proprietary JavaScript, but I now
understand that it only *parses* the JavaScript to find the URL for some
videos. It doesn't actually run the JavaScript, so it's not a freedom
issue. avideo
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> minidlna
Can you try
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install minidlna
? If you get an error, copy/paste the entire message here. If you don't
get an error, try
$ sudo apt install trisquel
again.
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This has to do with the switch from GNOME to MATE and Trisquel's default
desktop environment. What I think happened is that you did not have the
"trisquel" metapackage installed while upgrading. This metapackage would
have installed the needed components of the MATE desktop environment.
Install
> I am trouble installing wifi
> driver(broadcom BCM43602 -14e4:43ba) on my laptop.
That WiFi card doesn't work without proprietary software. Trisquel only
includes free software.[1]
> According to the
> https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/brcm80211, Driver is
> supported in 3.17+
Are you referring to the theme of the tabs and menus, or of the web
pages themselves?
By default, the tabs and menus should just inherit your GTK3 theme.
Assuming that you are using MATE, you might only be modifying your GTK2
theme if you are using the "Appearance" menu under mate-control-center.
> but when I try to
> enable wifi it does not work, it says "secrets are required but not
> provided"
How did you try to connect? nmcli? nmtui?
> now I am on Trisquel
> Mini instead i3
So it works in LXDE (Trisquel Mini) but not i3?
> Or if I could use some graphical program to connect by wifi
> I am testing a nit more i3 and I really think it is what I will use.
i3 is great. I'll never go back to using a stacking window manager.
> Midori is upgraded as you told me but I can not acces to history, when I
> click on preferences I can not see it, and I even if I click on
> extensions me
> I was testing i3 and it is so clean but when I have more than one window
> Midori does not show navigation bar to write
I use i3 and do not have this problem. Are you using the latest version
of Midori? If not, build and install it using the instructions in my
other comment.
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> Is it based on current version or ESR?
Current (FF63). Icecat is based on ESR.
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> Anyway I am thinking this laptop does not manage very
> well even these minimum coices so I am trying to
> install trisquel mini
The only difference between Trisquel and Trisquel Mini is the default
desktop environment. Trisquel has MATE as its default whereas Trisquel
Mini has LXDE. If you
> But this is what Trisquel-mini is, a graphical lighter
> "environment"? I thought Trisquel Mini was another kind
> of OS with less stuff for little resources computers.
It's the same OS, but the *default configuration* of the OS is lighter.
Since you are reconfiguring the OS yourself this
> So many utilities on the command line, growisofs and wodim to burn CDs
> and DVDs.
Some others are neomutt for mail, mcabber for xmpp, weechat for irc,
calcurse for calendar, cmus for music, newsbeuter for rss, ranger as
file manager, and youtube-viewer for searching/watching youtube.
I still
> My solution is that you should include in the Trisquel installation a
> checkbox that indicates whether or not activate accessibility features.
> It's just an opinion, what do you think about it?
That could work. Or a dialog at first login to configure accessibility
settings. Or a separate ISO
> I hope that doesn't happen. This helps people with visual impairments use
> Trisquel easily. Accessibility features are an important part of
> Trisquel's standard edition.
Agreed. It's easier for someone who doesn't need accessibility features
to disable them than for someone who does need them
This is just LightDM, not MATE, right? If so, just click on the
accessibility icon at the top right and disable the screen reader.
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> in my case I am zero skilled so
> I think I should start from a full installation.
I was completely new to GNU/Linux when I installed Trisquel. There were
a couple of challenges at the beginning, but this community guided me
through them. Since you have a macbook your WiFi card probably wont
> And what about zero phone deserve to buy it ?
Sorry, by "zero phone" I thought you meant "no phone."
It looks like the Zero Phone is based on the Raspberry Pi Zero. Assuming
that the Raspberry Pi Zero has the same freedom issues as other
Raspberry Pi models, the Zero Phone will probably be
> Why would the neo900 and Librem 5 be freer than JMP on a computer with no
> modem?
It wouldn't necessarily be. It would depend on the freedom of the system
on which you're using JMP. If you use JMP in Windows, your whole OS
is proprietary, so you'll be less free than with the Librem 5 or neo900
> Is this: https://jmp.chat/ a legit page to follow in that regard?
Yes.
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Freest would be no phone or using JMP on a computer with no modem.
Next freest (for now) would be Replicant, followed by LineageOS, but the
neo900 and Librem 5 will be freer once they are available.
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> I think no. Techoethical selles 10 years old laptops for 4-10x higher price
> to survive somehow. I bought the same laptop on trash-market for 25 EURO.
I doubt the laptop was already librebooted, though. You might know how
to libreboot it yourself, but someone who is uncomfortable with external
Abrowser is rebranded Firefox with freedom issues addressed and better
privacy settings. When a site doesn't work in Abrowser, I find that 99%
of the time it is not a bug, but due to one of these modifications,
usually a privacy setting.
First I would try the site with Firefox.[1] If it works,
> And we will be with low computing power for ever ?
Only if we keep using Intel and AMD hardware. Non-x86 architectures have
more potential.
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> I installed mate-power-manager and mystically Fn+[key] started to work and
> random clicks disappeared.
If you're using Trisquel's default desktop environment,
mate-power-manager should have already been installed as part of the
'trisquel' metapackage. If you run into any other problems, you
> So we will never use a i3 or i5 procecor ?
That's my understanding, yes. Intel is a dead end.
See https://jxself.org/titanic.shtml
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> I wonder why is that first PPA on my system, I've never added it.
I have no idea how a PPA could have gotten added without you adding it
yourself.
> I also
> want to say that I can't delete it with ppa-purge.
That's also weird. Try opening Control Center -> Software & Updates and
go to the
> May one day libreboot will move to thinkpad x220 and x230
I wish, but no. I think they might have been working on the X220 last
year, but they've since concluded that it's not feasible.
See here: https://libreboot.org/faq.html#intel
"Basically, all Intel hardware from year 2010 and beyond
> PureOS does not naively have Synaptic
It might not have it installed by default like Trisquel, but you can
probably install it with
$ sudo apt install synaptic
> and using it's 'software store' has
> been a pain in my butt as half the packages I try to install give a "not
> found" error.
Not
> Or, is it a Kernel
> being old issue
Possibly.
> and I need to compile a newer version of the Kernel from
> scratch?
No. The default is 4.4, but the Trisquel repo has 4.15 as well. You can
also get other kernel versions from jxself's repo.
https://jxself.org/linux-libre/
Do you know what
> https://duckduckgo.com/html
That's what I was referring to. The HTML version is missing some of the
functionality of the JavaScript version. Searx and Startpage don't
require JavaScript for any of their features, as far as I've noticed.
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> I am kind of limited on ixquick (startpage) as it only displays one page of
> search.
Really? I occasionally use Startpage and in my experience it returns
multiple pages of results. There are navigation buttons at the bottom of
the page.
> I don't like duckduckgo because they colluded with
> I'm getting an error
Please copy/paste or screenshot the error.
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> Is there any way to map it so that it instantly screenshots only the active
> window?
Use the command 'mate-screenshot --window'.
$ man mate-screenshot
to see more options.
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> http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/Linux_distributions_without_systemd
Not all of these distros are free. ConnochaetOS, Parabola, Hyperbola,
and GuixSD are, but I wouldn't recommend any of the others on this list
without checking them out first. Also, Trisquel is on that list even
though
Are you using MATE? If so, just go to Control Center -> Keyboard
Shortcuts and map the command 'mate-screenshot' to your preferred
shortcut. That's for a simple screenshot of the whole workspace. If you
want a dialog with more options, the command is
'mate-screenshot --interactive'
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> how hard do you
> think it would be to maintain Trisquel 7, without systemd?
Trisquel 7 still has six months left, but after that it will no longer
be supported upstream and won't receive security updates. Continuing to
maintain a 5+ year old release doesn't seem like a good use of effort.
> The problem is, that menu does not exist in my system
> settings.
First I'd make sure that you have all desktop components by reinstalling
the triskel metapackage.
$ sudo apt install triskel
> When facing other issues of missing menus, the solution was to install some
> package to get access
> There are applications where performances are essential.
For sure, which is what I meant by "in general." However, I talk to many
ordinary desktop users who base their decisions not on the requirements
of specific applications but on "old=bad, new=good" and purchase laptops
with 16 GB that they
> "coreboot is not necessary because libreboot exists"
>
> Libreboot uses coreboot code. Without "blob" indeed but it wouldn't exist at
> all without the coreboot effort.
This is true, but I was referring not to coreboot's development but to
its use. To be more clear I could have said that the
> e
Indeed.
Grevengull, in about:config what is the value of
browser.search.defaultenginename? It should be DuckDuckGo.[1]
[1]
https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/package-helpers/blob/flidas/helpers/DATA/firefox/settings.js
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Neither the upgrade to 62 nor installing xserver-xorg-hwe-16.04 resolved
the issue for me.
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> Does anyone know how to setup Audacity or Ardour4
> to accomplish this? I also have installed qjackctl to try to figure it out.
>
> Thanks!
>
I can't help you with Discord, but I can help with your more general
question about recording the audio output of a program. The best
approach I am
> How can I install MATE so I can try it instead?
$ sudo apt install trisquel
> If I then decide to use MATE, I won't need KDE anymore. So how would I
> uninstall KDE?
At that point you might as well reinstall Trisquel using the regular
ISO. If for some reason this is not an option, you could
Try installing the package 'triskel' to make sure that the entire
desktop environment is installed.
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The computer on which I have this issue currently does not work, so
until the part I need to fix it arrives I can't test any further. Here,
however, are some ideas that come to mind. Maybe someone else can look
into them for now.
- Does the same issue happen with Ubuntu's Firefox? If not, then
> Though the
> frequency/occurrence of the problem is lesser on IceCat than Abrowser, but
> yes, facing the issue on both browsers.
Interesting. I haven't noticed the issue with IceCat, but I don't use it
much. Have you tried vanilla Firefox and/or Tor Browser?
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> Does anyone take any notes at these meetings? Or at least logs? If so, is
> there a place on the website they are posted, so those who can't attend can
> read them?
This would be useful. I don't know if anyone is currently doing it.
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> Is there anything I need to do to undo the things I
> did when I followed the wrong set of instructions?
If apt no longer says you have broken packages, and if
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ring-nightly-main.list now says "16.04" instead of
"18.04", I don't think you need to do anything else.
> I thought he was figuratively speaking... Would be cool if s/he responded to
> this post!
Jodiendo isn't using Trisquel 9. If you want to ask questions or share
suggestions about Trisquel 9 development, the next Freedom Friday
meeting is probably the place to do it. 11am EST.
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> The magic SysRq key is your friend.
Thanks! I wish I'd known this a long time ago...
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> As much as I'd like a GNOME desktop on Trisquel, GNOME Videos is
> totally borked in Trisquel 8. That's a deal-breaker for me, since I
> use it to watch YouTube.
If you want a solid desktop client (as opposed to a site like
invidio.us) for watching YouTube videos, I highly recommend
> sudo apt purge trisquel
I have removed 'trisquel' and still have the MATE desktop. The only
difference between 'purge' and 'remove' is that purge removes config
files, so that shouldn't remove MATE either.
$ sudo apt install mate-desktop
followed by
$ sudo apt autoremove
might do it.
> (again)
Was it ever back up?
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