Re: query about kernel, download options, sessions

2020-09-08 Thread nenu crok
> i am privacy freak, hence not using android. however, after seeing size of > libreoffice, is there any way an option to download only small portion. i > have overheard aboout similar option in our os debian. this is must, only > metered ethernet or wifi connections in my area. i am specifical

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

2020-09-08 Thread Richard Hector
On 9/09/20 3:12 am, Charles Curley wrote: > Key to my requirements is two Ethernet ports. You can't do a very good > firewall with less than that. 100 Mbs is a reasonable minimum. Actually, you can do ok if you combine it with a VLAN-capable switch. I believe that's how most of the consumer-grade

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

2020-09-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 08 sep 20, 19:32:54, deloptes wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > PINE A64 (not sure if that's a + or not) > > http://wiki.pine64.org/images/1/1d/Power_Consumption.jpg > > > > you missed that we need at least 2 network adapters The question was about a 64bit capable machine running on m

Re: Help - How to paste from host (Debian) to Virtual machine (Win10)

2020-09-08 Thread Dennis Wicks
Kushal Kumaran wrote on 9/7/20 7:31 PM: Dennis Wicks writes: Greetings! Is there any way that I can copy and paste from Deb host to VM Win10 and vice versa? Assuming you are using qemu-kvm to run your VM, the search keyword would be SPICE. You need to have the appropriate devices attached

Re: query about kernel, download options, sessions

2020-09-08 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-09-08 15:04, Charles Curley wrote: On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 13:48:03 -0700 David Christensen wrote: I added an alias to my .profile so that --no-install-recommends is always set: 2020-09-08 13:45:56 root@tinkywinky ~ # grep 'no-install-recommends' .profile* .profile:alias apt-get='apt-get -

Re: Why start the first partition at 2 MIB, why not at any multiple of 4096 bytes ...

2020-09-08 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-09-08 14:43, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, September 08, 2020 04:39:05 PM David Christensen wrote: Neither the string "2 MiB" nor the string "2 M" appear on page you have cited. That is correct, that's is what I have not found on that page. Please provide a URL that advocat

Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands

2020-09-08 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-09-08 05:16, Christoph K. wrote: David Christensen wrote: I'll probably go with the QT GUI Framework with either C++ or Python as programming language. Those sound like plausible choices. Will the app include accessibility features? Privacy? Security? No. That response may

Re: query about kernel, download options, sessions

2020-09-08 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 13:48:03 -0700 David Christensen wrote: > I added an alias to my .profile so that --no-install-recommends is > always set: > > 2020-09-08 13:45:56 root@tinkywinky ~ > # grep 'no-install-recommends' .profile* > .profile:alias apt-get='apt-get --no-install-recommends' You may

Re: Why start the first partition at 2 MIB, why not at any multiple of 4096 bytes ...

2020-09-08 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, September 08, 2020 04:39:05 PM David Christensen wrote: > Neither the string "2 MiB" nor the string "2 M" appear on page you have > cited. That is correct, that's is what I have not found on that page. > Please provide a URL that advocates "start the first partition at 2 MIB" Maybe

Re: query about kernel, download options, sessions

2020-09-08 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-09-08 03:45, nenu crok wrote: hello debian users, Hello. :-) after bit of research, i have decided to install debian. it is rock solid. i have few queries. please be simple. english is not my native language. i assumed kernel is most important for system security. do we have tweak

Re: Why start the first partition at 2 MIB, why not at any multiple of 4096 bytes ...

2020-09-08 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 12:53:00PM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: Why start the first partition at 2 MIB, why not at any multiple of 4096 bytes that leaves room for whatever may need to be at the beginning of the disk (like maybe the MBR, or LILO, or ???)? The current basic default is 1MByte.

Re: query about kernel, download options, sessions

2020-09-08 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-09-08 10:27, Marko Randjelovic wrote: On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 10:45:41 + nenu crok wrote: i am privacy freak, hence not using android. however, after seeing size of libreoffice, is there any way an option to download only small portion. i have overheard aboout similar option in our os

Re: Why start the first partition at 2 MIB, why not at any multiple of 4096 bytes ...

2020-09-08 Thread David Christensen
On Tuesday, September 08, 2020 12:53:00 PM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: Why start the first partition at 2 MIB, why not at any multiple of 4096 bytes that leaves room for whatever may need to be at the beginning of the disk (like maybe the MBR, or LILO, or ???)? I've seen the advice to align partit

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

2020-09-08 Thread deloptes
Michael Stone wrote: > Well, they cost a heck of a lot less to send to the US. :D I also think positive :) I have now one that is working fine. I'll look forward to keep it running until it dies or I have a real reason to upgrade :)

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

2020-09-08 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 07:26:33PM +0200, deloptes wrote: Yes I looked at it - fully configured €250,- without shipment and there was some reason that I dropped the idea and looked at alternatives. Well, they cost a heck of a lot less to send to the US. :D

Re: virt-install returns error

2020-09-08 Thread john doe
On 9/6/2020 4:09 PM, Charles Zeitler wrote: On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 10:47 AM john doe wrote: On 9/3/2020 5:34 PM, Charles Zeitler wrote: On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 1:47 AM john doe wrote: On 9/3/2020 4:53 AM, Charles Zeitler wrote: On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 11:16 PM Kenneth Parker wrote: On

Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands

2020-09-08 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, 7 Sep 2020 22:43:37 +0200 "Christoph K." wrote: > I'd like to "automate" a couple of tasks that I (until now) do on the > command line manually. Examples include splitting of video files using > ffmpeg, run backups with specific parameters, display checksums(md5), > etc. > > I'm tired of

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

2020-09-08 Thread deloptes
Andrei POPESCU wrote: > PINE A64 (not sure if that's a + or not) > http://wiki.pine64.org/images/1/1d/Power_Consumption.jpg > you missed that we need at least 2 network adapters

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

2020-09-08 Thread deloptes
Charles Curley wrote: > I don't need Firefox for these. Three of the four machines I just > checked don't have libboost on them, and the fourth may not actually > need it. but still the question is if you don't need it for building things that you need - especially thy python that is required to

Re: query about kernel, download options, sessions

2020-09-08 Thread Marko Randjelovic
On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 10:45:41 + nenu crok wrote: > i am privacy freak, hence not using android. however, after seeing size of > libreoffice, is there any way an option to download only small portion. i > have overheard aboout similar option in our os debian. this is must, only > metered ethe

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

2020-09-08 Thread deloptes
Michael Stone wrote: > pcengines APU2 (3 nic) or APU4 (4 nic) will come in well under that, has > 2 or 4GB RAM, quad core 1GHz CPU, and draws 6-12W. > > It will also have lower network latency, much higher bandwidth limit, > and allow you to run more advanced services on the firewall. Yes I look

Re: Why start the first partition at 2 MIB, why not at any multiple of 4096 bytes ...

2020-09-08 Thread Tixy
On Tue, 2020-09-08 at 12:53 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Why start the first partition at 2 MIB, why not at any multiple of 4096 bytes > that leaves room for whatever may need to be at the beginning of the disk > (like maybe the MBR, or LILO, or ???)? I believe it's for 'disks' based on so

Re: query about kernel, download options, sessions

2020-09-08 Thread riveravaldez
On 9/8/20, nenu crok wrote: > On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 10:45:41 + > nenu crok wrote: > >> after seeing size of libreoffice, is there any way an option to >> download only small portion. > >> Consider other office software instead: ABIword, gnumeric, etc. I always recommend AbiWord: it's not just m

Re: Why start the first partition at 2 MIB, why not at any multiple of 4096 bytes ...

2020-09-08 Thread rhkramer
Sorry, the Wikipedia article is Advanced Format: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Format On Tuesday, September 08, 2020 12:53:00 PM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Why start the first partition at 2 MIB, why not at any multiple of 4096 > bytes that leaves room for whatever may need to be at the

Why start the first partition at 2 MIB, why not at any multiple of 4096 bytes ...

2020-09-08 Thread rhkramer
Why start the first partition at 2 MIB, why not at any multiple of 4096 bytes that leaves room for whatever may need to be at the beginning of the disk (like maybe the MBR, or LILO, or ???)? I've seen the advice to align partitions properly by starting them at a multiple of 4096 bytes, and I ha

Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands

2020-09-08 Thread Tixy
On Tue, 2020-09-08 at 17:41 +0100, Tixy wrote: [...] > You don't have to rely on the GUIs default terminal. If you set > "Terminal=false" in the .desktop file you can launch your script how > you want, e.g. I've used something... > > Exec=lxterminal --geometry=80x30 -e "sh -c /my/script" > I've

Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands

2020-09-08 Thread Tixy
On Tue, 2020-09-08 at 17:15 +0200, Christoph K. wrote: [...] > It doesn't work for me. Am I doing something wrong? > > Anyway, this wouldn't be an optimal solution. In some cases I need to > pass multiple arguments in a specific order. For example an audio and > video file that should be combined

Re: query about kernel, download options, sessions

2020-09-08 Thread nenu crok
On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 10:45:41 + nenu crok wrote: > after seeing size of libreoffice, is there any way an option to > download only small portion. > Consider other office software instead: ABIword, gnumeric, etc. i will certainly consider your suggestion. _ nenu

Re: query about kernel, download options, sessions

2020-09-08 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 10:45:41 + nenu crok wrote: > after seeing size of libreoffice, is there any way an option to > download only small portion. Consider other office software instead: ABIword, gnumeric, etc. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charl

Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands

2020-09-08 Thread Christoph K.
Am Tue, 08 Sep 2020 13:40:03 +0100 schrieb Tixy : > > Put the (ffmpeg) command in a script and run it with argument/s ? > > And run the script from a 'desktop entry' [1] and your desktop GUI may > let you run it with file arguments just by dropping files onto it. You > can put these 'desktop' fil

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

2020-09-08 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, 7 Sep 2020 20:07:52 + Andrew Cater wrote: > I've just had a quick look at the Fit-PC site - all of > them look to be 64 bit capable. The Fit-PC I is no longer on the Fit-PC web site. Wikipedia, however... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fit-PC#fit-PC_1.0 The processor is: root@freeman

Re: keyboard configuration stops working

2020-09-08 Thread Henning Follmann
On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 10:24:52PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Thu 20 Aug 2020 at 09:17:08 (-0400), Henning Follmann wrote: > > > > I have a strange one here. > > I do have in my /etc/default/keyboard this option line: > > > > XKBOPTIONS="lv3:menu_switch,compose:ralt,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,c

Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands

2020-09-08 Thread Tixy
On Tue, 2020-09-08 at 13:40 +0100, Tixy wrote: > And run the script from a 'desktop entry' [1] and your desktop GUI may > let you run it with file arguments just by dropping files onto it. You > can put these 'desktop' files on you desktop or in there own directory > you can open when you have task

Re: query about kernel, download options, sessions

2020-09-08 Thread Dan Ritter
nenu crok wrote: > i have few queries. please be simple. english is not my native language. That's true for lots of people here. > i assumed kernel is most important for system security. do we have tweaked > kernel packages. i dont mind a little of sluggishness or loss of performance. The ker

Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands

2020-09-08 Thread Tixy
On Tue, 2020-09-08 at 13:05 +0100, mick crane wrote: > On 2020-09-07 21:43, Christoph K. wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I'd like to "automate" a couple of tasks that I (until now) do on > > the > > command line manually. Examples include splitting of video files > > using > > ffmpeg, run backups wit

query about kernel, download options, sessions

2020-09-08 Thread nenu crok
hello debian users, after bit of research, i have decided to install debian. it is rock solid. i have few queries. please be simple. english is not my native language. i assumed kernel is most important for system security. do we have tweaked kernel packages. i dont mind a little of sluggishnes

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

2020-09-08 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 07:48:33AM +0200, deloptes wrote: I alaready looked for a replacement. Surprisingly the devices with 3 or 4 network cards cost > 400,- US$ and consume more power. pcengines APU2 (3 nic) or APU4 (4 nic) will come in well under that, has 2 or 4GB RAM, quad core 1GHz CPU,

Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands

2020-09-08 Thread Christoph K.
Hello David, Am Tue, 8 Sep 2020 02:57:30 -0700 schrieb David Christensen : > There are a great many ways to implement graphical user interface > applications. Drag-and-drop support implies good integration with the > window manager or desktop environment. One option is to use a > programming

Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands

2020-09-08 Thread mick crane
On 2020-09-07 21:43, Christoph K. wrote: Dear all, I'd like to "automate" a couple of tasks that I (until now) do on the command line manually. Examples include splitting of video files using ffmpeg, run backups with specific parameters, display checksums(md5), etc. I'm tired of typing the sa

Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands

2020-09-08 Thread David Christensen
On 9/7/20 1:43 PM, Christoph K. wrote: I'd like to "automate" a couple of tasks that I (until now) do on the command line manually. Examples include splitting of video files using ffmpeg, run backups with specific parameters, display checksums(md5), etc. My idea is that I'd start up the gui a

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

2020-09-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 07 sep 20, 12:41:07, Charles Curley wrote: > > They draw less than four watts each, except 5 watts when the hard drive > is spinning up. Has anyone got a 64 bit architecture machine > that frugal? PINE A64 (not sure if that's a + or not) http://wiki.pine64.org/images/1/1d/Power_Consumption