Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Or perhaps more than a bit more ;) I see that the Librem 14 version 1 > starts at $1470, for an i7 10710U, 8GB RAM, 250GB SSD, 14" 1920x1080 > screen, no WLAN. I'm pretty sure you can do a whole lot better than > that from the standard brands. Indeed, you pay more, but it funds development of co

Re: No deb for seamonkey?

2021-05-19 Thread didier gaumet
Hello, I would say that you express your point of view with unnecessary vigour and that it is not fully endorsed by the Debian community: https://wiki.debian.org/Seamonkey (disclaimer sentence) https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian Cheers :-)

Re: Entangle

2021-05-19 Thread mick crane
On 2021-05-19 15:26, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: Hi, On 2021-05-19 4:17 a.m., mick crane wrote: Installed Entangle on Bullseye for use with Canon 40d and it Just Works, cool. Can I lock the mirror up permanently and use either Entangle or the camera shutter button ? You mean that y

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 19 May 2021 22:48:18 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Or perhaps more than a bit more ;) I see that the Librem 14 version > > 1 starts at $1470, for an i7 10710U, 8GB RAM, 250GB SSD, 14" > > 1920x1080 screen, no WLAN. I'm pretty sure you can do a whole lot > > better than that from the stand

Re: No deb for seamonkey?

2021-05-19 Thread Siard
Bob Bernstein: > Richard Owlett: > > I've been getting SeaMonkey from there since days of Squeeze > > [now running Buster] without any problems. > > Yes. They don't distribute debs, but they do distribute binary > versions with install procedures. > > Not sure which route I should take, binary

Re: No deb for seamonkey?

2021-05-19 Thread Felix Miata
Richard Owlett composed on 2021-05-19 03:32 (UTC-0500): > Siard wrote: >>> You can simply download Seamonkey deb's from here: >>> https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/ >> Correction: those are .tar.bz2 packages. >> Getting older. Age takes its toll, I guess. > I've been getting SeaM

Re: No deb for seamonkey?

2021-05-19 Thread Bret Busby
On 20/5/21 4:55 am, Bob Bernstein wrote: On Wed, 19 May 2021, Richard Owlett wrote: I've been getting SeaMonkey from there since days of Squeeze [now running Buster] without any problems. Yes. They don't distribute debs, but they do distribute binary versions with install procedures. Not s

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread Joel Roth
George Shuklin wrote: > On 5/18/21 10:49 PM, George Shuklin wrote: > > I'm trying to choose between Purism and System76, and, as far as I > > understand they both supports linux very well, but.. > That leave System76. But they have only models with nvidia available, and we > all knows how open are

Re: No deb for seamonkey?

2021-05-19 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Wed, 19 May 2021, Richard Owlett wrote: I've been getting SeaMonkey from there since days of Squeeze [now running Buster] without any problems. Yes. They don't distribute debs, but they do distribute binary versions with install procedures. Not sure which route I should take, binary from

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 19 May 2021 14:29:15 Dan Ritter wrote: > Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > On 2021-05-19 2:01 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 01:29:44PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > >> Now if what you are telling me is : > > >> That all software

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread James B
I'd recommend a HP ProBook.I have the 15" 6570b from 2012/13 and it's a great machine.A bit chunky now compared to new generation machines but still a nice looking laptop and very solid and well built, with a good screen.Best thing about it is that the bottom panel slides off with no screws to r

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi ! On 2021-05-19 3:28 p.m., Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 02:23:40PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: >> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 02:15:29PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside >> wrote: >>> Why would a package I get from a git repository be supportable but a >>> package I s

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 02:23:40PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 02:15:29PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: > > Why would a package I get from a git repository be supportable but a > > package I save some packaging time and get from another sour

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi ! On 2021-05-19 3:08 p.m., Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 19 mai 21, 13:29:44, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >> >> If this is not a Debian question then tell my what it is ? >> "Why did it was chosen to use the -fPIC option in buildflags.mk on the >> AMD64 platform and will this matter

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 12:48:47PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > freenode staff: > > > > https://blog.bofh.it/debian/id_461 > > I suppose Marco is a serious guy, but it's hard to take seriously a > statement that refers (without sourcing) to one's antagonist as "a > Trumpian wannabe kore

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 19 mai 21, 13:29:44, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > If this is not a Debian question then tell my what it is ? > "Why did it was chosen to use the -fPIC option in buildflags.mk on the > AMD64 platform and will this matter if I take if off because I'm trying > to build a software

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi On 2021-05-19 2:24 p.m., Nicolas George wrote: > Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside (12021-05-19): >> Why would a package I get from a git repository be supportable but a >> package I save some packaging time and get from another source (Kali, >> Ubuntu for example) would become unsupportable ? >

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
On 2021-05-19 2:23 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 02:15:29PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: >> Why would a package I get from a git repository be supportable but a >> package I save some packaging time and get from another source (Kali, >> Ubuntu for exampl

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Dan Ritter
Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > > On 2021-05-19 2:29 p.m., Dan Ritter wrote: > > Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > I already know not to install untrusted software on my computer. We're all happy about that. Not everyone is as good about that as you are. This is not about

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
On 2021-05-19 2:29 p.m., Dan Ritter wrote: > Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >> >> On 2021-05-19 2:01 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: >>> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 01:29:44PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside >>> wrote: Now if what you are telling me is : That all software that I

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Dan Ritter
Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > On 2021-05-19 2:01 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 01:29:44PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > > wrote: > >> Now if what you are telling me is : > >> That all software that I may run on my Linux box that are not inside the

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Nicolas George
Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside (12021-05-19): > Why would a package I get from a git repository be supportable but a > package I save some packaging time and get from another source (Kali, > Ubuntu for example) would become unsupportable ? Because the shortcut that allows you to save some time is

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 02:15:29PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Why would a package I get from a git repository be supportable but a > package I save some packaging time and get from another source (Kali, > Ubuntu for example) would become unsupportable ? Because things you pull

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
On 2021-05-19 2:01 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 01:29:44PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: >> Now if what you are telling me is : >> That all software that I may run on my Linux box that are not inside the >> Debian repository will make my system a "franke

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 01:29:44PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Now if what you are telling me is : > That all software that I may run on my Linux box that are not inside the > Debian repository will make my system a "frankendebian" and will entitle > myself to be called off-topi

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread Martin Smith
On 19/05/2021 16:32, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Mi, 19 mai 21, 11:06:44, Celejar wrote: On Wed, 19 May 2021 17:27:16 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Mi, 19 mai 21, 07:58:05, Celejar wrote: My previous main machine had been a T60. I gave that up when its keyboard failed. I know that one of the

Re: Restoring sticky bits after accidentally moving /usr directory

2021-05-19 Thread songbird
Steve Dondley wrote: ... > Thanks for the offer. However, I fixed the problem by doing: > > "sudo find /usr -perm g=s" and sudo "find /usr -perm u=s" on a known > good install similar to my broken machine. > > Then I manually changed permissions on the broken machine. It didn't > take too long an

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread George Shuklin
On 5/18/21 10:49 PM, George Shuklin wrote: I'm trying to choose between Purism and System76, and, as far as I understand they both supports linux very well, but.. Which one is better? Or, may me I missed and there are other coreboot (no ME) vendors with high-grade Linux support? I have a neg

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi ! On 2021-05-19 12:57 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 12:29:56PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: >> Yesterday I downloaded the virtualbox package from the Ubuntu repository >> (because I just found it's not in Debian anymore) and compiled it on >> Debian. B

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 19 May 2021 19:13:40 +0200 Erwan David wrote: > Le 19/05/2021 à 18:50, Celejar a écrit : > > > > Andrew Lee is a former owner of Mt. Gox? Source? > > > > Celejar > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Lee_(entrepreneur)&oldid=948396067 Ah, okay. So he was not an owne

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Erwan David
Le 19/05/2021 à 18:50, Celejar a écrit : > > Andrew Lee is a former owner of Mt. Gox? Source? > > Celejar > > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Lee_(entrepreneur)&oldid=948396067

Re: Restoring sticky bits after accidentally moving /usr directory

2021-05-19 Thread Steve Dondley
On 2021-05-19 06:30 AM, Hans wrote: Am Mittwoch, 19. Mai 2021, 00:26:18 CEST schrieb Steve Dondley: I believe, there is no easy way. However, if interested, I can send you my list of permissions of /var and /usr. These are not changed by me with one exception (/var/log/motion/motion.log, as th

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 12:29:56PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Yesterday I downloaded the virtualbox package from the Ubuntu repository > (because I just found it's not in Debian anymore) and compiled it on > Debian. Because all the software that I can't find compiled in the > D

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 19 May 2021 18:32:40 +0200 Erwan David wrote: > Le 19/05/2021 à 18:04, Celejar a écrit : > > On Wed, 19 May 2021 11:00:07 -0500 > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > >> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 10:40 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > >>> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 06:24:20PM +0300, IL Ka wrote: > On W

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 19 May 2021 19:31:09 +0300 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 12:04:51PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > There's currently a network wide mass exodus from Freenode going on > > > today after apparently Freenode was sold to some bitcoin spammers. > > > > Wow - I just saw thi

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Erwan David
Le 19/05/2021 à 18:04, Celejar a écrit : > On Wed, 19 May 2021 11:00:07 -0500 > Paul Johnson wrote: > >> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 10:40 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: >>> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 06:24:20PM +0300, IL Ka wrote: On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 6:22 PM Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside < deb

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-05-19 12:00 p.m., Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 10:40 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: >> >> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 06:24:20PM +0300, IL Ka wrote: >>> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 6:22 PM Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside < >>> deb...@polynamaude.com> wrote: >>> Hi ! Is the

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 12:04:51PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > There's currently a network wide mass exodus from Freenode going on > > today after apparently Freenode was sold to some bitcoin spammers. > > Wow - I just saw this: > > https://lwn.net/Articles/856543/ > > But it didn't m

IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-05-19 11:40 a.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 06:24:20PM +0300, IL Ka wrote: >> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 6:22 PM Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside < >> deb...@polynamaude.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi ! >>> Is there some IRC channel for Debian ? >>> >> >> https://wiki.debian.

Re: grub-set-default

2021-05-19 Thread IL Ka
> > > I cannot see any changes in /etc/grub.d/ or /etc/default/grub > It saves data in the GRUB environment block https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/grub.html#Environment-block Somewhere in /boot/grub/grubenv but I think firmware storage may also be used To use it, you must set GRUB_D

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 19 May 2021 11:00:07 -0500 Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 10:40 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 06:24:20PM +0300, IL Ka wrote: > > > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 6:22 PM Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside < > > > deb...@polynamaude.com> wrote: > > > > > > >

Re: grub-set-default

2021-05-19 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Richmond, On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 04:34:34PM +0100, Richmond wrote: > grub-set-default 5 > > I cannot see any changes in /etc/grub.d/ or /etc/default/grub grub-set-default makes changes to /boot/grub/grubenv, which is read by the grub binary at boot time. You can examine its contents with: $

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 19 May 2021 18:32:56 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 19 mai 21, 11:06:44, Celejar wrote: > > On Wed, 19 May 2021 17:27:16 +0300 > > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > On Mi, 19 mai 21, 07:58:05, Celejar wrote: > > > > > > > > My previous main machine had been a T60. I gave that up wh

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 10:40 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 06:24:20PM +0300, IL Ka wrote: > > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 6:22 PM Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside < > > deb...@polynamaude.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi ! > > > Is there some IRC channel for Debian ? > > > > > > > http

grub-set-default

2021-05-19 Thread Richmond
This command doesn't seem to do anything. I thought perhaps there was a grub2 version, but it seems this is the grub2 version. Command 'grub2-set-default' not found, did you mean: command 'grub-set-default' from deb grub-legacy command 'grub-set-default' from deb grub2-common grub-set-defaul

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 06:24:20PM +0300, IL Ka wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 6:22 PM Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside < > deb...@polynamaude.com> wrote: > > > Hi ! > > Is there some IRC channel for Debian ? > > > > https://wiki.debian.org/IRC It's worth mentioning that there are #debian cha

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 19 mai 21, 11:06:44, Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 19 May 2021 17:27:16 +0300 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Mi, 19 mai 21, 07:58:05, Celejar wrote: > > > > > > My previous main machine had been a T60. I gave that up when its > > > keyboard failed. I know that one of the main selling points

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread IL Ka
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 6:22 PM Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside < deb...@polynamaude.com> wrote: > Hi ! > Is there some IRC channel for Debian ? > https://wiki.debian.org/IRC

IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi ! Is there some IRC channel for Debian ? I'm more than certain there is but where would I find the most active ones ? Thanks -- Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside -Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 19 May 2021 17:27:16 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 19 mai 21, 07:58:05, Celejar wrote: > > > > My previous main machine had been a T60. I gave that up when its > > keyboard failed. I know that one of the main selling points of > > ThinkPads is their keyboards: they are certainly v

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi On 2021-05-19 3:39 a.m., to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 04:01:41PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: >> Hi ! >> I've had good experiences with HP EliteBook. >> I'm not sure what you mean by Linux support. > > The "linux support" George is talking about is just

Re: Entangle

2021-05-19 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi On 2021-05-19 4:17 a.m., mick crane wrote: > Installed Entangle on Bullseye for use with Canon 40d and it Just Works, > cool. > Can I lock the mirror up permanently and use either Entangle or the > camera shutter button ? > I could try but I thought I'd ask first. > mick Also, you can give a lo

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 19 mai 21, 07:58:05, Celejar wrote: > > My previous main machine had been a T60. I gave that up when its > keyboard failed. I know that one of the main selling points of > ThinkPads is their keyboards: they are certainly very good, but > apparently they don't last forever ;) At least they

Re: Entangle

2021-05-19 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-05-19 4:17 a.m., mick crane wrote: > Installed Entangle on Bullseye for use with Canon 40d and it Just Works, > cool. > Can I lock the mirror up permanently and use either Entangle or the > camera shutter button ? You mean that you'd like to take picture in live view ? Because that's e

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread George Shuklin
On 19/05/2021 15:06, Celejar wrote: On Wed, 19 May 2021 09:39:06 +0200 wrote: On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 04:01:41PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: Hi ! I've had good experiences with HP EliteBook. I'm not sure what you mean by Linux support. The "linux support" George is talking

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread tomas
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 08:06:19AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 19 May 2021 09:39:06 +0200 > wrote: [...] > Or perhaps more than a bit more ;) I see that the Librem 14 version 1 > starts at $1470, for an i7 10710U, 8GB RAM, 250GB SSD, 14" 1920x1080 > screen, no WLAN. I'm pretty sure you can d

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 19 May 2021 09:39:06 +0200 wrote: > On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 04:01:41PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: > > Hi ! > > I've had good experiences with HP EliteBook. > > I'm not sure what you mean by Linux support. > > The "linux support" George is talking about is just a tad

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 19 May 2021 09:41:39 +0200 wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 10:09:12AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Ma, 18 mai 21, 22:49:31, George Shuklin wrote: > > > I'm trying to choose between Purism and System76, and, as far as I > > > understand they both supports linux very well, but.. > >

s2ram and I/O Device Error (Jessie)

2021-05-19 Thread Nikolay Mashkov
Hi, alias -g hib='sudo s2ram --force --vbe_post' worked fine for me for years. This year on fresh OS / new live flash memory stick I got: "I/O Device Error" and then a "read only mode" after "Waking up". Got this issue on 2 laptops almost at same time. Any advices how to fix it on Jessie

Re: Restoring sticky bits after accidentally moving /usr directory

2021-05-19 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 11:40:38PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 11:46:38PM +, Andy Smith wrote: > > I can't think of an easy way if you don't have backups. If you have > > another system you could get a list of all its permissions like so: > > > > # find /usr -

Re: Restoring sticky bits after accidentally moving /usr directory

2021-05-19 Thread Hans
Am Mittwoch, 19. Mai 2021, 00:26:18 CEST schrieb Steve Dondley: I believe, there is no easy way. However, if interested, I can send you my list of permissions of /var and /usr. These are not changed by me with one exception (/var/log/motion/motion.log, as there is a bug). Please send me your pri

Re: No deb for seamonkey?

2021-05-19 Thread Richard Owlett
On 05/18/2021 03:55 PM, Siard wrote: I wrote: You can simply download Seamonkey deb's from here: https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/ Correction: those are .tar.bz2 packages. Getting older. Age takes its toll, I guess. I've been getting SeaMonkey from there since days of Squeez

Entangle

2021-05-19 Thread mick crane
Installed Entangle on Bullseye for use with Canon 40d and it Just Works, cool. Can I lock the mirror up permanently and use either Entangle or the camera shutter button ? I could try but I thought I'd ask first. mick -- Key ID4BFEBB31

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread tomas
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 10:09:12AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 18 mai 21, 22:49:31, George Shuklin wrote: > > I'm trying to choose between Purism and System76, and, as far as I > > understand they both supports linux very well, but.. > > > > Which one is better? Or, may me I missed and t

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread tomas
On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 04:01:41PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi ! > I've had good experiences with HP EliteBook. > I'm not sure what you mean by Linux support. The "linux support" George is talking about is just a tad... stronger :) Both Purism and System76 come with pre-ins

Re: Linux kernel 5.10 (or 5.4) with Debian Buster

2021-05-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 19 mai 21, 10:25:36, Brendan Simon (eTRIX) wrote: > I'm currently using Debian Buster on an embedded system (ARM) and am > currently using an older 4.4 kernel. > > I need to upgrade to later version to support a new Ethernet Phy device > (KSZ9131). > > Kernel 4.19 is the default for Buster

Re: Restoring sticky bits after accidentally moving /usr directory

2021-05-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 18 mai 21, 18:26:18, Steve Dondley wrote: > I goofed up and accidentally moved my /usr directory while trying to make > room on a full drive. I was able to recover, but I'm finding that services > are not working because the sticky bits for many files /usr/bin/* were lost. > For example, I c

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 18 mai 21, 22:49:31, George Shuklin wrote: > I'm trying to choose between Purism and System76, and, as far as I > understand they both supports linux very well, but.. > > Which one is better? Or, may me I missed and there are other coreboot (no > ME) vendors with high-grade Linux support? >