Re: ogg123, ALSA and Pulseaudio

2022-05-17 Thread Charles Kroeger
> PulseAudio is waning and Pipewire is waxing; > WirePlumber is a session manager for Pipewire. ah, just so, I am glad it is.

Re: Disable connections to Internet without user's consent

2022-05-17 Thread tomas
On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 11:39:44PM -0400, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: [...] > What about popularity-contest? Regardless of whether it fits in here, > am hoping it maybe triggers thoughts of other packages that quietly > phone home. It is optional, so you'd have to install it explicitly. Cheers --

Re: Disable connections to Internet without user's consent

2022-05-17 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 5/17/22, Dan Ritter wrote: > Andrea Monaco wrote: >> >> I wonder all the ways a standard installation and configuration connects >> to the Internet without the user's consent, and how to disable it. >> >> I can think of the automatic check for updates and the automatic >> security updates. Any

Firefox context menu and tooltip on wrong display?

2022-05-17 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
I have recently decommissioned my main desktop workstation and switched to using my laptop for daily work (rather than only when travelling). I acquired a USB-C "docking station" and have connected two external monitors (which were formerly attached to my desktop machine). For some strange reason

Re: Disable connections to Internet without user's consent

2022-05-17 Thread Dan Ritter
Andrea Monaco wrote: > > I wonder all the ways a standard installation and configuration connects > to the Internet without the user's consent, and how to disable it. > > I can think of the automatic check for updates and the automatic > security updates. Any other? Is there a manual page that

Re: Disable connections to Internet without user's consent

2022-05-17 Thread IL Ka
Unless you enable unattended upgrades explicitly ( https://wiki.debian.org/UnattendedUpgrades) Debian wouldn't download them automatically. Some tools may send multicast requests (I think Avahi does: https://wiki.debian.org/Avahi) You can use `tcmpdump` to check all your Internet traffic, and then

Disable connections to Internet without user's consent

2022-05-17 Thread Andrea Monaco
I wonder all the ways a standard installation and configuration connects to the Internet without the user's consent, and how to disable it. I can think of the automatic check for updates and the automatic security updates. Any other? Is there a manual page that lists all of them? Thanks, A

Re: ogg123, ALSA and Pulseaudio

2022-05-17 Thread Dan Ritter
Charles Kroeger wrote: > >Note: I'm using Debian/unstable. > > I'm using Bookworm as well. > > I was just happy at first that I had some reliable sound again. but I don't > use my desktop with Bluetooth or headphones as you've described in your > bug report. > > Pipewire is waning and WirePlum

Re: ogg123, ALSA and Pulseaudio

2022-05-17 Thread Charles Kroeger
>Note: I'm using Debian/unstable. I'm using Bookworm as well. I was just happy at first that I had some reliable sound again. but I don't use my desktop with Bluetooth or headphones as you've described in your bug report. Pipewire is waning and WirePlumber is waxing. I'll put it that way.

Re: Permanent email address?

2022-05-17 Thread David Wright
On Tue 17 May 2022 at 13:52:03 (-0300), Chris Mitchell wrote: > Also note that you very much do *not* need to run your own MTA to > achieve the goal of an address you own and can move from provider to > provider. Very much agree. And with a good choice of provider, you may not want or need to. >

Re: Permanent email address?

2022-05-17 Thread Chris Mitchell
On Tue, 17 May 2022 12:22:48 -0400 Edwin Zimmerman wrote: > > If you can't get a static IP address for your home computer, > > consider running your mail server on a cheap VPS (Virtual Private > > Server). This may be cheaper than a static IP address for your > > home, depending on your ISP. > >

Re: Permanent email address?

2022-05-17 Thread 황병희
rhkra...@gmail.com writes: > Thanks to all who replied! > > I'll need to think over what I want to do. That is true. Email stuff is not easy always. > I guess if I want to run a local MTA, I'd need either a static IP address > (along with a domain) or I'm guessing I could use one of those servi

Re: Permanent email address?

2022-05-17 Thread IL Ka
> > > Don't host your email on just any old cheap VPS. Many VPS providers have > bad reputations for not policing spam senders, and as a consequence large > email services like gmail often block whole ip ranges that belong to these > VPS providers. > At least make sure the IP address isn't blackli

Re: Permanent email address?

2022-05-17 Thread Edwin Zimmerman
On 5/17/22 07:43, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 07:29:51AM -0400, Edwin Zimmerman wrote: >> I would not recommend running an MTA on a dynamic IP address.  I can >> absolutely guarantee you that emails sent from such a system will not reach >> the recipient.  Most email servers bloc

smartd in LXQT

2022-05-17 Thread Hans
Hi folks, just a question: When I am running LXQT, it appears that a window pops up, telling it needs my root password to allow to write new informations of the smartd into the device. This happens only in LXQT, so I believe, something is overwriting the settings of the smart demon. But I co

Re: Permanent email address?

2022-05-17 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 07:29:51AM -0400, Edwin Zimmerman wrote: > I would not recommend running an MTA on a dynamic IP address.  I can > absolutely guarantee you that emails sent from such a system will not reach > the recipient.  Most email servers block emails from MTAs with dynamic IP > address

Re: Permanent email address?

2022-05-17 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 12:20:52PM +0100, mick crane wrote: > On 2022-05-17 01:44, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > Thanks to all who replied! > > > > I'll need to think over what I want to do. > > > > I guess if I want to run a local MTA, I'd need either a static IP > > address > > (along with a do

Re: Permanent email address?

2022-05-17 Thread IL Ka
> > I would not recommend running an MTA on a dynamic IP address. I can > absolutely guarantee you that emails sent from such a system will not reach > the recipient. > +1. You also need SPF (DNS record that lists IP addresses allowed to send emails from a certain domain) which isn't easy if you

Re: Permanent email address?

2022-05-17 Thread Edwin Zimmerman
> I'm guessing I could use one of those services (and > software) that lets you use a dynamic IP address (by doing something like > updating you if your IP address changes. I would not recommend running an MTA on a dynamic IP address.  I can absolutely guarantee you that emails sent from such

Re: Permanent email address?

2022-05-17 Thread mick crane
On 2022-05-17 01:44, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to all who replied! I'll need to think over what I want to do. I guess if I want to run a local MTA, I'd need either a static IP address (along with a domain) or I'm guessing I could use one of those services (and software) that lets you u

Re: ogg123, ALSA and Pulseaudio

2022-05-17 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2022-05-17 00:43:32 -0400, Charles Kroeger wrote: > from a google search: > > In Debian 10, PipeWire 0.2. 5 is available, and should not need to manually > be installed, as it's usually brought in as a dependency by applications > that make use of it. In Debian 11, PipeWire 0.3. 19 is available