Re: Debian non-free-firmware policy making OS misleading and Free Software unfriendly

2024-04-21 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 21 Apr 2024 13:58 -0700, from reid...@proinbox.com (Reid): > You seem to be suggesting that Debian users now need to read XX > pages of release notes and guides in order to learn that what > they're installing is not what the Debian.org homepage "Why Debian", > "Our Philosophy", and "Who We Are

Subject: Glitchy sound in Steam games after hard drive upgrade

2024-04-21 Thread Charlie Gibbs
I should probably be posting this to the Steam forums, but most of the denizens there are Windows people so I might be better off letting you Debian gurus have a go at it first. TL;DR: Copying an existing /home into a fresh Debian installation causes audio in Steam games to glitch - but all other

Re: Debian non-free-firmware policy making OS misleading and Free Software unfriendly

2024-04-21 Thread David Wright
On Sun 21 Apr 2024 at 21:59:21 (-0400), Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Do you have any suggestion as to which list would be better to contact? > > Original: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2024/04/msg00324.html > > Maybe `reportbug debian-installer`? but perhaps without all the deception crap, un

Re: Debian non-free-firmware policy making OS misleading and Free Software unfriendly

2024-04-21 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Do you have any suggestion as to which list would be better to contact? > Original: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2024/04/msg00324.html Maybe `reportbug debian-installer`? Stefan

Re: Debian non-free-firmware policy making OS misleading and Free Software unfriendly

2024-04-21 Thread Reid
Do you have any suggestion as to which list would be better to contact? Original: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2024/04/msg00324.html - Original message - From: fxkl4...@protonmail.com Date: Sunday, April 21, 2024 3:52 PM do you think the debian gods are listening On Sun, 21 Ap

Re: Debian non-free-firmware policy making OS misleading and Free Software unfriendly

2024-04-21 Thread fxkl47BF
On Sun, 21 Apr 2024, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> If Debian is going to continue promoting itself with those "Our Philosophy" >> and "Why Debian" pages, there should at least be opt-ins during the >> installation process of every Debian download, as well as prominent warnings >> of the new policy on t

Re: Debian non-free-firmware policy making OS misleading and Free Software unfriendly

2024-04-21 Thread Stefan Monnier
> If Debian is going to continue promoting itself with those "Our Philosophy" > and "Why Debian" pages, there should at least be opt-ins during the > installation process of every Debian download, as well as prominent warnings > of the new policy on the download pages. Agreed. It should be easy t

Re: Debian non-free-firmware policy making OS misleading and Free Software unfriendly

2024-04-21 Thread Reid
You seem to be suggesting that Debian users now need to read XX pages of release notes and guides in order to learn that what they're installing is not what the Debian.org homepage "Why Debian", "Our Philosophy", and "Who We Are / What We Do" pages are currently promoting Debian as. That's not

Re: Debian non-free-firmware policy making OS misleading and Free Software unfriendly

2024-04-21 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 21 Apr 2024 11:31 -0700, from reid...@proinbox.com (Reid): > I'm a 10+ year Debian user, and a longtime Free Software supporter. > Two weeks ago I was shocked to discover 29 non-free components in > the Debian desktop I'd been using for the last couple months. There > hadn't been any opt-in or e

Debian non-free-firmware policy making OS misleading and Free Software unfriendly

2024-04-21 Thread Reid
Debian's policy change on non-free-firmware has made much of the Debian.org website very misleading, and some Debian OS installers have become very Free Software UNfriendly and deceptive. The following is my experience, and the reasons why I believe Debian must re-word their promotional web page

Mesh VPN on Debian (Was Re: Current best practices for system configuration management?)

2024-04-21 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 04:40:24PM -0700, Mike Castle wrote: > Like Alex, one of my physical machines is a laptop that is not always > on the home network. Though I'm usually connected to *something*. > I'm still debating whether to bother with a VPN or trying something > like a tailnet. For

Re: Current best practices for system configuration management?

2024-04-21 Thread Tim Woodall
On Thu, 18 Apr 2024, Mike Castle wrote: Now, I would like to expand that into also setting up various config files that I currently do manually, for example, the `/etc/apt/*` configs I need to make the above work. For a single set of files, manual isn't bad, but as I want to get into setting up

Re: Debian 11 Xfce panel Network Manager applet has disappeared

2024-04-21 Thread Gareth Evans
> On 20 Apr 2024, at 16:49, David Christensen wrote: > > On 4/14/24 05:29, David Christensen wrote: >> debian-user: >> I have a Dell Latitude E6520: >> 2024-04-14 04:28:39 dpchrist@laalaa ~ >> $ cat /etc/debian_version ; uname -a >> 11.9 >> Linux laalaa 5.10.0-28-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.209-