Re: International Space Station adopts Debian Linux, drops Windows & Red Hat into airlock

2022-02-16 Thread Pete Orrall
> > > > We just had this discussion. > > > Subject: ISS is running GNU Linux Debian :) > > Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 21:39:02 +0100 > Great, thanks. I"ll take a look at that thread. -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com "If there isn't a way, I'll make one."

Re: International Space Station adopts Debian Linux, drops Windows & Red Hat into airlock

2022-02-16 Thread Pete Orrall
> > > > Seriusly? > > Published: 13 May 2013 > I saw that too. I'm curious to know what OS(es) are *currently* being used aboard the ISS. Is Debian still used? -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com "If there isn't a way, I'll make one."

Re: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Arch Linux recognize my Acer Aspire S wifi, debian does not

2017-03-15 Thread Pete Orrall
On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 1:21 PM, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > Is it just me, or are the "unofficial" images hard to get to? Nicholas, I agree with you there. I don't know if it's intentional but the links to the unofficial images do seem rather hidden. -- Pe

Re: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Arch Linux recognize my Acer Aspire S wifi, debian does not

2017-03-15 Thread Pete Orrall
l Debian from one of the non-free images first. That should have your desired firmware. Another user posted the non-free page earlier, but in case you didn't see it here it is below: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/ Good luck. -- Pete Orrall p..

Re: firefox + flashplayer on slow pc

2016-12-21 Thread Pete Orrall
different browser is needed. Hope that helps. -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com "If there isn't a way, I'll make one."

Re: Jessie Performance under GNOME

2016-05-16 Thread Pete Orrall
t, perhaps take a look at some lighter weight environments like xfce or lxde. They use fewer resources. -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com "If there isn't a way, I'll make one."

Re: Sound with You Tube

2016-04-28 Thread Pete Orrall
browser are you using? Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you. -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com "If there isn't a way, I'll make one."

Re: Inferior sound quality

2016-02-23 Thread Pete Orrall
a while, and experienced far better and more > dynamic sound quality on same earphone and for the same track (Rolling in > the Deep :P). Hi Himanshu, Can you please provide more info regarding the Windows music app? Do you have any plugins or EQ enabled? Thanks and I look forward to hearing f

Re: running etch on AMD Duron 1200 chip

2016-01-06 Thread Pete Orrall
n it? > > uname -m says i686 which makes me think it is 64 bit. > > Is that correct? I Googled that CPU and found this: http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K7/AMD-Duron%201200%20-%20DHD1200AMT1B.html The data width states the CPU is 32 bit. -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com "If there isn't a way, I'll make one."

Re: i3 Window manager without any other desktop environment

2015-11-10 Thread Pete Orrall
nvironment. Howdy Dwijesh, After logging into the console as yourself (not root), what happens when you type startx ? Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you. -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com "If there isn't a way, I'll make one."

Re: Flash update

2015-07-15 Thread Pete Orrall
/07/14/firefox_blocks_flash/ Maybe this helps? -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com "If there isn't a way, I'll make one." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@li

Re: when does debian 8.1 come?

2015-05-29 Thread Pete Orrall
On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 8:05 AM, mudongliang wrote: > First , when does debian8.1 come? When it's ready. > Second, I know the development of debian big version (for Debian 7 -> 8). Huh? -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com "If there isn't a way,

Re: Openbox: which packages install to have sound?

2015-05-15 Thread Pete Orrall
stening device, ie headphones, basic multimedia speakers, stereo receiver? 3) Did you check your connections. Are your (assuming) speakers plugged into the audio OUT of your soundcard, and not MIC or Line IN? 4) Did you check volume levels on speakers? -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com &qu

Re: testing or stable

2015-04-27 Thread Pete Orrall
ave any problems running Jessie now. Hope that helps. -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com "If there isn't a way, I'll make one." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: No Flash-based audio in Google Chrome/Chromium with a USB Sound Card

2014-12-05 Thread Pete Orrall
e filing a bug report. Thanks for reaching out anyway. -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com "If there isn't a way, I'll make one." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact lis

No Flash-based audio in Google Chrome/Chromium with a USB Sound Card

2014-12-05 Thread Pete Orrall
rienced these Chrome/Chromium audio problems. Does anyone have any ideas? Is there some sound-related configuration I'm missing or have I stumbled across a bug? -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com "If there isn't a way, I'll make one." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Openbox systemd-free

2014-10-17 Thread Pete Orrall
l front end on wicd. There is a GTK front end package called wicd-gtk. Other wicd front ends exist too: https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=jessie&searchon=names&keywords=wicd -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com "If there isn't a way, I'll make one.&quo

Re: Akai EIE pro

2014-10-01 Thread Pete Orrall
Googling, also without much luck. From the results it appears the interface isn't supported under Linux, unfortunately. -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com "If there isn't a way, I'll make one." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debia

Re: Akai EIE pro

2014-10-01 Thread Pete Orrall
:Main While there is a link for AKAI devices in the list, you will need to know your device's chipset. Hope that helps! -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com "If there isn't a way, I'll make one." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian

Re: Sawfish and Openbox: was fastest linux distro

2014-06-01 Thread Pete Orrall
and other stuff without needing to edit config files. # apt-get install obconf Hope this helps! -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com "If there isn't a way, I'll make one." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-01-27 Thread Pete Orrall
e usage. It took me a little while to adjust to such a minimal environment especially when coming from GNOME or even xfce but now I much prefer it, even on faster systems. Hope this helps. -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com "If there isn't a way, I'll make one."

Re: Where is menuconfig?

2013-07-23 Thread Pete Orrall
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Dom wrote: > On 23/07/13 01:08, Pete Orrall wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I'm trying to build a new kernel for a Wheezy machine and I need >> menuconfig. However, when I do the following: >> >> #: apt-get install m

Where is menuconfig?

2013-07-22 Thread Pete Orrall
#x27;s going on? Am I missing something? TIA, -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com "If there isn't a way, I'll make one." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: Debian desktop news

2012-08-12 Thread Pete Orrall
ion to just run the desktop. My laptop uses an Intel graphics chip and the (now fried) workstation used an older nVidia GeForce 7 series card. At the time that was using just the nv driver. Just my $0.02. -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com "If there isn't a way, I'll make one.&q

Re: Creative Audigy sound card on Debian

2011-11-22 Thread Pete Orrall
file format to which you are referring, check out the package xchm: http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/xchm -- Pete Orrall ppat...@gmail.com If there isn't a way I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: xfce weather plugin broken?

2011-11-18 Thread Pete Orrall
C), to provide data. The Gnome applet uses multiple sources. Basically what's happened is the free (as in beer) data feed TWC has provided all these years has been shut offline in favor of a non-free version. Just lovely. -- Pete Orrall ppat...@gmail.com If there isn't a way I'll m

Re: xfce weather plugin broken?

2011-11-17 Thread Pete Orrall
> In the meantime I found this: > > http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-xfapplet-plugin Very neat! I just installed it and it's great. I actually prefer the GNOME weather applet over the Xfce one. The forecast information is more detailed. Thanks for shar

Re: xfce weather plugin broken?

2011-11-14 Thread Pete Orrall
On Sun, 2011-11-13 at 16:31 +, Brian wrote: > On Sun 13 Nov 2011 at 10:18:52 -0500, Pete Orrall wrote: > > > What's going on and how do I fix this? > > https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce > > November 2011. Thanks Brian and Joey for the help. I dug a

Re: Is for this community XFCE the most common DE to replace GNOME 3?

2011-11-14 Thread Pete Orrall
ed by users who are > subscribed to this list. > > Excepted of KDE users, XFCE seems to be the most used replacement for > GNOME 3. Am I mistaken? I have not tried it myself but judging by this weekend's deluge of threads regarding Gnome 3 I will be avoiding it like MRSA. -- Pet

xfce weather plugin broken?

2011-11-13 Thread Pete Orrall
yed. After complete removal and re-installation the weather plugin it is still not working. A quick Google search revealed nothing nor was there anything of use in the xfce documentation. What's going on and how do I fix this? I am running Squeeze with xfce 4.6.2, if that helps.

Re: GPT on BIOS system partitions scheme

2011-10-17 Thread Pete Orrall
rent status? Yes, it works fine. That arch has been supported in Debian for a while now. -- Pete Orrall ppat...@gmail.com If there isn't a way I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Re: Am i playing with fire?

2011-09-25 Thread Pete Orrall
.more info is needed. What packages are you looking to install? Have you looked at backports? -- Pete Orrall ppat...@gmail.com If there isn't a way I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: DO NOT BUY Western Digital "Green" Drives (also present in WD "Elements" external USB cases)

2011-09-05 Thread Pete Orrall
> IMHO Hitachi GST is the only maker of 2.5" or 3.5" *SATA* HDDs worth > buying ATM. I will agree. > It may or may not last, as WD is buying Hitach GST. This I hadn't heard. I will have to read about this one. -- Pete Orrall ppat...@gmail.com If there isn't

Re: 2TB file system

2011-08-18 Thread Pete Orrall
use I didn't > rely on an unwritten and unannounced edict of "that space is scratch > and not backed up". How convenient. Hopefully you are still employed. -- Pete Orrall ppat...@gmail.com If there isn't a way I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-u

Re: 2TB file system

2011-08-17 Thread Pete Orrall
D ). How interesting. I hear many people have had problems with Hitachi drives, hence the nickname "Hitachi DeathStar" but myself...I've had no problems using their drives of any capacity from sizes smaller than 80GB all the way to 1TB. -- Pete Orrall ppat...@gmail.com If t

Re: 2TB file system

2011-08-17 Thread Pete Orrall
my machines since 2003 with no problems. HTH, -- Pete Orrall ppat...@gmail.com If there isn't a way I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: cd burning in nautilus

2011-08-08 Thread Pete Orrall
ttp://packages.debian.org/squeeze/brasero HTH, -- Pete Orrall ppat...@gmail.com If there isn't a way I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1312854996.2860.1.camel@Neuron.8EEWS

Re: Pidgin questions ...

2011-08-04 Thread Pete Orrall
't know its current status. -- Pete Orrall ppat...@gmail.com If there isn't a way I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1312503482.18226.7.camel@Neuron.8EEWS