On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 3:34 PM Van Snyder wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2024-06-25 at 09:47 -0400, Lee wrote:
>
> My old laptop died - a tiny little pop and it powered off. So I've
> lost my implementation reference.
>
> If you can get the disk drive out of your old laptop, get a USB adapter for
> it. The
On Tue, 2024-06-25 at 09:47 -0400, Lee wrote:
> My old laptop died - a tiny little pop and it powered off. So I've
> lost my implementation reference.
If you can get the disk drive out of your old laptop, get a USB adapter
for it. Then you can look at your installation logs.
> My
My old laptop died - a tiny little pop and it powered off. So I've
lost my implementation reference.
My new laptop is a Lenovo v15 G3 - installing
debian-12.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso from a flash drive was trivially easy.
Whoever worked on the how to install Debian from flash did an
excellen
Thanks Greg,
I will report it on Kali (not Debian).
On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 02:16:03PM -0700, Paul Gerken wrote:
> Fri 7/10 installed Kali linux from USB, burned from
> kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64 download of 7/7.
> Installed as Kali on different AMD Athalon 64x2 tower machine which has no
> email on it.
> Distro is 5.7.0-kali1-amd64 #1 S
On Lu, 13 iul 20, 19:27:22, The Wanderer wrote:
>
> The short answer is that when you cancel an otherwise-complete bug
> report from the 'reportbug' program, it saves the result into a file,
> and you can take that file to another machine and (with a little work)
> turn it into an E-mail that can
On 2020-07-13 at 17:16, Paul Gerken wrote:
> Hi User,
>
>apt-get install cups cups-client "foomatic-db*"
>
> fails with foomatic-db-compressed-ppds : Conflicts: foomatic-db Breaks:
> foomatic-db
>
> Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
That appears to be be
Hi User,
apt-get install cups cups-client "foomatic-db*"
fails with foomatic-db-compressed-ppds : Conflicts: foomatic-db Breaks:
foomatic-db
Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
unmet dependencies
Fri 7/10 installed Kali linux from USB, burned from
kal
On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 08:39:25PM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
If you intend to use guided partitioning on the whole disk, I repeat
that LVM is worthless unless you plan to add disks in the future.
I'd agree that It's utility is very much diminished by d-i allocating the
entire VG with its gu
Quoting Pascal Hambourg (2019-04-16 20:39:25)
> Le 15/04/2019 à 16:38, Tom Browder a écrit :
> >
> > I have decided to use the Deb installer and select LVM during
> > the clean installation, and accept the FS default (I assume it will be
> > ext4, but if not, I will select it).
>
> If you intend
Jonathan Dowland composed on 2019-04-16 09:17 (UTC+0100):
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 01:38:12PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
>> Both DFSee and IBM
>>BM use the last sector on the first track for data storage, including useful
>>cataloging data. Even when not having IBM BM installed, its data sector i
Le 15/04/2019 à 16:38, Tom Browder a écrit :
I have decided to use the Deb installer and select LVM during
the clean installation, and accept the FS default (I assume it will be
ext4, but if not, I will select it).
If you intend to use guided partitioning on the whole disk, I repeat
that LVM
On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 01:38:12PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
Both DFSee and IBM
BM use the last sector on the first track for data storage, including useful
cataloging data. Even when not having IBM BM installed, its data sector is
(optionally) used by DFSee, by me, always.
So I gather that you
Jonathan Dowland composed on 2019-04-15 10:28 (UTC-0400):
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 05:36:00PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
>>LVM's extra layer(s) would render my backup/restore system that depends in
>>large
>>part on cloning useless.
> I don't quite understand this, would you care to elaborate?
On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 9:50 AM Tom Browder wrote:
>
> I have used ext4 for many years while I have been watching zfs and
...
Thanks to all who have given me advice on selecting the file system
for a new laptop. After considering all suggestions and my use of the
laptop, I have decided
On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 09:50:23AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
I have used ext4 for many years while I have been watching zfs and
btrfs being developed. I am now considering using one or both on at
least one partion during my upcoming new Debian installation.
What in particular do you find attrac
On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 05:36:00PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
LVM's extra layer(s) would render my backup/restore system that depends in large
part on cloning useless.
I don't quite understand this, would you care to elaborate? Thanks!
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Dan Ritter writes:
> Peter Wiersig wrote:
>
> ZFS is now in two incompatible versions: Oracle's, and ZFSonLinux,
> which is now effectively the parent for all the other efforts including
> FreeBSD's ZFS.
The biggest problem is the incompatible license which makes the code
untouchable.
How Orac
Peter Wiersig wrote:
> Matthew Crews writes:
> >
> > Here is a good talk on the subject by Michael Lucas, one of the premier
> > experts on ZFS. Its worth noting that a lot of the concepts apply to
> > BTRFS to varying degrees:
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9A0dX2WqW8
>
> I don't have
Matthew Crews writes:
>
> Here is a good talk on the subject by Michael Lucas, one of the premier
> experts on ZFS. Its worth noting that a lot of the concepts apply to
> BTRFS to varying degrees:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9A0dX2WqW8
I don't have time yet, I think I will watch the whol
On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 7:08 PM Felix Miata wrote:
>
> Anders Andersson composed on 2019-04-13 17:31 (UTC+0200):
>
> > Felix Miata wrote:
>
> >> Because of its snapshotting, BTRFS requires considerably more space than
> >> older
> >> filesystems, as much as double.
>
> > A btrfs snapshot takes ap
On 4/13/19 5:40 PM, Peter Wiersig wrote:
> Peter Wiersig writes:
>>
>> I would be pissed if my OS removes snapshots I might or might not need
>> in the future. That's a release critical bug in my eyes. Yeah, I know
>> Microsoft and Apple do that automatically if your capacity runs out, but
>> th
Peter Wiersig writes:
>
> I would be pissed if my OS removes snapshots I might or might not need
> in the future. That's a release critical bug in my eyes. Yeah, I know
> Microsoft and Apple do that automatically if your capacity runs out, but
> that's also why I don't recommend them at all.
Ok
Felix Miata writes:
> Anders Andersson composed on 2019-04-13 17:31 (UTC+0200):
>
>> Felix Miata wrote:
>
>>> Because of its snapshotting, BTRFS requires considerably more space than
>>> older
>>> filesystems, as much as double.
>
>> A btrfs snapshot takes approximately zero space. Where did you
Felix Miata wrote:
> Anders Andersson composed on 2019-04-13 17:31 (UTC+0200):
>
>> Felix Miata wrote:
>
>>> Because of its snapshotting, BTRFS requires considerably more space than
>>> older filesystems, as much as double.
>
>> A btrfs snapshot takes approximately zero space. Where did you get
Anders Andersson composed on 2019-04-13 17:31 (UTC+0200):
> Felix Miata wrote:
>> Because of its snapshotting, BTRFS requires considerably more space than
>> older
>> filesystems, as much as double.
> A btrfs snapshot takes approximately zero space. Where did you get
> this idea from?
(not an
On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 4:51 PM Tom Browder wrote:
>
> I have used ext4 for many years while I have been watching zfs and
> btrfs being developed. I am now considering using one or both on at
> least one partion during my upcoming new Debian installation.
>
> Can anyone recommend either one for a
On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 11:36 PM Felix Miata wrote:
>
> Tom Browder composed on 2019-04-12 09:50 (UTC-0500):
>
> > I have used ext4 for many years while I have been watching zfs and
> > btrfs being developed. I am now considering using one or both on at
> > least one partion during my upcoming new
Curt wrote:
> On 2019-04-12, Thomas D Dial wrote:
> >
> > ZFS for /home makes sense, especially for anyone not already somewhat
> > familiar with ZFS.
>
> Well, if ZFS is this big sixteen-wheeler that you might crash into the
> concrete embankment if you're not careful, what are the benefits tha
On 2019-04-12, Thomas D Dial wrote:
>
> ZFS for /home makes sense, especially for anyone not already somewhat
> familiar with ZFS.
Well, if ZFS is this big sixteen-wheeler that you might crash into the
concrete embankment if you're not careful, what are the benefits that
outweigh or override thes
On Fri, Apr 12, 2019, 18:07 Dan Ritter wrote:
> Default User wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 12, 2019, 12:43 Dan Ritter wrote:
>
> > And what about Btrfs?
>
> I don't currently recommend it in any situation where ZFS is an
> option. That comes from 2 years of working with btrfs where
> doing normal maint
Default User wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2019, 12:43 Dan Ritter wrote:
> And what about Btrfs?
I don't currently recommend it in any situation where ZFS is an
option. That comes from 2 years of working with btrfs where
doing normal maintenance ended up destroying data more than
once. It may be be
Tom Browder wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 11:43 AM Dan Ritter wrote:
> ...
> > If you want to experiment, having root on ext4 and /home on ZFS
> > is pretty easy to accomplish.
>
> Dan, I'm not trying to be obtuse, but when you say "experiment," do
> you mean taking it for a ride like a new c
On Fri, 2019-04-12 at 12:43 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> Tom Browder wrote:
> > I have used ext4 for many years while I have been watching zfs and
> > btrfs being developed. I am now considering using one or both on at
> > least one partion during my upcoming new Debian installation.
> >
> > Can an
Tom Browder composed on 2019-04-12 09:50 (UTC-0500):
> I have used ext4 for many years while I have been watching zfs and
> btrfs being developed. I am now considering using one or both on at
> least one partion during my upcoming new Debian installation.
Because of its snapshotting, BTRFS requir
On Fri 12 Apr 2019 at 12:13:09 -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 11:43 AM Dan Ritter wrote:
> ...
> > If you want to experiment, having root on ext4 and /home on ZFS
> > is pretty easy to accomplish.
>
> Dan, I'm not trying to be obtuse, but when you say "experiment," do
> you
On Fri, Apr 12, 2019, 12:43 Dan Ritter wrote:
> Tom Browder wrote:
> > I have used ext4 for many years while I have been watching zfs and
> > btrfs being developed. I am now considering using one or both on at
> > least one partion during my upcoming new Debian installation.
> >
> > Can anyone re
On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 11:43 AM Dan Ritter wrote:
...
> If you want to experiment, having root on ext4 and /home on ZFS
> is pretty easy to accomplish.
Dan, I'm not trying to be obtuse, but when you say "experiment," do
you mean taking it for a ride like a new car where one has to learn
new cont
Tom Browder wrote:
> I have used ext4 for many years while I have been watching zfs and
> btrfs being developed. I am now considering using one or both on at
> least one partion during my upcoming new Debian installation.
>
> Can anyone recommend either one for a normal (non-developer,
> non-hobb
I have used ext4 for many years while I have been watching zfs and
btrfs being developed. I am now considering using one or both on at
least one partion during my upcoming new Debian installation.
Can anyone recommend either one for a normal (non-developer,
non-hobbyiest) user who does backups and
On 8/28/2015 12:38 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Friday 28 August 2015 06:24:33 Seeker wrote:
On 8/27/2015 12:48 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
Connecting home computers to TVs came _before_ connecting them to
monitors. The circle has merely come back to the beginning.
Lisi
I had a Commodor 64, but did
On 08/28/2015 03:55 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
Since this all stays a bit obscure, how about this summary statement:
Be aware that inserting a commercial Blu-ray video disc into the drive
can have undesired effects on the overall video decoding and display
system. (This does not affect the use
Hi,
T.J. Duchene wroye:
> Whether you believe me or not, think me paranoid,
I got mistrusting, too.
> makemkv forum why they
> get key revocation warnings even when using Linux
Trying to grok their complaints and proposals ...
(well, yes kids, a medium error is indeed bad) ...
They talk of k
On Friday 28 August 2015 06:24:33 Seeker wrote:
> On 8/27/2015 12:48 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Thursday 27 August 2015 19:30:48 Seeker wrote:
> >> On a marginally related but not relevant note, that was at a time when
> >> hooking a computer to a TV
> >> was not so common,
> >
> > My, we have so
On Friday 28 August 2015 03:09:48 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Thursday 27 August 2015 17:00:15 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > On Thursday 27 August 2015 05:44:20 Thomas Schmitt (?)wrote:
> > > > I am curious to learn more about the Sony-CD incident.
> > >
> > > The mailing list archives contain many mega
On 8/27/2015 1:19 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
Hi,
Seeker wrote:
RPC-1 [...] It was left up to the software to honor
the region code or not.
RPC-2, commonly accessible software is available that does not care about
region code settings.
Initialization was changed so software does not have access
On 8/27/2015 12:48 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Thursday 27 August 2015 19:30:48 Seeker wrote:
On a marginally related but not relevant note, that was at a time when
hooking a computer to a TV
was not so common,
My, we have some youngsters on this list now. ;-)
LOL
Connecting home computers to
On Thursday 27 August 2015 16:19:11 Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Seeker wrote:
> > I don't know what this "DVD cheating" stuff is about.
>
> I mean people who buy stuff of which they know that
> the deal is unfair and then take much effort to make
> it possible to use it despite.
> That's the l
On Thursday 27 August 2015 15:42:24 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Thursday 27 August 2015 17:00:15 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > I am curious to learn more about the Sony-CD incident.
> >
> > The mailing list archives contain many megabytes of such messages
> > from upset people. Use the approximately corre
On Thursday 27 August 2015 14:10:07 Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > (As if I invented online references!!!)
>
> At least you have more luck with googling than me.
>
>
> I beat this thread not because i want to win.
> As said, it is about the potential hazard of too much
> "us
On 08/27/2015 03:48 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Thursday 27 August 2015 19:30:48 Seeker wrote:
On a marginally related but not relevant note, that was at a time when
hooking a computer to a TV
was not so common,
My, we have some youngsters on this list now. ;-)
Connecting home computers to TVs c
On Thu, 2015-08-27 at 22:19 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
>
> For own data recordings it should not matter, anyway.
Correct. RPC codes only apply to the playback of DVD media that
contains data in DVD organized format designed for a player.
As a side note, RPC-1 drives have not been manufacture
Hi,
Seeker wrote:
> I don't know what this "DVD cheating" stuff is about.
I mean people who buy stuff of which they know that
the deal is unfair and then take much effort to make
it possible to use it despite.
That's the legal fiction.
In practice i doubt that they paid properly for the deal.
So
On Thursday 27 August 2015 19:30:48 Seeker wrote:
> On a marginally related but not relevant note, that was at a time when
> hooking a computer to a TV
> was not so common,
My, we have some youngsters on this list now. ;-)
Connecting home computers to TVs came _before_ connecting them to monitors
On Thursday 27 August 2015 17:00:15 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > I am curious to learn more about the Sony-CD incident.
>
> The mailing list archives contain many megabytes of such messages from
> upset people. Use the approximately correct search terms.
Go on, Gene! Provide some references. ;-)
Lis
On 8/27/2015 9:04 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
Hi,
Nicolas George wrote:
There were the DVD drives by Matsushita, usually found on laptops, that did
refuse to return the encrypted contents if the region did not match.
This sounds plausible, although i would heavily complain
towards the seller i
Hi,
Lisi Reisz wrote:
> (As if I invented online references!!!)
At least you have more luck with googling than me.
I beat this thread not because i want to win.
As said, it is about the potential hazard of too much
"user-friendliness" in the drive firmware.
If Gene has a pile of dead drives an
On Thursday 27 August 2015 17:26:34 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Thursday 27 August 2015 06:25:52 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Thursday 27 August 2015 10:44:20 Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> > > I am curious to learn more about the Sony-CD incident.
> >
> > I googled it.
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/
Hi,
Gene Heskett wrote:
> I believe being able to update the drive firmware in that manner it is
> part of the Orange Book specification.
The rainbow books describe CD media and what the drives
shall be able to do with them. No command specs, no wiring
specs, no relation to drive firmware, DVD,
On Thursday 27 August 2015 06:25:52 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Thursday 27 August 2015 10:44:20 Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> > I am curious to learn more about the Sony-CD incident.
>
> I googled it.
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4456970.stm
>
> So sorry, Gene, but Thomas's instincts are right in
Hi,
Nicolas George wrote:
> There were the DVD drives by Matsushita, usually found on laptops, that did
> refuse to return the encrypted contents if the region did not match.
This sounds plausible, although i would heavily complain
towards the seller if i ever found out. There is few chance
i wou
Hi,
ken wrote:
> I mean, it's possible
> for either or both to have malicious code in their firmware. But is either
> *known* to?
Well, as you can see from my posts i fiercely deny to have
such knowledge of malicious code on the level of the drive
firmware.
(I can be convinced, though, if good ev
On Thursday 27 August 2015 05:44:20 Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > We should keep in mind that it was Sony Music whose published cd's
> > contained code to check the kind of drive it was being played in,
> > and if the drive had a digital output such as the usual 40 pin atapi
> > drive cable, t
Le decadi 10 fructidor, an CCXXIII, Thomas Schmitt a écrit :
> the reason why i am insisiting in getting facts is that
> i want to know whether drive firmware can get altered
> by just inserting and reading a commercial Blu-ray disc.
>
> I sincerely doubt that the drive firmware will do this,
> bu
On 08/27/2015 06:25 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Thursday 27 August 2015 10:44:20 Thomas Schmitt wrote:
I am curious to learn more about the Sony-CD incident.
I googled it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4456970.stm
So sorry, Gene, but Thomas's instincts are right in this case. The playe
Hi,
Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > So please bring me the rumors, the urban legends, and
> > the true horror stories about this topic.
> Google is a marvellous tool, Thomas. Or DuckDuckGo or $SEARCH_ENGINE
Any success with finding hints about Blu-ray drive hijacking ?
Panasonic promises to do like LG.
On 08/27/2015 06:30 AM, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
* ken [2015-08-20 06:53 -0400]:
One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vs
Blu-Ray. I've never used Blue-ray before, so is there some compelling
reason, as a Linux guy, to want to get Blu-ray?
Isn't a second hd in
On Thursday 27 August 2015 12:04:52 Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4456970.stm
>
> Pity they don't tell on what operating system or
> player the root kit was installed.
"If you're using a Linux system, the Sony DRM rootkit does not get
Hi,
Lisi Reisz wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4456970.stm
Pity they don't tell on what operating system or
player the root kit was installed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal
says that "Sony BMG quickly released software to remove the
rootki
* ken [2015-08-20 06:53 -0400]:
> One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vs
> Blu-Ray. I've never used Blue-ray before, so is there some compelling
> reason, as a Linux guy, to want to get Blu-ray?
Isn't a second hd in the CD-tray a better option? You have the
choice
On Thursday 27 August 2015 10:44:20 Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> I am curious to learn more about the Sony-CD incident.
I googled it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4456970.stm
So sorry, Gene, but Thomas's instincts are right in this case. The player
was "bricked" only in so far as the root-
Hi,
> We should keep in mind that it was Sony Music whose published cd's
> contained code to check the kind of drive it was being played in, and if
> the drive had a digital output such as the usual 40 pin atapi drive
> cable, then it was in a computer, and they bricked the drive.
Sony et.al.
On Thursday 27 August 2015 03:03:14 Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the reason why i am insisiting in getting facts is that
> i want to know whether drive firmware can get altered
> by just inserting and reading a commercial Blu-ray disc.
Absolutely Thomas. All of those things look for a key in
Hi,
the reason why i am insisiting in getting facts is that
i want to know whether drive firmware can get altered
by just inserting and reading a commercial Blu-ray disc.
I sincerely doubt that the drive firmware will do this,
but rather believe it is about software on the level
of operating syst
On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 01:09:19PM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 11:53:09PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
> >
> > Please don't top post on this mailing list.
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 06:04:03AM -0500, Hal Wigoda wrote:
> > > I wouldn't outfit a computer with blu-ray
Hi,
T. J. Duchene (i believe) wrote:
> > > Blu-ray discs carry updates and blacklists that your Blu-ray drive
> > > is required to accept on a hardware level.
> If I recall correctly, the updates consist of revoked player keys and
> such.
Are you sure that this applies to Blu-ray recorders in
co
On Tue, 2015-08-25 at 13:23 +1200, Richard Hector wrote:
> On 24/08/15 10:03, T. J. Duchene wrote:
> > Blu-ray discs carry updates and blacklists that your Blu-ray drive
> > is required to accept on a hardware level. Whenever you insert a
> > disc into the drive (OS makes no difference), the firmwa
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On 24/08/15 10:03, T. J. Duchene wrote:
> Blu-ray discs carry updates and blacklists that your Blu-ray drive
> is required to accept on a hardware level. Whenever you insert a
> disc into the drive (OS makes no difference), the firmware is
> checked
On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 11:53:09PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
>
> Please don't top post on this mailing list.
>
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 06:04:03AM -0500, Hal Wigoda wrote:
> > I wouldn't outfit a computer with blu-ray
> >
> > (Sent from iPhone, so please accept my apologies in advance for a
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 06:53:42 -0400
ken wrote:
> One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vs
> Blu-Ray.
> I've never used Blue-ray before, so is there some compelling reason,
> as a Linux guy, to want to get Blu-ray?
>
Hi Ken! Hope you are having a fabulous day.
On Saturday 22 August 2015 12:53:09 Chris Bannister wrote:
> Please don't top post on this mailing list.
I believe it is quite hard not to on an iPhone. :-(
>
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 06:04:03AM -0500, Hal Wigoda wrote:
> > I wouldn't outfit a computer with blu-ray
> >
> > (Sent from iPhone, so p
Please don't top post on this mailing list.
On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 06:04:03AM -0500, Hal Wigoda wrote:
> I wouldn't outfit a computer with blu-ray
>
> (Sent from iPhone, so please accept my apologies in advance for any spelling
> or grammatical errors.)
Is the iPhone really that bad? Is proof
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:48:11 -0400
doug wrote:
Hello doug,
>actually going to watch movies on a laptop?
Why not? People watch them on a wristwatch these days.
--
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Keep your drink j
Le tridi 3 fructidor, an CCXXIII, doug a écrit :
> If the DVD is not a writer as well as a player, it's not a good deal at
> all, but BluRay is worse
Why would it be worse? Anything a DVD drive can do, a BD drive is supposed
to be able to do as well.
Really, there is no hesitation: if the only d
On 08/20/2015 12:53 PM, ken wrote:
On 08/20/2015 10:14 AM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 20/08/15 06:53 AM, ken wrote:
One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vs
Blu-Ray. I've never used Blue-ray before, so is there some compelling
reason, as a Linux guy, to want to get Blu-r
On 08/20/2015 10:14 AM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 20/08/15 06:53 AM, ken wrote:
One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vs
Blu-Ray. I've never used Blue-ray before, so is there some compelling
reason, as a Linux guy, to want to get Blu-ray?
The decision isn't that simple
Hi,
ken wrote:
> One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vs
> Blu-Ray. I've never used Blue-ray before, so is there some compelling
> reason, as a Linux guy, to want to get Blu-ray?
If you want to backup disk files, then BD is much less
cumbersome than DVD. My Debian 8
On 20/08/15 06:53 AM, ken wrote:
One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vs
Blu-Ray. I've never used Blue-ray before, so is there some compelling
reason, as a Linux guy, to want to get Blu-ray?
The decision isn't that simple. As others have pointed out, the "no
o
> One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vs
> Blu-Ray. I've never used Blue-ray before, so is there some compelling
> reason, as a Linux guy, to want to get Blu-ray?
Get neither: nowadays an optical reader is just a relic of the past,
making your laptop heavier and red
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015, Hal Wigoda wrote:
Personal preference. Who uses blu ray? Who uses DVDs?
This really isn't a winning discussion.
If you want to read/write blu-ray disks, then buy a blu-ray reader/writer. If
you don't, don't.
You can get a blu ray writer for ~£50, so it really should
Personal preference. Who uses blu ray? Who uses DVDs?
Anyway.
(Sent from iPhone, so please accept my apologies in advance for any spelling or
grammatical errors.)
> On Aug 20, 2015, at 6:21 AM, ken wrote:
>
>> On 08/20/2015 07:04 AM, Hal Wigoda wrote:
>> I wouldn't outfit a computer wit
On 08/20/2015 07:35 AM, Nicolas George wrote:
Second, it [Blu-ray] has dmr crap in it that
>might require binary only spyware to work.
DVD-Video has them too, the only difference is that the crypto in the DRM
for DVD is terribly broken.
"Broken" in the sense that data is corrupted or i
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On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 07:21:24AM -0400, ken wrote:
> On 08/20/2015 07:04 AM, Hal Wigoda wrote:
[...]
> Is that a personal preference, or are there reasons?
Others have responded too, but I think it's worth re-stating it in
a short, sweet form: the
Le tridi 3 fructidor, an CCXXIII, Mauricio Tavares a écrit :
> One of the compelling reasons
> against is that only movies use it.
Unless the drive can also burn BD-R disks, in which case you have a
reasonably-priced way of storing 22.5 gigaoctsts of data. F
On Aug 20, 2015 6:54 AM, "ken" wrote:
>
> One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vs
Blu-Ray. I've never used Blue-ray before, so is there some compelling
reason, as a Linux guy, to want to get Blu-ray?
>
First of all, is this going to be your desktop or a server
On 08/20/2015 07:04 AM, Hal Wigoda wrote:
I wouldn't outfit a computer with blu-ray
(Sent from iPhone, so please accept my apologies in advance for any spelling or
grammatical errors.)
On Aug 20, 2015, at 5:53 AM, ken wrote:
One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD
I wouldn't outfit a computer with blu-ray
(Sent from iPhone, so please accept my apologies in advance for any spelling or
grammatical errors.)
> On Aug 20, 2015, at 5:53 AM, ken wrote:
>
> One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vs
> Blu-Ray. I've never used Blue-r
Future proofing mostly. Blueray drives should be backwards compatible with
DVD.
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One of the build o
One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vs
Blu-Ray. I've never used Blue-ray before, so is there some compelling
reason, as a Linux guy, to want to get Blu-ray?
On 23/01/14 15:53, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > This brings up the next issue: how difficult is it in debian to configure
> > the upgrade process so that it is the sources which are automatically
> > downloaded and (also automatically) compiled?
>
> I don't think there's any support for that.
That co
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