Re: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

Hi Chris, I do not know what programs you run or how up to date you want your system to be which means my answers to your questions might not give you the answer you are looking for. I only run programs that are in Debian's stable collection (I guess I am ultra conservative when it comes to ru

Why (not?) Mozilla [was: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions]

On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 08:52:13PM +, Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 10 Oct 2024 20:47 +0200, from to...@tuxteam.de: > >>> ...however, Flatpak works fine on Debian and is a pretty neat way of > >>> getting very fresh versions of certain selected pieces of software, like > >>> Firefox (official Mo

Why (not?) Mozilla [was: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions]

On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 04:55:28PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: [...] > Lol... That's been the course for years now. Mozilla almost lost their > non-profit status because they were making so much money from their > Google partnership: >

Re: mouse bug, onnly in prusaslicer

On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 08:16:26 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > my mouse works normally in every app I commonly use EXCEPT prusaslicer. In > prusaslicr I get, 100% of time, the rotating busy circle as a mouse pointer. > Mouse is a logitech M325, only 2 buttons and a scroll wheel that functions > as

mouse bug, onnly in prusaslicer

my mouse works normally in every app I commonly use EXCEPT prusaslicer. In prusaslicr I get, 100% of time, the rotating busy circle as a mouse pointer. Mouse is a logitech M325, only 2 buttons and a scroll wheel that functions as a paste button too. No other buttons. How to troubleshoot this?

Re: mouse bug, onnly in prusaslicer

On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 08:16:26AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > my mouse works normally in every app I commonly use EXCEPT prusaslicer. In > prusaslicr I get, 100% of time, the rotating busy circle as a mouse pointer. > Mouse is a logitech M325, only 2 buttons and a scroll wheel that functions > a

Re: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

On 10 Oct 2024 15:41 +0100, from c...@isbd.net (Chris Green): > 1 - Is keeping a Debian system up to date just like Ubuntu, i.e. one > just needs to run 'apt update;apt upgrade' at regular intervals? ... > and of course autoremove and clean as required. Yes. I usually use apt-get update && apt-get

Re: password manager

On October 8, 2024 7:50:29 PM CDT, "Paul M. Foster" wrote: >On 10/8/24 19:11, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: >> what are y'alls recommendations for a password manager >> i've always used firefox's builtin manager >> but it's gotten to where it only works about half the time >> it's a pita look

Re: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

On 10/10/24 11:45, Chris Green wrote: On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 09:32:25AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:41:35 +0100 Chris Green wrote: [snip] 3 - Piece of string type question - what versions to install? On the backup system stable is obvious. The other two system

Re: popcon use?

On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 1:00 AM Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 11:20 PM Lee wrote: > > > > On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 7:40 PM Andy Smith wrote: > > > [...] > > > You can encrypt it but that requires (a) a conscious decision to do so, > > > and (b) installing gnupg. > > > > Do you have

Re: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 06:26:37PM +, Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 10 Oct 2024 20:40 +0300, from pa...@seestieto.com (Henrik Ahlgren): > > ...however, Flatpak works fine on Debian and is a pretty neat way of > > getting very fresh versions of certain selected pieces of software, like > > Firefo

Re: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

> 2 - Can I easily make a 'server' type installation without a GUI? This > is for a backup system in my garage which is (usually) headless. Even > better can I do the installation via ssh? Assuming you have enough disk space, you can install into a new LV/partition while the old system is still r

Re: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 16:45:05 +0100 Chris Green wrote: > My main complaint is snap, which I have removed but I suspect it's > going to become steadily more difficult to run Ubuntu without snap. snapd and flatpak are available as Debian packages, but are entirely optional. I prefer to avoid them a

Re: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

On Thu, 2024-10-10 at 16:45 +0100, Chris Green wrote: > My main complaint is snap, which I have removed but I suspect it's > going to become steadily more difficult to run Ubuntu without snap. Welcome to Debian, no forced snap nonsense here. > My only need for 'latest' versions tends to be for a

Re: popcon use?

On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 11:00 PM Andy Smith wrote: > > Hi, > > On Wed, Oct 09, 2024 at 08:37:48PM -0400, Lee wrote: > > Do you have a link to instructions for encrypting popcon traffic? > > I've already got gnupg installed. > > zless /usr/share/doc/popularity-contest/FAQ.gz Thanks. It was already

Re: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

On 10 Oct 2024 20:40 +0300, from pa...@seestieto.com (Henrik Ahlgren): > ...however, Flatpak works fine on Debian and is a pretty neat way of > getting very fresh versions of certain selected pieces of software, like > Firefox (official Mozilla channel, released without any delay) These days, Mozi

Re: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:41:35 +0100 Chris Green wrote: > However I do have a couple of questions:- > > 1 - Is keeping a Debian system up to date just like Ubuntu, i.e. one > just needs to run 'apt update;apt upgrade' at regular intervals? ... > and of course autoremove and clean as required. The

Re: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 09:32:25AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:41:35 +0100 > Chris Green wrote: > [snip] > > > > > 3 - Piece of string type question - what versions to install? On the > > backup system stable is obvious. The other two systems are my desktop > > which

Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

Hi all. I am a long time Linux user (since before 2000) and an xubuntu user since somewhere in the early 2000s. However I'm finding various aspects of [x]ubuntu are becoming steadily more annoying so I'm looking for other distributions and Debian would seem to be an obvious way to go. I already

Re: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 03:11:34PM +, Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 10 Oct 2024 15:41 +0100, from c...@isbd.net (Chris Green): [snip] Lots of really helpful replies, thank you Michael. Yes, maybe stable is the way to go for all my systems, at least initially. -- Chris Green

Re: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 03:41:35PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > Hi all. > > I am a long time Linux user (since before 2000) and an xubuntu user > since somewhere in the early 2000s. > > However I'm finding various aspects of [x]ubuntu are becoming steadily > more annoying so I'm looking for other

Re: password manager

Response below/inline for email Paul M. Foster wrote: > (original email sent 8 Oct 2024 at 20:50) > > Let me provide a dissenting view. I use "pass". +1 it allows for a hierarchical representation of the different entries and bonus marks because there is an excellent Emacs mode. -- Eric S Frag

Re: I/O errors during RAID check but no SMART errors

On 09/10/24 at 21:10, Jochen Spieker wrote: Andy Smith: Hi, On Wed, Oct 09, 2024 at 08:41:38PM +0200, Franco Martelli wrote: Do you know whether MD is clever enough to send an email to root when it fails the device? Or have I to keep an eye on /proc/mdstat? For more than a decade mdadm has s

Re: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

On Friday, 11-10-2024 at 05:47 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 06:26:37PM +, Michael Kjörling wrote: > > On 10 Oct 2024 20:40 +0300, from pa...@seestieto.com (Henrik Ahlgren): > > > ...however, Flatpak works fine on Debian and is a pretty neat way of > > > getting very fres

Re: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

On 10 Oct 2024 20:47 +0200, from to...@tuxteam.de: >>> ...however, Flatpak works fine on Debian and is a pretty neat way of >>> getting very fresh versions of certain selected pieces of software, like >>> Firefox (official Mozilla channel, released without any delay) >> >> These days, Mozilla also

Re: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 2:47 PM wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 06:26:37PM +, Michael Kjörling wrote: > > On 10 Oct 2024 20:40 +0300, from pa...@seestieto.com (Henrik Ahlgren): > > > ...however, Flatpak works fine on Debian and is a pretty neat way of > > > getting very fresh versions of ce