Is zeitgeist safe?
From the package description of zeitgeist or zeitgeist-core: "Zeitgeist is a service which logs the user's activities and events (files opened, websites visited, conversations held with other people, et.c ) and makes the relevant information available to other applications." "It serves as a comprehensive activity log and also makes it possible to determine relationships between items based on usage patterns". This thing sounds scary. And apparently it's installed by default as a GNOME dependency. In fact, uninstalling it will also uninstall the gnome metapackage (as well the rhythm-plugins package, so you end up with a nerfed Rhythmbox). Is this thing safe? How does uninstalling it break functionality? P.S. This package is also recommended by software-center. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5366d7a6.1060...@openmailbox.org
How to remove Google from the "Start screen"?
First of all, sorry for using the term "Start screen" :P But when you do a search for applications in a GNOME 3 desktop, two buttons appear below the screen: "Wikipedia" and "Google". Apparently, clicking on either of them will open the browser with a Wikipedia or Google search using your search terms. How do you remove Google and replace it with a search engine of your choice? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5366d99a.5040...@openmailbox.org
Re: Re: boot in console mode from grub2
On Monday, 05 May, 2014 06:05 PM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 5:38 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Lu, 05 mai 14, 04:58:14, Tom H wrote: On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:29 AM, François Patte wrote: I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in graphic mode), but I don't want to be in single user mode, ie.: I want to have a "normal boot" without X. I can't find any tuto for grub2 installed on my system. This is a function of initramfs-tools and not of grub. Add "text" to the kernel cmdline. This is actually a feature implemented in the initscript of some display managers. E.g. /etc/init.d/lightdm has this if grep -wqs text /proc/cmdline; then log_warning_msg "Not starting Light Display Manager (lightdm); found 'text' in kernel commandline." [...] fi Last time I looked into it this feature wasn't supported by all display managers, most notably kdm. I'm an idiot. I was thinking "this isn't right" when I wrote my previous email. This used to be available in gdm (and perhaps still is) in Debian. I first discovered it in Ubuntu and did quite some head-scratching because I wouldn't work in Fedora (where there's a runlevel 3 anyway) and I couldn't find it in the initramfs. And then I found it in the gdm init script... Since lightdm's developed by Ubuntu perhaps "text" is usable in non-Debian--based distros. You can prevent the display manager from running at boot: $ sudo insserv -r gdm3 Replace gdm3 with whatever display manager you're currently using. When you reboot your PC, you'll go straight to a command line login. From there you can pull up a DE with $ startx or $ gnome-shell or whatever.* *May not work right away if you installed Debian using a Live installer. If so, you'll have to mess around with some permissions first (because your user account may not have the permission to invoke X from the command line). But this should work quite well if you installed using a standard installer or netinst. $ sudo insserv -d will put things back to normal. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53683a7e.8060...@openmailbox.org
Re: Re: Is zeitgeist safe?
On Monday, 05 May, 2014 02:08 PM, filip wrote: On Sun, 04 May 2014 21:18:14 -0400 "Theodore Alcapotaxis" wrote: Safe from what? from whom? It's not safe from spying eyes. If you run a tool like bleachbit, you may think that you have deleted all your history, but at first sight the version shipped by Debian doesn't delete the Zeitgeist database. So, have you removed it completely from your system, or did you just disable it? How does it break functionality on your end? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53683dfa.1000...@openmailbox.org
Re: Is zeitgeist safe?
On Monday, 05 May, 2014 09:18 AM, Theodore Alcapotaxis wrote: Is this thing safe? How does uninstalling it break functionality? P.S. This package is also recommended by software-center. Safe from what? from whom? Unintentional data leakage? Script kiddies, marketers, spammers, ad networks? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53683e6c.4080...@openmailbox.org
Re: Re: Is zeitgeist safe?
On Tuesday, 06 May, 2014 09:11 AM, John Hasler wrote: Theodore Alcapotaxis writes: It seems that some folks at Debian have introduced NSA-friendly software to spy on users. Produce specifics. On Monday, 05 May, 2014 08:13 AM, A Debian User wrote: From the package description of zeitgeist or zeitgeist-core: "Zeitgeist is a service which logs the user's activities and events (files opened, websites visited, conversations held with other people, et.c ) and makes the relevant information available to other applications." "It serves as a comprehensive activity log and also makes it possible to determine relationships between items based on usage patterns". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53692b99.5000...@openmailbox.org
Re: Can aptitude be used to install non-free and contrib things?
Yes, it can. So can apt and synaptic. These tools rely on the /etc/apt/sources.list file to point them to servers where they can download the software you want. Here's an example of an entry in sources.list: deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy main deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy main So, for example, if you want to add the contrib and non-free repositories, you need to append them to "deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy main". Like so: deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy main contrib non-free It would be a good idea to do the same for the other Debian entries, such as http://security.debian.org/. If you don't want to dabble with text files, in the menu of Synaptic Package Manager, go to Settings > Repositories > Debian Software tab. Tick the checkboxes next to the following entries: DFSG-compatible Software with Non-Free Dependencies (contrib) Non-DFSG-compatible Software (non-free) Caveat: In general, it is a bad idea to use proprietary software, so think again if you really need to do this. Cheers! On Thursday, 08 May, 2014 12:28 PM, Charles Blair wrote: I'm sorry, I don't see anything in the documentation about this. If aptitude cannot be used, what am I supposed to do?
Is it safe not to install intel-microcode (or amd-microcode)?
Hello, all! I want to have a completely Free install of Debian, which means I will only be using software packages from the main repo, and will be excluding contrib and non-free from my sources file. By doing so, I won't be able to install the microcode updates for my computer's CPU. Is this safe, given that these microcode updates reportedly patch up vulnerabilities in the these processors? Even the Debian wiki (https://wiki.debian.org/Microcode) says that these microcode updates are "not safe to ignore". Cheers! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/536bc9f5.3000...@openmailbox.org
Re: Help About Bootable USB
On Friday, 09 May, 2014 02:16 PM, morteza allahpour wrote: /Hello,I have 3 debian DVD images.I want to run debian from a bootable usb flash.now what should i do ?/ /wich DVD image I must use ?/ The first one :)
Hibernate doesn't work (Wheezy, GNOME Shell)
Hello all! When I click on the "account menu" on the upper left and click on Hibernate, the screen just goes blank. It stays blank for ages. The backlight of the LCD is still turned on. The LEDs on the laptop are still active. Doesn't respond to shortcut keys, like Ctrl+Alt+Del, etc. Doesn't respond to pressing the power button. You either have to long-press the power button to power down the computer and turn it back on. Anyone having similar problems? Solutions? Environment: - Asus F3E laptop (old) - Debian 7.5 Wheezy 64-bit - GNOME Shell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/536d47af.6010...@openmailbox.org
How to use Debian ISOs as package sources in apt?
On Friday, 09 May, 2014 03:39 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: Most of what you will want to install (statistically speaking) is on the first [Debian] DVD. Everything you need to later install from the other DVDs is on the first DVD. You can always install packages from the other DVDs just using the iso files - so you may never need to use, or burn (if you do use) the other DVD iso files. Kind regards How exactly do you do that? That is, do you mount those ISOs as DVDs and then point sources.list to them? Also, how do you make sure that apt checks that the packages on the DVDs are current, and retrieves the packages from the online mirrors, instead, if the aren't. I want to be able to safely use both the online mirrors and the DVDs in the same sources.list file without having to worry that I may be installing outdated software (I have a slow Internet connection, so getting the big packages from the DVDs might help). Thanks :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/536d4a62.7080...@openmailbox.org
Re: Re: Is it safe not to install intel-microcode (or amd-microcode)?
On Friday, 09 May, 2014 02:54 AM, Ric Moore wrote: On 05/08/2014 02:16 PM, A Debian User wrote: Hello, all! I want to have a completely Free install of Debian, which means I will only be using software packages from the main repo, and will be excluding contrib and non-free from my sources file. By doing so, I won't be able to install the microcode updates for my computer's CPU. Is this safe, given that these microcode updates reportedly patch up vulnerabilities in the these processors? Even the Debian wiki (https://wiki.debian.org/Microcode) says that these microcode updates are "not safe to ignore". What's nice is that it is YOUR choice to make. Me, I'd never ham hock my video cards with a "free version" driver as I want all the hardware goodness I can get. I paid for them both to drive four monitors. If I want crufty, I need only boot my ancient 32bit Thinkpad to see it. So, while someone might tell you what you SHOULD do, it's always your right to do what is right for you to do, as long as you harm no one else in doing so. Have fun. Otherwise the OS becomes just another drudge. :) Ric Thanks for the response, but my question comes more from a security perspective: Does ignoring CPU microcode updates make your computer more or less vulnerable in general? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/536d4f07.6080...@openmailbox.org
Re: Re: loss of I/O on some websites
On Sunday, 11 May, 2014 10:08 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 11/05/14 22:59, Whit Hansell wrote: Am getting frustrated. On the internet today there are so many sites that have taken on so much advertising that it is killing my desire to go to various sites. I mean specifically news sites. My box is a relatively new AMD quad core over 3 Gh, 16 Gb Ram and a video card w. 1 Gb memery on it, running Wheezy always updated and current. I go to some news sites and they have video start up and run while I'm still trying to get the page loaded and then trying to scroll the page my I/O (mouse and/or cursor keys) won't work or I have to wait for a video ad or more get done. Than someitmes w/o meaning to I scrolll over another ad and it starts running it's video and it starts all over again. Am I missing something in some an additional program I can install to help take over or as an addon to Eceweasel browser? This is really frustrating and I woiuld appreciate any help anyone can give. Thanks in advance for any help. Whit AdBlock Pro Why don't you have it? It'll reduce the amount of page you need to download ($ netstat --iinet will show you connections). :) You 'should' also have these installed:- NoScript FlashBlock It's All Text RightToClick Self-Destructing Cookies User-Agent Switcher Kind regards As a side note, doesn't NoScript and FlashBlock have redundant features, in that they both block the loading of Flash content? So, shouldn't you just use NoScript, since it has more features and additionally does what FlashBlock does, anyway? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5371461f.9050...@openmailbox.org
Scrolling issues with Icedove
When you open an email in a tab, scroll down, then leave it (remove focus from it), when you come back, you'll see that it's returned to the top of the email (has scrolled back all the way up). What gives? Shouldn't you get to go back where you left off? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/537516b2.2030...@openmailbox.org
