Re: Debain XFCE login issue

On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 09:56:15 +0530 Bala Personal wrote: > Hello, > > I’m a moderate Linux user and I recently installed Debian with XFCE > using the expert installation option. The installation was > successful, but I’m experiencing issues during login. When I attempt > to boot in, it enters th

Debain XFCE login issue

Hello, I’m a moderate Linux user and I recently installed Debian with XFCE using the expert installation option. The installation was successful, but I’m experiencing issues during login. When I attempt to boot in, it enters the window manager, but I get no response with my username and passw

Re: Debian and open source scroungers

Hi, On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 05:46:05PM +0100, Andre Rodier wrote: > Please, tell me what are your thoughts on this. Am I too pessimistic ? Are > you, like me, thinking these companies as open source "scroungers" ? i Opinion: The largest recipients of welfare in the Western world are corpo

Re: popcon use?

Hi, On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 02:08:52PM -0400, Lee wrote: > On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 1:00 AM Jeffrey Walton 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. >

Re: Debian and open source scroungers

>> [...] >> Please, tell me what are your thoughts on this. Am I too pessimistic? >> Are you, like me, thinking these companies as open source "scroungers"? > I think it's more that "companies" tend to need assurances (i.e. someone > to call and blame when [insert solution here] doesn't do somethi

Re: Debian and open source scroungers

On Saturday, 12-10-2024 at 03:46 Andre Rodier wrote: > Dear Debian users, contributors, and enthusiasts, > > I have been working in IT, for more than twenty years, essentially Debian. > I tend to prefer non-computer related activities for the free time I have, > therefore, I don't really contr

Re: Firefox codecs

Bruno , I am pleased that you (and all of us), now have this issue fixed. Thanks for posting your issue. George. On Saturday, 12-10-2024 at 04:41 Bruno Schneider wrote: > On Fri, Oct 4, 2024 at 3:18 PM Bruno Schneider wrote: > > > > I use Debian testing on a few machines. I recently upgraded a

Re: Debian and open source scroungers

On 11.10.2024 21:46, Andre Rodier wrote: ... Please, tell me what are your thoughts on this. Am I too pessimistic ? Are you, like me, thinking these companies as open source "scroungers" ? Thanks for your feedback. Andrew I think those are all valid examples and opinions, but there is always

Re: Debian and open source scroungers

On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 05:46:05PM +0100, Andre Rodier wrote: > Dear Debian users, contributors, and enthusiasts, [...] > Please, tell me what are your thoughts on this. Am I too pessimistic ? Are > you, like me, thinking these companies as open source "scroungers" ? Yes, they are. Arguably, the

Re: Firefox codecs

On Fri, Oct 4, 2024 at 3:18 PM Bruno Schneider wrote: > > I use Debian testing on a few machines. I recently upgraded all > packages in one of them and now Firefox won't play some videos on > YouTube or play any music on YouTube Music. > > Comparing against a working machine not so up-to-date. I no

Re: Debian and open source scroungers

On Oct 11, 2024, Andre Rodier wrote: > [...] > Please, tell me what are your thoughts on this. Am I too pessimistic ? Are > you, like me, thinking these companies as open source "scroungers" ? I think it's more that "companies" tend to need assurances (i.e. someone to call and blame when [insert s

Debian and open source scroungers

Dear Debian users, contributors, and enthusiasts, I have been working in IT, for more than twenty years, essentially Debian. I tend to prefer non-computer related activities for the free time I have, therefore, I don't really contribute to Debian, at least not directly. Still, I have a persona

Re: Mozilla's apt repository; was: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

Hi, Le 11/10/2024, Brad Rogers a écrit: >>if some evil actor gets access to mozilla's >>repository and injects some malware into it. > > A point I missed. Clearly. > > Thanks for highlighting. This is not very convincing. If an evil actor were in a position to do that, they would probably

Re: Mozilla's apt repository; was: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:56:12 +0100 debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: Hello debian-u...@howorth.org.uk, >if some evil actor gets access to mozilla's >repository and injects some malware into it. A point I missed. Clearly. Thanks for highlighting. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator

How to report a bug on nouveau/testing

Hi, Since a few day I am unable to start any application using electron/chromium on my laptop. I am using Debian Testing, kernel 6.10.11-amd64. So far, I've tried quite a variety of apps : zulip-desktop, signal-desktop, VS Code / Codium, Biwarden Directory Connector, discord, etc, all are failing

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

On 11 Oct 2024 09:38 +0100, from c...@isbd.net (Chris Green): > I can try and if it all goes pear > shaped I'll just have to go out to the system in the garage with a > screen and keyboard (and mouse). No need for a mouse, even if you use the graphical installer. -- Michael Kjörling

Re: Mozilla's apt repository

On 11 Oct 2024 11:56 +0100, from debian-u...@howorth.org.uk: > I think the point is not about what actually happens now, but what > might happen in future if some evil actor gets access to mozilla's > repository and injects some malware into it. > > And thus the degree of trust that ought to be gi

Re: Mozilla's apt repository; was: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 11:56:12AM +0100, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > Brad Rogers wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 07:37:03 + > > Michael Kjörling wrote: > > > > Hello Michael, > > > > >That sounds like an even better argument for not pinning _everything_ > > >coming from that reposit

Re: Mozilla's apt repository; was: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 07:37:03 + > Michael Kjörling wrote: > > Hello Michael, > > >That sounds like an even better argument for not pinning _everything_ > >coming from that repository at priority 1000. > > Maybe, but; > > As an experiment, I added the mozilla repo and

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

On 2024-10-11, Chris Green wrote: > Yes, I said earlier that I think I need to investigate how to use > backports. GnuCash in particular is a candidate. Sorry I miss the point. To install from backports you have to add it in sources.list deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main

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

to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > [-- text/plain, size 0.8K, charset utf-8, 24 lines, encoding quoted-printable > --] > > 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 De

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

Henrik Ahlgren wrote: > 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

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

Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 03:41:35PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > > 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? > > > > Wit

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

Michel Verdier wrote: > On 2024-10-10, Chris Green wrote: > > > My only need for 'latest' versions tends to be for a very few things > > where keeping different systems in step is important. Some are in > > PPAs (e.g. syncthing) so I get the same version on all my systems that > > way. The othe

Re: Mozilla's apt repository; was: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 07:37:03 + Michael Kjörling wrote: Hello Michael, >That sounds like an even better argument for not pinning _everything_ >coming from that repository at priority 1000. Maybe, but; As an experiment, I added the mozilla repo and updated. Everything from their repos was l

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

On 2024-10-10, Chris Green wrote: > My only need for 'latest' versions tends to be for a very few things > where keeping different systems in step is important. Some are in > PPAs (e.g. syncthing) so I get the same version on all my systems that > way. The other one I can think of at the moment

Re: Mozilla's apt repository; was: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

On 10 Oct 2024 19:53 +0100, from b...@fineby.me.uk (Brad Rogers): >> Though I would adjust that apt pinning configuration slightly to favor >> only firefox and maybe thunderbird packages from their repository, > > AFAICT, the repo you cited has firefox(1) only. That sounds like an even better ar

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

On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 03:00:06AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: [...] > You might like this one, too. Mozilla just bought an ad company and > cut-in code in Firefox for targeted advertising: "Privacy-Preserving" > Attribution: Mozilla Disappoints Us Yet Again, >

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

On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 18:26:37 + Michael Kjörling wrote: Hello Michael, >Though I would adjust that apt pinning configuration slightly to favor >only firefox and maybe thunderbird packages from their repository, AFAICT, the repo you cited has firefox(1) only. T'Bird direct from mozilla is i

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

On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 2:07 AM wrote: > > 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: > >