Re: Sudo

2020-01-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 27 ian 20, 13:01:17, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:21:30 +0200 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > In the typical sudo setup the root account is locked, so both su and > > root logins are disabled. > > My point is that sudo is more of a security "hole" since it only > requir

Re: Dell BIOS Changes

2020-01-28 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 28.01.2020 10:13, J. D. Leach wrote: > To Whom it May Concern, > > Have a Dell Inspiron 3668 desktop with the latest Dell firmware > (1.12.2). This update, and numerous of the preceding ones, do not > allow ANY type of loading of Debian (or any othe Linux flavor) onto > the PC. In the BIOS confi

NetworkManager and systemd-networkd/systemd-resolved

2020-01-28 Thread Christoph Pleger
Hello, on my notebook computer, I have a WLAN interface that is managed with NetworkManager and a cable-bound network interface that gets its static IP address by a systemd-networkd configuration file. But as of course on a portable notebook the cable-bound network interface is not always con

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-28 Thread tomas
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 07:54:47PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2020 27 Jan 16:12 -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > > > Gang, I've tried various combinations of: > > > > 1. removing/installing the /etc/xrdb/*.ad files > > I see that the mate-settings-daemon package has the /etc/xrdb/Emacs.ad >

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-28 Thread tomas
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 07:57:49PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > Or it may be as easy as going into the Mate Settings Daemon application > (if it has a GUI) and disabling the xrdg plugin. By all means, do -- and tell us whether it worked (the link I provided was a bit discouraging: so /if/ that wo

Re: Intel Frost Canyon NUC Intel I219-V drivers

2020-01-28 Thread Kim Haverblad
Never mind, realised that there is daily builds available... me bad. https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/ //Kim On 2020-01-27 22:35, Kim Haverblad wrote: It's my understanding that Linux driver is now available for Intel I219-V (10) which is utilised in Intel NUC Frost

Re: Planning a Debian NAS

2020-01-28 Thread Aidan Gauland
On 28/01/20 7:00 am, Aidan Gauland wrote: On 27/01/20 12:59 am, ghe wrote: If you don't already have all the router(s) and WiFi access points and such, may I suggest a pile of Raspberry Pis. Can a r-pi be set up with RAID easily? Going by all the replies on this subthread, even the latest model

Re: Planning a Debian NAS

2020-01-28 Thread Aidan Gauland
On 27/01/20 3:58 am, Stefan Monnier wrote: I want to set up a file server on my home LAN with just consumer-grade hardware, and run Debian stable on it.  For hardware, I am probably going to get a refurbished mid-range tower with a four to six 3.5" SATA drive capacity, and put WD Reds in it. Unl

Re: Planning a Debian NAS

2020-01-28 Thread Aidan Gauland
On 27/01/20 12:40 pm, Tom Dial wrote: I can't tell whether or not this response is facetious. If it is, and you are not determined for other reasons to use Linux, I recommend FreeNAS No, I was serious, but I do have limits.  I've looked at FreeNAS, but I would much rather use Debian, partially

Re: Planning a Debian NAS

2020-01-28 Thread Aidan Gauland
On 26/01/20 2:58 pm, Josef Grosch wrote: The document I used as a guide to set this up is https://wiki.debian.org/ZFS Two things I would advise when using ZFS is 1) never let the filesystem get to more than 80% full and 2) run a weekly zpool scrub. Mine runs our of cron. Thanks, this looks

Re: NetworkManager and systemd-networkd/systemd-resolved

2020-01-28 Thread john doe
On 1/28/2020 9:28 AM, Christoph Pleger wrote: > Hello, > > on my notebook computer, I have a WLAN interface that is managed with > NetworkManager and a cable-bound network interface that gets its static > IP address by a systemd-networkd configuration file. But as of course on > a portable notebook

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-28 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 03:09 wrote: > On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 07:57:49PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > Or it may be as easy as going into the Mate Settings Daemon application > > (if it has a GUI) and disabling the xrdg plugin. I tried to find that and couldn't. I would like to be able to e

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-28 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 05:54:46AM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 03:09 wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 07:57:49PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > Or it may be as easy as going into the Mate Settings Daemon application > > > (if it has a GUI) and disabling the xrdg plu

Re: NetworkManager and systemd-networkd/systemd-resolved

2020-01-28 Thread Nektarios Katakis
Στις 2020-01-28 08:28, Christoph Pleger έγραψε: Hello, on my notebook computer, I have a WLAN interface that is managed with NetworkManager and a cable-bound network interface that gets its static IP address by a systemd-networkd configuration file. But as of course on a portable notebook the ca

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-28 Thread Curt
On 2020-01-28, Tom Browder wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 03:09 wrote: > >> On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 07:57:49PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: >> > Or it may be as easy as going into the Mate Settings Daemon application >> > (if it has a GUI) and disabling the xrdg plugin. > I tried to find that

using git

2020-01-28 Thread mick crane
hello, I want to install Git locally, I've cloned something before but I don't know much about it. Before I dive into the man pages could I ask if I need the git-daemon-run for the server bit? mick -- Key ID4BFEBB31

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-28 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 04:11:33PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > when highlighting disappears, run "xrdb /dev/null" and restart emacs So, wait. You're saying that it *works for a little while* after you log in, and then at some point later, it *stops working*? If that's actually the case, then m

Re: using git

2020-01-28 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 01:29:10PM +, mick crane wrote: > hello, > I want to install Git locally, I've cloned something before but I > don't know much about it. > Before I dive into the man pages could I ask if I need the > git-daemon-run for the server bit? Not necessarily. Describe your use

Re: Dell BIOS Changes

2020-01-28 Thread The Wanderer
On 2020-01-28 at 03:23, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > On 28.01.2020 10:13, J. D. Leach wrote: > >> To Whom it May Concern, >> >> Have a Dell Inspiron 3668 desktop with the latest Dell firmware >> (1.12.2). This update, and numerous of the preceding ones, do not >> allow ANY type of loading of De

Re: Sudo

2020-01-28 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 04:33:21PM +1100, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > So sudo is installed. > > What happens when you type > > su > > in a term? > > > If you are asked for a password, type it in and enter. > > When there type > > usermod -a -G sudo charles - looks to be your user name > > exi

Re: using git

2020-01-28 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2020 28 Jan 07:30 -0600, mick crane wrote: > hello, > I want to install Git locally, I've cloned something before but I don't know > much about it. > Before I dive into the man pages could I ask if I need the git-daemon-run > for the server bit? Have you taken a look at this book: https://git

Re: using git

2020-01-28 Thread mick crane
On 2020-01-28 13:47, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 01:29:10PM +, mick crane wrote: hello, I want to install Git locally, I've cloned something before but I don't know much about it. Before I dive into the man pages could I ask if I need the git-daemon-run for the server bit

Re: using git

2020-01-28 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 08:13:39AM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > Have you taken a look at this book: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2 > > I still refer to it when doing something I don't do often enough to > recall the exact syntax. +1. I have the "basic branching and merging" chapter permanently

Re: Sudo

2020-01-28 Thread David Wright
On Tue 28 Jan 2020 at 10:16:18 (+0200), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 27 ian 20, 13:01:17, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:21:30 +0200 Andrei POPESCU > > wrote: > > > > > > In the typical sudo setup the root account is locked, so both su and > > > root logins are disabled. > >

Re: using git

2020-01-28 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 02:14:05PM +, mick crane wrote: > On 2020-01-28 13:47, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 01:29:10PM +, mick crane wrote: > >>hello, > >>I want to install Git locally, I've cloned something before but I > >>don't know much about it. > >>Before I dive

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-28 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 07:26 Curt wrote: ... > Have you tried my suggestion of yesterday, a method which worked for the > man in the thread linked at the bottom of this post? You might have to > be root, and you must have the dconf-editor installed. Open that gui > app, search for the ... No,

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-28 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 07:36 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 04:11:33PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > > when highlighting disappears, run "xrdb /dev/null" and restart emacs > > So, wait. You're saying that it *works for a little while* after > you log in, and then at some point l

Re: using git

2020-01-28 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 14:14:05 + mick crane wrote: > > Not necessarily. Describe your use case a bit more precisely. > > I tried to do bits of programming before and kept the changes in > directories on the same machine which doesn't always seem to work if > go back to it after several mont

Re: using git

2020-01-28 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 07:44:30AM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 14:14:05 + > mick crane wrote: > > > > Not necessarily. Describe your use case a bit more precisely. > > > > I tried to do bits of programming before and kept the changes in > > directories on the same m

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-28 Thread Curt
On 2020-01-28, Tom Browder wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 07:36 Greg Wooledge wrote: > >> On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 04:11:33PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: >> > when highlighting disappears, run "xrdb /dev/null" and restart emacs >> >> So, wait. You're saying that it *works for a little while*

Re: Dell BIOS Changes

2020-01-28 Thread ghe
On 1/27/20 10:13 PM, J. D. Leach wrote: > I suspect Microsoft is back to trying to squelch the use of software > other than what it approves of. "Sells" you mean... I bought a Dell laptop a couple years ago, and it had a 'BIOS' like you describe. But there was an option in the several pages of B

Re: using git

2020-01-28 Thread mick crane
On 2020-01-28 14:13, Nate Bargmann wrote: * On 2020 28 Jan 07:30 -0600, mick crane wrote: hello, I want to install Git locally, I've cloned something before but I don't know much about it. Before I dive into the man pages could I ask if I need the git-daemon-run for the server bit? Have yo

Re: Dell BIOS Changes

2020-01-28 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 08:43:07AM -0700, ghe wrote: > On 1/27/20 10:13 PM, J. D. Leach wrote: > > > I suspect Microsoft is back to trying to squelch the use of software > > other than what it approves of. > > "Sells" you mean... > > I bought a Dell laptop a couple years ago, and it had a 'BIOS'

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-28 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 9:33 AM Curt wrote:... ... Okay, I've taken Curt's and Greg's suggestions together: 1. I had to install the dconf-editor package. I was able to use the dconf editor to turn off the xrdb plugin. I then logged off and logged back in. Highlighting is working. Note: The deco

Re: Sudo

2020-01-28 Thread Harold Hartley
I’m reading the thread. And I did fix it by re-installing with non-graphic install. The first time was a graphical install. On Tue, Jan 28, 2020, at 06:54, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 04:33:21PM +1100, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > > So sudo is installed. > > > > What happens when

Re: using git

2020-01-28 Thread john doe
On 1/28/2020 4:50 PM, mick crane wrote: > On 2020-01-28 14:13, Nate Bargmann wrote: >> * On 2020 28 Jan 07:30 -0600, mick crane wrote: >>> hello, >>> I want to install Git locally, I've cloned something before but I >>> don't know >>> much about it. >>> Before I dive into the man pages could I ask

Re: NetworkManager and systemd-networkd/systemd-resolved

2020-01-28 Thread Christoph Pleger
Hello, on my notebook computer, I have a WLAN interface that is managed with NetworkManager and a cable-bound network interface that gets its static IP address by a systemd-networkd configuration file. But as of course on a portable notebook the cable-bound network interface is not always connec

Re: Sudo

2020-01-28 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 28/01/2020 16:00, Harold Hartley wrote: I’m reading the thread. And I did fix it by re-installing with non-graphic install. The first time was a graphical install. I think that you're missing the obvious. When using the graphical install there comes a point when you're asked for a root password

Re: How to set Gedit left margin to 80 characters

2020-01-28 Thread Curt
On 2020-01-28, Default User wrote: > > Okay, I'm stumped. > > I'm running 64-bit Debian unstable, Cinnamon desktop environment. > > All I want to do is set the Gedit left margin to 80 characters, so that > text hard-wraps (or at least soft-wraps) at that point. Don't you mean "right" instead of "

Re: Dell BIOS Changes

2020-01-28 Thread Nate Bargmann
The foregoing is why I really want to see ARM evolve to be the basis of decent workstation performance. Given the machinations being done to commodity hardware something more open with Coreboot or uboot is needed. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible world

Re: NetworkManager and systemd-networkd/systemd-resolved

2020-01-28 Thread john doe
On 1/28/2020 5:27 PM, Christoph Pleger wrote: > Hello, > >> on my notebook computer, I have a WLAN interface that is managed with >> NetworkManager and a cable-bound network interface that gets its >> static IP address by a systemd-networkd configuration file. But as of >> course on a portable note

Re: Sudo

2020-01-28 Thread Harold Hartley
When I did the graphical install I couldn’t even get into su either. That’s why I installed it without graphics the next time. I also showed the command I type on the thread and what the results was. On Tue, Jan 28, 2020, at 10:07, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > On 28/01/2020 16:00, Harold Hartley

Whither "bullseye?

2020-01-28 Thread Bob Bernstein
Not really whither, but when? Is there a um consensus on when bullseye might see the light of day? We have this on debian.org: "The next release of Debian is codenamed "bullseye" — no release date has been set " https://www.debian.org/releases/ Perhaps I could get a line on this from Vegas. A

Re: Sudo

2020-01-28 Thread Joe
On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:29:44 -0700 "Harold Hartley" wrote: > When I did the graphical install I couldn’t even get into su either. > That’s why I installed it without graphics the next time. Whatever the issue was, it wasn't that. I always use a graphical install and have never had the problem yo

Re: Whither "bullseye?

2020-01-28 Thread Joe
On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 13:13:40 -0500 (EST) Bob Bernstein wrote: > Not really whither, but when? > > Is there a um consensus on when bullseye might see the light of > day? We have this on debian.org: > > "The next release of Debian is codenamed "bullseye" — no release > date has been set " > > ht

Re: Sudo

2020-01-28 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:22:27 +1100 Keith Bainbridge wrote: > Good afternoon > > > My limited experience with a Win10 where user is NOT admin, is that > everything I have tried even portable apps, works - apart from adding > software. Good to know. But I only use Windows when there are no via

Re: Planning a Debian NAS

2020-01-28 Thread deloptes
Aidan Gauland wrote: > No, I was serious, but I do have limits.  I've looked at FreeNAS, but I > would much rather use Debian, partially for familiarity, and party > because this will be a multi-purpose server, not just a NAS. but you originally mentioned explicitly it was for NAS - this is misle

Re: Sudo

2020-01-28 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:16:18 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 27 ian 20, 13:01:17, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:21:30 +0200 > > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > > In the typical sudo setup the root account is locked, so both su and > > > root logins are disabled. > >

Re: Planning a Debian NAS

2020-01-28 Thread deloptes
Aidan Gauland wrote: >> On 27/01/20 12:59 am, ghe wrote: >>> If you don't already have all the router(s) and WiFi access points >>> and such, may I suggest a pile of Raspberry Pis. >> Can a r-pi be set up with RAID easily? > Going by all the replies on this subthread, even the latest model r-pi >

Re: Planning a Debian NAS

2020-01-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 28 January 2020 14:02:24 deloptes wrote: > Aidan Gauland wrote: > >> On 27/01/20 12:59 am, ghe wrote: > >>> If you don't already have all the router(s) and WiFi access points > >>> and such, may I suggest a pile of Raspberry Pis. > >> > >> Can a r-pi be set up with RAID easily? > > > >

Re: Sudo

2020-01-28 Thread Brian
On Tue 28 Jan 2020 at 11:02:12 -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: > The biggest security flaw with any OS is the user. By God. I wish I said that! The same is true is true of motor cars, washing machines, microwave cookers, TV sets, bicycles, the postal system etc, etc. These damned humans - nothing b

Re: Dell BIOS Changes

2020-01-28 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 11:29 AM Nate Bargmann wrote: > The foregoing is why I really want to see ARM evolve to be the basis of > decent workstation performance. Given the machinations being done to > commodity hardware something more open with Coreboot or uboot is needed. > And in case you are

Re: Sudo

2020-01-28 Thread mick crane
On 2020-01-28 18:44, Joe wrote: On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:29:44 -0700 "Harold Hartley" wrote: When I did the graphical install I couldn’t even get into su either. That’s why I installed it without graphics the next time. Whatever the issue was, it wasn't that. I always use a graphical install a

Re: Sudo

2020-01-28 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020, 4:44 PM mick crane wrote: > On 2020-01-28 18:44, Joe wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:29:44 -0700 > > "Harold Hartley" wrote: > > > >> When I did the graphical install I couldn’t even get into su either. > >> That’s why I installed it without graphics the next time. > > >

Re: Planning a Debian NAS

2020-01-28 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-01-25 19:21, Aidan Gauland wrote: I love over-complicating my hobbies. I get better results with KISS. On 2020-01-27 10:00, Aidan Gauland wrote: Can a r-pi be set up with RAID easily? On 2020-01-28 02:08, Aidan Gauland wrote: Going by all the replies on this subthread, even the lat

Re: Dell BIOS Changes

2020-01-28 Thread Ralph Katz
On 1/27/20 10:13 PM, J. D. Leach wrote: > To Whom it May Concern, > > Have a Dell Inspiron 3668 desktop with the latest Dell firmware > (1.12.2). This update, and numerous of the preceding ones, do not allow > ANY type of loading of Debian (or any othe Linux flavor) onto the PC. In > the BIOS conf

Ethernet trouble

2020-01-28 Thread ghe
Buster, SuperMicro box The labels for my Ethernet ports have changed. There are 2 ports on this box. They used to be called enp6s0 and enp7s0. Now they're called enp7s0 and enp8s0 (6, 7, and 8). I've rebooted 3 times, and they don't change. My /etc/network/interfaces had config info for 6 and 7

Re: How to set Gedit left margin to 80 characters

2020-01-28 Thread Default User
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020, 12:18 Curt wrote: > On 2020-01-28, Default User wrote: > > > > Okay, I'm stumped. > > > > I'm running 64-bit Debian unstable, Cinnamon desktop environment. > > > > All I want to do is set the Gedit left margin to 80 characters, so that > > text hard-wraps (or at least soft-

Re: How to set Gedit left margin to 80 characters

2020-01-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 28 January 2020 19:57:02 Default User wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020, 12:18 Curt wrote: > > On 2020-01-28, Default User wrote: > > > Okay, I'm stumped. > > > > > > I'm running 64-bit Debian unstable, Cinnamon desktop environment. > > > > > > All I want to do is set the Gedit left margi

Re: Re: Planning a Debian NAS

2020-01-28 Thread Tom Dial
On 1/28/20 03:15, Aidan Gauland wrote: On 27/01/20 12:40 pm, Tom Dial wrote: I can't tell whether or not this response is facetious. If it is, and you are not determined for other reasons to use Linux, I recommend FreeNAS No, I was serious, but I do have limits.  I've looked at FreeNAS, but

Re: Sudo

2020-01-28 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:18:01 + Brian wrote: > On Tue 28 Jan 2020 at 11:02:12 -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > The biggest security flaw with any OS is the user. > > By God. I wish I said that! > > The same is true is true of motor cars, washing machines, microwave > cookers, TV sets, b

Re: Sudo

2020-01-28 Thread John Hasler
Patrick Bartek writes: > Except the smart ones. They read the manual. They are the most dangerous ones. The fools make mere foolish mistakes. The smart users make clever ones. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 28 ian 20, 09:59:44, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 07:54:47PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > As that package apparently is required for the Mate desktop, it's > > likely that to resolve this that you'll need to comment the lines in > > that file as root and note that

Re: Sudo

2020-01-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 28 ian 20, 08:24:29, David Wright wrote: > > My view is that more damage is done to home systems by the sysadmins > than by external malice, so anything that protects the system from > such damage is a useful resource. I think that selective sudo¹ > provides one way of reducing damage by se

Re: How to set Gedit left margin to 80 characters

2020-01-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 27 ian 20, 19:16:35, Default User wrote: > Okay, I'm stumped. > > I'm running 64-bit Debian unstable, Cinnamon desktop environment. > > All I want to do is set the Gedit left margin to 80 characters, so that > text hard-wraps (or at least soft-wraps) at that point. If you take suggestions

Re: Sudo

2020-01-28 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 11:02:12AM -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: [...] > Although, I seem to remember a couple of distros would recommend you > create more secure password, if you entered a poor one, but would still > accept the poor one, if you chose to do so. Can't remember which > distro(s) tho

Re: Sudo

2020-01-28 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 07:00:03PM -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:18:01 + > Brian wrote: > > > On Tue 28 Jan 2020 at 11:02:12 -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > > The biggest security flaw with any OS is the user. > > > > By God. I wish I said that! > > > > The s

Debian netinstall systemd-boot (bootloader) support

2020-01-28 Thread Fun Society
Hi, can you guys add/provide systemd-boot option on the Debian installer? Because some of the UEFI laptop not supported grub bootloader, The bios automatically delete boot entry if the name of the grub boot entry not "Linux" and grub installation by Debian installer is named Debian so the machine w

Re: using git

2020-01-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 28 ian 20, 14:14:05, mick crane wrote: > > I tried to do bits of programming before and kept the changes in directories > on the same machine which doesn't always seem to work if go back to it after > several months. You might want to elaborate on this if you want useful suggestions. As a

Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

2020-01-28 Thread tomas
On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 08:48:56AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 28 ian 20, 09:59:44, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 07:54:47PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > > > As that package apparently is required for the Mate desktop, it's > > > likely that to resolve this th

Re: Ethernet trouble

2020-01-28 Thread Klaus Singvogel
ghe wrote: > Anybody have an explanation? Or somewhere I can start looking? Or know > how whatever labels Ethernet ports does it (or why they weren't called 0 > and 1 in the first place)? The keywords you want to search for: udev, "consistent network device names", and debian Best regards,