Ok, so this is more of a rant than anything. After several years of using
Debian at work (Debian 9 stretch), and after my LTS version of Linux Mint
at home stopped receiving updates, I decided to upgrade it to Debian 10
buster. I have to say that this is the worst desktop linux OS I've ever
used. I
Jerry Feldman wrote:
> Last year, the guy who was providing a secondary DNS server for us decided
> not to do it any more.. Since we essentially have zero income, we are
> looking for someone who can donate it. If not, we can find a low cost
> service.
> We provide primary DNS for the BLU plus a f
Grant Mongardi wrote:
> Ok, so this is more of a rant than anything. After several years of using
> Debian at work (Debian 9 stretch), and after my LTS version of Linux Mint
> at home stopped receiving updates, I decided to upgrade it to Debian 10
> buster. I have to say that this is the worst des
Thanks Dan
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On Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 8:38 AM Dan Ritter wrote:
> Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > Last year, the guy who was providing a secondary DNS serv
I would like to thank everyone who responded.
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On Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 8:38 AM Dan Ritter wrote:
> Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > Last year, the guy who
> Tell us what you actually did, please
For the reboot I went to "Applications->System Tools->Software Install" and
selected the "Updates" tab, It showed only the Firefox update so I
installed it. It did say "Install and Restart" but I assumed it just meant
restart Firefox. I was wrong.
> Oh, you'
Grant Mongardi wrote:
> > Tell us what you actually did, please
> For the reboot I went to "Applications->System Tools->Software Install" and
> selected the "Updates" tab, It showed only the Firefox update so I
> installed it. It did say "Install and Restart" but I assumed it just meant
> restart
All of this is fine, except the last part. The installer doesn't offer you
a list of desktops to install, it just installs GNOME by default, so I
would call that "tied to the desktop". And given that Cinnamon was the
default desktop for the prior release I'm not sure why you would make that
drastic
On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 07:49:32 -0400
Grant Mongardi wrote:
> 1. Software Update reboots the computer - seriously, it just rebooted
> my computer to install a Firefox update! Who does that?
Not Debian? I've been running Debian 10 on my home server for going on
a year. Only times it needs to reboot a
Grant Mongardi wrote:
> All of this is fine, except the last part. The installer doesn't offer you
> a list of desktops to install, it just installs GNOME by default, so I
You chose the "do it all for me" option.
And despite previously running Debian, you installed a new
version from scratch? Wh
On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 10:54:04 -0400
Dan Ritter wrote:
> And despite previously running Debian, you installed a new
Point: Grant had been running an outdated version of Mint.
> If it's not their first time, they have preferences, like
> cinnamon or xfce or lxde or i3 or "please don't install any
I've submitted this twice without seeing it posted. Perhaps I should
have been more specific, the Netgear V6300V2 router is Linux based, so
this is a Linux compatibility issue.
I have a Netgear V6300V2 router that I am trying to use a small file
server in addition to as Wifi router. The pro
Debian is a good Server distro and a good _base_ to build a desktop distro.
I would not consider it a desktop distro.
Stock Debian with all defaults as a desktop? Unlikely to be enjoyable
without a lot of customizing.
I did use stock Debian as a desktop distro once, but it was on a DEC ALPHA
work
Jerry,
First, we have seen this post. Sometimes you won't see your own posts. Go
to the archives http://blu.org/pipermail/discuss/2020-June/thread.html
So as I understand it you are writing to a flash drive connected to the
router. Could it be that the flash drive was removed before the file was
f
Jerry,
Thanks. I always thought that there was a moderator who had to approve
the posting.
I don't think it is a timing issue, the flash stick remains in the
router. There is one other point that I forgot to mention. In order to
mount the share on Linux, I need the following mount command:
So just as a generic reply,as this seems upsetting to you, but I chose the
defaults because the defaults were perfectly fine on my other stretch
install. It was completely usable out of the box.
Having to go through and reconfigure from the defaults is a huge burden on
my time. If you have a ton of
On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 11:53:54 -0400
Jerry Natowitz wrote:
> I've submitted this twice without seeing it posted. Perhaps I should
> have been more specific, the Netgear V6300V2 router is Linux based,
> so this is a Linux compatibility issue.
We've seen your posts. The silence indicates we don't k
If I had to moderate all posts, I would be busy all day :-)
On Linux, the buffers are flushed periodically, and if you unmount, the
buffers are flushed immediately if any are still busy. I'm not sure how
windows handles flash drives, but it always warns you to press safely
remove. I'm thinking that
Well, it was in fact Debian Stretch that used Cinnamon as the default
desktop. That's sort of the point I was making. I don't know why you would
so dramatically change that experience. And GNOME in this particular
iteration is not very good at all, not even as good as older versions I've
used. Hell
You installed a new major version, and you don't understand why there
were major changes. Just like moving from Windows 7 to Windows 8 or
10, there will be changes in the user experience--mostly intentional
changes that are deemed to enhance the user experience, but that can
be subjective.
On Thu
Grant Mongardi wrote:
> Well, it was in fact Debian Stretch that used Cinnamon as the default
> desktop.
Actually... no. I checked. Stretch had GNOME 3.22 as the default.
Google it for yourself, if you don't believe me.
Somebody in this thread mentioned that you weren't actually
using Stretch, y
No, _this_ machine was Linux Mint (the one I updated). The one I use at
work is Debian Stretch (v9) which is using Cinnamon, by default. I have
used the DVD I originally downloaded and installed it on 2 other VMs at
work, and although there are some features I installed afterwards it is
basically t
You might not agree with the Gnome Shell design, but it was in fact carefully
designed, and not intentionally made to have "bad ergonomics":
https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Design
On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 02:22:50PM -0400, Grant Mongardi wrote:
> No, _this_ machine was Linux Mint (the
On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 14:22:50 -0400
Grant Mongardi wrote:
> No, _this_ machine was Linux Mint (the one I updated). The one I use
> at work is Debian Stretch (v9) which is using Cinnamon, by default. I
No, it didn't. Not by *default*. GNOME is the default deskop
environment unless you override it o
On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 2:58 PM Rich Pieri wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 14:22:50 -0400
> Grant Mongardi wrote:
>
> > No, _this_ machine was Linux Mint (the one I updated). The one I use
> > at work is Debian Stretch (v9) which is using Cinnamon, by default. I
>
> No, it didn't. Not by *default*. G
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