Re: [DNG] Devuan, Firefox and Apulse

Hi there On 18/09/17 22:35, dev wrote: Anyone know if there is an Apulse package for Devuan? I thought I had it working a couple months back but now, on a different machine, I cannot find the Apulse package. I don't remember how I got it working. Checking google of course brings up the git r

Re: [DNG] Another problem with systemd and I will switch to devuan

Hi there On 17/09/17 07:49, arne wrote: Another problem with systemd and I will switch to devuan. I had a fierce struggle with rc.local and systemd. Took me 24 hours, lots of coffee and pizza, (to abandon rc.local for most part in the end) I am feeling a pain in my heart if I have to leave d

Re: [DNG] Proposed change in behaviour for ascii: eudev net.ifnames logic reversing proposal

Hi there On 22/08/17 11:42, Didier Kryn wrote: Le 22/08/2017 à 09:10, Narcis Garcia a écrit : persistent-net.rules allows 100% definitive names. Definitive but with a possible mess. A new eth1 could be created by the kernel in the same time eth0 is renamed to eth1 by Udev. The race p

Re: [DNG] FF pulseaudio hard dependency is here

Hi there On 12/03/17 16:49, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: Have you considered rolling your own add-blocking with a list of unwanted sites in /etc/hosts ? A bad idea, because your browser expects some sort of response. It's better to replace unwanted content with a small transparent gif. Reg

Re: [DNG] resolved

Hi there Klaus Hartnegg wrote: All programmers please read this, and treat it as a list of things not to do. https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-June/014964.html Systemd manages to shoot itself in the foot, and in the elbow, and trigger a timebomb, all with one single b

Re: [DNG] adblocking using /etc/hosts

Hi there emnin...@riseup.net wrote: I don't know, if it is the right place here to ask such trivial questions, if not please tell me, no problem at all. I wanted to suggest, for the future, may be for a better user experience, if it is possible and reasonable to create a small script, which w

[DNG] Which desktops work without systemd

Hi there Which desktops work without systemd? A list would be nice. Regards, Rob ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] printing (was Re: Readiness notification)

Hi there Hendrik Boom wrote: Just make sure the package cops-bsd isn't installed. It provides a file /usr/bin/lpr, which is preumably a front end to cups. And cat should be lower-case, obviously. There are plenty of videos illustrating what happens if it isn't. Regards, Rob ___

Re: [DNG] printing (was Re: Readiness notification)

Hi there Nate Bargmann wrote: As if on cue, IgnorantGuru posts up a very timely and salient post: https://igurublog.wordpress.com/2015/06/13/openwashing-and-other-deceptions-in-linux/ Sadly, CUPS is long one of these technologies ensnared by Apple and now we're beholden to them. At first CU

Re: [Dng] donations by mail?

Hi there Martijn Dekkers wrote: ... and they are also criminal groups There are 'alternative' banks. Their services are a bit limited, but they do international credit transfers. Regards, Rob -- Comet: A very large bouncy castle. ___ Dng m

Re: [Dng] donations by mail?

Hi there Ста Деюс wrote: Oh NO! No deal w/ the criminal groups! Well, that just leaves (IBAN) credit transfers. Cheques where abolished in 2000. Postal money orders in 2002. Apparently some banks process some US cheques, but they charge extortionate fees. Regards, Rob -- Comet: A very la

Re: [Dng] donations by mail?

Hi there Hendrik Boom wrote: There is already a payment-processing system that has been in effect much longer than computers or digital networks -- the postal money order sent by ordinary mail. Does that still exist? AFAIK this was abolished decades ago. All we'd need is a mailing address