Re: [Dng] Looking for advices in preparation to switch from Debian to Devuan

2015-03-01 Thread Anto
On 24/02/15 17:08, Anto wrote: Here is what I plan to do: 1. Re-install Xen DomU image of Debian squeeze 2. Add the following files: # cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/blocksystemd Package: *systemd* Pin: origin "" Pin-Priority: -1 # # cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/77norecommends APT:

Re: [Dng] three important UI features

2015-03-01 Thread KatolaZ
On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 07:32:05PM -0430, Richard wrote: [cut] > > > > And leaving the code as-is might be the faster way to get to Devuan 1.0. > > > > -- hendrik > > ___ > > Dng mailing list > > Dng@lists.dyne.org > > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-

Re: [Dng] plan to install valentine pre-alpha on real hardware.

2015-03-01 Thread Jaromil
On 28 February 2015 16:19:58 CET, Svante Signell wrote: >On Sat, 2015-02-28 at 09:45 -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >> >> I read the Debian installer mailing list since I upgraded to Jessie >> early and had huge difficulties. Yes, there are currently many >> gotchas. There's apparently a bug

Re: [Dng] pre-alpha live iso

2015-03-01 Thread shraptor shraptor
On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 2:31 AM, Go Linux wrote: > fsmithred over at Refracta created a live iso of the valentine's pre-alpha > with refractasnapshot. He said I could post a link here for those who want > to check it out but don't want to install. > > http://distro.ibiblio.org/refracta/files/othe

Re: [Dng] Devuan Weekly News XI

2015-03-01 Thread Jack L. Frost
On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 03:12:54PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > I think we're seeing cultural differences here. What may not be a > swearword in one community may be in another. The guy is east european and has a very loose grasp on the english language. It's not a cultural difference, it's plai

[Dng] Re-compiling nginx without anything related to systemd

2015-03-01 Thread Anto
Hello Everybody, I managed to re-compile nginx 1.6.2-5 from Debian jessie repository, and it seems to be installed and running fine. What I did is basically just removing everything that I thought to be related to systemd. But I am not really sure if I did that properly. I would really appreci

Re: [Dng] [OT] Debian problems with Jesse - was simple backgrounds

2015-03-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 06:11:42PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2015 28 Feb 17:07 -0600, T.J. Duchene wrote: > > As for systemd having "tentacles", there is certainly truth to that, but > > then the same argument could be said of Python or Perl. Both are rooted > > so far into "standard" dis

Re: [Dng] simple backgrounds

2015-03-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 06:55:01PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 10:09:50PM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote: > > > > > > Aren't there wallpapers provided by the DE's, eg. xfce4? In this > > case, it isn't usefull to provide anything else. > > Didier > > And in fact, it wo

[Dng] us as tech support (was: Can't hit Internet from Valentines

2015-03-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 01:09:21AM -0500, Gravis wrote: > now we're tech support? To an extent, yes. We need to know what problems people have with our software, so we can either fix it or fix the documentation. Or do we want to be accused of "notlistening to our users"? -- hendrik ___

Re: [Dng] [OT] Debian problems with Jesse - was simple backgrounds

2015-03-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 01:53:11AM -0500, Gravis wrote: > > Having [perl and python] doesn't cost much, IMO. > > this is true however, you only need a single deep-seeded flaw to > exploit an entire system when it comes to scripting. for further > reading, see bash. This is true of any library yo

Re: [Dng] What if systemd infects the kernel?

2015-03-01 Thread Go Linux
On Sun, 3/1/15, Jude Nelson wrote: Subject: Re: [Dng] What if systemd infects the kernel? To: "Gravis" Cc: "dng@lists.dyne.org" Date: Sunday, March 1, 2015, 12:01 AM >> I have been aware of the pending assimilation of systemd into the kernel >> since Linus dramatically rejected Kay >> S

Re: [Dng] us as tech support

2015-03-01 Thread Anto
On 01/03/15 17:38, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 01:09:21AM -0500, Gravis wrote: now we're tech support? To an extent, yes. We need to know what problems people have with our software, so we can either fix it or fix the documentation. Or do we want to be accused of "notlistening

Re: [Dng] us as tech support

2015-03-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 06:06:01PM +0100, Anto wrote: > On 01/03/15 17:38, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 01:09:21AM -0500, Gravis wrote: > >>now we're tech support? > >To an extent, yes. > > > >We need to know what problems people have with our software, so we can > >either fix it

Re: [Dng] us as tech support

2015-03-01 Thread Go Linux
On Sun, 3/1/15, Anto wrote: Subject: Re: [Dng] us as tech support To: dng@lists.dyne.org Date: Sunday, March 1, 2015, 11:06 AM On 01/03/15 17:38, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 01:09:21AM -0500, Gravis wrote: >>> now we're tech support? >> To an extent, yes. >> >> We need to

Re: [Dng] us as tech support

2015-03-01 Thread etech3
+1 on this. That should be the main point or one of them. If not point to FAQs, Installation docs. Hey can this be added to git? I'll help. On 03/01/2015 12:06 PM, Anto wrote: On 01/03/15 17:38, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 01:09:21AM -0500, Gravis wrote: now we're tech suppo

Re: [Dng] us as tech support

2015-03-01 Thread Anto
On 01/03/15 18:27, Hendrik Boom wrote: This is the right mailing list. There is no other at present. Gravis expressed surprise at having a tech support request, but he *did* answer the question. I'm happy to have seen the first tech support request here. It's a milestone. I just expected it

Re: [Dng] [OT] Debian problems with Jesse - was simple backgrounds

2015-03-01 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 1 Mar 2015 09:01:58 -0500 Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 06:11:42PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > * On 2015 28 Feb 17:07 -0600, T.J. Duchene wrote: > > > As for systemd having "tentacles", there is certainly truth to > > > that, but then the same argument could be said of

Re: [Dng] us as tech support

2015-03-01 Thread etech3
You may want to see if the vps provider supports uploading your own (devuan) iso image. I remember finding one for a project that wanted to use Slack. On 03/01/2015 01:03 PM, Anto wrote: On 01/03/15 18:27, Hendrik Boom wrote: This is the right mailing list. There is no other at present. Gra

[Dng] Circumvention Tech Festival

2015-03-01 Thread envite
As some of you know, I'm in the CTF. Being here, I wonder: Can Devuan be a security-aware, privacy-aware distro? Er Envite Enviado de Samsung Mobile___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [Dng] us as tech support

2015-03-01 Thread Anto
On 01/03/15 19:18, etech3 wrote: You may want to see if the vps provider supports uploading your own (devuan) iso image. I remember finding one for a project that wanted to use Slack. I have already asked and they do not support that. It could possibly be that I took their cheapest plan, so t

Re: [Dng] Circumvention Tech Festival

2015-03-01 Thread Martijn Dekkers
...CTF? On 1 March 2015 at 20:20, envite wrote: > As some of you know, I'm in the CTF. > > Being here, I wonder: > > Can Devuan be a security-aware, privacy-aware distro? > > Er Envite > > > Enviado de Samsung Mobile > > ___ > Dng mailing list > Dng@li

Re: [Dng] Circumvention Tech Festival

2015-03-01 Thread Istvan Chung
On 03/01/2015 01:53 PM, Martijn Dekkers wrote: > ...CTF? > Probably the [Circumvention Tech Festival][0], as in the subject. [0]: https://openitp.org/festival/about.html -- Istvan Chung ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.

Re: [Dng] Circumvention Tech Festival

2015-03-01 Thread Richard
On Mar 1, 2015 1:50 PM, "envite" wrote: > > As some of you know, I'm in the CTF. > > Being here, I wonder: > > Can Devuan be a security-aware, privacy-aware distro? > > Er Envite > > > Enviado de Samsung Mobile > > ___ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne

Re: [Dng] Circumvention Tech Festival

2015-03-01 Thread Jaromil
dear Envite, On Sun, 01 Mar 2015, envite wrote: >Being here, I wonder: >Can Devuan be a security-aware, privacy-aware distro? Devuan 1.0 is not yet there: until then we are not building a lot of character beyond being systemd-free and fork-friendly. We do inherit a lot from Debian, esp

Re: [Dng] [OT] Debian problems with Jesse - was simple backgrounds

2015-03-01 Thread Philip Lacroix
Am 01.03.2015 00:04 schrieb T.J. Duchene: As for systemd having "tentacles", there is certainly truth to that, but then the same argument could be said of Python or Perl. Both are rooted so far into "standard" distributions that it is hard to extract them. As other members have already point

Re: [Dng] us as tech support

2015-03-01 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 01 Mar 2015 18:06:01 +0100 Anto wrote: > On 01/03/15 17:38, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 01:09:21AM -0500, Gravis wrote: > >> now we're tech support? > > To an extent, yes. > > > > We need to know what problems people have with our software, so we > > can either fix it

Re: [Dng] us as tech support

2015-03-01 Thread etech3
Take a look at https://my.vultr.com, Don't know anything about them so YWMV. I know you can upload Slack. On 03/01/2015 01:48 PM, Anto wrote: On 01/03/15 19:18, etech3 wrote: You may want to see if the vps provider supports uploading your own (devuan) iso image. I remember finding one for a p

Re: [Dng] Devuan Weekly News XI

2015-03-01 Thread Isaac Dunham
On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 03:12:54PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 07:22:26PM +0300, Jack L. Frost wrote: > > > Could you please cease ??kickass?? here -- for people read your news > > > also, but such rudness leaves them nothing but to shrink from your > > > writing. Thanks ag

[Dng] No way to use a prepartioned disk?

2015-03-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
I tried using the valentine installer on a disk that already had three primary partitions and a lot of empty space. I could not get manual partitioning to leave the existing partitions alone and install devuan to secondary partitions in the empty space. The closest I could get was a question w

Re: [Dng] No way to use a prepartioned disk?

2015-03-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 05:44:47PM +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > I tried using the valentine installer on a disk that already had three > primary partitions and a lot of empty space. In case it's relevant, I was using the expert install, wanting to make my own paritioning decisions. That's what

Re: [Dng] No way to use a prepartioned disk?

2015-03-01 Thread Richard
@Hendrik, I installed Valentine on an existing partition of a 150 GiB HD on an Acer Aspire One. As I remember the terminology of the installer is a bit vague on the subject. I must have changed the FS to ext4 since that is what it reports via lsblk. On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Hendrik Boom wr

Re: [Dng] No way to use a prepartioned disk?

2015-03-01 Thread Jaromil
dear Hendrik, On Sun, 01 Mar 2015, Hendrik Boom wrote: > I tried using the valentine installer on a disk that already had three > primary partitions and a lot of empty space. > > I could not get manual partitioning to leave the existing partitions > alone and install devuan to secondary parti

Re: [Dng] No way to use a prepartioned disk?

2015-03-01 Thread Go Linux
On Sun, 3/1/15, Hendrik Boom wrote: Subject: [Dng] No way to use a prepartioned disk? To: dng@lists.dyne.org Date: Sunday, March 1, 2015, 11:44 AM > I tried using the valentine installer on a disk that already had three > primary partitions and a lot of empty space. > > I could not get manu

Re: [Dng] No way to use a prepartioned disk?

2015-03-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 10:44:20PM +0100, Jaromil wrote: > > dear Hendrik, > > On Sun, 01 Mar 2015, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > I tried using the valentine installer on a disk that already had three > > primary partitions and a lot of empty space. > > > > I could not get manual partitioning to l

Re: [Dng] No way to use a prepartioned disk?

2015-03-01 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 05:07:10PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > Interesting. I've used the Debian installer before, I think in the > time of wheezy, and it worked with existing partitions. So does the one in jessie. I guess you did something wrong. As long as one partition is marked for mounti

[Dng] Doc Devuan

2015-03-01 Thread hellekin
https://git.devuan.org/devuan-doc group is looking for participants, especially Debianites working with the Debian Documentation Project. So far the existing Debian Manuals repository was imported from the SVN, and available at https://git.devuan.org/devuan-doc/debian-manuals https://git.devuan.o

Re: [Dng] No way to use a prepartioned disk?

2015-03-01 Thread Jaromil
On Sun, 01 Mar 2015, Hendrik Boom wrote: > Interesting. I've used the Debian installer before, I think in the > time of wheezy, and it worked with existing partitions. Could sticking > systemd into it have broken their partitioning? Did they really put > systemd into the installer?? systemd

Re: [Dng] No way to use a prepartioned disk?

2015-03-01 Thread Richard
On Mar 1, 2015 5:58 PM, "Jaromil" wrote: > > On Sun, 01 Mar 2015, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > Interesting. I've used the Debian installer before, I think in the > > time of wheezy, and it worked with existing partitions. Could sticking > > systemd into it have broken their partitioning? Did they r

Re: [Dng] No way to use a prepartioned disk?

2015-03-01 Thread fsmithred
> > On 03/01/2015 04:41 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:> On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at > 05:44:47PM +, Hendrik Boom wrote: >>> I tried using the valentine installer on a disk that already had three >>> primary partitions and a lot of empty space. >> >> In case it's relevant, I was using the expert instal

Re: [Dng] [OT] Debian problems with Jesse - was simple backgrounds

2015-03-01 Thread T.J. Duchene
On Sun, 2015-03-01 at 21:12 +0100, Philip Lacroix wrote: > As other members have already pointed out, this is not a fair > comparison. Perhaps. The reasons I made the comparison are: a) All of them have a dependency chain so interwoven and complex that they become non-trivial to remove. You

Re: [Dng] [OT] Debian problems with Jesse - was simple backgrounds

2015-03-01 Thread Tor Myklebust
On Sun, 1 Mar 2015, T.J. Duchene wrote: On Sun, 2015-03-01 at 21:12 +0100, Philip Lacroix wrote: As other members have already pointed out, this is not a fair comparison. Perhaps. The reasons I made the comparison are: a) All of them have a dependency chain so interwoven and complex that t

[Dng] Beginning of Devuan Dmenu Howto

2015-03-01 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, In a previous thread I discussed the usefulness and productivity of using dmenu in parallel with the hierarchical menu. I'm about 1/4 done, all of it dmenu general and not specific to Devuan, because I still don't know how Devuan's dmenu package will look. Anyway, you can see what's there

[Dng] XFCE 4.12

2015-03-01 Thread T.J. Duchene
Evening! Just wanted to shout out that tonight I compiled the new XFCE 4.12 released yesterday. Like Inigo Montoya in the Princess Bride: I hate waiting... There are some nice improvements in there, and I would definitely recommend it over the version that Devuan is likely to inherit from Debian

Re: [Dng] Beginning of Devuan Dmenu Howto

2015-03-01 Thread Peter Olson
> On March 2, 2015 at 12:07 AM Steve Litt wrote: > > > Hi all, > > In a previous thread I discussed the usefulness and productivity of > using dmenu in parallel with the hierarchical menu. I'm about 1/4 done, > all of it dmenu general and not specific to Devuan, because I still > don't know how

Re: [Dng] [OT] Debian problems with Jesse - was simple backgrounds

2015-03-01 Thread T.J. Duchene
On 03/01/2015 05:56 PM, Tor Myklebust wrote: The perl-base package pre-depends on libc6 and dpkg. And nothing else. I was not referring to all the software that depends on them when using Debian/Devuan. I've never believed that they make good choice for a required component. Frankly, I've

Re: [Dng] [OT] Debian problems with Jesse - was simple backgrounds

2015-03-01 Thread T.J. Duchene
On 03/02/2015 12:16 AM, T.J. Duchene wrote: I was not referring to all the software that depends on them when using Debian/Devuan. *I was referring to all the software that depends on them when using Debian/Devuan. * Bad editing on my part. Mea Culpa. ___

Re: [Dng] XFCE 4.12

2015-03-01 Thread Dima Krasner
I wonder - is it possible to mix 4.12 components with 4.10 ones? If yes, we could backport only user-visible parts (xfwm4, Thunar, xfce4-panel, etc') to keep maintenance costs down. On Sun, 01 Mar 2015 23:24:49 -0600 "T.J. Duchene" wrote: > Evening! > > Just wanted to shout out that tonight I

Re: [Dng] XFCE 4.12

2015-03-01 Thread T.J. Duchene
On 03/02/2015 01:01 AM, Dima Krasner wrote: I wonder - is it possible to mix 4.12 components with 4.10 ones? If yes, we could backport only user-visible parts (xfwm4, Thunar, xfce4-panel, etc') to keep maintenance costs down. My first response to that is probably "Sorry, but no." While the

Re: [Dng] [OT] Debian problems with Jesse - was simple backgrounds

2015-03-01 Thread KatolaZ
On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 12:18:56AM -0600, T.J. Duchene wrote: > > On 03/02/2015 12:16 AM, T.J. Duchene wrote: > >> > >I was not referring to all the software that depends on them when > >using Debian/Devuan. > > *I was referring to all the software that depends on them when using > Debian/Devuan.