Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 18/09/2017 à 19:45, Steve Litt a écrit : assign them temporary passwords which you give them, and have them change their passwords. Or just copy their shadow passwords. Didier ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglist

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Narcis Garcia
I'm trying now to make an installation as similar as possible to Gnome. XFCE is the best option for a Gnome-like theme and behavior? El 18/09/17 a les 19:45, Steve Litt ha escrit: > On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 09:02:37 +0200 > Narcis Garcia wrote: > >> Is there some published procedure to install Gnome

Re: [DNG] Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.

2017-09-19 Thread Florian Zieboll
On Sat, 16 Sep 2017 14:30:37 -0400 Steve Litt wrote: > On Sat, 16 Sep 2017 13:03:01 +0200 > Florian Zieboll wrote: > > > On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 23:43:34 -0400 > > Steve Litt wrote: > > > > > Is it just me, or does ssh-agent interacting with dbus seem like a > > > horrible idea? > > > > >

Re: [DNG] upgrade from Debian stretch to Devuan ascii?

2017-09-19 Thread Arnt Gulbrandsen
Edward Bartolo writes: With a compromised CPU that has questionable smaller cores running a HIDDEN OS, I cannot see what advantages anyone gets by installing grsecurity. This is worse than having a compromised machine that is always connected to your computer. Bah. We already know that a CPU c

Re: [DNG] What if...

2017-09-19 Thread KatolaZ
On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 11:35:27PM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: [cut] > > > Which do you think Devuan should support, a dying Debian version or > > the supported Devuan version and its replacement ? > > ..above all, the volonteers trying to help people stuck there. > I only see my minima "Devua

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Svante Signell
On Tue, 2017-09-19 at 11:19 +0200, Narcis Garcia wrote: > I'm trying now to make an installation as similar as possible to Gnome. > XFCE is the best option for a Gnome-like theme and behavior? See https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20170918.102751.1992aff3.en.html _

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Narcis Garcia
I've tried shwsh's procedure and it doesn't work in the first step. apt loops in a large messages list, all saying: ... Note, selecting 'python2.7-taurus' for regex '.' Note, selecting 'r-cran-kernsmooth' for regex '.' Note, selecting 'slsh' for regex '.' ... Neither with dpkg: $ sudo dkg -i elog

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Narcis Garcia
El 18/09/17 a les 19:45, Steve Litt ha escrit: > Why in the world would you need Gnome? 1. Gnome is the desktop environment that better fits my criteria for unexperienced and normal people. 2. I select desktop software for hundreds of users, and 99% of users that already use desktop computers ins

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI
On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:00:22 +0200 Narcis Garcia wrote: > 3. Why not? Because all recent versions of Gnome are infected with the systemd pox. Cheers, Ron. -- A society that puts equality over freedom will not get any of those things.

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread KatolaZ
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 03:00:22PM +0200, Narcis Garcia wrote: > El 18/09/17 a les 19:45, Steve Litt ha escrit: > > Why in the world would you need Gnome? > > 1. Gnome is the desktop environment that better fits my criteria for > unexperienced and normal people. > > 2. I select desktop software f

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Narcis Garcia
I understand perfectly current situation with Gnome and Systemd. But if I cannot offer Gnome 3 to desktop users (or a fork as Mate was for Gnome 2), Devuan is not an option for me in this area. Servers are an independent chapter. El 19/09/17 a les 15:14, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI ha escrit: > On Tue,

Re: [DNG] upgrade from Debian stretch to Devuan ascii?

2017-09-19 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Arnt Gulbrandsen (a...@gulbrandsen.priv.no): > >I am starting to believe computer security is an unattainable Utopia. > > That's a good book, I recommend reading it, if only for its > descriptions of Utopia and attainability. And for a picture of a slave society, where premarital sex is

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Narcis Garcia (informat...@actiu.net): > I understand perfectly current situation with Gnome and Systemd. > But if I cannot offer Gnome 3 to desktop users (or a fork as Mate was > for Gnome 2), Devuan is not an option for me in this area. Or you could give Xfce a try. It's rather nice.

Re: [DNG] Devuan, Firefox and Apulse

2017-09-19 Thread dev
On 09/18/2017 03:54 PM, Joel Roth wrote: > Does FF 55 not support ALSA OOTB? AFAIK, Mozilla got a new bedmate named PulseAudio. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/03/firefox-52-no-sound-pulseaudio-alsa-linux Apulse used to work but now Firefox has some weird sandbox thing causing permissions issu

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread J. Fahrner
Am 2017-09-19 15:00, schrieb Narcis Garcia: El 18/09/17 a les 19:45, Steve Litt ha escrit: Why in the world would you need Gnome? 1. Gnome is the desktop environment that better fits my criteria for unexperienced and normal people. 2. I select desktop software for hundreds of users, and 99% o

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Svante Signell
On Tue, 2017-09-19 at 15:22 +0200, Narcis Garcia wrote: > I understand perfectly current situation with Gnome and Systemd. > But if I cannot offer Gnome 3 to desktop users (or a fork as Mate was > for Gnome 2), Devuan is not an option for me in this area. I run mate in Devuan Ascii. BBL when I sta

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Svante Signell
On Tue, 2017-09-19 at 14:51 +0200, Narcis Garcia wrote: > I've tried shwsh's procedure and it doesn't work in the first step. > Scenario was: Devuan 8 fresh install with all defaults, and only removed > default desktop with: > $ sudo tasksel remove desktop xfce-desktop > $ sudo reboot You have to

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI
On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:22:14 +0200 Narcis Garcia wrote: > I understand perfectly current situation with Gnome and Systemd. > But if I cannot offer Gnome 3 to desktop users (or a fork as Mate was > for Gnome 2), Devuan is not an option for me in this area. What does Gnome offer, that XFCE lacks ?

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Svante Signell
On Mon, 2017-09-18 at 13:45 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 09:02:37 +0200 > > Why in the world would you need Gnome? I don't think we should blindly reject providing Gnome in Devuan. As I wrote, shwsh has already provided the two needed packages: elogind and gnome-settings- daemon

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Antony Stone
On Tuesday 19 September 2017 at 15:16:58, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:22:14 +0200 Narcis Garcia wrote: > > > I understand perfectly current situation with Gnome and Systemd. > > But if I cannot offer Gnome 3 to desktop users (or a fork as Mate was > > for Gnome 2), Devuan

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Narcis Garcia
El 19/09/17 a les 15:30, Rick Moen ha escrit: > Quoting Narcis Garcia (informat...@actiu.net): > >> I understand perfectly current situation with Gnome and Systemd. >> But if I cannot offer Gnome 3 to desktop users (or a fork as Mate was >> for Gnome 2), Devuan is not an option for me in this area

Re: [DNG] Devuan, Firefox and Apulse

2017-09-19 Thread Adam Borowski
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 08:38:24AM -0500, dev wrote: > Mozilla got a new bedmate named PulseAudio. > > Looks like another Smooth Move by Mozilla that will end up costing them > market share. I don't like Chrome, but basically forced to choose between > Pottering or Google at this point :/ You me

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Narcis Garcia
El 19/09/17 a les 15:56, J. Fahrner ha escrit: > Am 2017-09-19 15:00, schrieb Narcis Garcia: >> El 18/09/17 a les 19:45, Steve Litt ha escrit: >>> Why in the world would you need Gnome? >> >> 1. Gnome is the desktop environment that better fits my criteria for >> unexperienced and normal people. >>

[DNG] GNU/Linux security and grsecurity, WAS: upgrade from Debian stretch to Devuan ascii?

2017-09-19 Thread Miroslav Rovis
( citation manually inserted not to make two email replies; however, I'll skip Rick Moen's reply in the thread that arrived in the meantime, since it's off topic ) On 170919-07:43+0200, Edward Bartolo wrote: > With a compromised CPU that has questionable smaller cores running a > HIDDEN OS, I canno

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Narcis Garcia
El 19/09/17 a les 16:16, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI ha escrit: > On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:22:14 +0200 > Narcis Garcia wrote: > >> I understand perfectly current situation with Gnome and Systemd. >> But if I cannot offer Gnome 3 to desktop users (or a fork as Mate was >> for Gnome 2), Devuan is not an opt

Re: [DNG] GNU/Linux security and grsecurity, WAS: upgrade from Debian stretch to Devuan ascii?

2017-09-19 Thread zap
On 09/19/2017 10:47 AM, Miroslav Rovis wrote: > ( citation manually inserted not to make two email replies; however, I'll skip > Rick Moen's reply in the thread that arrived in the meantime, since it's off > topic ) > On 170919-07:43+0200, Edward Bartolo wrote: > Also its random and not even funn

Re: [DNG] Devuan, Firefox and Apulse

2017-09-19 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
On 19.09.2017 16:46, Adam Borowski wrote: Too bad, Firefox is the only somewhat usable browser. With enough extensions (hello 57...) it's possible to beat some basic security into it, while Chromium has built-in spyware even in that "incognito mode" snake oil that can't be disabled by extension

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Alessandro Selli
On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 at 16:49:31 +0200 Narcis Garcia wrote: > El 19/09/17 a les 16:16, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI ha escrit: >> On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:22:14 +0200 >> Narcis Garcia wrote: >> >>> I understand perfectly current situation with Gnome and Systemd. >>> But if I cannot offer Gnome 3 to desk

Re: [DNG] GNU/Linux security and grsecurity, WAS: upgrade from Debian stretch to Devuan ascii?

2017-09-19 Thread Bruce Perens
I suppose I am one of the "ungracious" ones, since I am currently fighting a lawsuit that Grsecurity filed against me for criticizing their GPL compliance. On Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 10:30 zap wrote: > > > On 09/19/2017 10:47 AM, Miroslav Rovis wrote: > > ( citation manually inserted not to make two

Re: [DNG] security

2017-09-19 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 02:47:00PM +, Miroslav Rovis wrote: > I'm trying not to go off topic here... But just a few more words... Security in systems running Devuan is on topic here. We choose Devuan in part for security, and to be effective, we need security ll the way down. > > > I am

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 03:00:22PM +0200, Narcis Garcia wrote: > El 18/09/17 a les 19:45, Steve Litt ha escrit: > > 2. I select desktop software for hundreds of users, and 99% of users > that already use desktop computers installed by me (hundreds more), use > Gnome. I don't want to face another c

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 16:49:31 +0200, Narcis wrote in message <2d75dd54-26ec-7d5a-e5c4-23506cbf7...@actiu.net>: > El 19/09/17 a les 16:16, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI ha escrit: > > On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:22:14 +0200 > > Narcis Garcia wrote: > > > >> I understand perfectly current situation with Gnome a

Re: [DNG] Devuan, Firefox and Apulse

2017-09-19 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 16:46:46 +0200, Adam wrote in message <20170919144646.5hsbzypbzpuu7...@angband.pl>: > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 08:38:24AM -0500, dev wrote: > > Mozilla got a new bedmate named PulseAudio. > > > > Looks like another Smooth Move by Mozilla that will end up costing > > them marke

Re: [DNG] upgrade from Debian stretch to Devuan ascii?

2017-09-19 Thread fsmithred
On 09/17/2017 04:30 PM, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 01:49:00PM -0400, fsmithred wrote: >> - standard system install of debian stretch plus openbox, lxterminal, >> lxpanel and a few other packages. >> - changed sources to devuan ascii, update, add key, update again >> - install sy

Re: [DNG] security

2017-09-19 Thread Miroslav Rovis
On 170919-14:47-0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 02:47:00PM +, Miroslav Rovis wrote: > > > I'm trying not to go off topic here... But just a few more words... > > Security in systems running Devuan is on topic here. We choose Devuan > in part for security, and to be effec

Re: [DNG] GNU/Linux security and grsecurity, WAS: upgrade from Debian stretch to Devuan ascii?

2017-09-19 Thread Miroslav Rovis
On 170919-18:47+, Bruce Perens wrote: > I suppose I am one of the "ungracious" ones, since I am currently fighting > a lawsuit that Grsecurity filed against me for criticizing their GPL > compliance. I'm really sorry the lawsuit happened. And I sincerely wish it be resolved quickly and with no

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 11:19:02 +0200 Narcis Garcia wrote: > > > El 18/09/17 a les 19:45, Steve Litt ha escrit: > Why in the world would you need Gnome? Copy their home directory, >> I'm trying now to make an installation as similar as possible to >> Gnome. XFCE is the best option for a Gnome-li

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:22:14 +0200 Narcis Garcia wrote: > I understand perfectly current situation with Gnome and Systemd. > But if I cannot offer Gnome 3 to desktop users (or a fork as Mate was > for Gnome 2), Devuan is not an option for me in this area. Stick with Debian, become an expert on s

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:56:13 +0200 "J. Fahrner" wrote: > I'm wondering why people cry when they don't get Gnome and why they > try to enforce Devuan developers to offer Gnome. Devuans goal is to > offer a Linux system without systemd. And that's not possible for > Gnome, because Gnome depends on

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:00:22 +0200 Narcis Garcia wrote: > El 18/09/17 a les 19:45, Steve Litt ha escrit: > > Why in the world would you need Gnome? > > 1. Gnome is the desktop environment that better fits my criteria for > unexperienced and normal people. > > 2. I select desktop software for

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 19/09/2017 à 15:00, Narcis Garcia a écrit : 1. Gnome is the desktop environment that better fits my criteria for unexperienced and normal people. Are you kidding? I consider myself an experienced user and cannot make sense of either Gnome or KDE in their "modern" incarnations. XFC

Re: [DNG] Gnome?

2017-09-19 Thread Svante Signell
On Tue, 2017-09-19 at 16:04 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > On Tue, 2017-09-19 at 15:22 +0200, Narcis Garcia wrote: > > I understand perfectly current situation with Gnome and Systemd. > > But if I cannot offer Gnome 3 to desktop users (or a fork as Mate was > > for Gnome 2), Devuan is not an option