Re: a local Dropbox thing?

2024-12-09 Thread David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss
I poked around the NextCloud site and found they have something called HomeDrive. They have bundled their software with a hardware device. It seems to fit what I’m looking for, but I’d rather host it on the little Dell Optiplex box I just got. Do you (or anybody) have any experience self-hosting

Re: Linux Friendly Scanner

2024-12-09 Thread z via PLUG-discuss
I think most HP and Brother brand devices have pretty good support built into the kernel. But possibly you could look up your device and see if they package a proprietary driver for linux. I think you may have to add the "printer" while declaring a particular driver. Cups has a CLI command to do

Re: Linux Friendly Scanner

2024-12-09 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Here's the definitive Linux scanner checklist.  Look at the "Supported devices" link. http://sane-project.org/ I use HP OfficeJet and HP Envy all-in-ones, and the scanners work fine once the printer is installed.  Not a recommendation, but I don't want to have a printer and a separate scanner

Re: Debian Repo ...

2024-12-09 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
It appears you own your config. What happens when you do an update && upgrade? Could things get out of sync? I'm not saying this is bad. As for me I do not have the skills to mess with the install. I use apt install and apt update and apt upgrade ... nothing too fancy. On 2024-12-0

Re: Debian Repo ...

2024-12-09 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
I like Flatpak personally, it feels a bit less platforms specific (IE snap) nd works really well. appimage is not bad, but is not really a platform-wide feeling solution, more a distributor-centric option. dock is containers and not the same deal and will easily reside along the above. Docker incl

Re: Debian Repo ...

2024-12-09 Thread James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss
I run rocky9 mostly, and it's already out of date enough to require backporting packages. Luckily, mock is a pretty mature product for doing this. Download src.rpm from koji. Choosing which one depends on your needs. Them mock -r 'rocky-9+epel' and give it time. Then you get an rpm you can in

Re: a local Dropbox thing?

2024-12-09 Thread z via PLUG-discuss
I have had a hard time getting nextcloud set up properly on my machine for whatever reason, but I am also an `rsync -vrute 'ssh -p XXX'` enjoyer. Possibly flatpak, appimage, or something may make that nextcloud setup easier. I haven't used this in a while, but I think there's a program called fi

Re: Debian Repo ...

2024-12-09 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
As a PHP developer I ran into backporting sometime ago - back while CentOS was still around. I host with a friend that owns a hosting company. He has been extremely reluctant to install anything not in the repository. I think he was looking for stability. I only use what is in the repositor

Re: a local Dropbox thing?

2024-12-09 Thread Todd Cole via PLUG-discuss
I have been using Nextcloud/Owncloud for over 7 years and am 100% happy with it for all my needs. My computers are now just place holders with everything synced to Nextcloud so all my computers are always current and backed up. plus it keeps deleted and versions for fallback plus way too many oth

Re: Debian Repo ...

2024-12-09 Thread z via PLUG-discuss
I am curious if anyone has a more general solution to PPAs on debian. It is my understanding that PPAs are not something you can in general use on debian, only ubuntu derivatives. I believe many debian people nowadays opt to use flatpak, docker, and appimage for their more user-facing softwares.

Re: Debian Repo ...

2024-12-09 Thread Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss
Thank you! Following that guide I was able to get the packages I needed for Python3.12 installed. Really appreciate the help! -- Thanks, Alex. On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 9:24 AM Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > So installing a PPA under Debian has

Re: Debian Repo ...

2024-12-09 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
Did some google searching and found https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 9:54 AM Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Cool. Where/How might one obtain said "Language specific installer"? > > --- > Thanks, > Alexander > > Sent from my Go

Linux Friendly Scanner

2024-12-09 Thread AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss
Hi All, I'm in the process of finally being able to leave Windows for good and move entirely to Linux. One of the remaining "sticking" points is that my single feed page scanner is not recognized in Linux at all. It's an old Plustek MobileOffice S400 single page scanner (color). I don't need a

Re: a local Dropbox thing?

2024-12-09 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
The part i like about Nextcloud voter an Rysnc backup is that I can connect to the files via my phone or laptop just as easily. but I also am not considering this a backup as much as it is a file sync that is hosted in my home. And rsync backup I would consider far more detailed, but you can also

Re: Debian Repo ...

2024-12-09 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
So installing a PPA under Debian has a few more jumps to it. https://linuxconfig.org/install-packages-from-an-ubuntu-ppa-on-debian-linux And they appear to have the keys you need listed in that Blog post. On Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 4:05 PM Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.ph

Re: Debian Repo ...

2024-12-09 Thread Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss
Cool. Where/How might one obtain said "Language specific installer"? --- Thanks, Alexander Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro On Mon, Dec 9, 2024, 07:39 Austin Godber via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > For languages that evolve far faster than the OS releases (especially

Re: Debian Repo ...

2024-12-09 Thread Austin Godber via PLUG-discuss
For languages that evolve far faster than the OS releases (especially Debian) I'd suggest using the language specific installer rather than a Debian PPA. They tend to be better embraced by the language community. Examples: * Python * pyenv * uv * NodeJS * nvm * Ruby * rvm - Austin On S