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lemmyreader,

I guess KDE means using SDDM. Would this help ? wiki.archlinux.org/title/SDDM#Login_session_appea…

lemmyreader,

I think I’ve read somewhere that xrandr only works with Xorg and not with Wayland.

lemmyreader,

Simply install debian 12.5 again, the easiest choice.

Good choice.

Install linux mint, so I get ubuntu but without them throwing their subscription services down my throat. I’m unsure about other advantages, as ubuntu is debian based, maybe the more frequent program updates? Kernels are also updated more often than with debian as far as I know. Do you know of other advantages?

There’s LMDE, Linux Mint Debian version.

Go for FreeBSD: this might require a learning curve, because this is an OS I’ve never used. Are commands that different from debian?

Yes, commands are different (For example ifconfig and not ip. And watch on Linux is something different on FreeBSD) and you can expect several things to not work out of the box. Also, mounting removable devices is different. Documentation is very good though unless your reached a niche problem. I’d suggest to first toy around with FreeBSD in a VM (Qemu or VirtualBox) if you want to sneak preview it and learn more.

lemmyreader,

lost+found :

pbs.twimg.com/media/GQCodkyWEAAqTlc.jpg

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/d385beae-077b-4f27-93b5-0d78a10305aa.jpeg

lemmyreader,

I think you need to take a break and get some perspective.

Besides, the Twitter link was already posted by the OP, why would it need to be posted again?

Posting exTwitter links without a screenshot in a privacy community feels like a kind of oxymoron to me, especially after exTwitter made API changes and what not which made third party apps and software like Nitter kind of useless.

lemmyreader,

Twitter had a TOR service last time I checked, I haven’t seen a single Mastodon instance available as TOR service.

TIL Mastodon can be run as tor service : docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/optional/tor/

lemmyreader,

With some phones you need to go through extra steps to be able to do OEM unlocking. Looks like it is the case here, see the steps in the FAQ linked here : en.miui.com/unlock/download_en.html

lemmyreader,
  • Skiff = Notion now, I doubt that it will be open source, but happy to see source code.
  • Lavabit open source ? Where’s the code ?
  • Roundcube is webmail software, not a webmail provider.
  • Mailpile is email software for desktops, not a webmail provider.
lemmyreader,

We’re doomed!

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/da1ebf8e-054b-4888-959b-14619b81bb7f.jpeg

lemmyreader,

Yeah, that’ll be hard. I’m trying to use Peertube but network effect is big on YT (not sure if that’s the right expression here, noone is using Peertube, everyone is on YT).

There was a time “noone” was on YouTube.

Found a security bug in LMDE6, need some help (i.imgur.com)

I have an older Intel laptop that has a 1600x900 display, and I find that if I put the machine to sleep, connect an external monitor with a higher resolution, and then turn it back on, the login screen doesn’t adjust to the new resolution and it reveals what I had open (see photo)....

lemmyreader,

Yes, go ahead and file the bug. And as others mentioned already, the custom screensaver modifications of XScreensaver like for LM may have bugs. The author of XScreensaver has been complaining about this several times.

The bug you found looks similar to this one :

Unlocking a machine locked with Xfce’s screensaver xfce4-screensaver has long been a simple matter of turning two monitors on at the exact same time. That makes Xfce4-screensaver versions prior to 0.1.9 segfault and crash - leaving the machine unlocked. This very unfortunate Xfce bug has been open since October 29th 2019 and we have pointed fingers at it several times before. Xfce developer Sean Davis has finally closed this gaping security hole. He explained that the embarrassingly long delay before this security vulnerability was addressed was due to “real life conflicts” in a brief comment on March 22nd. He did not elaborate and we did not ask for further details since it is likely none of our business.

lemmyreader,

This is worth mentioning :

lemmyreader,

This appears to have solved the same problem for others :

lemmyreader,

I don’t consider MAC OSX as part of BSD, just like Android isn’t part of Linux Desktop, but only uses the Linux kernel. OSX took parts of BSD and shielded it behind a proprietary wall, because the BSD license offer no protection from that. So they become separate projects the moment they enter the Apple domain.

Check : What happened to the open source Apple Darwin OS then ?

tl;dr : Darwin OS is kind of obsoleted.

Up to Darwin 8.0.1, released in April 2005, Apple released a binary installer (as an ISO image) after each major Mac OS X release that allowed one to install Darwin on PowerPC and Intel x86 systems as a standalone operating system.[12] Minor updates were released as packages that were installed separately. Darwin is now only available as source code. As of January 2023, Apple no longer mentions Darwin by name on its Open Source website and only publishes an incomplete collection of open-source projects relating to macOS and iOS.

lemmyreader,

Kernel is 6.1.0-21-amd64 but I don’t know has the kernel been updated recently.

zgrep linux-image /var/log/dpkg.log* can tell you more.

lemmyreader,

While toolbox and distrobox seem very similar, distrobox comes with a slight warning :

lemmyreader,

If you cannot use another OS yet, install F-Droid and then install NetGuard. In NetGuard enable blocking of system apps in the settings and continue and block all apps. Then allow only the apps you need.

lemmyreader,

I believe NetGuard will act as a VPN.

Yes, correct.

This will prevent you from using an actual VPN.

It is indeed a drawback I forgot about (but a VPN connection can also be made on a local router at home).

lemmyreader,

In the Lemmyverse for self-hosting Immich looks very popular (despite their warning : The project is under very active development. Expect bugs and changes. Do not use it as the only way to store your photos and videos!)

The old skool Piwigo might do for you ? piwigo.org

[HELP] I can't login nor elevate permissions in dm/de

I came from Arch to Void just today and after installing KDE and enabling dbus, I enabled SDDM, I type in my password and it says login failed, I tried lightdm, I couldn’t login neither in my user account nor root, I setup plasma to run with xinit, plasma did launch successfully, but sudo NEVER worked inside plasma, it always...

lemmyreader,

Do have the startx command installed ? You can use that from the command line without DisplayManager (Switch to a virtual console with e.g. ctrl-alt-F2). And with XFCE4 you can use the command startxfce4 to start from the command line without DisplayManager. This could help troubleshoot.

lemmyreader,

In such cases on Debian, as root, I try my “lazy” approach

apt install vlc mplayer vorbis-tools ffmpeg mpv

which may pull in the needed codecs to play mp3, ogg and flac files. Does playing a video in your browser work btw ?

lemmyreader,

I guarantee, most new users coming to Linux from Windows/macOS are going to laugh and look at you funny if you try to justify entering your password again and again and again.

That makes me think that I always thought that security was a joke included with Microsoft products. Already from the MS-DOS days onward. And I guess the other commenter is right : Microsoft does not want to annoy their users.

lemmyreader,

Why do you not switch from Xubuntu to Linux Mint ? Mint is a derivate of Ubuntu but without Snap.

lemmyreader,

This one ? github.com/ProtonMail/inbox-desktop/releases

v1.0.3 Latest Fixes

Fixed an issue that led to opening a new Desktop App window when users clicked on the Update button of the Calendar Drawer in Mail. Uninstalling the application on Windows removes user data from the application data folders. The application is placed to a correct application category on Linux. No need to refresh the other application (Mail or Calendar) to apply changes when switching themes.

lemmyreader,

Waterfox has had some bad press. I don’t remember details but here’s something to read :

I prefer to stick to the no nonsense LibreWolf and when some things don’t work fall back to Firefox :

lemmyreader,

Some other contributors suggest I use a live usb, not installing the OS but using the live usb with working wlan to complete the installation, but this seems to be more complicated than working directly from initramfs.

My suggestion was to use live usb to find your /home files. Indeed using live usb and then using chroot to complete the upgrade from 23.10 to 24.04 is maybe more difficult (As /dev and /proc and /sys need to get mounted with the chroot). If I were you I would first find your /home files and make a backup and after that proceed with upgrading.

lemmyreader,

Small breakthrough: I booted the system without problems to tty1 (I believe this is called single user mode), logged in as an old user and now I can see all my data, logged in as old me.

Nice.

Do you still recommend to backup from live usb and upgrade from there?

I would backup from live usb and then when that is done stop using the live usb, reboot and try to upgrade via the recovery mode.

lemmyreader,

Is this because I am using a free tier VPN? so it’s not functioning properly etc…

  • Does Proton not have a page to check your IP address and check for DNS leaks (Mullvad does : mullvad.net/en -> Check for leaks) ?
  • Did you look up your IP address by other means ?
  • On the desktop with Linux you can check the content of /etc/resolv.conf and ip a (Your local IP) and ip r (Gateway address).

Else google fixed my location based on my previous location history? I used my google applications without VPN for many years, I am just learning & following privacy tips recently.

Are the sessions from your last login ? With some applications (Dunno about Google) you can delete older sessions from the overview.

lemmyreader,

You can look at something like www.deviceinfo.me to see what just a browser can identify.

At the Keys Pressed (Live) it can see my arrow up and arrow down key presses 😱

lemmyreader,

sudo apt install libfreerdp2-2

Can you try purging the broken package ? : sudo dpkg -P libfreerdp2-2

lemmyreader,

I purged the broken package with sudo dpkg -P libfreerdp2-2 and immediately afterwards I executed sudo apt get upgrade.

Cool.

how do I enable wlan as root from initramfs?

I’d run nmtui and then use the <TAB> key to navigate between the items and go for “Activate” to enable your WiFi connection. It will show no pop up or something when it successfully activates the connection. I think it will just show a * sign next to the connection item. When that is done use <TAB> to navigate out of nmtui and test your connection.

Partial upgrade to xubuntu 24.04 from 23.10, FS only accessible in recovery mode as root + wifi may be down. Help appreciated

before the issue, wifi app was configured not to start automatically because I sometimes change the mac after logging in. I usually enable it afterwards with iftop and then systemctl start NetworkManager.service && sudo nm-applet...

lemmyreader,

wifi app was configured not to start automatically

With nmtui (or nmcli) you can activate WiFi connection.

I can cd to media and to my home directory, but this last directory appears as empty.

Does mount /home improve that ?

lemmyreader,

How about booting from Linux live medium (For example Ubuntu installation iso on pen drive, and choose Try without installing) and from there see if you can get to your home files.

lemmyreader,

An alternative is to use pipx : pipx.pypa.io/stable

Overview: What is pipx?

pipx is a tool to help you install and run end-user applications written in Python. It’s roughly similar to macOS’s brew, JavaScript’s npx, and Linux’s apt.

It’s closely related to pip. In fact, it uses pip, but is focused on installing and managing Python packages that can be run from the command line directly as applications. How is it Different from pip?

pip is a general-purpose package installer for both libraries and apps with no environment isolation. pipx is made specifically for application installation, as it adds isolation yet still makes the apps available in your shell: pipx creates an isolated environment for each application and its associated packages.

pipx does not ship with pip, but installing it is often an important part of bootstrapping your system.

lemmyreader,

Does the command pipx install tkcalendar give errors ?

lemmyreader,

Hmm. I see that the software is about five years old. The last comment in this thread is maybe useful ? github.com/j4321/tkcalendar/issues/79

lemmyreader,

Maybe inspired by Microsoft’s Linux :

CBL-Mariner is an internal Linux distribution for Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure

lemmyreader,

In this case I would download the deb from here (Click on Mantic, and scroll down to files and find your architecture you use and download the file : packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=libfreerdp2 and install it with dpkg -i If that installs successfully then continue your upgrade attempt.

lemmyreader,

Nice. For folks who wouldn’t need a lot of storage space I guess this could make a nice rather low budget Libreboot computer.

lemmyreader,

What phone should I buy for max 150.- (around 180$) second hand?

e.foundation by means of Murena sells phones with /e/os installed. Cheapest currently at discount about $200 but is out of stock last time I looked. e.foundation did sell refurbished phones (and does ?) but the price were always over $200 I think.

lemmyreader,

Pixel5 appears EOL with GrapheneOS though the 5a may be fine ?

lemmyreader,

20240521002024052100

Pixel 4a (5G) and Pixel 5 are end-of-life and shouldn’t be used anymore due to lack of security patches for firmware and drivers. We provide extended support for harm reduction.

grapheneos.org/releases

lemmyreader,

If you’re in the EU you can vote and help to make some of them go away with the coming elections which are pretty soon.

lemmyreader,

lol i thought you EU boys’ government was so amazing and cared so much about privacy! lol!

You will not hear me bragging or applauding about EU except that the GDPR did bring about some positive changes. And if you ask me I wonder what is happening with all the millions of money from the fines that EU gave to Big Tech companies. EU basically claims that they have no money to keep a Fediverse server running. Puzzling.

lemmyreader,

For backup and restore :

To move from CentOS to sometimes very similar look at Rocky Linux or Alma Linux. There may even be seamless migration methods for it.

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