General Questions • Recording not working
I should also add that the microphone keyboard button to mute the microphone does not work on my Lenovo. It shows the icon that the microphone is muted but it no longer shows a red indicator on the...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Software Centre help request
Hi Everyone, I am a happy Debian user and the Bookworm/Gnome combination has been and still is excellent. Very stable and recommending it to everyone. Would I be able to get recommendations for a new...
View ArticleHardware • Wireless keyboard input lag/ freezing
Laptop or desktop? Internal bluetooth or external dongle? This can happen if the signal is weak at he receiver. I have a gamepad which exhibits similar symptoms when plugged into my desktop but works...
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General Debian • What Desktop environment do you use?
> Polls can only have 10 optionsAh ok, thx for the heads up Statistics: Posted by blunix — 2024-06-13 00:13 — Replies 80 — Views 241312
View ArticleGeneral Debian • [Off-Topic] Iterating an Immutable Bookworm for Dummies/Newbies
I don't think our students are technically savvy enough to handle itActually one of our former students is a retired professor of electrical engineering who has advised myriad of PhD graduates. In...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • systemctl networking service?
Hello,@Aki : Not really sure yet. None1975 did not answer the question [..].In my humble opinion, @None1975's answer was very focused on the topic and explained what the software launched by...
View ArticleInstallation • tidy EFI setup prior to Secure Boot setup
Ok thanks, I have a better idea what's going on. If anyone ever comes across this, there is an important distinction I missed I just removed the EFI config entry for refind using efibootmgr -b 0002...
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Beginners Questions • Unexpected HTOP results – RAM usage increases more...
Interesting idea. The ps RSS appears to correspond to HTOP res. Termit RSS is 53912 vs the konsole RSS of 147176, so roughly the same yet Termit consumes more system RAM. I must say copying ps output...
View ArticleForum information, requests, and feedback. • Forum for Security related...
Well there are many distros which are based on Debian. Debian is by far the biggest trend setter in Linux world along with RH and Arch. For those Distros which are based out of Debian and which do not...
View ArticleGeneral Debian • PLEASE HELP
We do not know what Desktop environment you are running or if you are using a Window Manager alone. So that will have to be determined. Assuming that you are running Debian or a Distro based on Debian...
View ArticleBeginners Questions • [Networking] Mantaining and updating a HOSTS file
I would recommend either using NextDNS with your desired settings. It's the easiest way to have DNS-based adblocking.Alternatively, you could install your own resolver (e.g. unbound) and set it up to...
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Off-Topic • kaspersky
Moreover how does blocking ClamAV and other linux related items from Russia help?It helps them to realize that it is possible to use custom signature databases, such as those supplied through...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Continuous SWAP Increase and OOM Killer Triggered Despite...
Symptoms:SWAP Usage: SWAP usage increases steadily over time (Total available swap: 4 GB).RAM Usage: RAM usage is around 80-85% and does not reach full capacity (Total available RAM: 16 GB).System...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • Will Debian 12 run smoothly on a i3 processor?
If the usage is limited to Browsing, LibreOffice and Video playback then Intel i3 7th Gen plus 8 GB RAM will be fine. It will not be fast, but will get work done. A lot will depend on the type of...
View ArticleGeneral Questions • [Software] Current state of SELinux policies in Debian 12
@Uptorn Why is SELinux getting less attention? Is AppArmor more preferred or recommended over SELinux?Statistics: Posted by DebianFox — 2024-06-14 05:50 — Replies 2 — Views 205
View ArticleInstallation • How to install Debian on a PC with an NVIDIA GPU
Do you use at least the 535 drivers? Do you have kernel headers installed for your current kernel? For some tricks see here.Statistics: Posted by @ttila — 2024-06-14 06:05 — Replies 1 — Views 26
View ArticleTesting And Unstable • [SID - Unstable] apt getting an errsig with the...
$ realpath /bin/shCode: /usr/bin/dashwell this is interesting. i do not remember switching from bash to dashIt's OK, sh is linked to dash on Debian. It has to be like this, otherwise things might...
View ArticleSystem and Network configuration • Network-Manager OpenVPN connection using...
Ok, on Trixie with Network-Manager 1.48.0 it is working again, that lets me hope, but i think on Bookworm it will never work :/Statistics: Posted by Termalator — 2024-06-14 20:57 — Replies 4 — Views 190
View ArticleGraphical Environments & Desktops • New to Debian with some questions
Thanks for the replies. Since the username issue is for added security I'll leave that one alone. I don't recommend replacing one XFCE4 directory with another. It doesn't work. It screws up the...
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Programming • How to list packages in Debian repositories containing firmware
I restrained my own nature and managed to wait a few days before posting Bash + aptCode: #!/usr/bin/env bashDIM="\e[0;37m" LANGSAVE="$LANG" LANG="C" PTRN="${1//[^0-9a-z\-+.]}" RS="\e[0m"declare -a...
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