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by steve_v
2024-03-24 11:11
Forum: Beginners Questions
Topic: [Solved] Install VirtualBox or Virt-Manager
Replies: 50
Views: 1540

Re: [Solved] Install VirtualBox or Virt-Manager

A caveat to remember with my advice is it is coming from legit workstation class experience with a whatever it takes mandate ... From what I understand VBox is much better on low end hardware and may be your answer. I've mentioned it before, but it probably bears mentioning again: While KVM/QEMU pe...
by steve_v
2024-03-20 03:50
Forum: System and Network configuration
Topic: [Solved] NFS common
Replies: 18
Views: 6044

Re: NFS common

Soooooo, are you going to tell us WHICH REPO nfs-common is on or what??? Why? nfs-common is in the main stable repo, as a cursory search on packages.debian.org would reveal. The appropriate source lines for said repo are on the debian wiki, as they have ever been. Don't post a problem again without...
by steve_v
2024-03-19 10:48
Forum: Beginners Questions
Topic: [Software] Best software for a backup server
Replies: 8
Views: 375

Re: [Software] Backup Advice and Software

copy those folders onto an eSata drive doing rsync, mounted to /mnt/backup. ... Now what I'm wondering is what's the next best step, since Backup is separate from Server. Rsync works just fine over a network, that's it's intended purpose. If you want more features than plain rsync, there's rsnapsho...
by steve_v
2024-03-19 10:37
Forum: Beginners Questions
Topic: [Solved] What is the function of cp debian.iso /dev/sdX?
Replies: 3
Views: 200

Re: [Software] What is the function of cp debian.iso /dev/sdX?

I would like to ask why the copy operation is performed on the entire hard disk space. Because it's a hybrid bootable disk image, so it includes partition table, boot sector(s), and filesystems. That's how disk images generally work. A cp to a block device node is roughly equivalent to a dd to the ...
by steve_v
2024-03-19 08:27
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Unknown process.. I cant find an answer on google, duckduckgo or anywhere.. "uas"
Replies: 11
Views: 363

Re: Unknown process.. I cant find an answer on google, duckduckgo or anywhere.. "uas"

GUI's is the future I have used the Terminal man command once back in 2018 when i started with Linux.. and i closed it as fast as i opened it, as i prefer text documents so i can open them in word or other text program so i can use the search function to search for key words, then spending hours re...
by steve_v
2024-03-17 14:51
Forum: Programming
Topic: Converting scripts to C that contain phrases
Replies: 7
Views: 309

Re: Converting scripts to C that contain passwords

...can be decompiled but that would mean someone taking the time to do all that. ... I do believe I covered that with the above. Extracting strings from compiled C doesn't require any decompiling at all, or access to the source for that matter. A simple 'strings <binary>' will dump any plaintext, a...
by steve_v
2024-03-13 19:39
Forum: Beginners Questions
Topic: [Solved] Install VirtualBox or Virt-Manager
Replies: 50
Views: 1540

Re: [Software] Install VirtualBox

It was removed because they did not made secure patches to flaws Linux devs told. It was removed because Oracle wouldn't provide backported security patches for the version Debian was shipping, which means the only way to have those fixes is to run the latest upstream release. That obviously won't ...
by steve_v
2024-03-12 18:39
Forum: Beginners Questions
Topic: [Solved] Install VirtualBox or Virt-Manager
Replies: 50
Views: 1540

Re: [Software] Install VirtualBox

Virtualbox is (last time I looked anyway) available from the debian-fasttrack repository.

As to your other questions:
Probably.
No, unless you add their repository.
No, as above.
by steve_v
2024-03-02 12:51
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: [Discussion] How do you name your devices?
Replies: 19
Views: 1039

Re: [Discussion] How do you name your devices?

Long-lived personal machines (usually with ship of theseus hardware) tend to get deathmetal themed names, or various terms for misery and suffering from a range of cultures and mythologies. ... Otherwise I use whatever word is most prominent on the motherboard or case, or (if I'm trying to be halfwa...
by steve_v
2024-03-02 10:17
Forum: General Questions
Topic: [SSHD][Banner]Auto generating SSH Banner from Issue Files
Replies: 5
Views: 349

Re: [SSHD][Banner]Auto generating SSH Banner from Issue Files

TBH, I'm not convinced calling getty just to process the escape codes in /etc/issue is the easy solution here, why not just generate the output you want with a shell script? Getting release information and IP4 address isn't complicated. I'm likely preaching to the choir, but you should also be caref...
by steve_v
2024-03-02 09:18
Forum: General Debian
Topic: [Discussion] What change, if implemented, would cause you to leave Debian?
Replies: 25
Views: 1521

Re: [Discussion] What change, if implemented, would cause you to leave Debian?

Forced adoption of systemd (now past tense, and I moved all my Debian systems to Devuan some time ago. I still consider that "close enough" to Debian though, since 90+% of packages are verbatim). Removal of support for traditional daemons where systemd has similar functionality (e.g. loggi...
by steve_v
2024-02-23 18:27
Forum: Beginners Questions
Topic: [Installation] I need help installing a package.
Replies: 4
Views: 471

Re: [Installation] I need help installing a package.

cd to the debian I said top level - beside 'debian', not in it. As the message states, it's looking for "debian/changelog", starting from the current directory. You'll probably also want to add the '-us' and '-uc' options, to build without signing the package (unless you already have your...
by steve_v
2024-02-23 04:29
Forum: Beginners Questions
Topic: [Installation] I need help installing a package.
Replies: 4
Views: 471

Re: [Installation] I need help installing a package.

The directory you linked contains debian build control files (i.e. control and rules). In theory, you should be able to clone the repo and use dpkg-buildpackage (from dpkg-dev) in the top level (beside 'debian') to build a .deb.
by steve_v
2024-02-23 04:12
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: [Off-Topic]
Replies: 25
Views: 13396

Re: [Off-Topic]

NLDR. (No linebreaks, didn't read). Something about games I gather.
by steve_v
2024-02-23 04:09
Forum: General Questions
Topic: [Software] [Solved] Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
Replies: 18
Views: 972

Re: [Software] Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)

You'll need to run 'update-grub' (or grub-mkconfig) after building a new initrd to add it to grub.cfg. Note the difference between the entries for 6.1.0-17 and 6.1.0-18, the later is missing the initrd call.
by steve_v
2024-02-19 14:40
Forum: Beginners Questions
Topic: [Networking] Trying to setup a Pi Hole unit with VPN
Replies: 10
Views: 2275

Re: [Networking] Trying to setup a Pi Hole unit with VPN

I'm not sure what you mean by "provided it's not listening to DNS requests from the WAN / internet at large or exposing administration interfaces or remote login services to the same". Don't set it up to reply to DNS requests from outside your network, and don't enable any kind of remote ...
by steve_v
2024-02-18 13:39
Forum: General Debian
Topic: [Discussion] Why are severely broken point releases being released for Bookworm
Replies: 68
Views: 5132

Re: [Discussion] Why are severely broken point releases being released for Bookworm

It is doing the project a huge favour, because today's Debian users are tomorrow's Debian developers. A fine argument, until you set it alongside: Your assumption that everyone wants to become an expert with computers is just as wrong as the assumption that everyone who drives a car wants to be abl...
by steve_v
2024-02-17 22:33
Forum: Beginners Questions
Topic: update screwed
Replies: 30
Views: 6455

Re: update screwed

Nah, think I'll just take Dai's option.
by steve_v
2024-02-17 22:10
Forum: Beginners Questions
Topic: update screwed
Replies: 30
Views: 6455

Re: update screwed

lost without a graphical interface... open heart surgery, to replace a working driver... will be lost and no longer able to help himself, expect maybe reinstalling If said user is going to help themselves in future (and move from "non-contributing timesink" to "source of help for oth...
by steve_v
2024-02-17 18:43
Forum: General Debian
Topic: [Discussion] Why are severely broken point releases being released for Bookworm
Replies: 68
Views: 5132

Re: [Discussion] Why are severely broken point releases being released for Bookworm

Uh huh. (assuming sarcasm). I don't know where this "attracting new users" at all costs mentality comes from, but it's proper irritating... As is the fixation on proprietary software and out-of-the-box support for FOSS-hostile hardware. Yes, we do like adding new people to the community, a...