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http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=142973 EDIT: to clarify: the command is in the /sbin directory so either call the full path, add that directory to your user's PATH, run it with sudo or obtain a root shell with 'su -' before attempting to use it. Thank you very much for your respon...

Greetings everyone. I'm currently installing some dependencies for cdogs-sdl, one of them is protoc, and I'm following the installation directions here, (https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/master/src/README.md), and I've followed everything up to the "sudo ldconfig # refresh shar...

Greetings everyone. I'm currently installing some dependencies for cdogs-sdl, one of them is protoc, and I'm following the installation directions here, (https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/master/src/README.md), and I've followed everything up to the "sudo ldconfig # refresh share...

@ stevepusser

I just checked to see if it was installed, and it wasn't, so I'm installing it now. Thank you very much for you help, and quick response!

Hello everyone! I've just installed Debian 10, coming from Debian 9, on one of my computers, and I have found that the (synaptics) package manager is missing from my applications, and I can't find it. Do I have to install this externally, or is it hidden away? If anyone could provide me some informa...

@ cuckooflew

Thanks for that link man! I really appreciate it!

@ theblueplll Well basically when I have a hard drive or storage device that has multiple partitions on it, Windows 7 will only show one of the partitions. The rest are inaccessible. I've tried using the built in disc management utility, but it just throws an error when I try to activate the other p...

@ duffy I'm glad to hear that Buster is working for you. :) Speaking of Virtualization, I use it too on Windows. I actually have a copy of Debian 9 running just for managing files on my Linux based devices. The two being my BittBoy V3, and my Raspberry Pi. Windows 7 doesn't like multiple partitions ...

@ Funkygoby I can understand some people consider Debian stable obsolete the moment it's released, but those are probably the same people that love Sid. Some people just like to be bleeding edge. I'm the opposite, I prefer to lag behind with something old and reliable. :D @ sickpig Right on man! I'm...

@ theblueplll

Better safe than sorry right?

@ Original Post.

I got into Debian with Debian 9 Stretch. Once Debian 10 Buster was released. I decided from there on out that I wanted to stick to using anything old stable. So currently that's Stretch.

@ Original Post This is the exact reason why I adopted Debian. I've got an old laptop and an old netbook setup as weather stations, of which are both running Debian 9. Both of them used to run Windows XP, but I was able to revive them with Debian. I'm glad that you where able to do the same thing wi...

@ sunrat

That's what I plan on doing with Stretch. Using it until it's no longer supported.

You know, after spending a lot of time with Debian, I have found that I definitely prefer an old stable version of it. Now that Buster has been released, I think I'm going to stick with Debian Stretch for now. I would rather look into adopting buster once it becomes old stable. Why you may ask? Well...

@ CwF Fake news on facebook (yeah, tell me about it man.) Keeping an eye on the market. Watching HDTV, and listening to an HD Radio Station. Sounds like you've got quite a setup going there CwF. :) Also, its nice to know that you've found the best virtual machine to work with on Debian. That's what ...

@ CwF You're very welcome. From what you've been describing about Windows XP. I'm amazed at how far we can still push the ol' faithful operating system. If only we could get the source code to Windows XP, that would make a lot of people happy, and open up a metric frick ton of possibility. Heck, I w...

@ CwF It would seem you and I have shared a similar journey in our search for the perfect Linux Distro, and have shared similar experiences. I will admit, my first experience with Linux wasn't a pleasant one. I picked Ubuntu as my first distribution, only to find that it's designed for running on mo...

@ Head_on_a_Stick

Agreed! Having a backup plan will mean I'll be prepared for any situation gone south. I think On my next installation, I'll learn how to setup different partitions.

@ Lysander Well its nice to know that breaking linux is part of the learning process. Thankfully, I'm learning from my mistakes, so there's no worries there. As for setting up multiple partitions, that's a really good suggestion. It would be nice to have my home folder on a separate partition, in th...

@ None1975

Thank you very much for your kind words. I am most certainly looking forward to getting the most out of my time with Debian.