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Esaist and less chance of issues developing by far is to do a clean install of the latest version.

I like the rolling upgrade of Kali Linux but have never upgraded a FreeBSD box and do a clean build from the ground up.

One of my Thinkpad W520 never shuts down completely no matter if I'm running Linux or FreeBSD.
I have to do a cold reset and may have to do it several times after it boots to get the OS to load.
Then it's good till reboot.

A hardware problem it developed a year ago and I tolerate.

I taught people who had never used the command line to build a FreeBSD desktop from scratch using ports. He can substitute pkg for ports and still follow the outline. https://web.archive.org/web/20220314115235/https://trihexagonal.org/ I let my hosting package go and havrn't updated it since they st...

TalionRanger117 wrote: ↑2023-12-13 06:34 am i missing soemthign?

VLC perhaps?

The walls, ceiling and floor of my apartment are papered with heavy duty aluminum foil hung with rubber glue. Shiny side facing out.

When I joined I told about the second ranked link search for the Debian forums was Debian forums - Rude. That as a response when someone tried me out in that respect. However, it seems Admin took that to heart and not long after that believe some changes to negate opinion that took effect. I'm on my...

Kali GNU/Linux 2023.4 with a wallpaper I made of Harley Quin and what I'm using now.

Right, so my time is up for a new laptop. I have a lenovo thinkpad w520 and I've had major pains with it - I have two W520, am using one now runinng Kali Linux and another beside me running FreeBSD. FreeBSD patches the BIOS bug during the build, asking you first for permission That one developed an...

For all you closet Windows users here is a block TCP/UDP to and from port 0 rule I made for Win98 ConSeal PC Firewall and carried over to pf firewall. When I purchased a Thinkpad W520 that came with Win10Pro and entered that rule into the default Windows firewall it blocked Windows Update. This is h...

I never install a program from anywhere but Official Repositories and by the book. That keeps things orderly, without risk of a bad download and makes my OCD all warm and fuzzy.

When I upgrade my Chromebooks I have to delete all the archived programs before I have room to do it.

It's a link in Bookworm, same as reboot : I believe there is some difference as to shutting down programs than just a reboot.According to Google: "shutdown now. Shutdown the computer immediately (don't power down). Note that in UNIX systems this kind of shutdown means to go to “ single-user mo...

Never use your real name online for anything that isn't positively necessary. Never, ever, post your photo online. If someone pisses me off in a major way the first thing I want to do is look for a photo to see what this person looks like. In 2000 some people were talked into paying me a surprise vi...

Have you thought of trying this? From one of my Kali boxen That is how I do it on BSD.

Try this:

If your OS is installed you can build a WM from the default desktop and take off running in the new session without any of the worries you seem to experience. I have a Fluxbox tutorial that does just that. The person I initially typed that up for had made things much more difficult than need be and ...

That is al I ever use.

Do yourself a favor and learn to use apt and apt-get for installation of packages. You will be glad you did later on. Your skill level will benefit as will your comfort and confidence level. I use FreeBSD and Kali Linux as my only Operating Systems, but have over 20 years experience with Debian befo...

I have a free app to block access to the Camera called Camera Guard by Protectstar,and a free app to hold on to the microphone called PilferShush Jammer. Then another called Trustd to show event logs where something attempt to access the camera or mic. Biggest Offender by far: Google Android is more...

I treated myself to a new 55 inch gaming desk and gaming chair to enhance my experience usng my two Thinkpad W520, one running FreeBSD and the other Kali Linux,

The chair is fiber, not PU pleather, and has individual coiled springs like a mattress.

The Lenovo N23 Chromebook running Kali GNU/Linux 2023.3 I;m using right now. cheap_trick_by_trihexagonal.jpg Someone recently told me: "I can't imagine DD'ing Kali, but that's pretty amazing that you do. I've been on Arch for 4 months and wow...love it." I told them: "It's exactly lik...