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Not counting servers, has anyone ever seen a malware-infected Debian end user device? Or any distro for that matter?

I have most certainly come...

Because I've had it happen on two machines. The first one I noticed was originally installed a Neptune OS install from Summer 2023 that I upgraded to...

I remember I saw this before, but I can't find it for the life of me.

It was within Debian website.

It has a list of kernels that were ported to...

I usually install Debian using the minimal netinstall then do the following:

- Install a minimal Plasma desktop with baseapps and spectacle
-...

Hi, I recently installed debian 12 on my 16 yo computer. I am using XFCE and disabled some startup services namely-Power manager, Print Queue Applet,...

When 2FA started years ago I put it on everything that would allow it. It worked great and many security or password apps supported the feature as...

Using command line I want to be able to rename a quantity of files to remove
the words and characters;

.0 (dot zero)

Here's the file name-...

Debian 12, MATE.

Having a really strange apparently input issue that is rendering my system 100% unusable.

The initial symptoms manifested as:...

On a Lenovo 100S 11IBY )64bit processor/32bit firmware hybrid) Laptop with an Intel Atom 1.33gHz processor; 2GB of RAM. All audio seems to work...

I have just configured Cinnamon and when using the Nemo file manager, navigation is extremely slow. I take 5 seconds to move between folders even if...

I would like to replace my existing ISC-DHCP HA installation with a KEA HA solution, as the ISC-DHCP server has reached the end of its support life....

I have an Asus Vivobook X1704VA laptop: my keyboard locks up randomly. At first I thought the problem might be with the xserver-xorg-input-libinput...

Since installing Debian 12 along with the confusion related to different DE's - I've had tech solving fatigue every day; during this I did seem to...

When I installed Debian Bookworm 12.7 my wifi did not work. I ended up backporting kernel 6.9.7+bpo-amd64.

I was wonder if I reinstall bookworm and...

Hello all,

I am using sway which I launch from a TTY (no gdm). Screen sharing via firefox works if I open a terminal and run...

If so, you can prevent the kvm module's new selfish load at boot and not let other virtualization run behaviour with a kvm.conf setting:

echo...

I am regretting not taking notes when I was looking over some README.Debian.gz involving disk encryption, because I can no longer locate it. The...

Using Debian 12 32 bit on a low spec. laptop*; only installed a few days ago. Initiating a video in YouTube or from my files results in a phht sound...

Hi All
I am running Debian 12 and
ii open-iscsi 2.1.8-1 amd64 iSCSI initiator tools

Target is configured to automatic startup...

Hello everyone. It has been 3 weeks since I first noticed the following issue and I would like to ask if anyone else has noticed it too.

After...

Radeon HD7670M; Debian 12

Is there a way to automatically assign the PGD to GPU intensive applications, so I don't have to add a 'DRI_PRIME=1'...

Is it possible to run VM in live debian gnome usb?
If tor proxies are set up in live debian gnome then will they be auto setup in the VM too? I tried...

Kernel 6.11.7 and 6.11.9 hangs intermittently while booting
Console displays the following message

sd 2:0:0:0: No Caching mode page found
sd...

Hi,

I want to create/build an ISO Debian 12 with using preseed file to made an unattended installation on VMWare infrastructure.

I use the note to...

I recently set up 2 old computers with Debian 12 and gnome for my kids(3 and 4 years old) and wanted to share the experience. They love clicking...

I have recently removed some packages with the use of globs: $ sudo apt remove libreoffice-* , $ sudo apt remove cheese* , $ sudo apt remove...

I'm trying to compile a kernel module that uses the persistent-data framework , but I'm having trouble identifying the package to install for it....

Hi all... I'm a bit 'green' when it comes to Linux installation procedures.

On Windows, I've used NTLite tool to build a custom Windows installer...

Hi, apologies if wrong section.

I generate svg with custom background like so :

mmdc version

$ mmdc -V
11.4.2
$ cat test.mermaid...

Yesterday I installed the proposed software updates on Debian 12, including Chromium, and that made Chromium disappear. Trying to install it again...

I'm running Debian Bookworm, which I've setup to use pipewire as per the instructions on the wiki . It was running great for quite a while. Now,...

I know this is a common issue, but I was wondering if there is a solution to this problem.

I had Debian installed for two weeks, and I tried apt...

Hello,

I am trying to install Perl modules on my Debian Bookworm system.
Unfortunately, cpan and cpanm both always fail giving lots of varying error...

Hi all,

in debian 12 server, without GUI DE
tty console is blocked after a idle period in black screen and even if I push any key it does nothing,...

Hi,

Newbie to Debian.

I installed:
Debian 12 with XFCE 4.18
from:
debian-live-12.8.0-amd64-xfce.iso

And updated using
sudo apt update && sudo apt...

Hello, wanted to try out debian on my surface laptop with dual boot but i cant get the sound to work. If i start playing sound i can hear the speaker...

Hi,

Newbie to Debian.

I installed:
Debian 12 with XFCE 4.18
from:
debian-live-12.8.0-amd64-xfce.iso

And updated using
sudo apt update && sudo apt...

I'm running Debian 12 Bookworm. Kernel version 6.1.0.28-amd64
CPU: I5-3317U: GPU: Radeon HD7670M

In glxinfo & screenfetch the GPU shows up as Mesa...

I am self-learning on set up home weather logger running 24/7.

Which CPU family are popular choice by professional 24/7 users? Is Intel CPU has more...

I managed to find in system settings: recent files - don't remember. Also, clipboard is to set to one slot. I can't figure how to turn off everything...

This is hardly a crisis. I'd just like to understand the why of it.

I am currently running nine VM's of Debian 12.8.
I have six hardware devices...

Hello,

I have had this problem since I upgraded from Debian 11 to 12. The main window and all dialogs of MKVToolnixGUI do not show up correctly. It...

During boot of my Debian 12 I get the following error:
lis 13 11:39:27 pluton kernel: integrity: Loaded X.509 cert 'Microsoft Windows Production PCA...

I am using Debian bookworm with kernel 6.11.2 (from sid repository) on an ASUS Zenbook Q420V. I am unable to switch my laptop to sleep mode. Here are...

Hi,
I am new on debian and using debian testing.
I am getting some errors while system booting but I dont know what to do.
Searched on this forum but...

Hello,
I am trying to install bookworm (debian-12.8.0-amd64-netinst.iso) with encrypted root and unencrypted boot following an old guide which I...