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Hi all, is there a way to disable 'grub-install' during 'apt upgrade' ?

If I rename it, during the upgrade what apt does ?

The other day my HDD completely crashed. I tried to go into system recovery to run fsck /dev/sdb5 but was denied permission as the OS was unable to...

Hullo!
I Am considering migrating from X to Wayland, mostly for quite specific reasons and blah blah blah,
but also because it seems fairly...

Hello everyone,

I have a problem with a conflict between a 4G connection and an ethernet connection.
When I use only the 4G connection, everything...

Hello,
I'm using Debian version 11.11 with Mate Desktop Environment.
On friday, november 22 I apt update && apt upgrade the system, and the kernel...

Hello guys can anyone help me find a way to remove the debian 12 grub theme and just have a default grub black and white screen?

My cousins are in a state where they have blocked reddit, telegram, discord, twitter and other messaging apps. Certain vpns with servers in the...

I dual boot between LMDE (Mint Debian) Faye and Debian 12 Bookworm. I set up a login script via crontab in both installations, on LMDE it works...

Hi folks,

Apologies if this is a long-solved question, but I can't find anything relevant online.

I've been using qt5ct for a while now to apply...

I had a request to backport it to Bullseye and Bookworm bases, but I had to change a load of Qt5 QML package dependencies to the Qt6 qml6-...

Hello,

Gnome Desktop (Wayland and Classical) does not scale properly on the external screens, but Gnome flashback works on one screen but the other...

Does deleting the contents of the directory /var/lib/apt/lists help in any way? Or is there something else that we should look at? For example a file...

Hello,
I updated to Trixie yesterday and now the nvidia kernel is not working.

At first, I run apt remove *nvidia* and apt install nvidia-driver...

I want to run an '𝕏 Spaces' on 𝕏.

In their Help Center it says:

Spaces is a way to have live audio conversations on X. Anyone can join, listen,...

I'm using a MacBook Pro with the latest stable Debian. My network adaptor is Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN...

Running bookworm 6.1.0-10 on a dual booted system. Recently installed a megaRAID 9540-2M2 raid controller and while my win10 install recognizes the...

I'm trying to figure out how to bootstrap the Crystal language .

There's a bootstrap script on the upstream org , but it's unmaintained and after a...

Debian newbie, first forum post. I have installed debian 12 on a old 32-bit laptop. It worked fine for a while and have been happy. Due to the low...

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...

I have an old Gigabyte motherboard (can't find the model number without opening the computer case, but it supports an Fx8350 CPU, 4 DDR3 RAM slots,...

I've read something on these forums recently that makes it seem I'll have to build nVidia drivers from source to use the proprietary (i.e. high...

I’m trying to figure out the best way to automate installing debian on multiple instances. right now, i’ve been using ansible and attune for some of...

if in debian can be installed android emulator, as in windows xeplayer, can not xeplayer on windows install on debian, thanks

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...

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...

Hello I recently installed Debian stable on a machine, with gnome DE and I can't make the headphones work. I am running the latest kernel, it's a...

I updated the various qemu packages last weekend (2024.09.28). I have been running a Windows 10 guest quite successfully for several years but since...

So I was on void linux for several years until I really really needed pipewire for something. Every post I ever saw bragged about how its such an...

Hello everybody,
I installed Debian Main in september on a Minisforum Z83-F, and everything works except for the sound (earphones).
The soundcard is...

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E.g. :

vmpk REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
vmpk 0.9.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
Accepted vmpk 0.9.0-1 (source)...

I found this from Gnome. A flow chart showing the expected behavior of Gnome Software Updates on the Gnome Wiki. Basically, if automatic updates is...

Curious to hear what others are digesting.

Hello ,

have noticed following issue,

on Debian 11 using Rhythmbox can stream music easily via DLNA share from NAS onto Linux box, the DLNA share...

I have bought a monitor recently (Samsung Odyssey G3 24 ), and after 30 minutes of use, my eyes are in pain. I thought I did my research...

F.T.C. Launches Antitrust Investigation Into Microsoft

(click the link, it is not behind a paywall)

Regulators are demanding information from the...

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...

Is there a way to Kill Automatic Updates?

I'm interested in Trinity (thanks, @Hallvor) Desktop Environment -- from my reading, it's an independent fork of KDE Plasma (3 or 4, I don't recall...

Hi there,

Needed a fresh install on my laptop; everything went smooth, but when I started installing my usual stuff, the first shock came when...

First post on Debian user forum; so bear with me.

Brand new Sound Blaster Audigy RX 7.1 with respective RCA break out cables installed on Debian...

I am happy to announce the release of SbK Debian Cinnamon 12/24.
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The SpinsbyKilz.com watermark is not in the...

I am happy to announce the release of SbK Debian LXQt 12/24.
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The SpinsbyKilz.com watermark is not present in the...

I am happy to announce the release of SbK Debian Xfce-Compiz 12/24.
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I've installed several desktops using Tasksel. Now, I'd like to delete specific desktops such as MATE.

How is this done...without wrecking my system?