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Installed plocate a while ago and saw this in the output from apt Created symlink...

In the admin subforum sometimes we tweak or educate another admins commands mirroring what is done largely in the user forums when someone comes...

After examining a number of distros, I chose Debian for it's stability and all open-source software.

After installing for another user, the Epson...

Seeking Advice: Managing a Local APT Package Mirror with Custom Tags
Hello everyone,

I'm looking for some advice and best practices on managing a...

Hello, I am completely new here and this is the first IT/technology forum at all for me. So, I am sorry if my post is not at the correct place and in...

Pretty dam amazed at the foul up at SpiderOak One. Yeah, so their focus has shifted to near earth orbit sats security and all that. I did file a bug...

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I got my VPN solution working.
It goes like this:-

Client->Pi_wlan1->bridge->vxlan->wireguard->Pi_wlan0->isp1_router or 4G hotspot->Internet...

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I have my root partition (along with a few others) on LVM on top of a LUKS partition. This has worked great for literally decades.

Had an...

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I am experiencing an issue with my Gamer Ares M2 RGB keyboard when using Debian (latest version). The keyboard is supposed to have...

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After Glib 2.0 security update, ALT+TAB stopped working. The system no longer recognizes these keys.
The problem was reported in the following...

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So I'm trying to set up a Subversion server and I think I've almost got it working. I originally followed this guide: . Apache seems to be...

I am happy to announce the release of SbK Debian Talking Mate 5/24.
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I am happy to announce the release of SbK Debian Xfce-Compiz 5/24.
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The SpinsbyKilz.com watermark is not present...

I am happy to announce the release of SbK Debian LXQt 5/24.
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The SpinsbyKilz.com watermark is not present in the...

Hello,

Just a tip on how to remove control characters from terminal logs (i.e. generated with the script [ 1 ] command).

The ansi2txt program is...

Hello, I have a fresh install of Debian12 with Xfce and following this debian tutorial I removed everything and set up xscreensaver. By itself it...

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I recently started using debian, and it has been fun. I installed gnome to start with, but now I want to use KDE.

Now i have a laptop using...

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I'm running Debian Bookworm and I have been usig Vim since always. I have tried to install ALE plugin via Vim-Plug itself and it seems to be...

Today without any reason my daughter's laptop desktop was blinking, exactly the day she had an important test. I mitigated the issue removing the...

Hello everyone,

Debian 12 is running on my home server. Now I wanted to try AirConnect ( ), but AirConnect requires the outdated library libssl1.1,...

Yesterday I had a bit of a disaster trying to uninstall nouveau -- trashed everything. Nevermind, I'm well backed up. So, I restored from my backup...

Hello, Sorry if i posted in the wrong category. I'm just new here...
So, I made a custom Plymouth script to simply display a background image, but...

Credit where it's deserved.

Whilst I have installed Linux operating systems on various machines for several years, I'm not, in any sense of the...

Congratulations to Andreas Tille our newly elected Debian Project Leader. #debian

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I try to create a local victim.local-NS with bind9 but even when I try to reach the server itself, I get the error:
server can't find...

How difficult might it be to put the content of a package like .deb or .tar.gz and possibly its dependencies into /opt with something like dpkg-deb...

MiniDebConf in Berlin is coming up in four weeks! Registering now will guarantee that you'll get a t-shirt. We are still looking for presentations,...

When I use Amazon to buy a product, I could never run a video displaying the item I was interested in. It would work on some browsers but not...

As Debian Backports do not offer Long Term Support (LTS), buster-backports is soon to be removed from the Debian Archive: #debian

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I have an old toshiba laptop with debian 11 (lxde). It has a build in wifi adapter (Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG, firmware-ipw2x00)
This adapter has...

Registration and the Call for Proposals are now open for DebConf24. This year's event will be held in Busan, Korea, and will offer Talks, Hacking...

MiniDebConf Belo Horizonte 2024 with presentations on Debian and Free Software, mostly in Brazilian Portuguese, is about to start in 2 weeks....

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I built a custom Debian installer based on the official Debian 12.5.0 amd64 netinstall iso. I furthermore use a preseed.cfg to use this local...

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My Yeti Blue Microphone shows up in gnome settings and other programs, but does not work unless I unplug and plug it back in. How do I fix it so...

Hello,

I'm not entirely new to Linux, though certainly not a seasoned user.
I have recently tried to install Debian 12 on my Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 3...

Seeking a small group to package Apache Arrow: apache-arrow -- cross-language development platform for in-memory analytics (Bug# 970021). Join the...

The Debian Policy Manual has been updated to version 4.7.0.0. Highlights include: The addition of the non-free-firmware archive, hard links now...

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OK, so, a few months ago I ran into an issue where Internet connectivity stopped working on host/guest OSes, while using the combo of LXQT, connman,...

I am somewhat happy to announce the release of SbK Debian Xfce 4/24.
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The SpinsbyKilz.com watermark is not present in the...

I am happy to announce the release of SbK Debian Cinnamon 4/24
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Dear Debianites This morning I decided to just start writing Bits from DPL and send whatever I have by 18:00 local time. Here it is, barely proof...

MiniDebconfBerlin 24 registration and CfP are open. The conference will take place Tue May 14th till Tue May 21st at c-base.org in Germany. See...

I am happy to announce the release of SbK Debian Talking Mate 4/24.
SbK_Debian_Talking-Mate_424-A.jpg
The SpinsbyKilz.com watermark is not present...

I am happy to announce the release of SbK Debian LXQt 4/24.
SbK_Debian_LXQt_424-A.jpg
The SpinsbyKilz.com watermark is not present in the...

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Just installed latest stable bookworm (debian 12.5) on a Panasonic CF-54 laptop ( Toughbook ) with...

Rust with its cargo repository has been a point of frustration for me. Hardly any project that I attempt to compile is ever satisfied with the crates...

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I've been trying to set up a dynamic DNS zone that will accept subdomain clients using Debian 12.

I currently have an ISC DHCP server and...