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Debian Code of Conduct

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by saulgoode » 2014-04-30 22:50 » in News & Announcements

A resolution instituting a Code of Conduct for Debian has been passed by the general membership.

Debian Code of Conduct

Be respectful
In a...

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Please Read.. What we expect you have already Done.

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by Absent Minded » 2009-11-20 20:37

Let me first welcome you to the Debian Users Forum. We hope your visit here will both help and enlighten you in your Debian experience.

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"Free as in Free Beer" Hardware /home

Last post by sirfer « 2022-03-09 17:47
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by /tmp » 2013-05-13 21:05
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Over the past few years I have acquired various working computer parts via friends, family and co-workers. I am listing these items Free as in Free...
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2022-03-09 17:47
Why do you use debian?

Last post by Porbeagle « 2022-05-25 08:15
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by F37U5G0D » 2009-05-25 00:50
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Why do you use debian and not another distrobution?
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Last post by Porbeagle
2022-05-25 08:15
Nala (a better looking apt?)

Last post by stevepusser « 2022-05-23 23:31
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by manyroads » 2022-02-09 14:04

If you are interested in finding a better looking (new) cli tool to perform most apt terminal functions Nala is worth a look. I have installed and...

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Last post by stevepusser
2022-05-23 23:31
Periodic stalls when writing large files to LUKS partition

Last post by LE_746F6D617A7A69 « 2022-05-23 20:18
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by toquinho » 2022-05-19 14:41

Hello,

I think about two years ago I started noticing periodic stalls when backing up large files (>1GB) on a computer running a zfs raid on LUKS....

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2022-05-23 20:18
[EDIT] Another question about nftables

Last post by ticojohn « 2022-05-22 20:20
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by ticojohn » 2022-05-22 19:25

I have seen a lot of discussions about nftables and there are many responses that have suggestions for the nftables.conf file. My question is this:...

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Last post by ticojohn
2022-05-22 20:20
Back to Debian

Last post by Gnigma « 2022-05-21 15:19
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by Gnigma » 2022-05-20 17:34

After using Fedora for about a year, at the suggestion of my IT employed stepson, I'm back to Debian. I've used Deb for years. Fedora was as stable...

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Last post by Gnigma
2022-05-21 15:19
Solved : Plymouth ?

Last post by Fossy « 2022-05-20 10:58
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by Fossy » 2022-05-09 13:28

About plymouth :

probably has to do with the fact that for all my installations of Debian I use the...

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Last post by Fossy
2022-05-20 10:58
NVIDIA Releases Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules

Last post by canci « 2022-05-12 09:43
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by Fossy » 2022-05-12 01:11

premature foresight ?

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2022-05-12 09:43
UEFI secure boot.

Last post by LE_746F6D617A7A69 « 2022-05-09 20:45
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by DN-gian5x » 2022-04-25 13:31

Hello there, I want to ask how can I enable secure boot in Debian 11, I have full disk encryption in my install, but having secure boot disabled is a...

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2022-05-09 20:45
Debian 11 honnest disussion ( Very positive !! )

Last post by jmgibson1981 « 2022-04-28 20:16
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by jschenard » 2021-09-30 17:51
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Good afternoon I hope everyone is doing well.

Well - I must say I am quite impressed by Debian again. Compared to the previous versions ( 10 and...
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Last post by jmgibson1981
2022-04-28 20:16
New debian user :-)

Last post by DN-gian5x « 2022-04-26 06:27
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by pepper » 2022-02-13 23:32

Thirty years plus using Linux and never a full blown Debian on my machine. Today, however, that all changed. Today Debian Bullseye11 resides on a...

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Last post by DN-gian5x
2022-04-26 06:27
I open no support threads because Bullseye is such a solid OS

Last post by Shamak « 2022-04-23 22:14
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by Diesel330 » 2022-04-19 20:01

Thanks to all responsible for it

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Last post by Shamak
2022-04-23 22:14
Do you use nouveau in bullseye for a legacy graphics card?

Last post by piperdan « 2022-04-19 05:00
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by kedaha » 2022-02-14 15:19

I'd be interested to know, if you use bullseye:
1. Do you have such a graphics card? On my present machine I have the NVIDIA G98
2. Do you use the...

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Last post by piperdan
2022-04-19 05:00
Fvwm3 package

Last post by stevepusser « 2022-04-19 00:22
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by rasat » 2022-04-14 18:36

The new Fvwm3 has been released two years ago, for some reason, there is no Debian package. Is this the right place to ask to get it added?

If you...

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Last post by stevepusser
2022-04-19 00:22
Share your Debian SCRIPTS

Last post by jmgibson1981 « 2022-04-12 19:35
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by fabien » 2022-04-09 14:42

Share your Debian scripts !
Why keep those valuable pieces of code out of sight?
Being of personal use, their polish is perhaps not as high as if...

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Last post by jmgibson1981
2022-04-12 19:35
Snap & Flatpak Proprietary Software Should Be Isolated in Debian.

Last post by jmgibson1981 « 2022-04-09 13:47
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by kedaha » 2022-02-15 06:21
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I don't really object in principle to either snap or flatpak. Both are in available in the main repository and provide users with a means to avail...
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Last post by jmgibson1981
2022-04-09 13:47
[Package Management] Linux Counterpart to "M$ Store vs Program Files"

Last post by jmgibson1981 « 2022-04-06 22:01
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by slimySwagger » 2022-01-30 17:02

When using Windows, I personally prefer downloading and installing .exe or .msi directly from web. Reason as follows:
1. M$ Store is a bloated...

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Last post by jmgibson1981
2022-04-06 22:01
I got this hidden message from some developers.

Last post by fender0107401 « 2022-04-01 01:32

by fender0107401 » 2022-04-01 01:32

Debian is fun!

2022-04-01

April Fools' Day

It is very very and very cool!

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2022-04-01 01:32
What have you added to bashrc?

Last post by CwF « 2022-03-18 13:55
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by craigevil » 2021-11-14 20:09

This is what I have added to my .bashrc
## Added Options ##

# Powerline
# Powerline is a statusline plugin
#
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Last post by CwF
2022-03-18 13:55
Moving the old forward. init's and stuff

Last post by Bulkley « 2022-03-13 01:56
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by CwF » 2022-03-12 15:59

I've come up with non-issue init question I not only don't know but also have no indication to even have a preference on.

After freshening up some...

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Last post by Bulkley
2022-03-13 01:56
creating tables in Markdown on Github - how to do this right

Last post by say_hello « 2022-03-07 15:04
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by say_hello » 2021-05-22 08:32

hello dear experts

i want to add formated text and tables to my newly created github-page.
at the moment i stuck - since i am not sure how to publsh...

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Last post by say_hello
2022-03-07 15:04
Share Your BASH Aliases

Last post by craigevil « 2022-02-25 15:23
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by craigevil » 2021-05-01 00:18

My ever growing bash_aliases:
# Start gomuks Matrix Client
alias gomuks=/home/pi/Downloads/gomuks-linux-arm64

# Show open ports
alias ports='sudo...

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Last post by craigevil
2022-02-25 15:23
Running Debian LXQT on Pentium 4 with 512 MB RAM

Last post by sirfer « 2022-02-25 11:25
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by asifnaz » 2020-10-07 05:27

Debian LXQT is running very slow on Pentium 4 with 512 MB RAM . In 2010 I could use Debian Gnome 2 on same hardware very well .
Why its been bloated...

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Last post by sirfer
2022-02-25 11:25
Lynis audit/ pen test scan questions

Last post by LE_746F6D617A7A69 « 2022-02-24 21:49
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by tmick » 2022-02-16 23:38

Hi folks,
First I'm going to apologize for the length of this post, it wasn't intended to be this long when I started; it snowballed.
I ran Lynis...

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Last post by LE_746F6D617A7A69
2022-02-24 21:49
New helpful info which could be added to installation files.

Last post by LE_746F6D617A7A69 « 2022-02-22 15:34
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by Steve.Clay » 2022-02-17 12:30

Hi. I am new to Debian and have had some issues recently with installing it on an old-ish laptop. The heart of the issue was that the BIOS on my acer...

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Last post by LE_746F6D617A7A69
2022-02-22 15:34
Another new Debian user

Last post by Bloom « 2022-02-14 18:39
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by ak_scout » 2022-02-14 17:57

Like new Debian user pepper , I've been a Linux user for quite a while, installing Red Hat 5.2 in 1998. I've been in the Red Hat/Fedora fold until a...

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2022-02-14 18:39
Debian User Forums topic's

Last post by argentwolf « 2022-02-11 22:38
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by Fossy » 2022-02-09 14:59

having adopted Debian as my main operating system I have consistently registered with this forum .
Always curious about what's going on in the debian...

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Last post by argentwolf
2022-02-11 22:38
Backport searx 1.0.0+dfsg1-1 from testing to stable

Last post by kedaha « 2022-01-22 13:49
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by kedaha » 2021-12-15 20:14

Good news about searx 1.0.0+dfsg1-1 having migrated to testing.
Version 0.18.0+dfsg1-1 in bullseye, may be installed for a desktop system as detailed...

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Last post by kedaha
2022-01-22 13:49
KDE Plasma in Bullseye

Last post by sunrat « 2022-01-11 23:56
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by /tmp » 2022-01-11 20:33

I have to admit I'm really pleased with the improvements in KDE Plasma which were released with Bullseye. For example, there's an incredibly helpful...

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Last post by sunrat
2022-01-11 23:56
Debian logo

Last post by Fossy « 2022-01-09 22:03
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by natewrench » 2021-11-05 17:18
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Was Debian's logo inspired by the tye-dye shirts?
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Last post by Fossy
2022-01-09 22:03
Halting the boot process early

Last post by p.H « 2021-12-28 10:45
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by tcdaly » 2021-11-25 13:22

The Debian manual refers to stage 3 in the boot process, where a mini-Debian system is run from memory before drives are mounted. It is possible to...

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Last post by p.H
2021-12-28 10:45
Telegram-Desktop from Bullseye Repository near EOL

Last post by stevepusser « 2021-12-13 02:23
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by arochester » 2021-12-05 18:01

Please update your app to the latest version. The version you are using is out of date and will stop working soon.

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Last post by stevepusser
2021-12-13 02:23
What's wrong with Debian and Daniel Pocock?

Last post by LE_746F6D617A7A69 « 2021-12-04 16:20
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by LE_746F6D617A7A69 » 2021-12-03 14:30

I'm rarely visiting the Debian News webpage, and today I've found this:
Debian' Statement on Daniel Pocock

Who the hell is Daniel Pocock?
Well,...

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Last post by LE_746F6D617A7A69
2021-12-04 16:20
segfault error 4 in iHD_drv_video.so

Last post by ChetanNeve « 2021-11-25 14:35

by ChetanNeve » 2021-11-25 14:35

System information:

CPU information
11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz

GPU information : Intel Corporation TigerLake-LP GT2 (rev...

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Last post by ChetanNeve
2021-11-25 14:35
Encoding Pluma Editor new file

Last post by pcsystemd « 2021-11-18 09:53

by pcsystemd » 2021-11-18 09:53

Hello,

I am under Debian Buster with MATE and I have a problem with the Pluma editor. Indeed, I have an encoding problem each time I copy text to a...

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Last post by pcsystemd
2021-11-18 09:53
first time with Debian was in 2001 with knoppix

Last post by southern_admin « 2021-11-12 21:45
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by natewrench » 2021-11-05 23:15

Hi, this is a remembrance of Debian's first days for me, in 2001 I downloaded Knoppix Linux off of a warez site on IRC. It was the first live cd...

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Last post by southern_admin
2021-11-12 21:45
[SOLVED] Only a tiny fraction of vulnerabilities get fixed in Debian Stable?

Last post by sunrat « 2021-11-11 20:28
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by maxb » 2021-10-27 02:48
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The lead dev of GrapheneOS (praised by Snowden and Doresy) had some harsh things to say about the security of Linux and Debian in particular:...
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Last post by sunrat
2021-11-11 20:28
Why I've stopped using Debian.

Last post by donald « 2021-11-06 05:19
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by scruffyeagle » 2021-11-04 05:52
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I've used Debian for several years - up till this year. But, this year, I've had problems with Debian.

My problems began with Debian 10.3. It killed...
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2021-11-06 05:19
Installing Debian Linux 2.1 From 1999 Was A Painful Experience ... (youtube video)

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by maxb » 2021-10-21 21:34

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2021-10-25 20:46
What newer software do you want that's only in Bookworm or Sid?

Last post by Bulkley « 2021-10-19 22:47
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by kedaha » 2021-10-14 14:38

Some users upgrade their stable system to testing or sid either to get newer software missing from stable, like for example, virtualbox or to get...

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2021-10-19 22:47
systemd-standalone

Last post by Bulkley « 2021-10-12 22:11
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by MattiP » 2021-10-12 19:01

So this caught my eye among the new packages for Sid

systemd-standalone-sysusers
Standalone tmpfiles binary for use in non-systemd systems...

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Last post by Bulkley
2021-10-12 22:11
Have you built any private backports for Bullseye yet?

Last post by kedaha « 2021-10-11 11:51

by kedaha » 2021-10-11 11:51

See the SimpleBackportCreation howto for details.
So far I've built two (in QEMU) successfully:
1. nomacs (backported from sid because it isn't in...

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Last post by kedaha
2021-10-11 11:51
Hi from the GWN

Last post by donald « 2021-10-08 12:29
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by colin.p » 2021-10-08 11:55

New Debian user, installed 11 on an ancient Toshiba Satellite L300. Took a bit of Googling to get the wifi working but now all good. I have two more...

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2021-10-08 12:29
Turn off problem

Last post by FreewheelinFrank « 2021-09-27 14:11
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by fridric » 2021-09-27 12:56

Hi guys, I have a debian 9.13. version.
I paste the uname -a output: Linux debian 4.9.0-16-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.272-2 (2021-07-19) x86_64...

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Last post by FreewheelinFrank
2021-09-27 14:11
Wayland thread

Last post by seeker5528 « 2021-09-25 02:55
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by Bulkley » 2021-03-31 16:15
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As H.O.A.S. suggested elsewhere, let's have a Wayland thread. This monster has been coming down the pipes for years but most of us know little to...
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Last post by seeker5528
2021-09-25 02:55
rolling distros becoming more popular

Last post by arochester « 2021-09-24 20:15
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by Chrisdb » 2020-01-01 17:02
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I was wondering what the effect of this trend is on Debian. Are users moving away from stable distributions? Debian is still popular for servers, but...
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2021-09-24 20:15
5.14 Kernel

Last post by ooglaboogla « 2021-09-23 02:15
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by ooglaboogla » 2021-09-23 01:23

The 5.14 Kernel became available in the Sid repo today! Wooohoooo!

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2021-09-23 02:15
Back to Buster

Last post by bester69 « 2021-09-13 02:58
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by Bulkley » 2021-09-10 16:35

Yesterday I upgraded to Bullseye. The upgrade went well and easy. Then I noticed that Day Planner had been removed. Every version upgrade leaves...

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Last post by bester69
2021-09-13 02:58
I love Debian, but...

Last post by cds60601 « 2021-09-13 02:45
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by cds60601 » 2018-08-20 20:18
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It's time to move onward. Been using Debian (and a variant) for better than 2 years.
Recently, Testing has been my cup of tea (although, I have been...
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Last post by cds60601
2021-09-13 02:45
Does nvidia-detect show the wrong recommended driver?

Last post by 4D696B65 « 2021-09-02 16:24
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by jonatasrafael » 2021-09-02 15:36

Hello everybody,

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My debian is 11 bullseye and when I use nvidia-detect, it show that recommended driver to install is...

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2021-09-02 16:24

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