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A Guide to Debian Community Discord

Last post by donald « 2024-11-17 22:08
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by Aristocat » 2024-11-17 20:38

Hello everyone! If you're checking this thread, I am the server administrator (or owner) of the Debian Community Discord. You may have encountered a...

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2024-11-17 22:08
[Announcement] AI Generated Content

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Debian Code of Conduct

Last post by saulgoode « 2014-04-30 22:50
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by saulgoode » 2014-04-30 22:50 » in Debian Development Discussion

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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[Discussion] What do you wish you had known years ago?

Last post by kent_dorfman766 « 2024-12-03 04:51
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by Uptorn » 2024-03-05 15:52

Is there any tool or command or simpler/faster way of doing something that you wish you'd known about when starting out on Debian? Or when starting...

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Last post by kent_dorfman766
2024-12-03 04:51
Debian's Community on discord is back

Last post by friendlysalmon88 « 2024-12-03 02:29
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by Narodnaya Volya » 2024-04-22 10:30

Debian's Community on discord is back after it was nuked.
Feel free to join

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Last post by friendlysalmon88
2024-12-03 02:29
[Discussion] Does the Debian team supervise the Linux Kernel?

Last post by Reyfer « 2024-12-01 11:50
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by Diesel330 » 2024-11-22 18:08

My question is if Debian developers have a picture of what is going on in the Linux kernel that they ship with their distribution, or they blindly...

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Last post by Reyfer
2024-12-01 11:50
Dual Monitor Issue

Last post by arzgi « 2024-11-27 12:57
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by viking007 » 2024-11-27 02:55

Greetings,

I'm new to the Linux environment so am a tad green but I've got a pretty good grasp on computer hardware having almost 25 years...

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Last post by arzgi
2024-11-27 12:57
How does debian-installer set the swap size?

Last post by wizard10000 « 2024-11-26 20:34
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by Noah Engle » 2022-08-19 00:49

Hello, I want to know how Debian chooses the size of the swap partition when using guided partitioning. I've done some research, and it looks like...

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Last post by wizard10000
2024-11-26 20:34
Would you recommend Debian to a brand new Linux user? Why/Why not?

Last post by donald « 2024-11-23 22:37
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by m4c-attack » 2024-09-03 23:14
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A hypothetical I thought about when browsing /r/Debian... and seeing every 'Should I use Debian or ?' question is answered w/ Debian resoundingly....
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Last post by donald
2024-11-23 22:37
[Discussion] Update of Thunderbird 128.4.3esr-1~deb12u1--no i386 pkgs

Last post by stevepusser « 2024-11-22 01:58

by stevepusser » 2024-11-22 01:58

in Bookworm, though it's there for both Bullseye and Trixie.

It seems to be a bug in Bookworm's default LLVM-14 compiler toolchain, as Trixie's is...

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Last post by stevepusser
2024-11-22 01:58
[Discussion] Not a rant but a cry for help...

Last post by tynman « 2024-11-21 05:05
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by pierrick » 2024-09-26 10:12
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Hi all.
Returning to Debian after erring into the jungle of various distros (Suse, Fedora, Ubuntu, KUbuntu) for a decade or so. I say erring because...
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Last post by tynman
2024-11-21 05:05
[Discussion] Where have you been unable to run Debian?

Last post by Uptorn « 2024-11-18 03:03
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by Uptorn » 2024-11-06 16:28

Do you have any devices to which you've wanted to install Debian, but could not for reasons technical or otherwise?

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Last post by Uptorn
2024-11-18 03:03
[Discussion] Things that were never explained to you

Last post by friendlysalmon88 « 2024-11-17 03:00
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by Uptorn » 2024-11-16 05:19

What Debian or Linux matters would you expect should be clearly communicated to newbies, but that you'd had to learn by trial and error?

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Last post by friendlysalmon88
2024-11-17 03:00
Immutable Bookworm

Last post by friendlysalmon88 « 2024-11-16 03:34
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by pwzhangzz » 2024-05-13 23:18
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Recently many of my friends have expressed an interest in Fedora Silverblue; however, it seems pretty easy and actually straightforward to extend...
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Last post by friendlysalmon88
2024-11-16 03:34
Share your Debian SCRIPTS

Last post by CwF « 2024-11-11 21:24
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by fabien » 2022-04-09 14:42
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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 CwF
2024-11-11 21:24
[Discussion] Software that you wish were in the Debian repositories

Last post by sdibaja « 2024-11-11 13:15
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by Uptorn » 2024-11-04 14:50
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Is there any software that you wish were packaged in Debian? Anything that once was but is no longer available?
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Last post by sdibaja
2024-11-11 13:15
Samba advertises version number and os version

Last post by user1213213 « 2024-11-10 10:55
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by user1213213 » 2024-11-08 02:50

Samba advertises version number and os version when connecting to a share in Windows. This happens under the naming convention. Please does anyone...

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2024-11-10 10:55
Automatic mounting of USB HDD FLASH Pen

Last post by dilberts_left_nut « 2024-11-09 06:13
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by user1213213 » 2024-11-06 09:26

Does anyone in simplest possible terms know how to automatically mount USB HDD's, FLASH Pen's etc?
I'm on Debian server and would like the mounting...

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Last post by dilberts_left_nut
2024-11-09 06:13
My DebianGNU/Linux Bookworm Experience

Last post by Uptorn « 2024-11-08 16:17
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by davinci74 » 2024-11-07 16:28

Hello World! So I'm just stopping by this morning, It's 10 am here in Louisiana,USA and I just want to share my thoughts on my Linux journey. To...

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Last post by Uptorn
2024-11-08 16:17
Tmpfs disk savers, from ~/.profile

Last post by CwF « 2024-11-04 17:56
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by CwF » 2024-09-05 17:41
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In ~/.profile I have expanded the past thumbnail tmpfs to the entire ~/.cache, still on watch.
#create tmpfs disk savers
systemd-mount -t tmpfs -o...
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Last post by CwF
2024-11-04 17:56
Looking for some unique and complete themes

Last post by Uptorn « 2024-11-04 14:40
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by LloydLynx » 2023-09-23 01:31

I use MATE on Bookworm on an old 2007 laptop. My theme taste is mainly shiny skeumorphic frutiger aero with a soft spot for that early 2000s fisher...

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Last post by Uptorn
2024-11-04 14:40
Three sound cards all changing card number

Last post by user1213213 « 2024-10-29 16:39
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by user1213213 » 2024-10-29 14:40

How do I ensure my aplay -l card number remains the same and do not jump around changing numbers all the time. I have three sound cards. It's giving...

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Last post by user1213213
2024-10-29 16:39
[Discussion] Rebuilding Debian Community Discord

Last post by Aristocat « 2024-10-27 11:34
Replies: 3
by Aristocat » 2024-10-15 11:49

Good morning ya'll.

I am the owner of the UNOFFICIAL Debian Community discord server. Early yesterday morning, we had a rogue administrator ban all...

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Last post by Aristocat
2024-10-27 11:34
[Discussion] Debian has exceeded all my expectations

Last post by greenelephant « 2024-10-26 03:49
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by distro-nix » 2024-09-15 23:59

Debian became my sole distribution a month ago, but I have been using Linux since the mid-1990s. In fact, I clearly remember when Ian launched Debian...

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Last post by greenelephant
2024-10-26 03:49
output and input device not detected

Last post by Aki « 2024-10-04 15:27
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by purpurpetals » 2024-10-02 05:27

yesterday i was clearing some space from the flatpak folder and i stupidly deleted a few files from the flatpak/repo/objects folders
i mustve shut...

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Last post by Aki
2024-10-04 15:27
[Solved] Headphone Microphone Issue on Debian 12

Last post by FreewheelinFrank « 2024-10-03 09:16
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by aadebian12 » 2024-09-28 19:52

Hello,
I have a problem with my headphones. A few days ago I installed Debian 12 and everything works fine except that sometimes the microphone...

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Last post by FreewheelinFrank
2024-10-03 09:16
Bug report

Last post by Diesel330 « 2024-09-21 07:48
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by Sbilko » 2024-09-19 20:20

Bug report: AVG antivirus found a Trojan in the debian ISO, please check the image.

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Last post by Diesel330
2024-09-21 07:48
Why do you use debian?

Last post by Augie77 « 2024-09-03 15:19
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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 Augie77
2024-09-03 15:19
[Discussion] correspondence among deb repositories

Last post by yvs222 « 2024-08-23 15:53
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by yvs222 » 2024-08-04 16:15

Hi everyone,

I have a couple records to PPA in apt sources that used on Debian bookworm.
Using them I have to find out some correspondence (usually...

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Last post by yvs222
2024-08-23 15:53
[Discussion] Microphone issues in Debian 5.10.221-1

Last post by Srishti « 2024-08-02 11:37
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by Srishti » 2024-07-29 04:50

Hi Everyone,

I am currently struggling to enable microphone recording in a GCP VM of configuration- Debian 5.10.221-1 (2024-07-14) x86_64...

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Last post by Srishti
2024-08-02 11:37
[Solved] How to determine if a directory is a mountpoint and if it is mounted or not?

Last post by wizard10000 « 2024-07-30 10:09
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by buhtz » 2024-07-30 07:59

I think about what would be the unixoid way to determine if a directory is a mountpoint and if it is currently mounted or not.

The only way I knew...

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Last post by wizard10000
2024-07-30 10:09
I just found in my system settings a new option: Online Accounts (Debian 11 Cinnamon)

Last post by Dai_trying « 2024-07-25 15:41
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by Diesel330 » 2024-07-25 11:14

Such a disgrace and scary at the same time to find in my settings the logos of Facebook, Google and Microsoft... This was necessary guys right?...

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Last post by Dai_trying
2024-07-25 15:41
Text editor debate, zoomer edition

Last post by alancristhian « 2024-07-20 12:44
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by atharv » 2023-10-08 19:06

Vim, emacs and VScode are fawned over to death, but I'd like to talk about what other alternatives my fellow young people are choosing.

I personally...

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Last post by alancristhian
2024-07-20 12:44
What Desktop environment do you use?

Last post by kopper « 2024-07-19 08:44
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by alienspy » 2023-10-28 12:22
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Hello! Let's have a poll about DE popularity.

I guess the votes will be like this for top 5. We will see if i am right :)

1. KDE

2. Gnome

3....
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Last post by kopper
2024-07-19 08:44
[Wanted] "Back In Time" is looking for translators in preparation for the upcoming release 1.5.0

Last post by buhtz « 2024-07-11 13:33

by buhtz » 2024-07-11 13:33

Hello together,

I'm member of the maintenance team of Back In Time (deb: backintime ) a rsync-based backup software.

We are in the middle of...

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Last post by buhtz
2024-07-11 13:33
[Discussion] fstab and impact for use of multiple disks

Last post by pbear « 2024-07-08 01:29
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by KnowKnot » 2024-07-07 11:00

Hi guys,
I have to NVMe sticks - one for the OS and installed apps ()its user part is EXT4), and one which should be basically for storing my data...

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Last post by pbear
2024-07-08 01:29
[Discussion] Help me understand root and sudo

Last post by wizard10000 « 2024-07-04 10:02
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by Augie77 » 2024-04-04 15:16
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During my first install of Debian/Bookworm, I was given the option of setting a root password, or not. Coming from Mint, I knew to use sudo so I...
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Last post by wizard10000
2024-07-04 10:02
[Discussion] Debian Audio System

Last post by FreewheelinFrank « 2024-07-04 06:02
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by PlagueSpale » 2024-02-22 14:46

Hello all, I'm fairly new to Debian (and Linux in whole) and I'm quite interested in what makes a system , i.e how system works, how are processes...

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Last post by FreewheelinFrank
2024-07-04 06:02
Debian compatible graphics cards

Last post by friendlysalmon88 « 2024-07-04 01:49
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by ObsoleteMan » 2024-03-16 01:18

Hello,
Does anyone know of a listing of Debian compatible graphics cards or cards that will work with Linux in general.
Thanks,
ObsoleteMan

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Last post by friendlysalmon88
2024-07-04 01:49
PLEASE HELP

Last post by sunrat « 2024-06-21 03:45
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by Nooka » 2024-06-14 02:17

Firstly, it is tedious to have to create an account just to ask such a simple question.

I am so sorry for not being all tech savvy and hip when...

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Last post by sunrat
2024-06-21 03:45
Query on link of sysctl.conf file

Last post by DebianFox « 2024-06-13 14:47
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by DebianFox » 2024-06-11 08:40

In recent Debian instances I have seen that the file /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf is a syslink to /etc/sysctl.conf .

Why was the decision made to...

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Last post by DebianFox
2024-06-13 14:47
[Discussion] Does "based off" Debian Just Mean..

Last post by anticapitalista « 2024-06-04 20:32
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by Mindovermaster » 2024-06-04 05:53

I have been using Debian since Squeeze, and have used several distros since then. Ubuntu, Mint (and LMDE), OpenSUSE, Fedora, Arch (many derivatives),...

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2024-06-04 20:32
[Junk] Is there a way for an OP to delete or tag a junk thread?

Last post by sunrat « 2024-05-02 03:33
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by bitrat » 2024-05-01 10:50

Hi,

I was wondering if there's a way for a thread's creator to delete it if it proves to be fruitless, ill posed or otherwise reduces to noise.

If...

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Last post by sunrat
2024-05-02 03:33
[Discussion] Non-free software points of entry

Last post by xuhdev « 2024-04-29 03:58
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by Uptorn » 2024-02-13 18:05

Keeping one's sources.list clear of non-free repositories is no guarantee that one's system will remain free of proprietary software. I have often...

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Last post by xuhdev
2024-04-29 03:58
How I built the Hyper^Linux Kernel(6.1) for Debian Bookworm(12.5) (Tiny edition!)

Last post by alienspy « 2024-04-27 15:13
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by Linuxgaming1824 » 2024-04-21 18:00

- How I built the Hyper^Linux Kernel(6.1) for Debian Bookworm(12.5) (Tiny edition!) -

# This is a journal/guide for building a base system for High...

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Last post by alienspy
2024-04-27 15:13
[Solved] Debian 11 bullseye in additional AWS region ap-south-2 Hyderabad

Last post by Aki « 2024-04-22 16:30
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by matthew976 » 2024-04-16 19:08

Currently there isn't an aws-marketplace AMI owned by Debian for the the ap-south-2 (Hyderabad) region. All the other regions that I require have...

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Last post by Aki
2024-04-22 16:30
How I Built The Hyper^Linux Kernel With Debian Bullseye 11.9

Last post by Linuxgaming1824 « 2024-04-22 11:24
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by Linuxgaming1824 » 2024-04-16 18:35
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I've now moved on to working with this build in Bookworm, the up-to-date guide is here...

- How I Built The Hyper^Linux Kernel...
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2024-04-22 11:24
Building the nest

Last post by CwF « 2024-04-21 02:34
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by CwF » 2024-04-20 16:50

I have been testing a handful of things exploring the performance and consistency of double nested virtual machines.

Mixed news on the networking....

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Last post by CwF
2024-04-21 02:34
[Discussion] www.hardinfo2.org is "Ready to Serve, my Lord!"

Last post by Linuxgaming1824 « 2024-04-17 23:33
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by hwspeedy » 2024-04-12 08:34

hardinfo2 webpage with Benchmark results is now Ready to Serve my Lord!

Some Features

KISS (HTML5, CSS3 and Vanilla.js)
SPA (Loads as Single...

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Last post by Linuxgaming1824
2024-04-17 23:33
[Testing-Bullseye] Can we put threads here if we are testing Bullseye still ;D

Last post by Linuxgaming1824 « 2024-04-17 15:27
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by Linuxgaming1824 » 2024-04-17 02:26

Hi guys, I'm wondering if maybe this is the right place to put threads for those of us, who still love Debian Bullseye so much we are still testing...

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Last post by Linuxgaming1824
2024-04-17 15:27
[Discussion] Which application, now defunct in Debian, do you remember fondly?

Last post by Linuxgaming1824 « 2024-04-16 22:15
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by fabien » 2024-04-06 10:06
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Over time, we have lost applications, often due to lack of upstream maintenance, sometimes also probably due to lack...
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Last post by Linuxgaming1824
2024-04-16 22:15
init diversity in Debian

Last post by friendlysalmon88 « 2024-04-11 03:11
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by golinux » 2019-09-19 17:49
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Is systemd lockin on the horizon?
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Last post by friendlysalmon88
2024-04-11 03:11
[Discussion] rebooted hardinfo as community edition hardinfo2 - System information & Benchmarking

Last post by hwspeedy « 2024-04-05 21:44
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by hwspeedy » 2024-04-02 21:54

We have rebooted hardinfo, that has not been released for >10 years as community edition hardinfo2.

There is no other program like hardinfo2,...

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2024-04-05 21:44

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