I have finally got round to attempting to install the current stable version
of Devuan Daedalus. I had tried a testing version, which wasn't working so
well, then I installed Devuan Chimaera again (which is old stable), then just
upgraded to Daedalus by changing my sources.list.
But now I have run into a snag which I've only encountered a couple times
before, don't have a clue how to get past this. It seems to be something to
do with a low graphics installation, maybe?
In any case, I went into the bios, enabled legacy support, uefi first (which
has normally worked just fine for me in all previous installations), but I
got a weird messed-up screen of illegible garbage. So I went into the bios
again, tried a different tack: enabled legacy support, legacy first, and this
was only a little better. I also tried just using the OS defaults, enabling
uefi, but as I'm sure everybody knows, this won't allow me to install a Linux
system at all.
I realize that Microsoft and Apple are concerned for our safety and
well-being, and wish at all costs to protect us from the dangers of
installing Linux, but I can't help wanting to dabble in the dark arts of
software freedom.
For what it's worth, I am working on a Lenovo Ideapad 3.15 15.6" laptop. The
only hardware change was to swap the internal 128 gb SSD drive for a 2 tb
SSD. Otherwise, the only changes were to void my warranty before I ever
booted into a Windoze system. I installed Linux on first boot.
And no, by the way, I have no other computer with which to get on the
internet, and never use my phone for internet. Someday perhaps I will get
another machine, but at present I have about six more machines packed away in
storage.
Attached are some screenshots (taken with my phone) to show what's happening.
I have a funny feeling that others on the mailing list have experienced
something like this, and I know, too, that there are some dedicated users of
Devuan or Devuan-type systems, so maybe somebody can tell me how to get past
this barrier, or at least point me in the right direction.
Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated, and you will get rewarded
in tons of good karma.
See attachments for screenshots.
thanks in advance,
Bill
Hi all,
some time ago I was thinking about whether we want to become an active
member of social networks with our project. Things like Facebook and
Twitter have always been "no go" zones for me. However, I've been
thinking about the Mastodon platform for a long time.
Mastodon is a decentralized platform for publishing short messages and
pictures. It is based on open source architecture and therefore this
platform is close to our ideas. You can see profiles of other projects
like @kde@floss.social, @gnome@floss.social, and others.
I assume that it would help to "make us visible" and information could be
published there, for example about the release of new versions, or some
useful information regarding development, screenshots, solving issues and
community info.
Does it seem like a good idea for us to have an official communication
channel for our project on Mastodon? What is your opinion on this?
Cheers
--
Slávek
This has been going on too long to remember, probably more than a year now, but at
least since 14.0.13. I haven't been able to create a reliable reproduction
scenario. Typically, I start a session that has remembered Konsole (at 0,0) with a
plain shell tab and an MC tab. With quite some frequency, I wish to copy and paste
the first command of the session, and its output, that I have entered in the shell
tab, into some text file in MC. The problem is that swiping the mouse from bottom
to top to select that output commonly blanks the first Konsole line, which is
usually something that produces multiple lines of text output, such as inxi, so
that when pasted, the first line of the paste is also blank. The instant case
causing me to write this is in Mageia 8/14.1.0, but it IIRC it happens in Debian,
Fedora, openSUSE & *buntu also.
--
Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion,
based on faith, not based on science.
Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks!
Felix Miata
