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getting Logitech USB microphone to work with Audacity (or better solution) - off-topic
by William Morder 08 Mar '25

08 Mar '25

Okay, so here's another off-topic conumdrum for the more technically-inclined musicians and sound people out there. I found a Logitech USB microphone at a second-hand shop for cheap ($5), and want to get it working with my machine, so that I can do quick and dirty recordings of demos or just for my own practice. My machine does recognize the microphone, no problem. (I always seem to have good luck with Logitech products.) I used alsamixer, hit the F6 key, chose Logitech USB microphone, and there it is. I did not have Audacity installed, though I have used it a lot, when I have a much more complete mixing setup, sometimes with multiple instruments and microphones attached. Again, no problem. I've made many recordings using Audacity with different guitars and microphones. Now, however, while my machine recognizes the microphone, Audacity will not start up at all. I installed it from the repositories, everything seems right. When I run F2 and enter audacity, the logo shows up. But when I check top, it never appears at all, as if something is blocking Audacity from starting up. I checked what I could of config files, etc., but nothing seems amiss. I do have a backup of my system, including the folders for my previous working version of Audacity, so it's possible that I could solve my problem by just copying the old folder into my new folder, and overwrite everything so that my settings ought to be forced. But I'm wondering if anybody else might have a clue what's going on, before I go rogue and do something stupid. Also, over the past couple years I've been reading various complaints about the new "privacy" policies of Audacity: that it now snoops on users, even when it's not running, if it's installed on a system. I would like to find a better fork that respects our privacy, but so far I have found nothing to compare with it in GNU/Linux programs. Thanks for any help. Bill

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Can I use DCOP to maximize a window programmatically?
by J Leslie Turriff 07 Mar '25

07 Mar '25

In a particular script, I'd like to maximize the Konsole window, and DCOP seems like the way to do this, but I can't figure out which component would provide the capability? Leslie -- Platform: Linux Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.6 - x86_64 Desktop Environment: Trinity Qt: 3.5.0 TDE: R14.1.3 tde-config: 1.0

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skype only with SNAP (off-topic)
by Gianluca Interlandi 05 Mar '25

05 Mar '25

Dear TDE users, I understand this may be off-topic. I was trying to update skype on my openSUSE Leap 15.4 installation (I know this is no longer officially supported), but I discovered that skype is no longer provided as RPM, but only as SNAP. I have never used SNAP. Can SNAP and RPM coexist in openSUSE Leap? Is that going to create conflicts? Is there a way to extract files from the SNAP archive? All I see on the skype website is a button that says "Install" but not sure whether that installs directly or first downloads a file? Thanks! Gianluca ----------------------------------------------------- Gianluca Interlandi, PhD gianluca(a)u.washington.edu +1 (206) 685 4435 http://gianluca.today/research/ Department of Bioengineering University of Washington, Seattle WA U.S.A. -----------------------------------------------------

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Re: skype only with SNAP (off-topic)
by dep 03 Mar '25

03 Mar '25

If privacy and security matter to you, Signal is unsurpassed. I've used it for VOIP calls to Japan at no cost. dep Pictures: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/depscribe/album Column: https://ofb.biz/author/dep/

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Darkness ISO March 2025
by Dr. Nikolaus Klepp 03 Mar '25

03 Mar '25

Hi all! I just uploaded my "Darkness" iso, march 2025 version. As usual bleeding edge Devuan + TDE :) A note on Installation: Don't forget installing the bootloader. What do you get: - Devuan Testing - TDE 14.2.0 (dev branch) - Openscad - Firefox v135 - Kernel 6.12.17 - most firmware blobs - dark theme I have removed [i]Zim Desktop Wiki[i] due to the vast number of dependencies it pulls in. UID / PWD: user / user root / toor ISO: https://samhain.at/devuan_tde/darkness-20250302.iso SHA256: https://samhain.at/devuan_tde/darkness-20250302.iso.sha256 Default language is austrian german. Russian and englisch language packs are installed, too. Nik -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ...

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Turns out, it's moot
by dep 28 Feb '25

28 Feb '25

Msft is shutting down Skype. https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/28/microsoft-hangs-up-on-skype-service-to-sh… dep Pictures: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/depscribe/album Column: https://ofb.biz/author/dep/

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Browsing Windows & Samba shares
by Darrell Anderson 27 Feb '25

27 Feb '25

What are the TDE requirements to browse Windows and Samba shares? Thanks.

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After downloading some files that my mail service mismarked as spam, some pieces cannot be opened.
by J Leslie Turriff 22 Feb '25

22 Feb '25

While searching for mail that had been sent to me in the last day but I had not received, I discovered that my email provider's spam filters had "helpfully" moved 231 pieces of mail into its spam folder. (There was one actual piece of spam.) After downloading the mail, some of the pieces could not be opened (clicking on them has no effect). I quit kmail and restarted it, and some of the stuck ones were then openable, but I still have several that are stubborn. I suspect that I need to rebuild the indices of my mail folders. How do I do that? Leslie -- Platform: Linux Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.6 - x86_64 Desktop Environment: Trinity Qt: 3.5.0 TDE: R14.1.3 tde-config: 1.0

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Workaround: KPDF asks for password on some PDFs
by Dr. Nikolaus Klepp 21 Feb '25

21 Feb '25

Hi all! This Workaround is for all that are plaged by kpdf not able to open encrypted PDFs. - It decrypts PDFs with the infamouse empty password (that failes on libpoppler) - It asks for the password for encrypted PDFs and removes the encryption (if password is correct) How to use: - Save the attached program to your ~/bin (or wherever you would like it to reside) - Change the file association for PDF to use this program - Open some encrypted/not-encrypted PDFs that did not work in plain kpdf. Commandline: "/where/ever/you/put/it/decrypt-pdf" PDF.pdf ... TDE specific file URLS like sftp:// don't work, but maybe "somebody" feels the need to add those. --> KPDF can now handle all PDFs that it could not cope with. Enjoy. Nik -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ...

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Trinity and AI
by Marvin Jones 12 Feb '25

12 Feb '25

For a long time I've wondered if there was a way in TDE to start a console window in a _specific_ desktop. My Black Belt In Procrastination has kept my from really pursuing the issue. :-) So, today I thought to try a Google AI search for the issue. I had low expectations, because Trinity is (sadly) not so well known or employed in the wild. So, with the 'prompt' "trinity TDE start console on specific desktop" I was gifted with this" "To start the Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) console on a specific desktop, you can use the command "kstart --desktop [desktop number] [application]" in a terminal window, where "[desktop number]" is the desired desktop number and "[application]" is the application you want to launch on that desktop; for example, "kstart --desktop 2 xterm" would open a terminal window on the second desktop. ....." There was additional text given besides the above. Whoopie! I had never learned of/about `kstart` before. But, also Whoopie! Because AI can probably help with lots of 'ordinary' Trinity issues that someone (newcomers) come up with. Jonesy

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