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    Linux: A solo developer is attempting to clean up 30 years of mess

    Actually some came in a book and we're painstakingly keyed in by my dad typing with two fingers. And it wasn't just those big silly actually-floppy disks (we used those in school). My spectrum took little (hard) floppy discs and also tapes. I mostly got games on tapes. They sounded like a...
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    Just asking for opinions...

    I don't know the thread you are referring to, or if it's just a loosely related example, but I suspect it a massive misrepresentation of any thread you have actually started. I would say posters with many questions should refrain from then questioning the need for screenshots, or whatever is...
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    wifi/network issues base debian install

    Not sure if its much help but here is my ip a output (from Debian 11) which looks a bit like your working Manjaro install. 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8...
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    wifi/network issues base debian install

    Seems like DNS isn't it? What is the output of sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf? What happens if you ping google.com via the IP 216.58.212.174
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    wifi/network issues base debian install

    Did you install using the usual Debian iso, or did you use the (much harder to find) non-free version? This package contains the relevant drivers but I am too drunk to work out how to install it
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    Files icons display on desktop or on side bar ....

    I prefer your nonsensical bot-like posts personally.
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    list of that may have been change

    The repositories don't look correct, although I don't run PopOS. Here are the correct ones here The PPA ones you are using have changed recently. Are you supposed to be running stable/testing? What version of Pop OS? I suspect you shouldn't have the ubuntu repositories in there at all, and...
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    Could F-Droid Potentially Give Google Play a Run For It's Money?

    So in the name of privacy, you only use a basic phone to make completely unencrypted calls and send unencrypted SMS messages that can not only be read by the network operator, but anyone in the appropriate range with the relevant equipment? And does your non-smartphone run proprietary...
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    Could F-Droid Potentially Give Google Play a Run For It's Money?

    It's quite obvious how they can do that. You simply need to search "reasons whatapp ban" and you'll find out why they ban most people. The ToS don't simply relate to content of messages. The vast majority relate don't relate to message content. In any case, the messages are (as well as being...
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    Could F-Droid Potentially Give Google Play a Run For It's Money?

    Yes the wonderful OTP, but impossible to implement in reality. Bernstein is a modern great, and I think his wonderful stream cipher is pretty close to a OTP if implemented correctly. What math(s) do you find so difficult? Surely stuff like exponentiation in a finite field, or euclid's...
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    Could F-Droid Potentially Give Google Play a Run For It's Money?

    Who can "audit" the code themselves? Not most. So in the end we all need to trust someone. I can code, particularly in JS, but I cannot remotely "audit" proper code even in JS. The majority who you want to flout to f-droid certainly cannot audit code. I don't really know what you are...
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    Could F-Droid Potentially Give Google Play a Run For It's Money?

    Yeah, it's a on-off interest for me. There is something very beautiful about it, although that is only true when it can be comprehended! The attacks are fascinating too, something considered "broken" is often only broken in a theoretical way with like 2**129 known plaintexts, and crazy stuff...
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    Could F-Droid Potentially Give Google Play a Run For It's Money?

    I'm not sure how FOSS helps protect privacy really. Encryption helps data privacy, and encryption is mostly FOS, although I suppose it isn't defined as such. A lot of FOSS would by it's nature invade the users privacy (e.g. use the camera, microphone, etc). People aren't about to stop using...
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    50K Mark Reached in Membership

    Those clubhouse rules were regularly breached back when I used to frequent as an angry young rascal. I remember convincing the barman there was a "golf war" between Colin Montgomerie and Tiger Woods. Another time I convinced him that it was just a heated argument about a brand of cider...
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    Linux on 4mb ram

    This nearly 7 year old questions suggests it was quite difficult back then. I suppose an obvious solution would be to get some ancient version of linux (maybe on archive.org if not on the official sites) and try that. SIDE NOTE: I couldn't help but be impressed that Windows 3.11 runs on 4MB of...
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    How a non-root user sudo to another non-root user without password?

    If user 1 isn't root and doesn't have sudo rights, I don't think they can add user2 to the sudoers file. Its not clear what you are asking though.
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    50K Mark Reached in Membership

    Yes, I made a point in the "how long you been using..." poll thread that isn't worth repeating in full, but by it's nature the forum has a lot of users who sign up, ask a question or say "I've just installed blah blah OS, it's great!", and then fade away happy. There are also quite a lot of...
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    Wifi, ethernet connected, but no internet.

    I suppose connecting to protonVPN might be a solution, given it worked for you the last time. What happens if you load 142.251.36.46 in your browser. It should be google.com Or if you don't trust me, what happens if you type nslookup google.com in terminal?
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    Help with Balena Etcher

    I am not a car person at all but my first (and only actually) car was a Ford Ka, which is a Ford Fiesta but with an even worse shell on top. I wouldn't really defend my opinion, but I think the cars that Ford (and everyone?) offer in Europe are different to the ones in the US. I noticed when...
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