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  1. darry1966

    DSL Linux is back

    Stumbled across this back from the dead.... https://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
  2. darry1966

    Night Court 2022

    Well been watching season 2 of this and it is getting better. Roz turned up - one of the original characters. Be great if they brought back Brent Spiner's character.
  3. darry1966

    New Russell T Davies DR WHO anybody watching??

    Seen first 2 Returning David Tennant episodes - anybody else seen them??
  4. darry1966

    Debian Bookworm (12.0): dependency issues prevent kernel upgrade (raspi-firmware issue)

    Came across this issue running Debian Bookworm on my Compaq cq61 - still not mad about this release. Anyway kept having package failure issues after a kernel update and installing LXDE.......... https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=155245
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    Gospel Music/Gospel Rock

    I have a real love for gospel music - thought I'd put my entries here instead of the Rock Roxx thread so that people can choose whether they want to play these songs. Hope nobody minds. First up 2 from Zach Williams.......
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    Ubuntu 23.10 Mantic Minotaur - impressions

    Just installed the minimal 23.10 Xubuntu version on a 2 Gig ram Compaq CQ61 seems really nice and fast on such an old machine. Anybody else tried it yet?
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    TV Program Thread

    Been watching the reboot of Night Court - quite enjoying it or though not quite the same without Bull.
  8. darry1966

    Debian Bug iwlwifi: firmware: failed to load iwl-debug-yoyo.bin

    If you are getting this message with Debian bullseye and derivatives here is some helpful info...... https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208421 https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=149817
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    Chrome and adblockers

    Didn't know about this one till my cousin told me about it today.......... https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2022/12/21/google-just-delayed-its-controversial-chrome-changes/?sh=1e8d88db2d67 https://www.makeuseof.com/google-chrome-update-may-break-your-ad-blocker/...
  10. darry1966

    Gnoppix Back from the Dead

    https://www.gnoppix.com/ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=11698 Long time between releases.
  11. darry1966

    Favourite Comedy Moments From Film and TV

    Here is a compilation from Red Dwarf............
  12. darry1966

    Chrome - unlock authentication required before opening

    I use MX21 and get the Authentication required which I have to press cancel three times to get rid of to open chrome anyone know how to get rid of this??
  13. darry1966

    100 Years of the BBC and DR Who 60 years old

    Yep BBC is 100 years old and this weekend we get a 60th anniversary of Dr Who Happy anniversaries.
  14. darry1966

    Change with Debian's Non-Free Firmware Policy

    https://www.zdnet.com/article/debian-linux-accepts-proprietary-firmware-in-major-policy-change/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 Debian now adding Non-Free firmware in its main images instead of special non-free images.
  15. darry1966

    How to help Windows Refugees

    Hi everyone, With more and more people coming here after finding they can't upgrade to win11 - how would you explain the virtues of Linux to them. Remember you will have to keep it simple and help them to understand how Linux can benefit them. A better scenario than buying a new machine every...
  16. darry1966

    GnuIcecat packages that are more up to date for Debian.

    More up to date packages for icecat for Debian Linux. https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3Alosuler%3Aicecat&package=icecat
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    Spatry (Shawn P Ryan) Closing down Cup of Linux site - end of an era.

    Spatry has announced the end of Cup of Linux forums and associated website. He apparently will continue to do videos. This is due to work commitments. He has had the Cup of Linux site for a decade. Learned a lot from Spatry. http://www.cupoflinux.com/
  18. darry1966

    Hp 14af102au Confusion over driver for BCM94142Y Solved for Now

    Hi Guys given up on the Thinkpad for now so trying to get this HP machine running - want to run linux on it. The back of the laptop says BCM943142Y so should I use realtek driver with it or Broadcom?
  19. darry1966

    Thinkpad Levovo T420

    Hi guys the above laptop is stuck in sleepmode tried unplugging battery and cord and no luck getting it out of the flashing power button mode to power on normally. Just goes into this state when browsing normally. Now can't get it out of this mode. Any thoughts can't find a reset button...
  20. darry1966

    Levovo T420 Thinkpad Laptop and dvd drive problems.

    Hi Guys, Having a curious problem with a Levovo T420 everything working well under Linux except for the DVD Drive which is not working with a Dr Who DVD. I have dvdcss, libdvdread and libdvdnav installled and neither vlc or xine will play the dvd. which my Compaq CQ61 could play.
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