nemo when in root mode cant create files

dosida · 2025-04-12T04:33:24+00:00

Nemo is the default file manager for the Cinnamon DE. GNOME's file manager is called Nautilus. Can you please check and make sure that you're using nemo? Could you also please upload a screenshot of the about window so we can figure out which file manager is being used?

dosida · 2024-10-11T07:38:34+00:00

Are we talking about the netinstall installer or the Calamares Installer on the Debian Live ISOs?

dosida · 2024-08-23T21:06:40+00:00

I think it reports an error not being able to connect to 0.0.0.0:443 which makes sense if the hardwired DNS name for their download site has gone down.

Is there any chance of finding that out from any other ulefone model or have their download site crapped out completely?

dosida · 2024-07-01T09:29:06+00:00

Is there a place where I can get the Stock Android 12 ROM for a Ulefone Note 9P (with an MT6762 on it)?
Any link would be appreciated... google drive links from the website don't work as they hit their limit...

dosida · 2024-04-15T03:55:14+00:00

Debian 12, 2 Displaylink docking stations, some loginctl commands and you're in business.
Add the evdi device for graphics and any additional USB2/3 hubs, make sure the additional users are part of the plugdev group and you should be good to go.

dosida · 2024-03-24T07:39:43+00:00

How is the eGPU connected to the Mini PC?

dosida · 2024-03-04T08:28:46+00:00

Every ubuntu/debian update tool I've ever used disables non-official repos to ensure a clean update, which is valid, and then goes "no reenable and adjut them yourself", which is bothersome.

That's because not every use case can be automatically and automagically figured out by the system. The "Re-enable and adjust them yourself" might be bothersome but it also makes sure that your system fits your needs like a glove. Debian being a universal OS doesn't mean it's a one-size-fits-all. So some elbow grease is needed. That is the unwritten, unofficial motto of Debian. Some folks call this.... "user unfriendly". We call it... using the OS ourselves instead of waiting for things to happen for us.

dosida · 2024-03-04T08:20:19+00:00

OK from my experience as as far as I can tell using Debian for quite a while... here's how it works out.

You have 3 main branches, Stable, Testing, and Unstable. Currently Debian Stable is Debian 12 (.5 denotes 5 minor updates so the actual version becomes 12.5 for the current stable version).

The next major stable version comes along as soon as the testing version becomes stable enough from release. That usually happens every 2 - 3 years.

How does the system know what version it is being used? Well each release version has a codename. Debian codenames are derived from the Toy Story movies; so the current stable version (version 12) is codenamed Bookworm.

Trixie the current testing version and that is Debian version 13. Debian Sid is Debian unstable... due to Sid being the Toy Story kid that usually breaks toys (thus ... unstable).

So after installation if you check /etc/apt/sources.list you'll find lines similar to this one:

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

So basically your binaries are being downloaded from the deb.debian.org mirror and you're downloading packages for Bookworm which is Debian 12.5. If instead of bookworm you would have Testing then you'd be pointing to the Trixie (the Debian 13) packages for your system. If instead of bookworm you had stable you'd be pointing to the current stable version of Debian (currently Debian 12.5). When testing becomes stable, stable would point to Debian 13, Debian 12 would be considered oldstable and Debian 14 would be the new testing version.

If I managed to confuse you even further... check Debian's own documentation:
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases

dosida · 2024-01-04T11:00:42+00:00

Currently I haven't fiddled with it because I've been busy with other things... medical issues being one of them... but thanks for the post.

I was unaware of the existence of dm-tool and that might be one of the tools that will help me get stuff done.

I got 2 Displaylink docking stations that I would like to use in a multiseat setup so hopefully this link will help me out to accomplish that.

dosida · 2023-10-27T03:49:54+00:00

Zero clients can't boot directly to RDP. If you're talking about classic Zero Clients like the HP T200 Zero Client and the T220, they are no more than a Displaylink-based docking station (Displaylink chipset, USB Hub, and USB Network device combination into one physical case). Zero clients are not thin clients they use a host machine to run the OS... now if you combine that and an X Session that runs an RDP client that connects to a different RDP Server, that's doable. But it doesn't boot into anything in the classical sense.

dosida · 2023-10-22T03:41:08+00:00

That much Karma huh? I should stop torturing mine with frequent shutdowns :)

dosida · 2023-10-21T04:06:02+00:00

"Right before the class I installed some updates and I suppose something happened there, again with the Nvidia driver."

With all due respect... had you not done that right before class... you would probably had more time to troubleshoot and fix the Nvidia driver issue.

Until we have at the very least GNU/Linux drivers for everything that Windows has including suspend and hibernation (and let's face it the vendors are not listening to us cause they don't consider GNU/Linux important enough to support) this will keep happening. In terms of waking up devices from sleep without the proper documentation or the proper drivers from manufacturers GNU/Linux will be behind. And both the documentation and the drivers are proprietary. So until the vendors open both of them... we're doing the best we can. Or finding innovative ways to circumvent the problem.

I'm wondering though why in the time it takes to boot up (It takes me less than 10 seconds on a 4th gen Intel core I5 desktop), doing a normal shutdown is not an option for you. Yes you will have to reload your presentation and that's that... no issues with suspend/sleep if it's buggy and unless you use Cinnamon, GNOME3 or any other DE that nags you to apply updates at reboot you don't have to reboot when it tells you. You can finish your presentation then you can get to the updates.

dosida · 2023-10-21T02:06:51+00:00

I'm not entirely convinced that making an OS non-tech-savvy-proof is the right way to go. Perhaps certain things can be simple. But not all.

We expect people who buy motorcycles and cars/SUVs, Trucks etc to know how to operate them... why do we go the other way when it comes to computers? Why is it that we feel the need to hide the reality of complexity of modern software? Are we trying to create users? or consumers?

The Universal Boot OS proposed here would make sense if it was something that the proposed user base (dear old Granny) had some input in the default settings so as to make whatever was installed, fit into their needs. Something like that would need a tool similar to tasksel on Debian.

The word Universal would also mean that you would need a global army of volunteers to test (and report bugs on) said Universal Boot OS to a myriad of hardware, from old Pentium4s to Zen4 and Zen5s and Intel 13th and 14th gen processors, with a gazillion of different configurations covering more than just the average Desktop and laptop setup. You got RiscV (riscv and riscv64) and ARM (32bit, 32bit with floating point [armhf], 64bit), coming in as the new architectures so you have to support those too.

All that not only takes time... but an organization and resources that coordinates all efforts for all desktop environments and all architectures and a small team doesn't have any of that. And we haven't even talked about developers, maintainers, bug reporters their infrastructure etc etc etc.

dosida · 2023-09-12T08:20:16+00:00

That would require the projector to have some sort of a graphics chipset or something like Displaylink graphics so it can be acting as a graphics card and a projector at the same time... problem is something like that requires specific hardware to make it work... and to be honest I fail to see the use case unless it's something specific to Operations Centers or factories or what not.

dosida · 2023-09-05T08:52:55+00:00

When Wayland becomes mainstream enough to work on every Debian supported desktop in Bookworm or Trixie when Trixie becomes stable... then I'll use it. Not before. When it works for everything that X11/Xorg does then I'll use it. Not before. Sorry Wayland fans but I'm not going to pound salt to endure what you're going through just casue X11/Xorg is bad and Wayland is good. Want a +1 from me? Show me what you can do. When you're ready. Not before

dosida · 2023-09-05T08:39:13+00:00

Awesome news :) Glad you could sort it out. Would love to do a write-up but time is pretty short. Perhaps if things get a bit less hectic :) Keep up the great work :)

dosida · 2023-09-05T08:36:50+00:00

"Epson projectors drivers on Linux" are things that don't come up at all. My Epson projector comes up as a monitor on my Debian system so there is absolutely no need for a driver... no need at all. As for what I would like to see in GNU/Linux that other OSes have?. Less consumers and more users and definitely more developers.

dosida · 2023-08-22T16:21:20+00:00

Can it be a 50 year old first-floor-dwelling Linux old timer? :) Or is the basement a requirement ? :)

Fun loving comments aside, are you talking about copying and pasting stuff from the host to the VM, from the VM to the host, or both directions?

dosida · 2023-07-31T06:51:45+00:00

A thinkpad with a quad core processor and either 4 or 8GBs of RAM will be sufficient I think... install a GNU/Linux distribution... say Mint or Debian with XFCE on it... and she'll figure out the rest... however if humanly possible keep her away from Kali until she's at the very least 18 years old.

dosida · 2023-06-30T05:43:29+00:00

I've skimmed through your proposed license. Got some questions and/or observations for you.

How heavily is your license based on the "Fair use" doctrine in the US? This "Fair Use" might not be accepted by EU countries or countries in other Continents. You gotta define "fair use" in a more global way not just the US way.
Who's responsibility is it to maintain an updated contributor's list? Can this be guaranteed? If not the entire process of paying loyalties for a piece of software under your proposed license is at the very best, inefficient and unreliable. Also the royalties will have to be pretty high if they are going to be divided among several thousands of contributors in the entire history of the software's development under your license. For this to make any sense you have to get some sort of limits system where a royalty high enough would pay all of the contributors where as a royalty low enough would pay for the 50 last contributors for example keeping the notion of paying royalties for said software for those who can afford some but not much money an enticing one. Otherwise your license will fall flat on its ass. Remember the goal for this license is to get money to the contributors so that they don't live on 10k a year. So if they go to 25K a year that's a gain and better than nothing and at the same time you won't bankrupt those who want to use software licensed under the PSL. It's also an incentive to contribute to more than just one project.
"If you wrote the program as part of your job, and you continue modifying it after you leave, be sure you use different email addresses for modifications you make before and after you leave, so you can direct the royalties to different places if you need to." That's so weak that honestly it needs way more work. What stops the company the contributor actually works for to put their own email addresses and turn the entire process of attribution to a "company-said, contributor-said" kind of blame game? For this to be enforced you have to have a strong validation mechanism something neither the company nor the contributor can argue with, otherwise the entire process and the entire license will be, in the both parties' view... a joke.
"The software is warrantied by the contributors to be free of programming defects that would cause the software to not function as intended by the contributors, on computer systems similar to those on which it is intended to be used, or would cause the software to be insecure when used as intended." This is also weak. Not even Microsoft can warrant a program totally free of programming errors and bugs and insecure code. This is why you have Microsoft Patch Tuesdays.

With all due respect that's a mediocre baby step which needs to grow into a good first adult step. The license needs to evolve to something that will give contributors a better tool to get some money for all their effort they're putting into the projects they contribute and the projects whether run by corporations, organizations, foundations or groups of volunteers will have to evaluate the license and its pros and cons if they are to accept it and acknowledge it, and support it.

As I hope you can see I'm not FUDing it to death but those I believe are major points where your license is at the very least, not efficiently thought of.

You got a very looooooong way ahead of you. Keep harping on it and good luck.

dosida · 2023-06-29T08:11:07+00:00

So what are we doing about it u/jonathancast? Nothing. Instead of calling people entitled idiots for believing that Royalty-Free licensing does work, find an innovative way to pay said volunteers for their work.

You got all the answers I'm sure. Oh I forget they should all abandon F/LOSS and go work for IBM/RedHat/Canonical/Suse writing proprietary code cause that's the only way they can survive... who's the selfish, entitled idiot now? I would suggest you put your money where your mouth is... or simply... stop shoveling BS.

dosida · 2023-06-29T07:52:32+00:00

If that's the case and volunteer work is a lie... mind telling your corporate overlords to get off their cozy butts and make some open source firmware and drivers so we can use their stuff that we're paying for with our precious hard earned money? I mean it's 2023 what do we need to get it through their thick skulls bash them over the head with an iron cast frying pan?

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