
2025-07-14 12:56:00
Wow installing :debian: #Debian is... slow... And terribly annoying all these unnecessary questions. Maybe I used the wrong installer, but man...
And no sudo configured for the user. visudo not available as root. Only the installer cdrom set up as apt mirror, can't install anything.
Okay I'm outta here wtf 😂
Notice: Repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie InRelease' changed its 'Suite' value from 'testing' to 'stable'
#debian
And <sigh/> no, the #debian13trixie upgrade saga isn't (yet) complete. The Gnome file manager -- still known to #debian as 'nautillus', for historical reasons -- was missing on my laptop.
apt install --reinstall nautillus
fixed that, and also brought in a bunch of oth…
Right now, forever, and probably even in my next life, I use Debian, because once you go rock solid, there’s no going back. 😋 :debian:
#Debian #Linux #Eurovision
Progress! By running a #Debian sarge (2005) dhcpd my javastation now gets as far as wanting to tftp! Figuring out what modern dhcpd's do (even the isc one) is for a later date
14:46:20.679254 IP krups.44549 > 192.168.69.1.tftp: TFTP, length 17, RRQ "C0A84502" octet
#retrocomputing
And <sigh/> no, the #debian13trixie upgrade saga isn't (yet) complete. The Gnome file manager -- still known to #debian as 'nautillus', for historical reasons -- was missing on my laptop.
apt install --reinstall nautillus
fixed that, and also brought in a bunch of oth…
If you're quick, presumably this won't last long, you'll find the Download link from #Debian's home page returns a 404. Lots of changes for the new stable release in progress.
#Debian 13 ("trixie") slated for release Aug 9th: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/07/msg00003.html 🎉
Encouraging to see there are serious attempts to migrate Debian's wiki (MoinMoin) to MediaWiki.
https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/D75ZT8PQS7DZ.2SN89XVNPRZB1@debian.org
Sigh, DHCPv6 still unusable for an IPv6-only Debian 13 (trixie) netinstall. Gets a lease but drops it almost immediately and doesn't renew.
So, I have to:
- Get a lease
- Switch to the shell to see what the lease is
- Go back to network config and select static network
- Set that address with a netmask of ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:: and a blank gateway
- Proceed with install
#Debian
The future of debate: get an LLM to generate your tirade, copy it to the world dog, have it spotted by an LLM spotter and rejected on that basis.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2025/07/msg00031.html
i think my pixelfed install has been slowing down #footiMac! I stopped it temporarily just to see if it would help and things sped up and responded immediately. So I may keep my pixelfed instance offline for the foreseeable future. I don't use it anyway. Maybe i'll test it out on my external host rather #footiMac just to take away any multi-hosted issues.
I'm now at 4.4.0 and am now moving to 4.4.1. Should be done shortly!
#Pixelfed #Mastodon #upgrade #Debian
Sometimes I wake up to find Debian decided to take a nap mid-shutdown, so I get to play the thrilling game of Force Reset, LMAO.
#Debian13 #DebianTrixie #Debian
What I have also come to appreciate about my lean Debian stable is that there are no updates every day (or even several times a day) that require a reboot. As is the case with Fedora or Arch. I also find this very pleasant because it doesn't constantly interrupt my work. Yes, comfort comes with age.
#linux
#selfhost v4.4.1 upgrade complete! Phew that was a long one. But I think I found the root of the issue in the zombie pixelfed install. Maybe it had a memory leak (it wasn’t a current version) or maybe it was just too much for #footiMac.. but it was definitely slowing things down. Things are much more responsive now in general. I guess that brings the pixelfed testing to an end for now. But I'll probably bring it back up elsewhere if I get a chance.
#Pixelfed #Mastodon #upgrade #Debian
When I wrote my last post above I got an error from my instance that the post was over the 500 character limit. Which is odd, since I have the limit set to 2000 on my instance.
Sure enough, it looks like somewhere along the line I blew away the config files that had been edited to enable the longer posts.
So consider this a test to see if I have correctly re-applied the hack, which is what it is, and completely unnecessarily, in the code for mastodon when this should be a simple switch/option in the admin panel!
(edit: confirmed: 2000 character limit restored)
#selfhost #footiMac #Pixelfed #Mastodon #upgrade #Debian
Only four more sleeps until Trixie 😀 :debian:
#linux #opensource #freesoftware #debian
proud of little #footiMac. 2008 Core2 Duo iMac with 16GB RAM and a 1.5TB SSD
She's done excellent work in her space under the stairs. nearly a full year of uptime and chugging away doing Mastodon, Pixelfed (until just now), weewx Weather server, homebridge, streaming relay point, and general web server.
My next trick will be to see if I can move mastodon from using local storage for media to using cloud storage. I'm at about 70% usage now, so it's time.
Your old computers always have a purpose friends! Don't throw them away!
#selfhost #footiMac #Pixelfed #Mastodon #upgrade #Debian
Nested virt is always fun; #fedora42 /virt-manager/#qemu/kvm running #AlmaLinux 10/cockpit-virt/qemu/kvm running #debian 12 plain qemu/kvm running
Eight more days until Trixie... :debian:
#linux #debian #opensource #freesoftware
Patiently waiting for the full freeze of @… #trixie #debian #whenitsdone
As a Debian user for three years, and Linux for 5 years, I find it hilarious that I know more about Windows than my friends who actually use Windows as their main OS.
At this point, I feel like their go-to tech support, except I’m the only one who gets confused when I see a Windows license key that actually works!
#Debian
:debian: My favorite, Debian! :debian:
#Debian #Linux #Ubuntu #LinuxMint
✨ System integrity check: passed.
Realization timestamp: [now].
Condition: You are #ActuallyAutistic.
Environment detected: #Debian GNU/Linux.
Result: ✅ Sensory environment = predictable
✅ Package manager = apt (non-chaotic, logical)
✅ Folder structure = m…
Sounds about right!
#Unix #Linux #Debian #ArchLinux
My Tuesday evening, looks like an autistic evening!
#ActuallyAutistic #Autism #Autistic #Debian