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yak 🦬 shave: for #Hurd support in mmdebstrap I want testcases. To run Hurd tests on Linux I need to build a QEMU VM. I do this with debvm which needs support for Hurd but to get that we need DPKG_ROOT support in openssh (and pam, sudo, ucf). But to implement that we need a systemd-tmpfiles implementation for non-Linux. seedfiles is such an implementation and its maintainer has been extremely helpful with making this happen. Full story: https://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2026/06/msg00000.html
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Yes, #Dino is packaged for #Debian, too. (I'm doing most of the packaging and uploads, btw.)
The latest version, 0.5.1, is in stable via #trixie #backports, Debian #experimental has the latest git master for the courageous.
Trying to fix a device asking for proprietary firmware on my #Linux-based system, I `apt -y install firmware-linux-nonfree`. I didn't realize until too late it's a #Debian metapackage for “all the proprietary firmwares (not) fit to download”.
I previously curated a careful selection in /lib/firmware of only ones necessary for my hardware.
I'm left wondering how to clean up further? I generally want to *know* when a proprietary firmware ends up in use. I don't remember which ones are necessary.
I'm on #Debian and I'm also co-maintainer of various #Jabber related packages (#Dino, #Gajim, some more).
Installing Delta on Debian is easy (they provide appimage, flatpak, or snap, AFAIK), but I *strongly* prefer Debian main, i.e. not third party repos. That's easy with both Jabber and Matrix, but not yet with Delta.
Situation might improve at some point, though:
The moment when you stay up until 3 AM to fix a problem. You give up and go to bed. And as you drift off to sleep you figure out the issue: running multiple programs that want to use the same interactive terminal concurrently is a bad idea and to fix it, you just close their standard input. Fixed it the next morning. Thank you brain! Context: I'm writing a testsuite checking all packages in Debian that ship anything in lib/tmpfiles.d with https://codeberg.org/Gardenhouse/seedfiles for GNU #Hurd support in #Debian
@cwebber After cringing hard, seeing early #Unix Window Managers like twm and fvwm, it was such a breath of fresh air to see #WindowMaker. I rocked a WindowMaker desktop from about 1998 to about 2002, in #Debian #linux
There will be a Debian booth at the 27th edition of Journées du Logiciel Libre at Lyon (France) on the 30th and 31th May 2026 with the #DebianFrance team. Pass by and meet other Debian users and contributors! https://jdll.org/programme #debian #05
Over next 1-2 weeks,I'd appreciate an extended thread re: #FrameworkLaptop, #mntreform, & #FOSS.
TL;DR on my idiosyncratic needs:
* minimize binary firmware blobs¹
* Having 2 disks in RAID-1²
* Runs stock Official #Debian stable³
* Understanding best current replacement keyboard options⁴
* Form factor that works for my travel needs.
Is @frameworkcomputer or @mntmn better for me?
I'd be glad if ∃ active engagement on this!
vidir, available from the moreutils package in #Debian.I can't believe I didn't know about it already! I frequently have to rename many files, and vidir lets me apply my keybinding and hacky macro knowledge to yet another task :D