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Off-Topic • Outlook, do not update

At work I have to use win My boss tried to share his calendar, but did not work. Boss'es boss came, called to ICT support, they said it was now fixed, but still could not see the calendar. There was a...

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Beginners Questions • [Software] BTRFS and Snapper or Not!

Hi guysI just installed from "debian-12.5.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso"I tried to install TimeShift just to backup my system, but though I installed from Discover, clciking it does nothing. Absolutely nothing!It...

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General Questions • [Software] Green screen crash 12.04

Hi all. This has happened twice now during Steam game use. Could someone double check for me please, it last happened around 18:12 hrs. Not quite sure what this is telling me but I think it could be a...

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Installation • Expanding root partition, editing partitions will change UUID?

Hi,I installed Bookworm on a SATA SSD with the following partitions:(EFI system)//home/dataI made the root partition 32GB thinking it would be enough as I have a separate home partition. This machine...

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Beginners Questions • [Solved] how do I save the contents of an active...

..or can someone suggest a terminal for xfce that has this feature?________________________________solution:From the menu: Terminal | Save Contents...Thanks @Augie77!Statistics: Posted by bitrat —...

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Installation • Upgrading Debian version 9 to version 10

Hello,I need to upgrade Debian version 9 to version 10 at least before I can upgrade the current software that is installed on the machine.The upgrade software needs a minimum of version 10 to run. If...

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General Questions • Unpacking the contents of an arbitrary package (such as...

How difficult might it be to put the content of a package like .deb or .tar.gz and possibly its dependencies into /opt with something like "dpkg-deb -x example.deb /opt/example"? Obviously .deb...

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Beginners Questions • [Software] unable to upgrade to Debian 12 - apthook...

I was following this guide to upgrade from Debian 11 to Debian 12https://linuxiac.com/how-to-upgrade-to- ... debian-11/When I get to the line "sudo apt upgrade --without-new-pkgs" it fails with the...

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System and Network configuration • Bind9 for Testing Domain

Hi,I try to create a local victim.local-NS with bind9 but even when I try to reach the server itself, I get the error:"server can't find X.X.X.X.in-addr.arpa: NSDOMAIN"This ist my db.victim.localCode:...

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Hardware • PowerMac G4 PPC - debian netinstall woes

All,I'm trying to install Debian 12 onto a PowerMac G4 cube. That is a powerpc-based computer, in case you did not know. So I got the netinstaller image from...

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Installation • debian12 cloud-init fails with SEGV

Hi guys.I have issues to deploy Debian 12 on KVMs servers. I have tried different versions of images for Debian 12 and also different versions of KVMs and no success. In the same time Debian 11...

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Beginners Questions • Can't ping machine unless plugged into a monitor

I've installed bookworm on a compute stick and want to RDP into it without a monitor. When it has a monitor everything works perfectly, but If I boot without a monitor I can't RDP into my machine....

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Programming • [Python] Should packages be externally managed in a container...

Hello,Quick summaryI have some questions about why the EXTERNALLY-MANAGED file is in libpython3.11-stdlib https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/am ... b/filelist- Based on the information I was able to...

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General Questions • [HowTo] Repeat official building process

Hey guys, sorry if i am not the first one to raise the question, but i really need the answer. I did use search... If you could point me to the complete FAQ covering the topic i will be really glad to...

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Off-Topic • [Off-Topic] The impossible Debians 12 and 11!!!

I use linux since 2008 Ubuntu + KDE (called "KUbuntu" back then). I've been using Ubuntu since then, until 2020, the doomed-command "autoremove" simply purged my entire system. I had to install all...

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General Questions • Raspberry Pi questions

I think I'd like to try installing Debian on one of my Raspberry Pi. I've seen the documentation/installation instructions, and that all seems clear enough. What I'd like to get clarification on is...

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General Questions • Raspberry Pi questions re GPIO support in Debian

I think I'd like to try installing Debian on one of my Raspberry Pi. I've seen the documentation/installation instructions, and that all seems clear enough. What I'd like to get clarification on is...

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Hardware • 64bit cisc single board computer for Debian pc

I'd like to make an SBC (single board computer)based Debian PC for home use - browsing, youtube streaming, etcIs there a 64bit cisc (instruction set architecture) cpubased SBC, compatible with Debian...

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Forum information, requests, and feedback. • [Feedback] Credit where it's...

Credit where it's deserved. Whilst I have installed Linux operating systems on various machines for several years, I'm not, in any sense of the word, an expert in computing. Whilst I do have two...

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General Questions • [Software] Custom plymouth theme not working

Hello, Sorry if i posted in the wrong category. I'm just new here...So, I made a custom Plymouth script to simply display a background image, but whenever i boot it doesn't display it. But, i can...

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