Just run unstable, especially on desktop. It is just unstable in name. Debian’s unstable is probably 100x more stable than some other distros stable line.

I just run sid (unstable) on my desktop. Still very rare to get a broken package, and when it happens it gets fixed within hours.

Maybe he started the install at 02:30? And included a coffee break

Yes. Writting down a complex password helps against most attacks, except one where the bad guy has physical access to your note. Based on the normal users use case that is probably a very good trade off. Most hacks are done over the internet without access to your note.

Ideally everyone should use a password manager, but that is highly unlikely any time soon.

I know this is a meme, but security is not binary. It is not you either have 100% or 0%, it is always a sliding scale, and usually on the opposite side is convenience.

Encrypting your drive protects against someone stealing your computer or breaning into youe house while the computer is off/locked.

People like to trash people that write down their passwords on a post-it note and keep next to their computer. It is not ideal, but having a somewhat complex password written down protects a lot more against attacks over the internet than having “password”. However, if others have physical access to the note then it is obviously very bad. Like for example in an office.

Testing doesn’t get security updates as quickly as unstable, or even stable sometimes.

For desktop I run debian sid (unstable), despite the name it very rarely breaks. And once in a blue moon when it does it gets fixed in a few hours/a day. Usually it is just some package that doesn’t play nicely with something else, so not like it is unusable during that time.

The unstable part is that they do not guarantee that it will work, it is still more stable than most other distros and you get new packages.

I am kinda turned off by how awful and hacky it is, but sadly it is used everywhere. And the Facebook ties is another big minus.

Left: start/stop playing music via xmms2

Right: open a zenity file selector to load music into xmms2

Levitate? Do I look like some priest? I just blink away!

Or more likely, hit blink, it bugs out and you go half a meter backwards instead… But then you can always ice block or slow fall to save the day!

other warlock

It is always the warlocks that are the problem.

Signed, a mage

mplayer handles filesystem wildcards beautifully.

Well no, your shell does. And there are limits to how many matches, for a more robust way use find.

As for the post topic. I use xmms2 with a small script bound to the windows-keys, left for play/pause and the right opens a file selector to load new files.

That is good advice, however sadly a lot of install scripts are basically: download this script from us, and pipe it to a root shell.

Sounds like CMOS battery dying/dead on the motherboard. It stores BIOS settings, including password and clock. (Though you really should be using ntpd)

It highly depends on their contract and if they are a big name or not. There is a reason a lot of bands tour though as they make a lot of more money from it than CD sales.

Using Debian since around Ham/Slink… what are all these other icons?

You can access the file systems, both read and write.

In linux they are mounted under /mnt/c etc (at least in debian). And from Windows you can access the linux mounts via a smb share.

And it is basically a complete linux installation running in a virtualisation container except X11. You can install whatever you want and run it. For the most part it is seamlessly forwarded to your host system as well, so if you run a webserver in WSL you can access it through localhost.

Unless you have . in your $PATH

Mine was convinced that cell phones and landlines were two different networks. Like you couldn’t call a landline from a cell and vice versa. This went on for decades, even after we infront of her proved it worked.

Baptism is such a weird thing.

I think Haskell is such a weird thing