2022 is now behind us and though busy with projects and other things, this site got very little. As always we kept packages I am responsible for up to date in Debian,
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Debian DebConf 21 online begins today
DebConf is the annual conference for Debian contributors and users interested in improving Debian. Previous Debian conferences have featured speakers and attendees from all around the world. You can visit this years
Continue readingDebian 11 released
After two years in development, Debian 11 has been released. Link: release announcement. Link: release notes. Have fun, we all have making it.
Continue readingVirtual Bug Squashing Party Salzburg
April 24/25, 2021 is a Debian virtual Bug Squashing Party (BSP) Salzburg, Austria. Sponsored by Conova. As the release of Debian 11 (bullseye) approaches. Let us all get together and squash as
Continue readingAdd user to SUDO group
For a long time it has been agreed that a standard user should run as one at all times except for when super user tasks need to be performed and running as
Continue readingGNOME custom screen blanking timeout
GNOME has a variety of viewable/selectable settings from which you can choose for screen blanking and these can be seen in screenshot below. To view the current setting in the terminal. Type
Continue readingDNS over HTTPS with Firefox
Asked the other day, was it possible to browse using DNS over HTTPS for added security. The only answer is yes. Open Preferences/Options/Settings (varies with Firefox version) and navigate to the bottom
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