We started out with an aim to package gitlab as a native package in #debian. We managed to get a single version in debian stable, but could not keep it updated since upstream provides security updates only for 3 months and Debian stable releases needs to be supported for around 2 years.
Since the nodejs dependencies grew exponentially, we had to move gitlab to contrib section from main.
It turns out this time its not even a bug, it is intended behaviour! #Element apparently simply doesn't support #Firefox ESR, which is what I use on #Debian, so I guess I just won't use #Matrix on my laptop anymore.
One of the devs argues they cannot support a browser release that is one year old. Why are modern developers so scared of stable software? Why does everything need to be new and changed? It's so dumb...
Antes de tirar tu maquina vieja, sea PC o portratil porque ya quedò obsoleta por ser arquitectura de 32 bit y pocos recursos de memoria y micro, instalate #debian 12 de 32 bit con escritorio LXDE. Tenes soporte por 5 años y siempre estamos hablando de Debian, que es un caño.
Currently #Debian linux is going through a massive migration project to rely on a 64 bit time rather than a 32 bit time (to avoid #y2k38). Debian has these migrations from time to time. About 10 years ago there was a migration to leap a C++ ABI change. Every time these come up I'm amazed at how well executed they are and by how the core dpkg/apt tools have proven their fundamental over and over again for 30 (!!!!) years. I am so thankful to everyone involved in Debian for such a reliable OS.
[en] I'm admirative that debian took the time and invested money and energy into pursuing the person who has been harassing the debian community for years. happy that debian won the court case, well done! https://www.debian.org/News/2024/20240606
I'm a #Debian user and have been for a good while now. I generally don't recommend Debian to beginners due to the lack of SEO around it historically. It can actually be easier to google solutions to problems on Arch than on Debian.
A lot of "Debian" tutorials are really lazy Ubuntu tutorials, and understanding the differences between the two complicates things for the learner.
At least with Arch, if you want to learn, DDG and the man pages are reasonably optimized for you.
@popey: Sounds familiar. Did that with #Debian some years ago as performance at the #VCFe because I wanted to install the most recent version of Debian possible on a vintage #Thinkpad 760XD: Pentium MMX w/166MHz + 48 MB RAM
The big issue was that the Thinkpad did support a CD-ROM drive, but couldn't boot from it. So I had to start with the last Debian release which still supported installing from floppies: Debian 3.0 Woody
I then upgraded until Debian 8 Jessie—the last release running on a P1.
I did not know about #Domain, and at a first glance it reminds me a lot of @yunohost!
Did you consider integrating Domain with YunoHost, or make them interoperable? I believe it would be a huge win: #YunoHost is very mature and many years in the making, I believe a new and ambitious project such as Domain could truly benefit the stability and features of such a big software, while I think the YunoHost community would really enjoy the participation and help.
Maybe you could start by opening a thread on the forum, and we can see what people think 👀
I’m currently investigating a weird bug on my #debian sid laptop.
If I unplug ethernet, wifi connect but has only IPv6 and DNS connection, no IPv4 (I was wondering why half websites were down but not the others).
If I plug ethernet again, I have no connection at all until I restart networking.service.
It looks like network-manager is completely broken but I have no idea how to investigate this (this is a fresh Debian install, upgraded to Sid with really few packages).
Here is my new GNU/Linux distribution guide about Debian KDE 12, the right GNU/Linux distribution for professional digital painting in 2024! Also about three major problems with GNU/Linux distros that will drive away all professional artists, IMO, and how I got kicked out of the Fedora KDE ecosystem with F40, which imposed Plasma6 and Wayland. I hope it helps other artists here!