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Guenther_Amanita, (edited ) in How to download ALL dependencies for an external .deb package (rescuezilla)?

Install Distrobox first and work inside that container.

Messing with dependencies of a program not in your package manager can result in bricking your OS (which will take some time to fix and that will be annoying).
In DB, all dependencies will be self contained and your host OS will stay clean. You can imagine it similar to how Flatpaks work.

Then, follow the other’s procedures.

iturnedintoanewt,
@iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee avatar

Thanks! How does this work with OS permissions? As it’s rescuezilla and veracrypt I’m trying to use, both need access to the system partitions in order to be able to mount/read/copy to them. Flatpak can be a bit limited regarding permissions…Moreso on a live iso I guess.

Guenther_Amanita, (edited )

DB only gives you the dependencies, but is otherwise not sheltered. It still has access to all host OS files, including hard drives and other stuff.

Sadly, I’m not super experienced with it, and I use it on an immutable distro, where can’t change that much, at least nothing on the root level.

You would have to read the documentation or google it yourself sadly, I’m out of luck here for you.

I still hope my suggestion was successful :)

nold, in Custom shell prompt tips and tricks?
@nold@lemmy.ml avatar

Powerline!

Ghostbusterinthemach, in How to download ALL dependencies for an external .deb package (rescuezilla)?

I’m not at a computer to verify, but dpkg -I package.deb will list dependencies of a deb file, so apt-get download $(dpkg -I rescuezilla_2.4.2-1_all.deb) might work.

iturnedintoanewt, (edited )
@iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee avatar

apt-get download $(dpkg -I rescuezilla_2.4.2-1_all.deb)

Thanks a lot! While it wasn’t as simple as that, it did indeed point me onto the right direction. This command did the trick for me:

apt download $(dpkg -I rescuezilla_2.4.2-1_all.deb | grep -oP ‘(?<=Depends: ).*’ | tr -d ‘,’)

The grep goes there to list only what comes after “Depends:”. The -oP enables the python command to remove the string matching itself, so it leaves the whole list after the match… otherwise it also tries to download a package named “Depends:”. And the tr -d ‘,’ is to remove the commas separating each package, otherwise it fails to find them.

redcalcium, (edited ) in X11 forwarding (X server) for Android

This might work:

  • install an x server app in your phone (e.g. XSDL) and start it
  • install Termux from f-droid (the one in play store hasn’t been updated due to changes in play store policy that prevents Termux package manager from working)
  • in Termux, run something like DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0 ssh -Y user@hostname
ikidd, in GNOME Recognized as Public Interest Infrastructure
@ikidd@lemmy.world avatar

Oh, good. Gnome gets more money.

twei,

are you trying to say that this is a bad thing?

TheGrandNagus,

This but unironically. It’s a very good thing.

TheAnonymouseJoker,
@TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml avatar

Unless its sarcasm, GNOME is well deserving as the most polished and optimally performant DE. GNOME is so good, Windows 11 copied its workflow, layouts and even the taskbar right-click menu with 23H2.

Patch,

I mean… yeah?

A major GPL software stack used by major Linux distributions getting more money to invest in accessibility tooling seems like a “good thing”.

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warmaster, (edited ) in GNOME Recognized as Public Interest Infrastructure

I wonder if any of this will improve Wayland/mutter, I love GNOME’s UI… but I had to move to KDE for a better gaming experience.

AProfessional,

I don’t think that’s the focus. I know you won’t like this, but the Shell is already in a good place.

HDR is in progress. VRR does have patches In progress.

Sentau,

VRR does have patches In progress.

This has been the case for years at this point

AProfessional,

The gap between “nothing has been done for this task” and “multiple developers have written, reviewed, and discussed patches for this” is immense and positive.

Sentau, (edited )

These discussions took place several years ago if I remember correctly. The problem seems to be that cursor seems to want to refresh at a different rate than the content in screen and the people at gnome want the cursor to not feel choppy by being refreshed at the vrr determined refresh rate

AProfessional, (edited )

The MR has multiple commits about 4 months old. It’s a bummer it’s moving slow but I believe it will land someday. I hope at least.

Audacity9961,

There appears to be at least an aspirational goal for GNOME 46 to land experimental support.

Sentau,

I am also sure that it will land as well. As a gnome user I hope it lands sooner than later. I am just frustrated because the pursuit of perfection is keeping us from having a better experience now. It’s the calculator on iPad situation. Just because the perfect solution has not been found yet does not mean there should be no implemented solution at all.

warmaster,

If I use GNOME I get the most beautiful desktop UI, if I use Plasma I get a better gaming experience. I wish I could have both.

calmluck9349, in GitHub - SerenityOS/serenity: The Serenity Operating System 🐞
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just_another_person, in How to download ALL dependencies for an external .deb package (rescuezilla)?

This seems like a trick question, but app the repo to your apt sources first, then try to install. Step through for each unresolved dep if needed.

iturnedintoanewt,
@iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee avatar

That’s…a lot of dependencies to manually get. This wouldn’t have worked. And I need a reproducible method so I can do this fully offline without having to match apt to anything online.

caseyweederman,

If the dependencies are in the repos you’ve added since, then apt-rdepends should be able to pull them.
I had to keep chaining grep -v to ignore packages that didn’t exist but the result was a success.

SubArcticTundra, (edited ) in GNOME Recognized as Public Interest Infrastructure
@SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml avatar

I really do wish governments invested more in open source. If it’s a generic thing like an operating system that the public could benefit from at large, they would be doing the public a service.

Edit: Germany does it again!

pingveno,

The US has the US Digital Service. Alex Gaynor, who has had involvement in a wide array of OSS projects, is employed there.

nexussapphire,

Government ran distros in public schools and government offices wouldn’t be any more invasive than windows working with the government. Better yet there actually be some sort of education on using the os and exponential growth of the Linux desktop as a whole.

I just wish KDE would get some love too. They work their asses off to make a desktop suit as many use cases and workflows as possible while maintaining a mostly polished experience. Their not afraid to implement stuff knowing it’s just a temporary solution till other projects catchup. They are actually willing to work with other projects on implementing standards and are developing standards like HDR on wayland for professional artists and gamers and are the first to jump on major features as soon as its solid.

Gnome is just annoying mess great for smartphone users unwilling to learn anything new and had never touched a pc or Mac in their life. What’s the appeal of using something with half its features gutted for the sake of looks just to have everyone add it back in anyway. It’s an annoying Apple like philosophy of let’s implement counter intuitive interfaces to preserve a look and never change it back because we’re always right. You’d think they’d have improved the window snap feature since 3.0

TheGrandNagus,

Ffs I knew this submission would turn into a minority of Plasma users trying to piss on Gnome. Can you not just be happy that an open source project is receiving help and that this will be a big improvement for accessibility features?

I never hear Gnome users crying about Valve heavily supporting KDE, so why are you angry about this?

MazonnaCara89,
@MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml avatar

I never hear Gnome users crying about Valve heavily supporting KDE, so why are you angry about this?

This does not happen because Gnome is the most supported desktop environment out there, they have Red Hat, Google, Canonical, OpenSuse even Microsoft donated to Gnome. Don’t get me wrong some of this company do support kde too, but Gnome get treated in a different way because it’s the default de for most of the distros out there.

TheGrandNagus,

Like you said, these companies help KDE too. KDE also has more hardware partners, and more contributors.

Even ignoring all that though, it still doesn’t answer the question: why cry over Gnome getting money to aid in accessibility improvements?

I have never once heard anybody cry about the companies that support KDE, yet some people here go on like Gnome fucked their girlfriend. It’s pathetic.

Nobody’s forcing anybody to use Gnome or any any other DE. Just be happy when nice things happen in the FOSS word.

garam,
@garam@lemmy.my.id avatar

But I’m using xfce here… :‘) and It doesn’t even get some funds :’(

Wayland on XFCE is still farr farrrrrr :')

nexussapphire,

I’m not complaining about gnome getting support, I’m complaining about kde being overlooked because gnome is the default desktop for Ubuntu. Kde is just a better tool for people wanting to just get things done. Gnome is pretty I’ll give you that but ask anyone, they are very hard to work with and stubbornly refuse compromise when working with others on creating useful tools and standards.

Just think how many times they broke extensions without any regard for the individuals using it. Their efforts to make other projects wait for them to deside what’s best for gnome like they are the only desktop that matters. The projects like portals usually say their going to implement the standard despite what gnome wants and kde often helps with the brunt of that work.

KISSmyOS, (edited )

Just think how many times they broke extensions without any regard for the individuals using it.

You have no idea what you’re talking about.
It’s the job of the Gnome developers to update and improve Gnome.
It’s the job of the extension developers to update their extensions when there’s a new Gnome version.
And it’s the job of your distro’s maintainers to keep the versions of Gnome and the extensions in the repo compatible.
If you install Gnome from your distro’s repo and extensions from Gnome’s website, YOU take on this job.

Just install your extensions from your distro’s repo and you won’t have any issues.

TheGrandNagus, (edited )

I’m not complaining about gnome getting support

You literally are.

I’m complaining about kde being overlooked

KDE isn’t overlooked. KDE gets funding too. Valve and others have put so much into KDE. KDE has the most hardware partnerships. KDE has more contributors.

Kde is just a better tool for people wanting to just get things done

In your opinion…

I do all my work on Gnome because it’s got an amazing and highly productive workflow, minimal distractions, and it’s extremely stable.

I like Plasma, I like the options it has, I have it on one of my laptops, but it’s not what I’d use for work. The last thing I need is for kwin to crash and take all the programs I had open with it, losing hours of work. Yes, I’m aware this should be fixed in Plasma 6, but as of right now it’s a massive showstopper.

stubbornly refuse compromise when working with others on creating useful tools and standards

Gnome has championed a lot of open standards, and worked with others. You’re just repeating a Reddit meme. They’ve done so much flatpak, portals, open-desktop stuff in collaboration with KDE and others.

Just think how many times they broke extensions without any regard for the individuals using it.

You’re showing a complete lack of understanding about what extensions are.

Extensions are impossible not to break from time to time. Extensions don’t use some unchanging API to work - they’re modifications on the DE itself. That’s why they’re so powerful.

There’s no way around DE mods sometimes becoming borked when the DE gets a big update.

Why are you acting like Gnome is against portals lmao, they’ve been massively pushing portals and open desktop standards, even going as far as refusing to implement features unless there’s a cross-desktop standard way of handling it (e.g. accent colours, which they are only now putting in place now that they and KDE have hammered out a sensible standard for it. Or a better system tray, which they’ve been trying to spearhead an open, cross-desktop solution for for years now, although little progress has been made by everyone). Of the DEs, Gnome has pushed for things like portals and flatpaks the most lol

We get it. In your mind, Gnome = bad and evil and nasty, KDE = good quirky and kool.

SubArcticTundra,
@SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml avatar

Oh I see, I didn’t realize there was such a contrast between the cultures of KDE and GNOME. Idk why ppl are downvoting you

Audacity9961, (edited )

They are being downvoted because it is utter nonsense, spouted as authoritative fact.

Anyone who has ever used gnome seriously, knows that although it can be used for touch it is heavily keyboard oriented.

While not undermining the work of KDE devs who I have great admiration for, GNOME devs also work heavily on standards that benefit all of linux, and arguably do just as much if not more, as they are a very well resourced project.

Swedneck,
@Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

that would be a sound investment and we can’t have that, the government must focus on actively detrimental infrastructure projects to put money in the pockets of rich people.

alphapuggle, in Is an unknown supervisor password for ThinkPad bios an issue if I've already installed linux?

Try this

bios-pw.org doesn’t explicitly say it supports any Lenovo products, but I’ve had luck using them with Dell products before. No clue if this will work for you or if it’s a generic article meant to suck you in and grab ad revenue.

BrownianMotion, in Is an unknown supervisor password for ThinkPad bios an issue if I've already installed linux?
@BrownianMotion@lemmy.world avatar

…lenovo.com/…/ht036206-types-of-password-for-thin…

Reset forgotten supervisor password

If you forget your supervisor password, Lenovo cannot reset your password. You must take your computer to a Lenovo Service Provider to have the system board replaced.

vojel, in Custom shell prompt tips and tricks?
@vojel@feddit.de avatar

I got different colors for Kubernetes clusters. Like green for testing cluster, yellow for development and red for production. Always taking a Quick Look before I do something

Kobaltauge,

This sounds awesome. Do you change the color based on the selected cluster? Do you set an environment variable?

vojel,
@vojel@feddit.de avatar

Yes this works with powerlevel10k theme for oh my zsh.

GarytheSnail, in What's new in Fedora Workstation 39
@GarytheSnail@programming.dev avatar

I dont like how gnome doesn’t make buttons look like buttons. It’s just text that you hope is clickable.

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