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DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users

Started by"Alan K." <alan@invalid.com>
First post2025-10-27 08:14 -0400
Last post2025-10-29 08:42 -0400
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  DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-10-27 08:14 -0400
    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-27 09:43 -0400
      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-10-27 14:03 +0000
        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-27 10:19 -0400
        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-27 21:37 +0000
          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-28 01:26 -0400
            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-28 06:08 +0000
              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-28 02:59 -0400
              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-10-28 21:29 +1100
              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-10-28 11:17 +0000
                Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-28 23:11 +0000
                  Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-10-29 13:36 +0000
                    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-29 21:37 +0000
                      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-29 19:52 -0400
              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-10-28 13:14 +0000
    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-10-27 13:54 +0000
      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-27 10:12 -0400
      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-10-27 15:01 +0000
      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-27 21:35 +0000
        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-27 19:06 -0400
          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-27 23:10 +0000
        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-10-28 12:20 +1100
          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-10-28 11:18 +0000
            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-10-28 23:26 +1100
            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-10-28 13:10 +0000
              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-10-29 00:21 +1100
            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-28 23:14 +0000
              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-10-29 13:43 +0000
                Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Handsome Jack <jack@handsome.com> - 2025-10-29 14:13 +0000
                  Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-29 11:16 -0400
                    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-29 21:42 +0000
                      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-29 20:02 -0400
                    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2025-10-30 15:32 +0200
                      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-30 21:11 +0000
                Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-10-29 15:00 +0000
                  Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-29 12:24 -0400
                    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-29 21:41 +0000
                      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-29 20:12 -0400
                    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-10-30 10:10 +0000
                Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-29 21:39 +0000
                  Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-29 20:37 -0400
        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-10-28 13:23 +0000
    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Windows Devil <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-27 14:00 +0000
      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-27 11:16 -0400
        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Monsieur <Monsieur@notreal.invalid> - 2025-10-27 18:19 +0100
          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-10-28 11:31 +1100
        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-27 21:34 +0000
          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-10-28 13:35 +0000
      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-27 21:32 +0000
      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-10-28 22:09 +1100
        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-10-28 11:27 +0000
      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2025-10-28 16:27 -0700
      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-10-29 19:57 +0100
        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-29 21:44 +0000
          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-10-30 10:32 +1100
          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-10-30 15:30 +0000
        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-10-30 15:22 +0000
          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-10-30 16:59 +0100
            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-30 14:33 -0400
            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-10-31 13:58 +0000
              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-10-31 19:48 +0100
                Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-10-31 20:20 +0000
                  Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-11-01 13:53 +0100
                Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-31 18:55 -0400
                  Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-11-01 14:29 +0100
                Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-11-01 05:59 -0400
                  Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-11-01 14:33 +0100
                    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-11-01 09:50 -0400
                      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-11-01 16:11 +0100
                        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-01 20:26 +0000
                          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2025-11-01 13:58 -0700
                Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-11-01 17:00 -0500
          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-10-31 11:28 +1100
            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-31 08:23 -0400
              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-10-31 23:37 +1100
                Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-10-31 19:52 +0100
                  Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-10-31 20:20 +0000
                    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2025-10-31 13:57 -0700
                      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-31 23:02 +0000
                      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-11-01 16:10 +0000
                        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2025-11-01 11:01 -0700
                          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2025-11-01 12:00 -0700
                          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-01 19:40 +0000
                            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2025-11-01 14:44 -0700
                              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Sump <sumpusent@outlook.com> - 2025-11-01 23:00 +0000
                                Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2025-11-01 17:07 -0700
                                  Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-11-02 14:21 +0000
                                Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-02 01:17 +0000
                            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-11-02 14:07 +0000
                    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2025-11-01 02:28 +0000
                      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-11-01 16:19 +0000
                Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-31 23:00 +0000
                Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-11-03 10:40 +1100
                  Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-11-04 13:13 +1100
                    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-11-04 05:24 -0500
                      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-11-04 21:41 +1100
                        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users yossarian <<nomail@gmail.com>> - 2025-11-04 12:41 +0100
                          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users yossarian <<nomail@gmail.com>> - 2025-11-04 13:04 +0100
                            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-11-05 00:45 +1100
                        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2025-11-04 12:53 +0000
              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-31 22:59 +0000
                Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-11-01 16:41 +0000
            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-10-31 14:53 +0000
              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-11-01 10:21 +1100
        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users lisa <not.in.use@home.invalid> - 2025-10-30 21:18 +0100
          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-10-30 21:40 +0100
            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users lisa <not.in.use@home.invalid> - 2025-10-30 22:51 +0100
              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-10-31 19:53 +0100
            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-30 18:23 -0400
              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-10-31 20:45 +0100
    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Stan Brown <someone@example.com> - 2025-10-27 09:14 -0700
      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-27 13:17 -0400
        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-10-27 13:58 -0400
        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-10-27 18:38 +0000
          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-10-27 18:43 +0000
          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-10-29 22:00 +1100
            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-10-29 14:03 +0000
              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-10-30 19:54 +1100
                Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-30 21:18 +0000
            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-29 21:48 +0000
          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-10-29 11:50 +0000
            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-10-29 23:31 +1100
              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-10-29 23:42 +1100
                Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-29 08:50 -0400
                  Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2025-10-29 20:34 +0000
                    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-29 21:20 -0400
                Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-30 08:25 +0000
                  Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-30 14:41 -0400
                    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-31 09:04 +0000
        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2025-10-28 16:40 -0700
    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2025-10-27 20:47 +0000
      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-27 21:18 +0000
        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-10-28 12:10 +1100
        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-10-28 13:44 +0000
          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-10-29 10:27 +1100
      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-28 02:09 -0400
        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Handsome Jack <jack@handsome.com> - 2025-10-28 07:13 +0000
          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-28 05:06 -0400
            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-10-28 11:59 +0000
            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-10-29 23:13 +1100
              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-29 08:58 -0400
                Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-10-30 00:32 +1100
          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-10-29 22:55 +1100
      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2025-10-28 07:09 +0000
      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2025-10-28 16:46 -0700
        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-10-28 20:03 -0500
          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2025-10-28 19:10 -0700
            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-10-29 17:33 +1100
              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-10-29 23:18 +1100
                Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-10-29 23:36 +1100
                  Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-10-30 00:42 +1100
                    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-10-30 01:05 +1100
                      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-10-29 14:36 +0000
                      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-29 11:29 -0400
                        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-29 22:05 +0000
                          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users marc <marc@none.of.your.business> - 2025-10-30 18:20 +0100
                    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-29 21:58 +0000
                      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-10-30 07:26 +0000
                        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-30 21:46 +0000
                  Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-29 21:57 +0000
                    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-30 08:45 +0000
                      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-10-30 10:28 +0000
                        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-30 11:01 +0000
                          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-10-30 13:13 +0000
                            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-30 14:35 +0000
                              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-30 13:51 -0400
                              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-30 21:45 +0000
                              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-10-30 22:58 +0000
                                Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-31 08:43 +0000
                          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-30 21:33 +0000
                      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-30 21:27 +0000
                    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2025-10-30 10:16 +0000
                      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-30 14:04 -0400
                        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-30 21:20 +0000
                      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-30 21:19 +0000
                        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-30 18:34 -0400
                    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-30 23:09 +0000
              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2025-10-29 20:28 +0000
          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-10-30 17:01 +0100
            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-30 14:19 -0400
              Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-11-01 14:42 +0100
        Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-10-29 11:31 +0000
          Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2025-10-29 13:12 +0000
            Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-29 12:13 -0400
    Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2025-10-28 19:55 -0700
      Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linux users Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-29 08:42 -0400

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#45713

FromPaul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Date2025-10-29 08:58 -0400
Message-ID<10dt30q$2tq74$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#45706
On Wed, 10/29/2025 8:13 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
> On 28/10/2025 8:06 pm, Paul wrote:
> 
> <Snip>
> 
>> We had recycling companies, and I think they were in it, for the items
>> turned in that could readily be sold. Carrying an inventory that isn't
>> moving, does not work for them. A pikey can make a few bucks, but
>> is it enough to live off ?
>>
>>     Paul
>>
> You know those aluminium foil blister pack thingees you might get ten or a dozen tablets in?? My sister has been recycling them at a chemists back where we used to live (when she had to go back down there to visit her Doctor).
> 
> Last week, we went to the local Council's re-cycling depot to drop off some electronics .... and there was one of those wheelie garbage bins specifically for recycling those used blister packs!!
> 
> I know they have some aluminium foil ... but could it really be economical to re-cycle?? Maybe it's the plastic!!

Drug packaging is sorted separately, to keep drug residue out of the
environment. Fish don't like human hormone treatments, so any
packaging that had hormones in it, the packaging should be taken back
to the pharmacist.

When I have a box full of empty vials, I take those back to the store.
With caps off. And the staff deal with those.

If recycled goods go into a recycling center that washes with water,
the drug residue isn't removed by waste water treatment systems, and
it goes downstream. And there have been cases of detectable
results on fish.

The next time you're in a pharmacy, ask the pharmacist about their
opinion on waste treatment. The pharmacist has the education to
understand the matter.

   Paul

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#45715

FromDaniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org>
Date2025-10-30 00:32 +1100
Message-ID<10dt523$2ue3d$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#45713
On 29/10/2025 11:58 pm, Paul wrote:
> On Wed, 10/29/2025 8:13 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
>> On 28/10/2025 8:06 pm, Paul wrote:
>>
>> <Snip>
>>
>>> We had recycling companies, and I think they were in it, for the items
>>> turned in that could readily be sold. Carrying an inventory that isn't
>>> moving, does not work for them. A pikey can make a few bucks, but
>>> is it enough to live off ?
>>>
>>>      Paul
>>>
>> You know those aluminium foil blister pack thingees you might get ten or a dozen tablets in?? My sister has been recycling them at a chemists back where we used to live (when she had to go back down there to visit her Doctor).
>>
>> Last week, we went to the local Council's re-cycling depot to drop off some electronics .... and there was one of those wheelie garbage bins specifically for recycling those used blister packs!!
>>
>> I know they have some aluminium foil ... but could it really be economical to re-cycle?? Maybe it's the plastic!!
> 
> Drug packaging is sorted separately, to keep drug residue out of the
> environment. Fish don't like human hormone treatments, so any
> packaging that had hormones in it, the packaging should be taken back
> to the pharmacist.
> 
> When I have a box full of empty vials, I take those back to the store.
> With caps off. And the staff deal with those.
> 
> If recycled goods go into a recycling center that washes with water,
> the drug residue isn't removed by waste water treatment systems, and
> it goes downstream. And there have been cases of detectable
> results on fish.
> 
> The next time you're in a pharmacy, ask the pharmacist about their
> opinion on waste treatment. The pharmacist has the education to
> understand the matter.
> 
>     Paul
> 
As this is a Commercial activity undertaken by the Local Council and 
Commercial Companies, I would expect that whatever 'they' do, it has an 
official "Okey Dokey".
-- 
Daniel70

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#45705

FromDaniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org>
Date2025-10-29 22:55 +1100
Message-ID<10dsvbi$2snig$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#45673
On 28/10/2025 6:13 pm, Handsome Jack wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 02:09:38 -0400, Paul wrote:
>>
>> Some of our recyclers here, closed a couple years ago. There simply
>> isn't enough capacity to absorb the discarded machines now.
>> The waste removal will not accept them. They'll sit on the curb.
>> Most likely, you'll look on country roads, and next to the refrigerator
>> and sofa off the side of the road, will now be added PCs. And that will
>> be our legacy. A PC to go with their "household" stored on the side of
>> the road.
> 
> Here in London, you leave anything vaguely metal out in the front drive,
> the pikeys have taken it away in a few hours.
> 
Well, there's my thing for the day!!

I had no idea what the word "pikey" meant so went searching ..... and 
found that Pikey is a derogatory term for "Gypsy", "Roma" and "Traveller 
people" .... when I HAD thought "Gypsy", "Roma" and "Traveller people" 
were just different ways of describing the SAME people!!

But, it would seem they are different peoples!!

YL, YL.
-- 
Daniel70

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#45672

FromBob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com>
Date2025-10-28 07:09 +0000
Message-ID<mmb8hdFgslbU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#45656
On 27 Oct 2025 at 20:47:45, MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> wrote:
> On 27/10/2025 12:14, Alan K. wrote:
>> DistroWatch had what I think is a pretty good q&a here this week.
>> Kinda hits home with recent events in Windows 10 EOL.
>>
>> Short read.
>>
>> https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20251027#qa
>>
>>
>>
>> Advice for new Linux users
>>
>> Roll-out-the-welcome-mat asks: With all the new Linux users coming over
>> with the End of 10, any advice for the Linux newbies?
>>
>>
> I think my take on that article is rather different from any other
> response so far.
>
> To me it is perfect as a warning to potential Linux users. Stay well
> away unless you want to enter a world of condescending geeks with a
> warped idea that everyone should be "a responsible adult" computer user,
> i.e. a geek like them.

Nice.  Ignorance and insults.

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#45697

FromMike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid>
Date2025-10-28 16:46 -0700
Message-ID<mmd2ukFq47pU4@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#45656
MikeS wrote:
> To me it is perfect as a warning to potential Linux users. Stay well 
> away unless you want to enter a world of condescending geeks with a 
> warped idea that everyone should be "a responsible adult" computer user, 
> i.e. a geek like them.

I disagree. In the great milieu of linux help areas, there is but a 
relatively small percentage of that type thing.  Grow a thicker skin; 
some condescension isn't going to hurt you; the world is full of that 
kind of behavior, it isn't unique to linux help.

-- 
Mike Easter

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#45698

FromHank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
Date2025-10-28 20:03 -0500
Message-ID<10drp4l$2isun$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#45697
Mike Easter wrote on 10/28/2025 6:46 PM:
> MikeS wrote:
>> To me it is perfect as a warning to potential Linux users. Stay well 
>> away unless you want to enter a world of condescending geeks with a 
>> warped idea that everyone should be "a responsible adult" computer 
>> user, i.e. a geek like them.
> 
> I disagree. In the great milieu of linux help areas, there is but a 
> relatively small percentage of that type thing.  Grow a thicker skin; 
> some condescension isn't going to hurt you; the world is full of that 
> kind of behavior, it isn't unique to linux help.
> 

It's pretty easy to help new linux users.  I just point them to the man 
pages and say RTFM.  They get the message instantly.

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#45699

FromMike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid>
Date2025-10-28 19:10 -0700
Message-ID<mmdbd2Frm3fU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#45698
Hank Rogers wrote:
> It's pretty easy to help new linux users.  I just point them to the man 
> pages and say RTFM.  They get the message instantly.

Perhaps you are being sarcastic. Or perhaps you are pretending to be one 
of those unhelpful linux helpers MikeS mentioned.  I see Win tracks in 
your header.

In any case, while man pages are useful, the only person such flippant 
advice is useful is to someone who doesn't know that there are man pages.

Most people seeking linux help need information provided in a more 
useful way than just what can be found in man pages, which are often 
found to be informative but suboptimal for an individual and specific 
question.

-- 
Mike Easter

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#45701

FromFelix <none@not.here>
Date2025-10-29 17:33 +1100
Message-ID<mmdqpiFu3vkU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#45699
Mike Easter wrote:
> Hank Rogers wrote:
>> It's pretty easy to help new linux users. I just point them to the 
>> man pages and say RTFM.  They get the message instantly.
>
> Perhaps you are being sarcastic. Or perhaps you are pretending to be 
> one of those unhelpful linux helpers MikeS mentioned.  I see Win 
> tracks in your header.
>
> In any case, while man pages are useful, the only person such flippant 
> advice is useful is to someone who doesn't know that there are man pages.
>
> Most people seeking linux help need information provided in a more 
> useful way than just what can be found in man pages, which are often 
> found to be informative but suboptimal for an individual and specific 
> question.
>

where is the LM manual located?

-- 
Linux Mint 22.2
Q: What's the difference between Linux and Windows?
A: You rule Linux, Microsoft Windows rules you

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#45707

FromDaniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org>
Date2025-10-29 23:18 +1100
Message-ID<10dt0lm$2t21b$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#45701
On 29/10/2025 5:33 pm, Felix wrote:
> Mike Easter wrote:
>> Hank Rogers wrote:
>>> It's pretty easy to help new linux users. I just point them to the 
>>> man pages and say RTFM.  They get the message instantly.
>>
>> Perhaps you are being sarcastic. Or perhaps you are pretending to be 
>> one of those unhelpful linux helpers MikeS mentioned.  I see Win 
>> tracks in your header.
>>
>> In any case, while man pages are useful, the only person such flippant 
>> advice is useful is to someone who doesn't know that there are man pages.
>>
>> Most people seeking linux help need information provided in a more 
>> useful way than just what can be found in man pages, which are often 
>> found to be informative but suboptimal for an individual and specific 
>> question.
> 
> where is the LM manual located?
> 
Open a Command Window and type "Man" .... should work, Felix.
-- 
Daniel70

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#45709

FromFelix <none@not.here>
Date2025-10-29 23:36 +1100
Message-ID<mmeg2rF30q9U2@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#45707
Daniel70 wrote:
> On 29/10/2025 5:33 pm, Felix wrote:
>> Mike Easter wrote:
>>> Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>> It's pretty easy to help new linux users. I just point them to the 
>>>> man pages and say RTFM. They get the message instantly.
>>>
>>> Perhaps you are being sarcastic. Or perhaps you are pretending to be 
>>> one of those unhelpful linux helpers MikeS mentioned.  I see Win 
>>> tracks in your header.
>>>
>>> In any case, while man pages are useful, the only person such 
>>> flippant advice is useful is to someone who doesn't know that there 
>>> are man pages.
>>>
>>> Most people seeking linux help need information provided in a more 
>>> useful way than just what can be found in man pages, which are often 
>>> found to be informative but suboptimal for an individual and 
>>> specific question.
>>
>> where is the LM manual located?
>>
> Open a Command Window and type "Man" .... should work, Felix.

I thought it would be a PDF to download or on a website. anyhow, I 
usually just google if I want to know something, or ask here

-- 
Linux Mint 22.2
Q: What's the difference between Linux and Windows?
A: You rule Linux, Microsoft Windows rules you

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#45717

FromDaniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org>
Date2025-10-30 00:42 +1100
Message-ID<10dt5jq$2ujl5$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#45709
On 29/10/2025 11:36 pm, Felix wrote:
> Daniel70 wrote:
>> On 29/10/2025 5:33 pm, Felix wrote:
>>> Mike Easter wrote:
>>>> Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>>> It's pretty easy to help new linux users. I just point them to the 
>>>>> man pages and say RTFM. They get the message instantly.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps you are being sarcastic. Or perhaps you are pretending to be 
>>>> one of those unhelpful linux helpers MikeS mentioned.  I see Win 
>>>> tracks in your header.
>>>>
>>>> In any case, while man pages are useful, the only person such 
>>>> flippant advice is useful is to someone who doesn't know that there 
>>>> are man pages.
>>>>
>>>> Most people seeking linux help need information provided in a more 
>>>> useful way than just what can be found in man pages, which are often 
>>>> found to be informative but suboptimal for an individual and 
>>>> specific question.
>>>
>>> where is the LM manual located?
>>>
>> Open a Command Window and type "Man" .... should work, Felix.
> 
> I thought it would be a PDF to download or on a website. anyhow, I 
> usually just google if I want to know something, or ask here
> 
Asking for Linux advise on a Windows group might not be the smartest 
thing. Yes, I know there are some very savoy Linux users hereabouts .... 
but ....!

On your News server account, try filtering for Newsgroups with 'Linux' 
in their names and see if there is one listed for the version of Linux 
you use.

Else there is always alt.linux (not very active) or alt.os.linux (some 
activity). Or even, as this thread is being cross-posted into 
alt.os.linux.mint, that might be a good place to look if you use Mint.
-- 
Daniel70

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#45720

FromFelix <none@not.here>
Date2025-10-30 01:05 +1100
Message-ID<mmel8iF3bqbU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#45717
Daniel70 wrote:
> On 29/10/2025 11:36 pm, Felix wrote:
>> Daniel70 wrote:
>>> On 29/10/2025 5:33 pm, Felix wrote:
>>>> Mike Easter wrote:
>>>>> Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>>>> It's pretty easy to help new linux users. I just point them to 
>>>>>> the man pages and say RTFM. They get the message instantly.
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps you are being sarcastic. Or perhaps you are pretending to 
>>>>> be one of those unhelpful linux helpers MikeS mentioned.  I see 
>>>>> Win tracks in your header.
>>>>>
>>>>> In any case, while man pages are useful, the only person such 
>>>>> flippant advice is useful is to someone who doesn't know that 
>>>>> there are man pages.
>>>>>
>>>>> Most people seeking linux help need information provided in a more 
>>>>> useful way than just what can be found in man pages, which are 
>>>>> often found to be informative but suboptimal for an individual and 
>>>>> specific question.
>>>>
>>>> where is the LM manual located?
>>>>
>>> Open a Command Window and type "Man" .... should work, Felix.
>>
>> I thought it would be a PDF to download or on a website. anyhow, I 
>> usually just google if I want to know something, or ask here
>>
> Asking for Linux advise on a Windows group might not be the smartest 
> thing. Yes, I know there are some very savoy Linux users hereabouts 
> .... but ....!
>
> On your News server account, try filtering for Newsgroups with 'Linux' 
> in their names and see if there is one listed for the version of Linux 
> you use.
>
> Else there is always alt.linux (not very active) or alt.os.linux (some 
> activity). Or even, as this thread is being cross-posted into 
> alt.os.linux.mint, that might be a good place to look if you use Mint.

I only post on alt.os.linux.mint

-- 
Linux Mint 22.2
Q: What's the difference between Linux and Windows?
A: You rule Linux, Microsoft Windows rules you

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#45722

From"J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
Date2025-10-29 14:36 +0000
Message-ID<10dt8q8$2ubi1$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#45720
On 2025/10/29 14:5:6, Felix wrote:
> Daniel70 wrote:
>> On 29/10/2025 11:36 pm, Felix wrote:
>>> Daniel70 wrote:
>>>> On 29/10/2025 5:33 pm, Felix wrote:
>>>>> Mike Easter wrote:
>>>>>> Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>>>>> It's pretty easy to help new linux users. I just point them to 
>>>>>>> the man pages and say RTFM. They get the message instantly.

Yes. The message, however, is "go back to Windows" - even if that wasn't
what you intended :-)

>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perhaps you are being sarcastic. Or perhaps you are pretending to 
>>>>>> be one of those unhelpful linux helpers MikeS mentioned.  I see 
>>>>>> Win tracks in your header.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In any case, while man pages are useful, the only person such 
>>>>>> flippant advice is useful is to someone who doesn't know that 
>>>>>> there are man pages.

Of whom there are, presumably, always some. As always, depends on the
_level_ of [various things: intelligence, curiosity, time] possessed by
the person asking.


[]


-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

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#45725

FromPaul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Date2025-10-29 11:29 -0400
Message-ID<10dtbsj$30n39$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#45720
On Wed, 10/29/2025 10:05 AM, Felix wrote:
> Daniel70 wrote:
>> On 29/10/2025 11:36 pm, Felix wrote:
>>> Daniel70 wrote:
>>>> On 29/10/2025 5:33 pm, Felix wrote:
>>>>> Mike Easter wrote:
>>>>>> Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>>>>> It's pretty easy to help new linux users. I just point them to the man pages and say RTFM. They get the message instantly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perhaps you are being sarcastic. Or perhaps you are pretending to be one of those unhelpful linux helpers MikeS mentioned.  I see Win tracks in your header.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In any case, while man pages are useful, the only person such flippant advice is useful is to someone who doesn't know that there are man pages.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Most people seeking linux help need information provided in a more useful way than just what can be found in man pages, which are often found to be informative but suboptimal for an individual and specific question.
>>>>>
>>>>> where is the LM manual located?
>>>>>
>>>> Open a Command Window and type "Man" .... should work, Felix.
>>>
>>> I thought it would be a PDF to download or on a website. anyhow, I usually just google if I want to know something, or ask here
>>>
>> Asking for Linux advise on a Windows group might not be the smartest thing. Yes, I know there are some very savoy Linux users hereabouts .... but ....!
>>
>> On your News server account, try filtering for Newsgroups with 'Linux' in their names and see if there is one listed for the version of Linux you use.
>>
>> Else there is always alt.linux (not very active) or alt.os.linux (some activity). Or even, as this thread is being cross-posted into alt.os.linux.mint, that might be a good place to look if you use Mint.
> 
> I only post on alt.os.linux.mint
> 

For a Google, I use

   linux man listdir      # "listdir" or "ls" is the equivalent of "dir" on Windows

and there are a couple web sites that have the manual pages for
Linux utilities of various sorts.

The Kaspersky Rescue CD, a tool used for AV work on Windows, it
uses Gentoo for its OS on the CD, and the Gentoo has all the
manual pages stripped off to save space. Not all distros have
manual pages, and if space or bandwidth is an issue, they can
be removed. Just as some OSes you get, have had the "Games"
folder removed.

Some distros are known for the information they provide.
The Arch Linux people have some general documentation which is
good when you have a problem and need an overview. Gentoo has
the Gentoo Handbook, which shows some things an aspiring
Linux user should know. Like today, I chrooted into a Ubuntu
and fixed it sorta. Some of the activities are reserved
for "severely broken stuff", which everyone with a computer
has seen at one time or another. Chrooting is like some
of the offline repair commands in Windows. When you build
Gentoo from scratch, there is one chroot session in there,
undoubtedly included so a user would know how to do it later.
You can mount some foreign OS tree, and the environment
pretends you are actually booted and running from that tree.
You can update packages in the foreign tree, although the tree is
not running at the time as a "real OS".

   Paul

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#45742

FromLawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-10-29 22:05 +0000
Message-ID<10du32q$3845i$9@dont-email.me>
In reply to#45725
On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:29:22 -0400, Paul wrote:

> and there are a couple web sites that have the manual pages for
> Linux utilities of various sorts.

<https://manpages.debian.org/> is one of the more comprehensive
collections.

> Some distros are known for the information they provide. The Arch
> Linux people have some general documentation which is good when you
> have a problem and need an overview.

Many’s the search that has led me to the Arch Linux Wiki
<https://wiki.archlinux.org/>, which has been very helpful, even if I
don’t use Arch.

> When you build Gentoo from scratch, there is one chroot session in
> there, undoubtedly included so a user would know how to do it later.
> You can mount some foreign OS tree, and the environment pretends you
> are actually booted and running from that tree. You can update
> packages in the foreign tree, although the tree is not running at
> the time as a "real OS".

I have successfully done this with Debian systems. It gets errors
trying to restart nonexistent service processes, but otherwise it
seems to work.

Tip: to minimize errors with inability to get info about the running
hardware and kernel, try to make the chroot look more like a “real”
system before entry with

    for d in dev proc sys; do mount --bind /$d /«path-to-chroot»/$d; done

then enter with e.g.

    chroot /«path-to-chroot» /bin/bash

then undo the bind mounts after exiting with

    umount /«path-to-chroot»/{dev,proc,sys}

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#45766

Frommarc <marc@none.of.your.business>
Date2025-10-30 18:20 +0100
Message-ID<10e06p1$19sg$1@paganini.bofh.team>
In reply to#45742
On 10/29/25 23:05, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:29:22 -0400, Paul wrote:
> 
>> and there are a couple web sites that have the manual pages for
>> Linux utilities of various sorts.
> 
> <https://manpages.debian.org/> is one of the more comprehensive
> collections.
> 
>> Some distros are known for the information they provide. The Arch
>> Linux people have some general documentation which is good when you
>> have a problem and need an overview.
> 
> Many’s the search that has led me to the Arch Linux Wiki
> <https://wiki.archlinux.org/>, which has been very helpful, even if I
> don’t use Arch.
> 
>> When you build Gentoo from scratch, there is one chroot session in
>> there, undoubtedly included so a user would know how to do it later.
>> You can mount some foreign OS tree, and the environment pretends you
>> are actually booted and running from that tree. You can update
>> packages in the foreign tree, although the tree is not running at
>> the time as a "real OS".
> 
> I have successfully done this with Debian systems. It gets errors
> trying to restart nonexistent service processes, but otherwise it
> seems to work.
> 
> Tip: to minimize errors with inability to get info about the running
> hardware and kernel, try to make the chroot look more like a “real”
> system before entry with
> 
>      for d in dev proc sys; do mount --bind /$d /«path-to-chroot»/$d; done
> 
> then enter with e.g.
> 
>      chroot /«path-to-chroot» /bin/bash
> 
> then undo the bind mounts after exiting with
> 
>      umount /«path-to-chroot»/{dev,proc,sys}

I regularly use Mageia, they have an exellent wiki-documentation page:

wiki.mageia.org/en/Main_Page

For newcomers there's a special documentation wiki:

https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Newcomers_start_here

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#45741

FromLawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-10-29 21:58 +0000
Message-ID<10du2lq$3845i$8@dont-email.me>
In reply to#45717
On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:42:19 +1100, Daniel70 wrote:

> Yes, I know there are some very savoy Linux users hereabouts .... 

Burgundy or Lombardy, perhaps, rather than Savoy ...

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#45749

From"J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
Date2025-10-30 07:26 +0000
Message-ID<10dv3vl$2ub8k$8@dont-email.me>
In reply to#45741
On 2025/10/29 21:58:18, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:42:19 +1100, Daniel70 wrote:
> 
>> Yes, I know there are some very savoy Linux users hereabouts .... 
> 
> Burgundy or Lombardy, perhaps, rather than Savoy ...

I had a Burgundy version of Office 95! (I think it was 95.) It was
basically 95 (?) with patches, so in effect Office 98 or whatever year
we'd got to; I bought it as a CD at a computer fair. Seemed to be a
genuine Microsoft product, but I'm pretty sure not supposed to be sold
separately - intended for sale with a PC, or something like that. The CD
had a lot of purple on the "label", and the word Burgundy appeared - I
can't remember whether in how the product identified itself, or just on
the CD "label".

(Was Savoy Linux the Ritz of distros?)


-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

The best way to achieve immortality is by not dying.

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#45784

FromLawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-10-30 21:46 +0000
Message-ID<10e0mbn$n2t$9@dont-email.me>
In reply to#45749
On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 07:26:44 +0000, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

> (Was Savoy Linux the Ritz of distros?)

Entirely different part of Europe ...

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#45740

FromLawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-10-29 21:57 +0000
Message-ID<10du2k1$3845i$7@dont-email.me>
In reply to#45709
On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 23:36:43 +1100, Felix wrote:

> Daniel70 wrote:
>>
>> On 29/10/2025 5:33 pm, Felix wrote:
>>.
>>> where is the LM manual located?
>>>
>> Open a Command Window and type "Man" .... should work, Felix.
>
> I thought it would be a PDF to download or on a website.

Plain-text display (with some bolding and underlining):

    man bash

View nicely-typeset PDF version:

    gunzip -c $(man -w bash) | groff -ktman -Tpdf | okular -

(Substitution of alternative PDF viewer is left as an exercise for the
reader.)

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