Distro-hoppers anonymous

el_koraco · 2024-01-30 21:56:09

This is not a distro hopping thing, but I haven't seen it posted here. Mozilla has an apt repo for Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/in … tributions

hhh · 2024-01-30 22:41:53

el_koraco wrote:

This is not a distro hopping thing, but I haven't seen it posted here. Mozilla has an apt repo for Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/in … tributions

It was in the "news" a week or so ago that Mozilla had a Linux deb file out, I was waiting for them to have a repo for it before I posted so one could just 'sudo apt update' to keep it current. Nice find!

Lol, that page doesn't have an edit date. Shame, Mozilla. Shame!

I need to edit my old "Use real Firefox instead of Iceweasel" tutorial and just post this link instead. After I eat something, it's dinnertime. Iceweasel, good times, great name (instead of Firefox, get it?)

Döbbie03 · 2024-01-31 03:41:22

hhh wrote:

Dobbie03 wrote:
... as I am still not quite sure how I managed to get a working system.
Man, the number of times using ANY operating system or program or even a config where I've said "Wait... that WORKED??!!?"

I have only really had that with Nix and Gentoo. I always felt completely in control with Arch/Labs etc.

Colonel Panic · 2024-02-01 15:25:10

Dobbie03 wrote:

Hey Colonel,
Yeah, as far as downloading packages, a lot of it will be based on your location, network speeds, and mirrors. Building those packages, all hardware dependent.
You can look at tweaking your configs to use more CPU cores to build, I haven't bothered. Maybe this article will help?
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Pieti … pile_times
As far as mirrors go, this may help.
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Mirrorselect
Unmasking is a pain in the arse, but this Wiki article will help you through it.
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Knowledge_ … _a_package
Please don't consider me a point of knowledge on Gentoo, I very well could send you down the garden path, as I am still not quite sure how I managed to get a working system. I still have to access documentation on a daily basis on how to do things.
Saying that, happy to help wherever I can.
P.S. do you really need any other browser other than Firefox?

Thanks Dobbie. No I suppose I don't really need more than one browser, but I have more than one Twitter account (I refuse to call it X), and it's more convenient to have a browser for each one so I can just log in automatically.

Here's my last message from Gentoo when I tried to update it;

* IMPORTANT: config file '/etc/portage/package.use/wpa_supplicant' needs updating.
* See the CONFIGURATION FILES and CONFIGURATION FILES UPDATE TOOLS
* sections of the emerge man page to learn how to update config files.

* IMPORTANT: 1 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'.
* Use eselect news read to view new items.

Action: sync for repo: gentoo, returned code = 0

Doesn't exactly make it easy for you

What I did do though was add a line to my make.conf file, to make it accept licences automatically (I know this could be considered unprofessional, but most of us skim read those things before signing them off anyway).

ACCEPT LICENSE="*"

Last edited by Colonel Panic (2024-02-01 16:54:44)

johnraff · 2024-02-02 00:09:07

Colonel Panic wrote:

I suppose I don't really need more than one browser, but I have more than one Twitter account (I refuse to call it X), and it's more convenient to have a browser for each one so I can just log in automatically.

Have you tried multiple Firefox profiles? I think they should have separate cookies: 'firefox --ProfileManager'.

(I refuse to call Twitter eks too. )

r.chaffee53 · 2024-02-02 00:47:39

Firefox Multi-Account Containers

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo … ontainers/

Bob

Döbbie03 · 2024-02-02 03:59:30

Colonel Panic wrote:

Dobbie03 wrote:
Hey Colonel,
Yeah, as far as downloading packages, a lot of it will be based on your location, network speeds, and mirrors. Building those packages, all hardware dependent.
You can look at tweaking your configs to use more CPU cores to build, I haven't bothered. Maybe this article will help?
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Pieti … pile_times
As far as mirrors go, this may help.
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Mirrorselect
Unmasking is a pain in the arse, but this Wiki article will help you through it.
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Knowledge_ … _a_package
Please don't consider me a point of knowledge on Gentoo, I very well could send you down the garden path, as I am still not quite sure how I managed to get a working system. I still have to access documentation on a daily basis on how to do things.
Saying that, happy to help wherever I can.
P.S. do you really need any other browser other than Firefox?
Thanks Dobbie. No I suppose I don't really need more than one browser, but I have more than one Twitter account (I refuse to call it X), and it's more convenient to have a browser for each one so I can just log in automatically.
Here's my last message from Gentoo when I tried to update it;
* IMPORTANT: config file '/etc/portage/package.use/wpa_supplicant' needs updating.
* See the CONFIGURATION FILES and CONFIGURATION FILES UPDATE TOOLS
* sections of the emerge man page to learn how to update config files.
* IMPORTANT: 1 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'.
* Use eselect news read to view new items.
Action: sync for repo: gentoo, returned code = 0
Doesn't exactly make it easy for you
What I did do though was add a line to my make.conf file, to make it accept licences automatically (I know this could be considered unprofessional, but most of us skim read those things before signing them off anyway).
ACCEPT LICENSE="*"

I have the same line in my make.conf as well. Just makes life easier. I do find a lot of the messages post-update helpful. I'm not used to reading any ouput once an update has completed so it took a little time to get into the swing of it all.

Jimbo_G · 2024-02-02 08:15:21

johnraff wrote:

Have you tried multiple Firefox profiles? I think they should have separate cookies: 'firefox --ProfileManager'.

This is what I do (multiple users on one PC) - create different Firefox profiles then they can simply be launched with 'firefox -p user1' 'firefox -p user2' etc.

Can confirm that all cookies, history, passwords, settings etc. are completely separate

Martin · 2024-02-02 08:39:56

Jimbo_G wrote:

johnraff wrote:
Have you tried multiple Firefox profiles? I think they should have separate cookies: 'firefox --ProfileManager'.
This is what I do (multiple users on one PC) - create different Firefox profiles then they can simply be launched with 'firefox -p user1' 'firefox -p user2' etc.
Can confirm that all cookies, history, passwords, settings etc. are completely separate

Cool, I didn't know this.

Can I have different plug-in settings (uBlock Origin, NoScript etc) too?

/Martin

Jimbo_G · 2024-02-02 09:12:50

@Martin Yes, my users have different plug-ins and also different settings for the same plug-ins; as far as I know it doesn't cause any problems.

Colonel Panic · 2024-02-03 18:04:28

johnraff wrote:

Colonel Panic wrote:
I suppose I don't really need more than one browser, but I have more than one Twitter account (I refuse to call it X), and it's more convenient to have a browser for each one so I can just log in automatically.
Have you tried multiple Firefox profiles? I think they should have separate cookies: 'firefox --ProfileManager'.
(I refuse to call Twitter eks too. )

Thanks for the tip, I'm definitely going to look into this. There's a Firefox add-on that enables you to switch Firefox profiles easily and on the fly, which I'm going to investigate too;

johnraff · 2024-02-04 02:20:59

You can run multiple firefox profiles side by side if you launch them with the --no-remote option:

firefox --no-remote -P <profilename>

Colonel Panic · 2024-02-04 09:09:47

johnraff wrote:

You can run multiple firefox profiles side by side if you launch them with the -no-remote option:
firefox --no-remote -P <profilename>

Thanks again!

unklar · 2024-02-08 10:34:24

siduction-noX --> openbox --> labwc --> BL-Lithium-Theme

Colonel Panic · 2024-02-09 10:27:05

I was installing and building Libreoffice in ExGent, and whilst it was going on (it's a lengthy process) something tripped a fuse in the fusebox and all the lights went out, all the power in the house went off etc. That was a result I wasn't expecting!

Still trying to work out whether I should call out a computer tech (who understands Linux) or an electrician.

Last edited by Colonel Panic (2024-02-09 10:29:26)

Sector11 · 2024-02-09 15:05:38

Colonel Panic wrote:

{snip snip} a computer tech (who understands Linux)

A rare breed indeed ....

Colonel Panic wrote:

{snip snip} or an electrician.

probably the best option for now.

{sharpening sissors} Good Luck!

Colonel Panic · 2024-02-09 18:31:07

Sector11 wrote:

Colonel Panic wrote:
{snip snip} a computer tech (who understands Linux)
A rare breed indeed ....
Colonel Panic wrote:
{snip snip} or an electrician.
probably the best option for now.
{sharpening sissors} Good Luck!

Thanks! By the way, the last thing I want to do is put people off trying Gentoo or ExGent and I hope my posts (especially that one) haven't had that effect.

Last edited by Colonel Panic (2024-02-09 20:25:43)

Sector11 · 2024-02-10 12:53:32

Colonel Panic wrote:

Thanks! By the way, the last thing I want to do is put people off trying Gentoo or ExGent and I hope my posts (especially that one) haven't had that effect.

Naaaa, been watching you and Dobbie03.

D03 seems quite pleased with Gentoo.

Döbbie03 · 2024-02-10 17:16:06

Sector11 wrote:

Colonel Panic wrote:
Thanks! By the way, the last thing I want to do is put people off trying Gentoo or ExGent and I hope my posts (especially that one) haven't had that effect.
Naaaa, been watching you and Dobbie03.
D03 seems quite pleased with Gentoo.

Very pleased indeed. Like I said a few times elsewhere, I wish I had done this earlier.

unklar · 2024-02-11 12:39:58

When I was playing around with labwc, apt kept recommending installing sway.
I wanted to have it as mentioned by @cog and @PackRat, without Xwayland.

That's why I didn't use the labwc installation.
Again the noX was used and sway was installed on top of it.

Now the frustration begins.
In Thunar no partitions can be mounted with 'click'. What else is missing?

In the ~/.config/sway/config are entered:

# Autostart
exec /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 & 
exec dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd DISPLAY WAYLAND_DISPLAY SWAYSOCK &

the polkit-agent says it is running for the user:

ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep polkit
polkitd      528       1  0 10:54 ?        00:00:00 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug
unklarer    1469       1  0 10:55 ?        00:00:00 /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1

Looks like it's not being 'passed through'.

The sway's own bar and menu work.
fuzzel - (like plank - a wonderful menu) works;
waybar - does not work
vieb - does not work (see screen)
grim - works (also with area)
swayimg- works

Except for vieb everything is in the repo's.

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