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Username: angstrom
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> [@PulsedMedia said](/discussion/10922/1-99-2tb-per-month-storage-box-1-99-1tb-seedbox-the-eternal-vaeinaemoeinen): Then have a chat with Väinämöinen on the tickets, ask anything you want from hi…

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Many of you may already be aware of this, but just a reminder that prices for `.org` domains will increase on June 1st. See, for example:

https://domainnamewire.com/2026/03/12/org-pric…

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> [@Chievo said](/discussion/comment/234543/#Comment_234543): I have had some 6h downtime recently in one day . ( The past month 2 days downtimes around 4h each )

Wow, that's not gr…

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> [@AnthonySmith said](/discussion/comment/233253/#Comment_233253): Damn, can I at least ask what I did?

I have a recollection that you banned him once very early on, but then you (…

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> @WSS said:
> WindowMaker. Jesus. Still hasn't hit V1.0, and I seem to recall big issues with the FVWM Virtual Desktop.

Fvwm has seen more active development than Window…

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> @oloke said:
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> > > > ok maybe its just a shitty dishwasher …

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> @Chievo said:
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> > > ok maybe its just a shitty dishwasher that needs good tabs, we put a cleaner throug…

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> @AnthonySmith said:
> ok maybe its just a shitty dishwasher that needs good tabs, we put a cleaner through it once a week, and usually top the salt up after that, so I dont think its t…

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> [@AnthonySmith said](/discussion/comment/229345/#Comment_229345): $15 p/year max

As I tried to say above, if this is merely the suggestion of a new offer section, then it shouldn'…

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> @AnthonySmith said:
> Rule and small platform change.
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> 1. $7 **stays exactly how it is** in the **regular offers section** (not a change, just for the avoidance…

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> @AnthonySmith said:
> * $7 limit was set 15 years ago, nothing costs what it did 15 years ago

As a general remark, communities can be very resistant to change: long-stan…

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> @backtogeek said:
> Whatever happened to @FAT32 ? I found myself wondering if he went full OGF, then noticed there is a search party for him there too?
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> Hope he…

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> @bikegremlin said:
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> @bikegremlin said:
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> > > [@bikegremlin said](/discussion/comment/227503/#Comment_227503): IMO - stable beats new. :)
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> [@bikegremlin said](/discussion/comment/227503/#Comment_227503): IMO - stable beats new. :)

But the new versions 31 and 32 are (technically) stable! =)

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> @bikegremlin said:
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By the way, just to say that TAB.DIGITAL offer free 8GB Nextcloud accounts:

https://tab.digital/en/nextcloud-one

I haven't tried them. They say that the free accounts ha…

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> @bikegremlin said:
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> > > Sticking with MXroute's Crossbox Nextcloud platform for the time being - it wor…

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> @bugrakoc said:
> Hello everyone. I'm in need of shared hosting in/near Europe. I instinctively tried BuyShared, but it looks like it's a scam website now. Who is the go-to shared host…

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> @bikegremlin said:
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> > Around a month ago, mainly because I was curious, I signed up for a free 2GB Nextcloud account at The Good Cloud ( https://th…

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> @backtogeek said:
> Turned out it was a cursed com port mouse haha, I took it home and it did the same to my own PC. (for the kids, a comport was used for mice before ps2, for the bab…

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> @Not_Oles said:
> @angstrom
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> Thanks for telling me that TWM is in the main distribution.
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> > [@Not_Oles said](/discussion/comment/222…

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> @Not_Oles said:
> What happens if I get rid of the modular xorg meta-package plus all the other X packages, and install just
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> wm/twm

If it's twm …

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> @bikegremlin said:
> PuTTY is free and gets the job done though:
> https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html

+1 for PuTTY. I've been using…

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> @Not_Oles said:
> I posted to pkgsrc-users, received and tried some great suggestions, but the xf86-video-openchrome error continued.
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> I reverted to my Linveo …

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> @Not_Oles said:
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> > @Not_Oles , you seem to like living on the edge :)
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> Yes! :)

I'm a long-term NetBSD user …

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> [@angstrom said](/discussion/comment/222607/#Comment_222607): But for NetBSD it would be nice to find where exactly the option not to build this package is located

I think that I'…

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@Not_Oles , you seem to like living on the edge :)

Any reason why you're trying to build modular-xorg?

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> [@Not_Oles said](/discussion/comment/222573/#Comment_222573): Looks like I could do without the xf86-video-openchrome package since I might not be using a VIA chipset?

Right, if y…

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> @Not_Oles said:
> Am I making a mistake expecting to build xf86-video-openchrome on amd64?

Unfortunately, I don't have the answer to your question, but you might try ask…

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> @terrorgen said:
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> > > @serverpoint please don't ghost Us.
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> > Offtopic but is…

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Just to say that Devuan Excalibur 6 has been released: https://www.devuan.org/os/announce/excalibur-release-announce-2025-11-02 :)

(Devuan Excalibur 6 is based on Debian 13)

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> @angstrom said:
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> @bikegremlin said:
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> > > > I've been running a couple of N…

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> @bikegremlin said:
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> > I've been running a couple of Nextcloud installations for a number of years now, but I run them on VPSes
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I've been running a couple of Nextcloud installations for a number of years now, but I run them on VPSes

As your report suggests, it can be tricky to run Nextcloud on shared hosting, b…

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