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I understand that rolling release get updates with every new version which takes some time while rolling release get frequent package updates as soon as the package is out. My question is:

1. In the rolling release, does the OS also get updated or is the release just on the app packages?

2. In the standard release type, does it mean that , maybe a package software A in the apt repository won�t get any update until a new version of the OS is released?

3. Which is ideal for a new user?

I understand that both can be receiving security patches from time to time.

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The wait is almost over! Debian 12 (Bookworm) is now in the full freeze, the last phase before the final stable release.

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The wait is almost over! Debian 12 (Bookworm) is now in the full freeze, the last phase before the final stable release.

Sound works for root but not for other users.
Any help would be great.
Thanks.

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Released last week, Weston 12.0 brings a number of highlights including two new backends, support for multiple scanout devices, and the addition of new protocol implementations. Here's a look at some of the changes that have landed in this new version.

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Released last week, Weston 12.0 brings a number of highlights including two new backends, support for multiple scanout devices, and the addition of new protocol implementations. Here's a look at some of the changes that have landed in this new version.

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Ansible Molecule is a tool used for testing and validating Ansible roles and playbooks in multiple scenarios. It helps automate the testing of Ansible code and ensures that it will work as intended when applied to target servers. In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up and test Ansible Roles automatically via Molecule and Docker.

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Ansible Molecule is a tool used for testing and validating Ansible roles and playbooks in multiple scenarios. It helps automate the testing of Ansible code and ensures that it will work as intended when applied to target servers. In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up and test Ansible Roles automatically via Molecule and Docker.

I no longer can find Debian Stretch packages on https://packages.debian.org.

They are now supposed to be at http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/

But where are the packages? I can't find them.

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Discover the essential Linux commands every beginner needs to know. Master the basics and navigate the Linux command line with ease.

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Discover the essential Linux commands every beginner needs to know. Master the basics and navigate the Linux command line with ease.

Yet Another 'Secure' Browser (Yawn). I downloaded it on a whim, but find it usable only by root. Everything is set 0700 and owned root:root. The ~/Desktop file is overcomplicated and underperforming Code: [Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Mullvad Browser Setup
GenericName=Web Browser
Comment=Mullvad Browser  is +1 for privacy and −1 for mass surveillance
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;Security;
Exec=sh -c '"$(dirname "$*")"/Browser/start-mullvad-browser  --detach || ([ ! -x "$(dirname "$*")"/Browser/start-mullvad-browser ] && "$(dirname "$*")"/start-mullvad-browser --detach)' dummy %k
X-MullvadBrowser-ExecShell=./Browser/start-mullvad-browser --detach
Icon=web-browser
StartupWMClass=Mullvad Browser Now I'm not running this thing as root. I've already chowned the ~/Desktop file to my luser. I have a distinct feeling there's some OTT weirdo behind this, another DJB in the making? Let's hope not!

How do I make behave sanely in the most elegant & secure way? It would be a pity to drop it's underwear actually trying to make it work. Code: bash-5.1$ sudo ls -lhF  /opt/mullvad-browser
total 8.0K
drwx------ 11 root root 4.0K Jan  1  2000 Browser/
-rwx------  1 root root 1.8K Jan  1  2000 start-mullvad-browser.desktop*

Simon Coter has announced the release of Oracle Linux 9 Update 2, the stable version of Oracle's distribution built from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.2 source code but optionally using a custom-compiled "Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK)": "The latest releases of Oracle Linux enhance the user experience....

Installed ser2net (version 4.3.4) on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

When using a legacy config file with the following I will retreive data:
Code: 2000:telnet:600:/dev/ttyUSB0:115200 8DATABITS NONE 1STOPBIT banner When I use the yaml file (stored under /etc/) the connection is refused.
Code: connection: &con0096
    accepter: tcp,2000
    connector: serialdev,
              /dev/ttyUSB0,
              115200n81,local Newbie on Linux. Were to start looking?

I am releasing a Vim syntax highlighting plugin for Noweb source files at https://metaed.com/papers/vim-noweb/.

This plugin highlights Noweb syntax, but it also highlights the syntaxes of the embedded code blocks, when it knows them.

The files available are:

• the source (a Noweb source file),
• the compiled plugin,
• the compiled manual, and
• a specimen showing the syntax highlighting.

Generating the plugin from source has been tested on Slackware-64 15.0 with the Noweb add-on available from slackbuilds.org.

This has not been released before. It works for me. I would be glad for feedback on how it works for you.

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Red Hat is not a networking vendor, but it does play a strong supporting role in the networking ecosystem overall.Wright noted that while his company is not necessarily in the business of low-level data center infrastructure networking gear, such as switches and routers, Red Hat�s software does integrate and touch all the low-level gear in one way or another.

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Red Hat is not a networking vendor, but it does play a strong supporting role in the networking ecosystem overall.Wright noted that while his company is not necessarily in the business of low-level data center infrastructure networking gear, such as switches and routers, Red Hat’s software does integrate and touch all the low-level gear in one way or another.

Learn the key differences between the var and let keywords in JavaScript, and explore the best practices regarding their usage.

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Learn how to iterate over two lists in parallel in Python, so you can combine and process data from different sources.

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Hello,

Since I'm not getting the subscription e-mails, I can't ask in those tools' forums on Sourceforge.

I tried xidel and XMLStarlet as command line tools to parse XML files and grab everything (elements + text) below given nodes… to no avail: The tools only return the texts it finds, not the elements.

Code: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gpx>
  <metadata>
    <name>Some name</name>
  </metadata>
  <trk>
    <name>Track 1</name>
    <trkseg>
      <trkpt lat="48.81782" lon="2.24906">
        <ele>37.5</ele>
      </trkpt>
      <trkpt lat="48.81784" lon="2.24906">
        <ele>37.5</ele>
      </trkpt>
    </trkseg>
  </trk>
  <trk>
    <name>Track 2</name>
    <trkseg>
      <trkpt lat="48.81782" lon="2.24906">
        <ele>37.5</ele>
      </trkpt>
      <trkpt lat="48.81784" lon="2.24906">
        <ele>37.5</ele>
      </trkpt>
    </trkseg>
  </trk>
</gpx> Code: xidel -s input.gpx -e "//trk/trkseg/*"
xml sel -t -v "//trk/trkseg/*" input.gpx Code: 37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5 Am I doing it totally wrong, or are those tools precisely meant to ignore elements themselves?

Thank you.

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Edit: Yes, indeed. By default, only texts within elements are output.

→ Code: xidel input.gpx -e "//trkseg/*/outer-xml(.)"