@veronica

For a new user, Debian is not that OS that is ready to use upon a fresh install. You're going to have to configure things manually and install many other things, adding 3rd-party repos.

For example, sudo is not even enabled upon install. Debian themselves don't supply truly working non-free media codecs or firmware, so I suggest https://deb-multimedia.org
(think of it as Fedora's RPM Fusion repo).

And as pointed out, yes, a lot of old software. Stable, yes, but old.

#Debian #Linux

Recently I got asked about my @BoxyBSD@bsd.cafe project, which offers free VPS instances of vary #BSD based systems for learning and educational purposes and I'm happy to share that this projects remains available. Several things could finally be clarified to continue this service to make sure people can learn and practice on real #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD systems to #RUNBSD. Also, BoxyBSD starts moving over to #Sylve on #bhyve.

But not only that! We could also get some more new resources and locations to scale and this also brings up another new project for #free Linux #VPS instances at https://boxedtux.com (Fedi: @BoxedTux@mastodon.social) where people will be able to learn and practice on different #Linux based distributions (e.g., #Debian, #Ubuntu, #Rocky,...). BoxedTux utilizes #Proxmox clusters as a foundation.

Hope you like this small update... Over & out!

#freeVPS #VPS #VM #Hosting #education #learning #learningplatform #service #opensource #BoxedTux

Alt...

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Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) has just been patched on Debian 13, with kernel version 6.12.85-1 from trixie (security).

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-31431

#CopyFail #Debian #Linux #InfoSec #CVE

37 days after the vulnerability was reported to the #linux kernel security team ...

34 days after kernel patch Reported-by: "0wn @ [vulnerability research org]" ...

7 days after a conspicuously-vague CVE announcement...

No patches from #Ubuntu #debian #redhat #fedora

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@benjamineskola @alienghic as an anarchist #debian developer, that's exactly what i was thinking right then. also, it's interesting that @sunweaver used the term "anarchy" instead of "anarchism" here, which *is* what is on the darn t-shirt. :)

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Debian 13 "trixie" is released with Ceratopsian by Elise Couper as its default theme, featured across wallpapers, installer, and login screens. https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Ceratopsian #debian #debian13 #trixie #ReleasingDebianTrixie

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