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    Why is systemd preferred for lightweight distributions.

    Yes seen much vitriol towards Mr Pottering for systemd and pulseaudio - causing much division. Not very healthy. Fact is as has been said there is distros that can be used with sysvinit - so if the conviction to only use a sysvinit system then there is distros to meet that need.
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    Ubuntu Certification expired

    Welcome to the forums Wiley54.
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    Hello

    We are glad to have you aboard Mike - Welcome
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    Why is systemd preferred for lightweight distributions.

    Don't have a problem with systemd - used Devuan for the longest time, but decided to switch to Debian and so far I don't regret it - Bullseye is running really well especially on this old Vaio VGN-FE15GP 32 bit laptop - pretty solid vanilla distro. Can't notice any performance difference with...
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    Intro

    Welcome aboard enjoy Linux - there is much choice to be had out there.
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    It's time for a poll. How long have you used Linux?

    @Bartman yes this forum is the best I have been in no infighting, mud slinging like in other forums which distract from the purpose of helping people to get their systems running. The moderators deserve a huge thanks for keeping this forum running. Not an easy job at all. Having tutorials for...
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    So Many OS's to Choose From - which one?

    Welcome aboard - yep many great choices Linux Lite mentioned earlier really good with its pop up menu at the start to guide you setting up. I have latest Debian running on this machine as I type. I will not fall into the trap of saying mine one is the best because there are many great choices...
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    Australia - The Land Down Under

    I was very sorry to hear about the death of one of Australia's great cricketers Andrew Symonds after the loss of Shane Warne both died too young, Many great memories of their performances at test level.
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    NVIDIA Releases Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules

    Great news.
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    Need help getting past Facebook Two-Factor without a phone

    Very Happy to hear your FB is restored good result.
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    Need help getting past Facebook Two-Factor without a phone

    https://www.followchain.org/recover-facebook-no-email-phone/
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    "SOLVED my choice was Linux Mint" Choosing a Linux distribution

    To be honest it will be whatever best suits your machine then working with that.
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    What Kernel are you running?

    Linux refracta 4.9.0-18-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.303-1 (2022-03-07) x86_64 GNU/Linux Running ASCII on Sony Vaio VGN-NW15G
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    GnuIcecat packages that are more up to date for Debian.

    On the GNU they stopped at version 60 in 2019. these are up to date packages for Debian. GNUIcecat contains no non-free plugins.
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    GnuIcecat packages that are more up to date for Debian.

    More up to date packages for icecat for Debian Linux. https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3Alosuler%3Aicecat&package=icecat
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