August 2025 - Talk - lists.gtalug.org

Anyone have experience with Bazzite Linux?
by Evan Leibovitch 12 Aug '25

12 Aug '25

Fedora and KDE based. Immutable. Most installable apps are Flatpaks. Best tuned for AMD graphics. Apparently the best and easiest way to turn any PC into a SteamDeck, ie, gaming system. Has anyone here tried it? - Evan

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Reminder: Tonight General meeting is only Online tonight.
by Alan Heighway 12 Aug '25

12 Aug '25

*Lighting Talks* Thanks to all that contact me to do a talk. If anyone else wants to do one at the time of the meeting please let us know and we'll add you in. Description: *Short talks, 5-15 minutes, on various subjects around Linux and FOSS. If you have a talk, let us know and we'll add you to the list.* *Come ready to speak, listen, and engage. This is your platform.* Speaker: Moderator: Alan Heighway *Agenda*: 1. Business Meeting 2. Presentation 3. Discussion 4. Adjournment *Date / Time:* August 12th, 2025 19:30 EST *Location:* *Online using Nextcloud:* https://hub.gtalug.org/call/7m45sf9i *A*lan *H*eighway <http://heighway.ca/> heighway.ca 416-712-5247 VA3WAH / VA3YKZ [image: Please consider the environment before printing]

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Meeting Reminder - ONLINE ONLY this month
by Alan Heighway 11 Aug '25

11 Aug '25

Lighting Talks This month we will be meeting online only. I'm disappointed that only one person has come forward to speak. Remember this group only works if everyone participates! Needless to say, I'm Still looking for speakers! Description: Short talks, 5-15 minutes, on various subjects around Linux and FOSS. If you have a talk, let us know and we'll add you to the list. Come ready to speak, listen, and engage. This is your platform. Speaker: Moderator: Alan Heighway Agenda: 1. Business Meeting 2. Presentation 3. Discussion 4. Adjournment *Date / Time:* August 12th, 2025 19:30 EST *Location:* Online using Nextcloud: https://hub.gtalug.org/call/7m45sf9i *A*lan *H*eighway <http://heighway.ca/> heighway.ca 416-712-5247 VA3WAH / VA3YKZ [image: Please consider the environment before printing]

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Fwd: [mdlug] Mastodon Thread asking if anyone knows: help for people install Linux on old unused computers
by Ron 10 Aug '25

10 Aug '25

Someone on this list and also on the fediverse might want to mention the list: -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Mastodon Thread asking if anyone knows: help for people install Linux on old unused computers Mastodon Thread asking if anyone knows: help for people install Linux on old unused computers. I just thought this was interesting. https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk/114949209070855062 -------- Forwarded Message --------

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Debian 13 "Trixie" is now out
by Colin McGregor 09 Aug '25

09 Aug '25

Subject more-or-less says it all, Debian stable has now moved from version 12 "Bookworm" to version 13 "Trixie" and is now available for download via the usual sources. Colin.

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How to display my name instead of my email?
by Sam K 05 Aug '25

05 Aug '25

Hi all I'm a new joiner. I have been trying to find a way to display my name or change my name from my email that is being shown. Is there a way to do this? Thanks ! Sam

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The Y2038 issue and Debian 13 (aka: "Trixie")
by Colin McGregor 04 Aug '25

04 Aug '25

Below is a story about where Debian 13 (aka: "Trixie") stands regarding the Y2038 issue. In quick summary the Y2038 issue is that time in the current stable Debian release (and to the best of my knowledge all other Linux distributions) stores time as a 32 bit number with the number of seconds since January 1st, 1970 AD. After 03:14:07 UTC on January 19, 2038 you may have Linux systems thinking it is 1970. "Trixie" will be the first Debian release to use 64 bit time. so they will be kicking the issue of running out of time from 2038 to 40,000,000,000 A.D. which should be good enough for most applications :-) . Trixie is in final testing with a final release date not yet announced, so this is in the "coming soon" class... https://lowendbox.com/blog/starting-to-catch-up-linux-finally-addresses-the… For anyone who is saying to themselves this doesn't matter to me because I run ..."<<Blah>>"... Linux remember that a bunch of other Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu and Raspberry Pi OS are based off of Debian, so this change will ...echo... well outside just Debian.

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Workaround for flaky LibreOffice macros
by William Park 04 Aug '25

04 Aug '25

Hi all, Macros in LibreOffice is still flaky. For simple key macros, you can use 'xdotool' as a workaround. Eg. 1. On terminal xdotool selectwindow 2. Click LibreOffice Calc window. Its windowid (say, 12345678) will be printed on the terminal. 3. Click a cell. 4. On terminal xdotool key --window 12345678 --clearmodifiers F2 1 2 3 4 Enter will put '1234' into that cell.

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