User and Root Passwords

There is a big advantage not using the Root Password, if you are the Only User.

One need not have to give the Password every time You install or delete an application.

But make sure you are logged off or shutdown the computer if you are away for a cup of tea.

If one sits down with a system widely opened he has access to your DATA.

Having a Root Password eleminate that danger. Bit of paranoia is welcome in Linux.

I am very comfortable with Debian and always have a Root and User password.

I believe the system and never ever fiddle with basic configuration in Debian GNOME.

I am relatively new to ARCH base and BlueStar Linux is my trustworthy compsnion.

Since,  I have two instancrs of BlueStar, I decided not to Use Root password for the Developer option.

BlueStar Linux is studded with applications.

I need add 5 or 6 GNOME applications.

I'll report you with my progress.

It is currently instslling updates 

It has a conflict with one file called

bslx- beautyline - 3.0.3-5 and 2:3.0.3-4 are in conflict.

Before that I want to see whether OpenMandriva GNOME would mount.

Well it did mount.

It is updating and it has more components than in Debian GNOME.

1604 uodates.

Thank You, OpenMandriva.

Try and get your KDE Desktop (new 7th version) to install like the GNOME Iso.

KDE version 6 seems to be OK but ruined my GRUB.

In its updates it is trying to configure the GRUB and thankfully it is giving me Terminal output SLOW enough for me to read. These ARCH guys do this in lightening fast and see only the final outcome.

It took 25 minutes to install lot more than GNOME. Terminal is closed now but there another active background running item

Final test.

Try install Blender.

Well it did install it fast.

But My GRUB even though OpenMandriva read it carefully but was not RESTORED.

I have to do it myself and I am ready in another half an hour.

Win Win situation and I am glad I erased Neptune 9.1.

It has Gparted to begin with.

Instead of Synaptic Package Manager it has Open Mandriva Repository picker.

I"ll try it after updates are over.

Thank You OpenMandriva for taking me back to my humble Mandrake beginning.

Well I  am using software to install Abiword in snadbag configuration.

It is a bit if a hitchhiking.

I think it is still not customer ready.

I have to do lot of updates to my book including a chapter on Androids.

සත්‍යට මුහුණ නොදෙන්නා අසත්‍යයෙන් මියයයි

මේ ධර්මපදයක් නොව මගේ ලංකාව ගැන දේශපාලන කියවීමක්.

බොරු අම්බානක කියලා බලය ලබා ගෙන, එළබෙන ප්‍රශ්න වලට මුහුණ දෙන්න බැරිකළ ජනතාව ගොනාට ඇන්ද වීම තමයි මේකට කියන්නේ.

Mandrake to Mandriva to OpenMandriva KDE Plasma

Both diect and linuxtraker downloads are in snail pace.

I am going to erase Neptune 9.1 since its GRUB Frozen configuration file won't let me install GNOME.

I am going to. Blacklist all KDE desktop distributions that stall Debian GNOME.

OpenMandeiva KDE did not mount even on live mode. GNOME version mounted but ruined my GRUB.

Please do not try this distribution which does not understand the User Needs.

Well, I am going to settle down with Russian ALT Linux which has the fastest download speed. Besides, it has a Isos for Enlightenment and IceWM. But no application. One has to use the Sysiphus to install software.

All at 2GB size.

Russian ALT Developers have come to town and I recommend their ISO Images.

Yes, I started with Mandrake KDE desktop.

It came from France.

A lunatic Mandrake Magician sued for the name but MandrakeSoft continued untl it went in to bankruptcy.

The project Globe Trotter, was well advanced for its time, never so the sunlight.

Then the Developers many Engineers who lost their jobs made a consortium to develop a images for every conceivable firmeware for hardware available.

Isos were not released on time and I moved to PCLinuxOS until Texstar Bill Reynolds quit with the entry of 64 bit computers.

By this time, I had discovered Debian Gnome and with 6 to 7 CDs, I compiled a GNOME Desktop. 

That was my beginning untli March,  2010 when I decided to compile a review of 100 Linux distribution which ended up past 200. I beat Sachin Thandurkar who was trying for his 200th ODI century.

Then I moved to soccer star Argentinian Dieogo Maradona but lost interest when the soccer tournament was held in Middle East where females and expact workerd were inhumanely treated.

Soccer is all money now.

Even fourth place France gets 27 millions.

Roughly 3 million for each Team.

They use this money to buy players of outstanding performance record.

USA 15 mullions 

Australia 12 millions but I love Australian Rugby Football which is fast and entertaining.

බුදු සමිදුන් ලංකාවේ ඉපදුන බව තහවුරු කරගන්න

බුදු සමිදුන් ලංකාවේ ඉපදුන බව තහවුරු කරගත විට, අපට පහසුවෙන් මිථ්‍යා මත බොහොමයක් බැහැර කල හැක.

අහසින් නාග දීපයට, කැළණියට සහ මහියංගනයට වැඩම කල බව බැහැර කල හැක්කේ එවිටය.

තරුණයන් තිදෙනෙක් බුදු සමිදුන් රුවල් නැවකින් ඉන්දියාවේ පැටලී පුත්‍ර සිට ලංකාවට ආ බව කීම විහිළුවක්.

ඒ කාලයේදී අපි අභ්‍යාකාශය තරණය කල බව බැහැර කිරීමක්‌ නම් නොවේ.

දීපය

දේශය 

මව 

වංශය 

කාලය 

සම්පුර්ණ වසන්නේ ඉන්දියාව වැනි කර්කශ දේශයක නොව ලංකාව වැනි රාමාණීය දේශයකය.

ඉන්දියාවනුවන්ට සහ දමිළයන්ට දිරවන්නේ නැත්තේ එයයි.

මේ තරුණයන් තිදෙනාට ඉන්දියාවෙන් කොපමණ මුදල් ගලා ආවේද කියලා හොයල බලන්න.

ජයරත්න පතිරආරචිචි ඒ බව කියන්නේ සාක්ෂි ඇතිවය.

ජනප්‍රවාද ගොඩක් ජන මනස තුලට දමා කැන්ද හලියක් පේරලුවා මේ පුංච් ළමයි තුන් දෙනා.

සෝමදේවයන්ගේ ගෝලයෝ වෙන්න ඇති.

සෝමදේවයන් බෙදුන් වාදින්ගේ නවතම ඉත්තාය.

ඔහු අනුන් ලවා කැන්ඳහැලිය පෙරලනවා.

මරු ෂෝක් වැඩක් මේක.

Sri-Lankan Rupee is Depreciating Fast

Currently 335 For US dollar 

Currently 445 for UK pounds

Currently 235 for Australian dollar 

Well the economy in Ceylon is in tatters under Anura and Tilwin combo.

Rate for Indian Rupee is stable at 3.5.

If you want to worship Niganta Buddhas it costs you more.

So, remain in Ceylon and support Jayarathna Pathiraarach.

It is time to worship our Buddha here in Teldeniya which British put under water under the pretext of Victoria Project.

Gaminie Dissanayake paid with his life for this betrayal. 

Playing cricket was more important to him than Buddha and our own history.

While our Cricket ranking is below Pakistan, Bangladeshand West Indies under Anura and Tilwin.

දැන් පොල් පිත්තෙන් ක්‍රිකට් ගහමු.

The future safety from grave diggers was in the mind of the British.

I am Addicted to Androids

Yes, I am addicted to Androids.

I am a Tech Guy.

I am a Political Guy.

I would summarily dismiss the politics from the very outset.

Live engine of Democracy is the Vibrant Opposition.

සිංහලෙන් කිව්වොත්, ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදයේ දැතිරෝදය බැබලෙන විරුද්ධ පක්ෂයක පැවතීමය. 

දැනට එය පවතින්නේ කැලුම් ජයසුමන නිසා පමණි. 

අනිත් අය එම දැති රෝදයේ පෙත්තකට වත් ගත හැකි අය නොවේ. 

ලංකාවේ එම ප්‍රතිරෝදය දැඩි ලෙස මර්දනය වෙමින් පවතී. 

I think, I started with Kit Kat.

Before that I had a basic and cheap Singaporean cellphone which I discarded before coming to Australia.

I also had an "අඔ ඇට" cellphone for quick communication. Just to find the place where Anchor කිරිපිටි or පාන්පිටි is available. I send a messenger by a 3Wheeler to collect what is available.

I still have that cellphone with Hutch SIM card. I have a Singaporean SIM, too. I guess it has expired. The plan was to go back in 3 months.

I had a dialog prepaid Dongle.

I bought a brand new SLT-MobiTel Dongle and I have not yet removed its original seal. I di not support Dialog after it was taken over by an Indian subsidiary.

I am antiindian by conviction.

We have two MobiTel lines one prepaid and one postpaid.

My first email is not Google (not in existence) but MobiTel Yahoo Mail which I reactivated.

I have an AOL email too.

Both of them I use to publish my books at Amazon.

Coming to my books, I had to add a chapter on Androids.

Afterall it is Linux based.

I need to make a note on Nokia cellphones bought over by Microsoft and eventually killed.

Original Cellphone was an Finnish company's innovation. 

Not an American innovation.

It now exists as HMD Global.

Appropriately name Human Mobile Devices.

I sold (not pawned) my gold ring and bought 10 Nokia cellphones. 

After all they do not put the ring into the coffin of the owner to whom it belongs.

This decision I now consider, a smart one.

I had Android 5 to Android 9 which I invested fully.

I had Kit Kat on two cheap Chinese copycats and a game outfit which could not copy my 18 characters passed for gmail and blogposts.

I had Lollypop on one phone and Pie on another. I disposed all of them before leaving Ceylon.

One incident worth reporting.

I gave one of my cellphones with a Hutch Prepaid SIM to a STUPID guy who used to do odd jobs for me including finding Anchor milk food. The understanding was that he uses its DATA until data is over and throw it to a bin. He did not know how to change the SIM.

That stupid.

He gave it to a rouge Muslim Guy to add his SIM to it. 

This Muslim guy removed my SIM and put one of his SIMS.

This guy must be running a BOGUS Hospital under my name. I pity all his patients. 

This guy did not tell me this incident. 

Only, after probing I got to know and I quickly disposed the house whose address was on the SIM to avoid legal implications. 

In any case, I refused to pay a yearly Registration Fee to Ceylon Medical Council under which I was registered.

I am M. B. B. S. (Ceylon) which I am proud of.

I went with this guy and reported it to Hutch but Hutch run by a Muslim guy did not rectify the misappropriation of my SIM. That is why I HATE Hutch to this day.

Never trust a Muslim Guy in Ceylon.

Many of them are crooks.

This guy asked for my Laptop knowing that I was about to leave. I blasted him saying that You could not deal with a simple SIM and how can I trust you with a Laptop was my response.

The Laptop is now running 10 Linux distributions smoothly.

I shifted to a restaurant cum a residence in Kandy 3 weeks prior to my departure. 

He was also accommodateed in this residence to help me sort out simple things. 

Then of course I had a very reliable Driver and earthwhile helper from my cement tanks building to day to day mobility on the final days of my stay in Ceylon.

Of course, Sumane my classmate in preschool was in charge of my travel arrangements up to the Katunayake Air Terminal.

Thanks to all of them.

I have another ring I bought when I was in New Zealand in 1994 a decade after marriage.

Little note about Ceylonese attitude to marriage and rings. 

It is not a love-bond but a financial-bond. The moment the relationship cracks the opposing party demands the ring back. 

If not they go to Courts and spend 10 times the value of the ring. That is why lawyers are very rich in Ceylon. 

The Court of course, try to patch up or settle it amicably which never materialize in Ceylon.

Another TOPIC for Amen Kariyakaravana.

Let me List the positives of Androids and Google Blog Spot.

1. It provides me space to Blog.

2. I have Google Drive to store my photos especially flowers of my liliie plants.

3. I have used many of its androids up to 13 the current one.

4. It does not change me for the basics.

5. It has 24/7 civerage.

6. In an emergency one can locate me in a few minutes.

7. It is child friendly and blocks unwanted sites.

8. Well it lets me opt out of its payment scheme.

9. I used only once a YouTube presentatuon to promote Linux.

10. All my Linux UPDATES are under Google and have a healthy audience.

11. It alerts me the moment I sign in with Gmail.

What more one needs?

Thank you Google for all these Services 

අඹ බයන්න ලියන්න පුලුවන් මේ යතැරු පුවරු වෙන්

නමුත් වැරදි නිවරිදි කරන්න Desh keyboard එක යොදන්න සිදු වුනා.

සිංහල අකුරුවල ඉස්පිලි පාපිලි හල් කිරීම් සහ වැල් කිරීම් වැඩේ, නිසා සමහර විට වැඩේ දෙල් සහ කොස් වෙනවා.

වැල වෙන්න දෙන්න බැහැ.

තමන්ට සුදුසු keyboard එකක් තෝරා ගත යුතුයි.

වෛද්‍ය කොම්බු දෙකේ අකුරු ඛණඩෙයේ ඛ යන්න මෙහි නැහැ.අනිත් keyboard එකට ගිහිල්ලා ඛ යන්න සොයා ගත්තා.

ට ඪ බ භ desh වල නැහැ 

අවුල හෙමින් සැරේ ලිහා ගත්තා.

මෟතජ සංජද නිසා වෙඩෙ අවුල්.

වැඩේට ගොඩක් වෙලා යනවා.

නමුත් අපේ අකුරු සහ වහර සෝදා පාලු වෙන්න නොදී බේරගන්න අවශ්‍යයයි.

මම පොඩි තල්ලුවක් දෙනවා.

කුමාරෝදය සහ මුනිදාස කුමාරතුංඟයන්ගේ පොත හැදැරු මට මගේ සිංහල ගුරුවරයා වික්‍රමසිංහ මනක් වෙනවා.

නමුත් කරුමය එය නොවේ.

සිංහල National Suit එක ඇඳගෙන පාසලට ආ ඔහූ මාස 3ක English අධ්‍යයාපනයට පසුව දික් කලිසම ඇඳලා පාසෙලෙන් පිට වීම.

මම භෂා දෙකම හරි හරියට පරිහරණය කරන්න තීරණය කලා.

සිංහලය, ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණට විනාශ කිරීමට දී බලා සිටිය යුතු නැහැ.

ඔවුන් රටට කරුමයකි.

Neptune is a Superb KDE Desktop BUT

Neptune has become one of my favorite distributions.

It is Debian based.

Old kernel 612.

Its Image is 3.6GB and fits a 4GB USB stick.

I am installing it on top of Neon User.

I have no other partition to spare.

Well, it has some problems.

Its KDE takes ages to UPDATE.

It cannot even install AbiWord.

It allows Synaptic Package Manager to be installed but after UPDATES I cannot install GNOME applications.

So I installed all what I want including Blender using Synaptic Package Manager and then clicked the KDE UPDATE.

It seems to have worked BUT I cannot get GNOME under its SDDM Plymouth BootCofiguration.

That Script is Frozen and won't uodate with GNOME.

Well I am missing only the GNOME Desktop but since I installed all the GNOME applications before hand I can use them under Neptune Desktop.

Well BlueStar Linux let me install GNOME on its SDDM. That is why I am highly impressed by BlueStar Linux and I two instancrs installed in my NUC.

I trief installing Neptune to get GNOME but I failed.

I am giving up.

One can have only one GRUB File in EFI partition.

That finishes my Tedting of KDE desktop.

I keep Neptune to remind me that I hate KDE by default.

Well Voyager is a new finding.

It is beautiful and and I got GNOME on top of its desktop.

ෙමය තවත් පුවරැක්

ෙකාමිබුෙව පඥය තියනවා

Voyager Linux has done some Work on Ubuntu Desktop

Voyager Debian Edition was successfully installed in my NUC and GRUB was updated without a hitch.

Added blender, too.

No space left but Blender launched perfectly well. Old Edition (4.3.12).

I have already converted it to a GNOME Desktop.

Yes, Voyager Linux has done some Work on Ubuntu Desktop.

It looks like Modiccia Cinnamon Desktop .

WiFi is OK.

Bluish Green colour arrangement is soothing to the eye.

As Ubuntu installation is in snail pace compared to ARCH derivatives, I decided to sit and wait.

Have a cup of Ceylon Tea, instead.

Well, i am a patient guy.

If I am not happy, I would install 13.5 Debian version.

It says 2.9GB is enough which I do not believe.

It has copied GNOME desktop arrangement to a large extent which enticed me to install it.

SLOW pace is killing me SOFTLY and World Cup Soccer coming to a close I have nothing else to do except finish my books.

I do 20 to 30 pages a sitting.

Writing books is a very boring pastime.

It has no Gparted but it can be installed in a live setting but one has to get Synaptic Package Manager, first.

It has OS-Uninstaller which I have never tried. May be to remove an OS already in a system.

It is valled Glade2scriptPython3.

It says it has a new version but I declined but with the installer on it cannit mount.

Nearly 15 minutes, it is still retrieving file after file.

As expected it failed.

I am going to try Debian version.

Since, I have only Forky installed having the Debian 13 was a good idea with some changes to the Desktop. 

I won't try Blender with only 12.7GB. I did by increasing the /root to 30GB. I had to sacrifice Netrunner one of my Linux old flames.

It is good for Debian to foster one of these children.

By the way, I went for factory setting of my Chinese MI cellphone and saved 50% of storage. With all my needed applications installed It went up to 44%.

I may try Debian on it now.

Debian does not support Cellphone edition unless it is specifically built for Linux.

Neptune has become one of my favorites and is Debian based.

ෙමඊ ෙකාමබුව ෙසයන්න ගත් වැයමක්

ෙමය ෙෙකාමිබූව  ෙසාසයන්න වෑයමකි.

පරාදයි

සින්හල අකුරු පුවරුව

බින්දුව නතුව බෙරිය  

දෙස් අකුරු පුවරුවට ලන් කරන්න බෑ

අනිත් පුවරුවල ලොකු අඩුපාඩු තියනවා.

ෙමය තව පුවරැවක්

ෙකාිබුව න්න්නනැහැබ

ෝම තව අකැරැ පුවරැවකේ

අකැරැ හරියට නැැහැ.

කමන්ඩෝ බලකායක් රටට අහිම් කළ අමන ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ

එමන් කාරියකරවන මේවා නොලියන නිසා මටවත් මේ ගැන සටහනක් කිරීමට සිදුවී ඇත.

එය කෙටියෙන් මෙසේය.

ඇතුළු විස්තර මට ලැබුනේ නවලෝක රෝහලේදීය. 

මා රෝහලේ පරිපාලන කටයුතුවල යෙදී සිටින විටය.

නවලෝකේට ගියා, පස්සේ පරලොකෙට ගියා යන අනිවර්තයෙන් බැබලුන, රෝහල ඒ නමින් ගලවා ගැනීම මගේ උත්සහාය විය.

ලලිත් ඇතුලත්මුදලි එවිට මිය ගොස්ය.

ඔහුගේ දියණිය රෝගාතුර විය. තස්ත්‍රයන්ගේ උවදුර නිසා රජයේ රෝහලකට ඇතුලත් කිරීම නුසුදුසු යන්න පිළිගන්නට සිදුවිය.

ඇය රෝහලට ඇතුලත් කලත් පිළියම් කිරීමට සුදුසු වෛද්‍යවරයෙක් නොවිය.

මහරෝහලෙන් බලකායක් ආදේශ කිරීමට සිදුවිය. නමුත් නම ලැබුනේ නැවලෝක ආයතනයටය. මේවට මමත් සුළු සුළු වශයෙන් අත ගැසීමි.

අවශ්‍ය වෛද්‍ය බලකාය Internal සහ External වශයෙන් වර්ග කොට පැය 24ම ආවරණය කිරීමට සැලසුම් කෙලෙමි.

නැවතත් ලලිත් ඇතුලත්මුදලිට.

ඔහු ආරක්ෂාක ඇමතිය.

බෙදුන් වාදීන් විරුද්දව කමාන්ඩෝ බලකාය ගොඩ නැගුවේ ඔහුය.

Rapid Recruitment Initiative ඉදිරියට ආවේ ඒ නිසාය.

400යක බලකායකට Gazette පත්‍රයක් නිකුත් විය. ජාතික විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ නරුමයන් ආයුධ පුහුණුව නොමිලේ ලබා ගැනීමට මේ 400ට ඇතුලත් විය.

හරිම ගණන නිගමනය කළ නොහැකි විය.

400යම පලුමු මෙහෙයුමේදීම ආයුධ සමග අතුරුදහන් විය.

එකෙකු හැර 399ක්‌ම පසුපස එළවා නිමා කිරීමට සිදුවිය. 

බෙදුන් වාදින්ට විරුද්ද සටන අවුරුදුදකින් පසු බෑවුමකට ලක්‌විය.

ඉතුරුවූ පුද්ගලයා හොදම වෙඩික්කාරයය. ඔහු කාලයක් අදික කුලියට ඉලක්ක එකතු කරමින් සහ හිට්ටි පනිමින් සිට අතර පසුව අතුරුදහන් විය.

මගේ නිගමනය ඔහුව CIA ඒක clandestine වෙඩික්කාරයන් පුහුණුවට යොදා ගන්න ඇති බවය.

මෙය වැරදි නම් මම සමාව බජනය කරමි.

මෙයින් හොදක් විය.

ඉන් පසුව කිසිම JVP කාරයකුට ආරක්ෂක හමුදා කිසිවකට බැදීමට බැරිවිය.

දැනට බලයේ සිටින රජයට කඹ්‍රරුකන් කරන දේශපාලන ගැත්තන්  ආරක්ෂක හමුදාවල නැත්තේ ඒ නිසාය.

ඩයි මයිනා හිර වෙලා ඉන්න ගැටළුව එයයි. 

බෙදුන් වාදීන්ට අවශ්‍ය හමුදාව නටබුන් කරන්නටය.

බෞද්ධ ආගම විනාශ කිරීමටය.

විමල් වීරවන්ස, චම්පික රණවක සහ චාපා බණ්ඩාර මෙයට විරුද්දව නැගී සිටිය යුතුය.

Thank YOU to Google AI

I have had another conversation with Google AI.

It was a fruitful discussion.

It cleared all my doubts about

GRUB

SWAP

File Systems

Kernels and

How Linux boots when an additional distribution is installed.

I have 14 distributions Installed and CachyOS and REBORN OS do not mount.

BlueStar Linux is the most versatile of the lot.

My base is Debian.

කතෝලික පල්ලියේ කෘමන්ත්‍රණය නැවතත් කරලියට

බෙදුන්වාදීන්ට සුදුසු අන්දමට රට දෙකඩ කිරුමේ කෘමන්ත්‍රනයට දැනටමත් සොදුපත් සකස් කර ඇත.

මෙහෙයුම බාර ගෙන ඇත්තේ කතෝලික පල්ලියයි. 

කාඩිනල්තුමා ගජරාමෙට වැඩ. 

මෙයට උසාවියේ ම්‍රල් පුටුවල වැජඹෙන නඩුකාර උන්නාන්සේ  කෙනෙක් තෝරා ගෙන ඇත. 

ඔහු පල්ලියේ ඔරසන් දෙන අතර, ම්‍රල් පුටුවෙන් විශ්‍රාම යන්නේ නැතුව වැජඹෙන්නට, අලුත්. නීතියකුත් නීති පොතට ගේන්න හදනවා දේශපාලකයන්ගේ උදව්වෙන්.

අනුරට ඉදිරිපත් කරන්න සොදුපත් දැනටමත් සකසා තියනවාලු

අනුර (ඔහු) පල්ලියේ අතකොලුවක්.

වැටත් නියරත් ගොයම් කෑවිට, කාට කියනුද ඒ අමාරුව.

CachyOS in Panic Mode

I decided to have a of Installing CachyOS on my NUC with 40 partitions and an array of other ARCH derivatived except Manjaro, it went into panic mode and FROZE.

It cannot believe that there are other distributions. It cannot accommodate in its GRUB file other distributions except Debian GNOME.

This I call the Paranoia of CachyOS.

So if one like me enjoying feast of other distributions pleae DO NOT try CachyOS.

It will fail.

REBORN OS does not have this Linux allegic problem.

I thought only Microsoft Windows had this allergic problem.

Well, my apology to CachyOS Developers, the mishap above may be due to 3 reasons.

My impatience.

Faulty Image written on the USB stick.

RAM not Freeing itself to accommodate the installation.

My Guess is the last.

I count at least to 100 before either switching off or restarting the system.

Wity Linux I am very patient.

That is Why, I NOW have 14 distributions installed inckuding REBORN and CachyOS.

My target was 10.

I never want to Linux Distributions failed except a few.

Pear OS

Pearl OS

Elementary OS and

ELive Linux.

It all started with BlueStar Linux couple of years ago.

Now I am very confident with ARCH Linux.

Only distribution I did not try this time is Endeavor OS a cute little OS.

I gave up on Stormy OS, too.

Problem with repositories.

My Final UPDATE on Distributions that Support KDE Desktops

BlueStar Linux Desktop is the most elegant and beautiful KDE Desktop. 

It has tons of applications preinstalled and I have to add only, AbiWord, Audacity and Blender on top.

Infact, I have two instances Installed

One is Desktop Pro and the other Developer Version.

All the rest including Tuxedo, Pop OS are only Window Dressing on top of the Display Manager.

Tuxedo OS miserably failed on my NUC.

It could not coexist with mulitudr of other Linux Distributions.

Please Do not use Tuxedo even if you have NVIDIA graphic card. It may ruin your card by overt or covert action.

I am currently, installing KDE Neon User 6.5 Version, I believe and I have several partitions left without a reliable distribution to try. 

I would have multiple instances of BlueStar Linux.

I have discarded CachyOS but but may consider using REBORN OS GNOME for a change.

As I already, that I have 4 partitios left two is for /boot partitions.

I have two left.

Is it for Tuxedo?

NO.

I would go for Elementary OS 8.1.

One has to pay Like Elive to get the image.

One wise guy in the Web suggested add 00 and you would get the Free Download of 8.1 Iso Image.

I have only one Old Patriot USB of under 4GB and this image is 3.3GB and bet only the Dedktop and one has to pay for their so called curated applications.

It is Pantheon and I already have Pantheon dedktop under BIG Linux.

Installation attempt was a failure.

It is UBUNTU based on that ground alone one should reject it.

UBUNTU and Elementary OS leavr YOU astray.

It took the Entire Display and could not mount my 40 partition on the screen. 

I tried to reduce its size failed.

I could only mount EFI, /root and one SWAP. I could not find a button to say Start INSTALL.

What a distribution to try?

If it like that for guy like me it is a Total Nightmare for a newbie.

Please do not try.

I might try Tuxedo OS, instead since it is now based on Debian, wisely.

Neon User is another Option.

I haven't tried Parrot OS Home Edition for a long time.

I am downloading them using Torrent.

I'll be back soon.

So if you are looking for some elegant KDE Desktops GO For BIG Linux.

By the way, unlike Debian one can install one Desktop and not multiples as in Debian

Elementary OS image is in a USB.

I am going to boot now and wait for my Penultimate Report.

By the way, Calamares distribution independent INSTALLER is pretty good and UBUNTU guys are missing a lot.

Display Managers of Linux

Slim

Light

GDM

MDM

DE Plasma of Neotunr

ලංකා ඉතිහාසය විකෘති කීරීම සංවිධානාත්මක ව්‍යාපෘතියකි

එම ව්‍යාපෘතියේ නියාමකයන් කවුද?

එංගලන්තයේ රජවරු 

එංගලන්තයේ ක්‍රිස්තියානි පල්ලිය 

ඉන්දියාවේ වාණිජ අවශ්‍යතාවය 

මහාභාරත සංකල්පය 

බෙදුන්වාධින් සතුටු කිරීම

සමහර ඉන්දියානු මුදලට යටවූ චීවරධාරින් 

සිංහලයන්ගෙ ඕතෑනිකම, නැත්නම් මජරිකම 

සිංහල ජාතිය සිංහයකුට ජාත කිරීම

අපේ මුතුන් මිත්තං වූ රාවණා වංශය ඉන්දියානුවෙකු විසින් ලියන ලද මහාවංශය පොත මගින් අතුගාදමා තිබීම.

ජයරත්න පතිරආරච්ච් අපේ ඉතිහාසයේ මුල් අවදිය, හෙළ අකුරු සහ සෙල්ලිපි වලින් හෙළි දරවූ කර ඇත.

නිවැරදි චිත්‍රය නැවත තැන්පත් කිරීමට කාලය එළබ ඇත.

නැත්නම් සිංහල ජාතිය හැඳි ගෑවී යනු ඇත. 

දැනටමත් එය පමා වී ඇත.

ජයරත්න පතිරආරච්ච් පෙරමුණේ සිටී.

ඔහුට උදව් නොදරන්නෝ මුළා වූවන්ය.

නෝරවේ ජාතිය බෙදුන් වාධීන්ට උදව් කරන්නේ රට දෙකඩ කිරීමටය.

ජාතික ජන බලවේගයට, මුදල් යොදන්නේ බෙදුන්වාධීන්ය. 

රට සහ ජාතිය අතරමන් කිරීම, නමසිය හැටේ (1960) දසකයේ සිට පාර කපුවේ ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණය.

ඔඋන්ගේ ගැටයට සිංහලයා ගොදුරු වී ඇත.

සිංහලයා මෝඩයා කැවුම් කන්න යෝදයා යන්න ගැලපෙන උපමාවකි.

ඒ උපමාවෙන් ගැලවීමට නම්, මුන්ගේ පාලනයට දොස් මුර තබා, ඉවත් කිරීමට, WWW නොහොත්  විමල් වීරවන්ස සහෝදරයාට බාර දිය යුතුයි.

ඔහුට එය කළ හැකිය.

ඔහුට බාර දිය යුතුයි.

WWW තරඟයෙන් අනීතික ලෙස ඉවත් කිරීමට මේ මාරයන් නොහොත් මැරයන් උත්සහ ගනු ඇත.

ඔහුව ආරක්ෂා කර ගැනීම රටේ අවශ්‍යතාවයවේ.

ඔහුට සුබ පැතුම්.

විමල් වීරවන්ස සහෝදරයා ලියා ඇති,

ඇත්ත නැත්ත පොත තහනම් කිරීමට පෙර මිලදී ගෙන මුන්ගේ ඇත්ත නැත්ත සොයා බලන්න.

එය රටේ අවශ්‍යතාවය ය.

Trinity Rescue Kit

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Trinity Rescue Kit

Trinity Rescue Kit (TRK) – a Linux distribution with a command-line interface, designed as a system rescue. TRK is especially equipped for repairing common problems in Microsoft Windows and Unix-like operating systems.

The project started in 2001 as a bootable DOS-based CD of proprietary software for offline operations (The Vault), and then has been moved to Linux as its base.

TRK is based on Mandriva and includes a set of utilities for:
– repairing damaged files
– recovering data
– resetting Windows passwords
– detecting computer viruses with a few different antivirus scanners
– disk cloning, including cloning Windows installations over the network
– recovering deleted data files
– editing disk partitions

The founder and developer of TRK is Tom Kerremans.

The last stable version is 3.4 build 372 released in April 2011, but there is newer, beta version 3.4 build 396 as of 2014 available too.

What we get from India is not AIDS but Diseases

What we get from India is not AIDS but Diseases  

I forgot to mention the Coronavirus India donated us lavishly in March, 2020. 

As a medical man, I have documented it here and in a book form.

 

It was the Indian businessmen who allowed it to spread in Garment Industries run by them in Ceylon. They were given adequate notice to close these units by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa but they did not listen but continued to operate and shifted the blame to President. 

My grouse with President was that he gave instructions to shift some of the contacts to Teacher Training College located above our house and let it spread to Kandy and beyond. 

It was that Navy Officer who was in contact with patients who was the source of other pockets.

 However, he realized his blunder and subsequently listened to the doctors. 

Our doctors did a wonderful job to contain and control it and WHO took it as a model.

President's military discipline should be commended but he lost his job to Cardinal and DJVP /JVP.

 

If not for the Coronavirus epidemic DJVP would have NEVER come to power.

 

My prediction is they would certainly loose next election due to Food, Security and Financial Crisis.

They are already in Panic Mode.

These guys who have not run even a "පෙට්ටි කඩයක්වත් දුවපු නැති මුන්ට" small boutique shop cannot run a country at large.

 What we get from India is not AIDS but Diseases 

This was my standard saying in 1973 during my Internship and subsequently as a District Medical Officer in Undugoda, Kegalle. 

Then, our double doctorate N. M. Perera was our Minister of Finance and he represented Karavanella.

Cholera imported from India through Jaffna was standard and I followed the WHO protocol and quarantined Undugoda Hospital for 3 weeks, one week more than the WHO requirement.

Idea behind was for me to be dismissed before Compulsory Service of 6 years so that I could go to UK. 

My brother was already in UK.

Under JRJ this was the first enactment nullified summarily.

My first day in hospital was spent on cleaning the floor of diarrhoea ward where sick kids were succumbing in numbers.

Additionally we had encephalitis epidemic.

Cholera

Encephalitis 

Dengue 

Still Malaria is imported from India.

I think the current cryptosporodiosis in America is also imported from India to AMERICA. 

 

May be brought in by Indian sailors of a multinational ship.

I would end up with a standard yarn about Indians and their gambling habits.

An American was holidaying in India.

When he saw an Indian defalcating on a sideboard, he said this does not happen in America.

He said he could prove that it happens even in New York.

They settle for an amicable bet and returned to America armed with two binoculars.

From a rooftop they scanned the entire neighborhood.

Then, the Indian Guy called the American Guy with jubilation to show his find.

It was Indian Embassy in America and the guy was the Indian High Commissioner to America.

This yarn came in to vogue when Indian High Commissioner was charged with ill treatment of a domestic aid of a lower caste.

Caste system is still rampant in India.

 

The American lost the bet.

The corollary here is never take a bet with an Indian.

He always WINS.

USB Sticks and Security

I have Lost only one USB stick all my Life.

It belonged to Sony.

I paid extra expecting Higher Quality from Sony. I could not format it fully. There was little bit of Sony stuff I could not ERASE. I do not think I discarded it to the bin. I disposed it by giving it somebody. Not to the seller. The guy (seller) was a Muslim  guy. Not I never went to his place but stop buying all Sony Stuff.

I had a Sony large cassette player which I  bought from Tottenham Court along with a Sony Double Deck Cassette Recorder.

Coming back to USB stick of 32 bit I bought in Ceylon. HIKVision, probably a Hong Kong product. This USB stick also has a reserved section which I cannot ERASE to write a Linux Iso Image.

I am trying to format it with GPT heading with NTFS and followed by FAT.

Even Puppy EasyOS cannot format it.

I could format it ignoring the portion that belongs to HIKVision.

That means I have 29GB out of 32GB.

I pa❤️d it in full and I got 3GB minus.

I never stored a single file in it.

I keep it in front of my NUC to remind me of the use of USB stick by US Defense Department and that CIA guy Edward Joseph Snowden who now lives in Russia.

He used TAILS.

AMERICA used LPS now named TENS and discontinued in 2021 after Coronavirus pandemic.

Light

Portable

Secure was its name.

I discovered US Defense Department was using it and never used it again.

It had two versions.

One ordinary and the other the deluxe.

Second one is the suspect item.

I managed find a copy of the ordinary LPS.

It won't run in a 64 bit NUC but I would try it on GNOME Boxes.

The point here is Chinese may be using sophisticated methods in their USB sticks.

The bottom line is You buy a USB stick from a trusted company.

Then check whether you can ERASE it fully before writing a Linux Image to boot.

GPT failed.

Even the USB stick belongs to Microsoft Windows Initial FAT.

That is why I say Microsoft is an extension of American covert activities.

For nearly 30 years I DID not use Microsoft Windows and total migration to Linux was the end result.

CDE, GNOME and KDE Desktops

CDE stands for Unix Common Desktop Environment.

It was proprietary.

GNOME the Goblet was created by two German students to make GNU free of proprietary stuff.

It was called GTK or Gnome Tool Kit.

KDE was proprietary with Qt tool kit.

Qt is now transitioning from Qt5 to Qt6.

It transitioned to Free Software much later.

It did not branch from GNOME.

K originally stood for Kool and this meaning was dropped to become neutral K without any distinct relative or origin.

GNOME was resistant to change.

It is actually a Development Platform with Runtime Environment for Global Developer Community.

Free to modify but a copy has to be left for the Common Goal or for the community to built on.

It is not like tinkering in KDE.

Crash car can be rebuilt to look like brand new. KDE effort is similar. 

No substance beneath.

Except for MATE everybody neglected Trinity Desktop Tool Kit.

Not only Pop OS or Tuxedo which are proprietary, there are many more beautiful KDE desktops.

BlueStar Linux tops the list and it is my favourite. 

I have 3 copies on, of which one is the Developer Edition.

I used Netrunner which accommodated Synaptic Package Manager.

It is still in 16.1.13+ 13 kernel.

Whereas, Debian Forky, 17.1.13+ 14 is the kernel. One generation or kernel behind.

Then there was Neptune.

It has a new version in 2026.

I am currently installing it.

It failed to overwrite XiVa Linux/Big Linux GRUB.

However, Netrunner RECOVERED it.

Thank you.

Neptune has some cool features.

I am not going to ADD GNOME 50 and spoil the soup for old KDE.

I am trying to install Netrunner which is like Manjaro cannot read my 40 partitions .

It finally did.

It is still in Plasma 5 version.

These KDE unlike GNOME guys are very SLOW to change and adopt New Trends.

This may be a reason I gave up KDE for good and remained with GNOME which is Stable, Rock Solid and Secure.

No need to reinvent the wheel to accommodate disillusioned Microsoft Dropouts.

 

ZORIN of Ireland started the rot trying to become Windows Look a Like.

I have 40 partitions.

One is for EFI.

3 for SWAPS.

36 remaining and I can accommodate a few KDE Desktops

KDE is adopted by many distributions.

KDE Neon User 

KaOS

MX Linux

Russian ROSA 

PCLinuxOS was one of my old favourites.

I found another KDE distribution called Vailux from Denmark.

It is a big image with lot of applications.

It failed to install in a 15GB /Root partition where Netrunner was installed. 

Netrunner also FROZE without space to install AbiWord and Audacity.

I am Installing Netrunner again one 1 kernel behind the Debian Forky.

I am Installing it to bring back some nostalgia.

Netrunner installation went OK. 

Having installed my basic stuff I have 5GB left out of 15GB.

If one wants a pleasant but light weight distribution with KDE Desktop, I have no hesitation of recommending it.

I have used it liberally in the past.

I am going to keep it.

I added the boot partition to the root having seen Vailux freezing on me.

Now there are 39 partition in total in a serial order.

I got all three Debian GNOME working fine.

BlueStar has 3 instances including Development Edition running fine but others are failing to mount since I had the audacity to format the EFI BootLoader.

Installation of Netrunner is going on slowly.

No report on Terminal.

No display of graphics information.

I have 8GB RAM.

Altogether 12 instances to be added in total of 500GB AT5000325AS hard disk. 

Memory failing it is ST9500325AS.

I got one letter and one number wrong.

Not bad in short term memory.

I still cannot figure out why I BOOTED Out KDE.

It is 3AM.

As suggested by AI, I embark on new features only after a good night sleep.

Modicia Simple - Linux for Professional Users

Well, there was a big omission on my part.

Two reasons I could not install Modicia in my Laptop.

It was a DVD image and would not boot on my Old Laptop using a USB.

Two ir takes 50GB.

I ERASED the USB and forgot about it.

Now that I have 4 instances of Debian GNOME one above my limit for Forky, there is a reason to Reinstall it.

I read a YouTube Video with Text information how to install it.

Last time I could find the installer as a visible icon.

It is there under System File.

It 612 old Kernel.

It is CINNAMON Desktop.

It has Synaptic Package Manager my favourite.

If one is not satisfied with Linux Ultimate Gamer this one is ideal for you.

Its 🥰 Image is only 5.5GB.

It comes from Italy and few specific languages are supported.

Installer is easy Calamares.

Unlike Ultimate Gamer it has ton of applications in addition to multimedia applications.

BIG Thank you to Italian Developers.

It is for

Professionals

For photographs 

Video Editors 

YouTubers

MPV

Ordinary users

Critics like me who enjoy music even though my Basic NUC does not have audio-video support.

I can stick a USB Audio Video jack and enjoy music again.

It is a complete package.

It could not configure the GRUB.

I may have forgotten the EFI BootLoader.

I have a way around it.

Report you soon.

Well the Developers should invest on 618 Kernel just like BIG Linux guys do.

They have multiple images to suit different kernels.

BlueStar Linux Tops the List and My Linux Ultimatum

BlueStar Linux Tops the List and My Linux Ultimatum

Well, BlueStar Linux tops the list.

It is comprehensive,

It is very beautiful.

It is fast.

It is installing, updating and adding additional software can be done under 30 minutes, even on my old Laptop with 4GB RAM.

What beats all that is, its GRUB Boot Loader which corrects entries even Debian GNOME feel shy to touch.

I am a vocal and ardent critic of KDE but me keeping 2 copies of BlueStar is the confirmation that not all KDE Desktops are bad.

Next best KDE for me is Linux Ultimate Gamer. It beats Steam Deck of Valve by a many a miles.

Valve promised to release a Desktop Edition within 3 years but failed.

I was a vocal critic of Valve from the very beginning. Steam was an application on 32 bit computers to play Simple Games.

Number 3 is Big Linux but since it is based on MANJARO I have bit of a reservation.

I hate MANJARO. 

It consumes lot of resources and Wayland does not function.

However, it has many shades of beautiful KDE desktops.

I cannot install GNOME on top of it.

Adding AbiWord and finding Gparted took half an hour.

Everything is arranged in a haphazard manner so that user is enticed to use its application store just like Sparky Linux.

It is NOT my daily driver.

I have ditched all Enlightenment desktops except AV Linux Moksha which is a beautiful Enlightenment Desktop.

It is not a XFCE Desktop which I thought it was.

Manjaro DID another Dirty Trick Today

 Manjaro DID another Dirty Trick

Caught Manjaro red handed.

I was trying to reinstall Manjaro on my Laptop.

It did not let me install the way I wanted.

It wanted to take over the hard disk. 

It reported that there is no hard disk to boot.

I came across this problem with CachyOS, too.

I have already stated here Manjaro did do some work with Mossad of Israel and it has those habits ingrained in the system.

All the distributions in my hard disk were password protected. I knew it could not enter my system.

Well, I removed the hard disk and swapped it with my NUC.

It is booting OK but I cannot mount any distribution since passwords were deliberately short because of the Figure of 8 Virus in my laptop. I am erasing Manjaro and install Debian GNOME to begin with. There is a bonus, the Toshiba hard disk is 320GB and now I got 500GB hard disk.

I am not going to mount the hard disk on the Laptop. I am going to keep it without a hard disk.        

So, Manjaro can be happy to say No Hard Disk to boot.

I painfully prepared this hard disk with 40 partitions. I would install the distributions one by one.  Other hard disk is safely in a Christmas Biscuit Tin where I used to keep variety of Ceylon Tea bags.

With this cold weather they are finishing past.

Good Bye, Manjaro and these events are now recorded in my book.

By the way, I am going to erase the extra EFI partition I had on this hard disk.

I am looking for an extra hard disk for the Laptop. Laptop testing is over for a while.

I had a major handicap.

I did not have a magnetic screwdriver to take the Hard Disk out. Well I had a surgical scissor with me and it came handy with a tiny forceps. Well I used to do tiny sutures in neonates and that patience still pay dividends.

Do not panic in a crisis

Well I got AbiWord, Gparted and USB formatter installed on my laptop hard disk now residing on NUC.

I did panic a bit and downloaded Gparted and copy of Partition Magic 6 in a hurry. Both did not boot from a USB. Having a Mini Nuc is handy in a crisis situation.

Having additional PC or NUC is my recommendation for Laptop Users.

Well, I did not use Laptop as a routine.

I need my hands free and a USB stick is my tool.

However, EasyOS Pup was caught by the Manjaro script. It could not mount the Hard Disk and reported what Manjaro said.

No Boot Disk.

A major disappointment.

I used to recommended Puppy Linux.

I did not have Trixie Pup to test.

 

 

 

Tribute to Jayarathna Pathiraarchchi for Reviving Real History of CEYLON

He is decades younger to me. 

Long Live Jayarathna Pathiraarchchi.

 

ආයු බෝ වේවා.

I never believed the Story planted by Indians that Vijaya and Kuveni initiated our history.

It is a Cock and Bull Story of Indians who wanted to capture CEYLON from Kalinga and Maga time and one of them was supposed to be left in Trincomalai without his genitals to be rescued by the fleeing invaders.

I firmly believe that Buddha was born in Ceylon. There is enough and more archaeological records and Stone Edits to prove it.

British archaeologists deliberately twisted and distorted our history.

That is because they plundered vast swath of our archaeological artifacts during 150 years of their occupation.

The destruction they caused to our Ola Leaves including to  our Native Medicine is enormous.

British wanted to plant their own version of history.

But our ancient erudite saw this destructive potential and recorded them in our own alphabet which they could not decipher. 

Panavithana was a rogue archaeologist who deciphered Stone Edits incorrectly to please the Invader.

I have to make a note about destructive Nuclear Forces. The next catastrophe is not natural as proclaimed by rogue monks who pretend that they have acquired some unusual mental capabilities through Meditation. Some of them are a deluded lot.

Next catastrophe is impending and it is nuclear and multi-prong. I try hard to state that fact and SAVE Planet Earth from the time of Ukraine War with that mad guy Zelenskyy provoking Russia. Then there is Iran and Israel crossfires. That potential is very high compared to Natural Catastrophe.

Coming to Jayarathna Pathiraarchchi, he is a born earth guy and a natural investigator. My Guess is this guy like  the monk Ganegama Dhamma Visuddhi Thera could Read to their past lives if not future trends. The future trends a reliable guesses based on past lives experiences.

They have a fascinating insight into our own history. They do not like to read and write in English or Sinhala but the language of our own Hela Diva (අක්ෂර) alphabet. 

He has in fact, produced and published our own defunct alphabet. 

He should be awarded the Nobel Prize for reviving our real history dumped by our own monks believing Mahanama and Buddhagosha who are the real distorter of our own history for Indian Interests.

This Guy Ellawala Medhananda is a real crook.

I make some comments on RAVANA Kings based on our Stone Edits when I finish installing 10 distributions in an orderly manner on my old Laptop.

In Ceylon especially in the seabed there are records of very old civilizations.

Remember Sir Arthur C Clerk and Ran Muru Dewa film. They were not only pearl harvesting but looking for ancient treasures.

We have had a robust Galactic Travelers in Ceylon according to Stone Edits.

Indians who were living in traditional RAVANA stories are discovering that we CEYLON had great ancient civilization.

They want to bury that TRUE history with their Myths and Legends.

This is another Reason I am Anti-Indian.

Not only Indians are Greedy but they want us to believe them word by word.

Jayarathna Pathiraarchchi is destroying Indian Myths. Some our monks and some local guys paid by Indians are distorting our history. Raj Somadeva is either paid by Indians or a long arm of LTTE.

Until we get rid of him from our Archaeology Department myths and mythology would galore.

RAVANA belongs to the 3 generations of Buddhas who lived in Ceylon. 

That probably extend uo to 30,000 or more years. This the discovery of Jayarathna Pathiraarchchi who has done painful research work with some erudite monks of CEYLON. 

Our monks protected our story.

Bringing this mad Marxist lot to power is another strategy by Indians to hoodwink the general masses. They won't last even their first term in my estimate.

They are the biggest catastrophe in our history.