Saturday, June 13, 2026

I am saying Good Bye to Gnome temporarily

Yes, I am gooing to say, Good Bye to Gnome.
Of course temporarily.
I have decided to use my tablet with a large Keyboard with Sinhala fonts enabled by Google.
My NUC will get a temporary respite with linux Image downloads with 10 Linux distributions installed.
The larest is Network Install of Debian Forky.
I could install Endaevour OS parallel with other distribution but due to some bizarre Input Failure, I cannot Log In to Plymouth Window Manager.
 It goes into timeless,,, "No Time Limit" which is a mystery for me.
I installed STOMY Linux instead.
It is XFCE but with some tweak I got GNOME Deskttop.
Now I am into Debian's cellphone Deskttop.
Bit of a learning curve.
One does not let me log out but the other by trial an error, I got Log Out and Restart enabled.
I hate to Press the Switch Off button to Log Out.

Story About Debian Root Password

I just read a few of the FORUM discussions and most likely by guys coming from Windows backgrounds.
I am currently installing Debian Forky.
 
Under the password frame it clearly states that (my English ), if password is not set all the Root privileges are passed to SUDO, when the User requires it.
The Root Password is used for System Requirement like INSTALLING Software or erasing a USB or SATA do indicate hardware are under control of the USER.
I am Installing it without GNOME and with only cellphone utility (without root privilege) to whether I can access my cellphone and Hard Disk Data like photos.
I would Report as and when I encounter difficulties. I cannot access Synaptic Package manager without the root password. I only w3anted install AbiWotd.
I am going to install with root password now. 
There is a Terminal and I gave my user password and it does not recognize it.
That is why I never use SU for any of my software installation.
It s a pain. 
I typed SUDO it gives me helper advice and no password request.
I am posting this using the cellphone utility of Debian and not using Gnome for the first time. Google does not lo in with the  Morph brower of the utility due to security reason but my favorites Fireox is there.