KADER42 Installation

KADER42 is a KDE image.

It is new and image is nearly 5GB.

It is meant for Tablets and Convertible Laptops and not for PC.

It comes frim Germany.

It has its own Personality.

Single person distribution.

It has its own software center.

It is ARCH based.

User and Password is old time root and root both simple letter.

I was getting fed up with KDE of ARCH Linux Gamer and erasing it to install KADER42.

For two days I was updating my laptop and this image did not boot from the laptop.

I am installing it on my NUC.

It can be installed in සිංහල.

I hooe it keeps my GRUB infact.

EFI/boot was not available.

Booting failed.

First blog post using Lomiri cellphone Utility

Yes, this is the first cellphone Blog Post using Lomiri utility in spite of figure of 8 boot virus.

It is coming from my old laptop.

Browser is little Morph Browser.

Thank You.

New Zealand Repository of MX Linux is Defunct

Yes, New Zealand repository of MX Linux is defunct.

I cannot get 311MB AbiWord.

This is not new phenomenon.

For the last 3 years they were in slumber.

That is why I do not use MX Linux and no posts coming from me highlighting MXMe Linux.

නුවර පෙරහැර ගැන මගේ කියවීම

කිසියම් පුද්ගලයෙක්, අනිවාර්යෙන්ම ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණට සම්බන්ද කෙනෙක්, පෙරහැරේ අලි ඇතුන් ගෙන යාමට විරුද්දව "බ්ලොග් පීස් "  එකක් දැම්මා.

My Response in සිංහල below.

"මේ පුද්ගලයා, ආගම් වාදය පැතිරවීම, හේතු කොට වහාම, ඇප නැතිව හිර ගත කල යුතුයි".

හිර ගෙදර ගත කරන කාලය පෙරහැර පැවැත්වීමට සති 2 කට පෙර සහ පෙරහැරට පසුව සති 6කට නොඅඩු විය යුතුයි. පෙරහැරට පසුව මේ පුද්ගලයාට ලැබෙන ප්‍රතිචාරය සති 6කට පසුව බොඳ වනවා යන්න මගේ අනුමානයයි 

මෙම පෙරහැර අවුරුදු 100යක් පමණ පැරණිය. 

දමිළ රජ කෙනෙක් පටන් ගත් චාරිත්‍රයක්‌ යන්න මගේ විස්වාසයයි.

එය බෞද්ධ ආගමට සම්බන්ද කර ගන්න ඇත්තේ සුද්දන් රට පාලනය කළ කාලයේ විය යුතුය. 

නිහඩ ප්‍රතිරෝදයක් ලෙස වන්නට ඇත.

චාරිත්‍ර වාරිත්‍ර නටබුන් කරන්න සුද්දන්ට ඉඩ නොදීම සඳහා විය යුතය.

එය පැරණි සිරිත් විරිත් විදහා පාන උත්කරෂවත් පෙරහැරකි. 

 

එම චාරිත්‍ර සටහන් පුස්කොල පොත් ඉංග්‍රීසින් විනාස කළහ. 

තවමත් එවායේ පිටපත් සමහර නිළමේලා ළඟ ඇත.

මගෙ කියවීම.

1. අලින්ට බුදු දහම ගැන කිසි අවබෝදයක්‌ නැති නිසාත්, අලින්ට හිරිහැරයක් නිසාත් අලින් පෙරහැරේ  ගෙන යාම ගැෂෙට් නිවේදනයකින් තහනම් කළ යුතුයි.

2. බල්ලන්ට පෙරහැර තහනම් කළ යුතුයි.

නැත්නම් වෙන්නේ, කුකුල් මස් වෙනුවට මුස්ලිම් වෙළෙන්දා බලු මස් විකුනන එකයි.

3. මුස්ලිම් වෙළෙන්ඳ පෙරහැරටම වියදම් කරන්නේ පොල් තෙල් බෝතලයක් පමණි.

නමුත් බලුමස් විකිනීමෙන් පමණක් අති විශාල ප්‍රතිලාබ ලබනවා.

4. අලි වෙනුවට, පාපිසි බලකායට ගෙන්වූ අති සුකොපභෝගී රතවාහන ප්‍රදර්ශනය කොළොත් අගනේය.

5. පෙරහැර බලන්නන් පේරාදෙණිය පාලම, කටුගස්තොට පාලම සහ ලේ වැල්ල පාලම සිට නුවරට පයින් ගමන් කළ යුතුයි. 

 

සිරිපාදේ වන්දනාවේ යනවා වගේ.

6. සිංහලයන් ඔල මොට්ටල නැත.

පෙරහැර පටන් ගන්නේ රාත්‍රී 8ට පසුව දමිළ නක්‍ෂත්‍ර ක්‍රම අනුවය. 

කතරගම දෙවියොත් වැඩම කර ගෙනය. 

 

රථ වාහන තද බදය ඇති කරන්නේ පොලිසියයි.

 

පෙරහැර බලන්න පොලිසියට අනිවාර්යෙන් නිවාඩු දිය යුතුයි.

මම පොලිස්කාරයෝ මහපාරේ හුජ්ජ කරනවා දැක ඇත. 

 

එනිසා පොලිස් කාරයන්ට හුජ්ජ කරන්න හුජ්ජ (station) මද්‍යස්ථාන ස්ථාපිත කළ යුතුයි.

මෙතනින් නැවතිමි.

 

ඕනෑම කෙනෙකුට වැඩිපුර විස්තර (comments ලෙස) පහත සටහන් කළ හැක.

Well, I started with AVL Me 25.2 Enlightenment Desktop and Ended up with Lomiri Cellphone Utility

Yes, it all started with AVL Me and MX Moksha.

MX Linux is completely different from Debian Gnome.

I started Linux with Mepis (now defunct) Desktop and graduated ultimately to Debian.

Mepis ended up as MX Linux.

Moksha and AVL Me are derivatives of MX Linux.

Most difficult part was the configuring of the WiFi. 

Wifi Keyboard was not detected. 

Big thump on a key on the keyboard resulted in identifying the WiFi signal. 

Rest of the keys were identified without a problem after the thump.

Well Lomiri did not work. 

Plasma did not work.

They are of the new kernel.

Having realized that the base was LiqueuriX kernel, I went back to basics.

I used the default Gnome and KDE desktop of the MX Linux.

Another big lession.

Install One Application at a time.

The repository in New Zealand is poorly maintained. I know a bit about New Zealand. I worked there from 1992 to 1994. They are lazy guy and want to retire at 50 and live on the doll and ACC. I chucked up to join University of Peradeniya and worked until 66 with some research and importantly Linux behind me.

Init System is different but new version let one selects the SystemD. It did not boot Reborn OS. I am reinstalling Reborn OS now. I am not going to ditch SystemD in favour if a fancy init of Void.

My moto if something wirks stick with it.

Do not try to fiddle with the configuration file but there is an exception.

It is the the cellphone.

Cellphone is a little computer in your hand.

It gather every available junk.

I went to default setting of my Chinese MI cellphone and currently with my NOKIA of Human Mobile Device (HMD).

It is a finish guy who invented the Mobile not Americans.

Now let me say something about ARCH Linux Gamer and BIG Linux. They are both good if you have lot of RAM and Hard Disk Space. In a 15GH / root partition with ARCH gamer I could install AbiWord and Audacity. I could not install VLC my favorite. Only 700MB remaining. With BIG Linux 1.7GB left with no blender.

I got most of the stuff with AVL MX me including Blender an old version to go with Debian Trixie.

On Reborn OS Blender took huge amount of space and I was left with only 2.5GB.

2GB is my limit. I leave that space for future Updates. If a distribution cannot do that update within 2GB I suppose one should not use it as a daily driver..

I had a majaot catastrophe.

I could not remember the password for my regular Debian instance.

It was a good catastrophe.

My son has lost interest on this laptop. I do not blame him. He has his own priorities. Now, I have to use it as my daily driver wherher I like it or not. 

Besides, it keeps me warm in my bed during these winter months.

Then I see this Kader and Shadowfetch Linux Isos. I need to test them and make a note in my book which is coming to finishing touches. The Isos are made on Debian Testing image, and now that I have gone fully Forky, it is natural for me to test them.

Thank You guys for moving forward towards Debian 14.

Coming back to Debian Install;

Debian is taking a long time to install with 4GB RAM. I made sure I have two 8GB SWAP partitions for the init to use at boot time for Swapping Memory.

It is almost finishing and for the first time my life I WROTE DOWN the password in a piece of paper. This I have to do since these Email guys won't let me Reset the cellphone and open my emails. 

I have to register again with new passwords. Bit of a hastle in my old age with memory failing.

With LightDM Display Manager Debian did not boot. It went back to BootLoader of Linux Gamer which I begin to hate. That was the very reason I am Reinstalling all.

I deleted the EFI but Debian feel shy of formatting it New.

I may have another failed booting of Debian Linux. I swapped the Laptop hard disk to my good old solid Toshiba hard disk. The password problem was related that reason. I now believe boot passwords are saved in firmware portion of the hard disk.

This is about AVL MX me 5.2 installation.

I am going to have it installed in my laptop. Since my son is not interested I have to say so.

Debian took 2900 odd space for Gnome, KDE and cellphone utilities.

For Gnome and cellphone utilities it vame down to 1900. If I consider 900MB for Lomiri and Posh, Debian needs at least IGB which include Firefox and LibreOffice.

Firefox has shed some fat but not LibreOffice.

Gnome 48 desktop consumed 600MB.

KDE 5.1...took 1100GB, twice as much.

LXDE x- window manager took less than 200MB.

Brave Browser 700MB.

Vivaldi 600MB.

Palenmoon 100MB.

Opera Browser 600MB.

LibreWolf failed.

Falkon failed.

Blender installed with abour 800MB.

I still have 5.8GB remaining in the / root folder.

LibreOffice last and took 600MB.

No problem but it was spotfy that was faulty and U have 5.3GB left.

Thank YOU to AVL Linux MXMe 25.2.

I is superb destribution on my NUC only very small partition.

It took 11.7GB for the Basic Install.

AVL Audio Video Linux which I used during 32 bit Era.

Enlightenment Desktop also come from that Era.

ELive guys try to make completely commercial desktop on Enlightenment just like Elementary OS tried to use Panthen Desktop.

Well I got Pantheon design through BIG Linux.

This adventure can be done only on Linux.

Long Live Linux.

3L instead of 3M ( medical equipment ).

OpenMandrive Gnome Instsllation

Installation started at 14.16PM.

Finishe formatthing disk 14.22PM.

50% installation of files in one (1) minute.

It is on initramfs in another one (1) minute.

It started BootLoader at 1626PM.

It finished on 14.29PM.

Installation finished under 13 mimutes.

It is booting now but my GRUB is gone.

It has X-11 Session and Gnome.

This why I say there can be one GRUB but Debian had come a long way.

Installing BootLoder and I predict it would get it wrong.

It says it is installing bootloader.

Went and activated OpenMandra Software Reposository.

Pocked all available items.

Typed for the Umpteenth Times the password but no action.

Nothing installed.

Looked at all the icons but no insaller.

Went to Terminal 

Apt get install abiword 

No response

Did not ask for password.

I read the Linux Bible's GRUB section and entry on GNOME desktop of Ferdora before this installation.

Either this distributions Repository is poorly maintained or Empty.

On the other hand having a Repository without a Install Tool, ideally a graphical is pure negligence or not understanding the User Needs or to Whom this distribution caters for.

Collosal waste of resources.

 

We are gone bankrupt or defunct should be nightlight somewhere.

I needed only abiword which is just over 300MB.

It is the only distribution that delivers its own GNOME just like Debiam delivers its own.

I am going to Support OpenMandrive whole heartedly.

It is bit old but it has KDE drdktop and Rome which is the rolling distribution.

It is produced by highly technical Engineers who do not advertise them.

Well, I should do the advertisrment part of it.

I did not Watch Football at All

I love Australian Football which a combination of Rughby, Football and Australian own innovation on the ground.

They play such a clean game the referee is just an onfield spectator.

No body blows or ugly tackles.

It is the Gentleman Game player by gentlman, whereas Football is the hooligan's game played by hooligans.

Coming to the final sending a player off was a planned ploy for Spain to win.

This refree must have got handsome some money for this act of dishonesty. 

He should not refree for another 10 years.

Agentinian camp would have sensed this ploy and should have called him on to the bench. Then send the substitute instead.

They missed the ploy.

Stupid.

Then waiting for 97 minutes to see a Goal was so boring than the Penalty Kicks at the end.

My prediction before the gane was 3/2 either way. 

Slight edge on Spain.

But the real reason for Argentine Loss was they played England like the final and depleted the glycogen stores in their leg muscles. The rest period is not enough for replenishment of glycogen stores. The glycogen replenishment is done at a leisurely pace.

I am saying this as a medical man.

Fact that 10 men defended during the 90 minutes was creditable to say the least.

The only goal should go as a "Freak" and not as a World Cup decider.

I am with President Donald Trump giving a call to the official after sending  USA "Player Out".

President Donald Trump should give another call and ask that Refree guy to be removed from refeering panel for life.

Argentina should make legal case out of this from their Price Money.

We must not let a stupid and unsporty official ruining the game at 10/11 Ratio.

I did not lose anything by not watching the final.

Zidene Zidane head but is justified in a similar scenario.

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.

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.

මෝරා නොමැති තරුණයන් තිදෙනෙක් බුදු සමිදුන් රුවල් නැවකින් ඉන්දියාවේ පාටලී 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 මෙන්ම 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 කැද හලියක් පෙරලුවා 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 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 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  කෙනෙක්ද තෝරා ගෙන ඇත. 

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

 

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

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.