apt-offline 1.7.1 released
Posted on September 12, 2016
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| Ritesh Raj Sarraf
I am happy to mention the release of apt-offline, version 1.7.1.
This release includes many bug fixes, code cleanups and better integration.
Integration with PolicyKit Better integration with apt gpg keyring Resilient to failures when a sub-task errors out New Feature: Changelog This release adds the ability to deal with package changelogs (’ set ’ command option: --generate-changelog ) based on what is installed, extract changelog (Currently support with python-apt only) from downloaded packages and display them during installation (’ install ’ command opiton: --skip-changelog , if you want to skip display of changelog) New Option: --apt-backend Users can now opt to choose an apt backend of their choice.
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Debian Boot time
Posted on October 20, 2012
(Last modified on January 31, 2013)
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| Ritesh Raj Sarraf
In case, the video doesn’t show on the page, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTK3aIZbe2A This blog post is to show-off the impressive performance I saw with my machine.
I recently switched to a ThinkPad W530 laptop. It is a fairly recent machine with the following hardware config:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3720QM CPU @ 2.60GHz 8 GiB RAM nVIDIA Optimus Samsung SSD Drive On the software front, I decided to take my chances. Hence:
BTRFS File System SystemD Init The rest is in the video.
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Reporting bugs with Apport - III
Posted on October 19, 2012
(Last modified on November 12, 2014)
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Hello World. This is the follow-up to the last [2](http://blog/report-bugs- with-apport) updates on the state of apport in Debian.
A lot has changed since the last update on Apport. Currently, in Experimental, we have version 2.6.1-2. With this version, and going forward, there will be no hacks to make it work for Debian. Thanks to Martin Pitt, with his assistance, Apport now has a very basic crashdb in place for Debian.
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Offline Package Manager - apt-offline
Posted on August 19, 2011
(Last modified on August 19, 2021)
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//autoplay off Your browser does not support the video tag. A copy of this article is also available here
This article is about Offline Package Management in Debian. Debian is a pretty well known project. One of the things that makes Debian very popular is APT (a.k.a Advanced Packaging Tool) which allows remote package downloads, upgrades and dependency resolution. Unfortunately it does require a network connection - unless you use apt-offline.
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Fibre Channel over Ethernet - FCoE
Posted on May 21, 2011
(Last modified on January 31, 2013)
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| Ritesh Raj Sarraf
With the final package, [fcoe-utils](http://packages.qa.debian.org/f/fcoe-
utils.html), clearing the NEW packages queue, the Open-FCoE project’s Fibre
Channel over
Ethernet stack is
now in the Debian archive. I had anticipated to have access to FCoE hardware
by the time the packaging would complete but that didn ’t work out. It has
been delayed, hence the packages are in experimental. If you have access to
FCoE hardware, please test and provide your feedback.
Mukthi 11.04 - Free Software/Debian - Philosophy, Design, Merits
Posted on May 7, 2011
(Last modified on January 31, 2013)
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| Ritesh Raj Sarraf
I was invited to talk at the Mukthi 11.04 event
hosted at the M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology.
I talked about Free Software/Debian - Philosophy, Design, Merits. The
focus was more on the philosophical aspects of why Free Software/Debian. The
slides are available
here.
apt-offline 1.1
Posted on April 8, 2011
(Last modified on January 31, 2013)
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| Ritesh Raj Sarraf
I just completed the release of apt-offline version 1.1. This release has many
bug fixes, adds basic proxy support and has a new Advanced Options window
for the Get operation.
SystemTap in Debian
Posted on July 8, 2010
(Last modified on January 22, 2011)
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| Ritesh Raj Sarraf
The latest kernel upload (2.6.32-16) brings goodies to SystemTap in Debian.
This version has added support for kprobes, on which systemtap has a major
dependency, for many of its features.
Most of the systemtap instrumentation should work now and all of this will be
part of the Squeeze release. Instrumenting the kernel modules still needs some
work (DBTS: #555549) but can be done.
tomoyo for debian
Posted on May 11, 2010
(Last modified on January 22, 2011)
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| Ritesh Raj Sarraf
Just uploaded tomoyo-tools and is waiting in the NEW queue.
Thanks to Moritz Muehlenhoff, tomoyo kernel support should be available in Debian with kernel 2.6.32-13 and above.
What is Tomoyo ?
Description: Lightweight and easy-use Mandatory Access Control for Linux
TOMOYO Linux is Lightweight and Usable Mandatory Access Control with
- “automatic policy configuring” feature by “LEARNING mode”
- administrators friendly policy language
- no need libselinux nor userland program modifications
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apt-offline 0.9.8
Posted on May 11, 2010
(Last modified on January 22, 2011)
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| Ritesh Raj Sarraf
I just uploaded apt-offline version
0.9.8 to sid. Hopefully this is the one that would be part of squeeze. For
those who still arent aware of apt-offline, it is an Offline Package Manager
for apt.
I wrote a small [howto](http://www.debian-
administration.org/article/Offline_Package_Management_for_APT) that can give
more details about it.