2024-03-12 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection system monitor (enhanced suggested conky configuration with hwmon device module names and a tr filter for fortune output to suppress overstriking characters). 2024-02-24 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (dropped suggestion to install pdfcube, which has been removed from Debian). 2024-02-10 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on bug checking (added suggestion to run the reportbug configuration procedure). 2024-01-23 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: dropped section on file monitoring (which used to suggest the installation of gamin, but gamin is dead upstream, no longer useful, and has been removed from Debian). 2024-01-03 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on pagers and text editors (dropped suggestion to install vim-scripts, which is will probably be removed from Debian in the near future). 2023-12-21 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on GnuPG configuration (changed suggested keyserver). 2023-12-03 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: updated section on data extraction/acquisition (dropped suggestion to install g3data, which has been removed from Debian, added suggestion to install xyscan, instead). 2023-11-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: dropped section on medical image tools (it used to suggest to install aeskulap, which has been removed from Debian). 2023-10-28 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio input from external musical instruments (adjusted the suggested sample rate for alsa_in to match jackd sample rate, in order to avoid sporadic misbehaviors of alsa_in). 2023-10-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on log file monitoring (adjusted maximum_width in the suggested ~/.config/conky/tail.conf). 2023-10-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: added section on disk partition management (suggesting to install fdisk). 2023-09-11 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on sound server (added a 2 second delay before the jackd invocation); updated section on audio input from external musical instruments (added suggestions on guitarix configuration and on the use of an external sound card). * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_install.rst: updated conclusions to also suggest to skip the external sound card configuration. 2023-07-26 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Firefox (added a small preliminary configuration step, selecting a light theme, to adapt to version 115.0.2esr-1, recently migrated to Debian testing). 2023-06-28 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on log file monitoring (dropped suggestion to install root-tail; added suggestion to use a second instance of conky, instead); updated subsection on system monitor (added suggestion to delay the start of conky by 1 second). 2023-05-27 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: updated section on system backup (adapted BackupRSync script to new rdiff-backup 2.0.5 command line interface syntax). 2023-05-15 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated section on system monitor (enhanced suggested conky configuration with improved formatting of network interface data and graphs, when multiple interfaces are up at the same time). 2023-05-01 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on panel (dropped suggestion to install fbpanel, which has been removed from Debian; switched to suggestion to install lxpanel instead; adapted suggested configuration accordingly). 2023-04-26 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_games.rst: updated subsection on 3D shoot 'em up games (switched from prboom-plus to dsda-doom, as suggested doom engine; changed configuration tips accordingly). 2023-04-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_install.rst: updated subsection on APT configuration (added suggestion to disable the use of pdiffs). 2023-04-10 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on video manipulation tools (dropped suggestion to install ffmpeg2theora, which was removed from Debian testing). 2023-04-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection user privacy (adapted suggestions on home directory permissions for new defaults). 2023-03-28 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on log file monitoring (no longer suggest to monitor /var/log/messages, which is no longer used: suggest to monitor /var/log/syslog instead). 2023-03-14 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: added subsection on VPN client (suggesting to install openconnect and openfortivpn). 2023-02-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated subsection on pandoc (no longer suggest to install pandoc-citeproc, which is obsolete and has been removed from Debian). 2023-02-13 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: added section on audio file analysis (suggesting the installation of sonic-visualiser). 2023-02-04 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on music creation software (removed hydrogen-doc from the packages to be installed, as it is currently almost empty, added suggestions on how to configure hydrogen). 2023-01-23 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on video players (replaced youtube-dl with yt-dlp as suggested package to enhance mpv). 2022-12-30 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on fortune (dropped suggestion to install fortunes-off, which has been removed from Debian). 2022-12-24 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on raster image manipulation (replaced imagemagick with graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat as suggested conversion/modification tool package). 2022-12-13 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated section on system monitor (updated suggested conky configuration to adapt to hwmon renumbering). 2022-12-01 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: dropped subsection on user authentication hardening (since libpam-cracklib has been removed from Debian). 2022-11-01 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on kernel upgrades (added suggestion to install package zstd). 2022-10-13 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: added section on copying photos from digital cameras (with suggestion to install package gphoto2). 2022-09-29 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on utilities (package vrms has been renamed as check-dfsg-status). 2022-09-09 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated section on system monitor (updated suggested conky configuration). 2022-07-21 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (added suggestion to install another package that might be useful, when debugging video playback in pdfpc). 2022-06-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Firefox (updated suggested configuration to firefox-esr version 91.10.0esr-1; dropped suggestion to install webext-https-everywhere, which has become superfluous). 2022-05-29 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: added subsection on LilyPond. 2022-05-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on text editing with GUI support (updated suggestion to install vim-gtk3, since the transitional package vim-gtk has been removed from Debian). 2022-05-01 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Chromium (added suggestion to not install package pipewire). 2022-04-21 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on user privacy (file /etc/login.defs requires a modification for the HOME_MODE variable). 2022-04-03 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: added section on socket connection (with suggestion to install socat). * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_install.rst: updated conclusions to also suggest to skip the socket connection section. 2022-03-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on sound server (added suggestion to explicitly install and configure qjackctl). 2022-03-10 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio driver utilities (enhanced suggested alsamixer settings). 2022-02-25 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated subsection on wired and wireless network (dropped suggestion to install crda, which has been removed from Debian, added suggestion to install iw and wireless-regdb, instead). 2022-02-13 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: added section on music creation software (with suggestion to install hydrogen). 2022-01-29 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Firefox (updated suggestion on how to set the BROWSER environment variable). 2022-01-15 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated section on version control systems (added defaultBranch setting to suggested git configuration); updated subsection on account configuration for the use of Salsa (changed the suggested way to add the setting to the git configuration: manually appending text allows for a nicer formatting of the result...). 2021-12-30 Francesco Poli * images/index.html: dropped the broken link to www.nuvolinux.org, which is no longer online. 2021-12-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_printconf.rst: updated section on printing service (added suggestion on how to configure the socket). 2021-12-07 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: updated section on data visualization tools (updated suggestions on ParaView configuration to version 5.10.0). 2021-11-26 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: updated subsection on SSH server (modified the suggested sshd configuration to adapt to openssh-server version 1:8.7p1-1). 2021-11-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on screensaver (adapted the suggested configuration for xscreensaver version 5.45). 2021-10-27 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: updated section on hotpluggable USB mass storage devices (changed the prompt symbol, in order to clarify that mkfs has to be run as root). 2021-10-03 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on sound server (modified suggested command to install jackd, so that jackd2-firewire does not get automatically installed: that package is useless on our example workstation). 2021-09-18 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on panel (modified the work around for fbpanel bug). 2021-08-22 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio CD encoder (added suggestion to prevent the installation of bsd-mailx, as it might cause problems, in case one wanted to install fail2ban and configure it to send mail, see bug #991781). 2021-08-07 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_games.rst: updated subsection on 3D shoot 'em up games (enhanced explanation on how to start freedoom phases). 2021-07-28 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on restarting programs (updated suggestion to install debian-goodies, only selecting some of its recommendations); updated subsection on easy installation from unstable (updated suggested preferences file, in order to give the correct priority to testing-security); added a section on file retrieval from the web (with suggestion to install wget). 2021-07-18 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: added section on audio file editing (with suggestion to install vorbis-tools and mp3splt); updated section on audio CD encoder (suggestion to install vorbis-tools no longer belongs here). 2021-07-04 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: updated subsection on SSH client (added some hints on custom configuration for alive messages). 2021-06-07 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: added section on audio input from external musical instruments (with suggestion to install guitarix and jack-capture). 2021-05-26 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: added subsection on QR and bar code scanning (with suggestion to install zbar-tools). 2021-05-10 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on X utilities (added suggestion to install screenruler). 2021-04-18 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on X multilingual text input (added a reference to xkeyboard-config man page). 2021-04-01 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: added subsection on desktop notifications (with suggestion to install notification-daemon and libnotify-bin). 2021-03-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_games.rst: added subsection on real-time strategy games (with suggestion to install boswars). 2021-03-10 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated section on internationalization (added suggestion to install i18nspector). 2021-02-26 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_install.rst: updated subsections on boot process improvement and on SSD optimization (install the first needed packages with apt, since, at this stage, aptitude has not yet been installed on the system); added subsection on APT configuration (in order to avoid excessively slowing down package updates). 2021-02-13 Francesco Poli * webdesign/index.html: dropped the broken link to www.nuvolinux.org, which is no longer online. * webdesign/nuvolinux*.*: dropped Alfonso Vacca's e-mail address (no longer active) from the copyright notice. 2021-02-06 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated section on first hardening (added suggestion to install package net-tools, in order to be able to use the netstat command). 2021-01-27 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated subsection on wired and wireless network (dropped suggestion to install wicd, which has been removed from Debian unstable; added suggestion to install and configure connman); updated section on power management (updated the suggested lines for .xsession file: the --daemon is now needed to start xfce4-power-manager in daemon mode). 2021-01-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: added subsection on Python. 2021-01-09 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_install.rst: updated conclusions section (added suggestion to skip diffoscope installation). 2020-12-30 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on screensaver (adapted the suggested configuration for xscreensaver version 5.44). 2020-12-07 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated subsection on TeX and LaTeX (dropped obsolete suggestion to install the prosper package; added suggestion to check the state of the package that ships BibTeX and to possibly install package biber). 2020-10-27 Francesco Poli * essays/softfrdm/onfreesystems.html: updated the comparison section (modified information on the Debian Package Tracker, which now shows the archive of a package in the source field). 2020-10-10 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated section on CPU clock frequency and voltage scaling (changed recommended governor for the workstation from "powersave" to "conservative"). 2020-09-27 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio CD encoding (dropped suggestion to install jack, which has been removed from Debian; added suggestion to install abcde instead). 2020-09-06 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated section on Debian package creation (added suggestion to install decopy). 2020-08-26 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated section on mail transfer agent (added suggestion to configure exim4 to refrain from using unencrypted connection to the smarthost). 2020-08-10 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: added subsection on taking pictures with the webcam (with suggestion to install fswebcam); added subsection on video recording (with suggestion to install simplescreenrecorder). 2020-07-30 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: updated subsection on IRC client (replaced suggestion to install irssi with suggestion to install weechat). 2020-07-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated section on system monitoring (updated suggested conky configuration to not use Xft and to use a more concise form for the time format). 2020-07-11 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on system monitoring (updated suggested conky configuration to not use Xft). 2020-06-29 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_install.rst: updated subsection on SSD optimizations (added suggestion to install package fdisk). 2020-06-26 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Chromium (updated configuration suggestions about cookies). 2020-06-17 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio driver utilities (enhanced suggestions on sound card detection, always selecting sound card by name "PCH", rather than by the boot-depending numbering); updated section on sound server (improved suggested jackd command line, selecting sound card by name "PCH"). * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_install.rst: updated conclusions section (dropped suggestion to adjust audio configuration, since it can now be identical to the workstation one). 2020-06-10 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.rst: updated section on hardware (added headphones and webcam). 2020-06-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated subsection on Docutils (replaced package python-docutils with python3-docutils, as the Python 2 variant will eventually be removed from Debian). 2020-05-26 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_netconf.rst: updated section on DNS forwarder and DHCP server (modified the suggested dnsmasq configuration: added a second bogus-nxdomain). 2020-05-14 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on console fonts (updated recommended keyboard configuration). 2020-05-08 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated section on audio settings (changed the suggested values for Mic Boost). 2020-05-01 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on image viewers (dropped suggestion to install mirage, which depends on obsolete libraries and Python version, thus risking being removed from Debian); updated subsection on raster image manipulation programs (added suggestion to install kcolorchooser, in stead of gpick); added subsection on taking screenshots. 2020-04-23 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_netconf.rst: updated section on firewall and NAT (modified the suggested ferm configuration: added accessible TCP port for proxy services and UDP ports for Google meet). 2020-04-14 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on key bindings (added suggestion to configure key bindings for toggling window decorations). 2020-04-04 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on utilities (added suggestion to install cpuid). 2020-03-28 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: updated subsection on SSH server (added include directive to the recommended OpenSSH server configuration file). 2020-03-14 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on copying data to a FAT filesystem (added a script to prepare a directory tree to be copied to a case-insensitive filesystem). 2020-03-04 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on raster image manipulation (added suggestion to install jhead). 2020-01-23 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated section on system monitor (updated suggested conky configuration regarding core temperature readings). 2020-01-12 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio driver utilities (added suggestion to install volumeicon-alsa). * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_install.rst: updated conclusions section (added suggestion to adjust volumeicon configuration). 2019-12-30 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: updated section on data visualization tools (dropped suggestion to install mayavi2 which was removed from Debian testing; added suggestion to install python3-paraview, along with paraview). 2019-12-23 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (updated suggestion to make zathura the default PS and PDF viewer, to reflect the change in .desktop file name). 2019-12-14 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated section on debugging (added suggestion to install valgrind). 2019-12-07 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on pagers and text editors (added suggestion to configure sensible-editor so that it selects VIM). 2019-11-27 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on system monitoring (improved time format with more compact specifiers). 2019-11-13 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated section on hard disk health (dropped suggestion to enable the smartd daemon by changing /etc/default/smartmontools, as this is no longer needed). 2019-11-09 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on file comparison (added suggestion to install python3-tlsh to enhance diffoscope). 2019-11-02 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on key bindings (added suggestion to configure key bindings for moving windows with cursor keys). 2019-10-27 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_printconf.rst: updated section on local printers (switched to foomatic driver as recommended choice for the HP LaserJet 1320 printer, to work around bug #932246). 2019-10-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on calculators (the package for calc is no longer called apcalc, but just calc). 2019-10-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Firefox (changed suggested configuration to recommend enabling tracking protection). 2019-09-15 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: added section on X utilities (suggesting to install xdotool). 2019-09-07 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on GnuPG configuration (changed the suggested keyserver to the more abuse resistant hkps://keys.openpgp.org). 2019-08-23 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated subsection on TeX and LaTeX (dropped suggestion to install texlive-plain-extra, which has recently become a transitional package; added suggestion to install texlive-plain-generic instead). 2019-08-15 Francesco Poli * essays/softfrdm/whatissoftware.html: minor modification (changed a word so that the meaning is more clearly expressed). 2019-08-04 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/B20testinst_pdeb: updated to version 0.15 (which skips tests on bootloader packages). * progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html: updated links. 2019-07-27 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated subsection on chroots for building Debian packages (added suggestion to configure the default mirror for pbuilder and added SOURCE_ONLY_CHANGES="yes" to the recommended chroot configuration file). 2019-07-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on web publishing (added the suggestion to disable WebDAV locks, as a workaround for input/output errors). 2019-07-07 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsections on first package update and on easy installation of packages from unstable (updated the recommended entry for the testing-security repository in /etc/apt/sources.list). 2019-06-29 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on GnuPG configuration (improved recommendations about key expiration date and key identifier); added subsection on key expiration date extension. 2019-06-15 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on user authentication (added suggestion to install a german wordlist, as well). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on dictionaries and spell checking (added suggestion to install a german dictionary, as well). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on Sylpheed (added suggestion to install a german aspell dictionary, as well). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated subsection on TeX and LaTeX (added suggestion to install the german language package); updated section on office automation (added suggestion to install german language packages). 2019-06-12 Francesco Poli * links/index.html: updated section on GNU/Linux distributions (fixed a typo in the link for Ubuntu bugs). 2019-06-01 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on GnuPG configuration (enhanced the suggestions on how the user's gpg.conf can be customized). 2019-05-18 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.rst: updated subsection on the boot process configuration for failing drives (added the suggestion to install efibootmgr, if not present). 2019-05-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_games.rst: added subsection on 2D shoot 'em up games (with the suggestion to install pangzero); updated subsection on platform games (updated configuration hints for supertux). 2019-04-22 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_netconf.rst: updated section on firewall and NAT (dropped the no longer recognized TCP ntp service and replaced the old deprecated method to enable FTP connection tracking with the new ftp CT helper method in the suggested ferm configuration). 2019-04-10 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_netconf.rst: updated section on network time synchronization (dropped mailonchange directive from the suggested chrony configuration, since the system call filter is incompatible with it and is enabled by default starting from version 3.4-2; fixed a typo in the section title). 2019-03-30 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on system cleanup (added suggestion to install apt-forktracer). 2019-03-22 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on panel (improved the suggested fbpanel configuration: it is now independent from the screen resolution). * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_install.rst: updated conclusions section (dropped the suggestion to adjust the fbpanel configuration). 2019-03-16 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: added section on CD and DVD writing (suggesting the installation of k3b). 2019-03-02 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on vector image manipulation programs (dropped suggestion to install ipe, which is not too useful). 2019-02-16 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on screensaver (adapted the suggested configuration for xscreensaver version 5.42). 2019-02-01 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on pagers and text editors (adapted the suggestion configuration for vimoutliner to vim version 2:8.1.0693-2 or later). 2019-01-26 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated section on systems not running 27/7 (dropped the suggestion to customize the anacron.timer, since the setting has been accepted into the anacron Debian package). 2019-01-15 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Firefox (updated suggested configuration and suggested list of extensions to install and configure, against version 60.4.0esr-1). 2019-01-09 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated section on version control systems (added diff tool option to the suggested git configuration). 2018-12-15 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_netconf.rst: updated section on DNS forwarder and DHCP server (added one setting to the suggested configuration for dnsmasq). 2018-11-28 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated section on mail transfer agent (added suggestion to specify the hostname and localhost as other destinations for which mail is accepted); updated subsection on GnuPG configuration (added suggestion to disable CRL checks for gpgsm). 2018-10-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: updated subsection on SSH server (dropped directive PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes in the suggested sshd configuration, as it would need to be adapted, but is now superfluous). 2018-10-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on video players (updated one option value name in the suggested user configuration for mpv). 2018-09-23 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated subsection on chroots for building Debian packages (suggest to use the Debian CDN, in stead of the discontinued mirror redirector). 2018-09-02 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.rst: updated subsection about finishing the installation (suggest to use the Debian CDN, in stead of the discontinued mirror redirector). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsections on first package update and on easy unstable package installation (again suggest to use the Debian CDN). * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_install.rst: updated subsection about finishing the installation (again suggest to use the Debian CDN). * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_install.rst: updated subsection on first questions (again suggest to use the Debian CDN). 2018-08-13 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_printconf.rst: updated section on printing service (added suggestion to also exclude cups-browsed from the installation command). 2018-08-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document manipulation programs (dropped suggestion to install pdftk, which risks to be removed from Debian; added suggestion to install qpdf, which is a viable replacement). 2018-07-22 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on video players (dropped suggestion to install browser-plugin-gnash, which has been removed from Debian). 2018-07-08 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Firefox (dropped explanation about mime.types, as it has been moved to the e-mail configuration walk-through). 2018-06-23 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on Sylpheed (changed the way to set Sylpheed as default MUA). 2018-06-16 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (added suggestion to install gstreamer1.0-gtk3 to enhance pdf-presenter-console). 2018-06-02 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: added subsection on account configuration for Salsa. 2018-05-26 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.rst: updated subsection on boot process configuration for failing drives (fixed a typo). 2018-05-13 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: updated section on data visualization (added suggestion to disable FXAA in paraview, for the time being). 2018-04-29 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_games.rst: updated subsection on platform games (changed suggested resolution configuration for supertux to "desktop"); added subsection on breakout games. * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_install.rst: updated conclusions section (added note on games configuration about the screen resolution for our laptop). 2018-04-18 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Firefox (updated command to elect Firefox as default HTML/XML viewer and default HTTP handler). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio player (updated command to elect audacious as default audio player). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on video players (updated command to elect mpv as default video player). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (no longer suggest to elect gv as default PostScript viewer, suggest to elect zathura as default PostScript and PDF viewer, updated command to do so). 2018-04-06 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: updated subsection on SSH server (dropped Protocol directive from the suggested /etc/ssh/sshd_config file, and added ClientAliveInterval and ClientAliveCountMax). 2018-03-31 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: updated section on data visualization tools (added suggestion to set default black color for edges in paraview configuration); updated section on computer algebra system (suggest to install isympy3, rather than isympy, which has been dropped from Debian). 2018-03-22 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated section on address book (added suggestion to install rolo); updated subsection on Sylpheed (adjusted suggested configuration to use the rolo contact database). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: updated section on copying data (adjusted suggested include/exclude file for send-data-to.sh to include rolo contact database). 2018-03-16 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.rst: updated subsection on boot process configuration (dropped suggestion to alter the boot order, after adding the second option). 2018-03-09 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_netconf.rst: updated section on firewall and NAT (updated list of accessible ports for radio streams in suggested ferm configuration). 2018-03-02 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated section on power management (changed the suggested timeouts). 2018-02-24 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on pagers and text editors (added suggestion on how to enhance markdown syntax highlighting support in VIM); updated section on utilities (added suggestion to install localehelper). 2018-02-11 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: added subsection on software RAID monitoring (suggesting the installation of systray-mdstat). * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_install.rst: updated the conclusions section (added suggestion to skip the software RAID part of the desktop configuration). 2018-02-03 Francesco Poli * essays/softfrdm/onfreesystems.html: added an analysis of the free system concept. * essays/index.html: added line and link for the analysis of the free system concept. 2018-01-27 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated section on version control systems (updated the suggested .gitconfig file to use view with the -n option). 2018-01-14 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (dropped suggestion to install impressive, as it is no longer useful, in my opinion); updated section on web publishing (updated the siteupdate script to version 0.4, which uses view with the -n option). 2018-01-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on text file graphical comparison (dropped suggestion to install the old mgdiff package; suggest to install meld, instead). 2017-12-29 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on file comparison and conversion (added suggestion to install diffoscope). 2017-12-17 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Firefox (dropped the %s in the BROWSER environment variable, as it is no longer supported). 2017-12-09 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on GnuPG configuration (dropped suggestion to install the now obsolete gnupg-curl; added suggestion to install pinentry-tty). 2017-11-26 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: updated subsection on copying data to a FAT filesystem (changed suggested options for rsync). 2017-11-18 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_netconf.rst: updated section on DNS forwarder and DHCP server (dropped suggestion to install resolvconf, since it does not work well and it is superfluous anyway); updated section on DHCP client configuration (added suggestion to set a prepend option to have localhost as first DNS server). 2017-11-11 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on screensaver (replaced the long paragraph about screenhacks with a still long, but hopefully more readable table). 2017-11-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on web publishing (dropped suggestion to install sitecopy, added suggestion to install and configure davfs2, along with a script to update a static website). 2017-10-28 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on system cleaning (added suggestion to run a search for broken packages via aptitude); updated section on systems not running 24/7 (added suggestion on how to configure anacron so that it still checks hourly its chores, but excluding the hours between midnight and early morning). 2017-10-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: added section on configuration file parsing (with suggestion to install confget). 2017-10-14 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on raster image manipulation (dropped suggestion to install gcolor2, which has been removed from Debian; added suggestion to install gpick instead); updated subsection on video manipulation (added suggestion to install ffmpeg2theora). 2017-10-08 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on GnuPG configuration (added suggestion on the photo viewer choice). 2017-10-01 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: updated subsection on SSH client (dropped the obsolete CompressionLevel option from the suggested ~/.ssh/config). 2017-06-22 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (added suggestion to install gstreamer1.0-tools). 2017-05-28 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on pagers and text editors (added suggestion on how to start learning VIM). 2017-05-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on public keyring management (suggested a command to easily stop the directory manager, when this is needed). 2017-05-08 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/pdeb_common: added a small library for hook scripts. * progs/scripts/D05prepare_pdeb: updated to version 0.8 (which also supports the installation of packages from the local directory tree). * progs/scripts/prepare_pdeb.conf: updated configuration file for Prepare_pdeb script version 0.8. * progs/scripts/B05cleanup_pdeb: updated to version 0.4 (which uses the Pdeb_common library). * progs/scripts/B10lintian_pdeb: updated to version 0.8 (which uses the Pdeb_common library). * progs/scripts/B20testinst_pdeb: updated to version 0.14 (which uses the Pdeb_common library). * progs/scripts/B50shell_pdeb: updated to version 0.7 (which uses the Pdeb_common library). * progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html: updated links and descriptions. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated subsection on Debian chroots (updated the mirror redirector URL and added pdeb_common to the list of suggested files to be put into the hook script directory). 2017-04-24 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated section on tools for creating Debian packages (added suggestion to install quilt). 2017-04-14 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on key bindings (added a key binding for fullscreen to the suggested configuration). 2017-04-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (added suggestion to install pdf-presenter-console and fbreader); added subsection on pandoc. 2017-03-26 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on GnuPG configuration (suggested use of hkp over SSL). 2017-03-11 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_netconf.rst: updated section on network time synchronization (adapted the suggested chrony configuration to version 3.0). 2017-02-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio driver utilities (changed suggested headphone volume levels). 2017-02-10 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: updated subsection on SSH server (updated suggested configuration for OpenSSH version 7.4p1). 2017-02-04 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on screensaver (updated list of enabled/disabled screenhacks, in order to adapt to xscreensaver version 5.36); updated subsection on panel (dropped the suggested fbpanel configuration of a custom image as UXTerm icon). 2017-01-22 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_netconf.rst: updated section on network time synchronization (simplified the suggested chrony configuration to adapt to the current version in Debian testing). 2017-01-08 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: updated subsection on persistent names (modified suggestions on which persistent names are to be used and on how to determine them); updated section on system backup (changed suggested link to persistent name). 2016-12-30 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Firefox (changed the suggestion on how to elect Firefox as default viewer for HTML and XML documents: switched to xdg-mime). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio driver utilities (added a suggestion on how to enable the automatic audio settings save); updated section on audio player (switched to xdg-mime for setting default application preferences). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on video players (switched to xdg-mime for setting default application preferences). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (switched to xdg-mime for setting default application preferences); updated subsection on TeX and LaTeX (dropped suggestion to install texlive-math-extra, since its content has been included in other packages). 2016-12-21 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Iceweasel, which was even retitled, as it is now a subsection on Firefox (updated all references to the browser name; dropped the obsolete suggestion to manually import the agent description for firefox2). 2016-12-17 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on utilities (added suggestion to install rename). 2016-12-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: updated section on data visualization tools (added suggestion to install and configure paraview). 2016-11-26 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/D05prepare_pdeb: updated to version 0.7 (which also supports operations on groups of packages). * progs/scripts/prepare_pdeb.conf: updated configuration file for Prepare_pdeb script version 0.7. * progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html: updated link and description of Prepare_pdeb. 2016-11-13 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on video players (updated one option name in the suggested user configuration for mpv). 2016-10-30 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on web publishing (added a couple of settings to the suggested tidy configuration file). 2016-10-08 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_netconf.rst: updated section on firewall and NAT (changed ports for radio/video in the suggested ferm configuration). 2016-09-25 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: added section on internationalization. 2016-09-17 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on GnuPG configuration (added suggestion to configure the use of long key ids). 2016-09-04 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/D05prepare_pdeb: updated to version 0.6 (which adds APT::Acquire::Retries=3 option for aptitude). * progs/scripts/B10lintian_pdeb: updated to version 0.7 (which adds APT::Acquire::Retries=3 option for aptitude). * progs/scripts/B20testinst_pdeb: updated to version 0.13 (which adds APT::Acquire::Retries=3 option for aptitude). * progs/scripts/B50shell_pdeb: updated to version 0.6 (which adds APT::Acquire::Retries=3 option for aptitude). * progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html: updated links. 2016-08-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: dropped subsection on limiting the use of pdiffs (since APT has greatly improved its efficiency and the trick has become counterproductive). 2016-08-08 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.rst: updated section on installation (added suggestion to set the legacy USB support to "UEFI setup only" in the UEFI configuration). 2016-07-26 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: added sections on computer algebra systems and on computer aided design. 2016-07-16 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on fonts for X (dropped suggestion to install fonts-droid, which has been removed from Debian; added suggestion to install fonts-droid-fallback, fonts-baekmuk, and fonts-octicons). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Iceweasel (added suggestion to configure it to use fonts from package fonts-octicons). 2016-07-05 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/refresh-pubring: updated to version 0.10 (which simplifies various command lines). * progs/scripts/refresh-pubring.html: updated the link to version 0.10 and changed the dependencies. 2016-06-25 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_printconf.rst: updated section on printing service (also suggested to exclude package libnss-mdns from the installation); updated section on local printers (better formatting for the lpadmin command line). 2016-06-12 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_netconf.rst: added section on DHCP client configuration; updated section on network time synchronization (dropped the obsolete logchange directive from the suggested chrony configuration); updated section on firewall and NAT (changed ports for radio/video in the suggested ferm configuration). 2016-06-03 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_install.rst: updated introductory section (updated Debian testing installation guide URL); updated section on preparation (architecture is actually i686; updated URLs for the needed image files); updated subsection on TFTP server (postponed suggestion to restart dnsmasq and updated needed commands); updated subsection on finishing the installation (686 Linux image should be chosen); updated conclusions section (added suggestions on how to follow other documents, when doing so for our example gateway: skip UEFI configuration, different smartd configuration). 2016-05-28 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: added section on how to fix the boot process; updated subsection on wired and wireless network (stopped suggesting to reload the DBus service; updated the recommended Wicd configuration); updated section on system monitoring (dropped an outdated reference to the old Conky configuration file name). 2016-05-14 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_install.rst: updated introductory section (updated Debian testing installation guide URL); dropped subsection on fixing the fstab file, as bug #701493 has been fixed; updated conclusions section (added suggestions on how to follow other documents, when doing so for our example laptop: different smartd, sensors, and jackd configurations). 2016-05-01 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_games.rst: updated section on joystick/joypad support (changed suggested mapping and calibration of the joypad); updated subsection on platform games (modified suggested user configuration for supertux). 2016-04-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated subsection on chroots for building Debian packages (fixed typo in configuration variable for pbuilder). 2016-04-09 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: updated section on data visualization (dropped suggestion to install geomview, which seems to be almost abandoned by its upstream developers). 2016-03-28 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on image viewers (suggested to install geeqie without its recommendations); updated subsection on raster image manipulation programas (dropped suggestion to mark imagemagick and exiftran as manually installed: they should be really manually installed at this point); updated subsection on video players (suggested to install mpv and youtube-dl, rather than mplayer2, gnome-mplayer, and gecko-mediaplayer, which have been removed from Debian); updated subsection on video manipulation tools (suggested to install ffmpeg, rather than libav-tools, as the latter has become a transitional package which depends on the former). 2016-03-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio driver utilities (new sound card and new mixer values for the new workstation); updated section on sound server (added suggestion to start and stop the sound server from ~/.xsession in order to avoid being hit by bug #663468; changed sound server configuration to use the second sound card); updated section on audio player (adapted configuration to new 3.6.x versions of Audacious). 2016-03-09 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/D05prepare_pdeb: updated to version 0.5 (which reports its start and end). * progs/scripts/B05cleanup_pdeb: updated to version 0.3 (which reports its start and end). * progs/scripts/B10lintian_pdeb: updated to version 0.6 (which reports its start and end, and uses sed to figure out how to clean, thus supporting the new aptitude log format). * progs/scripts/B20testinst_pdeb: updated to version 0.12 (which reports its start and end, and uses sed to figure out how to clean, thus supporting the new aptitude log format). * progs/scripts/B50shell_pdeb: updated to version 0.5 (which reports its start and end, and uses sed to figure out how to clean, thus supporting the new aptitude log format). * progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html: updated links. 2016-02-29 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: updated section on hotpluggable USB mass storage devices and subsection on persistent names (replaced sdb with sdc in the examples); updated section on system backup (added the suggestion to create an ext4 file system; added the suggestion to use the hostname command to automatically figure out the name of the host; dropped /etc/mtab from the backup exclusions); updated section on copying data between directories or hosts (updated the send-data include/exclude file to refer to .contacts.vcf). 2016-02-14 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Iceweasel (updated suggested configuration to version 44.0). 2016-02-06 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated section on address book (dropped suggestion to install and configure pycocuma, which has been long removed from Debian; suggest to edit a vCard address book with a text editor for the time being); updated subsection on Sylpheed (acknowledged that aspell should be found among already installed packages; changed suggested configuration for Sylpheed to point to the manually edited vCard address book). 2016-01-25 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: updated subsection on SSH client (suggested to use a USB stick in stead of a floppy disk); updated subsection on SSH server (updated recommended SSH server configuration: enable RSA, ECDSA, and ED25519 host keys and disable any other type; drop reference to bug #481133, which has been fixed). 2016-01-16 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on X server installation (dropped suggestions to test the setup, as it no longer works correctly without startx); updated section on Fluxbox (added suggestions on to test the setup); updated subsection on system monitor (added the explicit suggestion to create the configuration directory for conky, adapted the suggested conky configuration to the new workstation). 2016-01-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on pagers and text editors (dropped the suggestion to mark package less as manually installed, as it should be currently necessary to actually install it); updated section on utilities (documented the configuration of a kernel module to be loaded on our example workstation in order to read useful sensors); dropped the section on console screen locker (since it is not so useful); updated section on console fonts (adapted configuration to current versions of the packages); updated section on serial console connection (suggested to add the interested users to the dialout group). 2015-12-31 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated introduction (talking about UEFI, rather than BIOS); updated subsection on first package update (reflecting the changes needed with respect to stretch Debian Installer alpha3); updated subsection on kernel upgrade (adapted to new autoremove-kernel configuration); dropped subsection on using better repositories (since the mirror redirector has been chosen right from the start); updated subsection on boot process (dropped configuration of GRUB password, until bug #708181 is properly fixed); dropped subsection on reboot permissions (since SystemD does not seem to support anything similar); updated subsection on shutdown via power button (suggest to install package acpid); dropped subsection on avoiding insecure servers (since package harden-servers has been removed from Debian); updated section on local mail delivery (suggest to also install mailutils); updated section on hard disk health monitoring (no longer suggest the installation of bsd-mailx and adapted configuration to a system with two storage devices); updated section on CPU clock frequency and voltage scaling (suggest to configure the "powersave" governor); updated subsection on adding other users (suggest to also add the new user to the netdev group). 2015-12-24 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.rst: updated many sections to adapt the document to a new workstation (installation done from a USB stick; setup with software RAID1, rather than LVM; use of the mirror redirector right from the start; setup with two EFI system partitions). 2015-12-13 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (fixed a repeated sentence in the description of the suggested qpdfview configuration). 2015-12-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_netconf.rst: updated section on network time synchronization (adapted chrony configuration to version 2.1.1). 2015-11-23 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_netconf.rst: updated section on firewall and NAT (modified the suggested ferm configuration: changed the list of accessible TCP ports for radio/video streams). 2015-11-18 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_printconf.rst: updated section on local printers (changed suggested rendererer default from pdftocairo to pdftops, since pdftocairo incorrectly prints transparent colors as black areas). 2015-11-08 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_install.rst: updated conclusions section (fixed suggestion about keyboard layout: it,ru,gr rather than it,gr,ru). 2015-10-30 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_netconf.rst: updated section on network time synchronization (dropped the rtconutc directive from the suggested chrony configuration, since chrony is now able to figure out by itself whether the RTC keeps UTC or local time; dropped the fix for bug #763542, which is now properly fixed in Debian testing). 2015-10-21 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated subsection on wired and wireless network (suggested to avoid installing packages gnome-keyring and pinentry-gnome3). 2015-10-07 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on office automation suite (changed suggested spell checking dictionary packages from myspell-* to hunspell-*, since the former ones have become transitional packages). 2015-09-30 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on system monitoring (dropped suggestion on how to work around bug #635644, which has vanished with conky 1.10). 2015-09-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on GnuPG configuration (changed the suggested configuration for preferred algorithms and for honoring keyserver URLs). 2015-09-07 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_install.rst: updated subsection on finishing the installation (suggest to choose "linux-image-586", as "linux-image-486" is no longer available in testing). 2015-08-29 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on screensaver (lowered the suggested power saving times); updated subsection on system monitoring (updated suggested configuration for conky 1.10). * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated section on system monitoring (updated suggested configuration for conky 1.10). 2015-08-21 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated subsection TeX and LaTeX (changed package installation suggestions: texlive-lang-english and -european, instead of -latin and texlive-doc-en). 2015-08-13 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: updated section on user data backup (adapted duplicity-backup.sh script to use --include-filelist duplicity option in stead of --include-globbing-filelist); updated section on copying data between directories or hosts (modified suggested send-data configuration file to transfer all places.slite*). 2015-08-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsections on better repositories and on easy installation of unstable packages (updated the mirror redirector URL to the official Debian one). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated subsection on Debian chroots (updated the mirror redirector URL and added B05cleanup_pdeb to the list of suggested hook scripts). 2015-08-04 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_netconf.rst: updated section on firewall (added one net radio port to the suggested ferm configuration). 2015-07-01 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/B50shell_pdeb: updated to version 0.4 (which has enhanced final cleaning). * progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html: updated links. 2015-06-10 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated section on power management (updated suggested configuration for xfce4-power-manager). 2015-05-24 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/refresh-pubring: updated to version 0.9 (which redirects the gpg stderr messages to stdout). * progs/scripts/refresh-pubring.html: updated the link to version 0.9 and changed the keyserver configuration in the example. 2015-05-09 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: added section on text colorizing (with suggestion to install clog). 2015-04-18 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_netconf.rst: updated section on network time synchronization (suggested a fix for bug #763542). 2015-04-06 Francesco Poli * essays/index.html: changed one column header in the table of essays ("Title" fits better than "Name"). 2015-03-29 Francesco Poli * essays/softfrdm/whatissoftware.html: minor modification (changed the spelling of a word). * essays/softfrdm/whatissource.html: added one FAQ on source definition when more than one form are equally preferred. 2015-03-22 Francesco Poli * essays/softfrdm/copybasics.html: added a brief introduction to copyright. * essays/index.html: added line and link for the brief introduction to copyright. * essays/softfrdm/whatisfree.html: added link to the brief introduction to copyright. 2015-03-08 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: added section on network configuration (with the check on /etc/hosts); added subsection on WHOIS client. * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_netconf.rst: updated section on secondary network interface (improved the check on /etc/hosts); updated section on firewall and NAT (closed some superfluous public net ports for the local system, opened the whois public net port for the local net). 2015-02-27 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/B05cleanup_pdeb: updated to version 0.2 (which also cleans recommended packages, when no remaining package depends on them). * progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html: updated link. 2015-01-25 Francesco Poli * essays/softfrdm/whatissource.html: added an essay on the definition of source code. * essays/index.html: added line and link for the essay on source code. * essays/softfrdm/whatisfree.html: added links to the essay on source code. 2015-01-17 Francesco Poli * progs/apps/markonvert.html: updated markonvert description page (added explanation for the lack of development). 2015-01-07 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_install.rst: updated subsection on boot process improvement (added serial terminal directive to GRUB recommended defaults); updated the conclusions (added the suggestion to skip the shutdown via power button configuration and dropped the suggestion to skip the no-longer existing todo list management section). * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_printconf.rst: added a Debian testing gateway print services configuration walk-through. * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_netconf.rst: updated section on DNS forwarder and DHCP server (updated suggested Dnsmasq configuration); updated section on firewall and NAT (suggest to leave the SSH port closed from the public net, unless there's a specific need to do otherwise; suggest to open other forwarded ports from the local net to the public one); added a link to the print services configuration walk-through. * doc/index.html: added line and link for the print services configuration walk-through. 2014-12-24 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on screensaver (updated list of enabled/disabled screenhacks, in order to adapt to xscreensaver version 5.30). 2014-11-30 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: dropped subsection on Midori and no longer suggest its installation. 2014-11-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on system monitoring (added suggestion to install ddate, as it is now packaged separately from util-linux). 2014-11-08 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (updated qpdfview configuration). 2014-09-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on GnuPG configuration (suggest pool.sks-keyservers.net as keyserver). 2014-08-23 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_games.rst: updated subsection on puzzle games (added suggestion to install 2048-qt). 2014-07-17 Francesco Poli * *.html: added charset declaration in a meta http-equiv statement, to enhance portability (see http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#C_9 for an explanation of the usefulness of the meta http-equiv statement). 2014-07-03 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: added subsection on shutdown via power button. 2014-06-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated subsection on TeX and LaTeX (the beamer class is now included in the texlive-latex-recommended package: no longer suggest to install the now transitional latex-beamer package); updated section on office automation (suggest to prevent the installation of libreoffice-sdbc-firebird and libsane). 2014-06-12 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_games.rst: added subsection on puzzle games (suggesting the installation of ltris). 2014-05-26 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: updated subsection SSH client (added suggestion to check whether compression actually reduces data transfer times). 2014-04-26 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_games.rst: updated subsection on chess games (updated configuration for stockfish). 2014-04-15 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on Sylpheed (added suggestion to enable the option to confirm recipients before sending mail). 2014-04-02 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on utilities (added suggestion to install tre-agrep). 2014-03-22 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (updated suggested configuration for zathura and qpdfview). 2014-03-12 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on video players (updated list of gstreamer packages to install); updated subsection on video manipulation tools (no longer suggest installation of mencoder, which has been removed from Debian testing). 2014-03-01 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on GnuPG configuration (added suggestion to install gpgsm). 2014-02-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_games.rst: updated subsection on 3D shoot 'em up games (adapted freedoom suggested configuration to the new engine, prboom-plus). 2014-02-03 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: updated subsection SSH client (added suggestion to enable compression to reduce data transfer times). 2014-01-25 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: dropped section on utilities for X (no longer suggest to install sux, which has been removed from Debian); updated section on multilingual input for X (added a comment on where compose key combinations may be found). 2014-01-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (no longer suggest the installation of xpdf, which is buggy and has been removed from Debian testing, added suggestion to install and configure zathura and qpdfview). 2014-01-04 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/from_latex_to_pdf.rst: updated many parts in order to better reflect the current situation. 2013-12-30 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on system monitor (increased the suggested delay for conky, again). 2013-12-21 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on vector image manipulation programs (dropped suggestion to customize Ipe, as this is no longer needed). 2013-12-11 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: updated subsection on persistent names (to adapt to a new serial number scheme); updated section on system backup (updated backuprsync script to version 2.2 which relies on pmount to figure out the filesystem type automatically). 2013-12-01 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_games.rst: retitled section from "Simulation games" to "Strategy games"; added subsection on chess games. 2013-11-30 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on screensaver (updated list of enabled/disabled screenhacks, in order to adapt to xscreensaver version 5.22); updated subsection on system monitor (increased the suggested delay for conky). 2013-11-27 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on vector image manipulation programs (added suggestion to install auxiliary tools and to do some customization for Ipe). 2013-11-25 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated subsection on Debian chroots (added explanation on how to set up stable or oldstable chroots). * progs/scripts/D05prepare_pdeb: updated to version 0.4 (which uses the last repository found in the chroot's sources.list as template, rather than picking the first one). * progs/scripts/B20testinst_pdeb: updated to version 0.11 (which automatically figures out the distribution where official packages should be taken from). * progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html: updated links and descriptions. 2013-11-03 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on vector image manipulation programs (added suggestion to install ipe). 2013-10-28 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/B05cleanup_pdeb: added CleanUp_pdeb script. * progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html: added description and link for CleanUp_pdeb. 2013-10-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio driver utilities (modified one alsamixer setting). 2013-09-05 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/D05prepare_pdeb: updated to version 0.3 (with coding style changes to improve the readability). * progs/scripts/B10lintian_pdeb: updated to version 0.5 (which performs lintian checks for all the .changes files it finds and also has coding style improvements). * progs/scripts/B20testinst_pdeb: updated to version 0.10 (which tests all binary packages mentioned in all the control files it finds, treats apt and aptitude as essential packages, and also has coding style improvements). * progs/scripts/B50shell_pdeb: updated to version 0.3 (which asks for confirmation before exiting, performs some more final cleaning, and also has coding style improvements). * progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html: updated links. 2013-08-28 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Iceweasel (updated configuration suggestions). 2013-08-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated section on system monitoring (modified suggested conky configuration to better adapt to the example laptop hardware); updated section on audio settings (changed suggested alsamixer values: lowered headphone and mic levels, and set zero for mic boosts, in order to avoid a feedback effect when the lid is closed). 2013-08-13 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on key signing parties (added some suggestions on how to configure and run caff). 2013-07-27 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on web publishing (suggest installation of cadaver; updated suggested configuration for sitecopy to use WebDAV protocol). 2013-07-17 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on application configuration management (suggest installation of packages dconf-cli and dconf-editor, in stead of the now transitional package dconf-tools). 2013-07-08 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on multilingual text input for X (suggest installation of package im-config, instead of im-switch, which has been removed from Debian). 2013-06-16 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: added section on house interior design. 2013-05-28 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section fonts for X (replaced transitional package ttf-freefont with fonts-freefont-ttf); added section on application configuration management (suggest installation of dconf-tools). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio player (updated audacious configuration). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on video manipulation tools (replaced transitional package ffmpeg with libav-tools). 2013-05-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated section on video players (explicitly suggest to install gnome-mplayer and to use it as default video player). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_games.rst: added section on joystick/joypad support; updated subsection on platform games (updated configuration for supertux to version 0.3.x, currently in Debian experimental). 2013-04-14 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: updated section on user data backup (added the different command-line argument to the backup script). 2013-03-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_install.rst: updated many sections to adapt the document to a new laptop. * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated section on audio settings to adapt it to the new laptop. 2013-03-11 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on multilingual text input for X (now suggest to install im-switch without its recommendations); dropped section on text editing with GNOME support. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on GnuPG configuration (suggest subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: updated section on copying data between directories or hosts (suggest to mark rsync as manually installed, if this package is already present). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on video players (fixed an inconsistent sentence). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (suggest to install xpdf and poppler-utils without their recommendations). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated subsection on Debian chroots (updated hook scripts names, fixed a typo, added hints for cases where packages from experimental are needed). * progs/scripts/D05prepare_pdeb: updated to version 0.2 (which also handles the UPDATE directive in its configuration file) and renamed (formerly known as B05prepare_pdeb). * progs/scripts/prepare_pdeb.conf: updated configuration file for Prepare_pdeb script version 0.2. * progs/scripts/B20testinst_pdeb: updated to version 0.9 (which better handles downgrades on system with multiarch support and also ensures that downgrades are performed to previously installed versions, rather than necessarily to unstable versions). * progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html: updated links. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_games.rst: updated subsection on three-dimensional shoot 'em up games (suggest to choose prboom as engine for freedoom). 2013-03-10 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated section on CPU clock frequency and voltage scaling (the service should be restarted, rather than started). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: dropped section on todo list management (vim-vimoutliner can be used to manage todo lists and turns out to be a better alternative); updated section on console fonts ("16" font size is now called "8x16"); updated subsection on the message of the day (/etc/motd.tail is now called /etc/motd). 2013-02-17 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on video players (suggest installation of mplayer2, instead of mplayer; updated suggested configuration file). 2013-01-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio driver utilities (modified some alsamixer settings). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Iceweasel (also suggest installation of HTTPS-Everywhere extension). 2012-12-30 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on raster image manipulation (also suggest to install evolvotron). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on web publishing (no longer suggest to install kompozer, which has been removed from Debian; suggest installation of lazygal). 2012-12-16 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/B10lintian_pdeb: updated to version 0.4 (which handles package versions correctly even when they have an epoch). * progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html: updated link. 2012-12-03 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_netconf.rst: updated section on network time synchronization (added rtconutc directive to chrony recommended configuration). 2012-11-02 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on terminal emulator configuration (added font for East Asian characters and increased linespace). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: updated section on copying data (removed the now superfluos --rsh=ssh option for rsync in send-data-to.sh and clarified that other directories or files of interest may be added to the include/exclude list). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: dropped subsection on XML Resume Library (which has been removed from Debian). 2012-10-21 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated section on tools for creating Debian packages (added suggestion to install libmail-box-perl and gem2deb). 2012-09-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated section on tools for creating Debian packages (added suggestion to install cdbs). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_games.rst: added subsection on platform games. 2012-09-01 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on Sylpheed (added a -geometry option to the suggested configuration for the external editor). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.rst: removed subsection on disabling the RAM /tmp partition (since the default is now to not mount a tmpfs on /tmp, as desired for our configuration). * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_install.rst: removed subsection on disabling the RAM /tmp partition (likewise). * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_install.rst: removed subsection on disabling the RAM /tmp partition (likewise); added the installation of mutt in the final suggestions. * progs/scripts/B20testinst_pdeb: updated to version 0.8 (which avoids any attempt to purge or remove essential packages). * progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html: updated link. 2012-08-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated section on audio settings (changed Master and PCM levels, in order to have Master at a non-maximum value). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated subsection on Debian chroots (changed suggested pbuilder sid chroot configuration: use the mirror redirector, use debootstrap rather than cdebootstrap, adjust packages to remove). * progs/scripts/B20testinst_pdeb: updated to version 0.7 (which uses the new [trusted=yes] option in the temporary repository sources.list and thus no longer needs to use the --allow-untrusted option for aptitude!). * progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html: updated link. 2012-08-12 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio player (dropped the reference to bug #640747, which is long closed now, updated suggestions on OSD plugin configuration). 2012-08-08 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Iceweasel (added suggestion to enable universal character encoding auto-detect). * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated subsection on wired and wireless network (added suggestion to install crda); updated section on audio settings (updated alsamixer configuration suggestions). 2012-07-27 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on panel (modified configuration of fbpanel to use terminal_sketch icon). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: added section on online audio stream recording. * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_netconf.rst: added a Debian testing gateway network services configuration walk-through. * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_install.rst: added a link to the network services configuration walk-through. * doc/index.html: added line and link for the network services configuration walk-through. 2012-07-14 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: suggest to use '&&' between aptitude update and aptitude safe-upgrade; updated subsection on faster repositories (which is now titled "Using better repositories" and suggests to use the Debian's mirror redirector and no longer suggests installing apt-spy); added subsection on limiting the use of pdiffs; updated subsection on system cleaning (also suggest the aptitude -s install trick); updated subsection on APT cache cleaning (suggest a better name for the configuration fragment file). * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_install.rst: modified the final suggestions (suggest to limit pdiff number to 2). 2012-07-02 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document manipulation programs (dropped installation of pdfedit, which has been removed from Debian). 2012-06-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Chromium (updated configuration suggestions). 2012-06-13 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: updated section on data visualization tools (suggest to disable the use of ipython in mayavi2). 2012-06-04 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_gateway_install.rst: added a Debian testing gateway installation walk-through. * doc/index.html: added line and links for the gateway installation walk-through. 2012-05-26 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: dropped subsections on Galeon and Epiphany (no longer suggest the installation of those two browsers). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on Sylpheed (dropped the reference to the no longer relevant bug bug #405387). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: updated section on copying data (removed .galeon/bookmarks.xbel from the include/exclude file for send-data-to.sh). 2012-05-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: dropped subsection on DHCP client (custom configuration is no longer needed!). * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: added sections on hardware event management and on on-the-fly video output reconfiguration. 2012-05-13 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated subsection on TeX and LaTeX (no longer suggest to install scalable-cyrfonts-tex, suggest cm-super instead); updated section on document manipulation programs (no longer suggest to install pdfjam, since its utility programs are now shipped in package texlive-extra-utils). * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated subsection on wired and wireless network (add some suggestions on manual Wicd configuration that could be needed in order to have the wired connection be brought up automatically whenever the Wicd daemon is started). 2012-04-29 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated section on hard disk health (suggest to purge heirloom-mailx: I dislike its license). 2012-04-22 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on serial console connection (replaced installation of minicom with installation of picocom). 2012-04-09 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated sections on hard disk health and on CPU frequency and voltage scaling (suggest to use service, rather than invoke-rc.d, to start/stop/restart daemons). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: updated subsection on SSH server (suggest to use service, rather than invoke-rc.d, to start/stop/restart daemons). * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated subsections on wired and wireless network and on HSDPA modem network (suggest to use service, rather than invoke-rc.d, to start/stop/restart daemons). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on shell customization (added histappend option to root's and regular user's ~/.bashrc); updated section on pagers and text editors (suggest to mark package less as manually installed, if found already installed). 2012-04-04 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.rst: added subsection on disabling the RAM /tmp partition. * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_install.rst: added subsection on disabling the RAM /tmp partition. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on first package update (suggest to use vi, since vim is not yet installed); updated subsection on special cases (suggest a quicker way to install packages and mark them as automatically installed); updated subsection on faster repositories (dropped workaround for bug #457049, which has been fixed); updated section on first hardening (updated output of netstat). 2012-03-25 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: added section on serial console connection. * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_install.rst: fixed a typo in the subsection about the first installation questions. 2012-03-17 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio player (fixed obsolete plugin name: it's now called Audio CD Support). 2012-03-11 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated sections on panel and on system monitor (increased delays for fbpanel and conky start in ~/.xsession). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Iceweasel (added some further suggestions on the configuration of the User Agent Switcher extension and fixed some typos). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio player (adapted configuration to new 3.2.x versions of Audacious). 2012-03-04 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Iceweasel (changed one setting in NoScript extension configuration). 2012-03-03 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Galeon (no longer suggest to choose Galeon as default web browser); updated subsection on Iceweasel (added detailed configuration walk-through, added suggestion to install some other extensions: NoScript, Cookie Monster, Uppity, Debian buttons, added suggestion to choose Iceweasel as default web browser). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: updated section on user data backup (no longer exclude some old stuff from the backup); updated section on copying data between directories or hosts (added Iceweasel-specific files in the .send-data.rsync-incl example). 2012-02-25 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/B10lintian_pdeb: updated to version 0.3 (which adds some options to the lintian run for general checks). * progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html: updated link. 2012-02-11 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on fonts for X (added installation of fonts-droid). 2012-02-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (added installation of diffpdf). 2012-01-29 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on vector image manipulation programs (added installation of dia-shapes) and subsection on video players (added installation of GStreamer backend for ALSA). 2012-01-23 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on pagers and text editors (added installation and configuration of vim-vimoutliner). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on video players (added installation of video plugins to support HTML5 videos in web browsers). 2012-01-08 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Iceweasel (added suggestion to enable the User Agent Switcher extension). 2012-01-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_games.rst: added section on simulation games. 2011-12-26 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio CD encoders (fixed a typo). 2011-12-07 Francesco Poli * images/logos/Makefile: added PNG image optimization with optipng and regenerated optimized PNG images. * images/wallpapers/Makefile: added PNG image optimization with optipng and regenerated all images. 2011-12-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on raster image manipulation (added suggestion to install optipng). 2011-11-30 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: added section on archive file management. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: dropped section on GNOME (no longer suggest to install it). * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated section on power management (dropped suggestion to install gnome-power-manager for GNOME users). 2011-11-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated subsection on wired and wireless network (added the -t option to the wicd-client invocation in ~/.xsession to make it run in the systray). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on Sylpheed (changed default language for spell checking to "en_US"). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on sound server (now suggest to enable real-time priority for jackd). 2011-11-15 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on office automation (added installation of myspell-* packages). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on modellers and renderers (dropped obsolete configuration suggestions for Blender). 2011-10-23 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Iceweasel (added suggestion to set configuration option to keep cookies only until the browser is closed), added subsections on Chromium and Midori. 2011-09-25 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on pagers and text editors (added shell-like tab completion to the suggested .vimrc file). 2011-09-18 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on sound server (updated ~/.asoundrc file). * progs/scripts/refresh-pubring: updated to version 0.8 (which enhances the output to stderr). * progs/scripts/refresh-pubring.html: updated the link to version 0.8 . * progs/scripts/releas-o-meter: updated Releas-o-meter script (enhanced the output to stderr). 2011-09-11 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on cleaning APT cache (added suggestion to disable the cleaning of packages that are still installed). 2011-09-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on Sylpheed (added setting of MAILER environment variable). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio driver utilities (adjusted mixer values). * progs/scripts/B20testinst_pdeb: updated to version 0.6 (which uses apt-ftparchive to create a proper temporary local repository). * progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html: updated link. * links/index.html: updated section on GNU/Linux distributions (updated link to Slackware Linux and added link to Arch Linux). 2011-08-22 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on kernel upgrading (linux-image-2.6-amd64 has been transitioned to linux-image-amd64, the autoremove APT configuration fragment is much longer now and should not be fully quoted). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on system monitor (start conky with a delay, in order to work around bug #635644); updated section on GNOME (no longer suggest installation of any power manager daemon). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Iceweasel (the menu entry Organize Bookmarks... is now called replaced by Show All Bookmarks). * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: updated section on system monitor (modified conky configuration file, for better consistency with the workstation setup); added section on audio settings; added section on power management. 2011-08-13 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_install.rst: added a Debian testing laptop installation walk-through. * doc/nanodocs/testing_laptop_specifconf.rst: added a Debian testing laptop specific configuration walk-through. * doc/index.html: added lines and links for the laptop installation and specific configuration walk-throughs. 2011-07-23 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on utilities (added installation of lm-sensors). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on system monitor (suggest installation of conky-std, rather than conky; modified the suggested .conkyrc: border margins, if_up strictness, temperatures and fans monitored via hwmon, enclosed network data within if_up; dropped the reference to the no longer relevant bugs #428614 and #428615). 2011-07-10 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on panel (modified fbpanel configuration to set exact width in pixels, use smaller spaces, and add a systray, while disabling the systray provided by Fluxbox). 2011-07-03 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on boot process (various changes to adapt to GRUB2). 2011-06-25 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio driver utilities (updated the alsamixer table of values, to reflect some changes in the available settings). 2011-06-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on boot process (suggested removal of os-prober). 2011-06-11 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on screensaver (minor changes to adapt to xscreensaver version 5.14 and suggestion to disable screenhack FontGlide). 2011-06-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: added section on medical image tools. 2011-05-29 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated section on mail transfer agent (documented the use of file passwd.client). 2011-05-22 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/refresh-pubring: updated to version 0.7 (which fixes a couple of bashisms). * progs/scripts/refresh-pubring.html: updated the link to version 0.7, updated suggested keyserver, updated my key ID. 2011-05-15 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: fixed a typo in section on data plotting programs. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: dropped subsection on POSIX shell (dash is now an essential package, no need to explicitly install it!); updated section on version control systems (package git-core has been renamed as git); updated subsection on Debian chroots (pbuilder no longer asks questions during installation; dropped the explanation of what a Debian source package consists of, since there are now different versions). 2011-05-14 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on office automation suite (added installation of mythes-it and of gnumeric); updated section on web publishing (added installation of kompozer); other minor cosmetic changes. 2011-05-09 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio player (updated configuration for audacious 2.4.x). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated section on raster image manipulation programs (suggest to mark imagemagick and exiftran as manually installed, in case they turn out to be already installed). 2011-05-01 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on creation of other users (suggest to add the newly created user to relevant groups). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: updated section on hotpluggable USB mass storage devices usage (fixed a typo; added the simplified version of the pmount syntax, without the filesystem type, for the cases where the latter can be figured out automatically); updated subsection on persistent names (udevinfo no longer exists: use udevadm instead; no need to specify the filesystem type in the example command); updated section on system backup (added the exclusion of /run content; updated BackupRSync script to version 2.1, which figures out the hostname automatically). 2011-04-25 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on GNOME (suggest installing gnome-themes without its recommendations). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: updated section on SSH client (create ~/.ssh directory with -p option). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated section on mail transfer agent (suggest 127.0.0.1 ; ::1 as IP addresses to listen on); updated subsection on GnuPG configuration (suggest installing gnupg-curl, if not already present). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Galeon (package fam is provided by gamin, the installation of galeon should be performed without pulling recommendations just to avoid cluttering the system; package yelp should be installed without recommendations, as well). 2011-04-24 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on X server installation (explicitly avoiding installation of packages uswsusp and radeontool is no longer needed, the default X background is no longer gray, but black); updated section on fonts for X (suggest installing gucharmap without its recommendations); updated section on Fluxbox (added a setting to disable the bell beep in file ~/.xsession); updated subsection on wallpaper (suggest to mark feh as manually installed); updated subsection on key bindings (added settings to ~/.fluxbox/keys); added sections on common desktop data, file monitoring, GNOME, and text editing with GNOME support. 2011-04-17 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on shell customization (added manual installation of package bash-completion); updated section on pagers and editors (note that package less could be already installed, updated the output of update-alternatives); updated section on dictionaries (installing dictionaries no longer generates questions to be answered). 2011-04-16 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on user privacy (file /etc/profile no longer requires modifications, we no longer use .bash_profile files, only .profile, set stricter permissions for /root directory); updated subsection on boot process (explicitly note that setting a GRUB password is useful after setting a BIOS supervisor password). 2011-04-09 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Iceweasel (xul-ext-useragentswitcher has been packaged and can therefore be installed from Debian mirrors!). 2011-04-03 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on GnuPG configuration (suggest keys.gnupg.net as keyserver). 2011-03-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on office automation (openoffice.org has been replaced by libreoffice). 2011-02-27 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on calculators (dropped installation of rpncalc, which has been removed from Debian). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on Mutt (dropped installation of mutt-vc-query, which has been removed from Debian). 2011-02-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on window placing and focusing (suggest StrictMouseFocus, rather than MouseFocus). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated section on mail user agents (suggest setting the EMAIL environment variable). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: added section on three-dimensional graphics and subsection on modellers and renderers. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on office automation (some packages were renamed). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated subsection on chroots (pbuilder configuration needs that the HOME variable is explicitly set, because of sudo behavioral changes; suggest to place sudo configuration into /etc/sudoers.d/50pbuilder). 2011-02-14 Francesco Poli * *: updated my e-mail address kind of everywhere... 2011-02-12 Francesco Poli * index.html: updated section on getting in touch in me (new e-mail address). * frx-gpg-key-transition-2010.txt: updated OpenPGP key transition document (changed e-mail address). 2011-02-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.rst: updated section on hardware (changed number and size of memory modules). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on GnuPG configuration (suggest subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver). 2011-01-07 Francesco Poli * css/mainstyle.css: dropped experimental rule (which was unused anyway and placed inside a comment); added rule for definition lists. * essays/softfrdm/whatisfree.html: added an essay on the concept of free software. * essays/index.html: added line and link for the essay on free software. * index.html: added link for the essay on free software. 2010-12-31 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on pagers and text editors (dropped installation of par and corresponding use within .vimrc configuration file). 2010-12-12 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: updated section on user data backup (included a generic "mykeyid" placeholder in the example script, rather than my own GnuPG key identifier). 2010-12-08 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on GnuPG configuration (set strong digest preferences, generate a 4096-bit RSA key pair, possibly add other identities, suggest keys.gnupg.net as keyserver); added subsection on key signing parties (suggest installation of signing-party). * doc/nanodocs/nanostyle.css: added formatting for tags of class "literal". * index.html: updated section on getting in touch in me (new OpenPGP key!). * frx-gpg-key-transition-2010.txt: added OpenPGP key transition document. 2010-11-29 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on video manipulation tools (added installation of ffmpeg). 2010-11-28 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on utilities (added installation of convmv). 2010-11-24 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on panel (added a 1 second delay to the fbpanel start command, in order to better work around bug #585576). 2010-11-14 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated section on first hardening and subsection on DHCP client (adapted for dhcp3-client transition to isc-dhcp-client). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: added subsection on video manipulation tools (with installation of mencoder). 2010-11-01 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on calculators (added installation of apcalc). 2010-10-24 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on desktop panel (moved fbpanel invocation in ~/.xsession, in order to work around bug #585576). 2010-10-10 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on pagers and text editors (added a couple of settings to proposed .vimrc file). 2010-09-30 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on bug checking (explicitly select textual interface for reportbug). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on video players (package mozilla-plugin-gnash has been renamed as browser-plugin-gnash). 2010-09-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on user privacy (the line to be changed in /etc/login.defs is now slightly different). 2010-09-05 Francesco Poli * links/index.html: added links to GNU/Linux distribution bug tracking systems. 2010-08-29 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on sound server (dropped --hwmon option from jackd command-line). 2010-07-23 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/releas-o-meter: updated Releas-o-meter script (changed date invocation syntax in order to adapt to recent versions of coreutils). 2010-07-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (the package containing Xpdf is now xpdf, xpdf-reader and xpdf-utils have become transitional packages). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: updated section on data visualization tools (dropped xpdf removal on geomview installation, xpdf is no longer a dependency-only package). 2010-06-26 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio player (added installation of fluid-soundfont-gm and configuration of AMIDI-Plug audacious plugin). 2010-06-16 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on desktop panel (adapted configuration to fbpanel version 6.0-1, which has just migrated into testing). 2010-06-14 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (added installation of pdfgrep). 2010-06-06 Francesco Poli * links/index.html: added some more links to GNU/Linux distributions. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on video players (gmplayer is no longer included in the mplayer package, hence there's no need to configure it). 2010-06-03 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio player (many audacious configuration changes). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated subsection on Ruby (installation of package irb is no longer needed, since it is now integrated in package ruby). 2010-05-26 Francesco Poli * links/index.html: added links section. * index.html: added link to links section. 2010-05-15 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on sound server (changed ~/.jackdrc to adapt to the new jackd version). 2010-05-09 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on system monitoring (changed .conkyrc so that UTF-8 is used and the degree Celsius symbol is correctly displayed). 2010-05-02 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio driver utilities (updated alsamixer settings). 2010-04-24 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.rst: updated section on hardware (changed LCD screen). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on X server installation (with the new LCD screen, the expected resolution changed); updated section on terminal emulator (added utf8Title to xterm configuration); updated subsection on panel (increased width in fbpanel configuration, in order to adapt to new resolution). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Galeon (enabled side pane). 2010-04-18 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated subsection on chroots (added command for quickly logging in to your chroot). 2010-04-11 Francesco Poli * webdesign/nuvolinux.html: changed example domain names to conform to RFC 2606. * progs/scripts/refresh-pubring.html: again RFC 2606. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: RFC 2606 and other minor cosmetic changes. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: RFC 2606. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: RFC 2606. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: RFC 2606. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: RFC 2606. 2010-04-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on bug checking (added a minimal configuration file for reportbug). 2010-03-28 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Galeon (set "about:blank" as home page location). 2010-03-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated section on address book (switched from rolo to pycocuma, as rolo has been removed from Debian); updated subsection on Sylpheed accordingly. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: updated section on copying data between directories or hosts (switched from rolo to pycocuma in the example ~/.send-data.rsync-incl). 2010-03-08 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on Sylpheed (updated configuration to version 3.0.0, which has just entered Debian testing). 2010-02-08 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on cleaning up (also suggest how to search packages removed from testing). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on screensaver (added installation of xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod, xscreensaver-screensaver-webcollage and unicode-screensaver, updated and reformatted list of enabled/disabled screenhacks). 2010-02-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on X server installation (fixed a typo in the first aptitude command-line, and dropped suggestions about package hal, which is no longer automatically installed); updated subsection on system monitoring (changed conky configuration: align RAM and swap usages better, drop I2C variables, since conky cannot start with them). 2010-01-25 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on system monitoring (changed conky configuration: set minimum width of text area, add spaces to the left, place uptime on its own line). 2010-01-24 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on image viewers (changed configuration for geeqie: manual creation of lossless rotation editors is no longer needed, since the corresponding .desktop files have been included in the package, see bug #330543). 2010-01-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (package gv now comes with a .desktop file, we can use it to set gv as default PostScript viewer). 2010-01-18 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/B05prepare_pdeb: added Prepare_pdeb script. * progs/scripts/prepare_pdeb.conf: added configuration file for Prepare_pdeb script. * progs/scripts/B10lintian_pdeb: updated to version 0.2 (which should be free of bashisms, features new code to find the debianized source directory in pbuilder version 0.196, and adds a second lintian run for ftp-master-rejects checks). * progs/scripts/B20testinst_pdeb: updated to version 0.3 (which should be free of bashisms, features new code to find the debianized source directory in pbuilder version 0.196, and uses the new mktemp from coreutils version 8.4 to create temporary files with suffixes). * progs/scripts/B50shell_pdeb: updated to version 0.2 (which should be free of bashisms, performs some more final cleaning, and has other minor enhancements). * progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html: added Prepare_pdeb description and updated links. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated subsection on chroots (added installation of the Prepare_pdeb script with its configuration file, dropped the now superfluous --debbuildopts option from pdebuild commands). 2010-01-10 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on console fonts (suggested installation of kbd, switched to VGA font). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on special cases (suggest to use aptitude, instead of dpkg, to search for removed packages that have not been purged); minor cosmetic changes. 2010-01-02 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on Sylpheed (changed configuration about quotation wrapping: maybe it's better to disable it...). 2009-12-30 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/B20testinst_pdeb: updated to version 0.2 (which enhances the downgrade test, fixes a bug in the code to count .deb packages before the debdiff comparison, and is more verbose during the copy made to create the temporary repository). * progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html: updated the link to version 0.2. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on Sylpheed (removed installation of documentation, which does not seem to be too up-to-date). 2009-12-27 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/B10lintian_pdeb: added Lintian_pdeb script. * progs/scripts/B20testinst_pdeb: added TestInst_pdeb script. * progs/scripts/B50shell_pdeb: added Shell_pdeb script. * progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html: added pdebuild hook scripts description page. * progs/index.html: added line and link for pdebuild hook scripts. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated subsection on chroots (fixed a typo, added installation of pdebuild hook scripts described in the dedicated page). 2009-12-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on console fonts; other minor cosmetic chages. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on Sylpheed (changed several configuration details, other minor cosmetic chages). 2009-12-12 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: added section on debugging (suggesting the installation of the GNU Debugger). 2009-12-06 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated subsection on chroots (moved autocleanaptcache from command-line options to sid.conf configuration file); other minor cosmetic changes. 2009-11-29 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on image viewers (install and configure geeqie, instead of gqview). 2009-11-21 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.rst: updated section on hardware (changed keyboard). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on X server installation (the motherboard issue with DVD drive and LAN controller seems to have been vanished, probably due to kernel upgrades?, hence it no longer deserves to be mentioned). 2009-11-15 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on X server installation (now xserver-xorg depends on hal, so the discussion about DVD drive polling must be moved here). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: updated section on hotpluggable USB mass storage devices (the discussion about DVD drive polling must be moved away); updated section on user data backup (added a pair of exclusions in the duplicity include file: ./.cache and ./.thumbnails). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (impressive installation is better done without pulling recommendations in); updated subsection on TeX and LaTeX (no need to explicitly reject transitional packages, as they are no longer automatically pulled in, no need to manually install texlive-extra-utils, as it is automatically pulled in); updated section on document manipulation programs (pdftk installation is better done without pulling recommendations in). 2009-11-08 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.rst: updated subsection on disk partitioning (dropped reference to and workaround for bug #411943, which is long closed now). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on user authentication (cracklib no longer asks debconf questions). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on console fonts (added console-common installation, which no longer seems to be pulled in automatically). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on X server installation (pressing [Ctrl+Alt+Backspace] no longer kills the X session, in the default configuration: [Ctrl+C] must be used in the virtual terminal). 2009-10-25 Francesco Poli * css/mainstyle.css: changed colors so that the pages look hopefully more relaxing; dropped old test commented lines. * doc/nanodocs/nanostyle.css: applied similar changes to colors. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: updated section on data visualization tools (dropped installation of mayavi, which has been removed from Debian testing and unstable). 2009-10-17 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.rst: updated section on preparation (more general description of where the installation CD is found). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_games.rst: updated subsection on three-dimensional shoot 'em up games (changed configuration for freedoom). 2009-10-10 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on screensavers (updated configuration and list of screenhacks). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on video players (moved basic configuration of mozilla-plugin-gnash from user-wide to system-wide, each user can always override...). 2009-10-03 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on video players (added mozilla-plugin-gnash installation and configuration, replacing swfdec-mozilla). 2009-09-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on Iceweasel (one more privacy tweak: do not accept third-party cookies). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on video players (elected mplayer as default video player for video/ogg files too; added gecko-mediaplayer installation, replacing mozilla-mplayer). 2009-09-13 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated section on hard disk health monitoring (adjusted configuration suggestions to new configuration file). 2009-09-09 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: updated section on hotpluggable USB mass storage devices (the DVD/CD drive changed device file from /dev/hda to /dev/sr0). 2009-08-30 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio driver utilities (dropped generic ~/.asoundrc, changed volume levels for Master and Beep); added section on sound server; updated section on audio player (we now use audacious2; updated its configuration). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on video players (added volume to ~/.mplayer/config, switched to jack audio output for both mplayer and gmplayer configurations). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_games.rst: updated subsection on 3D shoot 'em up games (added volume configuration for freedoom). 2009-08-23 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: updated section on data visualization tools (added geomview installation). 2009-08-12 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on GnuPG configuration (enhanced the command to check gnupg package status). 2009-08-03 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on utilities (moved DNS client installation to the network tool installation and configuration walk-through). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: added subsection on DNS client. 2009-07-23 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on todo list management (todo.css and todo2xhtml_css.xslt changed location). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsections on style and fonts, on workspaces, on window placing and focusing, on panel (minor cosmetic changes). 2009-07-10 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio driver utilities (changed Front Mic gain). 2009-06-27 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated subsection on chroots (added B90lintian_pdeb hook script). 2009-06-07 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio driver utilities (changed Front Mic and Mic gains). 2009-06-02 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: added subsection on POSIX shell programming. 2009-05-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on checking bugs (apt-listbugs behavior changed slightly). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated subsection on screensaver (dropped reference to bug #426609, which is now fixed). 2009-05-15 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: added section on data extraction/acquisition programs. 2009-05-01 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated section on version control systems (added color.diff configuration option for git); updated subsection on Debian package build chroots (dropped reference to bug #499358, which is long fixed now). 2009-04-26 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on user authentication (pam configuration is now managed through pam-auth-update, hence cracklib is enabled via debconf). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated subsection on iceweasel (added a bit of configuration, still incomplete). 2009-04-12 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: added subsection on Iceweasel installation and configuration. 2009-04-01 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: updated section on hotpluggable USB mass storage devices (added partition and filesystem creation for USB devices, along with dosfstools installation). 2009-03-21 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio player (increased buffer size in audacious configuration). 2009-03-16 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: updated section on user data backup (added exclusions for Epiphany caches to file ~/.duplicity.include). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on video players (added gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad installation, needed to see some videos and not recommended by swfdec-mozilla). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated subsection on XML Resume Library (explicit xmltex installation is no longer needed, since this package is now recommended by xml-resume-library). 2009-03-14 Francesco Poli * index.html: added acknowledgements section (with a big thanks to the new hosting service!). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on public keyring management (refresh-pubring URLs changed because the whole website changed hosting). 2009-02-27 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsection on faster repositories (changed apt-spy output, changed workaround for bug #457049, which is unfortunately still present, changed chosen mirrors); updated subsection on easy unstable package installation (changed chosen mirrors according to subsection on faster repositories). 2009-02-22 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: updated section on data visualization tools (modified Mayavi2 configuration). 2009-02-15 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: added section on office automation suite (installation of OpenOffice.org). 2009-02-07 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated Galeon configuration (do not show URL autocompletion drop-down menu). 2009-02-01 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: updated section on audio driver utilities (changed mixer settings). 2009-01-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_games.rst: added a Debian testing workstation videogame installation walk-through. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: added a link to the videogame installation walk-through. * doc/index.html: added line and link for the videogame installation walk-through. 2009-01-11 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on text file comparison (changed section title since we now also talk about text file conversion; added installation of tofrodos). 2009-01-04 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: added section on audio CD encoding (installation and use of jack). 2008-12-28 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated section on version control systems (added git-related tool installation, and a minimalist git configuration); updated subsection on chroots (added "-i -I" options for dpkg-buildpackage in pbuilder configuration file and pdebuild invocation). 2008-12-21 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated subsection on chroots (changed pbuilder configuration file location, documented hook directories, added the --autocleanaptcache option to the pbuilder update command, documented the pbuilder build command, clarified whose GPG key will be used by default to sign the package, other cosmetic changes). 2008-12-12 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on GnuPG configuration (dropped reference to, and workaround for, bug #412508, which is long fixed now). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: updated section on Debian packaging tools (added DEBFULLNAME and DEBEMAIL setting in ~/.bashrc). 2008-12-08 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: updated subsections on first package update and on faster repositories (dropped deb-src repository lines from sources.list: they are useless for the time being); added subsection on easy installation of packages from unstable. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on X server installation (dropped reference to, and workaround for, bug #406111, which is long fixed now). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (keyjnote is now named impressive). 2008-12-07 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on screensaver (added extra screenhack installation and updated list of enabled/disabled screenhacks). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: added sections on version control systems, and on tools for Debian packaging. 2008-12-04 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (added installation of sm). 2008-11-30 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: ~/.xsession-errors is no longer excluded from user data backup (in ~/.duplicity.include); applied one minor style enhancement. 2008-11-23 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on pagers and text editors (added autoindent/cindent automatic switching to VIM per-user configuration file). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: excluded ~/var contents from user data backup (in ~/.duplicity.include). 2008-11-12 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on pagers and text editors (added cindent setting to VIM per-user configuration file). 2008-11-02 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_programming.rst: added a Debian testing workstation programming tools walk-through. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: added a link to the programming tools walk-through. * doc/index.html: added line and link for the programming tools walk-through. * *.html: changed encoding to utf-8 for all hand-written HTML files. 2008-11-01 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: added section on multilingual text input for X. 2008-10-22 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated subsection on Sylpheed (added gconf configuration for default MUA). 2008-10-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on X fonts (added gucharmap installation). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: added subsection on copying data to a FAT filesystem. 2008-09-28 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: added sections on console fonts and large text display (with a subsection on the message of the day). 2008-09-15 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on system monitor (apparently, 512 bytes were not enough: changed text_buffer_size to 640 bytes in Conky configuration). 2008-09-14 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on system monitor (added text_buffer_size to Conky configuration). 2008-09-08 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/ie2g.html: added IE2G description page. * progs/index.html: added line and link for IE2G. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: added subsection on XML Resume Library. 2008-08-31 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on screensaver (updated list of enabled/disabled screenhacks). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: dropped reference to bug #441582, which is long fixed now. 2008-07-16 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: updated Galeon configuration (uncheck "Always use these fonts", add reference to bug #490645). 2008-07-06 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on image viewers (added gqview configuration). 2008-06-22 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on Fluxbox (added a command to rotate log file in .xsession); updated section on screensaver (added a stop command in .xsession, updated list of enabled/disabled screenhacks, dropped reference to bug #467319 which is fixed in unstable now and will be fixed in testing in a week or so); updated section on log file monitoring (added a stop command in .xsession); updated section on system monitoring (added a stop command in .xsession). 2008-06-14 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: fixing grep commands that show GnuPG configuration directives. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on image viewers (added gqview installation). 2008-06-08 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (added installation of pdfcube). 2008-05-25 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: suggest installation of bsd-mailx, rather than mailx (which is now a transitional package and will be removed sooner or later). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document viewers (added installation of keyjnote). 2008-05-18 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: no longer suggest SSH DSA keys, but recommend RSA keys, instead; modified the command to compute a host key fingerprint (a command-line option is a more convenient way to specify which key is to be read); suggest to disable the use of DSA host keys on SSH server; noted that it's currently impossible to disable DSA-based authentication and added reference to bug #481133. 2008-05-04 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: added documentation about the --purge-unused aptitude option. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on utilities (added time installation). 2008-04-30 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: updated section on data visualization (added installation and configuration of MayaVi2). 2008-04-27 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: slightly modified subsection on package update special cases (since safe-upgrade became smarter, it won't necessary refuse to upgrade packages that get new dependencies, it will only refuse in some cases); added subsection on APT cache cleaning. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: added section on GUI-aware text editing. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: updated subsection on raster image manipulation programs (added gcolor2 installation); updated subsection on video players (added system-wide configuration for MPlayer, added video output driver configuration for the regular user, added gMPlayer configuration for the regular user). 2008-04-23 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: no more mark epiphany-extensions as auto. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: updated section on data plotting (added installation of Grace); added section on data visualization (with installation of MayaVi). 2008-04-14 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: updated section on utilities (added installation of at). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: updated section on X fonts (added installation of ttf-freefont); fixed Conky configuration (use_spacer none, rather than no). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: changed the pmount install command, again (in order to avoid installing radeontool as well). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: updated section on document manipulation programs (added installation of pdfedit and antiword). 2008-04-05 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: added section on unused packages. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated section on mail transfer agent (a public e-mail address for root should be specified). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: changed the pmount install command (in order to avoid installing uswsusp as well). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: fixed double typo ("lengthe"); escaped one backslash that would otherwise be itself interpreted as an escape character. 2008-03-28 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: fixed typo: package name is reportbug, not reportbugs! * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: updated configuration notes for Exim; dropped reference and workaround for bug #355192, which is almost fixed now; added notes on how to display details of the SSL certificates accepted in Sylpheed; updated configuration notes for Sylpheed. 2008-03-20 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/Makefile: added --link-stylesheet to rst2html options to adapt to python-docutils version 0.4 new behavior. * doc/nanodocs/nanostyle.css: changed div#contents to div.contents to adapt to python-docutils version 0.4 new behavior. * doc/nanodocs/*.html: rebuilt from source with python-docutils version 0.4. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: added sections on todo list management and text file comparison. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: added section on text file graphical comparison. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_scientific.rst: added a Debian testing workstation scientific applications walk-through. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: added sections on typesetting systems (with subsections on TeX/LaTeX and Docutils), document manipulation programs, and web publishing; added a link to the scientific applications walk-through. * doc/index.html: added line and link for the scientific applications walk-through. 2008-03-02 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: changed XScreenSaver configuration (disabled Stonerview and added reference to bug #467319). 2008-02-22 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: added section on video players. 2008-02-19 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: changed the web browser external command to sensible-browser. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: dropped the little bit of Sylpheed configuration (since it is now managed via the sensible-browser interface); added BROWSER environment variable setting (to configure sensible-browser); added mime-type configuration. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: fixed typo (Max OSD width value is "0"); added mime-type configuration for audio files. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_doc.rst: added a Debian testing workstation document system configuration walk-through. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: added a link to the document system configuration walk-through. * doc/index.html: added line and link for the document system configuration walk-through. 2008-02-10 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: added --force option to the remove command in duplicity-backup.sh. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_video.rst: added a Debian testing workstation image and video configuration walk-through. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: added a link to the image and video configuration walk-through. * doc/index.html: added line and link for the image and video configuration walk-through. 2008-02-04 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: added audacious configuration. 2008-01-31 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: added reference to and a temporary workaround for bug #355192. 2008-01-12 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: modified section on system clean up (new version of aptitude has a command-line method to get a list of obsolete packages!). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: changed FBPanel configuration (another slight modification for its height). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: restructured e-mail encryption section (the old content is now a subsection); added subsection on managing keyrings (with a reference to my Refresh-pubring script). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: added a (too) partial workaround for DVD/CD drive malfunctioning during onboard LAN use on the ASUS P5B-VM motherboard; amended duplicity.include file (to exclude OLD stuff and CDs); added -p option to ~/bin creation command; added section on copying data around. 2008-01-04 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: no longer suggest installing BitchX (since it got removed from Debian testing and unstable, see bug #451373): suggest irssi, instead. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: added paragraph on starting audio player automatically on each Fluxbox session. 2008-01-03 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_audio.rst: added a Debian testing workstation audio configuration walk-through. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: added a link to the audio configuration walk-through. * doc/index.html: added line and link for the audio configuration walk-through. 2007-12-31 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: added a workaround for bug #457049. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: changed Fluxbox configuration (slit is now placed on the top right corner); changed XScreenSaver configuration (enabled/disabled new screensavers); changed FBPanel configuration (moved the panel to the left and modified its size). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: modified user data backup script to adapt to the new duplicity command line interface. 2007-12-29 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/refresh-pubring: updated to version 0.6 (which retries to refresh the same keys on next session, if there were errors). * progs/scripts/refresh-pubring.html: updated the link to version 0.6. 2007-12-22 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: added clarification about mykeyid (it's a GnuPG key identifier). 2007-12-09 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: fixed formatting error (changed $MYKEYID to literal formatting). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: added section on CPUfreq. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: added a missing prompt (for "cat ~/.xsession"); improved Conky configuration (the box has two CPU cores, hence two clock frequencies should be shown). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: added sections on system backup and on user data backup. 2007-11-25 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: improved Sylpheed configuration (switched from automatic to UTF-8 outgoing character encoding). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: added suggestion to install rdiff-backup as a backup tool. 2007-11-17 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: added section on persistent names for hotpluggable devices; added section on duplicity as a backup tool. 2007-11-04 Francesco Poli * progs/apps/markonvert.html: added markonvert description page. * progs/index.html: added line and link for markonvert. 2007-11-03 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: improved selection rules in UXTerm configuration. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_backup.rst: added a Debian testing workstation backup walk-through. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: added a link to the backup walk-through. * doc/index.html: added line and link for the backup walk-through. 2007-10-28 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: improved UTF-8 support further (switched to UTF-8 fonts for Fluxbox, root-tail, Conky). 2007-10-27 Francesco Poli * essays/softfrdm/whatissoftware.html: added FAQ section with question about printing documents on paper. 2007-10-16 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: improved UTF-8 support (switched from XTerm to UXTerm with UTF-8 font). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: improved UTF-8 support (switched from VIM in XTerm to VIM in UXTerm, as external editor for Sylpheed). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: switched from w3mmee to w3m. 2007-10-06 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: added comments about linux-image* automatic removals; added reference to bug #441582 and explained a workaround; added reference to bug #397547. 2007-09-28 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: added section on user management. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: improved Fluxbox configuration; added section on X utilities (such as sux). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: added suggestion to update the addresses configuration file whenever users are added or deleted. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: added another package recommended by galeon (yelp) to be manually installed; added subsection on Epiphany; added section on text-based browsers (with w3m). 2007-09-23 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: added details about Galeon configuration. 2007-09-22 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: improved FBPanel configuration, again. 2007-09-21 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: added subsection on system clean up. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_browsers.rst: added a Debian testing workstation web browser configuration walk-through. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: added a link to the web browser configuration walk-through. * doc/index.html: added line and link for the web browser configuration walk-through. 2007-09-16 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: added a section on address book application and description of its integration with Sylpheed. 2007-09-06 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: improved FBPanel configuration; added new screensavers. 2007-08-02 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: improved FBPanel configuration. 2007-07-29 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: adapted FBPanel and Conky configuration to new FBPanel version (4.9-2) that entered testing. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: added sections on e-mail encryption and Sylpheed. 2007-07-22 Francesco Poli * css/mainstyle.css: added a minimum width for the body, so that the website does not become too weird in tight browser windows (even though some horizontal scrolling could be needed). 2007-07-15 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: reorganized the package update part; added subsection on kernel upgrading. 2007-07-11 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: adapted Fluxbox configuration to new version (1.0~rc3-1) that entered testing; dropped reference to bugs #426949 and #427114, which are fixed now. 2007-07-08 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: added hint about installing newly recommended packages and marking them as auto; changed aptitude commands (upgrade is now safe-upgrade, dist-upgrade is now full-upgrade). * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: changed %_d into %d in every time format, in order to match the "date -R" format. 2007-06-26 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: added section about hard disk health monitoring. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: added sections on IRC client and SSH server; added a link to the e-mail configuration walk-through. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_emailconf.rst: added a Debian testing workstation e-mail configuration walk-through. * doc/index.html: added line and link for the e-mail configuration walk-through. 2007-06-22 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: added vimrc setting for UTF-8 encoding. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_nettools.rst: added a Debian testing workstation network tool installation and configuration walk-through. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: added a link to the network tool installation and configuration walk-through. * doc/index.html: added line and link for the network tool installation and configuration walk-through. 2007-06-13 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: dropped reference to bug #428461, which is fixed now; added reference to bugs #428614 and #428615. 2007-06-12 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: added hint about purging configuration files belonging to removed packages. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: dropped reference to bug #426610, which is fixed now; added a section on system monitoring. 2007-06-06 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: added hint about aptitude dist-upgrade. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: added instructions to set VIM as system-wide default editor. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: added sections on font selection, slit configuration, workspaces, window management, screensaver configuration, key bindings, panel setup, and log file monitoring. 2007-05-29 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: added section on Debian documents. 2007-05-17 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: added sections on screen locking and fortune. 2007-05-13 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: recommend umask 022 for root, since umask 007 has undesired effects on aptitude (see http://bugs.debian.org/421809 and http://bugs.debian.org/421811) 2007-05-08 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: added sections on terminal emulator, fonts, Fluxbox, and wallpaper. 2007-05-07 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: added a link to the Securing Debian Manual. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_desktopconf.rst: added a Debian testing workstation desktop environment configuration walk-through. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: added a link to the desktop environment configuration walk-through. * doc/index.html: added line and link for the desktop environment configuration walk-through. 2007-05-06 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_consoleconf.rst: added a Debian testing workstation console environment configuration walk-through. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: added a link to the console environment configuration walk-through. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.rst: changed the final link syntax for consistency. * doc/index.html: added line and link for the console environment configuration walk-through. 2007-04-29 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: added sections on apt-listbugs, anacron and exim. 2007-04-22 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/etch_workstation_install.rst: renamed as doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.rst. * doc/nanodocs/etch_workstation_initialconf.rst: renamed as doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst. * doc/index.html: updated links and titles accordingly. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.rst: modified text in order to clarify that the purpose is installing a system that will stay forever testing. * doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_initialconf.rst: modified text in order to clarify that the purpose is installing a system that will stay forever testing; added other subsections to the first hardening section. 2007-04-21 Francesco Poli * webdesign/nuvolinux_screen.css: updated NuvoLinux webdesign stylesheet (added rules for code snippets). * webdesign/nuvolinux.html: updated NuvoLinux webdesign example page (added code snippet example). 2007-03-25 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/etch_workstation_initialconf.rst: added a Debian etch workstation initial configuration walk-through. * doc/nanodocs/etch_workstation_install.rst: added a link to the initial configuration walk-through. * doc/index.html: added line and link for the etch initial configuration walk-through. 2007-03-12 Francesco Poli * doc/nanodocs/etch_workstation_install.rst: added a Debian etch workstation installation walk-through. * doc/index.html: added line and link for the etch installation walk-through. 2007-02-07 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/refresh-pubring: updated to version 0.5 (thanks to Brian M. Carlson for the useful suggestions!). * progs/scripts/refresh-pubring.html: updated the link to version 0.5. 2007-01-31 Francesco Poli * progs/scripts/refresh-pubring: added Refresh-pubring script. * progs/scripts/refresh-pubring.html: added Refresh-pubring description page. * progs/index.html: added line and link for Refresh-pubring. * essays/softfrdm/whatissoftware.html: stylistic change. 2007-01-22 Francesco Poli * progs/index.html: fixed wrong title. * essays/softfrdm/whatissoftware.html: added an essay on the meaning of the term software. * webdesign/frx.html: added an example of ordered list and an example of author name. * css/mainstyle.css: added rules for ordered lists and for author name. * essays/index.html: added essays section. * index.html: added link to essays section and to the essay on the meaning of the term software. 2007-01-14 Francesco Poli * images/wallpapers/thinking-penguin.svg: changed the background color gradient, decreased opacity on many objects in order to increase the readability of any dark text that can be displayed over the image. 2007-01-07 Francesco Poli * webdesign/frx.html: fixed a detail. * webdesign/small-logo.png: added small placeholder image. * webdesign/nuvolinux_screen.css: added NuvoLinux webdesign stylesheet. * webdesign/nuvolinux.html: added NuvoLinux webdesign example page. * webdesign/index.html: added link to NuvoLinux webdesign. 2007-01-01 Francesco Poli * ChangeLog: added a changelog (the one you are reading right now!). * webdesign/frx.html: fixed a typo in the footer notice. * progs/scripts/releas-o-meter: added Releas-o-meter script. * progs/scripts/releas-o-meter.html: added Releas-o-meter description page. * progs/index.html: added programs section. * index.html: added link to programs section and to changelog. 2006-12-31 Francesco Poli * First released version.