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Neo_78

I am trying o install the Thonny IDE for Python and MicroPython development: https://thonny.org/ As the root user, I first tried the suggested installation script with curl -s https://thonny.org/installer-for-linux as suggested in the instructions: https://github.com/thonny/thonny/wiki/Linux However...

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Thanks jamesbond fatdoguser . The idea is to get an ESP32 microcontroller that I am able to access via Fatdog and these boards seem to ship with a variety of different USB-Serial chips. That's why I am asking before having to buy a larger number of boards. There seems to be a global shortage of CP21...

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Thanks @fatdoguser.

So I assume I can simply load it with sudo modprobe cp210x ?

Neo_78

In order to communicate via USB with the serial port of many ESP32 microcontrollers in the Arduino IDE, the Silicon Labs CP2104 driver is used, for instance: https://docs.heltec.org/general/establish_serial_connection.html SiLabs claims that their driver ships with the Linux Kernel since version 2.6...

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Correct, Google unfortunately removed a number of cache analysis functions...

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Thanks, MC is able to display the Chrome cache files both in Ascii and hex format. However, both outputs are pretty cryptic and do not provide meaningful results regarding the original file formats. The mentioned Nirsoft ChromeCacheView tool appears to be able to make the desired binary file convers...

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Thanks @fatdoguser. Are you referring to Midnight Commander?

https://midnight-commander.org/

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Chrome cache hex dumps can be found in /.cache/google-chrome/Profile 1/Cache/Cache_Data . Unfortunately it is not possible to open the individual cache files with a text editor like Geany. However, the file manager is able to recognize original file formats of the cached content, for example images,...

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Thanks for your explanation @fatdoguser

Neo_78

Is the FatDogArm still in development or has this project been abandoned? https://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/web/arm-index.html The Raspberry Pi 5 has reached a weekly production volume that makes it globally available now and the hardware specification with 8GB RAM make it an excellent, energy-effic...

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Thanks for your feedback jamesbond . So the temporary solution would be to use the "medium initrd" option during the remastering option instead of the default, large "humongous initrd"? https://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/web/faqs/huge-initrd.html What are the exact implications of...

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@jamesbond yes, I always delete the created packages of both browsers in /root before running the remastering process.

Thanks @fatdoguser. That's an interesting possibility. Let me test that!

Neo_78

This laptop does not have any partitions as there are no hard drives connected. I simply EFI boot Fatdog 901 from the default DVD into RAM mode (no savefile). If you want to reproduce the initrd size, simply download Chrome and Firefox via the menu installers, create a normal user account, run the r...

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Thanks jamesbond . I guess, this would be the boot loader version: grub-install --version grub-install (GRUB) 2.03 Is there a safe way to update Grub from inside Fatdog64 running in RAM? How do you reliably determine the predetermined memory limit of a specific Grub version that the initrd will have...

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Investigating this error further, I found a bug report in Ubuntu where a large number of users reported the same problem in their live systems when upgrading from Ubuntu 21 to 22 (kernel version changed from 5 to 6 like Fatdog): https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1970402 ...

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Hey jamesbond , unfortunately I am still encountering this problem when I am trying to boot a remastered 901 EFI Fatdog image from DVD on this Lenovo laptop. This particular laptop has 12GB of RAM. I used MemTest86 to ensure that the menory is not faulty and the test does not find any errors. The la...

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Thanks @BarryK

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Thanks @BarryK. Do you mind sharing your installation script?

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m1k3 Do you know the location of the build script that is being used to create the mentioned Vivaldi appimage to review the source? Does anyone know the exact names and locations of the scripts that are being used to install the default Chrome and Firefox browsers in Fatdog? Maybe those could be ad...

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Thanks @m1k3, appimages are indeed an interesting idea and concept:

https://appimage.org/

Although, using an unoffically created browser package that does not come directly from the Vivaldi developer team could be a bit of a concern...

Neo_78

Ok, great, so it's pointing to the original source repositories of each distribution. I always thought that Slackware packages have the highest compatility level with FatDog...

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Vivaldi browser offers pretty cool features: https://vivaldi.com/en/download/ I think we have a SFS-file in the FatDog repository for quick installation. However, in this way you can obviously not update the browser like Chrome and Firefox in the FatDog control panel. Do you have any idea how to alw...

Neo_78

SFS seems to be a pretty cool format to manage your tools. Will have to resesarch that in more detail.

Which Linux flavour are you using on https://pkgs.org/ for Fatdog? What's the exact source of the packages listed on this website?

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Thanks @m1k3. Let me try that I think those are available here (Linux x86):

https://go.dev/dl/

Do you manage all the packages that you additionally install in separate SFS files or do you create everything in one SFS?

Neo_78

Does anyone know how to get a newer version of Golang installed in FatDog?

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VeraCrypt seems to be the right tool for USB pendrive encryption and is available in Gslapt:

https://www.veracrypt.fr/code/VeraCrypt/

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When running FatDog in RAM-only mode from USB or DVD without hard drives connected, why not save your personal work files on a separate, encrypted USB pen drive that you plug and unplug as required? In that way you can always boot into a clean system and still have the option to store your work. Are...

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Thinking about this setup further, I tried to access firefox as another non-root user via ssh in localhost. I started sshd from the control panel and then executed as root in the terminal the following command: ssh -X mywebuser@localhost firefox This will prompt for the user password of mywebuser as...

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I downloaded git, make and golang from Gslapt, cloned the wireproxy repository and then tried to make the package. I set the go path temporarily to export PATH=/opt/go/bin:$PATH as described in the golang package description in Gslapt. How do you permanently set a specific path for bash in Fatdog? H...

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Could you explain the exact use case scenario for accessing your Android phone via ssh and use vnc for web browsing from another device? fatdoguser Most users might use their Android phone as a Wifi hubspot or modem for their laptop. Where do you see the benefits of this particular setup? Also, why ...

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