I installed debian for a friend who is not techy. They've been accepting the updates as and when offered. Now their /boot is full. I'm assuming they need to run

apt autoremove --purge

Or similar. But is there a way you automate this? Otherwise debian with a boot partition seems to have a self destruct timer!

Advice appreciated!

Dear Debianites

This is the official call for artwork proposals for the forky cycle. For the most up to date details, please refer to the wiki^1. At the same time, we would like to thank Elise Couper for creating the Ceratopsian theme for trixie^2.

So, if you would like (or know someone who would like) to create a desktop look and feel that will be seen by trillions of people, be sure to send in your artwork ASAP!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/52344409

I'm learning traditional Chinese, the one used in Taiwan and an etymological dictionary is really a good idea to understand what each character is composed of.

I found zhongwen.com online and while it is a very good idea, it is so hard to read what each character is made of, because text is so small.

Furthermore, I cannot copy and paste text, as it's all an image, which is odd.

Is there any way to enlarge the characters?

I'm on debian 13.6, browser is firefox, sometimes I use librewolf

When looking at backports.debian.org, yt-dlp shows an upload of 2026.07.04-1~bpo13+1 (https://backports.debian.org/uploads/trixie-backports/)

Checking packages.debian.org, it shows the source package as the same 2026.07.04, but the packaged version as 2026.03.17 (https://packages.debian.org/trixie-backports/yt-dlp)

Does anyone know why the upload and source versions wouldn't match the packaged version?

I am on a dual boot Debian 12 / Win11 and I get a firmware upgrade in debian with this text:

_Some of the platform secrets may be invalidated when updating this firmware. Please ensure you have the volume recovery key before continuing.

This updates the list of forbidden signatures (the "dbx") to the latest release from Microsoft.

Some insecure bootloaders were added, due to security vulnerabilities that allowed an attacker to bypass UEFI Secure Boot. The additional entries were from: • Baramanudi Management Suite • EAZ EasyFix • Finland Matriculation Examination Board • NTC IT ROSA Linux • PC-Doctor • Spyrus WTGCreator • WhiteCanyon blancco • Some ancient shim releases for OpenSUSE, Oracle and Red Hat_

My questions are:

• Does dual boot have extra riscs?
• The volume recovery key: is that the luks encryption key?
• Any tips how to get it?

Any help much appreciated.

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Greetings to the entire debian community on Indian independence day and remembering and reminding that freedom is not free.

It is due to sacrifice and love of many that we enjoy freedom, and that we need to preserve it against vested interest.

With the AMD Ryzen AI Halo developer platform there is the option of ordering this Ryzen AI Max+ mini PC with either Microsoft Windows 11 or "Linux OS". When receiving a AMD Ryzen AI Halo review sample last month, I fully expected it to just be an Ubuntu LTS install with ROCm preloaded. I was quite surprised when powering it up to find that it's an OS called the AMD Ryzen AI Developer Platform 1 "Rex" and is based on Debian Linux.

People often mistake the word “stable” in different contexts and I wish to clear up the confusion. There are two main meanings in the world of GNU/Linux for the word above and these two meanings are vastly different: once booted the system does not crash, therefore it is stable once installed the system behaves exactly the same for the lifetime of this install, therefore it is stable In both examples above you can mix-in the word “reliable” in more than one way as well, but for me personally the word reliable means that I can rely on my computer to be ready to do my bidding when I am ready to use the system.

:picklerick: Debian ist die Abkürzung für:

Der Name des Betriebssystems leitet sich von den Vornamen des Debian-Gründers Ian Murdock und seiner damaligen Freundin und späteren Ehefrau Debra Lynn ab.

:cannabis: Wenige Monate nach der Gründung, im Mai 1994, entschied Ian Murdock den Namen des Projekts von Debian Linux in Debian GNU/Linux zu ändern. Damit folgte er der Auffassung der Free Software Foundation, dass Linux eine Variante des GNU-Systems sei.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian

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Honest question: what would a Linux distribution have to do to earn 30 years of your loyalty?