Activity for InfiniteDissent‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Edit	Post #296541	Initial revision	—	about 1 month ago
Answer	—	A: Overwrite hard drive with random data Be aware that overwriting a drive with random data is not recommended as the way to securely erase a modern SSD. Here is what a prominent manufacturer of SSDs says about it: > With older hard drives (HDDs), overwriting the entire disk multiple times was the standard way to securely erase data. ... (more)	—	about 1 month ago
Comment	Post #295418	Yes, you would need to clean them up manually if you wanted to completely remove all traces of the program. Uninstalling a software package does not result in documents and settings in user $HOME directories being wiped out, just as uninstalling Microsoft Word on Windows does not result in a glob... (more)	—	7 months ago
Edit	Post #295418	Initial revision	—	7 months ago
Answer	—	A: How do package managers track the installed files? Your question refers to a scenario in which software is installed by a DEB package, but also includes the ability to update itself independently of the package manager. This is very unlikely to work well, and in my experience is exceedingly rare. Software is either installed as a DEB (or RPM etc)... (more)	—	7 months ago
Edit	Post #294038	Initial revision	—	over 1 year ago
Answer	—	A: Why doesn't System Monitor see Firefox as an application, unlike Chrome? I am running Debian 12 with KDE, and my Firefox (which is the Firefox ESR version installed via `apt`) does show up in the Applications list; however, if I run the Zed editor which is installed via Flatpak, I see the same behaviour as in your screenshot: the process shows up in Processes but not ... (more)	—	over 1 year ago