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Posts by InfiniteDissent‭

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Q&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 driv...

posted 1mo ago by InfiniteDissent‭

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Q&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 wor...

posted 7mo ago by InfiniteDissent‭

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Q&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 F...

posted 1y ago by InfiniteDissent‭

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