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fwupd can install from exe using the Dell script in https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/tree/main/contrib/firmware_packager

However that model is supported natively too: https://fwupd.org/lvfs/devices/com.dell.uefi3b49e316.firmware

IE: install gnome-firmware from flatpak or native package manager and it can do the whole thing, no need to download some exe.

Instance Admins can remove it from an account. Given your instance they may not do so though.

I think the electoral college itself could also cause a civil war given time and larger differences between the popular vote and who is declared winner.

ESP is usually not cleared on a reinstall unless somebody takes the extra step to do so. Since each OS has its own directory within the ESP their installers don’t push it. I was mostly referring to modification in firmware though.

It’s reminiscent of boot sector viruses in the DOS days.

This is worse than many, since it persists across reinstalls and even potentially drive swaps, and fools systems such as secure boot.

It can outlast those too.

In many of these cases, however, it’s still possible to run a software tool freely available from the IBV or device vendor website that reflashes the firmware from the OS. To pass security checks, the tool installs the same cryptographically signed UEFI firmware already in use, with only the logo image, which doesn’t require a valid digital signature, changed.

This is how you get subscription-only fire departments.

Both services existed at the same time for a few years.

If something else depends on it then it shouldn’t be removed, it’s only removing things that are not used elsewhere.

Usually just reading through the packages it’s listing and double check what it’s doing is enough. If something is removing a ton of gnome and you’re not trying to remove gnome, that would be an issue. If something is trying to remove the kernel (unless it’s an old kernel) or grub that’s also worth digging into. I’ve never run into problems with it, I don’t think it’s common these days.

It also doesn’t require a session to be logged in at the local console.

RustDesk Has worked pretty well for me on the rare occasions I need it.

I don’t think Jews were involved at all, which is another part of what makes it odd that it’s sometimes offensive. There is a similar British slang word, and Germans also immigrated to New York where it is thought to have originated in the prisons.

What greeter are you using? GDM? You can disable auto login from the command line.

Assuming gdm, as root edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf and set AutomaticLoginEnable=False.

Think this model predates apps on the iPod.

“Gypsies” itself is also seen as a pejorative for the Romani.

Shyster has a reputation as being anti-semitic due to the assumption it is related to Shakespeare’s character Shylock. Historically it isnt, it refers to lawyers and the “shy” comes from German. It’s literally shitters.

Sort of like the word niggardly.

Ah, I can duplicate this behavior too. I think it is probably related to emacs being a metapackage. It does not include emacs itself but forces the install of emacs-gtk. In my mind removing the metapackage should allow you to autoremove dependencies, but people have broken their systems badly with this behavior so it may have been changed or it’s stuck behind some configuration option.

Removing emacs-gtk itself will work as you expect. You can also install emacs-nox for a cli-only one that is smaller.

Edit: there is a setting called APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections that by default includes meta packages and I think is the cause of this.

Currently Gnome will only allow you to connect to a logged in session. It is more like screen sharing than RDP usually is.

It is a very typical way of doing things, you just have to read the output and make sure no important packages are in the list.

Your command should be working. It won’t remove manually installed dependencies but should take care of automatic ones. You can check an individual package with apt show and look at the APT-Manual-Installed field.

Never heard it that way. It is a calque of a Native American name from the northern plains. I always thought a white person using it was offensive due to negative stereotypes about native Americans and drinking (and also mocking somewhat, like walking about saying “how” or speaking pidgin).