ttj - Tom Jones

If you install from CD and don't use a mirror, sources.list will just have the CD. If you want to change to network later, this is the basic sources.list : deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib # bookworm-updates, to get updates before a point release is made; # see https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_updates_and_backports deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main contrib deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main contrib Notes: bookworm is codename for 12, very annoying [1] under some circumstances, a new section for non-free firmware is also included. Is this just if the installer requires non-free firmware during installation?   [1] < https://wibblement.blogspot.com/2023/07/version-names-are-like-v...

In investigating why I can't `mkdir /scratch` on MacOS, I came across:     With macOS Catalina, you can no longer store files or data in the read-only system volume, nor can you write to the "root" directory [...] [0] The phrase "you can no longer [..]" suggests a linear progression.  Some kind of ordering.  Comparability. If "you can no longer" in 3.5, then probably in 2.7 you can, whereas in 3.6 you can not.  Version names do not have this.  Why does everything from debian to ubuntu to, apparently, MacOS, suffer from this same bad meme?  Why does my sources.list contain "deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/bullseye main non-free contrib"?  Is that before or after that other disney character? At least Apple has resisted the temptation, apparently irresistible to others, to name their thing after irritating combinations of adjective and animal name, such as "spastic spider".  Oh, remind me, did "gay goat" come before or ...