Re: Editing /etc/apt/sources.list breaks update
# export LC_MESSAGES=C
root@debian:/home/juha# gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-key
7638D0442B90D010
key 7638D0442B90D010:
10 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key 7638D0442B90D010: "Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key
(8/jessie) <ftpmaster@debian.org>" not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: unchanged: 1
root@debian:/home/juha# gpg -a --export 7638D0442B90D010 | apt-key add -
gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid argument
gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid argument
gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid argument
gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid argument
gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid argument
gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid argument
gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid argument
gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid argument
gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid argument
gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid argument
key 7638D0442B90D010:
10 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: keydb_get_keyblock failed: Value not found
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Anyway running such commands felt strange because it is not mentioned
in documentation and quite impossible to guess.
This all means the "DebianTesting" web page is wrong. The task is not
as easy as it claims. It should be fixed.
Anyway it is not a big problem for me. I can continue with the default
sources.list.
Debian still looks like the best choice for old computer + CD install.
I tried SparkyLinux which is advertised for old computers. They have a
minimalGUI image but its GUI installer requires 1GB memory! The CLI
"advanced installer" is not advanced at all and left me with a partly
broken system.
I just tried Fedora. Even their "light" LXQT spin hogs memory and
feels sticky. :(
Arch, Manjaro and many others have dropped support for 32-bit. Ubuntu
is planning to do so ...
Puppy Linux and such are too minimal, designed for truly limited resources.
The computer I will update has plenty of resources: An AMD CPU of
almost 2 GHz and half a gigabyte of memory. That is 536870912 bytes,
for God's sake! It is not an obsolete machine.
BTW, the reply address of this mailing list is set wrong. In some
other lists I can click Reply and it goes to the list. Here it would
go to the person who sent the last message. I have to edit the
recipient field.
Regards,
Juha Manninen
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