Sorry, I mixed that up. It was named Canonical partner or something like that and contained only binary packages. Debian contrib are free packages with dependencies in non-free. While non-free are packages with not DFSG compliant source code (but with source code).
In principle yes, as Ubuntu is derived from Debian Sid, but with modifications to make it stable. Thus, the sources they are built from are different and hence, not completely binary compatible, like e.g. *Ubuntu and Mint or Debian and LMDE are. The configuration settings different also here and there and thus, guides for Ubuntu are not 1:1 transferable to Debian and vice versa.
For the conflicting package names, there is at least the solution to pin the sources.list from the PPA with a higher priority than the official Ubuntu repository. This would work even package-wise.
Ubuntu had (I don’t know if it still has) an additional contrib section in the sources.list for binary packages from “partners” without source code available, like e.g. Spotify.
It was not special from the outside, but from the inside. It was either the envelope or the TAN list that was printed with a special pattern to prevent reading the list by using a flashlight.
Fun fact: You’ll get like 10 $ per day and free housing (a bed in a shack) and food during that time.
As a German, when living in Sweden, I was (and still am) very impressed, how widespread the use of (Mobile) Bank ID, beside the use of the personal ID number (As a male German, the state has assigned me at least three different ones without requiring any interaction.) for basically everything, is.
In Germany, before introducing a second electronic way of authentication for online (or phone) banking, it was done by a chosen password and a TAN (transaction number) from a list that you regularly got sent by mail in a special envelope. Later it was replaced by that “thingy”, a mobile TAN generator, or push TAN via SMS.
It says one special character, not at least one. Maybe the password has more than one.
At least it should not, in many countries must not, be the only measure.
I once encountered an OR in the requirements: Capital letters, small letters and digits OR special characters.
But then they should consequently call it Reich US Labor Service.
Also remember not to charge them after midnight.
Who is the guy on the right?
In Germany, this would be literally Hitler. The next day, 2nd May 1933, he “coordinated” (coordination, Gleichschaltung) the trade unions, their offices were stormed and property was seized.
Today, the parades and rallies are held to show the politicians that workers and their trade unions have power, to demonstrate for freedom, peace, social justice, international reconciliation and human dignity. Thus, the rallies are not only hold by the trade unions, but other NGOs also participate.
Penguins are always following the black or white tie dresscode.
KIO GDrive is the KDE equivalent https://feddit.org/comment/1494000
The KIO GDrive module allows access to Google Drive from KDE apps like Dolphin.
Anything GTK GUI related is not necessary anymore once you have installed KDE, as you then typically use e.g. Discover for software managing instead of the mint software center.
I assume they stopped having a KDE version, as they then would have to completely rewrite their apps (those for the Mint look and feel) in Qt and supporting two such elementary different versions is to much for one team. Now, as they are delivering a Mate, Cinnamon and XFCE flavour, they can take advantage of them being all GTK2 or GTK3 based.
Right, installing a DE is usually not something a direct bloody beginner would/should do. But a beginner who installed Mint, e.g. because of recommendations, has already installed some programs and worked with their system for a while, but now is not confident with Cinnamon DE. For someone like them it’s feasible to ‘simply’ install a different DE e.g. KDE onto their system. (I’d also suggest uninstalling anything GTK related and reinstalling only those packages that one deems useful). As there are no essential differences between Kubuntu and Mint, I don’t see the problems here. KDE is in the same sources.list that Mint uses (in the official Ubuntu repos), so there shouldn’t be any strange dependency conflicts. Thus it’s not going to end up as a Frankenstein system.
Personally, I use Debian btw. 😉, I’d also suggest installing the original, i.e. Debian or LMDE, if one likes the Mint stuff, and get rid of the Ubuntu dependencies. But I consider that basically as a matter of personal taste.
OK, TY. I’ve thought, there were just downloader packages, containing scripts to download the firmware binary from the device manufacturer and install it on the system, like e.g. the one for the Broadcom wireless driver.