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8 hours ago, YellowJersey said:

is not valid yet (invalid for another 6h 10min 41s).

Your system clock is off.  I had the same issue recently.  Keep your PC plugged into power at all times to keep the CMOS battery from needing to drain itself, and consider using NTPd or similar to manage and maintain the system clock if this continues to be an issue.  There is also chrony, which when set to use rtcdrift file, will keep up with the clock drift since last reboot.  It's all commandline and takes a while to figure out, but avoids these small issues.  The archwiki has great example setups on chrony to use the rtcdrift file if you'd like te set it up.

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I recently used the GUI upgrade tool to uptrade to Linux Mint 21.3 MATE. I'm getting an error when I refresh updates.

 

"The repository may no longer be available or could not be contacted because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and ensure the repository address in the preferences is correct.

Release file for http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jammy-security/InRelease is not valid yet (invalid for another 6h 10min 41s). Updates for this repository will not be applied."

 Any idea what's going on here or how to fix it?

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8 hours ago, YellowJersey said:

is not valid yet (invalid for another 6h 10min 41s).

Your system clock is off.  I had the same issue recently.  Keep your PC plugged into power at all times to keep the CMOS battery from needing to drain itself, and consider using NTPd or similar to manage and maintain the system clock if this continues to be an issue.  There is also chrony, which when set to use rtcdrift file, will keep up with the clock drift since last reboot.  It's all commandline and takes a while to figure out, but avoids these small issues.  The archwiki has great example setups on chrony to use the rtcdrift file if you'd like te set it up.

: JRE #1914 Siddarth Kara

How bad is e-waste?  Listen to that Joe Rogan episode.

 

"Now you get what you want, but do you want more?
- Bob Marley, Rastaman Vibration album 1976

 

Windows 11 will just force business to "recycle" "obscolete" hardware.  Microsoft definitely isn't bothered by this at all, and seems to want hardware produced just a few years ago to be considered obsolete.  They have also not shown any interest nor has any other company in a similar financial position, to help increase tech recycling whatsoever.  Windows 12 might be cloud-based and be a monthly or yearly fee.

 

Software suggestions


Just get f.lux [Link removed due to forum rules] so your screen isn't bright white at night, a golden orange in place of stark 6500K bluish white.

released in 2008 and still being improved.

 

Dark Reader addon for webpages.  Pick any color you want for both background and text (background and foreground page elements).  Enable the preview mode on desktop for Firefox and Chrome addon, by clicking the dark reader addon settings, Choose dev tools amd click preview mode.

 

NoScript or EFF's privacy badger addons can block many scripts and websites that would load and track you, possibly halving page load time!

 

F-droid is a place to install open-source software for android, Antennapod, RethinkDNS, Fennec which is Firefox with about:config, lots of performance and other changes available, mozilla KB has a huge database of what most of the settings do.  Most software in the repository only requires Android 5 and 6!

 

I recommend firewall apps (blocks apps) and dns filters (redirect all dns requests on android, to your choice of dns, even if overridden).  RethinkDNS is my pick and I set it to use pi-hole, installed inside Ubuntu/Debian, which is inside Virtualbox, until I go to a website, nothing at all connects to any other server.  I also use NextDNS.io to do the same when away from home wi-fi or even cellular!  I can even tether from cellular to any device sharing via wi-fi, and block anything with dns set to NextDNS, regardless if the device allows changing dns.  This style of network filtration is being overridden by software updates on some devices, forcing a backup dns provuder, such as google dns, when built in dns requests are not connecting.  Without a complete firewall setup, dns redirection itself is no longer always effective.

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On 1/19/2024 at 8:46 AM, E-waste said:

Your system clock is off.  I had the same issue recently.  Keep your PC plugged into power at all times to keep the CMOS battery from needing to drain itself, and consider using NTPd or similar to manage and maintain the system clock if this continues to be an issue.  There is also chrony, which when set to use rtcdrift file, will keep up with the clock drift since last reboot.  It's all commandline and takes a while to figure out, but avoids these small issues.  The archwiki has great example setups on chrony to use the rtcdrift file if you'd like te set it up.

Hi,

 

 "sudo apt-get install ntp" did the trick. Thanks!

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On 1/21/2024 at 9:01 PM, YellowJersey said:

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If you want to have a more accurate time that keeps up with RTC system clock drift, without needing to be updated daily, then look into chrony.  You can configure it with a simple addition in the config file to track rtc drift, and it will get quite accurate, requiring less server syncing.

 

The arch wiki has the example:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Chrony

 

Using the rtcfile setup in the /etc/chrony.conf

 

keeps up with the drift between reboots.  I guess initially, this is gathered from syncing to a time server, after a reboot.  Then, it figures out how much the drift is, and uses that to adjust the time after a reboot.

 

I used to have an issue where the clock would be off by about a minute, but not continue to drift backward.  Then I added the rtcfile to the configuration, and I don't think I have that issue anymore.  So now I don't need daily or weekly time updates, which is good for file system journals and error logs during reboots.

: JRE #1914 Siddarth Kara

How bad is e-waste?  Listen to that Joe Rogan episode.

 

"Now you get what you want, but do you want more?
- Bob Marley, Rastaman Vibration album 1976

 

Windows 11 will just force business to "recycle" "obscolete" hardware.  Microsoft definitely isn't bothered by this at all, and seems to want hardware produced just a few years ago to be considered obsolete.  They have also not shown any interest nor has any other company in a similar financial position, to help increase tech recycling whatsoever.  Windows 12 might be cloud-based and be a monthly or yearly fee.

 

Software suggestions


Just get f.lux [Link removed due to forum rules] so your screen isn't bright white at night, a golden orange in place of stark 6500K bluish white.

released in 2008 and still being improved.

 

Dark Reader addon for webpages.  Pick any color you want for both background and text (background and foreground page elements).  Enable the preview mode on desktop for Firefox and Chrome addon, by clicking the dark reader addon settings, Choose dev tools amd click preview mode.

 

NoScript or EFF's privacy badger addons can block many scripts and websites that would load and track you, possibly halving page load time!

 

F-droid is a place to install open-source software for android, Antennapod, RethinkDNS, Fennec which is Firefox with about:config, lots of performance and other changes available, mozilla KB has a huge database of what most of the settings do.  Most software in the repository only requires Android 5 and 6!

 

I recommend firewall apps (blocks apps) and dns filters (redirect all dns requests on android, to your choice of dns, even if overridden).  RethinkDNS is my pick and I set it to use pi-hole, installed inside Ubuntu/Debian, which is inside Virtualbox, until I go to a website, nothing at all connects to any other server.  I also use NextDNS.io to do the same when away from home wi-fi or even cellular!  I can even tether from cellular to any device sharing via wi-fi, and block anything with dns set to NextDNS, regardless if the device allows changing dns.  This style of network filtration is being overridden by software updates on some devices, forcing a backup dns provuder, such as google dns, when built in dns requests are not connecting.  Without a complete firewall setup, dns redirection itself is no longer always effective.

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