Hi, As we don't have a encrypted instal of Ghost I wanted to use the native pre-installed gnugp to selectively encrypt particular data directories. For some reason I can't fathom the decryption always fails... I followed [https://www.baeldung.com/linux/encrypting-decrypting-directory] example... enc...

Usually we install binaries with pkg install from the external GhoistBSD repository. You can use System > Control Centre > Software Station to browse available packages - and then install by ticking a box. The pkg add is rarely used - it requires you to have the binary file [pkg] in a local director...

I think some pkg installs seem to effect changes in passwd. Last time I saw this was installing scanner related pkgs I think. Perhaps there's an artefact somewhere in MATE configuration...? chsh doesn't seem to update passwd to the new TE which is why I ee the file. Only then does MATE stop using fi...

It seems that OS upgrades force changes to my username entry in passwd file, forcing the TE to fish. I prefer zsh. Whilst I can retrospectively edit the line from fish back to zsh 'username':*:1002:1002:'username':/home/'useername':/usr/local/bin/zsh Is there something in the upgrade process that ca...

The device VLC uses to playback audio on the front jack is pcm5:Virtual as dsp5.vp0 Now VLC ignores any settings from the MATE -> Applications -> sounds app. And while /dev shows a dsp5.0 special file the /dev/dsp5.vp0 is only created once VLC is pointed there, and disappears once VLC quits. I thoug...

Before backup station I used the beadm pkg tool. It's command line yet fairly simple. beadm list to view all snapshots of t boot environment sudo beadm create "name" to create a snapshot. sudo beadm destroy "name" to destroy a snapshot. ---------------------------------------- Ot...

Fish is the GhostBSD default TE.
You can change the TE to another.
https://forums.ghostbsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=2520

From a terminal, this command lists the packages
pkg info
Next, in the terminal menu select Edit > Copy
Then, In pluma select from the menu Edit > Paste

Calibre 6.23.0 --> this newer version still stops LibreOffice Writer from working. I think I'd need to run a backtrace debugger to resolve this - not something I've ever tried before. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugReport/Debug_Information -------------------------------------------------...

libreoffice-7.5.4.2_1
calibre-6.22.0

I see FreeBSD latest port is
calibre-6.23.0
So I'll wait for Ghost to catchup...