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flatpak should be newer than apt, correct if wrong.

I first installed FFmpeg extension with extra codecs from flatpak, executed a ffmpeg command that returned: command not found.

I then thought the flatpak package, as the name states, is an extension that needs the apt version to be installed to work, so I executed sudo apt install ffmpeg and after downloading, the command worked.

Should I get rid of flatpak's ffmpeg? Am I gaining functions with this package?

ffmpeg -version returns ffmpeg version 7.1.1-1+b1 Copyright (c) 2000-2025 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 14 (Debian 14.2.0-19)

when I used debian 12.7 xfce I somehow installed something that allowed me to access my android device as an external disk and copy data there simply plugin in the usb cable.

I don't know what I installed anymore.

What application do I need?

to read epub files I've always used calibre library. Just wondering if there's something better.

To ocr pictures and the like I've used ocrfeeder. Maybe you use something better?

I use a small notebook so it comes in handy to double the title bar to have space to increase the title font to 16 or 18

On debian 12.11 this was the case, but I don't remember how I configured it or what style I used. The style I now use on debian 13 is adwaita

debian 13.0, downloaded yt-dlp with wget https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -O ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp

the python script is in that directory, but if I execute yt-dlp on the terminal it returns bash: yt-dlp: command not found

what should I do?

SOLVED: add .local/bin to your $PATH

with debian 12.11 I could use function keys to increase / decrease volume. This function is now lost with debian 13.

Why? Any way to restore this function?

all other function keys work as previously.

new usb install. that directory sits now empty

to install a fresh debian 13.0 I know ventoy. Do you use something else? why?

can I use gparted on ventoy to resize partitions on a notbook?

lsblk:

I need to enlarge nvme0n1p2 by shrinking nvme0n1p3 (LUKS)

do I have to do something with /boot/efi? enlarge as well?

backing up as of now

apparently my problem is I cannot update initramfs:

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.12.41+deb13-amd64 zstd: error 70 : Write error : cannot write block : No space left on device

After checking KDE Partition Manager for /boot and /boot/efi both have free space left:

/boot size: 488 MiB

/boot used: 396.26 MiB

/boot/efi size: 512 MiB

/boot/efi used: 10.52 MiB

dpkg -l | grep linux-image | awk '{print$2}' shows:

linux-image-6.1.0-37-amd64

linux-image-6.1.0-38-amd64

linux-image-6.12.41+deb13-amd64

linux-image-amd64

I am now using debian 13 on linux-image-6.1.0-38-amd64 because linux-image-6.12.41+deb13-amd64 won't load from grub2. I don't want to get rid of linux-image-6.1.0-37-amd64 till I solve this issue

I hope you understand what I mean.

On my grub screen there are 4 options, 2 regular booting and 2 recovery mode afair.

I cannot access the first regular one, only the second one. Cannot give you a screenshot or a picture because I'm scared of rebooting the computer again.

If I execute cat /etc/debian_version it returns 13.0, so it's already upgraded.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y doesn't return any errors.

what is going on?

per my previous post I completed the upgrade to 13.0, including the 900 files I didn't get to download and install after using sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

I now have a working internet connection using a lan cable.

More important than this wlan/lan issue is this new one: each time I try to update/upgrade with either sudo apt --fix-broken install , sudo apt full-upgrade , sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y I get:

`Summary:
Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0 3 not fully installed or removed. Space needed: 0 B / 58.6 GB available

Setting up initramfs-tools (0.148.3) ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Setting up plymouth (24.004.60-5) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.12.41+deb13-amd64 zstd: error 70 : Write error : cannot write block : No space left on device E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 E: mkinitramfs failure zstd -q -9 -T0 70 update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-6.12.41+deb13-amd64 with 1. dpkg: error processing package plymouth (--configure): installed plymouth package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of plymouth-label: plymouth-label depends on plymouth (= 24.004.60-5); however: Package plymouth is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package plymouth-label (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.148.3) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.12.41+deb13-amd64 zstd: error 70 : Write error : cannot write block : No space left on device E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 E: mkinitramfs failure zstd -q -9 -T0 70 update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-6.12.41+deb13-amd64 with 1. dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure): installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: plymouth plymouth-label initramfs-tools Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) `

help appreciated