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hello i have a x541U it's running both win8 (that i use once per month), and linux mint, debian edition i noticed that it was very slow, lastly because of HDD SMR (waho) problem was, while...

Hello LinuxQuestions' members!. I'm very glad to join this community. I'm here as a novice trying to learn "the hard way". I'll try to use the console and old tools as much as possible: lynx,...

Published at LXer: Sway 1.9 tiling Wayland compositor released porting rendering code to the new wlroots API. Here's more on that! Read More... (https://linuxiac.com/sway-1-9-wayland-compositor/)

Hello I had to power down my machine, after a configuration change did render my x session unresponsive. After the reboot, I did not catch any message relating to the drive. I was expecting that...

Hello, Does someone have thunderbird sound notifications working on ALSA without pulseaudio or pipewire running ? Here on an up-to-date slackware 15.0, it doesn't seem to work, neither with...

I cannot erase USB flash-drive. Previously it was prepared & used as ubuntu-22 installation disk. Please help. Thanks

Hi there! I installed Slackware64-15.0 on a Fujitsu Lifebook (intel-i5) some time last year and did not use it very often. This is one of some multiboot machines and I don't recall much about the...

Published at LXer: The KDE Project announced the release of KDE Gear 23.08.5 as the fifth maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 23.08 series of this collection of over 120 apps for the KDE...

I've tried to find freemium online drives with Linux support. But all I've found propose Web or GUI clients. Is there anything with command-line access? Like sshfs or something? P.S. If not, maybe...

Hi, I like the tilde text editor editor. But I have one problem with this editor: I am not able to copy text from tilde into the clipboard of the graphical desktop (KDE Plasma). Tilde has its own...

Hello, Can I use *kill -HUP PID* as *systemctl reload Service_Name* command? Thank you.

Published at LXer: AppImage provides a convenient way to distribute and run desktop software on Linux without the need for installation or root privileges. This format packages applications in a...

Hi, first do i need to install PostgreSQL before taking a look into metasploit's SB? metasploit.info seems to be outdated: Can't dowload...

We can enter a custom string, but I wish to choose from a list of several of them I make myself: sample Developer Tools user agents...

Published at LXer: Clipcat is a clipboard manager which supports X11 and experimental support for Wayland. It uses a client-server architecture. Read More......

Which commands do you use in the terminal when you want to update system components?

Published at LXer: Warp is a modern terminal with AI integration and a few additional features that directly set it apart from traditional terminals. Read More......

Published at LXer: Managing packages is a crucial aspect of system administration and development in Linux environments, such as CentOS. This guide is designed to introduce you to the top 20 most...

I am using a Nokia XR20, not the particular model or the brand to blame, but it seriously messed up. The phone first got a faulty screen, there were lines and marks, replaced twice at the authorized...

Published at LXer: The latest GIMP development preview introduces enhanced color algorithms, auto-expanding layers, and more ahead of the major 3.0 update. Read More......

Published at LXer: Launched in August 1983, the 8-bit Acorn Electron microcomputer sported a Synterek SY6502A CPU clocked at 2MHz (only 1MHz when accessing RAM). Read More......

I haven't managed to make sense of this, so I thought I would throw it out there. I have worked for a couple of weeks on this issue, and have hit the brick wall. Slackware 15 system, with triple...

Thank you for accepting me. I have been on and off Linux for around two decades. For some reason I have chosen Slackware as the favorite distribution, now on 15.0. Relatively simple to install,...

Published at LXer: In this thorough tour, we will explore how well can OnlyOffice 8.0 be used as a good drop-in replacement for Microsoft Office. Read More......

Hello! Is it possible to install multilib on the current build? I bricked up my stuff trying to make it work, so I had to go back to stable. Sadly I need to be on current because I need the...

I love Debian. I can live with Ubuntu or some derivative. But it get's frustrating when messing around with C to have to go find the *-docs package to get the man pages to a given library. Are there...

Published at LXer: What Linux distros could learn from the inventor of the hypervisorFOSDEM 2024 How hard can you cut down Linux if you know it will never run on bare metal? Further than any distro...

It seems learning would be a challenge without collaboration, culture a significant part.

Did you know that you can geolocate fairly easy in shell with openstreetmap? No python, just bash and friends. A little example: GeoLocate.sh Code: --------- #!/usr/bin/bash

Published at LXer: Learn how to install and use a Rust-based Python installer and resolver named uv on Linux, Windows, and macOS with a practical usage guide. Read More......

I want to change my sudo time interval, so I looked up how. According to https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/382060/change-default-sudo-password-timeout, I'm supposed to add the following line to...

I have an APC UPS connected to one computer: WEBSERVER, with apcupsd.conf settings UPSTYPE usb and NETSERVER on. Another computer, FILESERVER with apcupsd.config settings UPSTYPE net, DEVICE...

Sing in me, Muse, of the anger of James Kirk, son of George Kirk of Starfleet. Many a brave soul did it send to laughter. And who drove James Kirk to anger?

Published at LXer: Try out multiple Linux distributions at once on your host system using DistroBox, eliminating the need for virtual machines or dual booting. Read More......

Published at LXer: Discover a step-by-step guide to install the latest version of the mainline kernel on Ubuntu via the GUI and CLI methods. Read More......

I'm using the latest -current I wanted to check some LaTeX documentation by using the texdoc command and I got this output: Code: --------- $ texdoc biblatex PANIC: unprotected error in...

Hi, Debian was working fine until I installed Steam on it and I get errors and don't see the login screen. when I do login on to tty2 everything is super large and over-scaled and my second monitor...

Hi all, thank you for your support and work around the Linux Mint project, I really appreciate it. I'm new to Linux Mint therefore I'm now moving my first steps towards the knowledge regarding...

Friends, I am installing some software ( actually a driver for a card ) i have had some trouble So I have reloaded my os 20.04 64. Before I try to install again I see this wisdom offred by the...

hello since few months i have been given old phones or tablets, mainly running android 4 or older. problem is, due to mediatek or just because nothing is opensource, they can't be upgraded to sort...

Last metadata expiration check: 0:38:05 ago on Sat 24 Feb 2024 12:23:20 CET. Dependencies resolved. Problem 1: cannot install both nvidia-modprobe-3:550.54.14-1.fc39.x86_64 from...

@sundialsvcs mentioned 'the immortal Byte magazine' in another thread. I remember my favorite article, a short note in answer to a reader query by Steve Ciarcia, the 'Circuit Cellar' (hardware) guy....

Published at LXer: A detailed introduction and a review of MantisBT, a widely-used open-source issue tracking system. Read More......

Published at LXer: WordPress, the most popular content management system (CMS), offers flexibility and ease of use for website creation and management. Installing WordPress on a Linux, Apache,...

I'm using my Thinkpad T430 and everything works great, except that pesky Canon printer and my Nvidia chip. The Canon part is fine--just use Windows for scanning. The Nvidia part is a no-go so far for...

Published at LXer: ungoogled-chromium is a web browser with privacy in mind. Itis a variant of Chromium that aims to retain the experience of Chrome without the Google-specific web services. This...

Published at LXer: Discover a step-by-step guide to install the OpenSpeedTest Server on Linux, Windows, and macOS to test your local network speed. Read More......

Published at LXer: Download Warp for Linux: A terminal that brings modern editing, AI integration, and collaborative workflows to your console. Read More......

Hello everybody :D I just joined to post in a thread. I appreciate this website very much. The first help that I had from it was no later than in 2007, although I did not join before now. A...

Using a PPTP VPN on my Android, when I tether from Linux, the Android is using the VPN while Linux sees my real IP. I can use Linux VPN & Android tether (VPN is in Linux). How can a Linux...