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Published at LXer: The year 2021 is coming to an end. Linux has been making headlines this year as well, and not always in a good way. Let me share some of the biggest stories from the world of...

Published at LXer: elementary unveiled today elementary OS 6.1 as the first big update to the gorgeous Ubuntu-based distribution since the release of the elementary OS 6 series. Read More......

I heard yesterday that someone has created an AI algorithm which can tell people reliably whether their "senior moments" signal an early stage of dementia. I can't imagine anything more horrible! ...

It's possible to write for SELinux an allow line for every application? I.e. I am working on a Linux embedded distro and many applications need to explicitly allowed to make use of the...

Published at LXer: The Linux desktop in VR goes headless! Introducing wxrd, a standalone Wayland compositor for xrdesktop based on wlroots, with minimal dependencies. Read More......

Published at LXer: 2DayGeeK: In this guide, you will learn how to repair a corrupted XFS filesystem or partition in Linux Red Hat systems. Read More......

I have corrected one of my shell scripts and succeeded to get it running again. This is okay. But the time it took me to 1. understand that the reported *errors weren't errors* 2. understand...

Published at LXer: When a team of designers works together on a project, one of the most important goals is consistency. Whether you need a consistent look because of a corporate identity or just...

After installing the latest security updates, one of which was a new kernel, my system starts to boot but hangs. I've pressed 'e' and changed the parameters to rd.break enforcing=0, followed by...

Window animations only work on certain windows. I am assuming that I need to adjust what windows it applies to via the "Window Match" text box as it was blank and ot working at all and after some...

My screensaver will not turn on. It works with the "preview" test. IDK the terminal commands so is it just not starting on bootup? Is it one of those things you just have to install a different...

Published at LXer: We give you all the important GNOME 42 feature highlights and release information in this article. Read on. Read More... (https://www.debugpoint.com/2021/12/gnome-42/)

I have an old HP110-110-3000 mini with a outdated Windows 7 starter edition to be replaced with a Linux OS equivalent. The HP-110-3000 has a half functional Internet connection, so I need to download...

Published at LXer: Here's a list of the projects: Glow, Purple-googlechat, Git-insight, Nightly builds. Read More......

After system update to 5.10.84-1-MANJARO, as usual it changes my themes and desktop photo and this time it changes shell to zsh.. i how to type bash everytime to get my old familiar bash back. ...

Published at LXer: The sixty-four installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on December 19th, keeping you guys up to date with the most important things happening in...

Published at LXer: Messages is an instant messaging software application. It offers features like conversation pinning, the ability to mention individuals, message searching, and tools to send...

Setup: Ubuntu 21.10 with GNOME 40 ('About' says 40.4.0) running on X11 Issue: I have a multi-monitor/multi-GPU system, I spent time configuring it to match the physical arrangement of the monitors,...

I get the following error kuser: error while loading shared libraries: libkldap.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Every thing is up to date. Thanks

Published at LXer: JavaScript is the most popular programming language among software developers, for three years in a row, according to the yearly survey conducted by Stack Overflow. This guide...

All, Working on a script to convert online search results download files into a MySQL .sql input file. Code is below. I have no problem scanning the directory with the files and the 1st...

I'm trying to port any linux distro to the Pipo W12, which is a Windows-on-ARM tablet PC that has a Snapdragon 850 CPU with the ARMv8 architecture. There doesn't seem to be a forum dedicated to...

Hi Guys, can you please give some advise on a little problem that I'm facing, and maybe some confusion to? I have a file/web server that I use to play with it, and it does not have a graphical desk...

Published at LXer: Recently, I installed the old Common Desktop Environment (CDE) on a SparkyLinux machine. It was the old window environment for UNIX back in the 1990s. I kept using it until it...

Published at LXer: Linus Torvalds has confirmed that version 5.16 of the Linux kernel will take a little longer to develop than usual, thanks to Christmas. “Things are calming down, and rc6 is...

Hi I have two PCs (say PC-1 and PC-2), both are running Arch Linux. PC-1 is deployed a year ago, and PC-2 is deployed 2-weeks ago. There are certain packages which I have installed on PC-1 and also...

Hey, I am using linux centos. In this path /home/pics/all I have 31 folders from 01-31, for example: /home/pics/all/09. All the files have the same format (year,month,day): *2021_12_1* which...

Published at LXer: In the early days of my Linux experience, I was the technology director of a small PreK-12 school district in the state of New York. Our technology budget was always stretched to...

I just came across this cool Christmas application here https://youtu.be/E8hC98nRTWw

I started linux like 6 months ago and I love it. I've dualbooted with windows but I don't use Windows anymore. I've finished building Linux From Scratch and it doesn't boot (Which is why I'm here)...

Hello there, So this is my first post on this forum, and I thought it'd be helpful. I recently have finished building my LFS system (yay!) but it doesn't boot (no..). I think I may have configured...

Hi. I am using mara's quartz64-a legacy XFCE build (4.19.220) but on a different device. Essentially I install the build on a quartz64-a and get it running on a microSD card, then I change the dtb...

Published at LXer: This article shows you how you can find out how long it took your Linux system to start up, and when the last boot time of your system was. Read More......

Published at LXer: When you need to search for some files in Linux, you might typically use find or locate commands. So, now you have a new alternative called plocate. Read More......

I'm looking a solution for being notified about files and directories modifications using inotify or any other API when the files are located on a file-system on a custom board which is configured as...

Published at LXer: I don't practice drawing, so I don't expect to be able to draw well, but I do sometimes enjoy drawing, regardless of skill. One application I use when attempting to get some...

I have a Pipo W12 that runs Windows 10 on ARM, and I'd like to install linux from any distro as a dual boot, but I can't find any build that specifically supports this device (linux on ARM does not...

How does one copy files and in doing so only overwrite larger files? Date is to be ignored, only if names match and destination is smaller there's overwriting (and of course if the file doesn't exist...

Published at LXer: Ever wondered how you can host several websites on the same server without using virtual machines or complicated setups? Nginx virtual hosts is what you're looking for. This...

Current stable Debian becomes unresponsive if left idle sometimes. Sometimes after one day, sometimes after 3 days. Mouse cursor moves on black screen but system does not respond to ping, ssh or...

Published at LXer: Checkout how to automate the ssh login using ssh-add, ssh-agent and sshpass on Linux. Read More... (https://www.usessionbuddy.com/post/Automate-SSH-Login-Using-Ssh-Agent/)

I've recently changed distributions on my former desktop-now-turned-server from Bodhi (stripped-down Ubuntu) to Debian. The motherboard (AsRock Fatal1ty 990FX, AM3+ socket) lacks an on-board video...

I am using the Evolution client in KDE Neon Plasma Evolution has a built-in backup option, but Is there a way to automate the job, say - weekly? Thanks

a thread (https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/question-about-commercial-vpn-provider-nordvpn-with-linux-4175704840/) i started in Linux - Networking...

9 hours ago I ran mke2fs -c -c /dev/sda1 and now I'm seeing a count like (0/0/19657644 errors). No where can I find what the significance of the last number is. I used the -c twice to get the...

Published at LXer: The Debian Project announced today the general availability of Debian GNU/Linux 11.2 as the second point release to the Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye” operating system series. ...

I am using 3.0.0 flatpak audacity (am using specifically 3.0.0 because of all that privacy concerns involving newer versions of audacity), and whenever I try to open a project of mine I find this...

Yes, the subject is uncomprensible. reading /etc/os-release and /etc/slackware-version seems as slackware 15 stable was released and running, but at all effect this is an rc release and the...

Hi, I'm using an lenovo ideapad with a Linux installed. I do NOT use any form of standby, hibernation or anything like that. I always shut down the OS using the button in my GUI. I even tried...