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Published at LXer: Today, the PC/OpenSystems LLC Open Source Development team will release Freespire 7.7. This update launches an entirely new direction for our distribution products, Freespire,...

which is the correct way to sort file names? the way ls does it or the way sort does it? here, you can see a difference for some of my recent files: Code: --------- lt2a/phil /home/phil 97> ls...

Anyone know for sure if the current PCLinuxOS 2021.02 64bit Live Bootable DVD autoconnects to the internet, like LinuxMint and MX Linux....or does one have to deal with a connection wizard, like with...

Published at LXer: If you are a system administrator and working in a large environment then you may often need to set up a new client system and assign IP addresses and other network-related...

Hello! I just installed Zenwalk 15 current. Peerguardian is not working. Please help. ---Quote--- pglgui pglgui: error while loading shared libraries: libpolkit-qt-gui-1.so.1: cannot open...

trying to install tor browser on ubuntu 21.04 and it shows installed but wont open. All im getting is a box saying its downloading and nothing else when i try run the program, any help appreciated

Hey guys. I reinstalled gentoo recently because i was having trouble with grub configuration, where i couldn't enter my new system at all. This time, i managed to enter the system using efibootmgr...

Published at LXer: Bored seeing the same wallpapers every day? Automatically switching wallpapers is probably the best way to keep your desktop fresh and full of surprises. This article will show...

Hey there! I have been experiencing a strange issue with my system. I built my OS with the Linux From Scratch book (a while ago), but I have since moved far away from the base system. I recently...

(I'm posting this in hardware as I've had this problem for the four years I've used my PC, both with Windows 10 and Linux, but I've noticed my system freezing up far more frequently with Linux.) ...

Code: --------- $ssh user1@123.456.789.100 The authenticity of host '123.456.789.100 (123.456.789.100)' can't be established. ECDSA key fingerprint is...

The Linux Counter Project that is referenced in the initial email to root seems to have gone KAPUT in 2018 according to Wikipedia. Last known link is http://linuxcounter.net and the Internet...

Hello All, looking for some help with Linux (Mint 20.2 “Uma” OS) not detecting Android Moto E Cell Phone. Running a Lenova ThinkPad T520 with an Intel Core i7-2620M CPU @ 2.70 GHz, 16 mg RAM, Linux...

Hi Using win 10 pro. Just installed Tails on USB. Ran into two problems that should be easy to correct but not so much. #1 Everytime I open TOR it asks if I want it to be defalt. I can choose yes all...

Published at LXer: In this guide, you will learn how to set up KVM/QEMU virtualization on Manjaro/Archlinux machine. Also, you will learn how to create the first virtual machine with the GUI...

{{{I don't know if this question "belongs" in this thread, because it concerns filesystems, a command, and software... so if this thread is not the place it should be in.... tell me I am a {butt}hole...

Published at LXer: On a network such as the Internet, mail clients send mails to a mail server which then routes the messages to the correct destinations (other clients). The mail server uses a...

Hi, So I'm new go Linux and doing a series of exercises/challenges. I'm being asked to create a publicly readable and writeable directory while logged in as the root user. Please share your...

Write a bash script to calculate age from a particular date ?

Hello, I am on Debian 10 and I have Pure-FTPd installed. The service was configured to run the daemon with command line arguments as the config, but I want to use a configuration file with it. ...

Hello All, I'm about to install Fedora 34 BTRFS on a PC that is somewhat 5+ years old. Chip is: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4130 CPU @ 3.40GHz RAM is : 8GB Disk is: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 rpm ...

Published at LXer: Lynis is an open-source security auditing tool for extensive scanning of systems and its security defense to achieve compliance testing and system hardening. This article will...

Published at LXer: Burnout is something you don't expect to happen to you—until it does. The technology industry is one of the worst offenders; over 60% of industry professionals report they've...

Can you install Debian on a 64bit PC, with just csm mode enabled or does it have to have UEFI enabled also?

Published at LXer: The core test is converting numpy array into matrix 5x5 in Armadillo C++ inversion matrix into matrix C and verification myMat * C = E , afterwards we can safely return matrix C...

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Hello Forum. I am going to ask about content creators in general in the title but since i am a music hobbyist i would like to know how to go about that in Slackware64 -current in particular. Is...

Whenever I am login I am getting a below message not sure what's wrong: -bash: set: -0: invalid option set: usage: set [-abefhkmnptuvxBCHP] [-o option-name] [--] [arg ...] I must have done...

I posted here (http://"https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/editpost.php?do=editpost&p=6271116) about my recent troubles with default installer. One of problems was that I couldn't chroot to...

Over ssh when I try ---Quote--- find $PWD -maxdepth 1 -type d ---End Quote--- I get no output. Using ---Quote--- find ./ -maxdepth 1 -type d ---End Quote--- works as expected. What the...

Published at LXer: Copr is a collection of personal repositories for software that isn’t carried in Fedora Linux. Some software doesn’t conform to standards that allow easy packaging. Or it may not...

I just installed Slackware -current. I got some troubles but perhaps they are related to the way I used to install. I created iso file with only /a series of packages. I set this iso on usb...

Published at LXer: MariaDB is a free and community-developed relational database system that is a compatible drop-in replacement for the hugely popular MySQL database management system. Read...

I created a directory as a root user and set the permissions of user, group and others all to rwx (read, write and execute). But when I log in as a user other than root and run the cd command to...

Howdy. What I did in the past: Code: --------- fletcher@bounty:~$ tiffcp [path]/*.tif [path]/multilayer.tif --------- Code:

Published at LXer: For today[he]#039[/he]s sysadmin, many companies expect you to have*cross-platform knowledge, network knowledge, and application knowledge. Add to that a*dash of programming...

I loaded and used elementary os. It was fine for a day then I got the error 'temporary failure in name resolution' I added 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 to the nameserver list and that helped for another day...

Published at LXer: iRedmail is an open source mail server solution, with iRedmail we can deploy a full-featured mail server in several minutes. Read More......

Hey everyone, I wanna try to type a command into bash and after that pass a long filename to it but I don’t know how I can do it. It is unclear for me so is there a good way how I can use it? ...

xts(ecb(aes-generic)) is not present in /proc/crypto, but I need it to fix a serious problem with my computer. How can I enable it? Background, if you're curious why I need such a specific thing: ...

After ten years of use my Kindle Paperweight 2 was given the hammer after all my accumulated books and pdf's were deleted and the account purged. So now in search of an eReader for my Linux Mate...

I want to make simple maps, map symbols and edit .jpg and.gif files. Simple stuff really. I have Gimp but it's way too complicated. Something like MS Paint, and/or the OLD MS Publisher. Those...

I used to be notified via email when someone posted a reply to my threads. For quite some time I have not received any such notifications. They are not going to my spam folder. It would certainly...

Published at LXer: Tootle is a GTK client for Mastodon. With the user experience in mind, it provides a clean, native interface that allows you to integrate Mastodon’s social experience seamlessly...

I've been using XFCE and Slackware Current for several months with few problem. I just connected my Logitech USB webcam to get it working. This worked fine with 14.2, KDE and guvcview -- and was...

I have been using JBuilder 2005 for a long time and am very pleased with it. But now I must install a similar application on another pc. Since JBuilder is no linger available I'm asking for...

I know nothing of Linux, but I recently lost a very close friend and he was a linux lover. I am in search of help trying to get a script for a wrist band. I was wondering what command scripts or how I...

Hello all. I was reading the blog on writing a UNIX shell as seen here (https://indradhanush.github.io/blog/writing-a-unix-shell-part-2/). The author of the article states the following: "If you...

Published at LXer: Have you ever had the file in use error? Learn how to use the lsof command in Linux to view open files and the processes using them. Read More......

Published at LXer: One such feature of the Bash shell that can be changed in your customized settings is the history command, which is affected by some environment variables and some shell options...