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I need help understanding persistence I need to know what the different kinds of install packages packages. what's the difference between forensics and persistence and live

Published at LXer: The kill, pkill, and killall commands are used to terminate processes on a Linux system. This guide will show you how the commands work, and take you through some examples to...

Hello, what is a limit for 64bits PC and the use of float? I have a function and would like to compare its precision with other simplified functions. For this, I would like to start comparison with...

Hello, I have Kubuntu 20.10. It comes with Ark version 20.08.1 How can I download the source code of this exact version and compile it? There is https://utils.kde.org/projects/ark/ but I...

Published at LXer: Learn how to pass variables to your Ansible playbooks makes them more portable and flexible. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/extra-variables-ansible-playbook)

Published at LXer: This brief guide shows you how to password protect text files using Vim editor in Linux and Unix-like operating systems. Read More......

When I tried to install RadeonOpenCompute The error message I received is ---Quote--- rocm-gdb : Depends: libpython3.8 but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held...

Published at LXer: The operating system they said shouldn't exist. Microsoft on Thursday announced Windows 11, or tried to as an uncooperative video stream left many viewers of the virtual event...

greeting I have simple algorithms to help make on screen keyboarding faster, and other ideas, I couldn't find the onboard repo for ubuntu, but have privacy concerns, assistive technology needs, try...

Published at LXer: In this article you’ll learn what are the best free RDBMS replacements for MySQL Server, what they have in common, how they’re different, and in which cases you should prefer one...

I'll never use my usb hdd on anything but linux, so is there a benefit to reformat it to ext4 fs? Performance, reliability, security?

Published at LXer: netstat is available on all Unix-like Operating Systems and also available on Windows OS as well. It is very useful in terms of network troubleshooting and performance...

Published at LXer: And if that doesn't work, what's the next card to play – terrorism or satanic panic?Apple, fearing regulators will force it to allow people to sideload whatever apps they like on...

Hi there! Hope you have a great day. I stumbled across this awesome post https://gist.github.com/ckabalan/2732cf6368a0adfbe55f03be33286ab1 for PS1 prompt. I like this very much but would also want...

Published at LXer: On Linux, package managers help you handle updates, uninstalls, troubleshooting, and more for the software on your computer. Seth Kenlon wrote about dnf, the command-line package...

I first discovered this stuff when using Fedora. I'm now daily driving Debian and have ZRAM and EarlyOOM setup. It runs so well, I don't understand why most distros just use a traditional SWAP...

Are hardware trojans possible in a embedded controller/chip ? I recently bought a QHM-8106 model ICS Advent usb 10/100 adapter. I had lot of trouble getting it to work with linux. so after...

Published at LXer: Nagios is a free, open-source, and powerful monitoring tool that helps you to monitor your entire IT infrastructure, servers, services, and applications from the central...

I looked at the files in /etc and came across Bluetooth which I do not need. Right now it says this: # Configuration file for the network service [General] # Disable link encryption:...

Hello, I have a question about installing Grafana. It was running at one point on my server. I uninstalled it and removed the service from /etc/systemd/system and /usr/lib/systemd/system Now,...

I am right now trying to secure my system as best I can using UFW. (I might end up using Iptables, eventually, I guess.) Right now it looks like this: netstat -tupln tcp 0 0...

I rarely post because most of the time it just works; or I find the solution on the internet. This one is, for me at least, a very weird one. Nor do I have logs but there is also nothing on the...

Published at LXer: Deploying the ultimate stateful code in a stateless environment is a 'tricky business' IDC guru opines. A leading analyst has warned big, non-tech companies against database...

for the pas couple of days I'm booting on linux mint 20.1 and getting this error: Code: --------- libkmod: ERROR ../libkmod/libkmod-config.c:656 kmod_config_parse:...

Published at LXer: Recently, GitHub added a small indicator that shows details about projects, including what programming languages a project uses. Before this, it was hard for new contributors to...

Recently did an fresh install Fedora 34, and I'm trying to get the system working like it used to previously, but I have a problem with a systemd service. I need to load a kernel module before...

A few years ago, I learned the trick to send an e-mail to someone's phone as a text message. (You just have to know the e-mail domain used by the phone service provider, of course.) I've been using...

Published at LXer: I run Linux as my primary operating system, and I boot FreeDOS in a virtual machine. Most of the time, I use QEMU as my PC emulator, but sometimes I[he]#039[/he]ll run other...

Every time i run Code: --------- doas vim textfile.txt --------- i get this this warning Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key, this doesnt happen when running it with sudo. This happens only with...

I have 3 hard drives all running different linux distros. All the hard drives and distros work perfectly. My problem is having to restart my computer and enter the bios to change drives.Is there an...

Published at LXer: Python is often considered to be one of the most powerful, adaptable, and easy-to-learn high-level programming languages for developing websites, operating system components,...

Published at LXer: Signal is a widely-used Open source messenger app for smartphones. But you can also use Signal from your Linux Desktop. This guide describes three ways to install the Signal...

Published at LXer: The drives on any system can either be mounted or unmounted. The mounted drives are the ones that are ready to be accessed at any time whereas the data residing on the unmounted...

Published at LXer: The Linux Foundation is pleased to announce the release of the CDLA-Permissive-2.0 license agreement, which is now available on the CDLA website at...

Published at LXer: Rocky Linux is a community-driven free and open source enterprise operating system based on another popular enterprise OS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). It is developed and...

Published at LXer: It's easy to have mistaken assumptions about security controls when it comes to rootless Podman containers. Read More......

I posted this question on gentoo's official forum 3 days ago but no one is answering, so i will duplicate the post here: I am having problems with screen tearing. I tried found the solution to my...

Published at LXer: Python is a battery-included language so when you install python it will have a set of packages available to be used. These are basic packages and you will need a lot more...

ICMP or ICMPv6 Raw packets sent from application to host interface not going in rx path ARP or ICMPv6 packets sent from application to host interface eth0 packets processed by a Linux IP stack, ...

Anyone else having issues with a smartcard and gpg2 on -current lately? With the gpg command I'm getting: Code: --------- gpg --card-status gpg:...

Published at LXer: Looks to improve the simplicity with which such things are shared. The Linux Foundation has announced two projects with which it aims to help settle the choppy waters of machine...

Hi How can I remove ALL passwords in Linux Mint. The PC has no security issues to be worried about. It's just a Media Centre. Every time copy files I have to enter a password which means I...

Published at LXer: Duf also called "Disk Usage Free utility" is a free and open-source tool written in Golang. It is used to display disk usage of the system in a tabular format. In this post, we...

Hi folks, Been using KDE since I got started with Linux back on 2000. Always found the 'screensaver' in the KDE 'system settings' in the Kmenu (if I remember right). Now, with KDE/plasma5, I...

Published at LXer: The Atari ST is a line of home computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the Atari 8-bit family. The initial model, the 520ST, saw limited release in April–June 1985....

I'm trying to reinstall tumbleweed after having installed xf but it won't install

Published at LXer: The Rocky Linux team announced the general availability of Rocky Linux 8.4 (Green Obsidian) stable as a CentOS replacement. We wrap up this very first release in this post. ...

Published at LXer: Many Linux programmers use the find command every single day of their career. But find gives a limited set of filesystem entries, and if you have to do a large set of find...

Published at LXer: Not all applications need configuration files; many applications benefit from starting fresh each time they are launched. Simple utilities, for instance, rarely require...

Published at LXer: Canonical released today a new major Linux kernel security update for the Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) release to address a total of 17 security vulnerabilities. Read More......