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Published at LXer: The Russian made Calculate Linux distribution has been updated to version 21, the first release of this Gentoo-based distro in 2021 bringing some of the latest GNU/Linux...

Published at LXer: Fedora 34 is now available, but even before it arrived it was getting a lot of attention. Read More......

Greetings This doesn't have to with any bug but a Current system that suffered a botched upgrade-all (my bad). I've recovered all functionality but for one issue and I'm hoping it's an opportunity...

I'm making a theme for my Cinnamon desktop and trying to make GTK2/Qt/etc windows visually conform to the GNOME-type windows (the GTK3 ones with integrated titlebar buttons) as best as possible in...

Published at LXer: In the last article, we have covered few useful tools like ‘rTorrent‘, ‘wget‘, ‘cURL‘, ‘w3m‘, and ‘Elinks‘. We got lots of responses to cover few other tools of the same genre,...

Hello, I have a server running Linux Debian 10.2. I have a prolem of pinging this machine. Every now and then - say once in 500 times I get a cmd in Windows - "request timed out". This situation only...

Hi all, so I have installed vsftpd on my Debian Buster system, now I want to check my IP address and it gives the following: XXX.X.X.1/8. I believe this refers to localhost IP address on my...

Hello, I have a server running Linux Debian 10.2. I have a prolem of pinging this machine. Every now and then - say once in 500 times I get a cmd in Windows - "request timed out". This situation only...

Published at LXer: In this tutorial we will see how to interact with the Woocommerce API using the Python programming language, showing how to list, create, update and delete products and...

I'm not new to Linux, and have used various distros on and off for the past five years (almost all based on Debian and Ubuntu), but I'm still a relatively casual user, so please excuse me if my...

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Hi. I'm currently in a process of reviving an old computer from 2005, RAM limits to 2GB. The computer will - when I'm done setting it up - consist of multiple HDD's (no ssd's). Therefore I...

Published at LXer: Nmap is a popular, powerful and cross-platform command-line network security scanner and exploration tool. It can also help you get an overview of systems that connected your...

{WARNING: I had a stroke in 2011 and am "brain-damaged"} {I cannot remember, but I may have asked this in the past} A few years ago, my network card died. "My" computer-guy added a new network...

Ever since upgrading to Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon (and this problem has continued with 20.1) I receive a pop-up telling me that the wi-fi network requires authentication before I can go online....

Hello, I have installed cygwin + openssh + rsync + exim It's ok for my rsync command and key SSH, but i can't send email log. when i run : rsync -e ssh -avr --delete /cygdrive/e/folder1...

Has anyone updated alien's Calibre 4.15.0 SlackBuild (http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/calibre/build/) for Python3-based Calibre 5.16.1? I'm trying to build Calibre 5.16.1, but I get: ...

Published at LXer: In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing Odoo 11 on CentOS 7. We will also install Nginx and configure it as a reverse proxy. Odoo (formerly OpenERP)...

Kernel 5.4.0-72 Here's what I have tried: USB Keyboard and Mouse work in all ports (KB/Mouse ports, USB 2.0 ports, USB 3.0 ports) in the BIOS settings and GRUB menu. USB Keyboard and Mouse...

Published at LXer: To the average user, a terminal window can be baffling and cryptic. But as you learn more about the Linux terminal, it doesn't take long before you realize how efficient and...

Hey I was just wondering if there was an official way. I already have all the howtos on my disk, downloaded them with a python script (added a delay of course to not put more load than needed on the...

This may have been true in Fedora 33/Gnome 3 as well. I never messed with it until recently. Anyway, when I click the date/time at the top, the weather box always says 'Select weather location...'...

I have Kububtu 20.04. I installed the same on my father PC. I wanted to add for him an icon with the link to the web page where he reads his email. On MY PC it's easy as a piece of cake (right...

Hi! I'm new to Linux. We are running RHEL 7.8 and trying to install the SSSD tools via command yum install sssd-tools. We're getting the following error message. There was a problem importing...

Hi all, I have two Oracle 7 servers with CUPS configured with the exact same RPMs and PPDs in /usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-db-ppds/HP yet one lists several more HP models than the other in the...

Published at LXer: Encryption is a way to encode a message so that its contents are protected from prying eyes. There are two general types:read more Read More......

Hello Team, I'm trying to learn Chef and following a tutorial on Udemy. In the tutorial the instructor says to install Chefdk on local machine. It is unclear to me as to what local machine means....

Gentlemen and ladies, I've been looking at Dataplicity as a wormhole to run a personal webserver on a Raspberry Pi. (https://www.dataplicity.com/ ) Has anyone used it? Are there any security...

I have the date as text or console input. Can I convert it to Unix seconds in terminal? _example_ IN: Tue Sep 11 08:46:40 2001 ---> OUT: 1000169200

Published at LXer: Kdenlive 21.04 release brings major updates and new features. We take a look at those and give you download details. Read More......

The purpose of this thread is to get some advice about how to get programming job, or failing that, an IT support/technican job (MUCH preferably Linux/Unix related rather than just some boring Windows...

Published at LXer: exa is a tiny, fast, and modern replacement for the ordinary ls command that comes pre-installed on all Unix and Linux operating systems. It is an enhanced file lister that ships...

Hi Folks:), I am using Linux distributed from Scientific Linux version 7.9. I was in a superuser mode with a command prompt "#", I tried to switch to "$" prompt, but after I click the upper...

Hello Everyone, I used Linux a little years ago, I know a few command lines. I don't konw much about Linux.

Hello, I need a bash (or python) script to rename files and folders (and subfolders, subfiles...) in order to remove chars that are not allowed on Windows NTFS Filesystem (see...

I read about a relatively new, allegedly secure browser called Brave, and am going to try it as soon as I feel like making the effort. Any thoughts on it?

I have tried "all the usual" at power on (holding down esc, F1, F2.... and del), but only get a boot screen with Windows 7 as a boot option. There seems to be no way to enter a BIOS set up utility, in...

Published at LXer: The developers of the privacy and security-focused Tails anonymous Linux OS have put out a call for testing for the new Tor Connection wizard that will be implemented in the...

Hi folks, For several years I have been carrying around on my keyring a 64Gb USB stick set up in the following way. The first partition (most of sticks capacity) is formatted into FAT32, while a...

Hi, I would like to have global shortcuts to all playing media, e.g. vlc, smplayer, youtube and some apps through wine. The keys I would like is: play/paus stop skip 5-15 seconds FF and Rev. ...

Published at LXer: In the previous topic of our LFCA series, we gave an introduction to Cloud computing, the different types and Clouds, and cloud services and walked you through some of the...

I am unable to find how to change the preferences on Nautilus, besides what is shown in the screenshot attached. Where are the rest of the preferences? Or is this it? Or am I (unknowingly) launching...

Hello, Currently when I connect to the commercial VPN using openvpn, the whole LAN uses the VPN tunnel. Is there a way just some IPs of the LAN uses the VPN and the rest just normal connection...

Published at LXer: The UMN wants to make peace with the Linux kernel developer community after an annoying Linux code security research blunder. Read More......

Published at LXer: With the release of Ubuntu 21.04 “Hirsute Hippo” hitting the streets last week, the time has come for the Ubuntu devs to focus on the next major release of their popular...

I just found spare SDHC mini card at home. I think to install Slackware there is better solution than to run all the time live system. At this moment I don't know my computer can boot from SD card....

Published at LXer: This brief guide will walk you through the steps to configure and enable SSH for normal user as well as root user on FreeBSD. Read More......

All, I brought up this topic before at: https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/general-10/super-x-windows-4175677110/ But after all the naysaying, remembered I still have one Dell 790...

Published at LXer: Pleroma is an open-source federated social networking platform, compatible with Mastodon and other ActivityPub platforms. This guide will show you how to create your own Pleroma...

Published at LXer: Exploring and validating data from an environment is a common practice for preventing service disruptions. You can choose to run the process periodically or on-demand, and the...