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typo in /etc/networks
Hello slackers, just a minor issue (someone might think this is not an issue at all): Code: --------- --- /etc/networks2021-04-15 13:12:38.018986412 +0200 +++ /etc/networks.new1999-10-07...
LXer: 21 reasons why I think everyone should try Linux
Published at LXer: When I go on holiday, I often end up at one or more used bookstores. I always find a good book I[he]#039[/he]ve been meaning to read, and I always justify the inevitable purchase...
Essential writing formats
An essay is a written composition where you express a specific idea and then support it with facts, statements, analysis and explanations. The basic format for an essay is known as the five paragraph...
XFS or BTRFS ?
Hello All As Fedora 34 with Gnome 40 is about to release, I was wondering whether I should continue to use XFS (in LVM) as I do now with Fedora 33, or should I opt for Btrfs with Fedora 34? I...
For all you folks with a FB Account
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/21/04/20/201246/would-be-cool-if-everyone-normalized-these-pesky-data-leaks-says-data-leaking-facebook-in-leaked-memo...
LXer: Linus Torvalds reluctantly issues one more release candidate for Linux kernel 5.12
Published at LXer: We gotta do this again? Really? Oh, alright then. But this eight release candidates thing is not great. Linux kernel development boss Linus Torvalds has reluctantly issued an...
'Chuck Geschke, Father of Desktop Publishing, Dies at 81'
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/technology/chuck-geschke-dead.html An obit of the founder of Adobe
How to do a relative rsync to include specified sub subdirectories but exclude everything else
System info: Code: --------- rsync version 3.1.2 protocol version 31 CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810 (Core) Linux lb-cam-11 3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Sep 13 22:55:44 UTC 2019...
LXer: Wearing more (Mozilla) hats
Published at LXer: For many years now — and well before I sought out the job I have today — I thought: the world needs more organizations like Mozilla. Given the state of … Read More......
LXer: Firefox 89 Enters Beta Testing with Stunning New Look, Improved Privacy
Published at LXer: The upcoming Firefox 89 web browser entered public beta testing today to give us an early look at its new features and improvements. Read More......
LXer: How to Install Guider Linux Performance Analyzer on Ubuntu 20.04
Published at LXer: Guider is an open-source performance analyzing tool for Linux operating systems. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install and use Guider on Ubuntu 20.04. Read More......
search on xfce desktop, incl. network?
Hello, I'm using xfce on Debian bullseye on one machine, and Mate on Ubuntu on my SO machine. I'm considering shifting her to Deb/xfce too for various reasons, but one thing prevents this move at...
AlienBob's -compat packages
I see Eric has updated his -compat packages for boost and icu4c. I also see that Pat has included some "compat" files for these in aaa_libraries. Are Eric's packages now redundant, or are they...
LXer: In the trenches with Thomas Gleixner, real-time Linux kernel patch set
Published at LXer: Jason Perlow, Editorial Director at the Linux Foundation interviews Thomas Gleixner, Linux Foundation Fellow, CTO of Linutronix GmbH, and project leader of the PREEMPT_RT...
Okular can't print pdf.
Okular can'r print pdf files. The document viewer prints it but all the fonts look bad (print preview works fine though). I don't know how to debug. So tired of this. What is the `cups`? Anyone can...
Minimal OS to PXE server
Hi it's been a while.... I'm looking for a small linux distro to add to my PXE with the following: 1. UEFI support 2. ARM and PPC support 2. servers platform support like DELL, HP, IBM and...
device name/path disappeared/changed after upgrade
Hello, we have a server with a physical raid (for a long time) whose partitions where exposed and mounted in fstab like /dev/sda2 and /dev/sda4. Yesterday we upgraded from openSuse 15.1 to 15.2...
LXer: How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 21.04 from Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy to Hirsute)
Published at LXer: Here are the steps on how to upgrade your Ubuntu 21.04 from Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla to Hirsute Hippo). Read More......
Webcam not working on Macboom Air after transfer to Linux Xubuntu, how can I reenable it?
Recently switched to Linux Xubuntu on a Macbook Air. I have realized that after my switch, the webcam has ceased to work using platforms like Zoom. Can I get any advice on how to fix this?
LXer: How to display GUI dialogs in bash script using Zenity
Published at LXer: Zenity is an open-source application for displaying simple GUI in shell scripts. It makes scripts more user-friendly by displaying GTK+ dialogs. In this article, we will show you...
Laptop freeze during hibernation process.
My issue seem to be that every so often when I hibernate my laptop the process would fail forcing me to hard reset the system which is not ideal. For some time I thought it was the nvidia driver...
LXer: VirtualBox 6.1.20 Released with Linux Kernel 5.11 Support, CentOS Stream Improvements
Published at LXer: Oracle released today VirtualBox 6.1.20 as the latest version of their open source, free, and cross-platform virtualization software packing great new features and many...
what cctv software for motion detected by webcam
Can anyone suggest suitable cctv software to use with USB webcam (logitech C925e) on a desktop? What I hope to do is capture clear images on motion only. The OS is Debian 9. This would only be...
Dell E6410 cant switch back to Windows
I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 messed with it for a week decided that steam proton and lutris just didn't work for me. I figured out how to make a boot-able windows USB plugged it in powered on the...
LXer: Kubernetes dockershim to live on
Published at LXer: Kubernetes is depreciating dockershim, but Mirantis will continue to maintain the Kubernetes Docker shim code outside Kubernetes as a CRI interface for Docker Engine. Read...
LXer: Node.js 16 released with Apple Silicon binaries, JavaScript V8 engine turned up to nine
Published at LXer: All supported releases will now support ECMAScript modules - but progress on moving away from CommonJS is slow. Node.js 16 has been released with prebuilt Apple Silicon binaries...
LXer: How to Install Guest Additions in Virtualbox VM
Published at LXer: In the previous article, we have seen how to install Centos 7 Minimal on VirtualBox. In this article, you will learn how to install guest additions in VirtualBox. Guest additions...
New mirror update... decisions, decisions.
I've been on -current so long that it was a surprise to see the new mirror update. 14.2 gone, 15 is stable, and Slackware64 is the new dev branch. I used to think I'd just jump onto 15 stable,...
LXer: 5 ways to protect your documents with open source software
Published at LXer: Users have every right to be concerned about the safety and security of their data. When you create data on a computer, it's reasonable to want exclusive control over it.There...
LXer: Configure Collectd as a Central Monitoring Server for Clients
Published at LXer: This tutorial will focus on how you can enable the networking plugin for Collectd daemon in order to act as a central monitoring server for other Collectd clients installed on...
bash script to run miner when computer is idle, then kill when user activity starts again;
What would be a good way to write a script so nice -n 10 /opt/ethminer/bin/ethminer -G -P stratum1+tcp://null:2020 rums when the computer is inactive and stops when there is user activity,...
Kali LInux user
How do I create a webpage on Kali Linux to use on my webserver so my friends and I can use it and post information to it. Like a sharepoint.
-current touchpad buttons not working
Fresh, clean, metal, full install (Mon Apr 19 21:40:04 UTC 2021) on more than one Dell laptop. These are not new laptops at all, 2x '07/08 Intel Inspiron 1520's and a '09 AMD Studio 1536. I don't...
static IP -> access for VM
So, I'm finally venturing in to the VM world. I would like to bridge a static IP on eth0 (192.168.192.131) to a VM. $ ip address show 1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state...
LXer: Looking for a CentOS Replacement? Start Here>
Published at LXer: Looking for a replacement for CentOS, the free-to-use downstream clone of RHEL that Red Hat is no longer supporting? Here are some alternative free and secure Linux distros to...
Upgradepkg --root Syntax and Options
I have several systems that serve as upgrade level tests, backups (in addition to actual backup for my Main) and general comparison as well as job specific configs. One of my test systems is trashed...
LXer: How to install the NVIDIA drivers on Ubuntu 21.04
Published at LXer: The objective is to install the NVIDIA drivers on Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsute Hippo Linux and switch from a opensource Nouveau driver to the proprietary Nvidia driver. Read More......
LXer: Top 10 Features of Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsute Hippo
Published at LXer: Here in this quick post, we give you a quick update on the top 10 features of Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsute Hippo. Take a look. Read More......
how to see all servers email evolution passes through
how do I see all the ip addresses that email in Evolution/Ubuntu starts from and passes through?
Capsulated: (desktop 4 zoom->screenrecroder), Possible?
Hi, I watch lectures live on zoom. The lectures are slow so I speed them up and sometimes paus and relisten to a section I do not understand. This require me to record the lecture. My computer is...
NAS ext4 drives initialized with Win10 Computer manager :( guid parttable and ext4 filesystem loss
Hello, TL;DR 1. Some ext4 filesystems on different drives was initiated in Windows 10 disk manager 2. Currently there is no ext4 partitons and I suppose the partition table was overwritten by...
LXer: A beginner's guide to network management
Published at LXer: Most people connect to at least two networks every day. After you turn on a computer or mobile device, it connects to a local WiFi network, which in turn provides access to the...
Download iPhone Flash Tool Latest
Download Latest iPhone Flash Tool (https://flashtools11.blogspot.com/2021/03/iphone-flash-tool-latest.html) for windows. my website provides official and free download links for your device.
HVR-1800 on Slackware64-Current/15.0
My HVR-1800 hauppauge dvb / analog tv card was until today useless for ntsc video capture because the audio through the rca connectors kept dropping out all the time. Installing alienBOB's daw package...
LXer: More Linux love for Windows Insiders with a kernel update
Published at LXer: Rounded corners are nice, but what you really want is Linux 5.10, right? Windows Insiders have been given a bit of Linux love with the arrival of a freshly updated kernel and an...
BIRT Eclipse 371 and 431 versions
I find myself having to run 32bit BIRT on my 64bit Slackware. Multilib installed was the "default" from AlienBob (gcc&glibc multilib upgrades, plus the compat32 provided) I dug up and installed...
Ubuntu 20.10 super slow after booting for a while then picks it up.
So I'm on this cheaper laptop with Ubuntu 20.10 (Core i3 dual-core with 8 gigs of RAM) and it gets super slow for a while after booting. I set up full disk encryption at the time of install so the...
Using Pipewire instead of Pulseaudio in Slackware 15
Now that Pat has included the daemon package for what will become Slackware 15, I'll note here what is needed in order to use Pipewire instead of Pulseaudio. The original post is here...
LXer: Flying on Mars fueled with open-source software
Published at LXer: For the first time in history, we[he]#039[/he]ve flown an aircraft, the mini-helicopter Ingenuity, on another planet. Opens-source software backed up its engineering. Read...
LXer: How to manage AWS EC2 instances using aws-cli
Published at LXer: This guide will show you how to get started with managing your AWS virtual machine instances from the Linux command line using aws-cli. Read More......
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