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Hello, today I update my firefox to ver. 87. I use current -64 tree. I have the feeling that it works more slowly. I try to remove addons but no effect. Did some one have the same problem ?

Last update on current made it impossible to do cut and paste with mouse in vim (both in console/gpm and from Xterm). I've seen this also on Intel but over there it was sufficient to remove...

Published at LXer: There are parsers available in various programming languages for breaking chemical formulas into elements and their proportions. Here I do the job with AWK and calculate the...

Published at LXer: The Fedora 34 Linux Beta release is here. Get a preview of what's coming in Fedora Linux 34 next month and help us test. Read More......

Hi all, I have a machine that runs a cryptomining software gpu overnight and nonstop. Sometimes it triggers ubuntu report multiple times until it crashes. It starts by creating user slice of root...

I looked at replacement fans for my Thinkpad T420, which has been unusable for months since it started overheating every time. Couldn't run more than a few minutes without shutting itself down. ...and...

I am running Ubuntu 20.04 with a bash script containing code as below. If I run this code I enter the sudo password and mount performs fine. Code: --------- sudo mount -t ecryptfs -o ...

Published at LXer: Deno is a simple, modern, and secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript. It is an open source project created by Ryan Dahl, who developed Node.js. In Try Deno as an...

I tried to take a screenshot with the GIMP on my new ThinkPenguin laptop today for the first time and got the following error message: Code: --------- GIMP Message: Execution error for...

Published at LXer: In bash for, while, and until are three loop constructs. While each loop differs syntactically and functionally their purpose is to iterate over a block of code when a certain...

Hi there, I am Joseph. I'm glad to be a member of the community of continuous learning. I would like to know how to install netscape on either my rpm or debian distros. Thanks in advance for...

I installed Ubuntu 20.04 on a new HP laptop. HP uses Realtek rtl8821ce wifi card. That does not work out of the box in Linux. I bought a usb wifi, got the new laptop connected to the net. I...

Published at LXer: The Fedora team announced the release of Fedora 34 Beta with many new improvements and the latest packages. Here’s a summary of the new changes and how to download, test the...

Published at LXer: GNOME 40 includes bold new design changes and several new features, so in this post we take a look at the best of them. Read More......

I think it's polite, but remember Lady Bracknell. It's sung/talked over Prix choc, Etienne de Crecy, which has different words. ...

Starting from a clean Slackware64-current (20210320) install, and then installing VirtualBox 6.1.18, the following seems to be a common path to a segfault that keeps VirtualBox from starting... $...

I‘ve been a long time reader of LQ (signed up back in 2014). Since then I have found many helpful answers/interesting content but in all those years I’ve never made a posting here. Well, until now -...

Published at LXer: Slowly but surely the Rust language is making its way into Linux. I talked with Linus Torvalds and Greg Kroah-Hartman about where they see Rust and Linux working together. ...

I want to make a private repository for personal use and want to keep someone else from using it or hogging bandwidth. Should I use SSH? git? What is the best and more effective way to keep my...

Gnome 3 on RHEL7. We put a file in /etc/dconf/db/local.d that sets the idle-delay key of org.gnome.desktop.session to 900, like so: Code: --------- [org/gnome/desktop/session] idle-delay=uint32...

trying to complete install misc. and get internet [wireless] and repositories, etc. and when try accessing any /etc/anything using vi or :e just get an empty "new" file listing; maybe am doing...

Hey all, I'm trying to set up Alpine 2.21 (Debian/Buster) as my primary email program. I thought it would be a cinch, and retrieval has been. ProtonMail provides a bridge that routes through...

I installed Leap 15.2 on one hard drive and all went well; on another have nothing reading as a scanned source either using Network Manager, or Wicked. Rebooted between them; no connections showing...

Published at LXer: The Fedora 34 Linux Beta release is here. Get a preview of what's coming in Fedora Linux 34 next month and help us test. Read More......

On 03/19/21 I did a routine weekly software update on my HP-2133 laptop running Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS. The update included Linux 4.4.0-204. On reboot the machine crashed (i.e., frozen screen, keyboard,...

Hello, if i have command Code: --------- python server.py & --------- which i would like to run from certain directory, and i would like to run it on every reboot,

Only installed Linux Mint 2 days ago on the XP Tower...Trying to install my Software for Printing etc. but, the Install, Setup or any .EXE Files do not run on Double Clicking etc??? Please advise...

Published at LXer: The well-known founder of GNU software and free software resigned as president and board member of the FSF in 2019. Read More......

I've built a proxy server in centos 7 and it connects to my internet router and works fine. My internet router connects to a fttc modem and I'd like to get rid of the router and just plug the proxy...

Published at LXer: The Secure Copy tool (scp) is an easy way to securely copy files to and from remote computers. But frustration can easily set in when scp does not work correctly due to spaces in...

where can i find 14.2 install contents for the 6 installation CDs? Have a very slow connection and limited download capacity. Have already downloaded isos for disks 1,2,3. Wondering whether i need...

Even tho I have it blacklisted, slackpkg-15.0.1-noarch-1 insists upon attempting to remove qdvdauthor-2.3.1-i486-1_SBo via 'slackpkg clean-system'. All previous versions of slackpkg worked...

Published at LXer: The Fedora Project announced today the release of the beta version of the upcoming Fedora Linux 34 operating system to give the Linux community an early look at the major new...

What do I need to know to find a replacement SSD for the one shown in the attachment below? I would be fine with anything new, priced in Euros or else otherwise shipped from within the EU, from 32GB...

Sorry for the title; I didn't really know how to describe the problem succinctly. On a laptop with Plasma 5, if you click the battery icon in the system tray, there is a check box labeled "Allow...

Hi Guys, I have one problem. I know how to use a bash for loop in a single line, it's easy. But I need to use for loop and if/else statement in the same line. For example: let's say I have a...

Hi All, Is there a grammar/spell checker for LibreOffice writer? Thanks

Published at LXer: Cross-platform appeal outweighs performance penalty, argues Linux flinger. With an aim to expand the Linux app ecosystem, Ubuntu desktop engineering manager Ken VanDine has...

This is in Devuan 64bit, Testing. Tried to compile dwm. Got error: Code: --------- In file included from drw.c:6: /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:39:10: fatal error: ft2build.h: No such file or...

Hello everyone! I tried Ubuntu few months ago and glad I can use it perfectly without any problem. I recently installed Manjaro because it's cool!

Hello, i cannot find the files i had left in the computer during my use of temporary user during apparently oem installation phase. please help me recover the files if possible, maybe somewhere they...

Published at LXer: 'We’re aware of at least one case where an entity voted more than once'. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) on Friday said it will redo its recent Board Election after uncovering...

Hi, The ldap install is very simple. I can use slappasswd without options, the password changes and I can use ldapsearch. But if I use: Code: --------- slappasswd -h '{SSHA512}' -o...

Published at LXer: Let’s see how you can backup data using Rclone from your Synology NAS with an automatic Cron script. Read More......

Hello, folks. Looking for a program (preferably with GUI, because a person who will be using it is not much experienced at computers at all) that allows to make a daily schedule for different audio...

Hello all! I see Jackson diagram type in a Dia plugins list but I did not find the Jackson name in the diagram type sheets when I am creating new diagram. How to draw Jackson diagram in Linux? Thank...

My good old HP printer was executing a print job when it stops printing, not a paper problem nor an ink problem. Reinstalling the printer with Cups localhost:631 says printer ready to print but it is...

Published at LXer: A Python virtual environment allows you to create a logically isolated software environment for a particular Python project, and choose a version of Python interpreter as well as...

Hi all, This is my 1st thread, hope I am adding it to the right section :) I recently started a new job and my primary OS at the moment is Windows 10 for work purposes. I am branching out to...

Published at LXer: The KDE Project officially unveiled today KDE Gear as the new name of their open-source software stack formerly known as KDE Applications. Read More......