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Published at LXer: Containers became widely popular because of Docker on Linux, but there are much earlier implementations, including the jail system on FreeBSD. A container is called a "jail" in...

If I wanted to append a my hostname to a copied/tarred file, I'd use `hostname` Is there an equivelant for printing the OS?

greetings from another greybeard

Hello. This is my first post here but I've been using Linux pretty consistently for 20 years now. Wasn't sure where to turn on this one. As far as I can tell, I'm looking for udev help. I've got a...

Published at LXer: SSH is a “Secure Shell Protocol” used to connect and manage remote Linux systems securely over an unsecured network. It is very useful for system administrators to perform...

I am purchasing a new laptop which has Win 10 on it. What are the steps for replacing Win 10 with Linux Mint?

on -current dconf-editor doesn't build anymore with vala-0.50.4, but is OK with vala-0.50.3: ------------------------ ../editor/bookmarks-list.vala:149.83-149.99: error: Argument 4: Cannot pass...

Hi second times ... Someting about myself: I come from Czech Republic. And I live here. I work as IT Solution Architect at medium company about 300 employees. I am trying to improve my Linux...

Hello. Please tell me - how to open a port in debian 9, for example, 25th. And then there are so many benefits that simply contradict each other and there is nothing clear and intelligible

Ladies and Gentleman, I have a Raspberry Pi 400 that is running the 5.10.17-v7l+ version kernel. I have been trying to build and compile the 5.11.3 version from kernel.org and have tried...

On my laptop i have one SSD and one HDD. If i open the SSD with GSmartControl in Attributes tab i see this warning: Attachment 35801...

Hi I'm trying to crate some diskless clients. And i need to change the communication protocol from TCP to UDP for mounting the file system via nsf. My confing ... Code: --------- (Server)...

should I look into using an alternate dns server such as openDNS? thoughts, - anyone?

Hi! I'm preparing to install a new home server for primarily storage and also for running a few VM's. I will use either Ubuntu Server or Debian. But I would prefer Ubuntu for its long term support....

Published at LXer: A good e-learning platform is important for education all over the world. Teachers need a way to hold classes, students need a friendly user interface to facilitate learning, and...

Published at LXer: Ninth anniversary celebrated with bug fixes for enthusiasts and power users. A month after version 7.1 of LibreOffice hit the streets, the first update has landed replete with a...

Published at LXer: In this part two of two articles, learn to configure network connections on managed nodes with Ansible system roles. Read More......

hi, when use passwordless with public and private key PAM is used?

Published at LXer: LibreOffice has all the productivity features you'd want from an office software suite, making it a popular open source alternative to Microsoft Office or Google Suite. One of...

Unfortunately, Firefox stopped working (https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=1981762) for me, but for some reason, it's happy to run inside a container. Only thing is that I don't have sound....

Published at LXer: CaveExpress is a classic 2D platform game set in prehistoric times. You play the hero masquerading as a caveman. Survival is paramount but there are beasties that want to change...

Published at LXer: Nmap is a very popular free and open-source network security tool and port scanner. In today’s tutorial, I will show you how to install and use Nmap on a Linux Mint 20 system and...

I installed Slackware Current a couple of weeks ago -- am finding little tweaks that need to be addressed. For years I've added "--time-style=long-iso" to OPTIONS env variable in...

I have encountered an alignment issue when trying to print round Avery labels designed with glabels. The label template is Avery 22807 (2" 12 per sheet) No matter what I try, the print is off center...

Published at LXer: Creating a GUI from scratch is a very time consuming process, dealing with all the positions and alignments in hard code can be really tough for some programmers. In this...

Published at LXer: ytfzf is a script to search, download and play YouTube videos by making use of mpv and youtube-dl under the hood Read More......

Published at LXer: Jenkins is an open-source Continuous Integration and Continuous*Deployment tool. In this article, we will install Jenkins using the .war file in Apache Tomcat. Read More......

Apparently Linux has NO editor that handles objects (images) well, like Wordpad, which puts images "in line" with the text, so they don't paste under/over text and other images and have to be messed...

Published at LXer: Software remains pretty much the same... but at twice the price. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server has maintained the same starting price over the past few years. Now, changes to...

Hi all! So, why don't the notes appear at the bottom of the screen in the Slide tab? I thought Impress used to show the notes there, so you could type them in as you worked on the slide? Is there...

I was wondering if anyone have trying doing IPv6 to IPV4 and vis visa on a linux machine? Need help how this could be best implemented.

So, I've been beating my head against this for too long. I found a fix, but I don't like it because it requires modifying scripts that probably will get updated. Maybe someone can tell me what I can't...

Published at LXer: In this article we will be perform an installation of the NVIDIA Driver on AlmaLinux. Nvidia driver is needed by your NVIDIA Graphics GPU to function with better performance. To...

My question is There is a bunch of public domain software for other operating systems, why or how don't they have them in main repositories?... 2 examples: freedos demos public domain, and public...

Hello, I have been asked a couple questions that I cannot seem to find the answers to. In this instance Group A are the admins, Group B are the operators with a common service account. Group B...

Published at LXer: What on Earth is WebAssembly? WebAssembly, also called Wasm, is a Web-optimized code format and API (Application Programming Interface) that can greatly improve the performances...

For security reasons, my Slackware64-current computer is using iptables with everything dropped except for specific computers. Those on my home network are able to connect with my computer, as is my...

I'm working on something and need this format from 1025-65535 TCP/UDP. Thanks Code: --------- 192.168.0.12,udp:1024 ---------

Get this error when creating veracrypt container. Any ideas on how to fix. bad file descriptor::veracrypt::coreservices::startedevelvated::267 OS: Mint 19.1 tessa Kernel: x86_64 Linux...

Have Samba extended ACLs (https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_a_Share_Using_Windows_ACLs#Samba_Extended_ACL_Support) via SMB+WinBind set for a CentOS 7 file server to mount shares on a Windows...

Published at LXer: Faster, Sysadmin! Install! Install! The Chromium crew has revved its engines and decided it will soon emit a new stable release every four weeks and create a new type of release...

i have code that uses awk and searches a text file for matches. the text file is a list of scripts and macros that the scripts are used in. the code gives a printout listing each script followed by...

I have checked other threads but they seem to have issues with integration with MySQL. I haven't even got that far. PHP (only) is installed, but for the life of me I can't get it to return data on a...

Published at LXer: Linux Mint wants to remind users about updating their system more frequently. That’s not a bad thing, is it? Read More... (https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-mint-updates-notice/)

Hello, I had to upgrade an old computer running Slackware 11 with RS-232 device to Slackware 14.2 at my job. The goal is make it to the latest version but I'm taking mini-steps to see if I can get...

Published at LXer: Congatec announced a “Conga-SMX8-Plus” SMARC 2.1 module with dual GbE support that runs Linux on an i.MX8M Plus. The company also offered new details on a COM-HPC starter kit for...

Published at LXer: The Document Foundation announced today the general availability of the first point release to its latest LibreOffice 7.1 open-source and cross-platform office suite series. ...

Every boot I have to wait 1. 30 seconds while it scans for Btrfs filesystems, which I don't have. It scans anyhow. 2. 1 Minute 30 seconds (just after it sets up ntp) while it is reporting Code:...

Just saying hi, was doing web stuff 30 years ago for a few years whilst being a network engineer, now returning to web work full time on my tod. Cheers Notsobigkev

I've been trying to study to became a skilful Linux user but it's difficult to come up with ideas regarding what to do in order to learn system administrator skills and systemd (or those BSD style...