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I've used Thunderbird for many years but unfortunately several of my computers are quite old, and I have responsiveness issues when I leave Thunderbird up. I've started to switch to Mutt. I have no...

Published at LXer: DXVK, the Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11 on Linux/Wine, has been updated today to version 1.8, a release that brings improvements for some recent and old...

I was trying to think of how I would calculate how long it would take me to get to 5000 posts based on how long I've been a member here and how many posts I've already made/make on average. But I...

Published at LXer: If you are unable to extract files from a zip file and instead getting the error "End-of-central-directory signature not found", changes are that the zip file was incompletely...

hi, ssh certificate not use ssl.correct? what is the difference between ssh certificate and ssl ceertificate?

Hello. I use a custom Linux build (kernel + userspace) on an Intel NUC10 running kernel version: Linux (none) 5.6.18 #4 SMP Mon Feb 1 13:47:09 CET 2021 x86_64 GNU/Linux I have two old usb...

Published at LXer: Regardless I've spent some time to overcome several issues (typos) in Original Howto........I strongly believe that mentioned article is one of the best for beginners to test the...

Hello, Which programming language in below list has a bright future and is OK for a beginner that just know a little knowledge in programming? 1. Rust-Lang 2. Scala 3. Ruby 4. C\C++ 5. Elixir ...

Published at LXer: The MX Linux team announced today the release and general availability of the MX Linux Fluxbox Community Respin for Raspberry Pi single-board computers.- Read More......

I use FreeFileSync in one direction to backup my data files from my Fedora 33 computer onto a USB hard disk. It has worked well on thousands on files for years. However, a bit ago, FreeFileSync...

Published at LXer: After a few years of waiting, Wildfire Games have released a big upgrade for the free and open source real-time strategy game 0 A.D. with Alpha 24 now available. Read More......

Hello! I am trying to share a folder on my Linux machine (Fedora 33) and unable to access the share on a Windows 10 machine. - I already have a share that is accessible from the Win10 machine on...

Continuing my quest for a USB-C dock... I've made a lot of progress, and right now I'm getting good keyboard, mouse, audio, network, and power through my USB-C connection to my laptop with...

Having googled a bit on the subject, I found a number of complex ways of doing it programmatically, but then, using "units" seems to be ultra-simple in comparison. I tried it at the CLI and it works....

greeting Someone wrote this code on stackoverflow. The code works but I need to know how to add a count for matched lines and which line in a.txt found the match. Contents of a.txt 01 02 03...

Published at LXer: If you're new to Rust, and looking to write a Linux daemon that can handle kill signals, check out this article. Read More......

Last summer I was unable to get the above scanner working with Fedora 29 or Debian. This is after using the scanner flawlessly with various distros for years previously. (used sane epson drivers...

I'm looking to buy a new 1920x1080 monitor. I see one HP with an aspect ratio of 1.78:1 Most have 16:9 What's the difference, and shouldn't one get a 16:9 for 1080p movies?

Please suggest roadmap/tutorial to create minimal bootable flash drive with latest stable kernel for board based on 32 bit ARM HiSilicon 3536 chip? All what I need is absolute minimal boot with...

I have an Intel NUC running Ubuntu 24. When I run the command: Code: --------- sudo lshw -C network --------- The result shows 8 network devices? network:0, logical name: wlp0s20f3 is...

Published at LXer: In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I'll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. Here's how switching from Windows to Linux...

I use a Linux version with three different screen savers I can see. The one I prefer is called "screener", but I can't find info on it (thumbnail). https://postimg.cc/75kJckCL compatible...

Published at LXer: With patent trolling on the rise, investment bank Barclays and TD Bank Group have put patent assertion entities on notice by taking membership in Open Invention Network. Read...

How protect mp4/mp3 file from copying but must be able to normally be opened to play ? (if known primarily in NAND memory media filesystem to be shown point of their capabilities)

Published at LXer: If all goes well, the first flight on Mars will be made by Perseverance Mars rover[he]#039[/he]s companion drone helicopter, the Linux-powered Ingenuity. Read More......

Hello, I would like to produce with gcc a linux special dll file (PE AND NOT ELF format) and use functions linux inside. How do I do ? there is x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc but i can't integrate linux...

Just bought Gil-net travel mt-router, cannot connect to internet. Can login into router admin only. I'm using external WiFi usb to connect to main internet. Any help please model: Gil-net...

I'm trying to write a sed command to collapse white space (tab, newlines, spaces, etc.) and whittle consecutive characters down to one space. I tried: Code: --------- sed "s/\s+/ /gm"...

Good evening to y'all! I just got a Pi 400 and wanted to give Slackware on ARM a shot, but the official SARPi site is currently down for maintenance. Does anyone know of any mirrors that host the...

Given an array, like Code: --------- dim arr(4) as variant --------- What would be the syntax (notation) for passing Code: --------- trySub(something) ---------

Published at LXer: Sometimes you may want to know the CPU usage of a particular Linux process. As the CPU usage of a process can fluctuate over its lifetime, you will want to measure the average...

Hi, I upgraded from Bionic to Focal and DNS no longer works (can't access websites or apt-get update). Internet works: Code: --------- dig @192.168.1.1 linuxquestions.org --------- Code:

Linux Mint 17.2 I installed a new FireFox browser this morning. Now all LQ Forum subject lines are _underscored._ Is there a user setting which controls this? Daniel B. Martin .

I have painted myself into a corner by setting my UEFI setup (hardware) to "fast boot". Now I cannot access it to change it back to fix another issue. I have set "grub customizer" to start @ EFI...

Hello all! I was confused whether to post this question on the software forum or on the hardware forum and finally decided to post it here. So please forgive me if my decision is wrong. :scratch: ...

Published at LXer: Skywave Schedules is an essential app. The ability to listen to shortwave from hundreds of remote radio receivers is a great way of dipping into the world of shortwave. Read...

I have an old version of Linux Mint, Rosa 17.3 Cinnamon, which I thought was no longer supported. A few minutes ago I was surprised to be offered a Linux upgrade, which I accepted. It was a small file...

Hi Everyone, I'm trying to replace in same file only the first 0 found in the fourth column by 1. And to keep remaining 0 under the fourth column as is without any change. To mention that...

Hello. I have a problem with Alfa awus036neh (ralink3070), I use official driver from firmware-misc-nonfree. It is work perfectly until I disable WLAN from network manager (Disable all WLAN...

Published at LXer: NetworkManager 1.30 has been released today as the latest version of one of the most popular network connection management tools for Linux-based operating systems. Read...

So I am running into a problem when using btrfs and the latest -current (15.0 alpha1). As long as I'm using one disk, grub will boot Slackware just fine. However, when I add additional disks, grub...

I'm re-encoding and resizing a few videos from .mpg to .mp4 using ffmpeg, from 704x576 to 640x524 Code: --------- -vf "scale=640:-1" --------- this results in a rippling effect on any rapid...

my pacman package got messed up over a year ago, and i can't remember what i had to do to fix it. i think i extracted a package by hand. anyway, for the past year and a half or so.. Code:...

Published at LXer: If you want to run Kali Linux on your system but you already have Windows 10 installed, you have a couple of options. One thing you could do is install Kali Linux in a virtual...

Linux Is Now on Mars, Thanks to NASA's Perseverance Rover: https://uk.pcmag.com/drones/131849/linux-is-now-on-mars-thanks-to-nasas-perseverance-rover cool use for linux. :)

After updating from freetype-2.10.4-x86_64-2 to freetype-2.10.4-x86_64-3 I noticed that Firefox 68 ESR is rendering like this: ...

Hi I want to copy some files from my web hosting to my system. I connect to my webserver through ssh. Following is the command I was given to connect to my web hosting. Code: --------- ssh...

Published at LXer: The traditional Cinnamon desktop can be tweaked to look different and customized for your needs. Here’s how to do that. Read More......

I recently installed Feren OS and I'm very happy with it. I only have one problem: I have 2 screens and I often watch videos (youtube or news portal videos) on one side and browse the internet...

I just upgraded one of my desktops from 14.2 to current with multilib. The upgrade seemed to go without a hitch, I downloaded the current iso, upgraded all packages on the iso (except xfce), upgraded...