I try to to setup a Slackware box (technically a laptop) for a friend who's web developer, but not a Slacker. He have idea how to use a Linux operating system, but has no interests and time to...
Hi, trying to install Slackware64-current on an ASUS VivoBook 15 which uses NVMe, but the installer can't see it. It shows up in the output of lspci, but nowhere else that I can find. ...
I have problems when downloading a torrent in a shared folder in windows mounted on ubuntu 20.04, apparently I do not have the permissions to download but I already assigned the chmod -R 777 to the...
Hello Everyone It's been a long time since I posted to this forum. I've been completely out of the Slackware loop for many years (other things going on in my life.) I read a while back that a...
As you see in the attachment image thunderbird during installation of a Emoji addon asks whether i allow it to 'Have full,unrestricted access to Thunderbird and your computer!!' On the face of it...
I have worked with Windows for years and am not happy with the recent way they force changes on you so I plan to get a laptop with a Linux system. I have used Unix in the distant past. What version...
Hi All : I'm configuring an apache server: apache version 2.4.6., have httpd24_mod_ssl-2.4, and mod_ssl loaded in httpd.conf. I have ssl.conf in httpd/conf.d. The problem: when I run httpd -t, I see...
Thanks for letting me in. I am running Linux MInt 20 on my system and Centos on virtual box 6. The laptop is hp with UFEI option. I have tried lsblk and also ls -l | grep '^Disk' also fdisk...
Hi there all and Best Whishes for this year, which is the first of the decade, which is the 21st of the millenary, which is the 3rd of the A.D. history; SO, could ALL the software developers mind that...
Hello all- I've recently started some classes (CCNA and RHCSA) and am learning my way around a command line. Looking to start a new career path. I'm currently using Ubuntu 20.04. Enjoying the...
My apologies if someone else has already posted this, but I just stumbled across the OTB Network, aka, *O*ld*T*ech*B*loke. From the accent and the coffee cup I would guess he is a cousin. Here he is...
Published at LXer: Not a fan of the decade old Ubuntu installer? With Ubuntu 21.10, you should see a modern new installer built with Flutter. Read More......
Altho I started my interest of Linux many (many) years ago, I have not kept up and I now consider myself a "newbie" again. I recently set up an old gaming computer with Ubuntu and thought running...
Published at LXer: Ever forgotten your MySQL root password or fixing a MySQL installation on a new server, we have all been there. In this guide you are going to learn how to reset or change or...
I did a clean system install of Ubuntu 20.04 lts. Scanner is on the LaserJet Pro MFP M127fn. The scanner worked with 2 software apps before, now it doesn't. HPLIP is installed I believe. It does...
Hello, I tried to install "Util-linux" from "7.13. Util-linux-2.36", but I got below error: Code: --------- # make make all-recursive make[1]: Entering directory...
I own a Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Gaming laptop and, thanks to Lenovo, the HDMI port is hardwired to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q. So I had to follow the instructions here...
Published at LXer: AlmaLinux, the open-source enterprise-level Linux distribution created as an alternative to CentOS, has been released in beta with most Red Hat Enterprise Linux packages Read...
Hello Everyone I am getting into video editing (for my drone footage) and I don't have very meaty hardware. I have two laptops, one is an HP A10 processor with 16GB RAM and an AMD R5 video chip...
Published at LXer: Linux provides an amazing desktop experience by default. Although advanced users have the flexibility to choose their own window manager, the day-to-day flow of Gnome is better...
Nothing flashy, just a hello from a Linux user of several years, but by no means an expert. 2 Laptops and desktop running Linux with W7 in a VB on the desktop. UK/English user based in France. Good...
Published at LXer: Total War: WARHAMMER III has just been formally announced by SEGA / Creative Assembly and the good news is that porter Feral Interactive have right away confirmed it's being...
I have an application that run on Ubuntu 16.04 but I want to migrate it on Ubuntu 20.04. It doesn't work because I think it's not compatible with Python3. What are the steps to follow to update it?...
Hi everyone, I am here to learn more about Linux. Very glad to join in this organization. I've been using Linux since I was a child but I'm fairly new and still experimenting the commands Have...
Published at LXer: Solus lead developer and maintainer Joshua Strobl announced today the release and general availability of Solus 4.2, a refreshed ISO image of one of the best rolling GNU/Linux...
I'm searching for software to record a runner running on a treadmill. I want to record simultaneously from 5 different angles an playback in slowmotion. I've searched a lot but can't find the right...
I would like to install the XanMod stable real time kernel (linux-xanmod-rt metapackage). However, despite my having buster-backports in my sources.list, apt doesn't seem to draw in the backports...
With a recent update, I notice that some package deposited some unwanted changes to my systems running Raspberry Pi OS. These may have some official excuse but the bottom line is that among all the...
Has anyone tried zfs on slackwareARM ? I'm interested in reviewing my home made NAS to use zfs as it has some interesting features. If nobody has any suggestions I think I will approach the...
Published at LXer: The only purpose of python coding below is to prevent kids from straight forward calculations, which, actually, are boring rather then difficult. In doing so I intend to learn my...
OK, this is a new one on me: Acer V5 (i3) notebook, 4G RAM, good HDD and battery. There is no rj45 ethernet port, so using wireless only. Installed LinuxMint. The first user's password is an...
Published at LXer: Arch Linux-based EndeavourOS distribution gets its first ISO release in 2021 with Linux kernel 5.10 LTS, improves live environment and installation, and much more. Read...
When your Canon printer’s status shows, “*canon printer in error state (https://www.canonprintersupport247.com/blog/fix-canon-printer-error-state-windows-10/)*” there may be some errors with your...
Tried to install Tor network on debian Code: --------- gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 --------- hanging, if change the server
Hi all i'd like to crossgrade Elive distro (32b-beta) to 64b... Machine is HPelitebook 64b~i5 -refurbished (ssd+16ram) The distro is based on debian (weesie) but last time i tryied well...I lost...
According to this article ---Quote--- https://theintercept.com/2015/03/26/passphrases-can-memorize-attackers-cant-guess ---End Quote--- the human brain has some difficulties to remember seven...
I was curious as to why the boot partition is EFI system, Fat 32 bit, but the 2nd partition is Linux filesystem ext4. Just curious why the boot partition isn't also Linux filesystem ext4. Trying...
I bought a HP ProLiant DL380p Gen 8 Rack Server Intel Xeon E5-2620 on eBay. It was $80 plus $50 shipping and works I hope! I want to put debian on it what do I choose? amd64 arm64 armel armhf i386...
Published at LXer: The Document Foundation announces the release of LibreOffice 7.1 - Community edition. This release brings the latest features, bug fixes of this free and open-source office...
Now I can not figure out how to install any Linux distro. As a Mac user i am not used to dealing with a BIOS at all. I am not sure what settings I need to use. I really want to move to Linux. I plan...
Published at LXer: There's a wide range of exciting Minecraft editors and utilities for Linux users to choose from. We'll go over a few of them in this guide. Read More......
Published at LXer: AutoKey is an open source Linux desktop automation tool that, once it's part of your workflow, you'll wonder how you ever managed without. It can be a transformative tool to...
Published at LXer: CloudLinux has announced the release of AlmaLinux beta version and is available for community testing. AlmaLinux beta is based on RHEL 8. Read More......