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G’day all I probably will upset some die hard linux fans but my experience with linux distros have not been great. Every time I try it , it does not last long before I run into software update...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-22/google-stop-search-engine-australia-news-media-code/13079912 a bit of a ding dong in progress between the tech world and the Australian government. My first...

Published at LXer: Here is a list of most anticipated Linux distributions you should keep an eye on in the year 2021. Read More... (https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-distros-for-2021/)

A little help anyone? I have the following rule on my firewall script: Code: --------- LOG all -- anywhere anywhere LOG level warning prefix "RULE 7 -- DENY " --------- And on...

I have NuTyX installed on a BtrFS subvolume, and have tried auto rEFInd and GRUB-EFI, but were failed, and i’m unsure how to assign the *volume* argument for manual rEFInd entry as below, Code:...

Published at LXer: Previously I reviewed Ubuntu on the Raspberry PI 4 and it was a fairly poor experience. Ubuntu Mate was always going to be the better option and in this review I look at the good...

So I've got myself in a bit of a dillema. I got this HP Stream laptop that's only got 30 gigs of storage, and I want to use it for work. I already bought a 64 gig SD card that I have for storing...

My first time here. Started with Linux in 2007 (Ubuntu Feisty Fawn) as a refugee from Windows Vista, what a nightmare. Quite familiar with Kubuntu, enough to keep it running without problems, and know...

Hi, I would like to rename all the files in a folder with the contents inside the file. The content will be a 10 digit - 16 digit string and it's random which means changes from file to file. how...

I am running a dedicated server on a hosting site. It doesnt seem like the provider has native options to back up my server if i need to transfer it or recover it. Any recommendations on doing this? ...

I used the quake3 installer and installed the data files in the .q3a folder under my user name. Quake runs, but I have no local host opponents to play against. I have installed Quake in my other linux...

I have a G500 lenevo laptop that is was running a fresh version of current. After that last huge update, my laptop pointer (via the laptop pad) was broken. My wireless is also out. [I guess...

Published at LXer: Alexander Schwinn has announced the release of Thunar 4.17, a new development version of Xfce’s default file manager that brings awesome new features and improvements. Read...

Published at LXer: The mature open-source cloud infrastructure platform project gets a major update, boasting a new user interface and improved storage subsystem features. Read More......

I need to do some reading of long lines with tabs as such from $ss output. How to disable wrap in terminator (console) ?

Installed here on 14.2/x86_64 are qt5-5.12.8-x86_64-1_SBo and qt-creator-4.12.3-x86_64-1_SBo. When I try to load the latter (using /usr/bin/designer-qt5 it seg faults. Just rebuilt/re-installed...

Published at LXer: This beginner's guide explains the steps to install Debian 10 Buster. The following process includes the step by step guide with screenshots and prepared to be followed by any...

Everytime where there is an activity in terminator, it pops up notification .. Where to disable that activity notification? i have unclicked on "activity watch" but it still pops up notification. ...

I solved the last 2 packages which were not compatible with make-4.3. make had been downgraded since "Mon Jan 27 00:48:51 UTC 2020" to make-4.2.1. -gst-plugins-base0: change the SlackBuild as...

I get segfault error when make scsh. I've installed multilib and upgraded to current, but still error. Code: --------- ./build/build-usual-image . "./scheme" 'scsh.image' './scshvm' \ ...

Hi guys, i just came from Ubuntu and i am trying to get get deeper in Linux world, so i installed Slackware 14.2. I'm from Brazil and selected the respective mirror for my country. When i do "slackpkg...

Hello. In vanilla **nix there are two separate tools used to set keymap for Xorg and console. For linux, loadkeys(1) is used for console. And Xkbd is used for Xorg by setting keymap in...

Published at LXer: The KDE Project announced today the general availability for public testing of the beta version of the upcoming KDE Plasma 5.21 desktop environment series. Read More......

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Hello ladies and gentlemen, Is there a setting that I need to modify in order for the HDMI output to be automatically enabled when I plug in the cable to my TV? My old Windows laptop would do it...

Published at LXer: Organizations from all industries and of all sizes strive to deliver quality software solutions faster. This guarantees not only their survival but also success in the global...

Hi all. I am curious as to why my laptop will play sounds for everything EXCEPT Pandora for music. My games work fine. YouTube videos work fine. Embedded videos on websites work fine. I don't get it....

At Linux kernel 5.10.10 and the kernel is still broken. After many tries to get huge to boot it finally worked and now I make this post. I made a new initrd and noticed this: Code: ---------...

I am running Leap 15.1 and trying to open Gimp that I just installed. Nothing appears to happen when I try to open it from the menu. So I go to the command line and enter gimp-2.10 %U. At that...

So i am very new to the server world, so i am trying to learn. :study: My server got hacked from a ssh brute force attack, so i reinstalled the OS and am currently trying not to make the same...

OK, don't be too hard on me. I've been a casual/beginner user for a while now but don't work in tech and never had a reason to go very deep. It's been a nagging need-to-know for awhile now and...

Fedora-32 How do I record with a Microphone, voice and background music using VLC ? Or is there a better App. than VLC that that can do the job ?

Below is an excerpt from last night's update.log - This is a log I keep when running Alien Bob's mirroring script (via cron - daily) for keeping a local mirror/repository of s*64-current. Seems the...

Published at LXer: What is DNS Server? DNS stands for Domain Name System. This is actually a service that runs on all of our computers but majorly it runs the entire internet. We type a website in...

I am just reading content of mirror-slackware-current.sh. There is used mkisofs - yet there is no mkisofs in -current. To create hybrid iso file with mkisofs one needs additionally ioshybrid. While...

Hi, linux newbie and relatively fresh install of fedora 33. What should be my first trouble shooting steps? Laptop is a Lemur Pro from system76. Otherwise, Fedora is working ok although not so sure...

..true story. Check out the attached picture... now tell me that's not funniest tomato you've ever seen! If that was a certain part of my anatomy... I'd be thinking it's time to see a doctor :p

Hi all, My installation of Pan newsreader got corrupted somehow and I've tried to completely uninstall it including the config files, but when I do a fresh install, somehow all the user data from...

Published at LXer: The upcoming OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 operating system is just around the corner and it will offer full support for the AArch64 architecture with installable images for some popular...

Hi, I've recently compile thunar 4.17 I don't have gitlab account So I report the bug here When you split the view (F3) You need to do it twice when you resize the window if you want the...

Hi, I've recently compile thunar 4.17 I don't have gitlab account So I report the bug here When you split the view (F3) You need to do it twice when you resize the window if you want the...

Here, I have a large tar file with gzip compression, about 50GB(Im not sure its original size, 100GB or a little larger). I want to extract it into a ext4 partition of a mobile SSD disk, however, I...

Published at LXer: It is often necessary to know the type of filesystem created on a hard disk or a USB thumb drive even before mounting it. For example, you may need to explicitly specify...

Hi, I'm trying to use Puddletag for some of my tagging. I had to resort to installing the snap as I couldn't find another way to install on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. I installed and ran it, tried to...

I have a NAS. The shell is "BusyBox v1.00-rc3 (2020.05.20-04:57+0000) Built-in shell (ash)". I try to "locale-gen cp949". The result is "sh:locale-gen not found". Also There is "locale.new"...

Published at LXer: The lightweight and popular Linux distribution - MX Linux extended its reach. And MX Linux is now available for Raspberry Pi devices as a Beta image (Fluxbox-RaspberryPi Respin...

Is there an alternative to cups? Cups keeps breaking, and I'm sick to death of discerning the problem.

Hey, in fact I am new user of Linux and I am used to windows, then when I installed the new Operating System Kali Linux , I had problems with partitioning the disk and I choosed the guided...

I have updated my youtube-dl into the latest version by doing the following command Code: --------- $ pip3 install --upgrade youtube-dl Requirement already up-to-date: youtube-dl in...

I have a NAS. The shell is "BusyBox v1.00-rc3 (2020.05.20-04:57+0000) Built-in shell (ash)". I try to "locale-gen cp949". The result is "sh:locale-gen not found". Also There is "locale.new"...