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Hi everyone, Red Hat went nuclear yesterday and killed centos. Rocky Linux might rise from those ashes but I can't take that risk. I have old software I need to run and the nice 10y support window...

I would appreciate help on an issue that has me completely stymied at this point and I know it is something silly that I am missing... My issue is that I cannot get a newly installed Centos 8...

Hey, Since all current updates, when I left-click on systray apps such as Skype, Discord or Slack, they do not bring up the window but the right-click menu. Anyone else with same behavior?

Published at LXer: The dream setup for many Raspberry Pi enthusiasts is a laptop chassis, and there have been many attempts since the Raspberry Pi debuted in 2012. The latest attempt for a portable...

I enabled pipefail in my script for improved safety, but now there is one line that causes the script to fail, even though it's working as intended. It's this line setting the value of rand_string:...

Published at LXer: The CentOS Project announced that CentOS Linux 8 would be the last free CentOS Linux and ends in 2021. And the replacement would be the CentOS Stream. Read More......

Are there any programs out or being developed for doing income tax returns with ubuntu? Previously I downloaded forms and instructions from the IRS website which was OK but is a pain. It would be nice...

I installed a new snapd version of Kate. I have Aspell installed for a dictionary but Kate won't let me connect it. Is there a way to fix this? I'm using Linuxmint 20. Thank you.

Published at LXer: It’s been over four years since we first found out that Google is developing a new operating system called Fuchsia. It’s unique because it’s not based on a Linux kernel; instead,...

Published at LXer: Nginx is a free and open-source web server that powers many sites on the internet. It can be used as a reverse proxy and load balancer. In this tutorial, we will show you how to...

Hi everyone, First time poster, long time lurker here. I've been using Linux on and off for nearly a quarter of a century (and yet, I still feel like a newbie). I've recently decided to try...

Hello, today (9/12) I did an upgrade of an image of slackware64-current on a virtualbox and after the upgrade the trackpoint does not work any more (I use an old lenovo thinkpad edge 11 with disabled...

When I get into YaST's Software Management option via the CLI, I always modify the "View" to "Package Description" (I care more about what the package is for than it's version and license) and...

I am reacquainting myself with linux after many years away and having a harder time. I was always under the impression that when you loaded a distro that the name and password you entered made you the...

Published at LXer: Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has become a critical part of the modern economy. It has been estimated that FOSS constitutes 80-90% of any given piece of modern software,...

Published at LXer: In shocking news the CentOS project announced today that are shifting their Linux distribution to be based on the beta (non-stable) branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, rather...

My request is to include option 17 sub-options 11, 12 and 13 in DHCPv6 solicit/request and I configured the same in dhclient6.conf on my Ubuntu as below. ---Quote--- send dhcp6.vendor-opts send...

When using USB to TTL cable to connect with my Rock Pi S, according the README (http://dl.fail.pp.ua/slackware/images/rock_pi_s/README.TXT), then I get no signal and can't connect (over USB). I...

Published at LXer: CentOS is becoming a rolling Linux distribution, which leaves businesses depending on CentOS for a stable server or embedded operating system in the lurch. Read More......

Today I did a clean install of -current on one of my main office machines using https://slackware.nl/slackware/slackware64-current-iso/slackware64-current-install-dvd.iso (2020/12/8). Everything went...

Hello, OS is Slackware 14.1 I am using bash scripts to communicate between two terminals and running scripts. What command(s) can I use to tell which terminal is in control. The goal is to...

This is a layman's question really though I'm not quite a novice after a decade of using various distros. On this occasion just interested about this and not planning to attempt anything (I think...)....

hi all i am on fedora 33 i just upgraded from 32. i dont know what happened but somehow about 45 out of my 60 themes are broken. the titlebar buttons are all messed up and replaced with square...

Has anyone else noticed that the man pages in the latest bind-9.11.25 patches for 14.1 and 14.2 (and maybe current) are broken? I don't get nicely formatted results for man with any of nsupdate, delv,...

Published at LXer: Neousys unveiled a rugged “POC-400” embedded PC with Intel’s quad-core, up to 3.0GHz Atom x6425E plus up to 32GB DDR4, 2x DP, 3x 2.5GbE ports (2x with optional PoE+), and M.2 and...

I am trying to install slackware 14.2 on newer hardware, an intel nuc, using alien bob's live cd. Using the live cd made it possible to install 14.2 on the nvme drive, but, after reboot, I have no...

Greetings anyone who read this. My acquaintance with Linux didn't start yet, but I`m already want to be here for more understanding, finding few of pals, and maybe even post something that worth read....

Published at LXer: In shocking news the CentOS project announced today that are shifting their Linux distribution to be based on the beta (non-stable) branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, rather...

Published at LXer: CentOS is a fork of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and undoubtedly a popular choice to deploy on production servers because of its rock solid stability and compatibility. But,...

Hi I'm looking for Linux with the best chance to work with touch controls straight out of the box. I bought Z3735F/2048MB/32GB tablet that doesn't support touch on win 10 at all (it was a "Bing"...

After the Great vtown-->current/kde Rollout of Aught-Twenty, new files are accumulating in /tmp. Like Thunderbird's /tmp/ns*, a bad-form design flaw somewhere fails to clean up its temporary files in...

Dear LQ, Searching on the Internet, I have found, to my surprise, how to create a bootable usb with a single dd command : Code: --------- sudo dd bs=4M if=path/to/input.iso of=/dev/sd>...

Dear LQ, I would like to install linux on a usb stick so that I can work on any computer with my linux and files on it. Most of what I read implied installing a live version of linux and add...

Published at LXer: Back in January 2015 we carried a blog post about DFileManager noting it was a real gem of a file manager sporting a unique Cover Flow display, together with an accessible...

On Solaris 11 is really easy to obtain a real raid ZFS: you can loose one hard disk and the system boot. This is what I did on Solaris 11 a)Check the partitions Code: --------- zpool...

Published at LXer: One field has a name, the other has the name plus other info. Three methods are demonstrated for detecting when the name isn't the same in the two fields, and two of these...

Hi folks, I am having a udev issue from some time. This is on Xfce, updated to the latest Dec 9 updates. If I try to plug in a removable USB drive or mount my Android phone, it does not show up...

If you're an employer looking for staff, you can post a job ad there, but as far as I can tell, you can't if you're not an employer looking for staff. My suggestion is to have a section where LQ...

Some websites are not loading using Firefox. The same websites are loading fine under Tor browser. This is the error I am getting (Please see attachment) Is there a way to fix this ?

I bought the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT PCIe card for my new desktop PC I recently built, and while it does work, there have been some pretty annoying issues with it. *The Problems:* If I go to...

I installed discord using sbopkg, and discord is nagging me to update. How do I update all the sbopkg?

Published at LXer: Eyüpsultan Municipality decided to use an open source operating system in desktop computers... Read More......

Published at LXer: In shocking news the CentOS project announced today that are shifting their Linux distribution to be based on the beta (non-stable) branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, rather...

Published at LXer: Log forwarding from Ansible Tower helps you gain insights and a better view of Tower utilization and trends. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/ansible-logs-splunk)

Hi everyone, I am currently trying to create a new raid 5 array, because I experienced huge performance issues when running updates on nextcloud. It takes almost a complete day to create a backup,...

Hi from Italy! I'm responsible for a non profit organization named "pane e pc" (translated: "bread & PC"). Our goal is to deliver for free PCs to families with economic issues in order to have them...

I read quite often that SUSE is based on Slackware. When I was running SUSE it was nothing like Slackware. The way I understand it is that SUSE once was based on Slackware but that it changed so...

Published at LXer: Emotions post-migration among the IT team included 'shock, refusal, rational understanding, and acceptance'A German IT services outfit specialising in the insurance market has...

I recently updated my kernel from 4.4.14 to 4.4.240. When I installed the packages, I then run mkinitrd kernel ``` mkinitrd -c -k 4.4.240 -f ext4 -r /dev/cryptvg/root -m...

Published at LXer: This guide explains how to easily and securely transfer files between any devices using Piping Server from command line and via a web browser. Read More......