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Hello everyone, 1st I like to apologize for my poor english and 2nd I like to ask you for your help! For the first time I am trying to install a Linux (Debian) on my computer. 1) I choosed a DVD...

Published at LXer: 2020 has been a year like few others with the internet’s value and necessity front and center. The State of Mozilla for 2019-2020 makes clear that Mozilla’s mission and role in...

Published at LXer: Here's this week's roundup series, curated for you from the Linux and open-source world on application updates, new releases, distribution updates, major news, and upcoming...

Hi E1! For the first time in my life i am going to install LINUX-DEbian on my system... And guess what: I ran in so much problems, I needed to register in this beautiful forum ;-D L8 SB

I stuck at building qt5 from SBo on Slackware 14.2. I tried to disable DOCS and CCACHE options, and also build this package without fakeroot but I still have the same error. I want to build this...

I have a Slackware64-14.2 Linux having Internet access over a Wired 100MBs Ethernet cable. I also bought an Android phone today. The model is Redmi 9C NFC, but I didn't have time to go to an Mobile...

Published at LXer: Being the default text editor is a thankless job. People usually regard a default text editor almost as a demo app—a slightly elevated "hello world" example of how an application...

Dear all, I am using centos 7 in my asus pc. Everything previously goes fine but since from couple of days its take too time for booting.whenever I turn ON centos machine it started and showing...

Published at LXer: auto-cpufreq has been updated with a mechanism to enable turbo boost based on the CPU temperature in combination with CPU utilization/load, in order to prevent overheating. ...

Hi, I recently upgraded an old server of ours from OpenSuSE 13.2 to 15.2. Upgrade went find and all is working as it should. Except for the fact that every time I reboot it (e.g. for a kernel...

I have been using blackbox with a slightly modified .xinitrc to automatically start bbkeys and gkrellm. The current updates did not make any changes to the .xinitrc file, but it no longer works...

Published at LXer: Work on the next major version of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system continues at a fast pace, and a new development version of the Debian Installer arrived with support for...

54 year old that is proficient in windows but 2 weeks into Kali. I am at the frustration point just trying to set up my machine. Learning how to update (daily) . I have other OS on USB flashed hard...

Good evening, I am ice from Argentina. I am a fan of GNU / Linux, especially Arch Linux. I have my personal blog (https://archlinuxlatinoamerica.wordpress.com) about some tutorials that I did at the...

Published at LXer: Services, services, services. A service is a huge part of computing. You're reading this article on a service. Your computer is running services. The internet is filled with...

I have a DVD-RW and I want to freely manipulate files in File Explorer on Linux , similar to the Window's "Live file system" . Similar to "Live File System" in Linux, is it possible to freely...

Hi Folks, Would really appreciate if someone can give any hints or help me here? Here is my function which is converting IP addresses into a statement with Code: --------- function convert...

Archlabs 2020.11.04 Openbox 3 I edited my sddm config file and obviously made at least one error. When attempting to boot, the process stalls at a blank screen (where the user/password login...

Published at LXer: Docklike Plugin is a dock-like taskbar for the Xfce panel. Using it on your Xfce desktop, you'll get an icon-only taskbar with support for pinning applications and window...

i mean like sndio? or just plain alsa? Void linux and Exherbo have sndio, why there is no precompiled firefox package that dont need pulseaudio or apulse? in Gentoo you can build firefox without...

i am working on creating a new script that runs youtube-dl smarter than my previous script. i am encountering failures when it accesses www.youtube.com. i switched back to my previous script, which...

This pc runs windoze 8, and now when we go to google maps it shows the map for a few seconds then goes black and shows a nice little sign in box on the upper right side. So how to use it like I did...

Published at LXer: Independent Linux system vendor ZaReason couldn’t survive the Coronavirus economic downturn and decided to call it a day. Read More......

Hey guys, I'm trying to run Final Fantasy VII with Wine, but it gives me this error. I've tried switching Windows version to XP (low as it goes) all the way up to ten and it does not change. I think...

I have recently installed fedora 33 and would like to see if I can address some issues in dnfdragora. If I enable the source repository, dnf sees the source package, but will not let me download it -...

Published at LXer: ampd is a web-based client for MPD. It is built with Angular and Spring Boot. ampd is cross-platform software. Here's our review. Read More......

Hello there, I had installed some driver for a new video-card: GIGABYTE GeForce® GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 64 bit, Low Profile, DVI-D, HDMI. But the screen often became black for 2 - 5 seconds and...

Published at LXer: WordPress dashboard is an important page for the website administrators. In this article of the WordPress 101 series, we will learn to read and customize the WordPress dashboard....

I managed to destroy my Slackware 14.2 64 and its backup by installing TDE, uninstalling it and then accidentally wiping my backup. My bad, but not too worried as it gives me a chance to have a...

hello, I wanted to make a freh installation from a dvd on satelitte 2410 notebook, with the same I made a successful installtion on my acer travelmate. But I failed at the moment when it came to...

How could RedHat possibly think its a good idea to do away with the network services library. Does anyone know if its functionality has been condensed into some other library or are we stuck trying...

Published at LXer: In the first article in this series, I introduced*Home Assistant and why you might be interested in it. In short, Home Assistant is an automation hub for some of the most common...

I've been using xfce4-terminal on XFCE4 a lot and need something more customizable. The highest priority at the moment is to have the ability to get notificiations of new activity only when the...

Hi, I have tried the settings and also have knocked myself out looking for a text file that I can edit to make the changes I seek but no joy. Maybe a new install from bare metal is the answer? ...

Published at LXer: 2DayGeek: This quick article shows you how to identify file types in Linux. Read More... (https://www.2daygeek.com/find-identify-file-types-in-linux/)

I have successfully created BLFS 8.4 and now I want to make its iso file so that I can transfer it to my other laptop like any other Linux distribution such as Ubuntu, Mint, Manjaro, etc. is installed...

Is there a Linux program that will work on my old Toshiba Satellite A 105 laptop? A friend loaded Peppermint 10 on it, but the program runs unacceptably slowly. We think Peppermint is too advanced for...

I never had trouble like this before Zito Media bought FiberVision, or with Spectrum, or Bright House, or .... Code: --------- # curl ifconfig.me # dig +short myip.opendns.com...

Published at LXer: I can't code to save my life, but that doesn't stop me from trying. My latest creation is a case in point. Read More... (https://tokyoma.de/articles/hako.php)

I still use sc (I have a bunch of spreadsheets incompatible with sc-im). The @date function no longer works; even the example in the man page fails. For every argument it reports 'illegal numeric...

Published at LXer: Sometimes there is a need to add another disk to your system. This is where Logical Volume Management (LVM) comes in handy. The cool thing about LVM is that it’s fairly flexible....

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Published at LXer: The developers of elementary OS have announced their experimental builds for the ARM-based Raspberry Pi 4 series. Read More......

That's an old USB wireless device. I'm looking for a driver that could work with Debian 10. The "lsusb" command output includes: Code: --------- RTL8188SU 802.11n WLAN Adapter ---------

After hours (9 to be exact) of multiple failed attempts, I figured I'd share what worked for me in the hopes it will save someone a little grief... I decided to give Vtown a go and updated my...

Greetings! I'm a full-stack developer with a background in CompSci and specialising in backend development. My "weapon of choice" is JavaScript, but I'm well versed in C, C++ & Python. So, I'm on...

Hello. I have a dell latitude D630 notebook, which Linux distributions should I install so that the latest versions of firefox and vivaldi web browsers work? For quick and easy operation? So as not...

Hi all, it appears that the xfwm4 packaged with Ubuntu 20.04 has a bug with window decorations over VNC, which is fixed in the next releases. Therefore, I would like to update it to the groovy...

Over the weekend I was browsing some comparisons of performance, AMD vs. Intel vs Arm64 in servers. I forget or wasn't actually told what the test set was. Anyhow, it became clear that the test...

Published at LXer: The tenth installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is out, for the week ending on December 6th, keeping you guys up to date with the most important things that have happened...