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All, I have built a file server to replace an old one. Now, the final step is to change the hostname and IP address of the new file server with the hostname and IP address of the old one. ...

Published at LXer: In a previous article, I explored how Ansible can integrate with Google Calendar for change management, but I didn't get into the details of the Ansible module that was built for...

Published at LXer: In this guide you are going to learn how to install Git on your Ubuntu 20.04 LTS server or system. Read More......

Running the attached script from php within firefox browser creates error. ---Quote--- ./restoreBakup.sh: 27: select: not found ---End Quote--- Here is part of restoreBakup.sh Code:

She poses the question (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-power-slow/202010/will-big-tech-destroy-democracy) at Pyschology Today Blogs. Here's a bit: ---Quote--- “The Social Dilemma”...

Published at LXer: The wait is over. The KDE team announced the release of the brand new KDE Plasma Desktop 5.20. And it is immediately available to download via KDE Neon Linux distribution. ...

Just to preface: I'm pretty new to VirtualBox and Linux, so please bare with me. I just downloaded the CentOS 8 DVD ISO image, installed it on a VM in VirtualBox and it appears to function correctly,...

Hi Everyone. My update manager says I have updates available. But running the app gives me this message: "The repository 'https://ookla.bintray.com/debian tricia Release' does not have a...

Hi Everyone. I have just tried Linux and hopes to learn more about this system. I can't wait to unleash the powers of Linux. Keep Safe. -mortamz-

Published at LXer: Sometimes I'm looking around for a subject to write about, and realise that there's one that I assume that I've covered, but, on searching, discover that I haven't. One of those...

Good morning from Australia. I am an 'elderly' woman, so they tell me, but quite proficient with my computer skills, having used it for many years now. So I wasn't elderly when I started. :) I have...

Published at LXer: epy is a CLI ebook reader developed for the command line inhabitants. epy is used to read eBooks from commandline in Linux. Read More......

During the upgrade from kubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 with Code: --------- sudo do-release-upgrade -m desktop --------- in terminal, I came to a point where I was informed about the packages that will...

I looked at the reference SBo templates at https://slackbuilds.org/templates/ and they seem to assume that there's a source code tarball for the package that is being built. That is not always the...

Published at LXer: The KDE Project released today the KDE Plasma 5.20 desktop environment, a massive release that introduces countless new features and improvements. Read More......

Whether new or not so new models, are any 7-10 inch tablets able to be properly wiped like a laptop and have Debian 9 or 10 installed? Fluxbox or LXDE and a bluetooth or wired keyboard, even with no...

Published at LXer: Both MariaDB and MySQL*are open source*databases that use SQL and share the same original codebase.*MariaDB is a drop-in replacement for MySQL, so much so that you use the same...

Published at LXer: Getting a new computer, whether physical or virtual, up and running is time-consuming and requires a good deal of work—whether it's your first time or the 50th. For many years, I...

I am new to Linux and by default have loaded version 17.1. I have a 32bit computer. I believe there are updates , if so which version should I update to next ? Does it have to be done in stages or...

Published at LXer: Alexandre Oliva released today the GNU Linux-Libre 5.9 kernel for those who seek 100% freedom for their personal computers and don’t want to run any proprietary code. Read...

Published at LXer: Nyxt is an open source web browser which offers familiar key-bindings (Emacs, vi, CUA), it is fully configurable and extensible in Lisp, and sports powerful features. You may not...

Hi, is there any way to suppress unread message highlights on the trash and junk folders? I'm open to folder level, or message level options for marking them as read, or anything else to avoid...

I just created a new group when I saw that Bodhi Linux is only represented in Telegram by two non-English-speaking groups. If you would like to join, here is the link:...

Hi, I have Centos 7.3 VM, running on VMWare. Its buff/cache is using majority of memory. I read in previous notes (https://www.linuxatemyram.com/) that I should be looking at available, but not at...

Coming from Windows, as you might've guessed. Now I'm trying to compile my first-ever post-install bash script for Pop OS LTS 20.04. Questions along the way... pls bear with me: *# Where does Linux...

Hello -- We have a large number of tgz files that are to be unzipped, and then untarred for general use. To complicate matters, each of these files is in its own directory as shown below: ...

Hello, I'm running danted as a socks proxy.on Debian i386 (Athlon XP) In the syslog I get the message Code: --------- Oct 13 19:49:41 server danted[530]: Oct 13 19:49:41 (1602611381.305438)...

Creating new users with terminal"sudo useradd" ? Not what i expected. Users all in same environment vs "autonomous" interface/desktop & all... like adding users in Windows or LinuxMint wysiwyg....

I ended up with this error upon boot: Code: --------- GRUB loading.. Welcome to GRUB! error: no such cryptodisk found. error: disk 'cryptouuid/6e0637...' not found.

What is the best way to securely erase/sanitize a SSD? I am looking for a free way to do it, and I tried the vendor's software, but it did not work.

I'm setting up multiseat on Xubuntu 20.04 with loginctl. I've got it working it seems save 1 issue. I'm finding that each seat maintains it's own wallpaper setting for a given user. If I login to...

I have a relatively new Ubuntu server but every time I reboot, I'm sent to GRUB rescue and have to do some weird stuff to get it to work. First, here's my partition layout from within the working...

Published at LXer: Managing user resource access through groups is a tried-and-true strategy that still works. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/local-group-accounts)

I am trying to set up LVM Cache with CentOS 7 and I created LVM Cache with writeback mode, but I had some problem. The data first write in the fast devices and writeback data to slower devices, LVM...

I'm lcleu. I am new here. I hope to share what I know with others and ask help from other members when I in need. Thank you

Published at LXer: We[he]#039[/he]ve made some recent updates to Opensource.com that impact account registration,*user*profiles, and how readers comment on articles. These new and modified...

I have two ssd drives in a RHEL workstation, sda and sdb. My end goal is to install another version of RHEL to sdb from a home grown iso, modify grub and upon bootup, be able to select either too...

stldr: sound broke, interim workaround "mpv --ao=sndio" while uninstalled pulse, rebooted, sound seems to work. UPDATE: tldr: something broke sound, told mpv to use sndio as a workaround while...

Dear LQ, After SysReq + e or SysReq + k exiting/killing all processes (after a freeze for example), how do I bring back the system to a fully operational state ? For example, the ttys are...

Published at LXer: Just like the languages we use to communicate among other human beings. Programming languages are used to establish communication between machines to machines and machines to...

I like using fullscreen view, however in some distros including Lubuntu which I am now using, the menu bar doesn't go away. I even tried using version 7 (the AppImage) and the same thing happens. It...

I'm trying to compile Jitsi and set up a small scale server. There's not a rush, but I'm trying to learn my way. I started with jitsi videobridge, and apache ant, which has a slackbuild. What...

Published at LXer: This post shows you how to copy a continue block of text in Vim Read More... (https://www.usessionbuddy.com/post/vi-vim-editor-copy-a-block/)

Is there any free available resources for preparation of RHCSA certificate? RedHat training course cost like hell thousands of dollars. Thanks

Hello, Can anyone guide me install PlayOnLinux on CentOS 8.2?

Published at LXer: As part of my role as a principal communication strategist at an enterprise software company with an open source development model, I publish a regular update about open source...

*How would you do to either extract or create a list of keyboard-shortcuts, which are currently valid in a running browser-session?* This is posted in *Software, because I hope to extract whatever...

I have an encrypted hdd that will not open. I want to reformat it and partition it, but need to know if there is any data on it. Looking online, I found the command line "df -h", but this only...

I'm trying to log ALL users activities using su/sudo's but the logs show UID (0) root, I want to see the actual UID of the user and not Root. I've tried the Auditctl service and I've search for PAM...

I have a 2TB drive that I added 500GB to. Can it be expanded on the fly while I have an rsync process running and data being written to it?