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On debian Buster - the RPi OS version. Not sure of the wm yet. It's probably one of the less bulky ones. But it's not a barebones one either. Cinnamon? There's a menu bar on the top, with some...

Which programming language is the most useful?

Hi all, after migration to Pi4 and upgrade the kernel, to make it possible, I started to get : Code: --------- docker: Error response from daemon: unable to find "memory" in controller set:...

Published at LXer: Recently, the Forrester Wave, one of the most prominent independent IT industry analyst reports, chose Ansible as a leader in its overview of automation solutions. Read...

Published at LXer: Knowledge management is a key to success in modern enterprises—but it is not exactly easy to achieve. Keeping track of all relevant details across all employees is a huge...

For the past week or so I have been working on a slackbuild for the epson-printer-utility. I have it reporting ink levels and doing a nozzle check ok for a networked WF2710 , although head clean...

Hi. I have newest Apache on my Kali and I wanted to point www to some folder on NTFS partition which I have mounted using ntfs-3g (it is writable). I want to share files with Windows, this is the...

Published at LXer: Containers and Kubernetes are awesome technologies that enable applications to run without a heavy operating system (OS), as using a virtual machine (VM) would require....

Published at LXer: With the evolution of the internet, security threats have also risen to a great extent. As more and more transactions are now performed online, the threat of data being stolen...

Hi, I have a backlit keyboard that requires scroll lock enabled for the backlight to work. In Ubuntu 20.04.1, I ran xmodmap -e "add mod3 = Scroll_Lock" in terminal and also saved the code in the...

Hello, I need help with modifiying an iptables record. I need to open port 22000, and I have this two lines on iptables: ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere state...

Hello, I need help with modifiying an iptables record. I need to open port 22000, and I have this two lines on iptables: ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere state...

Hi, i have build LFS with Xfce4 successfully, i want to install Deepin Desktop on my LFS using deepin source code. anyone help me.

This may not necessarily be Debian related but I did note that there were packages available on earlier releases but not Buster. The story is I have a huge number of applications needing a...

Usually in my linux-debian system i use Ctrl and shift to change my layout from 'us' to greek and reverse . But after creating a custom ~/.Xmodmap now pressing Ctrl + Shift while in greek i pass...

Hello, so I am new to linux... and as part of my "training" I needed to better familiarize myself with writing unix. to do this my boss suggested installing some form of linux on a thumb drive and...

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Published at LXer: Right now, we’re in the early stages of the next phase of computing: AI. First we had the desktop. Then the internet. And smartphones. Increasingly, we’re living in a world … ...

Here is the situation: I have a php script called testAddTwoNums-sol.php with a function called Calculator: Code: --------- <?php //Add two numbers together function Calculator($x, $y,...

Published at LXer: First, Fedora, and now, Ubuntu Linux. Lenovo is getting serious about the Linux desktop, with support for almost 30 ThinkPads and ThinkStations. Read More......

I have been using Slackware-64-current as my daily driver for a few years and it serves me very well. I use a mix of the bundled software that is part of Slackware and various tools that I add to...

What is the best way to start learning for linux. Currently looking to learn and take the RHCSA for Red Hat in the future. Thanks for any info, greatly appreciated. -R

Published at LXer: Check out how to use Datetime Strftime method in Python to convert Datetime object to date string. Read More... (https://www.ultralinux.org/post/strftime-python/)

Published at LXer: Lenovo and Canonical launched today personal computers from the ThinkPad and ThinkStation family that come preinstalled with the LTS (Long Term Support) version of the Ubuntu...

I have troubles. Blinks: Zorin OS12 zorin tty1 zorin login:_ I can't open it.

Published at LXer: Frictional Games have announced that they've now open source the game engine behind Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs as open source under the GPL. ...

I own an Optimus laptop, i7-7700HQ + GTX 1050 ti. I have two questions. (1) I think it works out of the box since 20.04 comes with nvidia-driver-440 and xorg 1.20.8 am i right ? (2) Using the ...

Published at LXer: The ncat command is a sysadmin's Swiss Army knife, but be careful to ensure you're using it safely. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/ncat-security)

Published at LXer: RavenDB is a free and open-source document-oriented NoSQL database that supports multiple databases, sharding, or partitioning the data across multiple servers. In this tutorial,...

It might be 3 weeks after the event, but I've only today found out that booting the RPi4 from a USB storage device is now very possible. This is great news for me. The Raspberry Pi 4 eeprom needs...

*Luke's Auto-Rice Bootstrapping Scripts* Some of you are probably familiar with Luke Smith. Some of you might also have heard of his bootstrapping script, LARBS (https://larbs.xyz/). Seeing him...

Published at LXer: Apostrophe is a distraction free Markdown editor. It uses pandoc as the backend for Markdown parsing and offers a very clean and sleek user interface. Read More......

I get tired of updating info files and SlackBuild version numbers by hand, so here's a Python script I wrote to do easy version bumps (sbup (https://gitlab.com/oshd/sbup)). It only works for simple...

Published at LXer: Chromebooks have been a game-changer for PreK-12 school systems, enabling them to purchase low-cost laptop computers for students, teachers, and administrators to use. While...

Hi, I've been reading a book called 'Linux In Action'. It says to download Ubuntu Server and make a virtual machine in Virtual Box. However, Ubuntu Server does not have an iso file like in the...

Published at LXer: Whether you're programming a game or an app with Python or Lua, you're probably using PNG graphics for your game assets. An advantage of the PNG format, which is not available in...

Published at LXer: Croc is a command line utility that allows you to easily, quickly and securely transfer files and folders between Computers in Linux. Read More......

Published at LXer: Use Ansible to harden newly-deployed servers for consistent configurations with security in mind. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/harden-new-system-ansible)

It happened recently in a Welsh village called Aberhosan. They had dreadful broadband reception. You had to log in very early in the morning to get a decent speed. Yet BT Openreach engineers couldn't...

Hi all How can I install USB wifi dongle as my inbuilt wifi card not working on linux. thanks SAM

I've borked this one good. To start I deleted some files that were apparently needed by the printer driver (Brother dcp9055cdn). I get Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree ...

Published at LXer: Mautic is an open source self-hosted marketing automation tool for everyone. You can use it to grow up your business, monitor your website, create landing pages, create campaign...

I stumbled upon Void Linux these past few days and am giving it a go. I think it's the best thing in Linux at the moment. This is how a distribution should be. We shouldn't be looking to replicate...

My last successful build for Firefox with the -current build scripts was 80.0.1. 81.0 now fails with: ..... chmod: cannot operate on dangling symlink...

Hi, I updated my system last night [kubuntu 20.04] and while everything was fine when booting it this morning, suddenly the keyboard stopped working. I restarted and got an error '01010003 keyboard...

Had a brainwave. Instead of a taking a fully functional smartphone with you wherever you go and helping the powers-that-be track you in extreme detail with accelerometers etc, remove the smartphone's...

Published at LXer: Graylog is a free and open-source log management software tool that can be used to monitor log of the network systems from the central server. It uses Elasticsearch to store logs...

Hello! I'm trying to connect an external SSD (USB) to one of our LINUX servers to be visible (and accessible). It came with a "ntfs" partition. At first I thought it's no problem to "mount" it...

I would like to auto-hide the top-bar, so I don't have to see it all the time. I am using: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) any idea? thanks.

Published at LXer: That's right, no need to wipe your glasses as that's a real headline here. Microsoft are bringing their Microsoft Edge browser to Linux in October. Read More......