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Hello, I have an IPA domain configured internally on my network, and all new hosts are automatically provisioned to join this domain. They can kinit without issue, but I'm not getting the full...

I am creating a multiboot USB to contain 10 to 15 Linux distros I would like to try, before installing. I have looked at a number of websites and tried their suggestions. My USB does boot to a menu,...

Hi, I am trying to install Slackware from Live ISO to my HDD according to this article (https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/slackware-live-edition/), but it doesn't seem to work because the program...

Published at LXer: Recently, my kid wanted to make a coloring page from a favorite cartoon. My first thought was to use one of the open source programs on Linux that manipulate images, but then I...

Hi: I turn off the machine. I turn it on set the BIOS clock to the correct time. Then I boot Debian 10 and the date linux command shows the system time is exactly = correct time + 3 hours. If instead...

I couldn't find anything online or on these forums to fix the issue but then my google-fu has seemed to be worsening in recent years what with bloat results and everything but that's besides the...

Slackware64-current (july 2020) Kernel 5.4.50 Hi: This is a laptop. When typing I may accidentally touch the touchpad (tp) with my thumbs which is rather annoying due to the effects this may...

Published at LXer: When it comes to ultra-mobile computing, I prefer the PocketCHIP or a Raspberry Pi with a screen rather than a mobile phone or tablet. These solutions offer a pure Linux...

I have this script below.It runs and when you execute $? it returns from BASH no errors but it will not print. This sounds limited but i have seen similiar errors before and maybe if you can clear one...

Hi! Several apps are segfaulting after Fri Aug 14 18:56:08 UTC 2020 update. For example: - right clicking on panel (xfce4-panel) crashes and instantly relaunches; - pidgin launches OK, but after...

Published at LXer: Top command is good but there are better alternatives to Top. Take a look at these system monitoring tools that are similar to top but are actually better. Read More......

Published at LXer: Here we go again! Canonical is looking for help from the community to test drive the upcoming Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS (Bionic Beaver) and Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS (Xenial Xerus) point...

Published at LXer: Linux is endowed with a plethora of open source music players. And I’ve reviewed the vast majority. But I seem to keep finding interesting music players. Byte is the latest I’ve...

Published at LXer: When I read Gaurav Kamathe[he]#039[/he]s article Scan your Linux security with Lynis, it reminded me of my time as a systems administrator for the US*Department of Labor.*One of...

Published at LXer: Three weeks after the release of the second beta version, the upcoming and highly anticipated MX Linux 19.2 KDE Edition distribution reaches Release Candidate stage and it's now...

Published at LXer: If this fine-grained thread control tech can run The Chocolate Factory, imagine it unleashed in Android. Google has confirmed that it plans to contribute some of its in-house...

Published at LXer: There are times when it’s useful to inspect what a running application is doing under the hood, and what system calls it is performing during its execution. To accomplish such a...

I have a machine generated bitmapped image. Writing that image to an X-Windows screen is a lot more complicated than writing it to a *.png file. Or so I thought. The attached program (teapots.c)...

If everyone was setting out buckets of Halloween candy $USPS But if a few were taking most all of it and *living off* of what they took, And someone came along &said: This is ridiculous! Let's...

Hello everyone ! I'm having trouble to connect to internet through ethernet with my nvidia networking card. ------------- Here's the things I tried to do : The stuff they put here :...

I've noticed that for a week or so the dialog for slackpkg 2.83.0/slackpkg+ 1.7.0 looks like the attached image. I'm doing this in konsole an otherwise up-to-date slackware-current system. ...

Hi everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life! :) Few days ago, I created a Ubuntu 20.04 VM in KVM, the host system is Debian 10. When I first started the VM and logged in to Ubuntu, I open a...

Every time I run gparted in a terminal, it says ---Quote--- System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate. ---End Quote--- but then the terminal runs it anyway. ...

We can debate endlessly what makes distros and distro families different, but on a practical level, isn't one of the best answers that they use different package managers? You can't jump to another...

I'm using an MSI Trident X Plus with Ubuntu 18.04.3 installed and am having trouble with accessing files on an external hard drive. Disclaimer, this machine had previously been locked down to...

I Code: --------- In about 1996 I started with Linux. It was a hobby. I thought it was the best by far and I was tired of Microsoft. I’m 67 now and I have always lived my life with few regrets. I...

In previous threads I've asked about rebuilding my XEON machine with an ssd for Linux and the existing hdd for data. Well I've gone ahead and installed the ssd, moved the physical sata connectors...

I just posted on Alien Pastures below soliciting any precautions or package order dependencies. My two -current installs (KDE5/Plasma & KDE4) are both pre-pam so before I give this a go with slackpkg...

-current64 multilib: Probably related to some recent upgrade. When starting, there's just a flicker but the program won't launch. When starting from terminal I get that old and irrelevant warning ...

Has anyone compiled a list of 'open source' stuff which is now partially or totally owned by anti-oss companies (Google, M$, Intel, Facebook, etc) with consequent implications for tracking/spyware?

I use Alien Bob's version of libreoffice 7.0.0 and Slackware64-Current. Just now I applied yesterday's updates (Sat Aug 15 19:54:20 UTC 2020). Now libreoffice is looking for a library that no longer...

Hi everyone! Uknown problem with adding additional IP appeared: - wrote via /etc/network/interfaces - wrote via etc/hostname - wrote via /etc/hosts - added A and MX records in registrator's dns -...

i am using manjaro xfce. i found out listing files in subdirectory does not work. Code: --------- $ ls -FtdR $PWD/* >> listing --------- and

Yes, I looked in "Similar threads" before posting. I prefer to see the list, not in icon per item format. When trying to sort by File Type, the list comes up with Documents (LibreOffice write) and...

Hi, I just moved into a new place here and they seem to have a wifi router straight from hell, it is the worse POS I have ever see in my life, the speed is supposed to be around 50 mbit, but it...

Dear sir: I use Suse tumbleweel, but after I installed freecad with zypper install. the default kde desktop environment cannot start correctly, it was stuck at the splash screen. and kdevelop5...

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I have a manjaroKDE system in one computer and am making a plan to migrate it to a new computer. (Although I believe this same idea might apply to any other distro/desktop) I have lots of...

Published at LXer: The Debian Project officially open the artwork contest for the upcoming Debian GNU/Linux 11 (Bullseye) operating system series, calling all talented artists and designers to...

I'm using the latest version of LXLE linux and have a video tearing issue. I was able to find this post but when I try adding the fix to the "xorg.conf.d" directory I keep getting permission denied...

Hi: I've just found a photo file sharing site to upload some images. I had installed, from slackbuilds, nted, a musical score editor. Was very happy with it and, wanting to make a try, I wrote some...

There are few members on the Hyperbola Linux forums, so I'm posting here. Hyperbola is based on Arch and has security patches from Debian. I just installed Hyperbola on a Lenovo laptap five or six...

Hello guys, I am sure I can Google something, which I recently did, click the link and get to a scam site. How would you face that?

Published at LXer: Android and iOS devices are notorious for uploading your personal data to their cloud services without your permission. If you are concerned about your mobile*data privacy, you...

I had an internet site where I could upload images (for instance those taken by the screenshot facility) and then get the URL of that image and post it in a forum. It was free of charge but now it has...

I have a Brother MFC-L2750DW from which I'm trying to print. I got the drivers installed...

Published at LXer: PDF or Portable Document Format is one of the most widely used and well-known file formats used to read, print and exchange documents that do not require any editing. However,...

While I'm staying home in this day of C-19, I decided to use this time to add to my skill set. After working with Windows administration and coding for almost 30 years in a very large installation, I...

Greetings all, yes more security stuff, booo :foot: Anyway, I recently noticed that Slackware's public key is 1024-bit DSA (https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware64-current/GPG-KEY). I'm...

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