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Hello All How do I get the ceiling of the float number? I don't want float to be rounded to nearest. For example, 11.2, 11.5 11.8 should round to its ceiling 12 I don't want traditional...

While I am "Playing" with the installation, I have over the past few weeks attempted several things. Some of my installations worked, but some didn't. The process of commends chains steps and at...

It just geting worse and worse. Firefox becaming overbloated piece of software. Seems developer of firefox are decided to make user life more and more difficult. I decided to look for replacement. But...

I installed LFS/BLFS on my PC and would like to build Chromium as well for some specific use. Unfortunately the build fails on ‘unable to find’ a number of include files. I came to notice all these...

Hello. I've yet to find a suitable replacement for the excellent Win app Agent Ransack. There's an appealing list here (https://alternativeto.net/software/agent-ransack/?platform=linux) so I was...

Hi, I like to see if i undersood well. iptables -L Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) ACCEPT all -- anywhere 10.129.0.0/16 owner GID match testy user y has uid=101(y) gid=101(testy)...

After 12 years my Seasonic S12 430w PSU finally packed up, so I have had more than my money’s worth out of it. Initially I could not be certain that the PSU was faulty so I purchased a cheap tester...

Hi all, after some months I've tried an update to latest current following the usual "slackpkg update; slackpkg install-new; slackpkg upgrade-all; slackpkg clean-system" but ended-up with a not...

Cant login via SSH to non-root user in Debian 10 Buster. I want to use only cert auth, not passwords both for root and users. It worked for me in Ubuntu 14.04 Stretch. Of course I have in ~/.ssh dir...

Hi i am new to linux but even newer to server-client systems/set ups so do be patient with me if my questions seem a tad on the rudimentary side ya ^^ These are my questions #1 Can i server...

That may be old news, but I just discovered it, and it makes me quite happy, as I'm a big fan of this website (http://www.otr.net/). Now I have no reason whatsoever to muck about with Windows. But...

Over the years I became accustomed to shutting down my Linux PC simple using the command Code: --------- init 0 --------- from a terminal I had open as root. I guess I got lazy but I found...

I learned how to run abcde to rip CDs, because asunder and ripperx both had some database problem preventing them from identifying the CDs. I notice that abcde does not make a playlist file or...

Published at LXer: Termgraph is a command-line tool which draws basic graphs in the terminal. Termgraph is free and open source software and written in Python. Read More......

Hi all, I've just updated the Beta to the new release dated August 6. It hasn't been release as a download ISO yet so I'm a little confused about how final this is version is. I note that the "Beta"...

I recently installed a nVidia GTX GeForce 760 video in my computer, and when I try to compile nvidia-kernel (as part of the driver set), I get the following result: Code: --------- bash-4.3#...

Published at LXer: In my previous article, I introduced natural language processing (NLP) and the Natural Language Toolkit*(NLTK), the NLP toolkit created at the University of Pennsylvania. I...

When I retire a computer, I often put the hard drive in an anti-static bag and file it as a "snapshot in time" type of backup. I've got PATA drives here that I can put in a caddy and retrieve data...

Published at LXer: When choosing the best Linux distribution for your needs, multimedia experts such as video editors and photographers will benefit most from a Linux distro that specializes in...

Published at LXer: Grub is a boot loader for many Linux distributions which basically tells your system where it can find installed operating system(s) on one or more hard drives. Your PC needs...

Hi everybody! Its me, again. Well, I recently installed slackware64 14.2 trying to figure it out an Nvidia issue, It was solved thanks for asking, but now, after somedays of running the system I...

My laptop is a lenovo B575. I had peppermint installed with no problems. I swapped out the 240 gig ssd to use elsewhere and installed a 120 gig ssd.I installed LINUX-LITE and had many problems with...

Hope this isn't inappropriate but there doesn't appear to be a specific forum for Artix so posting here instead. A couple of weeks ago I fell over and landed on my laptop, which was smashed beyond...

Published at LXer: This comprehensive guide explains different ways to check if a Linux system is physical or virtual machine. Read More......

The mint updater in my Bodhi 5.1 system is trying to give me updates for Virtualbox and Chromium (extra ffmpeg) both of which I don' t have installed. I've heard it may have to do with dependencies...

My void linux laptop with fully encrypted disk hangs at boot. After about 3 minutes I get dropped into the dracut debug shell. I tried to mount the LUKS encrypted rootfs manually and found that it...

I generally prefer gparted and its GUI for partitioning, as its simple and I've been using it a long time. This build is running on a 128G USB stick, Mate 20. I have one other USB 3.0 stick, and I...

Published at LXer: A how to guide for installing Fedora on a Raspberry Pi gen. 3 model B. Read More... (https://fedoramagazine.org/install-fedora-on-a-raspberry-pi/)

Could someone recommend an inexpensive, simple USB camera that works with Bodhi. A local computer service man has warned me that some cameras come with embed Windows-version-specific chips. Thanks...

Hi All, I have a droplet running on Centos. I have successfully ssh remotely to my droplet via Visual Studio Code so I can edit my Laravel Project easily. However when I try to access the...

Published at LXer: XAMPP stands for cross-platform(X), Apache(A) server, MariaDB(M), PHP(P) and Perl(P). It is a collection of programs that enable users to transform their Debian system into a...

Hi all I'm getting short of disk space, so I'd like to extend my root partition as I still have plenty of space available on the disk. See these lsblk commands : sda5_crypt isn't full but...

Published at LXer: Collectl is a light-weight performance monitoring tool that can be used to collect performance data that describes the current system status. In this tutorial, we will show you...

Error found when loading /home/.profile: /home/.profile: line 28: export:`=': not a valid identitfier /home/.profile: line 28: export:`$ PATH:/opt/wine-stable /bin`: not a valid identifier...

Hello All I'm trying to pass multiple filenames with a single option from getopts to function. In function, I want to deal with all files one-by-one. This is the code: Code: --------- $ ll...

Hi, I'm using 14.2+ 64-bit. I am trying to get a printer driver installed and it comes as an rpm. I tried using ---Quote--- bash-5.0$ rpm2tgz brscan-skey-0.3.1-1.x86_64.rpm ERROR: ...

In order to compile Rust on a system that doesn't have it, the rust build script *x.py* insists on downloading binaries. You are expected to be OK with that. But no one is telling users it's happening...

Published at LXer: The world of networking has undergone monumental shifts over the past decade, particularly in the ongoing move from specialized hardware into software defined network functions...

I rarely use Windows in the last 10 years, but I needed a new laptop and the options were limited. I found one i liked, decent specs Win Home 10 64 bit (would prefer Pro w/ rem desktop) Code:...

I consider this thread to be really important because of the following hidden problem. It's not anything that requires an individual user resolution, but rather some action by the developers of Antix...

I've been using ProtonVPN now for about two weeks (paid account). I have my router connect to their servers and everything works but is slow. I have been trying to get their protonvpn_cli...

Published at LXer: Instead of using a proprietary hypervisor that works one way on one cloud and another way on another, he said, users are saying that "as long as we have access to x86 or Arm, we...

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Hi all, I just did a fresh install of 14.2 and pointed mirror to current and updated. I notice now that there are quite a few init files that have .orig tacked on. I suspect this is because they are...

Hi all, I'm trying to make openconnect work on a ( old ) current. I've rebuilt the openconnect and, thanks to this forum, also the NetworkManager-openconnect stuffs. I can configure, from the...

I have a question, Is there any way to forward the IP Address without hide the real IP Address ?? Ok, let me tell you about my problem.. I have 3 ip address.. 1. As a honeypot, I used the...

Published at LXer: Canonical released today Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS as the first point release to the latest Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) operating system series to provide the community with an...

Is my hardware so old, the installed version of Ubuntu will not update to the current update. Why?

This is my first post from my new installation, on a separate partition on my Intel-NUC i7, all works fine, BUT: 1) I installed Cinnamon GUI front, it seems it has blocked some of the items I had...

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