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Published at LXer: Earlier this week, the massive Linux 5.8 kernel was released, bringing with it numerous updates for RockChip SoCs, including the addition of AFBC support, the upstreaming of the...

I would like to convert binary, represented as a string of ones and zeros, to its text representation, e.g, "01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111 00100000 01010111 01101111 01110010 01101100...

Caveat: This is not a programming question per se, but am posting here for LQ minds attuned to logic and mathematics. Recently wanted to generate a 6-digit prime number from the set of digits...

Running a raspberry pi ver. 3 here: Linux raspberrypi 5.4.51-v7+ #1327 SMP Thu Jul 23 10:58:46 BST 2020 armv7l GNU/Linux Trying to map to a Windoes share with Everyone Permissions. Heres my...

Published at LXer: Oh no, I think DemonCrawl might just end up being my next 100 hour game and it's now available for Linux. Read More......

I edit */etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi11n.conf* like this: when I set: *options iwlwifi 11n_disable=8* I get high speeds but i have connection drop outs.. when I set *options iwlwifi 11n_disable=1* I...

Published at LXer: MongoDB is a free and open-source document database. It belongs to a family of databases called NoSQL, which is different from the traditional table-based SQL databases like...

Hello All I'm writing a shell script that will mount/umount LUKS encrypted devices into a directory. I'll add many functions to it later. For now, I'm stuck on two things: 1. Mounting: You...

Version 5.1.0 My keyboard is set as follows... > cat /etc/default/keyboard # KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION FILE # Consult the keyboard(5) manual page. XKBMODEL="pc105"

Published at LXer: The act of breaking something down in order to teach it to others can be a great way to reacquaint yourself with some old concepts and, in many cases, gain new insights.read more...

With time on my hands I've recently brought all my Linux OS to either Lubuntu 18.04LTS or Lubuntu 20.04 LTS. On a Toshiba T130 SU4100CPU with 6G ram and an SSD 20.04 works just fine. Yet on a HP...

Published at LXer: Pinta, the open-source, free and multi-platform image editing and drawing software, received a new major release after more than five years of absence. Read More......

This is my config file for unbound Code: --------- forward-zone: forward-addr: 46.182.19.48@853#dns2.digitalcourage.de forward-addr: 80.241.218.68@853#fdns1.dismail.de forward-addr:...

Published at LXer: Memcached is a distributed in-memory object caching system for small chunks of data from the results of database queries or API calls, etc. Read More......

In Mint using the Chromium browser, I am trying to export my bookmarks to save as a file on a USB memory stick. How is this done, I can only find import?

Published at LXer: There are many reasons why you may want to create compressed encrypted file archives. You may want to create an encrypted backup of your personal files. Another possible scenario...

I have used Ubuntu for quite a while now. I haven't been a fan of the new UI and I'm looking to install a faster version of linux for my development work. I wanted to see if anyone has experience with...

I found this and have decided to give it a try. Used it for CentOS7 and it worked very well. Maybe now I wont ruin so many usb flash drives https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html

For years, I've used an mp3 player for "workout" music, and recently decided to update its playlist. At one time I did this frequently enough that I have bash scripts that used to synchronize a...

The subject may not be entirely accurate, but close enough. Here's the issue that I'm having: I run Fedora 31 and use Cinnamon. I also have installed KDE-based software like KDENLive. When I...

Published at LXer: To a veteran user of other distributions, Fedora can be a challenge. If you are making the transition from another distribution, here are a few observations and tips to get you...

I'm writing a function for saving a command to a file from a script, but it won't preserve the single and double quotes inside of the command. It does work from the shell if I do while surrounding...

Published at LXer: By default, pods accept traffic from any source. A network policy helps to*specify*how a group of*pods*can*communicate with each other and other network endpoints. Read...

Hello, as mentioned in the title I use Bind-DNS as my local DNS server. For this I have two zones, example.local and example.com. The second one is actually my public domain name, but I use it...

More video problems... I got a new monitor. After connecting it, it worked and I was offered higher resolution choices in the GUI settings dialog. I choose the highest one. It looked great. I said...

I'm running dwm as my window manager. I've appended ~/.fehbg & to my ~/.xinitrc file and the contents of my ~/.fehbg file reads: Code: --------- #!/bin/sh feh --no-fehbg --bg-scale...

I have a file containing, for example, 5 pears 2 grapes 7 oranges 1 banana 5 apples I want to reverse the lines so that I get a file containing:

I have two external backup drives encrypted with LUKS and I have backed up their LUKS headers. Both drives are encrypted with the same ciphers, hash functions, and have the same passphrases. I noticed...

I'm running Gnome-shell with wayland, and it's working pretty well. I'm using fractional scaling, so XWayland based applications are blurry, but most stuff I need actually supports wayland so it's...

Published at LXer: Today, Firefox is introducing Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) 2.0, our next step in continuing to provide a safe and private experience for our users. ETP 2.0 protects you...

Published at LXer: Once again, Linux Lite users are among the first to be able to install the most recent Linux kernel series, in this case Linux kernel 5.8, on their personal computers. Read...

I haven't reveived any updates for Fedora 30 LXDE 32-bit (kernel: Linux 5.6.13-100.fc30.i686). Is this version no longer supported? If not, are there 32-bit Fedora versions that are still supported?

I'm sure we all feel horror and pity at what has happened to the people of Beirut. But at least we have enough information now to be fairly certain that this was an awful accident and not an act of...

Hello All I have some script files in a folder along with many other types of files. Is there a way to zip files by username or by permission of files. I want to zip all script files (with...

Published at LXer: MangoHud has become the go-to way to get a decent readout of game performance with an overlay on Linux, and now with the latest improvements the GOverlay interface has made it...

I have a laptop with 8GB RAM (reported in UEFI) and have installed Ubuntu 20.04. However for some reason, only ~6GB is being shown. Code: --------- $ cat /proc/meminfo | head MemTotal: ...

Published at LXer: Data cannot be stored in the pod, when the*pod is deleted or is terminated the data*within it does not stay on the system. To provide*long-term and temporary storage to Pods...

Hello, I have below file output. I need to remove duplicate row starting with CIS each cis setting will come from different server. I CIS:1.1.2;PASS;CIS:1.1.2;PASS;CIS:1.1.2;PASS...

Published at LXer: Facebook's man told: 'OK, now you are just trolling us'. Linux devs have dismissed a proposed patch to the kernel that would only work with a Nvidia driver, motivating a second...

Published at LXer: Talented concept artist Sylvia Ritter continues the Ubuntu codename inspired artwork series and published today an astonishing artwork inspired by the upcoming Ubuntu 20.10...

I've had no luck finding a way to search in Debian that includes the versions of the packages found. In openSUSE, this is somewhat simple to discover, as zypper includes everything in one man page...

Can anybody list 10 free cross platform tools and 10 debugging strategies for debugging bison and flex actions. Not the syntax, the actions. What to do when the action code doesn't work right. And if...

I am not sure if I suggest a modification, though. Good morning. Even using external search engines, I cannot say if the helpful rating (not the reputation system) is currently discussed...

Published at LXer: Blender is an integrated 3d suite for modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback (games). This article describes adding/removing and...

Sorry for cross-posting, but still looking for a solution. Running debian/sid on a Thinkpad E460 I have found a collection of (presumably related) problems since upgrading to kernel 5.x Nothing...

Published at LXer: LunarG have today, August 4 2020, released a new and enhanced version of their Vulkan SDK (software development kit). Read More......

I was finally able to get my Debian media detected and installed it on my new Thinkpad T14 coming from an x230 with Debian/Win 10. I am trying to set up the same dual boot system but after...

How do we determine or check as inside a bash function whether it is being invoked within command substitution; $() or `` Code: --------- $ fn m n $ echo `fn m n` --------- Code: ---------

I have on this machine, it's own storage - Drive C: Windows 10 I also have 2 External hard disks, Seagate and WD I also have an SD card 1) Do I have to format the SD card to NTFS format? I want...

Published at LXer: Unfortunately, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, it's harder than ever to take the tests you need to get or keep a certification. Red Hat, the Linux and cloud power, has an...