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Published at LXer: Sometimes you just want to perform a single operation quickly, for instance — trimming a video. Video Trimmer is a dead simple tool to trim videos quickly without re-encoding...

Good evening, Linux gurus! I am trying to add PPAs for several amateur radio applications to my Ubunutu 20.04 Mate system. When I run the command sudo add-apt-repository for some...

Hi, This is my first time with LFS. I have so far reached building gcc pass 2. But I noticed that in pass 1, the binutils executables were built in /tools/x86_64-*lfs*-linux-gnu. (using...

Published at LXer: Take a look at how Red Hat Insights keeps your system running within user-defined parameters. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/red-hat-insights-compliance)

I was deleting some files, and wanted to make sure I couldn't delete a certain file by mistake. So I sudo chowned it to root, expecting it to become un-deletable in my user account. I then selected...

Published at LXer: KDE Project announced the first KDE Slimbook which is a Linux Ultrabook laptop with the latest AMD Ryzen CPUs. Read More......

Been here once before, years ago - but switched back to Windows... Not doing same mistake this time....:rolleyes: Using now Linux Mint Ulyana (and RedHat on VM to study) Propably should be another...

CentOS 7 - 2003 - i386 - Minimal Install ISO Laptop - Inspirion 6000 - 32 Bit System Video Card - ATI Radeon X300 Problem System video goes off, pressing power button resumes the installation....

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Internet_sharing I'm trying to share my wifi connection with my ethernet connection. My internet connection is out and my roku tv wont connect to a router to...

CentOS 7 - 2003 - i386 - Minimal Install ISO Laptop - Inspirion 6000 - 32 Bit System Video Card - ATI Radeon X300 Problem System video goes off, pressing power button resumes the installation ...

Hi, I got my USB stick completely messed up. Somehow it looks like it have 3 different partitions. I can’t format, delete, or modify it in any way - at least that I know of! (GParted, USB memory...

Published at LXer: digiKam 7.0 open-source professional photo management software arrives for Linux-based operating systems with major new features and dozens of improvements for all your image...

Hi I have a floppy disk and I want to make sure it's good, how do I check to see that every sector is good? (preferably without reformating it but I guess I can image it first) -Jamie Marchant

Hi all, I have been trying to configure two different docker daemons on a single host i need to run two sets of application in such a way that they are completely isolated and accessible with...

Hi, my name is Sonia I greet all the participants in the forum. I also use Linux with a Bionicpup64 8 operating system and a Linux Mint 20. I also have a Wnds 10, but I never use it. See you soon...

Published at LXer: In part three of the LaTeX typesetting series, learn about basic formatting of page layout and style, table of contents, and title sections. Read More......

This code will justify the text "Start Program" in the left center of the terminal window. I'd like it in the center. If anyone has any suggestions, much appreciated. cols=$( tput cols ) rows=$(...

Okay folks another funny behaviour in Mint 20 When you save the folder list includes hidden folders. Not sure this is entirely helpful and I don't know how to turn it off, it's not ticked in...

Similar to the "Slackware on old computers" thread, among those who like to keep old machines running are there those who take it further to keeping old disks running? Til recently I would never...

I am having odd issue. Some details first. The issue is occuring on a VM with bridged networking, in addition the connection in question is also automatically connectiong to a VPN. There is no...

Published at LXer: Fedora 33 development is in progress. Check out the major feature changes in the upcoming Fedora 33 release. Read More... (https://itsfoss.com/fedora-33/)

Hello, In Firefox, I prepared a long text in a page, but when i sent it, the server returned the error. I pressed "back", but then the page was reloaded and the form cleaned. I pressed "forward"...

Hello, I installed Bitcoin-Core V.0.20.99 form source code on Ubuntu 19.10. I setup Bitcoin-Core to connect over The Onion Network (TOR) to the Internet. I have TOR already running on my system, i...

Hi all, I'm running Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon and am trying to set up an autofs & sshfs link with a ReadyNas RN104, but am getting the error: "The folder contents could not be displayed. 'rn01' could...

Where is admin? It is about advertisement on your website. Thanks.

Can I contact admin?? It is important. Regards.

Hello, After upgrading from Debian 8 to Debian 9 i keep getting the following errors (taken from squid access.log) 1595683676.360 0 127.0.0.1 TCP_MISS/403 4311 GET...

guys, i am a new member. I like a study forensic. I hope that you help me for my studies! Bye

Hi. I'd love such a feature. Is it possible in the app/desktop versions yet? Or via some workaround(s)? Thanks.

Published at LXer: Collabora Productivity just informed me today that their awesome Collabora Office open-source online office suite based on LibreOffice Online is now available for Chromebooks. ...

Just installed Mint 20 MATE on my new laptop and for the most part it's working out great! However, one issue I'm having is that the Hardware >> Mouse/Touchpad options don't seem to be working. I have...

Hi All, I'm sure everyone knows that Mint 20 does not include Chrome, if not here's the link https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3906 I use FF anyway, but I wondered what other folk think? And what is...

New build/install, Slackware current. Ryzen/NVIDIA RTX 2070 Few years since using Linux. StartX works but exit or ctrl-alt-bkspace in WM both lead to display being lost. Command line still...

I used to be able to open Writer to a specific place in the document I was working on. Something has happened and Writer no longer opens to the previous document. When I open the document, it...

Published at LXer: Ubuntu Web is a new project that aims to build a Chrome OS alternative operating system combining the power of Ubuntu Linux and Mozilla’s Firefox browser. Unlike Chrome OS, it is...

I have a integrated Intel Corporation HD Graphics 5500 card and a low-mid range dedicated ATI Radeon Topaz R7 M360 card on laptop. My laptop runs on Linux. I am not a serious gamer. Back when I was a...

Published at LXer: Rudder is a free, open-source and multi-platform tool that helps you to automate system configuration across large IT infrastructures. It is an IT Infrastructure Automation &...

Published at LXer: If you are looking for a transcoder that is free, open-source and cross-platform and perfectly converts your common media files from one format to another, HandBrake is the right...

Does anyone know how I can persuade Scim ( or iBus) to work on Mint 20 ? I' need to work bilingually, and after upgrading, I can't.

Published at LXer: Do you have a favorite or "go to" language for your sysadmin work? Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/programming-languages-sysadmin)

I am on Void Mate and using NetworkManager. My wifi connection randomly drops on resume, i have to manually disconnect from and then connect to the wifi to make wifi work. I have tried disabling...

How to find and install the .so shared library a certain version in Arch pacman or anything else, e.g. if has such problem; error while loading shared libraries: libre2.so.7: cannot open shared...

I had a very strange experience with VirtualBox tonight. I play with VirtualBox a lot, because it enables me to learn stuff. The strange events I refer to happened under Mageia v. 7 on an x86-64...

hello all, im having problems with installs and permissions. I've been running through the debian9 @ 10, xfce wm, install disks looking for something that will work out of the box to make my old...

Hi, I'm in the middle of a BLFS build, having finished LFS a few days ago. I have successfully installed several BLFS packages, but I ran into a bit of a problem while installing Xorg libraries. ...

I am new to Linux and recently built my first computer in decades. I decide to give Linux a try and had installed Ubuntu. I installed UBUNTU fresh, no other O/S on system as it was new build. After...

Ok until late last year i'm a complete Linux newbie so do excuse me if my questions seem rudimentary and somewhat bizarre/silly as the 1st thing after i tried to educate myself on the various linux...

Published at LXer: mkfs is the command line tool in Linux to format a disk or partition in a certain filesystem of your choice. Read More... (https://linuxhandbook.com/mkfs-command/)

Did I pass? I would hate to go through the rest of chapter 6 and learn I messed up. Is there a list of XFAILs and UNSUPPORTEDs that are acceptable? The book lists a few but doesn't seem...

hi all! does anybody know why ping sometimes displays two decimal places for xx.10 only, sometimes - it does xx.1 ? I cant see any logic here - it does that for .10 only.. no other hundredths of...