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Published at LXer: In this week’s edition of our open source news roundup, GNU Health expands to Raspberry Pis, how Megadeth[he]#039[/he]s guitarist uses open source principles, and more open...

i have a web page that has lots of HTML and binary bytes in it that displays on Firefox as a plain-ole text file. if i access it with lynx it also comes out fine but it entirely pagified (i have to...

Hello, I am installing CRUX 3.5 following the handbook online at crux.nu. The system will be Linux-only, installing onto a new SSD drive, and using EFI. The installation was started by...

Published at LXer: A quick look into the process of deploying a new service in Linux, and what you need to know to do it right. Read More......

Hi I am using ubuntu 18.04 This is the trouble shooting log I get trying to load LMDE i gnome boxes Broker URL: qemu+unix:///session Domain: boxes-unknown-2 UUID:...

openSuse Leap 15.1 plays Youtube on browser but won't play Bitchute. Any ideas on whwat's missing or needs to be added or changed? Thanks I'm using Firefox Quantum 68.8.0esr browser

what is the purpose of the virtual memory manager in Linux and how that differs from traditional ‘swap’ on a Linux machine.

Published at LXer: Linux Mint team announced that the latest version of its operating system Linux Mint 20 “Ulyana”, and it is available for download and upgrades. Read More......

I'm lost. What does that mean? How serious is it? What may have caused this error is, I changed the name of the label of the drive from something like:"Linux Mint 19.3 Backups to Linux...

We have: .Zabbix Server (frontend and database on the same server, and we don't use Zabbix Proxy yet) .Samba (for NAS) .backup servers (storages, where the main programs used are rsync and ftpd), ...

I run Slackware -Current and last night was too lazy to lean over and press the power button my computer so I just opened the terminal and typed shutdown now. I forgot that this doesn't actually shut...

Now well into my 92 year I find that I have'nt the patience or the will to sort out computer problems. But as I'm now quite deaf I need to be on-line much more. For years I have plodded on with a very...

How do I install netspeed in bohdi linux terminal

Published at LXer: Have you ever visited a website and wanted to see the images displayed larger? That happens to me all the time, and it isn't always easy to make that happen.On occasion, I sift...

I have a menu which renders the way it is supposed to as long as it does not need to wrap. See the two images below. The first one is correct. The second one is how it looks when it is looking...

As I'm going to try to use rsync, (I found a great video) I need a way to find out the "path" to my nVME partition, and my Linux Backup partition on my WD Passport. My question is, how do I do...

gtk-launch is supposed to launch any desktop file from /usr/share/applications or ~/.local/share/applications. Every document and every single piece of info online says that it should work...

Published at LXer: On DL179, we talk about why Linux Gaming should matter to everyone & why Red Hat should give more attention to the Linux Desktop. We also answer questions from an Ask Us Anything...

I just do not understand the output of this simple script. What is going on? The jid was printed correctly. But it has a wrong value in the awk line. ---Quote--- [centos69]$ cat...

Hi :hattip:, I am following the LFS 9.1 book. I am now at Part I, Chapter 5, paragraph 5.6.1. Installation of Linux API Headers. I am able to run: Code: --------- make mrproper ---------

Published at LXer: The first laptop with Canonical[he]#039[/he]s latest long-support version of Ubuntu is Dell[he]#039[/he]s Linux specific XPS 13 Developer Edition. Read More......

Hi, I am chambof (Baptiste actualy). I am a 17 years old French and like programming and tweaking linux. That's why I'm here :) To everybody giving some of their time on forums: THANK YOU !

I am running Linux Mint 19.3 on an Asus Netbook. The speaker emits no sound, but there is sound in the headphones, and the alsamixer page shows that the file is being played. I installed...

I am running Linux Mint 19.3 on an Asus Netbook. The speaker emits no sound, but there is sound in the headphones, and the alsamixer page shows that the file is being played. I installed...

This thread is for tracking the development of the 4MLinux 34 series. *4MLinux 34.0 Core BETA released.* This is a core system (only about 10 MB in size) for the 4MLinux 34 series. The system...

Hello, I have Kubuntu 18.04.4 LTS. Does it happen sometimes to you that when Kubuntu does an update, it wants a reboot. The problem is, when you click Start -> Leave -> Reboot some thing...

Hi, i use on my VirtualBox this command to get on my ubuntu the resolution "1092x1080" Code: --------- xrandr --newmode "1920x1080" 173.00 1920 2048 2248 2576 1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync...

Afternoon Gents, I was looking for your help if possible! I believe there is software available to forward traffic once it hits to a linux server to a different IP address. For instance Traffic...

I installed Firefox 77 via the flatpak route - nice and easy from a terminal with the commands: Code: --------- flatpak install flathub org.mozilla.firefox --------- and to run it Code:...

Published at LXer: I enjoyed using my terminal[he]#039[/he]s green-on-black color scheme for many years. It is reminiscent of the DEC VT100/220 terminals that I used in college. I began to get...

Hello, Using the following settings, I can successfully copy/delete files from a Windows 7 host with no local account (Unix, Samba), but can't overwrite a file: I must first delete the file before...

I'm running the latest Plasma 5 and it runs fine. In Eric's install guide when he converted it over to elogind there is one step where you need to "cat /sys/module/nvidia_drm/parameters/modeset" and...

Is there a particular application that creates persistence or save files in Puppy or antiX? I would like to put it on Devuan. I have the ascii ISO and can have a persistence partition created with...

Published at LXer: The core target of deployment below is to create KVM guest on F32 Server Virthost attached to external office LAN rather then to default libvirt network. As bridge creating tool...

Hello, after an update Chromium. Discord, BZflag & other other various games are not work. Chromium comes up as a black box & hardlocks the system. sudo journalctl -f & Running Chromium produces ...

Published at LXer: Using Skopeo to work with remote container registries, securely handle authentication, and access the host's container storage. Read More......

I've been working with for devops team. I have very little technical knowledge on linux, and here to get more knowledge and share our finding. Best wishes to all, and thank you!

Published at LXer: This guide explains how to fix "Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)" issue in Ubuntu and its derivatives like Linux Mint and Pop OS. Read More......

1. The itch was there from a long time...yesterday, satisfied it 2. Jun26 iso from bear alienbase failed to download after 6 attempts. Downloaded Jun23 iso from princeton edu mirror..speed never fell...

It sounds simple enough when trying to open a file or to test the existence of a file. Code: --------- { std::ifstream f("filename"); if (f) { // file exists }

I am trying to find a system to securely encrypt files headed to the cloud. Most solutions I have looked into make a single large file container, so any change to the data will need the entire thing...

Published at LXer: Gzip is a popular compression algorithm that reduces the size of a file while keeping the original file mode, ownership, and timestamp. This algorithm is often used to compress...

Hello all, I’m Derek. I am getting back into Linux and hoping to start working in System Administration. I used Ubuntu and Fedora for a few years 10-15 years ago, and am getting back and going...

Hi! I've a doubt with PS1 prompt customization. I've my own PS1 config on .bashrc file. I shared: Code: ---------...

Published at LXer: A file server is a great asset but it doesn't cover all the bases for document organization, security, and revision tracking. Read More......

I've dual booted Mint 18.1 w/ Vista on a desktop several yrs. Works great. But the OSes are on different HDDs. Now, an old laptop needs a new, safe OS. It has 2 internal HDDs, but one is ~ 120...

I get this error when trying to create a Slackware64-current container: Code: --------- chpasswd: error while loading shared libraries: libpam.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file...

I'm new to Linux and plan on having it as my main OS. I've so far tested Ubuntu & Mint from my USB, and I decided to try Pop! OS. However, I've ran into an issue. For some reason, whenever I load...

I can not seem to edit the system tray... *setting/extensions/gadgets* seems to be were I can turn on or off the system tray as well as add things like battery and clock and stuff... but I can not...

Published at LXer: Red Hat[he]#039[/he]s improved its core Ansible product and made it easier than ever to deploy Ansible-based solutions on multiple clouds. Read More......