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Hi all,I have just installed Ubuntu onto my Dell optiplex 380. When I tried writing to my DVD I get the message that I dont have permission to do this. As not being very tech savvy could someone...

I have Cinnamon 18.3, I used to use Firetray, but it's not compatible with T'bird 68.8.0 I've just d/l Birdtray v1.6, another Thunderbird email notifier. When I run the program, it asks me to...

Published at LXer: We’ll take you today in a tour in Xubuntu 20.04, what are its features and what bugs or issues you may face if you consider switching to it. Read More......

Published at LXer: In general computing, an operating system is software that provides a computer[he]#039[/he]s basic functions. It ensures that a computer detects and responds to peripherals (like...

I am posting here as I could not identify a better option to fit my question with: I have formatted a Kingston Data Traveller 3.0 usb stick as fat32 and copied several iso files with live versions...

--- tigervnc.SlackBuild.dist 2020-06-03 16:31:21.838623216 -0500 +++ tigervnc.SlackBuild 2020-06-03 16:31:32.582856380 -0500 @@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ # Explicitly link against libpng to prevent...

Using MX linux, about to format a 3T usb hard drive. I did this once before while using Linux Mint, later using that drive with MX. The files put on it from Mint now have root permissions and I can't...

I have a lot of custom rules in 'local.cf' like these: Code: --------- header LOCAL_DEMONSTRATION1_FROMFrom =~ /user1/i score LOCAL_DEMONSTRATION1_FROM20 header...

If this is not the most appropriate forum for an issue using meet.jit.si with 14.2, chromium, webcam, and microphones please point me to the better forum. My post asking for help on the jitsi...

I have a mounted storage on my RHEL server and I want to create a directory structure for file management. I have two projects right now,viz. `project1`, `project2`. I'm planning to have the...

I have been using an Intuos4 PTK-640 graphics tablet for a number of years now on my Slackware desktop computer. I am using Slackware current (1/2/2020 download). Until recently (within the last...

Published at LXer: Lenovo announced that they will certify their entire portfolio of ThinkStation and ThinkPad P Series workstations for Ubuntu and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Read More......

Was directed to insert the install dvd to install several elements needed to complete install of openoffice,but had used a burned downloaded version of the os which means any time inserted it would...

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Published at LXer: Open source tools are constantly changing the landscape of testing, and the community around these tools is bigger and more vocal than ever. The first-ever State of Open Source...

Hello, Indeed I have been a longtime user of this forum but never joined. I guess I never thought I had much to offer and I never notice the invitation before yesterday. Glad to be here and I...

I use LMDE. Does the current distribution have the drivers for netgear a7000? If it does how do I get it to activate? Thanks; Tom

Published at LXer: Consumer boycott clicktivism at a time of border tensions? There was, briefly, a million-download app for that. Google has removed an app called "Remove China Apps" from its...

MINT 18.3 Does the "scan-your-LAN" program have a _results filter_ that I can modify ? Or, some other method of hiding SSID names? There are three HP-direct??? WiFi printers nearby, that I do...

https://www.bet.com/news/national/2020/06/01/breonna-taylor-louisville-protest-david-mcatatee-killed.html https://apnews.com/8cb2b737f0af938659afc66535069ecd Here is the right...

Published at LXer: In the preface to his excellent textbook Algol 68: A First and Second Course, Andrew McGettrick writes: "This book originated from lectures first given at the University of...

I have not used Debian before and have not installed anything on Linux in a long time. I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I am trying to install Citrix client on Debian Buster...

Hello All I recently came up with this website (https://developers.redhat.com/articles/faqs-no-cost-red-hat-enterprise-linux/) and registered for a free developer subscription at...

Hello Everyone, I am currently running PHP 7.2.11 on CentOS 8. I used the Remi repo to install it. My application now requires PHP 7.3 to run. Can I upgrade from 7.2 to 7.3 by enabling the PHP 7.3...

Published at LXer: For this week’s blog, I’ve been putting diary software through its paces on the Raspberry Pi 4. Keeping a diary of your daily life is an activity that is important to many. It...

I am working on an Intel(R) Atom(TM) x5-Z8350 based hardware running a yocto embedded distrbution on it. My first problem was that I was unable to access mmcblk devices in it. Following comments on...

Hello guys, I don’t know if you guys have used Word but as I type, it checks for word errors. If it detects a word it does not understand, it does a red squiggly mark under it. With LibreOffice, it...

Hello All I am compiling qBittorrent in CentOS 8 from source. I want to compile binaries to /usr/local/bin and libraries to /usr/local/lib64 folder. Compiling qBittorrent has 2 parts. 1)...

Published at LXer: Devuan GNU/Linux 3.0 has been released and it’s a major release for fans of software freedom, those who want to use the latest Debian GNU/Linux release without the systemd init...

Dear All, Your help is highly appreciated. I am getting below error while trying to start apache httpd services from root user. Invalid argument: mod_jk: Could not set permissions on...

Hello, I'm a little ashamed to say that I am still running Debian 9 on my main KVM host server. I have (what seems to me but probably not) a slightly complicated set up that I'm a little...

Various reports have led me to believe that third generation AMD Ryzen CPUs will work okay with the stable release of Buster, so I am trying to arrange the build of a desktop with the stable release...

Dear All, I would like to ask where the decision is made about which interface will be the output interface for forwarding packets where multiple interface is on the same subnet? For example,...

I am a 72 year old senior and have recently switched from Ubuntu, having been a user since Breezy Badger. The reason for my change to linux lite was that Ubuntu has become increasingly bloated and...

Published at LXer: Hardware vendor Lenovo announced something quite huge for the Linux community with the addition of more Linux devices becoming easily available. Read More......

Published at LXer: How to use AWK, or the paste command + sed, to merge lines in a text file based on a condition, such as starting or not starting with a number. It's a handy fix for tables...

Published at LXer: Version 20 will ship without any snap packages, snapd daemon. The developers of Linux Mint have expressed concern with Canonical's Snap Store and the way it is forced on Ubuntu...

Hello, in older mint cinnamon version it worked, but after installing 19.3 it's no longer responding. Also, I couldn't find it in System Settings>Keyboard>Shortcuts. I wonder if this has been removed...

Hi Env : Pc Asrock Mother board ,floppy disk drive ,TSST SHS223C dvd rom Prb : Bios does not support boot from this (damned) DVD rom and does not support boot from usb to bypass i have to open...

hello, I am using Ubuntu 19.10. For Firefox on many websites emoji appear black and white instead of coloured. Same are coloured in Google Chrome. Here is an example:...

Hi all, This is my devstack lab installed on VirtualBox. Code: --------- stack@vlab:~$ cat /etc/devstack-version DevStack Version: stein Change: 669b0c5e4eba1a721dc02650e000fb0ac6bfd11b Merge...

Published at LXer: Joomla is an open-source content management system used for publishing online applications and websites. It is written in PHP and uses MySQL/MariaDB as a database back-end. It is...

Hi all. I wanted to ask you guys a few questions about my first ever script I've made. The idea came to me today when I was building a custom linux distro (its ready and released now--don't worry, Im...

Hi, is there any way to run 2 or more parallel process in LibreOffice without get stuck ? In our app we are converting documents and when User start converting the docs to pdf parallely at the same...

I can see a whole list of 14.2 .pet files and Slackware 14.2 stuff here (http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/?fbclid=IwAR0r29IBjWFdVRirFNvS9m_am85lB-Ph9ewwdvmDY05uyAfwHXe9yq9wcwg), but I can't figure...

Published at LXer: Vagrant is typically used by developers to set up a development environment that works across multiple operating systems and is a command-line tool for building and managing...

Published at LXer: Looking at multiple places, it appears like the Linux desktop has been on something of a roll lately with the market share starting to trend upwards. Read More......

Hello, Out of curiosity, are there x86-based plug computers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug_computer) so I could use a standard Linux distribution, instead of ARM-based distros like those for...

Hi, I have installed many distributions and in all of them with kernel versions 5.x, bluetooth adapter doesn't get detected in the dmesg log. There is no hci0 device detection in dmesg. I have a dual...

Hi, I have installed many distributions and in all of them with kernel versions 5.x, bluetooth adapter doesn't get detected in the dmesg log. There is no hci0 device detection in dmesg. I have a dual...