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my suggestion for the job marketplace is simple: telecommuting it's a big thing right now (April 2020) with the rise of cloud computing and so many people staying at home. just add a selection...

Published at LXer: Starting from Kernel version 2.6.29, Linux can automatically detect SSD. This brief guide will teach you how to find if the disk is SSD or HDD in Linux. Read More......

Hi I'm currently working from home and having problems with Docker and my VPN. When running a docker-compose build it seems to cause a conflict with the VPN (Cisco Anyconnect) and drops off...

Published at LXer: A story about the origins of Fedora, told from a fictitious user's point of view. Read More... (https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-origins-part-01/)

I am a newbie in the information technology world .I have been working at the health care industry for five years now I am switching to the computer science and IT I need advice how I can become...

Hi all, I'm looking for some suggestions and feedback, from a design and security point of view. I have a small personal project in early stages of prod, budget is a bit of a concern which lead me...

Why does every single post have to go through moderator approval? What an absurd policy. Does this site not have proper legal protections were someone to post something possibly illegal? All this...

I have deleted everything in my Fedora file system to remove all traces of virtualbox. I try reinstalling virtualbox and it still says that virtualbox still exists. The only trace I cannot remove...

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I can't find the exactly applicable forum group, since there's no Cygwin distribution group, so am posting in the General section. I believe the use of the "tput" utility is only one-way in regards...

When I tried to install the NVIDIA driver on Slackware64-current (kernel 5.4.32), it seemed to hang at Building kernel module 100%. I checked its log file and it is building the entire kernel module...

HTTP Test Page is being displayed as opposed to the domain's public home page. Latter is located in /home/USERNAME/public_html and there is only one index.php and nothing else. There are also no...

I installed thunderbird, but it installed with the standard blue/white icon, which looks out of place in the 5.1 default theme. I initially tried re-colouring a downloaded thunderbird.svg icon and...

I can get into grub using nano /etc/default/grub But after making changes, I can't get out. Ctrl' 0, don't work. There is no FILE save. I do Ctrl x twice. I didn't want to install grub-commander but...

Now that I've solved one bug with using the Wayland Plasma session, there's one more big issue I need to deal with: It appears the session will crash if I use "System Settings - Hardware - Power...

Published at LXer: This Ubuntu 20.04 guide introduces the new Ubuntu 20.04 and explains how to get this operating system and how to install it on your computer. It also provides you with...

Fedora 30/KDE In Fedora30, Chrome,on some websites getting Windows Virus checking message call Microsoft, Locks up Chrome and computer, have to shut off computer reboot and go back into Fedora-30...

This may not strictly be a Debian issue, but I use Debian, so here it is. I installed Gnome Software purely to have a GUI for browsing applications and also it can be handy as it notifies you when...

Hi guys, how are I, I have installed anydesk in slackware 14.2 current and when I run anydesk I get the following error, I have already installed all the dependencies Code: --------- root@ondevel...

Published at LXer: The 2nd video covering LPIC101 exam objective 101.1 - determine and confugre hardware settings. Read More... (https://youtu.be/exuHMnVPqGE)

hello, i own an old laptop. i found some distros with whom it works fine, like puppy and slitaz, but they don't use apt. is it possible to install apt on them? thanks for any reply. pb

foreword: i own an old laptop, 5 years ago i installed lubuntu 15.04 , now i've had to reinstall it but the repositories don't work anymore. the laptop is too old for lubuntu 15.10 . now the...

Hello, folks. I was hoping I could get some help because I am completely stumped! I have tried different combinations and have not been able to figure it out. The question is: Use ls -l and grep to...

Published at LXer: This week, I’m examining software that lets you turn a Raspberry Pi 4 into a low power writing machine. There’s a ton of open source notes software available for Linux. Tons and...

Googling for the "which" program is not exactly easy, as the ubiquity of the program name defeats search. sudo apt-get install which doesn't work out of the gate, so I was wondering if someone knew...

Hi I am using Fedora 31 and I have problems with my Touchpad on Gnome Desktop: the two-fingers scrolling is two sensitive and jumpy. On the GUI, there is not option that let me control this. Here...

Published at LXer: Unlike traditional stock exchanges like the New York Stock Exchange that have fixed trading hours, cryptocurrencies are traded 24/7, which makes it impossible for anyone to...

I have been asked to install Debian on two PCs because users want to buy them with this Linux distribution installed. Today I received two packages. Text on them says they contain Debian...

libtool: compile: armeb-buildroot-linux-uclibcgnueabi-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE=1 -D_LARGE_FILES -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_REENTRANT...

Published at LXer: openSUSE developer Alessandro de Oliveira Faria announced the availability of the openSUSE Tumbleweed operating system on the AWS Marketplace. Read More......

Hi, i have successfully lfs-systemd-9.1 i am not able to login both root-user and lfs-user pls find attachement. (i have taken backup from another vm and build in new vm)

I'm on March's Slackware64-Current, which comes thinly equipped with vnc stuff and of course does not automagically sort package dependencies. Code: ---------...

Published at LXer: The bmon utility is a powerful command line bandwidth monitoring tool that provides real-time network interface statistics. We take a look at some of it's features and provide...

Hi guys hope you ok on this difficult time. my son brought me a Laptop Toshiba Satellite L355D Amd Turion 64x2 TLco 2.ghz ,3Ghz ram 32bit with vista installed,but it's sluggish and might have virus...

Hello everyone so I have a problem with my laptop (HP something) I wanted to install xubuntu onto it unfortunately the install failed 3 times because the installer could not decide where to install...

Hello, I would like to know how can I block access to my server with ufw by blocking country's IP? Because I cannot find the option to do it. Thanks!

I have been using Handbrake for a few years and never had a problem until now. I have a box set of Back to the Future. It refused to RIP the first disk in the series no problem with the others. The...

I know I've seen this on this forum but I couldn't find it with any of the searches I tried. I remember learning (here) that I could get the login (Plymouth?) icon to be something other than the...

hello i dont know if my post is in a good forum slax is based debian so i post here slax is a very nice and lightweight distribution but the site is not well documented i have seen very often...

i've been installing apt in blfs 9.1 when i type "apt-get" i've get an error Code: --------- E: unable to determine suitable packaging system type --------- i've used lfs dpkg hint but it's to...

Published at LXer: British mathematician checks out. Mathematician John Conway has died after suffering from COVID-19.… Read More......

Published at LXer: Most Linux distributions don't display their names and versions in public. Here are some ways to find a distribution's name and version from Terminal. Read More......

I have recently installed Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS and the default audio device is headphones and my speakers (built-in) are not showing up in sound settings. What's more that the headphone jack of my HP...

Published at LXer: Metabase is a free and opensource data analytics and Bussiness intelligence tool. It allows you and your company to ask questions and learns from your data. In this tutorial, we...

Published at LXer: Awk is a general-purpose scripting language designed for advanced text processing. It is mostly used as a reporting and analysis tool. Unlike most other programming languages...

Hi, we have two sites connected thru strongswan s2s ipsec, both uses shorewall. endpoints on both side are overlapping. how to to configure shorewall to nat this overlapping networks?

Hi. I had a bad moment when (belatedly) upgrading Ubuntu 19.04-> 19.10 last weekend. The upgrade process do-release-upgrade complained that it couldn't read my encrypted swap partition and...

I am confronted with my 1st ERROR as detailed below and need support in troubleshooting the issue: "Error: Opening the cache (E:Couldn't create temporary file to work with...

Published at LXer: Bareos stands for "Backup Archiving Recovery Open Sourced" is a free and open-source backup platform forked from Bacula.org. It is a cross-platform software that can be used for...

It is hard for me to understand firewalld concept, this is why I opened this thread for clarification everything which is not clear for me and maybe for lot of people regarding firewalld config. ...