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Published at LXer: Why bother with Microsoft and its new AI spyware features... When you can always seek your freedom with Linux? Read More......

Hello I have a little script that calls kwrite to open a file for a journal entry. I have a desktop file which points to my script and a custom icon. The desktop file shows the custom icon in the kde...

Published at LXer: Meet Linux Lite 7.0 'Galena,' now rebased on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, packed with XFCE 4.18, Linux kernel 6.8, and more. Read More......

Hello, I have configured Nginx for HTTP only. The *default.conf* file is as follows:: Code: --------- #server { # listen 80; # listen [::]:80; # server_name your_domain...

There's something called cycles in monit that helps with it as per my research, but I am not aware of the exact syntax for it.\ Currently, THis is my requirement check program myscript with...

Published at LXer: The Arch Linux ISO snapshot for June 2024 is now available for download, powered by Linux kernel 6.9, for those planning to deploy the popular rolling-release distribution on new...

Published at LXer: Learn how to install and use Docker Rollout to quickly update the Docker Compose services with zero downtime by automating every task. Read More......

Published at LXer: While the Gentoo Linux project recently established an AI policy to forbid contributions to the project made using any AI tools/assistance and NetBSD also came out with a similar...

Published at LXer: Varia is billed as a quick and efficient download manager. Itis a GNOME-based utility written in Python and published under an open source license. The name iVariai comes from...

Hey guys. Got a new laptop and installed slackware --current (XFCE). Installed Grub2, upgraded system and multilib. Installed steam from alienbob (was a bit surprised it was not found in the...

Published at LXer: Wine 9.10 debuts with vkd3d 1.12, better DPI support, and C++ RTTI on ARM. Here's more on that! Read More......

Published at LXer: Learn how to create a block device, a character device, and a FIFO pipe file using the mknod command in Linux, with practical examples. Read More......

Published at LXer: Discover a step-by-step guide to check your private and public IP addresses, including both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols, using CLI and GUI methods. Read More......

Published at LXer: Linux Lite developer Jerry Bezencon announced today the release and general availability of Linux Lite 7.0 as the latest version of this Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the...

Published at LXer: Scared of editing a config file? There'll soon be a GUI for that. The Windows Subsystem for Linux is due to receive a user interface for settings as well as management...

Hi I have a video and I would like to find out what distro the user is using. In the video there is a guy who commented that this has KDE.Can someone please tell me what the distro is? It looks very...

Published at LXer: A filesystem is a fundamental component of any operating system. It is the system that manages how data is stored and retrieved on a storage device. In the world of Linux,...

I can not remember my BIOS password in my HP 840 G2 laptop with kali linux Operating system.....please I need a help because i can not boot any more as BIOS password is required.....How can i...

Published at LXer: CentOS 7 users, time's running out! Support ends June 30, 2024. Switch to a new Linux distribution ASAP. Here are the possible upgrade paths. Read More......

Published at LXer: Need to fix or diagnose disk errors on your Linux system? Our guide provides 20 useful fsck commands with examples to check and repair Linux file systems. Read More......

Published at LXer: Emby is an open-source alternative to Plex Media Server. This guide will show you how to install Emby Media Server on an Ubuntu 22.04 server. You will run Emby with Nginx as a...

hello Im thinking about, for people who possess a smartphone : how many applications you have that you installed by your own choice? how many applications you have that you installed by...

I want to use DWM tiling window manager and Pipewire on Slackware 15.0 -current. I run /usr/sbin/pipewire-enable.sh, reboot the system, and the programs that play audio do not start with messages...

Published at LXer: NetworkManager 1.48 open-source tool for managing network connections on a Linux-based operating system is now available for download as a major update that introduces new...

I can't get thunar to rename a list of files that contain " ." and replace that with "." I tried several combos, no luck Any ideas?

Hi people! I'm starting my studies in the IT area and I intend to learn a little about Linux. I've been using Linux on VirtualBox but I intended to install Linux on my external SSD nvme2, but...

Published at LXer: Right now when dealing with quirky/buggy touchscreens a C file needs to be manually manipulated and the Linux kernel recompiled. With a new "i2c_touchscreen_props" kernel command...

It's been an uncommon occurrence for a long time on this laptop. Though the last month or so it's become quite common and annoying. When it happens I run dmesg as root and never recognize anything...

Published at LXer: OOM killer is a shortcut to Out of Memory Killer and is a Linux component designed to prevent RAM exhaustion. The OOM Killer has one task, and that task is to check if there is...

I have Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop installed on an NVMe drive with an ext4 file system. This is the only OS I have installed, however, when I try to load it, it jumps me directly to the minimal bash-like...

Published at LXer: Bruce, of Debian and OSI fame, spoke to me about a bunch of topics and gave me his phone number. One subject that came up was SFLC or Prof. Moglen, not necessarily in relation to...

Published at LXer: Systemd-free distro Nitrux 3.5 is here with Liquorix kernel 6.8, KDE Plasma 5.27.11, a new AMD Vulkan driver, critical security updates, and more. Read More......

I need to set serial port for RS422 at a non-standard baud rate of 13440. How can I do that?

Published at LXer: EndlessOS 6 is a toughened and much-simplified immutable Debian 12 with a friendly GNOME-based desktop, aimed at kids, education, and novice users. Read More......

Dear all, In my Slackware 15 I have both sbopkg and sbotools installed. I always thought that sbotools was just a port to SlackBuilds but with dependency resolution when compared to sbopkg. But I...

Published at LXer: Here are the latest updates to our compilation of recommended software. Weive really pulled all the stops out this month and published a gargantuan number of updates. Read...

Published at LXer: How to whitelist an IP in Fail2ban on Debian Linux. Fail2Ban is used to protect servers against brute force attacks. Fail2ban uses iptables to block attackers, so, if we want to...

Published at LXer: Uri Herrera announced today the release and general availability of Nitrux 3.5 as the latest ISO snapshot of this systemd-free, immutable, and Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution...

Good morning, I'm using Slackware current x64 with KDE 5 and Wayland 1.23. After the last current update wayland stop working. When I start with: startkwayland the system is stop working. I'm...

Hi, I need a plugin TIP for backup VMs with bacula *community*. Does someone can give me a Tip? Is there a plugin for backup VMs at *community edition*? VMWARE and others? thanks anyway.

Published at LXer: In this article, we will explore how to clone permissions from one file or directory to another on a Linux system. This is a common task that can save time and ensure consistency...

I have a file server that is an AD (Samba4) Domain member. It shares the following (smb.conf): Code: --------- [public] path = /public store dos attributes = no hide dot files = yes readonly...

Published at LXer: Wayland 1.23 display server protocol released, featuring improved debugging aids, new enum-header modes, and OpenBSD support. Read More......

Not sure why some apps say as superuser and some don't. I like the title but not sure what it does for me.

Published at LXer: This article describes the process of converting Fedora Server with a container-based workload to use Fedora CoreOS and bootc. Read More......

Published at LXer: Kdenlive 24.05 open-source video editor brings multi-format rendering, faster clip handling, automatic subtitle translations, and more. Read More......

Published at LXer: Immich is a free and open source alternative to Google Photos, with a focus on privacy. Both the server software and the mobile client application, are developed in the open on...

Published at LXer: Discover a step-by-step guide to installing sublime text 4 on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions, then the usage of package cont Read More......

Published at LXer: Discover a step-by-step guide to installing sublime text 4 on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions, then the usage of package control. Read More......

I was so pleased to see MPV included today I have always used it to stream live from youtube in conjunction with youtube-dl as I could never get mplayer to do it, also MPlayer gui has never worked for...