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Published at LXer: Work on the upcoming Xfce 4.16 desktop environment continues in 2020 with a lot of new features and improvements that the community can test drive using the Xfce 4.15 development...

Published at LXer: An example configuration for running Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Microsoft Azure. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/rhel-azure-considerations)

after booting into Bodhi moksa desktop, there's only a quickstart guide telling me that all I need to do is left-click on an nm-applet icon but the problem is : there isn't such an icon there....

I have some perl scripts which sequentially collect specific data files from the net over HTTPS. The sequence is fetch, parse, append central log, repeat. Since each of the data files are from...

I have an ASUS X509FL with hera on it (the only os). Yesterday, I installed the wireless driver and at first I could connect to my network, but I could not access any website. After a few series of...

Feel like an absolute newbie to Linux though in the past I have downloaded and installed various versions of Linux such as Ubuntu, Kubuntu, LinuxMini Knoppix and so on. I never felt like this that I...

I've been able to use fcitx globally, however it does not work with certain programs like discord or steam. Specifically, it won't allow me switch input methods. One post on reddit said something...

Published at LXer: Recently, a Valve developer revived steamcompmgr (the SteamOS compositing and window manager) and renamed it to Gamescope. They've now given some more info on what it actually...

I tried Kontact (integrating Korganizer and Kaddressbook into one application), and it was almost perfect, except for being too buggy to use. Evolution (what I'm currently on) is so slow that using it...

Published at LXer: The Zorin OS development team announced today a new tool to make it easier for organizations to deploy a fleet of Linux-powered computers and*administrate them from a*a...

I am trying to install VestaCP on CentOS 6 but i keep getting the yum update failed error. Please help! This command Code: --------- bash vst-install.sh --force --------- generates the yum...

Hello all! Found this forum via the vote for best Linux podcast - I've been listening to quite a few of them for a few years thanks to my husband, who's inspired me to get into open source. Run Ubuntu...

Published at LXer: Explore the difference between the du and df commands, and which of them is best for which use cases. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/du-vs-df)

Published at LXer: While bash is fast and powerful, it's also difficult for beginners to pick up. Here are some basic bash commands that all new users should know. Read More......

Published at LXer: In this article, we will explain how to use rsync for copying data in Linux. We will use Debian 10 for describing the procedure mentioned in this article. Read More......

I've just downloaded and installed perl-Convert-TNEF. This was recommeded for reading winmail.dat files. I'm not a perl user. No man page was installed, nor a binary/command. How do I use this...

Published at LXer: openEuler, New Firefox 72 Released, Linus Say No To ZFS In Kernel, New Dell Linux Laptop, Nvidia Wakes Up Read More... (https://destinationlinux.org/episode-156/)

Hello all I'm experiencing a boot problems with an ubuntu desktop where the boot process drops to the busybox shell . I run fsck from a live version and at that point the system seems booting...

I keep getting an error message after updating that /etc/apt/sources are configured multiple times. I haven't found a command to clean the files. I need a command that will repair this problem.

Published at LXer: When we install any Linux distribution, we can provide a timezone & time will be served based on that timezone. But we can also change the timezone once we have installed the...

Published at LXer: The elementary OS team is kicking off 2020 with a retrospective of the things they managed to do in 2019 and a set of goals for the year ahead as they want to further improve...

Hi, I am sending an AJAX request and am getting a response but not through the request.done function. What happens is that the console shows this: *["Costs","rdata","show","sqlite_sequence"]*...

Published at LXer: Some of our applications are hosted in a Kubernetes cluster, and we use GitLab Continuous Integration (CI) to automate deployments and Helm 2 to deploy our applications. Helm...

Published at LXer: DokuWiki is a simple to use and highly versatile Open Source wiki software that doesn't require a database. It is loved by users for its clean and readable syntax. This tutorial...

In the process of installing (yay!) Ubuntu package onto my PC - i came across an error message - E-Sub process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Following packages in a broken state...

Published at LXer: Learn how to connect Linphone to Asterisk and to make sure that it works. Read More... (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/sip-endpoint)

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Other then being in between the main board and a peripheral device, how does a Controller work? Are they a buffer, change analog to digital etcetera? Thank...

Published at LXer: Linux Shell Scripting is & always has been one of the most desired skills that a System Administrator and now DevOps engineers are required to have. It has been used by Linux...

Hi there I have recently installed debian KDE + Plasma. I am a newbie in linux Whenever I boot to the system it shows 3 error messages during boot. The system does boot successfully though but these...

A few years ago when I started looking into setting up a central media center in my home I wanted to do something different. Something no one else does, at least that I've seen. I found my answer in...

I have been using Fastmail for many years with my own domains. After many years on a legacy Family plan they announced a not unreasonable price hike for my next renewal. Whilst my instinct is to...

I've just commissioned a new Debian 10 server. Two oddities which may be related (or not). All my Debian 10 systems until now put date as follows: # date Thu 16 Jan 15:25:21 GMT 2020 The new...

Published at LXer: FEMP is an acronym that stands for FreeBSD (operating system), Nginx (HTTP server pronounced Engine-x), MySQL (database server), and PHP (programming language to process dynamic...

I'm SSHing into my headless OrangePi server running Armbian (basically debian) using Secure Shell App on Chromebook. I'd like to be able to start something (say, bmon) in tty1, then switch over to...

Am in the process of installing 17.3 cinnamon 64-bit. I've downloaded the file, checked the sha256 and signature and copied the file to a flash drive. Is there any way to confirm that the copy is...

I am dual booting Manjaro and MX Linux 19. MX is in control of grub. My question is suppose I get a kernel upgrade in Manjaro should I run Code: --------- update-grub

Slackware current 5.4.12 Code: --------- ~ % cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp 44000 ~ % cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone1/temp 44000 ~ % cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone2/temp

Published at LXer: Unveiled last month during the Christmas holidays, the Kubuntu Focus laptop is a collaboration between Kubuntu, Tuxedo Computers, and MindShareManagement Inc., and it aims to be...

Code: --------- $uname -a Linux fir.nuclix 5.3.0-3parrot3-amd64 #1 SMP Parrot 5.3.9-3parrot3 (2019-11-23) x86_64 GNU/Linux --------- Firefox 68.3.0 ESR I tried some markdown plugin. As soon as...

I want to disable the floppy disk drive and eliminate the icon. How ca n I do that?

Published at LXer: Red Hat is releasing a new version of its OpenShift Kubernetes platform, OpenShift 4.3, with better container storage support via Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4. Read...

Hello, i have some questions because i do not understand the logic of it. It is a bit hard for me to explain, but here goes: I have some program.sh and that can be started with init.d or systemd....

Code: --------- nmap 192.168.225.32 Starting Nmap 7.70 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2020-01-16 15:09 IST Nmap scan report for mx (192.168.225.32) Host is up (0.000077s latency). Not shown: 999...

Published at LXer: If you are a user, developer or system administrator then you must have enough knowledge on how to use top and htop command. The top is a command-line utility in Linux-based...

Please explain the following piece of C++ to me void cSkymax::SetMode(char newmode) { m.lock(); if (mode && newmode != mode) ups_status_changed = true; mode = newmode; // printf("%s...

Hi, I ave an apache webserver running okay and now have Webmin. I am trying to get to it from outside the LAN. I checked the Port Fwd and it is set TCP/UDP to 10000 to my 192.168.20.24 box...

Published at LXer: Enjoy that new version 72? Donate.mozilla.org is a thing, folks. On Wednesday Mozilla Corporation, maker of the Firefox browser and would-be internet privacy protector, said it...

Hi folks, Lately I've been thinking that I won't buy another Mac. I'm debating what to use for my "desktop." I would very much like your comments and opinions to my thoughts below or just your...

i'm used to win7 but it's time for new os due to win7 eol. i've decided to switch to linux. - i use dell latitude e6440; cpu: intel core i7/2.9ghz; ram: 16gb; - i don't play computer games. i...