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Published at LXer: In this edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look an open source election auditing tool, new open source from Alibaba and Netflix, mimicking animal vision, and...

I do it every time, I set computer to log in automatically, write down password, but for some reason when I forget it, and try the wrote down password it doesn't work. Regardless I am able to log...

For OpenSuSE Leap 15.0, 15.1 and Tumbeweed there is the program on: https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3Atkb&package=ffdiaporama One needs also ffmpeg21-libs. Program start...

i dont know how to install freeplane_bin-1.7.10.tar.gz for linux mint thank you for your kindness

I have an old Android tablet (4.0.4) that no longer can be updated and no browser can display https sites, which is almost any nowadays. I have tried many browsers, they all fail. There is no error...

Hello, A friend of mine and I bought a Server (KVM Debian 9) and apt update etc ain't working. Our host told us to add 8.8.8.8 and 1.1.1.1 to the resolv.conf/interfaces but we don't know as what we...

Published at LXer: Swap is a space on a disk that is used when the amount of physical RAM memory is full. When a Linux system runs out of RAM, inactive pages are moved from the RAM to the swap...

I upgraded -current on my NextCloud test server this morning, and of course immediately got an error. It seems that NC17 will not work with PHP > 7.3 and I now have 7.4 installed. NC18 should fix...

In all previous Ubuntu distributions, it was easy and straightforward to share a printer across the local network. However, with 19.10, there doesn't seem to be an option to share a locally-connected...

So how worried should we be? This says VPNs aren't safe anymore. https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/researchers-say-vpn-bug-affects-linux-unix-systems/424853

Published at LXer: Prometheus is an open source monitoring system that allows you to collect metrics from any configured target system. Prometheus implements a multi-dimensional data-model with...

Published at LXer: Let's say you want a lightweight desktop environment, with just enough to get graphics on the screen, move some windows around, and not much else. You find traditional desktops...

Guys, 2 questions please if I may. I have connected an Enclosure Box with a 3.5" 1 TB HDD to my PI, but that one is getting full already. (Yeah I should have gone bigger but stupidly...

Hi guys! I'm trying to explore GNU Assembler using this example: https://0xax.github.io/asm_1/ My code of main.s is ---Quote--- .data message: .ascii "ASSEMBLY OUTPUT"

Hi, I am using Zorin 15. I found Xampp and downloaded it okay to the Downloads folder. Through the terminal I tried to run it but got this error. ---Quote---...

Hi I've been using mainly chromium as web browser, but once in a while I try to switch to firefox, because I like the way it feels. But everytime I start noticing higher RAM usage with firefox and...

Published at LXer: As we continue our GNU Core Utilities series we come to the logname command. This simple utility has no options and takes no arguments. It does one thing, it prints the name of...

Let's get this out of the way: openSUSE Leap 15.1 (up to date w/ patches) running KDE. About the first thing I ever do with a new Linux setup is set the default Konsole terminal size to 80x24 with...

Hello All, I have a file with a particular pattern that I want.(with the title *ParameterValue*) Code: --------- "ParameterName": "ParameterValue": ...

I'm trying to run ubuntu 18 04 live boot but says update microcode to latest version of 0x20👇👇 outputs Message. ""[firmware bug]:tsc_deadline disabled due to errata; please update microcode to...

My command is Cat > a.sh mkdir abc Crontab -e 56 09 * * * /home/subir/Jarvis/a.sh Doesn't create abc directory at that given time

I'm on Kubuntu 19.10 currently. The phone is a Blackberry Passport v1. This is truly infuriating. I think it's because linux is detecting that my phone CAN be tethered via usb to act as a...

Hi, I have a newbie question. When I plug in my USB, I can see the partition by listing the /dev directory. That gives me the impression that the device is visible/accessible. It isn't obvious,...

Published at LXer: Security researcher William J. Tolley has reported a new vulnerability that appears to allow attackers to hijack VPN connections on most UNIX-based operating systems using either...

Published at LXer: Large files like logs or source code can run into the thousands of lines. That makes navigating them difficult, particularly from the terminal. Additionally, most terminal...

Published at LXer: Kali Undercover was added to the latest Kali Linux 2019.4 release as a way to instantly switch the look of Xfce to mimic "a Windows 10 desktop that will no longer draw attention...

Hello, I got this error on Debian 10.2, Can anyone help? ---Quote--- libXp.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory ---End Quote---

I have a linux box connected via reverse ssh to a cloud server. From there I can ssh into that connected box from cloud server doing: ssh localhost -p 5432 What I want to do is be able to...

Published at LXer: This tutorial will automatically disconnect inactive SSH sessions after five minutes of inactivity. Read More......

I have set up a Linode VPS as web and email server (daily backup provided). This is my first server on a not shared hosting plan so I have a lot to learn. The web server uses Apache + PHP to serve...

I apologize that this is a post that could go in either the virtualization or networking forums, so I hope I picked right since this involves the physical host over the virtualized clients. I am...

I figured this conversation would come up some day, and the Free Software Force is pushing the topic along. They think we need a revision of the Four Freedoms. I don't think we need to change that...

Published at LXer: Need a system administrator but don’t know where to start? Read this guide regarding important characteristics to look for when you are in the market to hire a new colleague. ...

Published at LXer: In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing Odoo 12 on an Ubuntu 18.04 VPS. Read More......

Published at LXer: Vagrant describes itself as*"a tool for building and managing virtual machine environments in a single workflow. With an easy-to-use workflow and focus on automation, Vagrant...

Do you plan to port Slackware on an aarch64 platform soon? Actually armv7 is 32 bits so does a 64 bits version is in your project?

Published at LXer: How to boot into rescue mode and/or emergency mode in Linux systems that uses Systemd. Read More......

Published at LXer: ZorinOS Privacy ConcernsUbuntu Touch Runs On Raspberry PiLibrem 5 Birch Has ShippedFedora Users Concerned GNOME Software Proprietary SoftwareLinux Powered Handheld Returns ...

Published at LXer: In most Ubuntu and similar Linux distributions, the systemctl tool has replaced power management commands that were used in previous releases. Read More......

Hi, info for anyone working on the 'swami' (GUI helper for system configuration) package. Here swami won't start. AFAIK it seems it searches what looks like an application.desktop file from another...

Although I now use dislocker to use bitlocker encrypted volume, I have set up a script for my bitlocker drive to open bitlocker volume having just to type the password instead of the whole command. ...

Trying to kickstart some servers (CentOS 7.6) across a WAN, but they always timed out trying to download initrd.img. So, mounted the 7.6 iso image to one of them and installed it that way. Set it up...

Published at LXer: With RDP, you can log in to a Raspberry Pi box from another computer running Windows, Linux or macOS, and create a real desktop session the same as if you had logged in to a...

Hello I just installed CentOS 7.7. I have got a / partition with XFS filesystem and /data partition with ext4 filesystem. It's a brand new install. But the write speed are an ocean apart between...

I have a couple questions about usb drive formatting and use. 1 When formatting with gparted or kdepart, when do you align to cylinder and when to MB? Does it really make a difference in speed or...

Hello I want to know the block size of my XFS partition. Two different commands give two different values. Code: --------- $ sudo blockdev --getbsz /dev/vgh/root *512*

Suddenly I couldn t open the controcenter in Antix Linux in the panel when changig to anonther Desktop ( Rox-jwm ). Is there a way for the reinstallation?

Published at LXer: Purism announced today that it has started manufacturing a special version of their Librem 5 Linux-powered smartphone that's being built in the US to address supply chain...

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Published at LXer: If you tell AWK that you're doing arithmetic operations on strings beginning with numbers, it ignores the non-number parts of the string. On the other hand, if you happen to be...