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Published at LXer: VLC can be used to play YouTube videos but is a troublesome process that requires many clicks. Here is how to automate playing YouTube videos on VLC. Read More......

I use Telegram official desktop client a lot. I also use its phone and web clients, but less. But there is something on the Telegram service I really miss - or dislike, if you prefer -: people can...

I have a Dell XPS M2010 "portable" that I've installed Kubuntu onto. Unfortunately it doesn't detect any bluetooth device. This wouldn't be an issue except the keyboard for this portable is...

Published at LXer: Feral Interactive have finally confirmed the Linux release date for Shadow of the Tomb Raider after announcing it for Linux back in November last year. Read More......

I am looking for a compatible color laser printer/scannerthat is compatible with Linux Mint 19.1 (Tessa)

Understanding what makes up a Linux System I recently got it into my head to start using Linux as a learning project for running some servers in a home lab. This led me to this forum, and I...

Published at LXer: Arch Linux Decides It’s Not Hard Enough, Flatpak Updated 1.5, Jack Audio Finally Has A Release, Linus Says Microsoft Has Changed, DLN Discourse Read More......

I am running Mint 18.1 on a Toshiba Satellite P75-A and access grub bootloader via ESC at boot. My username is no longer a member of sudo group though it is a member of adm. I am the only user of this...

One of my SSDs failed and I lost the data on it. I've installed a new one but need to reconstruct the lost /boot/efi partition, and get it and the original root partition talking to each other. The...

Hi, apologies in advance if this is covered somewhere else. I've not been able to find an answer to the question. Please post a link and berate me publicly if this is covered elsewhere. -> _How...

Published at LXer: AppImage is a file format used for binary application distribution. It is meant to be a simple format that is easy to comprehend, create, remove and manage. Indeed, AppImage...

Published at LXer: Today NVIDIA released the 440.26 Beta driver for Linux with a number of new features, enhancements and a few interesting bug fixes. Read More......

bedrock. running bash from the devuan strata while booted in the devuan strata's init. man is installed. Observe the following session Code: --------- bob@moonshadow:~ $ man man strat:...

As I am weaning myself off LFS, I need to migrate a few things that are currently LFS-only onto Slackware. One of them is Philip's Music Writer, which I use to create sheet music for cello parts. It's...

Published at LXer: PHP is one of the most used server-side programming languages. Many popular CMS and frameworks such as WordPress, Magento, and Laravel are built in PHP. In this guide, we will...

So far I've only found 3 Apps to replace Hazel on Linux for automated file organization: https://alternativeto.net/software/hazel/?platform=linux 1 - Easy File Organizer:...

Hello :), I would like to know if there is any way to change icons individually (one by one) Since debian 10.00 in xfce properties I cannot change the icon anymore, this is a big problem here.....

I am on chapter 6 of LFS and it is giving such error. root:/sources/linux-3.19# make mrproper Segmentation fault(core dumped) Please help me figure out what i am doing wrong.I spent the entire...

I have a sound issue with my Dell laptop running Kubuntu that I was able to fix by installing alsa-tools and running the following... Code: --------- hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x1 set_gpio_data 5...

Hello, just thought I'd introduce myself. I'm a longtime Linux user but I still very much consider myself a noob. I can generally work things out with a Google search and some copy/paste action but...

This is really a pure C++ question (g++). I want to pass a list of functions to another function so that it can call those in the list in sequence and accumulate their outputs in a matrix. The...

Published at LXer: You may think everyone knows what big data is by now, but misconceptions remain. Get expert advice for discussing big data in plain terms with colleagues, customers, or any...

I have two Volume Ggroups activated on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. "sys_vol" contains folders "root" and "home" whereas "data_vol" contains just one volume "data". I have recently encountered a problem with...

I am working in a testing lab where people take tests. The director that runs it wants me to be able to scan and see if anyone taking a test has their phones wifi turned on (they are not allowed to...

Hi, i like astronomy and I found a linux distribution called distro astro. Is there anybody using this distro ? what do you think about this distro ? Thanks for your replies.

Published at LXer: It may never be as big as Windows, but Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth still sees a bright future for the Linux desktop. Read More......

Dear readers, I have problem upgrading Linux Ubuntu 19.04 to 19.10. Apparently there is a repository that contains erroneous information but I don't know how to remove it. Error message is as...

Hello friends, i'm new here and have one question. i have virtual machine (CentOS 7), that have 3 nic: enp0s3: flags=4163 mtu 1500 inet 192.168.1.137 ...

Anyone used this website? It allows to upload system information and check what hardware is supported. Also shows what hardware others are running. https://linux-hardware.org/

Published at LXer: This is the latest in a series of articles on Cockpit, the*easy-to-use,*integrated,*glanceable, and*open*web-based interface for your servers. In the first article, we introduced...

[ec2-user@ip-172-31-15-208 ~]$ banner google -bash: banner: command not found [ec2-user@ip-172-31-15-208 ~]$ ls [ec2-user@ip-172-31-15-208 ~]$ sudo su - Last login: Sun Oct 20 08:36:45 UTC 2019 on...

Published at LXer: Kali Linux is a Linux distro for security testing. It includes software from Aircrack to John the Ripper. Here's how you can install Kali Linux on your PC. Read More......

Hello everyone. We have a 2-3 year Lenovo ideapad 120s-11IAP laptop for basic things: - Browse the web (facebook, youtube, etc) - Print documents to the kyocera cs 1820 copier through usb. We...

Published at LXer: Oracle released today VirtualBox 6.0.14, a new maintenance update in the latest VirtualBox 6.0 series of their open-source and cross-platform virtualization software. Read...

My hard drive is physically damaged, but I am seeing signs of life, and hope to revive it long enough to save the files. The computer is at least detecting a hard drive in the bay, but kept saying...

Published at LXer: Install Jira on Ubuntu 18.04 with Nginx and Let’sEncrypt SSL on Google Compute Engine. Jira is a software designed to help teams to plan, track, managing software developments...

System updated today plasma ver 5.17.0 Slackware 14.2 Post 14.2-current Plasma5 is crashed now few times today. ---Quote--- Application: Plasma (plasmashell (deleted)), signal: Segmentation...

Two summers ago I raised the idea (https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/requests-for-current-14-2-15-0-a-4175620463/page100.html#post5871496) that Slackware does not have an global...

Published at LXer: Fedora has released an Internet of Things edition called "Fedora IoT". Here is a review of Fedora IoT and its relevant installation instructions. Read More......

Published at LXer: Distrotest is one site that provides a variety of Linux distributions that can be run directly on the browser. Or you can also run it on a remote desktop client application, for...

Background: the initrd in Slint installer in based on Slackware's initrd, with modifications mostly aimed at internationalize it and make it speak. Until now, I modified an initrd for Slackware...

Please Note: My previous three threads have either been closed as being resolved, or were erroneously shut down as being duplicates. None of my past threads are duplicates, although as new issues pop...

Published at LXer: Carl Sagan once said, "The universe is a pretty big place. If it[he]#039[/he]s just us, seems like an awful waste of space." In that vast desert of seeming*nothingness hides some...

Hello all, While fascinated by a new HP 15 Chromebook, gifted to me, I keep using my familiar & only other PC: a "seen better days" Win7 based, 4GB RAM quad-core laptop, running Mint Cinnamon...

Code: --------- $ lxc remote add megalith megalith.mylan.home Error: Get https://megalith.mylan.home:8443: Forbidden --------- Above. I have remote access from the server to my desktop, but can't...

Published at LXer: Notepad++ is a free and open-source code editor. This article shows how to install the powerful and handy notepad++ editor on Debian 10. Read More......

i was trying to update my packages i fired command yum update as root user but i then encountered error downloading packages and error number is **[Error 5] [Error 13] ** i don't know but its showing...

What is this (attached image)? A loadspeaker icon appearing/jumping up on the main screen after I upgraded to Buster a couple of weeks ago. After struggling with this icon for more than a week, I gave...

Published at LXer: Martin Wimpress announced today the release of the Ubuntu MATE 19.10 operating system as part of the Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) series. Read More......

I am using Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa Cinnamon. I would like to know the actual amount of usable space I have left on my hard disk, that I can use store files. The file manager Nemo says I have...