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My Debian OS system is sluggish (keep buffering) each time pressing the mouse button, opening/switching a page tab, deleting and saving is not running normally. It used to be under 3 second to get...

By choice, I am in the habit of using computers that are in the age range of 10-15 years old. My new/old motherboard is possibly fifteen years old, because I saw copyright 2009 on the BIOS. (Going to...

I have a Gen3 T14 ThinkPad that I love, but I'm facing one annoying issue. The TrackPoint is constantly recalibrating incorrectly, causing the cursor to move on its own. It takes a few seconds to...

I have a Debian machine that runs in mostly-headless mode. I connect to it via VNC, which runs on desktop :2. It has been recently upgraded to Bullseye. Since the upgrade, I can only run Synaptic...

Published at LXer: After democratically held elections, Jonathan Carter stepped down as the Debian project leader, passing the role to Andreas Tille. Read More......

Published at LXer: This article delves deep into the process of rebuilding and modifying existing Debian packages, offering a guide for those who need to tailor software packages to their precise...

Hello everybody, hope you're all ok. Even if this is my first topic here, I'm not new in the linux world. I can manage myself most of the times with the documentation and net searches but sometimes...

Published at LXer: Die-hard terminal emulator fans will be happy to learn that the upcoming Ubuntu 24.10 and Debian GNU/Linux 13 �Trixie� operating systems will feature a refined command-line...

I have a console application with a main loop for reading a command string, interpreting it and doing stuff. In essence (irrelevant detail is omitted, this is pseudocode). While (1) { printf...

Published at LXer: After Linux XZ Tarball's backdoor discovery, Debian's devs decided to pause the 12.6 release for an in-depth analysis of CVE effects. Read More......

I have an old laptop, an Acer Aspire 5050 64-bit with 4GB memory (the most it can take). It ran WinXP when new. Currently it has Linux Mint Xfce 64-bit installed, but it often freezes and has to...

I first started using Linux through Debian yesterday, and so far so good. However, something that's pretty essential to how I use my computer is the various shortcuts AutoHotKey provided in Windows. ...

Published at LXer: Andres Freund discovered that the upstream source tarballs for xz-utils, the XZ-format compression utilities, are compromised and inject malicious code, at build time, into the...

Hi all, Is here a way to force one monitor to show certain desktops? I have dual monitors and would like to have the left Monitor show desktop 1&3 and the right monitor to show 2& 4. I use NATE as a...

I'm sure this is a Muttrc-related problem. Let me know if I'm off base. Since converting a system to Debian, I cannot get mutt to send emails to internal users using the publicly defined email...

Is this a right section to ask about Rasbian "bookworm" dated 3-15-2024 ? If it is, I have been been having configuration problems: systemd-timesyncd keeps allocating port 53 (on all interfaces)...

Published at LXer: phpBB is free and open-source bulletin board software that allows you to stay in touch with a group of people. This post will show you how to install phpBB with Apache and Let's...

I cannot seem to get ssh connections from a new bookworm install to a TW server on our LAN. TBH, I've had problems connecting to the TW system for some time starting with an older Leap 15.3 desktop. I...

I have installed firewalld on my Debian 12 install and opened up ports 631 and 9100 on both tcp and udp, like I do when running Fedora, for my HP printer. The printer is a driverless HP Color LaserJet...

How to do this? I'm running into numerous examples online that lead nowhere. Mainly editing /etc/network/interfaces has gotten nothing but error messages when I try to restart the network services....

I wanted to play Steam games on Linux and installed Wine. However, I have since found from the tutorial Steam - Debian Wiki (https://wiki.debian.org/Steam#Installing_Steam) that Steam has its own...

Published at LXer: This guide dives into the world of DPKG, offering insights from basic usage to advanced management techniques. Read More......

Published at LXer: Homebrew is a popular package manager for macOS, but did you know it can also be installed on Linux? This guide will show you how to install Homebrew on Ubuntu/Debian, allowing...