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Today I just did an update as usual, and the backports kernel got upgraded from 6.11.10 to 6.12.9.
Now Debian won't boot and will show the...

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Inspired by a chat I had with another Developer and most recently Trihexagonal's post:

What I could do with a Tandy TRS-80 I saw for sale at...

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I tried to get ungoogle-chromium, with the information from Debian: it says that to install the package you have to run apt install...

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I used Ubuntu a few years ago and remember that for installing almost any software, my go to was to just put
sudo apt-get install *software*...

I have a clean install of Debian with the testing repo added to my apt sources.list.

My microphone is not recognized in the default gnome sound...

I've (earlier this week) switched from Kubuntu 22.04.5 to Debian 12.8 KDE. I'm running a Gigabyte 97 series MB, FX8350 (8 cores, 4.1 GHz), 32 GB RAM,...

How do you install apps that you downloaded?

I downloaded LibreOffice that is a deb into a folder in my second hard drive.
Here the link;

I tried...

I resize the active window by the following simplified script:
window_id=$(xdotool getactivewindow)
new_width=100
new_height=100
xdotool windowsize...

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I am new to this forum. Sorry if I posted my issue wrong.

I am using Mint 20.1. I have issue with color depth on my 10.1 inch lcd at 12800x800...

Hello out there, Im struggling on an issue with my Nvidia grafix driver. Maybe it's wine. I installed recently Baldur's Gate III on my System (Debian...

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I’m new to this forum and also relatively new to Linux and Debian. I switched to Linux (Debian 12) about a year ago. However, I’ve...

Hello, I run a smartctl command to check my ssd health but I am not sure if it's healthy, the result is passed but there are two errors there:
$...

I found this guide that explains how to disable dithering in order to reduce eye strain:

Now the problem is that it requires command aticonfig...

I'm using Debian testing and my sound/mic has began to act weird recently. The most notable issue being that I can't use my mic anymore: it's not...

When I do
df -h
It should shows the drives as /dev/mapper/disk1 /dev/mapper/disk2 etc but it is showing them as /dev/dm-1 /dev/dm-2

It only started...

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I was on stable and just upgraded to testing version, everything has been OK but after reboot I lost my DE, now I boot and I got tty mode. BTW...

My knowledge level: just (barely)above the beginner level (so please be patient if I do not understand something).
Thank you for patience with me....

On a Debian 12 installation with Plasma desktop, I'm having a weird problem copying files to USB flash drives. Copying a 1GB file it should take a...

Which distro for daily-use main computer? Says,

Debian 12 (many selectable desktops, which one is good?)
Ubuntu LTS 24.04
other deb based Linuxs...

My situation is a bit weird. I originally installed the first iteration of SpiralLinux, which is a live spin of Debian with a Calamares installer. I...

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I'm trying to set up Debian 12 with KDE on desktop with Secure Boot enabled. My hardware:

B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2
Ryzen 7 5800X
NVIDIA...

My Linux servers do have small hard disks, I can not create an archive there.
Is there a way to zip while doing a scp from a Windows system?
Please...

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I'm trying to get a HP Thunderbolt 4 docking station working on a HP laptop. The ultimate goal is to get two external monitors on display...

Linux version 6.1.0-28-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc-12 (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40) #1 SMP...

Hello all. First, a quick introduction:

I'm not new here, just a new name. Have frequented this place for many years before, but an issue arose that...

I'm running Debian Unstable and yesterday I saw a message popup when I was updating the system that I need to migrate the apt sources one liners to...

Hi. I can't update today. If use apt update && apt full-upgrade in terminal i have:
(ENG: Notice: Missing Signed-By field in sources.list(5) entry...

I have my home theater PC connected to the TV via HDMI through an audio receiver. Everything works fine at 4K (3840x2160) at 120Hz (119.88Hz) except...

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The user does not appear in the login (lightdm) annoying having to write it every time, I need to configure it,

sudo gedit...

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Big time beginner here at administering my own home server. I do admit, I've been getting help from ChatGPT for a lot of the...

Yes, I'm aware that third party repos and PPAs will result in broken upgrades -- disabling those (or removing all the software installed from them?)...

I would like to use Debian on my new PC with RTX 4060 Ti, but struggling with installation of Nvidia drivers. No matter what I do, I either end in...

Hello. I've got an Intel Arc A380. I'm trying to compute pytorch computations to the XPU device on it. However, the guides from Intel are for Ubuntu...

I am trying to install Debian Stable (Bookworm) on an i386 Dell Latitude E6430 laptop. After an unproblematic installation from...

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I read somewhere that there is now a rolling version in Debian, 12.9?.

Could someone say if it is the same as Tumbleweed?.

I want to try...

I've had privacy issues with KDE. I have to AL --> places ---> frequently used --> forget all, used constantly. Then, an app called 'bleachbit' in...

My /etc/fstab without the newline at the end:
/dev/disk/by-id/nvme-WDS250G3X0C-00SJG0_185250422455-part3 /efi...

I'm keep getting a crash on exiting libre office, but it's random.

It says to use the package maintainer's email. I need to know it. I can create a...

Hi for many packages, the latest release is the best and most stable, as opposed to being more risky. For example, wayland environments such as sway...

Is there any way to safeguard against low level malware such as a BIOS with backdoors?

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I use Debian trixie and I have the HP envy photo 7155 and I can't install the printer. I don't see that model in the list and I'M not able to...

I tried several monitors and hardware to come to conclusion of the Eye strain is not the monitor, but rather modern hardware. For example, I recently...

Is there any tool or command or simpler/faster way of doing something that you wish you'd known about when starting out on Debian? Or when starting...