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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...

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,...

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?)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Hello,

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...

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...

Vim, emacs and VScode are fawned over to death, but I'd like to talk about what other alternatives my fellow young people are choosing.

I personally...

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...

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....

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 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...

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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...

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I'm experiencing an issue waking from sleep on Debian, on a laptop, running KDE. Some of the time when I try and wake it nothing happens - screen...

I've installed Debian on my laptop and i have a secondary ssd that shows up as encrypted but i already installed debian over my windows install, is...

Hello all,

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...

I installed Debian 12.8 KDE a few days ago on my Gigbayte 97 series MB, FX8350 8-core 4.1 GHz, 30 GB RAM, RTx2070 system with 1 TB platter drive,...

I've just installed Debian 12.8 with KDE DTE from the standard netinstall USB key (to a new SSD, dual boot with Kubuntu 22.04.5). Once completed and...

Hello everyone,

First of all, thank you for accepting my account to join the community. I’m looking forward to all I can learn through it. I use...

Since a recent reboot (and quite some preceding uptime) into Linux 6.12.6 and later 6.12.9, my Trixie installation does not show nor use any HDMI...

After upgrading to 6.12.x I had been experiencing the lockup during boot bug on nvidia cards ( I decided to go back to 6.11.7 and wait it out,...

Hi all! I have been a linux user for some years although I'm very new to the networking aspects. This is the first time I will use OpenVPN and I have...

I use Bitwarden for my passwords. I've been considering moving to KeepassXC becuse I could use a key file and really lock down the database. But I've...

I've been having this problem since I upgraded to Bookworm. It also happens when resuming from screen lock. But it happens irregularly and randomly,...

I have a problem analogous to the one described here .

I had php7.4 running well. I installed php8.3 (using the sury repo), I tried to install all...

hey question,

i'm on linux mint and when i go into the etc/apt folder and i look at the sources.list text folder i see

#deb cdrom: / jammy contrib...

Recently reinstalled Debian due to some issues. Previous install had Cinnamon default, which I later changed to XFCE via command line install. Then I...

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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...

I can't get Samba to list my Cups printers on a fresh bookworm.
I have done this repeatedly many years ago, but see that stuff may have changed....

I'm temporarily running parallel /home structures for Debian KDE 12.8 and Kubuntu 22.04 (I considered installing Debian to use the same /home, but...

Upgrading from 6.11.10-amd64 to 6.12.3 and now 6.12.5 is throwing the following error in SDDM and refusing to start a graphical interface. Virtual...

At the moment I am preparing for the oncoming change to trixie from bookworm with 2 installations on my bookworm desktop.

- A trixie in a VBox
and...

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I cannot get my USB to become bootable. I have tried downloading the ISO file twice. I have disabled secure boot in BIOS. I have tried the USB...

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Being lot more used of ZFS (I have some little difficulties weth mdadm and Linux software raid so far). After having done quite some extended...

hey if this page is named off-topic then can you convert 64 bit microsoft edge to a not released 32bit microsoft edge like give me a link for a...

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First-time Debianner, long-time Linuxer (ish - I've been on and off for half my life). Running Debian 12 with KDE on some very old...