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In the same vein as the Uptime Championships thread , and the How much storage do you have? threads; I humbly bring before you all the conquest for...

The print screen key is mapped to a different application that doesn't automatically store a png. How can I map it to shutter?

In Debian Bookworm, with Mate Desktop Environment Pulseaudio is the audio server installed by default. I had some troubles when trying to connect my...

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I tried the last weekly images at

but these images are from 4 September and seems that are not updated.

What is the correct link for the...

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As a result of some problems (exposed in another thread) this past weekend I performed a fresh install of Debian 12 Stable KDE.

Well, after...

I bought a second-hand Lenovo, 8 years old, with an existing Windows 11. It also has a BIOS and an EFI partition, which I did not think was possible,...

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I'd like to know the proper way to install an up-to-date version of gajim with omemo support in Debian 12. The current package version in the...

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I'm member of the maintenance team of the Back In Time ( deb: backintime ). The team works voluntarily without payment and budget.

In the...

I installed the live install app debian-12.1.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso SHA256:9168ff53d789537db4f5233e7dfa5e860519c44b68132b70805218f842b00041

The live...

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I have set up a Debian 12 minimal Server for my environtment and I have installed ntpsec using apt install ntp, which got me ntp ntpsec...

Due to some problems I have decided to try upgrading from Debian12 Stable to testing.
To do this I have followed the steps in the debian wiki where...

From it appears that the Debian appstream generation was last done on Sep 2 ( Last updated on: 2023-09-02 20:55 )

Any reason why it hasn't been...

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I'm trying to process a bunch of text (email) files read one by one from a zip file into a pipe.

Assuming process is a script that reads stdin,...

Hello! I often notice that if i use NTFS flash/pen drive in Windows after using it in Linux, Windows asks for disk repair. Recently NTFS flash drive...

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I'm just wondering what motivated development of LVM and what the benefits of using it are?

For a 'home workshop' type setup, LVM seems less...

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Does anyone know if there is such a thing as a BIOS rescue cd, that is, a disk that can boot into, display the current settings of, and enable...

Operating System: Debian Bookworm
Desktop Environment: Xfce

I have Debian with all the latest updates installed. After installing software like...

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I'm trying to play back audio on a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB audio interface on Debian 12 but the sound is completely distorted all the...

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I have a question about root. I've been a debian user since potato and have always run things like apt as root. In the...

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I'm trying to use Debian 12 with AMDGPU on a Radeon R9 M370X. It's a niche laptop GPU, but I've successfully tested SI support on Ubuntu...

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During a sudo apt upgrade that tries to upgrade to kernel 6.5.0-1-amd64 , dkms fails due to a bug related to zfs .
I am now unable to upgrade...

I have installed (debian-live-12.1.0-amd64-cinnamon.iso) on two different machines and while attempting to configure the desktops (Cinnamon 5.6.8) so...

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I just have install Debian 11 on a VM. When i run systemctl restart networking the server become inoperative, i have to do hard reset from...

Hello , I am trying to build a Debian Server using this guide
I have SSH installed on both my old computer which I turned to SSH and my laptop.
My...

I am running Debian 12 on a USB stick on an ASUS Chromebook C100P. Every so often, usually about 5 minutes after booting the computer, the keyboard...

Debian is the second-oldest Linux distribution still in production - Debian 0.01 was released September 15, 1993. Slackware is the senior player...

Hello fellow members. I am brand new to this board and have been using Debian off and on for years, however, I still consider myself a newbie. I am...

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Sorry, I speak a little English.

I installed it a few weeks/months ago:

I would like a clock screensaver.

These don't work:...

Ever since upgrading a laptop and a desktop (home systems) to Bookworm - the DNS lookup has been flakey. When simply running the main OS, it is...

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I want to install thunderbirdmail 115, it is not yet in the software center. Will this come with an update or with the next release?
With...

Well, which desktop would you choose, KDE or XFCE?
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I have an Intel NUC NUC12WSKi5, fairly new, with 16 GB memory and Samsung 970 PRO NVMe SSD. The installation died (refused to continue) when trying...

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I recently installed Debian 12 in a new computer, and I have some problems with one USB hub.
This is my version:
Static hostname:...

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I am contacting you because I am a Linux distribution for a few years now and I decided to swith to Debian 12 (stable edtion...

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This how-to is written for those who would like to set up their first Debian server. It is written for Debian Bullseye, but the...

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I'm using the combination of unbound and a blocklist for quite a while now.
Since the recent updates of some bind9-packages it stopped...

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I've been trying to install Lutris on a Debian 12.1 on an old Thinkpad t410, It's a fresh install, just trying to set up all the...

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On three machines I've got the same problem: the network monitor applet doesn't show the traffic data.

As you can see from the...

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I'm not a developer - just a newbie user of xrdp. I came across the same problem under Debian 11.
After some upgrade xrdp stopped working and...

I have been using Debian 10 with the LXDE desktop on my Asus Pro7AJK for years. Shortly after doing a clean install of Debian 12, again using the...

I started to notice that if I leave my notebook (T480) locked (even when plugged in) and login after a 1-2 hours, the whole system lags and many...

For some reason I turned on my computer today, and then now I notice that all my .txt files are executable! I cannot uncheck the executable checkbox...

i am unable to log into wayland with KDE after installing the nvidia driver, X11 loads just fine. i tried to look around in logs but don't know which...

I Only use my HP LaserJet PRO M426dfw printer about twice a year. I haven't had a need to do two-sided printing since switching to Debian about 18-20...

MS Surface Pro 3 with Debian 12 installed, successfully installed linux surface kernel 6.4.12, everything is working fine. I'd like to use it as...

I have an ASUS Zenbook UX305FA with UEFI firmware version 213 and I installed Debian 12 on it. On boot up, I get the following errors:

DMAR: DRHD:...

At some point, I decided to change the Openbox theme. The problem is, that upon changing the theme, the buttons on the right of the title bar stop...