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So I am newish to linux- Not a day one user or def not a pro. I am hoping for some help. I have moved my home server from my pi4 to a ryzen build...

Hello, I want to know how Debian chooses the size of the swap partition when using guided partitioning. I've done some research, and it looks like...

I use Coreboot with Seabios and native graphics initialization (libgfxinit) and have tested this on a few machines. Right now I have Debian installed...

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Sorry if my question is stupid, I not sure the following is relevant, but just want to help in case it is.

I am running debian bookworm, and...

I recently did a fresh install of Bullseye and notice my boot time is much slower than Stretch. Looking further it seems my Network Manager is to...

I want to put Debian 11 on an Oracle VM inside Windows 11 Pro. Now I'm a little bit confused on how to do this. Here are my choices: #1: Install...

When I download a tarball from a git repository's Releases page, they do not have directories like External and 3rdparty included. Also, the .git...

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I am using Debian on Dell, G15 laptop. It has NVIDIA RTX 3060 installed.
After updating my kernel from 5.18.0-2 to 5.18.0-4, some problem has...

I'm using the . and , keys in smplayer to step back or forwards one frame at a time to write frame accurate English subtitles.ass as translations...

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I cannot boot debian testing. Here is my partition table:

disk 1
/dev/nvme0n1p1 ntfs Recovery 521MB
/dev/nvme0n1p2 fat32 /boot/efi...

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I've had the following scenario happen several times already running debian 11:

1) computer restart or crash and then reboot
2) gnome...

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I am trying to make a clean debian 11.4 installation on a vroc raid disc. During the installation when i come to the part where to partition the...

Total Memory: 27G
Used: 21G
Free: 2.0G
buff/cach 4.5G
available: 5.8G

Debian GNU/Linux 9.13

Why is the used so high?
It isn't slab, cache or...

So I am attempting an install of Debian Bullseye using the file provided on debian.org, debian-11.4.0-i386-DVD-1.iso . However, no matter how I burn...

Following the instructions in I get this error when trying to install wine in Debian 10:
apt-get install winehq-stable

Reading package lists......

I have a Huawei 160 USB modem which worked fine under Debian Stretch. Now, after upgrade to Buster, it stopped working.
Log excerpt:

Aug 18...

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I'm currently using xgamma :

xgamma -gamma 0.8

xgamma -quiet -rgamma 0.50 -ggamma 0.50 -bgamma 0.50

- to change the gamma of my screen....

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I'm a software engineer and I want to seek the possibility of running my system (web app, nginx, database) on debian 10, and I want to...

I found that it works fine if I first create a GPT partition and put btrfs inside. But if I use mkfs. btrfs to partition a blank drive, then mount...

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I've recently set up a 250TB storage system for a file server. I've done some speed testing a few weeks back and everything looked...

Hi everyone, first post here. I've been using Q4OS for a while which is based on debian and since I've updated the kernel to 5.10.0-17-686-pae its...

I recently updated firefox to the latest version (firefox-esr) and now it doesn't have any window decorations.

Window manager is Fluxbox. No other...

I have two output devices: my bluetooth headset and my computer speakers.

The bluetooth buttons on the headset function, thanks to playerctl....

I would like it to default to A2DP sink, not HSP/HFP.

How do I set this as the default?

Using pulseaudio + blueman-applet.

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I have a Dell e5470 with Intel 8265 BT chipset. Kernel is 5.7 and it should support this chipset. I use KDE and its GUI to connect BT...

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Please can someone help, i'm not sure where to start either. My knowledge of Debian/Linux is very limited but i have a VM of Debian which i just...

The creator of a package included in Debian (zpaq) has (sadly) abandoned it.

It is, in very large lines, an archiver (similar to 7z and rar to...

I have a small server where I need to run some non standard services (e.g. Unifi ...so commercial) in order to keep my Debian install clean I plan to...

Unfortunately I've installed the Desktop version, but later on In found out that I don't need the GUI at all, additionally I see many errors related...

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All selectioning expert mode :

I tried win32-loader.exe 0.10.4 stable release : The downloaded Released file cannot be trusted! Aborting .

I...

I hate color emojis almost as much as i hate emojis. I thought I was through with such nonsense in elementary school. Nevertheless I need to be able...

Yesterday, i performed a kernel upgrade to version 5.16
on my Debian 11 desktop

Having made a following update (sudo apt update)
i got the this...

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This is my first post here, and I hope I'm in the right board.

I have set up Apache Guacamole on my server for remote access, and it...

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I have a debian bullseye server that's permanently on the public internet.
I would like to be able to xrdp into it from both Linux and Windows...

I'm using phone to get internet for my debian laptop. When I enabled usb tethering from phone, connection manager(xfce) made new wired connction,...

For the fun of the adventure I’m exploring iPXE OS Installation functionality across various Linux distributions and documenting my discoveries with...

First of all sorry for the beginner question, but nevertheless I try to give my best :-)

I have a fresh install of Debian 1.4 on my pretty old Mac...

Some may be familiar with my nightmare experience trying to get my HP Deskjet Laserjet Professional p1102w installed and the nightmare of conflicting...

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I've been searching quite hard for a solution to take a bit of a different approach to loading the initramfs for legacy systems. The...

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I foolishly deleted the desktop panel and cannot see how to restore it.
Advice please?

I have a CUPS print server setup on a Raspberry Pi that works with all my devices except my Debian 11 XFCE install. Well it worked until recently and...

Used this wiki and as I have a static ip address trying to get xen working. Every time I boot it goes to the cursor and tty5 (ctrl+alt+f5) will only...

Hello, good, it is that I want to forward many hotmail emails to a single recipient. All the best. Thanks.