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Beginner's Guide (Updated for 2023)

Last post by FreewheelinFrank « 2023-03-08 06:33
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by beginners-guide » 2010-12-20 19:38
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This guide revised and updated Oct 2022

Table of contents

1) Intro:
A beginners guide to Debian

2) Finding information:
2.1) basic built-in...
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I want to print in draft mode

Last post by arzgi « 2023-05-30 10:40
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by DebianSpirit » 2023-05-28 18:56

Debian 11

I have a multifunction printer, Canon brand.

And I can only print in normal and high ink quality but not in draft quality. This means...

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Last post by arzgi
2023-05-30 10:40
Screen bugs after upgrade to bookworm

Last post by ThreeDs « 2023-05-30 08:45
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by ThreeDs » 2023-05-30 08:12

Hello,
I've upgraded to bookworm but now I'm experiencing issues with the screen. It keeps flickering and there are graphical glitches all over the...

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Last post by ThreeDs
2023-05-30 08:45
I can't get duplex printing on Debian 11

Last post by FreewheelinFrank « 2023-05-30 08:43
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by DebianSpirit » 2023-05-28 18:52

Hello everyone.

I have a multifunction printer, Canon brand and I can't get duplex printing in Debian 11 and if it works in Debian 10.

Can somebody...

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Last post by FreewheelinFrank
2023-05-30 08:43
[Installation] how to install Debian on a iPad?

Last post by dilberts_left_nut « 2023-05-30 07:37
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by elvn » 2023-05-29 15:18

Hello everyone I am searching a way to install Debian on my iPad is there a detailed guide you can advise or how can I do it properly? Besides I am...

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Last post by dilberts_left_nut
2023-05-30 07:37
Error Message - Media change

Last post by EuroNiceguy « 2023-05-30 07:10
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by EuroNiceguy » 2023-05-29 08:25

Hi Everyone,

I just receive a message when downloading an application (Wine) from Discover;

Media Change of type 'Debian GNU/Linux...

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Last post by EuroNiceguy
2023-05-30 07:10
[Installation] SSD

Last post by Aki « 2023-05-30 06:08
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by andwan0 » 2023-05-21 22:04

I used balena etcher to flash my 120GB Samsung SSD... using Debian Live image. I don't have any other portable USB devices at the moment.
Am...

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Last post by Aki
2023-05-30 06:08
[Sound] ThinkPad x1 carbon 5th gen internal microphone recognized but not working

Last post by janba « 2023-05-29 13:29
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by janba » 2023-04-19 18:59
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Hello together,

I was using Ubuntu for about a year now and decided to take the next step and installed Debian 11 two weeks ago.

Alltogether I...
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2023-05-29 13:29
[Installation] Installing latest Nvidia driver on Debian

Last post by ThreeDs « 2023-05-29 08:43
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by ThreeDs » 2023-05-28 13:23

Hi, New to Linux.
I'm trying to install the latest Nvidia driver
I'm using a GeForce RTX 3080 and I'm trying to install the driver using
sudo apt...

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Last post by ThreeDs
2023-05-29 08:43
Failed to add a plugin to the panel

Last post by EuroNiceguy « 2023-05-29 08:29
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by EuroNiceguy » 2023-05-29 00:18

Hi Everyone,

Just a heads up on the following, I am running Gnome desktop.

I have gone to install Pinegrow Web Editor on my Desktop and after...

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2023-05-29 08:29
deborphan

Last post by CwF « 2023-05-29 00:32
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by PsychoHermit » 2023-05-27 03:44

Greetings folks,

Should I uninstall the packages listed by deborphan?

glenn@LinuxBox:~$ deborphan
gstreamer1.0-packagekit
gstreamer1.0-vaapi...

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Last post by CwF
2023-05-29 00:32
[Software] extra software rant

Last post by Zoaky « 2023-05-28 09:08
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by jcizzo » 2023-05-16 18:41

why is it that all the extra junk software (games, photo editing, office, etc...) software either must be installed at the time of the os...

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Last post by Zoaky
2023-05-28 09:08
[O/S] What is the equivalent of Win+K in Debian 11

Last post by Aki « 2023-05-25 17:03
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by bcinteractive » 2023-05-24 18:29

I found it helpful this MS Windows 10 or 11 function from a laptop. The Win+K which will automagically share screen to an LG Smart TV. Of course all...

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Last post by Aki
2023-05-25 17:03
[O/S] Are these packages safe to Autoremove with Apt?

Last post by Random_Troll « 2023-05-25 05:44
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by tired-owl » 2023-05-25 04:27

Hello, apt is asking me to autoremove some packages, I am unsure if these packages are safe to autoremove.

Wondering if I could get a second pair of...

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Last post by Random_Troll
2023-05-25 05:44
testing xdotool command

Last post by manyroads « 2023-05-23 22:28
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by mazda1 » 2023-05-23 12:08

hello ,

this command seems somewhat peculiar to me because each time I test it in a terminal I have to reinitialize the prompt :

:~$ xdotool type...

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Last post by manyroads
2023-05-23 22:28
[Solved] Microphone Problem but Can Still Record Sound

Last post by pwzhangzz « 2023-05-23 07:25
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by pwzhangzz » 2023-05-22 16:19

When I used Google Duo/Meet there was no sound. Tried Cheese, also no sound. But then I can use (gnome) sound recording to record sound (thus...

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Last post by pwzhangzz
2023-05-23 07:25
Video tutorial

Last post by dpat99 « 2023-05-22 11:15
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by dpat99 » 2023-05-16 09:21

Hi guys, new here to this forum.

Hope to get to know some of you more :)

I am also a beginner at Debian, but wondering if there are any good...

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Last post by dpat99
2023-05-22 11:15
[Sound] Audio issue on Debian Bullseye with kernel 5.10.0-23-amd64

Last post by FreewheelinFrank « 2023-05-21 11:46
Replies: 4
by yangx9 » 2023-05-21 08:03

Hello everyone, this is my first post here.
Yesterday I installed Debian Bullseye alongside Windows 11 on my Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 9, everything...

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Last post by FreewheelinFrank
2023-05-21 11:46
Cron Job Help

Last post by Soapm « 2023-05-20 03:30
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by Soapm » 2022-10-03 05:22

Can someone please help me write a Cron job to run on my Tivo?

About every 3rd day around 6am I'd cron to run;

dbgc-mcp -fg-index

But not until...

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Last post by Soapm
2023-05-20 03:30
[Networking] [HELP! I NEED SOMEBODY] ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED

Last post by RZG01 « 2023-05-19 15:52
Replies: 1
by RZG01 » 2023-05-15 21:39

Hello, Noob here ! :idea:
Okay, let's get started!

To begin the case. My debian is installed on a usb flash drive. I use my USB system on two...

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Last post by RZG01
2023-05-19 15:52
[Software] Debian UI prompts OS-update but no relevant updates on apt update

Last post by lindi « 2023-05-18 21:13
Replies: 6
by Free_Alan » 2023-05-15 08:27

The GNOME UI prompts that a new OS update is available, as shown in the figure below:

But when I use apt update to view the available updates,...

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Last post by lindi
2023-05-18 21:13
[Solved] Need a little help understanding some startup stuff

Last post by fabien « 2023-05-17 16:47
Replies: 11
by pizza-rat » 2023-05-16 21:51

I've been a bit confused by how to go about starting everything I need on Debian. Usually I just use xinit, but I must be missing something from my...

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Last post by fabien
2023-05-17 16:47
[Software] Is there a website similar to ubuntuupdates.org but for Debian?

Last post by kent_dorfman766 « 2023-05-17 16:14
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by Organic_Marble » 2023-05-16 17:07

I'm a decade-long Ubuntu user planning to transition most of my systems to Debian 12 when it comes out.

A resource I reference often as an Ubuntu...

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Last post by kent_dorfman766
2023-05-17 16:14
[Networking] Debian wifi adapter unrecognized after install network-manager

Last post by NorthEast « 2023-05-17 04:08
Replies: 1
by sten » 2023-05-15 18:32

When I first installed debian I used `wpa_supplicant` and `dhclient` to connect to my wifi which so far has worked great, but now I installed...

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Last post by NorthEast
2023-05-17 04:08
[Installation] cant login with correct password

Last post by Bloom « 2023-05-16 11:22
Replies: 3
by kayZZ » 2023-05-08 10:17

hello
I tried installing debian 32 bit on an old laptop
Now I can't login as user with my correct password
I can however login with user:root...

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Last post by Bloom
2023-05-16 11:22
Enabling WiFi on my Desktop

Last post by EuroNiceguy « 2023-05-16 08:46
Replies: 3
by EuroNiceguy » 2023-05-15 08:17

Hello everyone,

After distro hopping from Arch to Fedora to dressed up distros, I have decided to make my last hop onto Debian - after multiple...

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Last post by EuroNiceguy
2023-05-16 08:46
[Installation] Bullseye on a Vortex86DX

Last post by Aki « 2023-05-14 11:53
Replies: 4
by dbip » 2023-05-13 12:35

Hello,

I recovered an old Vortex86 to setup a mini-server. Googled about which flavour I'd be able to install and saw that latest supported version...

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Last post by Aki
2023-05-14 11:53
[O/S] [Laravel] Project only works when I set permissions to 777, not 775

Last post by PsychoHermit « 2023-05-13 19:20
Replies: 1
by ahmedde » 2023-05-13 11:35

I'm trying to install a laravel project on my VPS. It is running Debian 11. AppArmor and SELinux are not installed.
I have looked it up online and...

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Last post by PsychoHermit
2023-05-13 19:20
[Solved] is it save to remove these packages?

Last post by Aki « 2023-05-13 12:16
Replies: 4
by Chris-Debian » 2023-05-13 09:11

Hello Dear Community

I was recently updating packages and figured out that i dont need chinese stuff so i uninstalled it
Apt tells me the following...

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Last post by Aki
2023-05-13 12:16
[Software] can't launch tradingview

Last post by FreewheelinFrank « 2023-05-12 13:55
Replies: 5
by Rita G. » 2023-05-12 02:56

can someone please show me how to launch this program? it is installed, but i can't launch it.
~# tradingview
update.go:85: cannot change mount...

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Last post by FreewheelinFrank
2023-05-12 13:55
[Video] multi display scaling and fractional scaling

Last post by ktlwgrandchp « 2023-05-12 00:32
Replies: 1
by slvrsrc » 2023-04-22 22:10

been using linux for the past few months and most distros i tried had the fractional scaling option on by default.

started using debian 12 as daily...

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Last post by ktlwgrandchp
2023-05-12 00:32
[Software] What is the name of packages for required libraries and optional libraries for Firefox Stable ?

Last post by Aki « 2023-05-11 10:38
Replies: 3
by subhampoddar2024 » 2023-05-11 05:21

As per Firefox website , to use Firefox stable following libraries are required :-
glibc 2.17 or higher
GTK+ 3.14 or higher
libstdc++ 4.8.1 or...

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Last post by Aki
2023-05-11 10:38
[Networking] how to share exFAT USB HDD over NFS?

Last post by kambala « 2023-05-10 08:31
Replies: 2
by kambala » 2023-05-08 10:43

Hi all,

I've just installed Debian 11 and trying to configure NFS shares. It works fine for directories on internal disk, however I can't do this...

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Last post by kambala
2023-05-10 08:31
Wine not working correctly - worked on Fedora

Last post by FreewheelinFrank « 2023-05-09 19:29
Replies: 5
by SAVVYSCLUTTER » 2023-05-08 19:57

I installed Wine on Debian 11 KDE using this guide. I noticed several issues that didn't occur on Fedora 37 GNOME, which I previously used:

Wine...

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Last post by FreewheelinFrank
2023-05-09 19:29
kernel/shell/console

Last post by mazda1 « 2023-05-09 11:44
Replies: 2
by mazda1 » 2023-05-09 07:01

hello,

as I am quite confused about the meaning of words like console , terminal , command line etc etc I tried to find a clear explanation on the...

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Last post by mazda1
2023-05-09 11:44
[Exim/MTA] Simple configuration to punt all mail to smart host and use aliases

Last post by jrlineton « 2023-05-09 06:58
Replies: 4
by jrlineton » 2023-05-05 12:48

Hi,

I am looking to configure Exit installed on Debian 4.19.194-2 (2021-06-21) to forward all mail to g-mail preferably via aspmx.l.google.com. Mail...

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Last post by jrlineton
2023-05-09 06:58
I Broke Openbox - Doesn't Start on Login

Last post by wizard10000 « 2023-05-08 20:30
Replies: 9
by KenD » 2023-05-07 14:36

Debian 11 (updated) with Openbox

I edited ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml to add a key binding and apparently made an error. Now my system starts and logs...

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Last post by wizard10000
2023-05-08 20:30
FIrefox crashes at launch and problem with Wayland/GNOME/X11

Last post by CynicalDebian « 2023-05-08 14:42
Replies: 5
by wyngwyn » 2023-05-01 20:02

Hello! Noob here. This is a mess, so I'll try my best to explain. Please bear with me!

Firefox

On fresh installs of Bullseye & Bookworm, in XFCE...

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Last post by CynicalDebian
2023-05-08 14:42
[Solved] JBL Wave - Headphones (bluetooth) protocoll missing + connecting but no audio/microphone

Last post by FreewheelinFrank « 2023-05-08 09:17
Replies: 19
by janba » 2023-04-19 19:06

Hello together,

I was using Ubuntu for about a years on a ThinkPad x1 carbon 5th gen now and decided to take the next step and installed Debian 11...

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2023-05-08 09:17
[Solved] Dolphin doesn't show PDF-previews

Last post by janba « 2023-05-07 16:34
Replies: 4
by janba » 2023-05-05 21:32

I have some problems to make Dolphin show preview images for PDFs..

I check all the settings, enabled all previews (as they were by default exept...

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Last post by janba
2023-05-07 16:34
[Networking] Wifi wont work on debian, network manager wont show networks

Last post by sunrat « 2023-05-03 03:16
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by randomUser_0 » 2023-05-01 22:10

Hello all, I am new to debian and have been struggling in general trying to get everything to work out of the box. For starters, the resolution was...

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Last post by sunrat
2023-05-03 03:16
[O/S] Override local changes to /etc/pam.d/common-*

Last post by fabien « 2023-04-30 19:14
Replies: 1
by fch » 2023-04-30 18:11

I was running some update on one of my servers and got this message at the end:
One or more of the files...

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Last post by fabien
2023-04-30 19:14
[Video] How should I set up AMDVLK?

Last post by CwF « 2023-04-30 17:11
Replies: 5
by olddesklamp » 2023-04-28 18:27

Hello, Debian forum.

I'm using an old GCN 1.0 AMD Card on which I enabled Vulkan support. I'd like to play Steam games, but the ones that require...

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Last post by CwF
2023-04-30 17:11
Best way to make Synaptic use Dark Breeze theme?

Last post by oddyolynx « 2023-04-28 03:00
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by Xeno Idaltu » 2019-09-17 01:47

Synaptic opens as Root, it's default white theme is too bright to read.
What's the best way to make Synaptic use a Dark Theme when opening as Root?

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Last post by oddyolynx
2023-04-28 03:00
About kernel names and probably newer kernels

Last post by mabra « 2023-04-27 19:04
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by mabra » 2023-04-18 21:30

Hi All!
With some computers I stuck on debian buster (and usually there with kernel 5.10.0-0.deb10.16-amd64).
I run zfs on root and tried to use...

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Last post by mabra
2023-04-27 19:04
I cannot access "su" and use "sudo", while trying to access and fix this error.

Last post by DarkGames616 « 2023-04-26 20:41
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by DarkGames616 » 2023-04-25 22:02

Hello!

I am new learner of linux Debian , and may or not this Topic be wrong or repetitive, but im using a virtual machine, to learn how the OS...

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Last post by DarkGames616
2023-04-26 20:41
Can't use usermod as root to add myself to the sudoers group

Last post by rdbe « 2023-04-25 18:56
Replies: 3
by rdbe » 2023-04-25 16:50

I'm very frustrated here, since I've read a number of posts on this topic both in our forums and on outside websites.

No matter what I do I can't...

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Last post by rdbe
2023-04-25 18:56
[Hardware] HDMI monitor connection lost

Last post by Aki « 2023-04-25 15:15
Replies: 7
by kurto » 2023-04-07 21:58

After the monitor connection is interrupted (e.g., a power setting to blank the screen after a certain number of minutes), I can't get the HDMI...

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Last post by Aki
2023-04-25 15:15
[Software] browsers with chinese charaters

Last post by Bazz « 2023-04-25 07:13
Replies: 4
by Bazz » 2023-04-24 05:51

Hi everyone. I'm new to this operating system, and at 82 I am finding it a bit difficult, but i'm sure it will easier. My problem at the moment...

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Last post by Bazz
2023-04-25 07:13
is () a shell builtin command ?

Last post by FreewheelinFrank « 2023-04-23 11:03
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by mazda1 » 2023-04-23 06:43

Hello ,

to learn the basics of Bash commands I've started reading command_basics . About Shell function I have just read this :
Believe it or not,...

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Last post by FreewheelinFrank
2023-04-23 11:03
Looking for a good easy LAMP install guide for beginners

Last post by nixer « 2023-04-22 20:00
Replies: 9
by sissipher » 2023-04-17 19:42

Just like the subject says, I'm looking for a good, easy, step by step LAMP install guide for beginners! What do you recommend to get Apache2, PHP,...

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2023-04-22 20:00

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