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    Linux My computer's hard drive is too small for the Windows 10 update... can I use Linux?

    May 02, 2018

    Linux My computer's hard drive is too small for the Windows 10 update... can I use Linux?

    My computer's hard drive is too small for the Windows 10 update... can I use Linux?

    Posted: 02 May 2018 10:35 AM PDT

    I am just sick of Windows at this point. I have tried 8+ times to do the update: plugging in external hard drives, deleting programs including Office to make space, doing stuff in Command Prompt. Every single attempt ends with an error message and/or it demanding that I connect an external drive that is already connected

    I have no files I need on this laptop, and I'm basically ready to give up. I want to clean everything off a USB I have, and use it to install Linux.

    I have a few questions:

    1. Is this a terrible idea? I'm not bad at the user side of computers and doing some HTML stuff, but Command Prompt scares me.

    2. The only programs I need are Chrome, Freedom, Anki, Audacity, and Word/Excel/PowerPoint (or equivalents). Is this possible on Linux?

    3. Which version of Linux should I use, and from where should I download it?

    Thanks! Sorry for being a noob. :)

    submitted by /u/unsureartsstudent
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    How do you copy someone's r/unixporn setup?

    Posted: 02 May 2018 04:01 AM PDT

    Any linux distros i've tried doesnt work well

    Posted: 02 May 2018 12:32 PM PDT

    Hi, first of all, English is not my native language so I'll try my best. I've got a pavilion 15 power, and I want to learn and know about linux, so I downloaded the ISO( first elementary, then Ubuntu ) and boot it into my USB. I installed them, and both have the same problem. The two gets freezed at certain point. Elementary got freezed two times during the installation, then I could install it but it freezed randomly( don't remember exactly when) so I came back to Windows for a few months. Yesterday I downloaded Ubuntu, installed it today, apparently without any trouble. But when it has finished the installation and asked me to reboot my system it goted freezed, so I turned off the laptop with the power button, then power it again, it seems normal again. I've even open Mozilla without any problem, but then y click on the VPN tab and it got freezed, repeat the same process, opened the keyboard setting to set shortcuts and freezed again. I even tried to install Ubuntu without the "third party application and drivers" options but it doesn't seems to work. I've never asked for helps in forums, because I usually find the answer in other thread, but this is not the case. If anyone can help me I would be really thankfull!

    submitted by /u/Gerkedge
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    Dual-boot setup step by step? Also I want to ask for your opinions.

    Posted: 02 May 2018 08:07 AM PDT

    Hello, I decided to ditch window$ & join the Linux community yesterday. Good day everyone!

    I have fresh installed Mint, but its Cinnamon interface doesn't seem to suit me (too squarish for my taste, lol). Also the size of panel & things is not big enough, even when I set them to the max. But above all, the main problem is that I can't type my own language after installing several East Asian packages. This is a deal breaker.

    So I figured, the best time to distro jump is when everything is new & I don't have anything to fear of losing. I've read about the recent release of Ubuntu 18.04, and aside from 'linuxy' technical things that I don't really understand, it being an LTS & having night time feature like win10 is great for a general user. Besides, the mere name Bionic Beaver sounds [insert any adjective you want] enough to even get on a T-shirt :)

    My rig has only 120GB of SSD hard disk, so this is my plan & my reasons for it:

    • Set a 25GB space for the Beaver.

    • Set less than 10GB for WinXP dual boot. This partition is a fallback place when everything else fails, & at some point I might want to play Worms Armageddon & Civilization IV. Also, I think as WinXP has been out of support for quite some time, less people use it nowadays & thus it won't be at any big risk of being hacked. Any later Window$ is much more bloated & will consume scarce disk space.

    • That leaves nearly 85GB for a third partition for all other data. On my old laptop, the data drive has more than 100GB of stuffs, so this is tight already.

    OK so that's the plan. Being a noob, I'd like to ask you a lot of questions.

    • Do you think the above line of thought is good? If so, I'd like to ask for your help in detailing what to do to make that dual-boot setup. Especially in the partitioning section. The amount of strange terms & stuffs of that part overwhelmed me, I have no clue at all.

    • Is Ubuntu 18.04 a good choice for a stable environment? What would be your suggestion for a complete newbie?

    • Is WinXP the optimum 2nd boot? Or should I go for other Linux distros?

    Thank you very much!

    submitted by /u/12tn2
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    Autostarting Programs

    Posted: 02 May 2018 01:44 PM PDT

    Hi, how can I make these apps autostart?

    • Conky

    • twmn

    • dunst

    • sxhkd

    • wttr.in

    Do I use Xprofiles or the i3 config, can I use the -e command to launch wttr.on and conky inside the terminal?

    submitted by /u/schofts
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    Volume Indicator

    Posted: 02 May 2018 01:40 PM PDT

    Hi, if uninstall budgie DE will it take away the volume shortcuts? I'm asking since the volume menu would be gone.

    I'm using Solus.

    submitted by /u/schofts
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    Cant login with user whose home directory is named different than their username

    Posted: 02 May 2018 01:17 PM PDT

    im trying to create a user that has a different name than their home directory, however i cannot login as that user once it is created. i can create users just fine if their username is the same as their home directory name, below are my terminal commands:

    sudo useradd -g clientgroup -s /sbin/nologin -d /home/sftp/clients/clientx clientx_client sudo passwd clientx_client sudo chmod 775 /home/sftp/clients/clientx sudo chown root:root /home/sftp/clients/clientx sudo chmod go-w /home/sftp/clients/clientx

    when i try to login i get:

    Connection Failed Connection reset. The connection attempt was rejected. The server may be down, or your network may not be properly configured.

    however this will work completely fine if i just name the user 'clientx' instead of 'clientx_client', but i cant.

    submitted by /u/eggn00dles
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    What would be the easiest to use, secure and private distro for a dual boot system with Windows 10? How do I preserve my files if I later remove that OS?

    Posted: 02 May 2018 09:27 AM PDT

    I live in a country with severe privacy human rights violations. I am planning on dividing my 1TB HDD in half and installing Windows on 500GB that will only be used for gaming and using the rest 500GB for all other work under a secure Linux environment. The distro should be easy to use as I never used linux before and have no idea about computer science. It should also be secure and private.

    My questions are:

    • What would be the best, secure, distro for this?

    • If I later decide to remove the Linux installation, will I get all my personal files that was in that environment? If so, how?

    • Is it possible, to later remove that Linux installation and install another OS in its place? If so, how?

    submitted by /u/powerofinformation
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    Which Linux Distro is the best option for my very old laggy laptop?

    Posted: 02 May 2018 03:16 AM PDT

    Hey guys! I have a Intel Core 2 Duo, 3GB RAM, 150GB HDD old laptop that I'm not using because of his incredible lag. Which Distro is the better option for my laptop? I'm actually on Windows 7 and this is an unbearable suffering.

    I've heard that Linux is the better option but since I'm not an expert...

    submitted by /u/HyperactivePenguin
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    Every linux distro i've tried doesnt work well

    Posted: 02 May 2018 12:52 PM PDT

    Hi, first of all, English is not my native language so I'll try my best. I've got a pavilion 15 power, and I want to learn and know about linux, so I downloaded the ISO( first elementary, then Ubuntu ) and boot it into my USB.I installed them, and both have the same problem.The two gets freezed at certain point.Elementary got freezed two times in the installation, then I could install it but it freezed randomly so I came back to Windows for a few months.Yesterday I downloaded Ubuntu, installed it today, apparently without any trouble. But when it has finished the installation and asked me to reboot my system it goted freezed, so I turned off the laptop with the power button, then power it again, everything seems normal.I've even open Mozilla without any problem, but then y click on the VPN tab and it got freezed, repeat the same process, opened the keyboard setting to set shortcuts and freezed again.I've even tried to re-install Ubuntu without the "third party application and drivers" options but it doesn't seems to work. I've never asked for helps in forums, because I usually find the answer in other thread, but this is not the case.If anyone can help me I would be really thankfull!

    submitted by /u/Gerkedge
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    Ubuntu 18.04 version

    Posted: 02 May 2018 12:38 PM PDT

    Downloaded playonlinux so I could use windows software, every time I put in a folder, it just says error.

    Do you know what I can try? Thanks, Me

    submitted by /u/yehrofdna
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    So I’m trying to boot up Solus on my 2012 Mac book pro via flash drive, so I can test it out. I get to this screen and I just stops. I mounted Solus-3-Gnome.iso to a 8gb flash drive using Etcher. Is there something I doing wrong?

    Posted: 02 May 2018 11:18 AM PDT

    Get linux without resetting computer?

    Posted: 02 May 2018 11:13 AM PDT

    I had a Chromebook that I downloaded and installed Ubuntu on. I got a shiny new Windows 10 laptop for Christmas that I'm in love with, and I realized I never got any distro of linux on here. I don't want to have to reset my laptop, but I will if it's necessary. I was wondering if there's a way to get any linux distro on here without a reset. Thanks

    submitted by /u/kreeperskid
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    What's the difference between different shells?

    Posted: 02 May 2018 07:12 AM PDT

    This question may sound stupid but I'm confused and don't have a background of programming. bash,ksh, zsh,csh,etc Where they differs? Why they differs? In which aspect they differs?

    submitted by /u/karsacui
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    Wifi disconnects randomly - advice / suggestions?

    Posted: 02 May 2018 10:56 AM PDT

    This seems like a very common problem that has been asked here often. I apologize for the redundancy but couldn't really find a solution in any prior posts so I thought I'd describe my current situation and ask for any advice / pointers / suggestions.

    I have this wifi card in my computer: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter and it works great, for the most part. However, multiple times a day, I'll be browsing and all of a sudden I find that my wifi is disconnected. All I have to do to get back online is connect to my network again in Gnome NetworkManager. It's easy but annoying. I'm pretty sure this isn't a Firefox problem because I tried to ping google in the terminal and couldn't but then it worked after I connected to WiFi again so I'm sure it's a WiFi issue. I'm wondering if it might have something to do with the linux kernel I'm running (4.16.5-1)? Perhaps I need to install a driver? I've tried to do some googling and didn't come up with much. Any thoughts / suggestions / advice?

    BTW, I'm forced to use wifi so a wired connection directly to my router isn't an option unfortunately.

    submitted by /u/bgdawes
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    fdupes for removing duplicate files worked great, but it left behind empty dirs that need manual deletion

    Posted: 02 May 2018 10:02 AM PDT

    I just ran an "fdupes -rdN /path" and it worked great. It left me with a bunch of empty directories, though. Can someone help teach me how to pipe in some shell or bash scripting to take care of those empty dirs? I'm a total newb so I could be missing something but there doesn't seem to be an option for this in "man fdupes". Thanks.

    submitted by /u/rootaspirations
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    Conky Configuration

    Posted: 02 May 2018 09:48 AM PDT

    Hi, after searching abit for some conky scripts I found these:

    Date/time

    date=$(date +'%a %b %d')

    time=$(date +'%H:%M:%S')

    GPU Usuage(I suppose I need nvidia-smi for this one)

    GPU Usage: ${exec nvidia-smi | grep % | cut -c 62-63}

    GPU Temp: can stay "nvidia temp"

    GPU VRAM: ${exec nvidia-smi | grep % | cut -c 37-40}MiB

    How can I make used disk space and free disk space show on the same line? Like this used-space/free-space.

    The commands for disk usuage seem to be these:

    fs_size - File system size

    fs_used - File system used space

    How can I monitor my ryzen cpu temperatures?

    How can I make it show the weather for the day and tomorrow?

    Do note that I want to use it in CLI Mode.

    submitted by /u/schofts
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    Ubuntu vs Ubuntu MATE

    Posted: 02 May 2018 09:48 AM PDT

    Does MATE receive software/security updates at the same rate as Ubuntu? Does MATE have any hardware compatibility differences from regular Ubuntu? Is MATE really just a GUI change, or is there something else going on under the hood? Are all the repositories the same?

    tl;dr From a performance/security view, what am I giving up by going with MATE instead of plain ol' Ubuntu?

    submitted by /u/thru_dangers_untold
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    Cannot connect to my Windows Share via smb

    Posted: 02 May 2018 09:32 AM PDT

    Hey there, I've recently switched from Windwos 10 to Ubuntu 18 on my old laptop.

    I have a Windows 10 "server" running which also holds all my data and it seems, that I have problems connecting to it via Ubuntu.

    I'm trying to connect via the file manager -> Other Locations -> Connect to server

    as described here: https://websiteforstudents.com/connecting-to-windows-networks-shares-from-ubuntu-desktop/

    I get the popup which asks for username, password an domain but after I've entered everything and hit enter, it just hangs with a little progress bar that isn't precessing any further.

    Is there something else I have to do before I can connect to my windows share? It's a complete new and clean installation.

    Many thanks in advance :)

    submitted by /u/The_Lux83
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    Two questions from a total linux noob.

    Posted: 02 May 2018 09:26 AM PDT

    Hey, I finally got into installing deepin, and now I've got two questions:

    1. How do you setup multiple monitors in deepin?
    2. How do you disable mouse acceleration?

    All help would be appreciated, since I've got 2 monitors sitting idle and the mouse acceleration is killing me, lol.

    submitted by /u/mindofgenial
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    Ubuntu server PHP hardening question

    Posted: 02 May 2018 02:31 AM PDT

    Hi, I'm running through an old guide here and am hitting an error on the PHP section:

    Harden PHP for security

    Edit the php.ini file :

    sudo vi /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini Add or edit the following lines : disable_functions = exec,system,shell_exec,passthru register_globals = Off expose_php = Off magic_quotes_gpc = On

    After this, I Esc, :wq to save and quit vi. Then I get an error:

    E212: Can't open file for writing Press ENTER or type command to continue

    I've tried 

    :!chmod +w %

    but it says it can't open the file or directory as it doesn't exist.

    Someone suggested a permissions error and to try :w! but that also fails with the initial error.

    I suspect I need to change permissions on the file, but I'm not that experienced yet. Any advice appreciated!!

    submitted by /u/maderator
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    Any currently available ath9k cards on the market?

    Posted: 02 May 2018 04:41 AM PDT

    Purchased one that was an ath9k but is a rev2 with a realtek chipset that's nonfree. Are there any ath9k cards or other cards that will be supported on a fully free (librebooted, for context) system?

    submitted by /u/themadnun
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    where to find: feature docs for ClipIt?

    Posted: 02 May 2018 06:57 AM PDT

    looking for good documentation of clipboard manager ClipIt -- usage examples, feature descriptions, etc -- and there appears to be precious little. "actions" seem especially powerful but can they only access the item at the top of the list ("%s")?

    in particular i've discovered that you can use the num pad keys to select the 1st, 2nd, etc items in the clip list and it would be amazing if actions could access those as well. for instance one could build up a compound string which would be a lovely thing. is it possible? format? where does one find out?

    submitted by /u/jhooly
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    Man, I really, REALLY miss Minirok. Need step-by-step on rebuilding .deb with altered dependencies

    Posted: 02 May 2018 12:48 AM PDT

    Fairly self-explanatory.

    Here's the deal: I LOVE the ease and simplicity (especially drag-and-drop, WHY DO MOST PLAYERS NOT SUPPORT THIS????) of Minirok, and I have tried out a few other music/mp3 players and they just don't cut it.

    Now, Minirok has been out of the update cycle for YEARS and therefore is counting on (DEPENDING ON, see what I did there?) older versions of packages that have since been updated. So I would like to unpack the .deb file, change the dependencies versions, re-pack/rebuild the .deb file, and hopefully it should install correctly from there.

    I tried following two small forum replies, but I must not have done something correctly.

    Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon, x86 Gstreamer completely up-to-date.

    I can use Timeshift just in case I bork the system.

    submitted by /u/TheAngryHygienist
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