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    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 08:14 AM PDT

    Hey everyone! I'm currently running Ubuntu, and just wanted to ask, if I want to switch distro sometime in the future, would i have to reinstall all my steam games etc, or would it migrate over?

    submitted by /u/teddy-bearz
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    How do I get away from Windows?!

    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 12:17 PM PDT

    Hello Linux Gurus!

    I've been looking to break away from Microsoft/Windows and join the Linux gang. I've installed Ubuntu and played a little with Mint in the past but ultimately I'd lose interest or become frustrated and switch back to Windows. I've used Windows all my life, and it's become the only operating system I'm most proficient with. To make the switch can come off as overwhelming at times, but it's still something I'd like to do.

    I work as a Jr. Sys admin and it would be handy to learn the essentials of Linux to better my skill set. It's obvious that Linux is much better than Windows when it comes to a number of things; especially server hosting and security. Plus it's open source! You can't beat that.

    It was recommended that I avoid "Fork" distros such as Elementary, Parrot, Mint, Manjaro, and Pop! (There's so many...) as they take longer to get updates since they're derived from "Main" distros such as Ubuntu, Arch, and Kali. What do you guys think?

    Which distros/resources would you guys recommend to start this journey? My end goal would to ultimately become proficient enough with Linux to see full reason to make the switch from Windows. How can I go about this without becoming overwhelmed or discouraged? It's like a whole new world to me.

    I appreciate any advice!

    submitted by /u/Skylantech
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    Is there an efficient way to identify what is gradually consuming disk space?

    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 07:30 AM PDT

    I use Gentoo, although this might only be half a Gentoo problem. Just 5 days ago I had at least 24 gigs of space on my ssd, now df -h only outputs 20G. In that time my home partition only grew around 1G (66G-67G). System wise I refrained from updating, but the space kept getting filled up (I caved in and updated yesterday, which decreased space as well, even after running eclean). It should be noted that I have a pretty weird partiton layout, where I first mount an hdd partition, and bind mount /var and /tmp to that directory. Here's my fstab: link

    So currently I just save the output of a du command to a txt file like this: sudo du -h --exclude=/home/user/mount --exclude=/home/user/hdd --exclude=/run/timeshift / > space.txt and compare the output of these files with ediff in emacs. But that spits out a lot of unnecessary information, is there a way just to see the 'major' changes?

    submitted by /u/IAmHappyAndAwesome
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    find out when a command started?

    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 07:55 AM PDT

    often when running commands on large datasets if find myself wondering "when did I start this process? ... I wish i wrote the time down."

    is there a way to find that out?

    if not is there a package or a shell that supports time logging?

    submitted by /u/sf_Lordpiggy
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    How to fully uninstall KDE from Ubuntu?

    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 10:50 AM PDT

    I've been running Ubuntu 21.10 with GNOME for some time, and while I haven't been dissatisfied with GNOME I have recently become interested in trying other environments. I thought KDE looked interesting, and thought I could easily try it and switch back if it wasn't to my liking.

    So I installed the kde-full package, and skipping a bunch of the explanation around that experience, I am now trying to undo everything done by installing that package. At first I just removed kde-full, but that definitely did not clean up everything, and since then I've been hunting down the packages for all the loose applications and themes KDE has left on my computer. Is there just an easy one command solution to fully and cleanly uninstall KDE?

    submitted by /u/Booski62005
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    Steam problem: New Steam library folder must be writeable

    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 03:21 PM PDT

    Hi all
    I just migrate to arch linux.

    I wanted to add the two ssd disks i have to the Steam library but I can't.

    It seems to me that there is some problems with rw privileges because I get this error "New Steam library folder must be writeable". I saw there were various editions of this error so step by step I incorporated the various solution to try to fix my problem.

    What I have done so far is this:

    1. I created a directory to mount the disk - it's inside home/user/games (this mounted the disk inside games and left a little directory named lost+found, I had to sudo mkdir a directory inside this because being not empty Steam didn't want to use it as library)I am open to use a more elegant solution, this mount unmount thing is really new to me
    2. I then edited fstab adding the UIDD with the following options(ext4 type) rw,user,x-gvfs-show 0 2i previously did it manually with just defaults,user 0 2 but it didn't work so I installed gnu-disk-utilities to re-do it and it wrote that in the fstab

    I don't understand what I am doing wrong, I saw there are different solutions to this problem but none applies to mine.

    I saw here on reddit that another user using mint, set the fstab like this

    rw,user,exec,umask=000,x-gvfs-show.

    Must I do the same?I checked on the fstab arch linux wiki page but at the time I understand 1/4th of it XD

    submitted by /u/zombieglam
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    How does fractional scaling work in Pop_OS?

    Posted: 04 Apr 2022 10:49 PM PDT

    How do I actually run NAPS2?

    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 02:16 PM PDT

    OS: LMDE 4

    System: Ryzen 5900X, 64gb RAM, X570 mobo, Brother all in one scanner / laser printer (printing works).

    It's not just this, but I find many times instructions for applications don't actually say how to run it. This is a good example though, hopefully there's a simple secret I'm missing.

    So, take NAPS2 for instance. Hands down, best scanning program I've ever used, was a deciding factor in switching to Linux, and now I finally get to install it.

    https://www.naps2.com/download.html

    It's got a penguin, huzzah! Download the portable zip and extract the files. Not sure what to do next. OK, go to Getting Started:

    https://www.naps2.com/doc-getting-started.html

    Installed mono and those other three packages. Within the mono instructions I made the test file and tried running it, got the described behavior. OK, making progress!

    And....now what? It says Linux needs to use the portable archive, I double clicked on the NAPS2.Portable.exe (under the Windows instructions), I just get three dot files.

    So in this case and others, what should be my next step? What's being left out that I need to do to start an application?

    (Or, if this is borked and you have a recommendation for an amazing scanning program I'm all ears - I need to scan and create PDFs and batch scanned images constantly. NAPS2 was fantastic for this.)

    Thanks!

    submitted by /u/Biking_dude
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    My raspberry pi crashed during an ext4 move and resize operation.

    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 02:15 PM PDT

    As the title says. I had a hard drive connected to a raspberry pi and discovered about 50GB of unallocated storage before the partition I wasn't using. So I tried resizing the ext4 partition overnight and the raspberry pi crashed while the resize was occuring.

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    I tried fsck and testdisk to recover the partition and no dice. I haven't used photorec because I don't have where to store the recovered files. There isn't anything important on the drive (at least nothing I didn't already back up) but I assume all the data is still on the drive just in 2 pieces. Is there any way to recover it?

    submitted by /u/oshaboy
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    Trying to access NVMe drive within USB Enclosure

    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 02:07 PM PDT 

    doumamuzan@kenshiro:~$ sudo lsusb [sudo] password for doumamuzan Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 004: ID 27c6:639c Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd. Goodix USB2.0 MISC Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0cf3:e007 Qualcomm Atheros Communications Bus 002 Device 015: ID 152d:0562 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JMS567 SATA 6Gb/s bridge doumamuzan@kenshiro:~$

    I want to access Device 015

    Other commands and partition programs simply do not even display Device 105

    https://imgur.com/a/rOuJ3nF

    My Kubuntu has no problem accessing other external drives and USB storages

    This NVMe I am trying to access, is from my brand new laptop

    It came inside my new laptop

    I replaced it with 500GB NVMe and I am trying to access the 255GB NVMe via USB enclosure

    submitted by /u/doraemonlol
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    Last step: reinstall arch linux

    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 08:55 AM PDT

    Hi all
    a few days ago I installed Arch Linux tro try out some of the games I like and use. It seems that after many trial and errors I finally solved all the problems and I am ready to make the complete change.

    I will reset my windows installation and keep it just in case a game or something isn't working on Arch, in the future I will completely get rid of Windows I suppose.

    Before making the big step there is only one question: I need to move Windows on the slower hardrive and on top of that I need to reinstall Arch Linux because I installed it in the wrong hard disk.

    1. How do I backup the EFI partitions? which ones are to backup? seems now I have 2, one on the Windows HD and the other one on the Linux HD
    2. Once I have booted from the Arch Linux USB and isntalled it on the right HD, can I safely wipe the other/old Arch Linux partition?

    I am a bit scared of destroying somethign
    It is true though that this machine was built and I installed windows here by miself, so I guess that worst case scenario I simply lose everything and I can start by scratch, right? :)

    submitted by /u/zombieglam
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    linux disk cloning

    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 05:25 AM PDT

    Trying to clone 2 numbers, 3.5 inch IDE hard drive, connected to motherboard through usb port, via generic 2 numbers IDE to usb converter.One hard drive, contains red hat OS, and with clonezilla disk cloning software, cloning proces completed, unable to boot from destination drive after cloning.Source drive is working fine.

    submitted by /u/ReferenceThin6645
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    Screen goes black when locking or switching to virtual terminal (Linux Mint/Xfce)

    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 11:13 AM PDT

    I'm on Linux Mint 20 Xfce. I have no issues starting up or logging in, but whenever I try to either hit the lock button or switch to a virtual terminal (ctrl+alt+f2, etc.) the screen goes black. I've tried turning up the brightness with the keyboard when this happens, but it does nothing. I've tried Googling it, but I'm just seeing results about changing the desktop brightness, which isn't related. Any suggestions?

    submitted by /u/Rex4748
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    New to Linux, having trouble with poor audio quality from Focusrite 2i2 gen 2 interface

    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 10:57 AM PDT

    As the topic states, I'm brand new to Linux(Kubuntu 20.04 LTS), and I'm having trouble with poor audio quality from my USB interface. The best was I can describe it is my studio monitors sound like $1 ear buds. I've tried googling around, but having trouble finding a solution as I don't quite understand how audio works in Linux. Use to it just simply just working in Windows. Any help would greatly be appreciated!

    Edit: I did "lsusb" in terminal and noticed some strange device name conflictions going on.

    Focusrite is the manufacturer of my USB audio interface I'm having issues, while QuickFire TKL Nkeys is my keyboard, some sort of USB issue going on?

    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
    Bus 001 Device 010: ID 8087:0aa7 Intel Corp.
    Bus 001 Device 008: ID 1e71:170e NZXT NZXT USB Device
    Bus 001 Device 009: ID 28de:1142 Valve Software Wireless Steam Controller
    Bus 001 Device 006: ID 174c:2074 ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1074 High-Speed hub
    Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1532:005c Razer USA, Ltd Razer DeathAdder Elite
    Bus 001 Device 007: ID 1235:8202 Focusrite-Novation Quickfire TKL Nkeys
    Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:5411 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Quickfire TKL Nkeys
    Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:5411 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub
    Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2516:0014 Cooler Master Co., Ltd. Quickfire TKL Nkeys

    submitted by /u/sleepnaught88
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    GRUB Command screen when booting into any setup usb

    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 10:08 AM PDT

    I flashed a Pop!_OS installation iso onto a usb drive and booted into it, and it just pops up a command screen for grub, tried Kali too, same exact thing.

    submitted by /u/Felix_Da_Guy
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    Completely change Nautilus on GNOME - system file explorer on apps still default to Nautilus ?

    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 10:07 AM PDT

    I have completely removed Nautilus from my GNOME installation and changed it to Nemo and used the following command:

    xdg-mime default nemo.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search

    However when opening a "choose file" on a browser or other programs, it opens a window that is exactly like Nautilus. Checking system monitor, there is not a single nautilus process running; there is nothing of Nautilus on the package manager; and killing Nemo processes does not kill the "Nautilus-like" window that opens up.

    What program does the browser/other software defaults to when exploring files? Is it possible to change this ?

    submitted by /u/AdvertisingNo3914
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    I want to install an appimage to a place on my ubuntu system so that it shows up in the applications panel - where should I put it?

    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 04:39 AM PDT

    So I know that appimages are meant to be really simple - just download them, chmod them (I'm using 755, which is probably the safest one I think) and then you're good to go. Except, where do I put the appimage so that it shows up in GNOME's applications panel (and, more importantly, I can open it using rofi searchbar in i3wm). I've looked at the standard file hierarchy and I've tried to understand where system apps are installed, but I can't seem to make sure that it all installs to the right location. Thank you

    submitted by /u/Celestial_Blu3
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    OpenSUSE Tumbleweed shows AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT error while booting, and next it’s entering emergency mode.

    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 07:11 AM PDT

    Hi, i've got this error massage while my OpenSUSE TW is booting, and next it's entering emergency mode. I'm using Lenovo E14 G1 (20RA-0012PB). I've tried to boot it with older kernel and to reset BIOS settings but it doesn't help at all. Is there any way to fix it, or should I reinstall my OS?

    image of the error: https://imgur.com/a/C1PWgxL

    submitted by /u/fourvrd
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    echo $WORKSPACE acts different when I try ls

    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 02:15 AM PDT

    Hey guys,

    So if I type export, I see: declare -x WORKSPACE="/home/bei60/work".

    Same as if I type echo $WORKSPACE:

    bei60@server1 ~ [85]> echo $WORKSPACE /home/bei60/work bei60@server1 ~ [86]>

    Now when I try ls $WORKSPACE, I get an error:

    bei60@server1 ~ [86]> ls $WORKSPACE : No such file or directorydmaxi60/work Exit 2

    What am I missing here?

    Thanks :)

    submitted by /u/bei60
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    Debian based distro needs wxWidgets 2.8

    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 05:23 AM PDT

    I have a program that requires wxWidgets 2.8 but the debian based distro has a wxWidgets 3.0.2.0.

    How can I downgrade from wxWidgets 3.0.2.0 to 2.8 ? Or How can I remove wxWidgets 3.0.2.0 and reinstall wxWidgets 2.8 ?

    submitted by /u/palmworks
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    Using hotspot option disconnects the laptop from wifi and starts broadcasting a hotspot which is not even connected to the internet

    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 04:38 AM PDT

    Ok so, I am using ubuntu 20.04lts In past on windows I used to connect my laptop to a wifi and use hotspot from my laptop to connect to mobile (Like a repeater)

    But when I do this on ubuntu, the hotspot does start but at the same time ubuntu disconnects from the wifi it was using, so i no longer have access to internet with hotspot on

    submitted by /u/shivanshx365
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    how to re enable ethernet port

    Posted: 05 Apr 2022 04:27 AM PDT

    So few months back I disabled by ethernet port, using some online tutorial since I didn't need it

    Now I don't remember how I did that, and i want to re enable it, to use it on my hp laptop

    I have tried a lot of tutorials to re enable it but nothing seems to work. Please help

    I am using ubuntu 20.04lts

    submitted by /u/shivanshx365
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