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Hey there, I’m trying to install Mint on a 2015 MacBook Pro and for some reason the laptop won’t show the USB in the boot menu when I try to access it. I’ve tried using both baleneaEtcher on both my Macbook and my Linux desktop, and ventoy on the desktop to make the drive but neither has worked....

My mouse right-click is double-clicking. I want to have a time interval between two clicks to register the second one. Is there a way to do this in KDE Plasma 6?

I’m looking for interesting tools to automate managing packaging and configuring everything automated....

I’m posting this as more of a “fun thought” than anything else....

I tried i3 and now just wondering, which WM I can pick and why, because of their great diversity. Any advices?

Okay so it’s been like a month since EndeavourOS has found an update to install. I’m running sudo pacman -Syu almost daily to update my system but it only find eos-* updates to install and nothing else. I know kernel 6.10 came out not long ago but my system is still on 6.9.*. What can I check? There’s no way EOS hasn’t...

I use vmware and qemu

Is there any good alternative to parted, that I can use in scripts? Parted main problem is that it requires user confirmation one each action.

I recently got a brand new laptop, a Thinkpad 21JT001PUS, to consolidate/replace my array of various on-the-go-Linux devices, and I have to say, I’m impressed. I know Thinkpad and Linux aren’t news, but for such a recent device, I am surprised how well it works. The price wasn’t bad (which makes up for the fact that it’s...

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Hi so i want a list of desktop environments bcs its annoying finding a list for obscure desktop environments and it would be handy for me and other people

I have a pi hole in my network and I set it as my primary DNS server with my router (a Mikrotik) as secondary. DHCP sets the DNS servers as pihole, mikrotik in this exact order and I want to keep it that way. I know systemd-resolved uses some algorithm to set the fastest dns as current server, but I don’t want/need that. Is...

I have tried to follow several tutorial to setup using either ip or nmtui:...

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I want to be able to copy text to a “Copy Box”....

I have been using linux for almost 20 years now and it never stopped to amaze me....

Hello! Is there any good Wi-Fi adapters that compatible with OpenWRT? I want to run OpenWRT in QEMU on my home server and share Wi-Fi from it.

I’m thinking of getting a new laptop which uses Coreboot. The reason is that I’m into FOSS and would also like to not have IME installed. Currently I’m looking at Starlabs’ Starbook, which can optionally be bought with Coreboot....

I was interested in trying out openSUSe and tried to install it on my third drive:...

Don’t get me wrong, the average X-interface looks great. Some are absolutely stunning. But, in my opinion usability has gone down the toilet. Almost everything that should be a clear distinction is displayed in shades of the same color, including icons....

Yeah, so I have a notebook with Kubuntu 24.04....

I don’t usually update, but today I opened Xubuntu and the update manager popped up, so I clicked to install - it was just a 13 MB update. After updating, I opened Floorp and started seeing that all my icons at the taskbar, everything, started disappearing. It’s like I did “sudo rm -rf”! I’m not even mad. I always...

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I use Kubuntu 24.04. My keyboard has working media playback keys. When I listen to music and a video starts playing, I want to pause the music. It usually pauses the video which i could also pause easily in other ways. Is it possible to write a script that toggles through the other media playing processes in terms of coupling...

Is anyone aware of a guide or step by step process for this? I have been searching but am lowkey Linux stupid with a lot of things and can’t seem to find a guide for cachy. I imagine any old arch guide will do also?