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I am on Manjaro KDE and I want a startup script that will launch the xfce4-terminal and run a command in it, and stay open. The command I want to run in it is watch -n 180 "hebcal -T" This command says to repeat hebcal -T every 180 seconds. hebcal -T prints the current Hebrew date in the...

On Windows I use Microsoft Remote Desktop to remote into my Windows 10 machine. Looking for something like that on Linux. I tried Remimma but I was very unhappy with the visual quality. It was really grainy and low-quality. I am connecting over LAN, not over internet. I am just looking for...

I have a razer mechanical keyboard, above the set of 4 arrow keys there is a line of 5 lights. The second from the left, which is marked 1, is lighting up all the time. Usually that happens when numlock is on, or I switched to an alternative keyboard layout, or the caps lock is on. But now it's...

I have a few distros installed. I want to delete the older ones and keep the new one (Kubuntu 21.10). I know from experience that if I do this, the new distro will have booting issues. What is the right way to do this? I have no swap partition. My fstab looks like this # /etc/fstab: static file...

I am on Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS with Xubuntu desktop. I want to jump into the semi-annual upgrade channel. I tried upgrading to 21.04 but there were so many issues that I had to revert back to 20.04. I assume this is because I am trying to jump two steps ahead at once. Is there a way I can upgrade to...

What security risks do I face if I browse the internet on a public network with a laptop running the desktop linux distro of my choice? Let's say I am in a hotel, for instance, and I want to log on to my Gmail account from my laptop. What are the risks and how to mitigate them? I use my own...

As seen in the screenshot, the colon that separates the hour from the minutes has extra spaces, before and after it. I want to fix that. I have the default Ubuntu Gnome desktop. Maybe I need to change the font? I attached a screenshot of my font settings. I tried putting the scaling back to...

I bought this little thingy on AliExpress. It came without drivers or anything. Works out-of-the-box on Windows. I am running Kubuntu 20.04.2 LTS with kernel 5.8.0-45-generic x86_64 and the dongle is not detected. But VirtualBox sees it as "Realtek 802.11ac NIC [0200]" I ran lusb and I think...

I use Timeshift but with hidden files excluded. If I include hidden files, it picks up my Thunderbird IMAP folders, which in total are over 10 GB, and this sinks the ship. So I am looking for a backup plan for Home, with an option to exclude selected folders. Ubuntu 20.10 with Plasma desktop...

I have an 8-core processor. Htop shows that VirtualBox (the top entry) is using 72% of a core. The virtual machine is assigned 2 cores. Logic dictates that I should see two cores with a combined usage adding up to 72% or more. But I don't see anything close to that. Where am I going wrong? inxi...

I have a NTFS partition that is automounted, and I want to enable trash bin. Right now, I can only permanently delete from it. The partition is /mnt/4C74491474490266 How to configure it on Ubuntu 20.04? My fstab looks like this: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid' to...

I installed Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS, I am using grub as it came without modifications, and I have trouble with my keyboard. It is a USB connected Razer Blackwidow Elite. The DEL key works at the first boot screen, so I can get into my ASUS firmware, and there the keyboard works as expected. But when...

After updating from Kubuntu 20.04 to Kubuntu 20.10, Conky stopped working. Maybe someone can walk me through the steps to fix it -- which files need to be fixed, where to find them, and how to fix them.

I moved Home to a separate partition. Now I want to move it back where it was by default. How to do that? Kubuntu 20.04

Can I cause a running application icon to display its full text, on Gnome desktop? In Xfce, this is called "show button labels". I will screenshot what I mean, this is the panel on KDE.

I am trying to attach a file in the "Send Fax" wizard of HP Device Manager (HPLIP 3.20.6). I am running it on Kubuntu 20.04. In the window called "Select Files to Send", I click on the "Add..." button, and I get the error Unable to create io-slave. Can not create socket for launching io-slave...

I need help with the VMware P2V standalone converter. When I convert a system with grub, the VM is unable to boot, even though I included the boot partition in the image. I get to a grub screen that lists commands and none of them seem to work. What's the trick to convert a system with grub?

I downloaded the HPLIP installation file "hplip-3.20.6.run" for Ubuntu from the official HP site and attempted to run it on Kubuntu 20.04. It was unable to satisfy a python dependency. I saw a post from Christian Haunert https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/691141 with a solution to the...

I opened Synaptics this morning and got a message saying to run dpkg --configure -a I did that, and it found my USB fax modem, which is currently driverless: Setting up dgcmodem:i386 (1.01) ... Conexant DGC USB modem driver, version 1.01 If you need assistance or more information, please go...

Can someone tell me how to set up Clonezilla, such that I can launch it from a boot option in Grub, in order to take system images? I understand that I should use the toram parameter, so it will run completely from memory, thus enabling it to catch also the boot partition from which it...