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The only real usable FAT options are FAT32 and exFAT. FAT32 is probably the file system with the widest cross-platform support possible, but it has a 4GB file size limit. If you want the option to ...
That depends on your definition of convenient. Are you familiar with git? Is the source of the relevant package stored on salsa.debian.org? If yes, then you can just run: git clone https://salsa.d...
I don't know what these things are called exactly in the Linux world. But there is the concept of a drive in RAM, to write files onto and read them like it was any disk drive. There is also the c...
I have a RaspberyPi module, with USB connected to another module computer (as USB host) running Linux. The RasPi is configured as USB ethernet gadget. Once I boot the RasPi, and enter dmesg on th...
In Debian-based distributions, one can update the system with apt upgrade and cleanup unused dependencies with apt autoremove. Period. On Gentoo that is apparently not as straightforward. From G...
I figured this out myself. I needed to install the cnijfilter2 AUR package. Installing this package provided me with the correct PPD file (which was named canontr4500.pdd). How I figured this out:...
I plan to set up a Raspberry Pi to host some dockerized apps, for it to be accessible to the Internet through a remote proxy, and since I'm no sysadmin, I'm trying to come up with a suitable policy...
As a general rule of thumb, Debian is restrictive about installing during the initial installation what, according to the Debian Free Software Guidelines, is non-free software. That's why the inst...
I have some suggestions for categories, or perhaps tags, here. kernel distribution-specific daemon application server laptop desktop phone/device hardware
When exploring the commands from this answer to my previous question, I found that the ist of packages includes a lot that were automatically installed due to dependencies. Obviously I'm interested...
POSIX defines Text file as A file that contains characters organized into zero or more lines. The lines do not contain NUL characters and none can exceed {LINE_MAX} bytes in length, inclu...
Suppose I have a command that prints to the standard output, like: $ echo hi hi How can I send this to the clipboard instead, as if I selected the output and did Ctrl+C?
I think there are three general strategies: Take notes. Configure everything through some utility that keeps track of it. Learn the default state and diff the system vs. it. Taking notes ...
On X, echo hi | xsel -ib seems to work. I can then paste with Ctrl+V. Sometimes I have to repeat it a few times for it to "stick".
I want to install additional Linux distributions on my computer, so I can try some new ones and see if they're better than my current ("old") one. I've been using my current distro for a while. I'...
I installed Grub in the normal way and now I have entries in the Grub menu for linux, linux-lts, and the fallback versions of them. I want to add more entries to this. For example, I want to add l...
I've heard people say that Linux is a misnomer. Supposedly, the operating system is not Linux, Linux is just a part of it called a kernel, and the operating system should be called something else. ...
I understand that "mounting" in Linux refers to associating some "device" (usually some storage drive or a partition thereof, but it could be a region of RAM, some memory-mapped hardware, etc.) wit...
I've noticed that the default kernel selection for Ubuntu 22.04, for example, is Linux 5.15.0. Ubuntu 22.04 is a LTS release, which is supposed to have standard support until April 2027, and Linux ...
If you are on Debian itself, you can simply check with lsb_release -a or one of the other methods of checking the OS version. If you are not on Debian, this will simply list the version of your d...
#!/bin/sh export LC_ALL=C # to make sorting not depend on locale # Ignore some well-known directories with many files find_args=' -path /usr/lib/modules -o -path /etc/ssl/certs -o -path ...
It sounds like what you want is: There is a program installed in the regular OS on my hard drive, but I am booted into a live OS. How do I run that program? The common way to do this is to us...
watch will let you do what you want, yes. This can be easily demonstrated by running watch with a brief-running command and a delay, such as: $ watch -n2 'date; sleep 5' and observing that the ...
I have a crappy USB hub. I connect some devices to this, like a USB microphone, which don't matter at all until I've booted successfully. Sometimes these devices cause an issue and my boot gets stu...
I have a systemd unit that runs hourly, but when the computer has just booted/logged in it will "catch up" on the previous run, so it ends up firing right after I log in. Is there a way to make it...
