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Comment Post #289238 Read https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kexec#No_kernel_mode-setting_(Nvidia) This is a situation in which it is really a good idea to reboot.
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9 months ago
Comment Post #288436 Sometimes? It really depends. Here are some reasons why it wouldn't be: * Huge number of cores, low I/O: you have a 192 core box but the filesystem is mounted over a transPacific link. You might want n=1 or 2 or maybe 3. * Simple task, great I/O: you're going to stat each file and report on met...
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10 months ago
Edit Post #288436 Initial revision 10 months ago
Answer A: How to run a command on a list of files?
If I just used `find` to generate a list of files, then find's `-exec` argument is usually the way to run some other program on each file found. If you pipe the command to `xargs`, note that `-P n` will run up to n commands in parallel. The best value of n will depend on the relative usage of y...
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10 months ago
Edit Post #286498 Initial revision almost 2 years ago
Answer A: What does a minimal /etc/hosts need to contain?
Technically, you don't need an /etc/hosts file at all if you have some other form of name resolution available - i.e. DNS. In practice, what you have will work nicely, and could be cut down to just the 2 localhost entries.
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almost 2 years ago
Edit Post #286058 Initial revision about 2 years ago
Answer A: sensors to histogram
The basic version is xsensors, widely packaged and originating at http://www.linuxhardware.org/xsensors/. There are various desktop-environment specific versions which might be prettier, according to your personal taste.
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about 2 years ago
Edit Post #285278 Post edited:
I recommend a title change for clarity in searching.
over 2 years ago
Suggested Edit Post #285278 Suggested edit:
I recommend a title change for clarity in searching.
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helpful over 2 years ago
Edit Post #283381 Initial revision over 2 years ago
Answer A: Which Linux system to use?
Beginners should always start with a Linux that people around them are using. If they have friends using Red Hat, they should use Red Hat. If they have a local users' group with lots of Ubuntu users, they should use Ubuntu. Local support is much more important than anything else when starting out ...
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over 2 years ago
Comment Post #281930 I don't think I can agree with you. According to the filesystem, file classes are "directory", "fifo", "symbolic link", "hard link, etc. Interpreting the significance of the contents of a file is extremely specific to the task that the user is trying to accomplish. I think you are currently aski...
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almost 3 years ago
Edit Post #281930 Initial revision almost 3 years ago
Answer A: Why does the file command fail to recognize non-text files as such?
You might be enlightened by reading the man page for file(1). A brief quotation: > This manual page documents version 5.35 of the file command. file tests each argument in an attempt to classify it. There are three sets of tests, performed in this order: filesystem tests, magic tests, an...
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almost 3 years ago
Comment Post #281838 I don't recall downvoting anything.
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almost 3 years ago
Comment Post #281832 In fact, I put in "distribution-specific" as a placeholder for "debian", "redhat", and so forth -- and when I had got to ten I decided that maybe I was doing too much in advance.
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almost 3 years ago
Edit Post #281831 Initial revision almost 3 years ago
Question Tag/category suggestions
I have some suggestions for categories, or perhaps tags, here. kernel distribution-specific daemon application server laptop desktop phone/device hardware
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almost 3 years ago
Edit Post #281828 Initial revision almost 3 years ago
Answer A: How to configure GNOME Keyring to by default NOT automatically unlock keyrings whenever logged in, on Debian?
Two things: First, if you create a second keyring, one not named login.keyring, it will not be automatically unlocked on login. Second, GNOME has a policy that they don't let users configure things that the developers don't want them to configure, so you probably cannot change the default check...
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almost 3 years ago