10.04 has many unpatched security failures that are well known throughout the world. These include remote root exploits, so it isn't safe to connect an 10.04 system to any network anymore.
I miss...
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10.04 has many unpatched security failures that are well known throughout the world. These include remote root exploits, so it isn't safe to connect an 10.04 system to any network anymore.
I miss...
So, most Linux desktops use either PulseAudio or Pipewire to manage audio devices. ALSA is there, but seldom used directly.
There is a linux audio troubleshooting script that you should find,...
Servers should be hosted on systems that don't waste resources on GUIs, but if your Linux skills don't already include a few years of Ubuntu Server (or some other Unix-like Server), then you should...
Unix-based OSes should use NFS for network file sharing. NFS mounts behave like local storage and are setup once for the entire client machine. All users on the client get access based on their...
Odd, I don't have left over lock files after patching, er .... ever. Rather than address the symptom, why not fix the root cause?
Also, why would you want to use a GUI file manager to delete...
Odd, I was supposed to reboot after patching on Saturday morning, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
$ uptime
17:06:51 up 26 days, 8:13,
I have a few snaps, but I control when they are...
Your idea of "latest Ubuntu ISO" is unlikely to be the same as others. Right now, that could be at least 3, if not 15 different ISOs. Please be specific. Use the release numbers and specify the DE...
If the drive is in read-only mode, you can mount it and backup all the data on it still.
From the information provided (mostly description which can be misinterpreted), it sounds like some logical...
I didn't look. Raspberry Pi SBCs come in only a very few configurations, so I'd expect the 4GB RAM and higher versions would work fine. 1GB RAM versions, not so much, but it depends on the DE used,...
They have always "just worked" for me, but it is possible that the HDMI port used requires a specific CPU with an iGPU to get any signal.
Is the HDMI port going into a standalone GPU or into the...
aliases don't happen until after a user's login. Not at boot.
Boot, full-system startup, login, GUI-session startup are all distinctly different, in that order. bash aliases don't become...
I use firefox ESR (not a snap package) and brave browser and dillo and lynx. Each for specific purposes, based on my needs, the dangers, and what is required to protect my system.
No browser is...
Uh .. root doesn't have any GUI. You get a shell to perform stuff.
If you just want to reset a password, from that shell, use
# passwd dalpets
Which will set a new password for the username,...
Be very careful adding netplan to a desktop install. If it were me, and I didn't PREFER to use server-style network configurations, I'd undo everything you did in post #5 above. Nothing good will...
+100! This makes the most sense, if you can get into the software chain that runs the program(s).
I've never successfully used automatic installations to setup storage. I do pre-configure storage and LVM before I get to the installer "Do something else" disk setup options. The interactive...
There are lots of possible answers for name resolution problems. Systemd-resolved is the default resolver for the last 4 yrs under Ubuntu. It often has problems, I'm sorry to say. There is a...
If you don't want anything written to disk from a specific command, you could setup an temporary overlay file system that lasts for the length of that command. When the command finishes, the overlay...
The way to prevent data loss is to have backups. Daily, versioned, backups. If anything bad happens, wipe the disk and restore from backups.
There are many, many, pros and cons for every file system and volume manager. They are beyond what anyone should post as a reply here. Perhaps if you read the wikipedia articles about ext4...
No Linux system is "single user". All Unix-based systems are multi-user, regardless of what you may believe. There are probably 20, perhaps 50 users on your system now. They do things for us, even...
crontab -e # this will edit your username's personal crontab.
Add a nice commented, header to the crontab, so you don't have to wonder about the columns in the file. Here's one:
#...
BTRFS hasn't been known as the 100% trouble-free file system, ever. If you care about your data, choose a different file system. It is fine to play around with BTRFS, but do it with play data,...
There's no such thing as a "root" password on Ubuntu systems. Perhaps you are confused. Ubuntu uses sudo and sudo is network aware, to it needs to compare the current hostname with whatever is...
When you look at the SMART data, if there's more than about 10 reallocated blocks, it is time to get a new HDD and stop using for anything important. Relegate the HDD to sneaker*net use for...