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My cheap motherboard has only 2 RAM slots, so I have to buy 2 new 16GB RAM Modules. I will sell the old RAM. The 3000MHz modules are locally on offer on a 5 minutes ride by bike or car, so I will...

It is simple. I know Ubuntu since 2005 (5.04) and use Ubuntu since 2008 (8.04). Why change, if you are happy and know the system well, curiosity is no valid reason to change.

In 2009 I detected...

You have a nice collection of storage! Currently I'm happy with my 512GB nvme-SSD (3400/2300MB/s) and 2TB HDD (192MB/s) cached by a 128GB sata-SSD (L2ARC; ~530MB/s). All storage and all caches are...

Don't worry about servers, you don't need them (unless you share a lot of data frequently with your family) remember KISS.

My server is the default (minimal install) of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Of course...

Agree I run Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Extended Security Maintenance part of Ubuntu Pro) and I get updates till 2026. I would not move to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS soon, wait till 24.04.1 is released. I don't have a...

My oldest is now 12+ years; a HP Elitebook 8460p; i5-2520M; 8GB DDR3; 2TB HDD. I use it mainly as backup server running OpenZFS 2.2.0.

I has the same issue since the begin of Ubuntu 24.04. I tried to install a VM in Virtualbox, I tried till Christmas or so and then I did give up. I solved my problem by cloning a Ubuntu 23.10...

I have three Ubuntu VMs running on Ubuntu Pro from the time, that it was still called "Extended Security Maintenance". The three distros are 14.04; 16.04 and 18.04, I'm happy, that they give me the...

I run MS-Edge in a Virtualbox VM with Xubutu 22.04 LTS, just because MS-Edge is reliable, faster and it uses considerable less memory. I use it mainly for WhatsApp Web and Facebook Messenger. I don't...

Sunday I tried again to install Ubuntu 24.04 and it froze again in the user/password screen. I have given up!
I cloned the Ubuntu 23.10 VM and did a "do-release-upgrade -d" and now I have a...

After more than a month I have given up on Installing Ubuntu 24.04 dev.ed. in a Virtualbox VM. The installation keeps freezing, after I think 90 seconds.
I cloned Ubuntu 23.10 VM and upgraded the...

If you understand software development, you know, that a rolling release will create more bugs per year that a fixed release.
That is, why I use fixed releases. So I use Ubuntu since 2008. In...

I already try for many weeks to install Ubuntu 24.04 in Virtualbox, but the new installer is crap! It freezes at the the user / password form all the time. I tried everything; safe graphics, 3D...

I use Virtualbox and the installation of Ubuntu 24.04 froze in the form with the user data. I also installed Budgie. Mate, Xubuntu and Unity and that all worked fine, because by default they still...

I've upgraded from 22.04 by reinstalling Ubuntu of course. I boot my desktop from OpenZFS and I like it now! Unlike a few releases back, when Ubuntu-ZFS tried to solve all problems vaguely...

I refuse to self-sensor.
I don't care, that calls are recorded by the ISP, Meta, Google or government. I can justify all my content.
If you want privacy, stop with the Internet and move to a cave...

I remember three passwords my normal password; my master password for 2 step authentication and my encryption passphrase for the VM running my banking. I use the Firefox password manager for the...

I agree with your remark about the time option for fstab, that can speed up your system. I disagree with the paging advice, it depends completely on your work load and configuration.
You try to...

Addressing another misunderstanding about snaps. The other immutable system are based on having two OS images on disk, one to run and one for the updates. After the update you reboot from the newer...

I'm trying the Ubuntu Core desktop, the prototype of the planned immutable snap based Ubuntu Core 2024. I love, what I see!

So far I have changed the image format to vdi and it now runs in ...

I'm trying the Ubuntu Core desktop, the prototype of the planned immutable snap based Ubuntu Core 2024. I love, what I see!

So far I have changed the image format to vdi and it now runs in...

I run Ubuntu 22.04 LTS in my 12 year old laptop a HP Elitebook 8460p with 8GB DDR3 and an i5-2520M (2C4T; 2.5/3.2GHz), I even run an activated Windows 10 Pro (4GB) in a Virtualbox VM, based on the...

Most Linux music players play wma, I also use it with Rhythmbox and Lollypop. Besides for the same sample frequency, wma produces a smaller file (better compression) than mp3. Besides I use the...

I'm from May 1945. Ubuntu forever. My Host OS is a minimal install of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and I run all stuff in Virtualbox VMs:

- Xubuntu 22.04 LTS for all communication apps with snaps for...

TheFu: You like to kill the project before it even started? By the way the Ubuntu Core Desktop runs in an lxc container, so the name is perfect :)