i removed old EFI entries from boot menu and i can't get to the bios

Hello i removed old EFI entries from boot menu and i can't get to the bios.

when i boot up it says F2 for Setup and F4 for recovery but the only one that works is the recovery one.

F10 used to work for me to get straight to the bios.

Can anyone please help me?

(Note: i deleted manjaro and ubuntu entries)

(Edit: this is the video i followed https://youtu.be/255ltqk7xDM)

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Just installed Ableton Live 10 using WINE and it runs flawlessly on Linux!
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Why does Google maintain Chromium, as it allows people to stay away from Chrome more easily?
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sampler: a tool for shell commands execution, visualization and alerting
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KDE Usability & Productivity: Week 82
https://pointieststick.com/2019/08/03/kde-usability-productivity-week-82/

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Godot Engine - Porting to Vulkan Progress Report #2
https://godotengine.org/article/vulkan-progress-report-2

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Is this how Audacity should look?
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Linux is Fun!



Linux is a kernel. GNU is Userspace tools. GNU/Linux is an operating system.

But we call it "linux" for ease.

Android uses linux.

Amazon uses linux (from AWS to Kindle)

ChromeOS uses linux.

...none of these projects are Open Source or FOSS (Free Open Source Software). They use a kernel available to anyone, even Microsoft, to use (see linux subsystem for Windows).

Just because you have and can compile the code does not mean it's FOSS (see nvidia drivers and mp3 codecs).

Open Source does not mean GPL compliant. See ZFS (which is published under the MIT lisences).

"Runs on linux" does not mean it's safe, free, or open source, and "Open Source" does not mean it's available on every server; you might enjoy ZFS on one Ubuntu server but not on a different CentOS system because of lisencing.

That said, use what works. I run all sorts of non-free software on my system. Nvidia, Plex, Dropbox to name a few. But I house my data on FOSS storage (btrfs) in FOSS formats (mkv flac epub odt) and use projects that have active community. Most of my programs are acquired as binary, but I compile them when I must.

Just remember that "linux" means a lot of things. And for God's sake, have fun! Because Linux is fun :)

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The Inside View: How Krita is Developed
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Update nvidia drivers before booting with kernel 5.0

Yesterday I noted my PC (i7-3930k with nvidia GTX 770 on Ubuntu 18.04) would not boot anymore after installing ubuntu updates. Ubuntu updated my linux kernel from 4.18 to 5.0 so I tried kernel 4.18 and everything was fine.

My gut was telling me this was related to nvidia drivers. I don't really game on my ubuntu dual boot so I was not really bothered with keeping my graphics drivers up to date after initial installation (I was using nvidia driver 340). I updated the nvidia drivers to 390 using `sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall` and now I am able to boot with the new linux kernel.

As Google didn't really help me, I just want to share this here just in case someone else is experiencing this.

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Replicate your system with self-hosted Arch Linux metapackages
http://ownyourbits.com/2019/07/21/replicate-your-system-with-self-hosted-arch-linux-metapackages/

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Linux mtk - wiki for the mainlining effort of MediaTek SoCs
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Create files with future and past timestamps? Possible?

How to create files on Linux with future and past dates for testing purpose. Is it possible?

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Nextcloud desktop applications
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Samba on Ubuntu 18.04.X (LTS) refusing incoming connections

Please for the love of god help, I've tried all the methods I can source, and I probably broke something with all my attempts.

Linux won't connect to it (from Kubuntu 19.04 LTS), and Windows 10 won't either.

Just list all the steps needed to set this up, preferably in one long chained command.

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Libre Graphics World week recap — 4 August 2019 [several weeks' worth of good news]
http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/week-recap-4-august-2019

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Manjaro Xfce - can I fanboy for a moment?

I posted this to /r/ManjaroLinux a bit ago, and it was suggested I post here. I know there's some controversy with FreeOffice at the moment, but figured I'd share my experience nonetheless.

**Background (skip if you want):**

I just want to take a bit to talk about my experience finding my way back to Manjaro after many years.

I've been toying with Linux for a long time, with my earliest memory being around 2003 or 2004, using Knoppix to grab some files off an unbootable laptop.

After a long time distro- and DE-hopping (everything from Puppy Linux to OpenSUSE to Ubuntu and everything between), I landed on Xubuntu, falling in love with Xfce along the way. Ultimately, I ended up on Mint, where I stayed for years on this old laptop. I wanted something stable that just worked out of the box with little need to tweak, hunt down drivers, or spruce up aesthetically.

Anyway, fast forward a bit, and I realized I wanted more up-to-date software. I got tired of not having the newer features of things, or waiting for updates to hit the repos (which may or may not happen). I moved on to SparkyLinux, being that I was most familiar with Debian-based stuff, and I wanted something more rolling release. LXQt is... alright. But some things just didn't do it for me. And some things on Sparky just didn't want to work. Sparky, to its credit, is a solid distro. Shout out to them for trying to take Debian and bring a rolling release model that is also surprisingly stable even using testing repos. Sure, I could have stayed there, installed Xfce, tweaked it, etc.

**Back to Manjaro:**

So anyway, that leads me to last night. I was just looking at Sparky and realized it just wasn't what I wanted. I wanted a rolling release distro, and honestly, I wanted Xfce. Not just stock Xfce, but one where time and care was put into it. Out of the box, without me having to take time to hunt for themes, etc.

After some research, I landed back on Manjaro.

DAMN has Manjaro Xfce come a long way since I last tried it! The themeing, the careful consideration of what to include by default, the hardware all working out of the box - it just worked!

Updated the system, turned on AUR in Pamac, and even found ZeroTier in AUR.

Other than some small hiccups getting services to start and load at boot (ZeroTier), Manjaro just works. I'm going to say something that might be a very unpopular statement, but I feel like Manjaro has done for Arch what Ubuntu and Mint has done for Debian. It's taken "big bad scary Arch" and made it accessible. I know that doesn't sound like a compliment necessarily, but I mean it purely from a place of love. Manjaro just *works*! I don't need to spend time making it aesthetically pleasing or hunting down drivers for this old Compaq laptop with an early model APU. I mean, honestly, this is the easiest install since I decided to stick with Mint many years ago.

So I just wanted to say THANK YOU to the Manjaro team for making this distro what it is today. Between the look, feel, learning experience coming from Debian, Xfce, and everything (so far) *just working*, I don't see myself hopping to anything else any time soon.

**TL;DR:** I'm absolutely amazed with how far Manjaro has come since I last tried it, and Manjaro Xfce will be my home on this aging laptop for the foreseeable future. And a big thanks to the Manjaro team!

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Speed Art Inkscape: Speaker system SVEN
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Remote restart laptop with lid closed



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Barr says the US needs encryption backdoors to prevent “going dark.” Um, what?
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/08/post-snowden-tech-became-more-secure-but-is-govt-really-at-risk-of-going-dark/

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Handling Multiple Files in VIM
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