Which drive to save my files in?

I want to format my 32-bit Windows 7 computer to LXLE but I have some files that I want to save. In which drive should I save the file in (eg. D Drive, E Drive,etc.?) so that those files are not deleted when formatting from Windows to LXLE?

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Searching and playing youtube videos simply with one command using fzf or dmenu.

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Cloud back-up

I’m somewhat new to Linux, what does everyone use for cloud back-up? I’ve converted an old MacBook pro to Ubuntu. I’m used to apple’s time machine and iCloud. Is there something similar used seamlessly with Linux where it’s automatically done?

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What is LXqT?

If ubuntu is a distro, gnome/kde is a DE then what is lxqt? Loving the new kde plasma. Does this use lxqt? Installing lubuntu rn cause I have the ISO and download is taking forever. If I install the kde environment will I still be left with anything I should remove from the lubuntu install?

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Updating lubuntu after a long period of inactivity

I haven’t touched my emachines w3507 in quite a while, so i want to upgrade to the next release.

Thing is, apt update and upgrade dont work because the sources for this release are eol.

do-release-upgrade is being a massive brat being like “pLeAsE iNsTaLl AlL aVaIlAbLe UpDaTeS blah blah blah” like, bitch, I fucking cant because i need to update to the next release.

Any help?

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Executable PNGs
https://djharper.dev/post/2020/12/26/executable-pngs/

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Linux and hardware

Hello guys,is it true that Lenovo and Dell make notebooks more linux friendly? And if it is so,why? What are the differences between a Lenovo notebook and a notebook from another manufacturer that make the first more linux friendly?

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This week in KDE: kio-fuse and NeoChat rise
https://pointieststick.com/2020/12/26/this-week-in-kde-kio-fuse-and-neochat-rise/

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Beginner here, any good apps/extensions/tips?

Hello everyone. I'm a new Linux user, and I have some questions for this big community. First of all, after reading about distributions, and of course testing it, I choose Pop!_OS.

Before Linux, I used Windows, especially Windows 10, but I really hate it. No customization, a lot of ads, stupid solutions, and other stupid things. Change the operating system for me was very easy, because I not playing any games on the PC, and I want to work in IT, in the future. I really big fan of customization, full control of the system, a lot of open source apps, and Linux does allow it.

I do this topic because I want to find some good apps, extensions, and other productivity tools. I want to find something else that is available in Pop!_Shop. An example is uLauncher. Very good, useful tools with tons of extensions. This is really helpful. Another good tool, especially its GNOME extensions are DDTX, Clipboard Indicator, and a few others for work or customization. I really want to find something else, which is not very popular, because when I ask Google "Top gnome extensions" or "Top Linux apps" I always find the same apps, which are the most popular, and it pulls for years.

Except for apps/tools, some tips are welcome! Tips like aliases, some cool visual effects like cmatrix, etc.

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Sorry for any mistakes, English is not my main language, but I work on it. Thanks, and stay safe.

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How to backup?

Hi,

i use Manjaro with gnome. As we all know backup is one of the most important things so, do You know some good backup software? It should support network share as backup location and local USB disk. I used to use veeam, but it lags my computer too much.
It can be CLI only. What do you use/know that is good, what is the most popular?

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My journey over the past few years in deciding the best linux distro for my Desktop

I originally made this as a youtube comment regarding how I selected a linux distro, and am re-posting it here because I didn't want it to get lost in the void of youtube comments section. Basically I just switched my main desktop's distro up once or twice every year, until I landed on what I think is the best option for myself

1. Ubuntu with Gnome was my first experience using linux, when I really didn't know what I was doing. It worked well for a while, but then I eventually became frustrated over the lack of customization options in Gnome (Seriously not being able to have different wallpapers per monitor by default is a giant missing feature)
2. I then went back to Windows as my Desktop OS for a time (RIP), and started using Raspbian with my Raspberry Pis. The desktop environment is okay, but it really isn't necessary for most applications I use the PI for. Running the server version with no desktop environment at all is very nice though, and I still use it to this day
3. Then I tried out xubuntu after coming to the realization that different desktop environments exist; opting to start fresh with xubuntu where the Gnome I wouldn't be using isn't installed. I really love the features of XFCE like workspace switching with the mouse wheel and total control of the desktop's panels; all running on very little resources. This didn't last too long though, because it was at this point I heard the controversy of Snap packages, and heard about some of the questionable stuff Canonical has tried to pull with Ubuntu
4. After that, I switched to Mint, which has the best of both worlds as far as packages and software goes. You have access to the Ubuntu repos (no Snaps included), and have a beautiful desktop environment with Cinnamon. For the average desktop consumer, this is definitely the best choice imo. But then after a while, I saw an outline of the giant tree of linux distros, and realized that along with Ubuntu, it's a few iterations down from Debian, which is one of the big core linux distributions.
5. And then I switched to Debian with XFCE desktop environment, which is where I am today. In my experience this is definitely the most stable distribution. Between point releases, updates are very light and only include necessary security patches. It's a little more work to set up as a desktop environment, because you have to manually install non-free driver packages yourself among other things. But once you get it going it's incredibly stable, with the OS + Desktop Environment only taking up ~500MB of RAM. And it's some nice peace of mind knowing that the OS is one of the core linux distros that's least likely to have anything malicious wedged into it. If you're wanting to run a Linux machine as a server, or are willing to do the initial configurations to use it as an everyday desktop computer, I'd recommend this 100%

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Merry Christmas, and happy New Year! :)

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My boyfriend is very into Linux. I know nothing about computers. I want to understand.

I know nothing. If I can use a computer or phone and it does basic tasks for me I’m all good. I currently use an iPhone and a MacBook.

My boyfriend is much more into programming. Recently he got an expensive Lenovo and has dove headfirst into this Linux stuff.

He tries to explain it to me. I don’t know what he’s saying! “Ubuntu,” “Free and Open,” “terminal.” He’s got this new software that’s not google called “Brave.” He got a Raspeberry Pie thing for Christmas. He’s so enamored with it, and wants to share it with me and make me use it, but he can’t explain it to me well enough for me to understand and when looking it up myself I can’t find many basic user friendly explanations either. Frankly, I’m a little scared of computers. Terrified of getting hacked. Anything wonky looking on my computer scares me and sometimes Linux looks, well, creepy to me. It’s definitely my lack of knowledge. I am a complete noob.

If you guys had a friend, or gf, who knew nothing about Linux or ANYTHING, how would you even begin to explain it? I want to understand the slightest bit so I don’t crush his excitement with my lack of enthusiasm.

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Tree command

Hey Guys, Hope you are having a good time.

One day, I am in a ssh session. I am not a root user, which implies I cannot install apt packages on that. But I wanted to see one directory structure, with tree command.

Okay, There are some noscripts online to print tree structure. But, They didn't have other functionalities like excluding directories with regex, following symbolic links etc...

So, I am making one python package which exactly mimics Unix tree command.

And the additional advantage is Windows users can also benefit from this package.

It works as a command line utility.

Take a look at this and Contribute if possible.

https://github.com/CITIZENDOT/treedir

Thanks a lot.

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Am I allowed to sell systems I build that have Linux on them?

I have an awesome gimmick idea to be a niche player in the console arena. I was just wondering if there is any restrictions on any of the KDE versions of Linux that would prevent me from legally reselling computers that I install Linux on.

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HP Elitebook 745 G6 install issues?

Hello - I have tried to no avail to get Linux running on the HP EB 745 G6. I was able to get kali and Qubes installed, but kali wouldn’t boot in after install and Qubes wouldn’t see multiple hardwares. I tried kali, tails (live) parrot os and currently downloading mint.

Anyone running on G6 Elitebook that could give some guidance?

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Host DFS namespace on Linux?

Is there any way to host a Windows DFS namespace on Linux instead of having a Windows Server? I have used DFS a lot on Windows but, despite my best Googling, but unable to find any Linux project that seems to support hosting an DFS namespace. I would like to be able to host a DFS namespace both with and without an AD Domain.

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Unpopular Opinion: Linux will never be popular in our lifetimes.

Look, I get it. People want to be enthusiastic. I want to be too. I like the philosophy of Linux. I like what the open source community has created. I truly appreciate everything that Linux and its devs have brought not just to Linux, but to Windows, Android, iOS, and every other computing device out there.

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But it's time to face the music: if you're a desktop user, looking into getting the "perfect, can be molded to do anything without having to invest entire days solving problems that aren't problems you encounter on a Windows-based PC, etc.," then Linux simply isn't for you. Linux isn't a gaming OS. Sure, there's been huge strides made thanks to Steam Proton, Wine, and tools made to manage using the two of them to make Windows games playable on Linux OSes, but there's too many issues that come up in using these solutions that, when I couldn't find a solution, I just ended up resorting to trying out a different distro, and this is where the problems of Linux's philosophy start to rear their ugly heads.

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There's simply too many options. Yes, there's a few mainstream ones like Ubuntu, Debian, Pop! OS, Mint, Elementary OS, Manjaro, Gentoo, Fedora, etc., but which ones are the easiest to set up?

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In my experience, Pop! OS seems to be fine, until you go and run a game that stutters all over the damn place because it isn't in Proton's cache? I mean, it acts like a PS3 game being emulated on RPCS3 pre-asynchronous shader processing being an option, so that's what it looks like to me.

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Ubuntu is probably the most mainstream option, but it phones home to Amazon and is too corporate to be viable long term.


Debian, while being "stable," is not easy to always setup what you want. Mint is the same way in my experience.

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Manjaro didn't have the problems Pop! OS had, but it certainly didn't support every device I connected to my PC.

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I mean, what am I supposed to do? Ask specific questions to various communities and hope that someone will have the same setup, same software and hardware configuration, etc.?

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Sure, maybe if I grew up with Linux like a lot of people did Windows, I might understand it better, but that's not everyone's experience, and some of us have jobs that we have to go to every day and that cuts greatly into our time to spend on tinkering with stuff that we wouldn't even have to tinker with in Windows, be it XP, Vista, 7, 8.1, or Windows 10.

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Any known Linux concerns about the SolarWinds hack?

I'm mostly concerned about code in VCS (git or whatever) and package signing keys being compromised, especially those of cross-platform devs on corporate networks. The SolarWinds megathread at /r/sysadmin keeps reporting more security problems advisories and some of their products did support Linux.

On a scale of 1-100 I think the severity is a 75 or so, due to scope, scale, and duration. It's a major breach that exposes many other targets. This number doesn't take into account the various secondary threats like persistent firmware infections (IoT FTW!), infrastructure disruption (telecom and electricity), and mounds of data for future social engineering.

Might give it a 90 if Windows, Android, OS X/macOS, or major Linux distro updates are compromised. The last major kernel repo breach I know of happened back in 2011 and was mostly just a nuisance. But after Heartbleed and the Debian OpenSSL RNG code-change mess I'm a bit concerned about all the understaffed projects and various amateurs coding, building, and distributing binaries. The security chain is only as strong as the weakest link. This old article at Medium still rings true.

This will turn into a good solid 100 if microcode at Intel, AMD, or various ARM manufactures are compromised and we have to revert to 8 or 16-bit CPUs. I have an old TI-99/4A just in case.

What are your thoughts?

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Best Linux Distro for a Desktop? Some confusion...

Hi,

i'm a newbie, but i love the idea of Linux!

Actually i'm on Windows 10 but i'm using Firefox, Libreoffice, Gimp, etc... and now i think that it's the time to switch from Windows to Linux.

But my question are:

\- i want a distro that is rock solid and supported from a large community

\- i want a distro that is oriented for desktop and like windows for office and production enviroment

\- i can't format and reformat and for that i want a distro that is not an experiment

What do you suggest?

I read a lot and the most suggested is Ubuntu LTS, can you confirm or suggest other solution? I see Fedora, OpenSuse etc... all big name of the Linux world, but i can't test all them.

I see that several laptop producers install Ubuntu as OEM, but nothing install Fedora, OpenSuse, Linux Mint...

My idea is to obtain an OS that can be used without problem for years, i admit that the last format of my Windows system is of 5 years ago... but i don't wnat all the crap that is into windows (privacy attack and other crap included!) and every update slow down my computer.

I know that linux is a comunity based system, but if exist i prefer a distro that is oriented for workstation/desktop.

Thanks a lot!

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VMWARE WORKSTATION VS QEMU on Windows Guests

Hey guys! I need to work with many windows guests and I always used vmware workstation. Does qemu have better performance? I would like to know especially the graphical performance, not for games. In vmware there is always a small lag of the mouse and graphical guis on windows guests.
Just to know i used windows as a host but after I changed to Archlinux, the graphical performance had a noticeable upgrade.

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What’s your daily use and distro you choose?

While sitting here over Christmas chatting vulnerabilities etc the topic came up of what I use and why.

This was a hard question as I actually use more than one OS daily. From MacOS to windows 10 to ParrotOS to Kali to fedora to Qubes to Tails. Which naturally gravitated to - why can’t you just use one?

Part of me wanted to answer - you just don’t understand, part of me said man they are right I’m complicated, another part said - really do you not care about your anonymity etc?

So my question to you - are you a one OS person or multiple? What are your daily task and what OS do you choose?

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