Color all in one network laser printer/scanner recommendations

What printers can you recommend with good Linux compatibility (including scanning)? I can't get scanning working under on my current HP all in one, and I'm tired of having to grab my old mac book every time I want to scan something. Budget is anything that has good bang for the buck (IE under 500 euros).

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Color profiles on wayland

I have been using XOrg for years in my production machines.
Thus, considering to give Wayland a spin, one thing that is a must in my case is to use ICC color profiles.
How can I install my ICC color profiles (per monitor) on Wayland?

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I wrote this little app to simply searching for files
https://cache.getlazarus.org/videos/filesearch.mp4

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dd, bs= and why you should use conv=fsync
https://abbbi.github.io/dd/

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Handwriting Recognition on linux

Hi Guys! IM currently rocking an x201t, and while its one of the much better supported tablets/wacom tablets, there doesnt seem to be much information out there regarding handwriting recognition and support on linux. Does anyone have any good programs to have handwriting input to text fields such as in the web browser? Am currently running arch linux with i3 WM

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Program works and respond, but has process status "Interruptible sleep"?

I have a program running and it is working fine, but it is not "Running", it is in "Interruptible sleep", how can that be? how does it run at the same time as it sleeps?


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screenshot of \\"glances\\"

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Multiple Distros?

I know dual-booting with Windows or MacOS and Linux is a thing, but is common/possible to have multiple distros on a single machine? I'm interested in learning how to work with a more minimal setup, but I'm also new to Linux so I'm starting with a better supported distro.

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theme.sh - A multi terminal theme selection noscript.
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Why linux can bring frustration

I am not a linux new user.

My first kernel compilation was still last century, on a RedHat 4.2. I've used debian/arch based distros as my daily OS for years. I have linux in my home lab, on my main machine, on my raspberry pi(s) and on my servers on the cloud. It suits my needs well and I can say linux knowledge saved me many and many times.

Linux is the base of many complex solutions we adopt every day.

Yet, it is still a source of frustration when it come to the simplest things, at least for me. Let me explain why.

I was driving a X1 Carbon 6th gen, running a artisanal tailored Funtoo linux install. It would run fast as a bolt, I was happy, it was my little perfect world.

I now understand I lived in a bubble - my requirements were fully satisfied, no need for distro hopping or experimenting with the latest and greatest.

Well, COVID-19 arrives and suddenly kids need a computer for schooling, at least a laptop to access their homework, attend to classes and so on.

I figured out I could just wipe this laptop, install one of the mainstream distros, hand it over to the kids to use and life would go on.

I hopped in a few days between Pop OS, Open Suse, Manjaro and Fedora - and was utterly frustrated.

On all the latest versions of any of those I have the same problems - at least on this machine:

* Bluetooth Mouse Lag;
* USB Keyboard Lag;
* Screen Tearing on external display;

I've done my research and found workarounds. Those may work sometimes, or just don't.

I have a machine, plagued by those annoying bugs. I figure those are a mix of gnome/kernel problems. To sum it up: I cannot just give a machine randomly bugged like this to my kids.

Those specific bugs are all documented on the web, from the distro forums to reddit. I am sure they can be fixed and will be fixed. But when? Why does it take so long? The screen, the keyboard and the mouse are the basis for a good end user experience. Don't those distros care about a more mainstream audience to their product ( looking at you System 76).

Yes, it is really frustrating. I can see why some people that are not techy savy will stay away from Linux. It would be so nice to just install any distro, create the kids users and be done with it.

I will now install older versions of those distros, since seems that those issues are not present. I may go with a Pop OS! LTS version and hope that 2021 bring us all a better experience.

Sorry for the rant, I had to vent.

Edit: I've today tried the latest Fedora 33 Spins with KDE Plasma and Cinnamon. No luck. The solution indeed was Pop 20.04, all the issues are now gone. So the issues were probably introduced on an upstream configuration shared by all the latest version of all those distros. Kernel, usb, bluetooth stack or even power management may be the culprit - and I wish all gets fixed in time. I will hand over the laptop to the kids now, and i hope all keeps working as intended. Thank you all for the civilized discussion!

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Mobile NixOS December 2020 round-up
https://mobile.nixos.org/news/2021-01-05-december-2020-round-up.html

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Why are many developer tools available natively for Linux, but needs work to get on Windows (like git and Docker)?

We know that argument *many apps are available for Windows, because it's popular.* But, what about some of the most popular projects? Like git, bash, Docker, nginx requires workarounds. They aren't available *natively* for Windows, but requires little extra work. If Windows is popular, why are these projects not available *natively* for Windows, but does so for Linux?

nginx
> and it runs on Linux, BSD variants, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, as well as on other *nix flavours. It also has a proof of concept port for Microsoft Windows.

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Use Debian & Tor? You may enjoy: https://onion.debian.org/

If you're a user of Debian and Tor, you should check out, "a list of onion services run by the Debian project." at https://onion.debian.org/

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And "once you have the apt-transport-tor package installed", you can install and update packages for Debian via Tor! See the bottom of the page for more info.

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But, that's not all, there's another good page here: https://onion.torproject.org/

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Tor Q&A Mailing List: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Other Tor Mailing Lists: https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo

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Google meet on Linux low performance.

I've full on switched from Windows too Linux before the winter break started. Previously I've been using a multi boot laptop with multiple distro's on it and windows. I've decided to not use windows anymore on my laptop, as I recently ordered a desktop which I intend of having windows and other distro's on, but the delivery is facing trouble and is set to arrive in two weeks. Leaving this laptop as my main device, so I have to use it for school and online classes. My school district heavily relies on "Google Meet" rather than "Zoom", I don't know why but I think it is due to privacy concerns and the Gsuite of application. But when using this on Regolith Linux (a i3 windows manager for Ubuntu) I notice how bad it is when it comes to performance on Linux. I'm running a quad core i7-2670QM and NVIDIA Geforece GT 525M, 8gb of ddr3 and the performance is pegged at an average of 90% CPU usage and 60% RAM. I only have one tab open that runs Google Meet in firefox, this type of performance is really bad specially considering that it is on a TWM that tends to be lightweight compared to a DE. I've tried to try running "Google Meet" on diffrent types of browser such as; Chrome (Snap, Flatpak, Offical Repo, etc...) , Brave (Snap), Firefox (Offical Repo) but nothing seems to work to get it to preform well. Is there anything I can do to make it better performing as it is necessary for me? Specially considering its almost the end of the semester and culminating + exams are coming up, so teachers are teaching faster and more important stuff.

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.-/+oossssoo+/-. manu@Regolith-DellInspiron

`:+ssssssssssssssssss+:` --------------------------

\-+ssssssssssssssssssyyssss+- OS: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS x86_64

.ossssssssssssssssssdMMMNysssso. Host: Dell System Inspiron N7110

/ssssssssssshdmmNNmmyNMMMMhssssss/ Kernel: 5.4.0-59-generic

\+ssssssssshmydMMMMMMMNddddyssssssss+ Uptime: 10 hours, 6 mins

/sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhmNMMMNhssssssss/ Packages: 1651 (dpkg), 14 (snap)

.ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss. Shell: bash 5.0.17

\+sssshhhyNMMNyssssssssssssyNMMMysssssss+ Resolution: 1600x900, 1920x1080

ossyNMMMNyMMhsssssssssssssshmmmhssssssso DE: Regolith

ossyNMMMNyMMhsssssssssssssshmmmhssssssso WM: i3

\+sssshhhyNMMNyssssssssssssyNMMMysssssss+ Theme: Ayu-Mirage-Dark [GTK3\]

.ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss. Icons: Moka [GTK3\]

/sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhdNMMMNhssssssss/ Terminal: gnome-terminal

\+sssssssssdmydMMMMMMMMddddyssssssss+ CPU: Intel i7-2670QM (8) @ 3.100GHz

/ssssssssssshdmNNNNmyNMMMMhssssss/ GPU: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family

.ossssssssssssssssssdMMMNysssso. GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M

\-+sssssssssssssssssyyyssss+- Memory: 1000MiB / 7854MiB

`:+ssssssssssssssssss+:`

.-/+oossssoo+/-.



(My spec's during the time I was typing this.

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Linux Alternative to the take ownership noscript?

There's a noscript you can install into the right click for Windows called take ownership, basically if I plug an external drive in and have issues copying data off of it, I can simply click this and let the magic happen.


I'm wondering if such an option exists for Linux? I've never been privy to some of the permissions/ownership commands.

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Multiple Master Template Pages for Website using Sublime Text on Linux distro. Is this possible?

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I really didn't want to post this here for the whole world to see, but apparently some people want to be snotty so here it is. There is no point in that behavior, just don't respond to me at all unless you really want to help. (Oh yeah, thanks for the help...smh).

I am trying to build a website using Multiple Master Pages using Linux and Sublime Text. I figured out how to do it in windows> what this video is here: https://youtu.be/4U\_NxWVV4hU if you want a visual of what I was doing. I lost the project when I switched over to Zorin OS, and want to start over.

I'm pretty new to code in general and will have to refresh on the HTML5 and CSS I've learned so far. But this website is where I want to take all of my notes as a reference for later on. Basically w3schools (which I know gets some shit) has way too many pages to open to be productive for learning and reference, and I want to do my own version.

I'm not trying to push my really awkward video- it's just an example of what I'm trying to do. Thanks for the help, and please be kind.

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OpenZFS 2.0.1 Released With Linux 5.10 Support, Many Fixes
https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/releases/tag/zfs-2.0.1

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NVIDIA sends out patches to support hardware acceleration with Xwayland
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/merge_requests/587

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Easy to use Remote filesystem noscript mounting tool

Hi guys, some months ago, I wrote a small bash noscript to simplify the use of sshfs and fuse, in the process of mounting in my ubuntu local machine remote file systems.

I call it kmountssh and after installing it (also I wrote a sh installer noscript for ubuntu 18.04) you can just type and run something like:

$ kmountssh -h="[host\]" -u="[remote user\]"

And it will do the necessary to mount the remote filesystem.

Also, to display a detailed list of available options params you can always use:

$ kmountssh --help

The noscript, and the installer for ubuntu18.04 (it should also work in ubuntu19.x and beyond, provably also in Debian > 9.x) its available at:

https://github.com/lemyskaman/kmountssh

Hope it came as useful as it is to me, and if it does pleas comment :) cheers

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Grub Windows 10 time keeps resetting to Greenwich time

Hello, I use Windows 10, and Ubuntu 20.14.1. LTS, Grub used for choosing OS while booting.

I have been experiencing occasional resetting of Windows time to GMT-0.

Why is this happening, and how do I set up to make sure the local time is kept for Windows 10?

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Questions about the /run/user/1000 directory

Why files in my home directory seem to be synced to the /run/user/1000 directory? Some images I downloaded are there. Can someone explain me the relationship between the /run/user/1000 directory and home directory?

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Does anyone have any news of HDR on Linux?

It has been many years since HDR became an important feature of displays, but I haven't seen Linux to do anything to support it, it seems like they have given up on HDR, maybe some of the developers here know what happens?

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