Can't boot into Bios Setup menu.

So I insttalled Linux Mints and when i tried to acces the Bios Setup menu by pressing f2 "which is how i acces it normally" it just checks everything is ok and boots into linux mints. And no i didn't find any working solution online.

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ASUS LAPTOP AND LINUX

I am looking to buy a new laptop and I have looked around and I am going for another Linux laptop.
The problem is that Ryzen 7 has shortages supply issue but found this laptop from eBuyer and I would like to ask the community, should I buy this to use with Linux and what distro works best with ASUS?
All comments that are useful in me making a decision to buy or not to buy is highly appreciated.
Cheers.

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Script to switch to internal audio on youtube

How could i make a background task so when youtube,audio sites are open in firefox it plays olny from internal audio rather then external audio as to not sound werid and how could I intergrate it with a firefox extension and stuff what language do i need to use and how to make it a background task or has some one made this already

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Manual Sync Between Desktop and Android

Is there a FOSS Linux program for manually (via USB cable) syncing folders on desktop to android mobile? I've used Syncthing to do that wirelessly, but have had some trouble lately, and want to know if there's a simpler solution that uses a USB cable. The sync would only need to be one way, mirroring the desktop image onto the mobile.

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Minimal Linux distro with package manager?

I'm looking for a minimal Linux distro that would work well on a slow ARM system with 128 MB of ram and a display. I want something with a package manager that has a decent selection of packages and isn't too resource hungry (apt didn't work out). So far I've found Alpine which seems like it could be a good choice but I'm curious what else might be out there?

https://redd.it/mizga7
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AMD Ryzen 5 3500U w/ Radeon Vega Graphics - trouble with drivers

Hi everyone,

I recently helped out a friend install GNU/Linux on her laptop, which I was more than happy to do, however they've been saying that their browser has been running unbearably slow... taking an hour to do what should take maybe 10 mins. They run events and so have to manage a Facebook page.

I thought I would try to update their graphics drivers. Searching around seems to indicate that it could have something to do with this. Unfortunately, it seems like AMD doesn't provide Linux drivers for their Ryzen 5 3500U. Oddly, it still lists Ubuntu under the list of supported OS's.

Does anyone have suggestions or pointers as to what I might be able to do to fix this issue? I tried de-activating hardware acceleration in chromium, which apparently helped out with mouse lag, but still very slow loading...

Laptop specs:

OS: Pop!OS 20.10 x8664

Host: 81W0 IdeaPad 3 14ADA05

Kernel: 5.11.0-7612-generic

Uptime: 13 mins

Packages: 1993 (dpkg), 16 (flatpak)

Shell: bash 5.0.17

Resolution: 3072x1728

DE: GNOME 3.38.3

WM: Mutter

WM Theme: Pop

Theme: Pop-dark GTK2/3

Icons: Pop GTK2/3

Terminal: gnome-terminal

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with Radeon Ve

GPU: AMD ATI 03:00.0 Picasso

Memory: 2329MiB / 5875MiB

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Issues downloading linux

Hi everyone, ive had some issues recently because I am currnetly trying to dual boot Kali linux and windows on my computer. I already have windows 10 but I would like to dual boot it with Kali. I used bootable usb taht i setup using rufus but now i struggle to make it boot on my pc... Anyone knows a solution or a better way of doing this maybe ? My usb key is renamed install Kali linux but i dont know how to install it directly on my usb key or on my computer

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Lerning about Gentoo on a Friday night. Stoked!
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An Article

https://www.unixsheikh.com/articles/why-you-should-migrate-everything-from-linux-to-bsd.html

When I was browsing the web I saw this. Please read it and give your opinion guys.

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Is a LUKS long passphrase safe as detached header?

As I understand, the main real concern about the LUKS header is that would allow to get the master key, by brute forcing the pass phrase, that is usually relatively short and easy.

Imagining to use a very long passphrase (for example 500 characters), which would take billions of billions of years to be brute-forced, there would still be additional advantages to using a detached header? (excluding deniable encryption, which I personally don't consider very important)

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How to Sell Apps on Linux?

With the recent major advancements of Linux phones and tablets and convergence becoming a reality, I was wondering:

How to make a living creating apps for Linux, whether it be for the Desktop or the phones?

Are in-app subnoscriptions the only way? As the usual distribution channels (repositories and 'App Stores') seems not to provide a straightforward way to sell software.

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Linux on the CPUs of yesteryear

I have to say this here in the linux community, because there must be something I'm missing. I keep hearing some of hardcore linux guys saying things like "Modern CPUs really aren't all that great" and "They haven't improved any per clock cycle" and "you're good with just an old core2duo".

And there's no way. There just ain't no way. Try playing some of these modern 4k games with a core2duo cpu. Even a core2quad, the quad core. The way they're supposed to be played, not downgraded to playstation 2 level graphics. Nobody wants that sh#+.

Anyway It ain't happening. And then there's the workloads that people need to do these days. They're making 6, 8, 10+ core CPUs for a reason. So if you're saying that about modern CPUs, you're just wrong. Go try all that stuff on your 13 year old cpu, see how it works out for ya.

And then there's 4k video. Oh, you lovely video signal. You can forget about that with core2duo's and older cpu's. They hate it. If you want to avoid intel's management engine, just say so. If you don't ever play games or use engineering programs or do video editing, you can just say so. There's no need to post blatant falsehoods, these new cpu's will smoke your old one in modern tasks. The cpu's available 10 years from now, will smoke these we have today. That is the way of things. The way of the force. Maybe the clock per clock performance is similar but that doesn't mean your cpu isn't a honda civic and a 2021 10 core cpu isn't a semi truck by comparison.

I had to say this, cause I keep seeing it everywhere. And they don't clarify anything, they just say "it's really not all that different, you don't really need a modern cpu." Actually yes, we do. Even most normies (windows and mac users) do. They watch 4k. They want to see (certain) games from the current year on very high settings. You are wrong. And I must tell you so.

(Manjaro kde user and lover of foss)

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Hi all. Packet Tracer 8.0 on Kali-rolling 2021.1

Hi all. Anyone try to install PT 8.0 on Kali 2021.1?
I tried everything but after 2 days/nights nothing.
Is it possible to someone help me ?
Tnx in advance.
ps- I tried 7.2.2 PT but also doesn't work with Kali 2021.1

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Asus E410 laptop: install report

My parents bought this cheap Asus laptop and asked me to install linux on it. They run linux on their desktop as well and they're fine with it: performance is better than Windows and it's virus free.

Their E410 model is a cheap passive cooled 14" FHD laptop with a N4020 Celeron CPU, 4GB of RAM end 64GB EMMC. It comes with Windows 10 in S mode, which is very limited but should be more secure than non-S mode.

I choose to add a 128GB nvme module and install linux there, leaving the original storage device untouched and available for dual booting. Adding the module is easy; just 10 screws to remove the bottom panel (no seals broken). There's a video on YT showing how to do that. UEFI detected the new drive and I just disabled secure boot.

I tried Xubuntu on a livecd but I ended choosing debian testing/bullseye as distro. It works just as fine with alomst no tuning at all. Moreover I trust debian and bullseye will become stable/LTS shortly. I'm a debian user myself and I've been running sid for more than a decade on my desktop. I choose XFCE as desktop manager. It's fast and has a proven boring interface suitable for my parents (I'm a gnome user BTW).

Install was fast and easy and everything worked except wireless. This laptop comes with a Realtek RTL8821CE nic. There's a firmware-realtek package in the repositories but support just entered mainline kernel and right now it's not working. The wirless card can be easily replaced but there's a simpler workaround installing tomaspinho/rtl8821cea driver from github and blacklisting the kernel bugged module.

Keybard, shortcut, audio, webcam, suspend all work fine. Battery life should be rather good while performance is as expected for a <300€ lightweight internet browsing kind of laptop. It's fine for its price.

That's it. Recommended? It's ok for its intended use. It's good looking and build quality is better than expected. Storage and wifi upgrade is easy. I guess it was a good choice for my parents who wanted a cheap lightweight small laptop with long battery life and didn't care for performance.

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Lenovo IdeaPad S340 14IIL

Works fine, except FN key must be set in BIOS "disable". Ubuntu 20.04.2 Gnome Wayland.
Some strange behaviour of Atheros Wi-Fi module,in XFCE signal strength was very low, but speedtest shows full 100mbit.

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Boy does this take long to compile... Its been building this mlt package for over 1.5 hours now. Doesn't seem like its going to finish any soon... Gentoo install...
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Raspberry Pi Arch Linux ARM no-systemd
https://gitlab.com/hvdkamer/raspaans

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Primevideo HD playback workaround. It may work with Netflix as well.
https://redd.it/mjb5th
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Develop A Multi-threaded Kernel From Scratch Online Course! 27 hours

Easter is coming up so we have reduced all our courses by 90%. Buy now to get this fantastic offer, and start learning kernel development.

https://dragonzap.com/course/developing-a-multithreaded-kernel-from-scratch

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Installed Ubuntu but the username and password was already set. Help. Whats the default Login?
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ASK What got you guys started with linux?

What was your first real experience with it?

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I will start:

I was 12-13. I installed Kali Linux on a vm then on a USB stick with persistence. I was an absolute skid who knew nothing about linux. But I liked the terminal. It was actually pretty cool. So I watched some Linux content and found out that you can have other OS's based on Linux. I experimented with Ubuntu, and then here we are! I have my main PC with PopOS, multiple RPI's and router with OpenWRT.

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