User Martian2020

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Bash negation of -a (file exists) does not change result, whereas for ! -e changes result

asked Nov 8, 2021 at 13:45

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2 answers

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Why splash is not in kernel parameters list but works?

asked Nov 4, 2021 at 8:42

7 votes

1 answer

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Has Linux kernel abandoned universally applying "RAM that isn’t being used for something is wasted RAM" approach (e.g for mobile devices)?

asked Dec 24, 2021 at 10:50

5 votes

3 answers

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Where is /cow for Linux booted from LiveUSB?

asked Nov 30, 2021 at 21:23

4 votes

1 answer

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Btrfs automounted and mounted via gnome-disks : "Error finding object for block device" on umount in terminal

asked Dec 10, 2021 at 9:53

4 votes

1 answer

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Why if [ -d "dir/proc" ] true when ls "dir" gives total 0 (might be chroot / proc related)?

asked Dec 22, 2021 at 13:40

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1 answer

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"bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale" - misleading? What does it mean?

asked Dec 21, 2022 at 3:23

3 votes

1 answer

249 views

Word split between two lines is not found in man pages search

asked Jul 2 at 3:51

3 votes

1 answer

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Why fan gets enabled again and again after thinkfan started and ended once?

asked Nov 13, 2021 at 16:00

2 votes

1 answer

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Why sudo apt install /path/.deb produces permisson denied whereas sudo dpkg -i /path/.deb works fine?

asked Oct 24, 2021 at 3:49

2 votes

2 answers

498 views

Can dd be used for regular small files?

asked Oct 29, 2021 at 12:01

2 votes

0 answers

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When does "apt-get install" ask me to confirm whether I want to continue or not (year 2021, Linux Mint 20, based on Ubuntu)?

asked Nov 3, 2021 at 6:32

2 votes

1 answer

223 views

error: linux "find" finds/renames not all directories containing string at first run

asked Apr 11, 2021 at 5:31

2 votes

1 answer

574 views

How to interpret `apt-cache rdepends` to pinpoint dependency?

asked Dec 28, 2021 at 7:55

2 votes

1 answer

144 views

Quoting within $(command substitution) in argument to a function in bash

asked Dec 13, 2022 at 14:21

2 votes

2 answers

118 views

Cannot find node ' '. How to add downloaded Info document file so that info command worked?

asked Nov 3, 2023 at 11:25

2 votes

1 answer

213 views

How to replace linux distro ISO on bootable USB keeping extra data partition intact and accessible?

asked Dec 23, 2022 at 8:57

2 votes

3 answers

376 views

How to identify one of several Firefox installations (location) by id from `~/.mozilla/firefox/installs.ini`?

asked Jan 11, 2022 at 11:45

1 vote

1 answer

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How can a file have size (per Nemo), but does not take space on disk (in RAM)?

asked Jan 7, 2022 at 10:34

1 vote

0 answers

414 views

Using tesseract for character recongniton, result is not as expected (much worse). How to get better?

asked Jan 10, 2022 at 6:35

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1 answer

1k views

decoding failed, system halted during legacy boot (possibly due to large SATA drive attached)

asked Jan 15, 2022 at 9:44

1 vote

1 answer

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How to change dconf settings in chrooted mode via terminal?

asked Jan 23, 2022 at 2:13

1 vote

1 answer

634 views

How to load (add to a panel) by terminal (CLI) a Cinnamon applet newly added to /usr/share/cinnamon/applets?

asked Feb 23, 2022 at 2:05

1 vote

2 answers

614 views

How to make Linux Mint live usb not write logs to usb (writable partition)?

asked Mar 25, 2022 at 5:08

1 vote

1 answer

570 views

initramfs: binwalk shows files that are not extracted by unmkinitramfs. What are they for? (Unix path: /lib/firmware/amdgpu/*, TRAILER!!!, etc.)

asked Dec 29, 2022 at 6:49

1 vote

1 answer

59 views

Can one find all pages in SEE ALSO of a man page? Jump to some of them when viewing man page?

asked Sep 22, 2023 at 7:54

1 vote

0 answers

155 views

Why suddenly apt-get output became colored?

asked Oct 13, 2023 at 0:06

1 vote

1 answer

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"Connecting...", "Connection failed. Activation of network connection failed" How to find out what does it mean exactly? (ping works)

asked Jan 11, 2022 at 4:30

1 vote

0 answers

146 views

UPower: PercentageLow, PercentageCritical - any meaning?

asked Jan 3, 2022 at 1:45

1 vote

1 answer

2k views

What rd.live.image means?

asked Jan 3, 2022 at 3:11

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Bash negation of -a (file exists) does not change result, whereas for ! -e changes result

Why splash is not in kernel parameters list but works?

Has Linux kernel abandoned universally applying "RAM that isn’t being used for something is wasted RAM" approach (e.g for mobile devices)?

Where is /cow for Linux booted from LiveUSB?

Btrfs automounted and mounted via gnome-disks : "Error finding object for block device" on umount in terminal

Why if [ -d "dir/proc" ] true when ls "dir" gives total 0 (might be chroot / proc related)?

"bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale" - misleading? What does it mean?

Word split between two lines is not found in man pages search

Why fan gets enabled again and again after thinkfan started and ended once?

Why sudo apt install /path/.deb produces permisson denied whereas sudo dpkg -i /path/.deb works fine?

Can dd be used for regular small files?

When does "apt-get install" ask me to confirm whether I want to continue or not (year 2021, Linux Mint 20, based on Ubuntu)?

error: linux "find" finds/renames not all directories containing string at first run

How to interpret `apt-cache rdepends` to pinpoint dependency?

Quoting within $(command substitution) in argument to a function in bash

Cannot find node ' '. How to add downloaded Info document file so that info command worked?

How to replace linux distro ISO on bootable USB keeping extra data partition intact and accessible?

How to identify one of several Firefox installations (location) by id from `~/.mozilla/firefox/installs.ini`?

How can a file have size (per Nemo), but does not take space on disk (in RAM)?

Using tesseract for character recongniton, result is not as expected (much worse). How to get better?

decoding failed, system halted during legacy boot (possibly due to large SATA drive attached)

How to change dconf settings in chrooted mode via terminal?

How to load (add to a panel) by terminal (CLI) a Cinnamon applet newly added to /usr/share/cinnamon/applets?

How to make Linux Mint live usb not write logs to usb (writable partition)?

initramfs: binwalk shows files that are not extracted by unmkinitramfs. What are they for? (Unix path: /lib/firmware/amdgpu/*, TRAILER!!!, etc.)

Can one find all pages in SEE ALSO of a man page? Jump to some of them when viewing man page?

Why suddenly apt-get output became colored?

"Connecting...", "Connection failed. Activation of network connection failed" How to find out what does it mean exactly? (ping works)

UPower: PercentageLow, PercentageCritical - any meaning?

What rd.live.image means?