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  1. osprey

    Why Kali

    Asking Gemini (AI): why do new linux users choose Kali as their distribution? Here is the response: --------start AI response------- There are a couple reasons why someone new to Linux might mistakenly choose Kali Linux: 1. Misunderstanding the Tools: Kali comes pre-loaded with a massive...
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    Software & Updates crashes on Kali Linux

    Perhaps have a look at this webpage from @KGIII: https://linux-tips.us/use-a-gui-to-manage-debians-software-repositories/ It supplies info for a GUI for software updates.
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    What is remastering Linux?

    The tasks do not appear to involve "remastering" of a linux distribution, but rather they appear to require the student to "master" some aspects of linux. It would be a highly unusual, and even an inappropriate task, for a "beginner" in linux to remaster a distribution such as doing something...
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    [UNSOLVED] ventoy UEFI causing system to freeze.

    @price1221: A speculative look at the logs throw up a number of issues, which may or may not be to do with TPM at all. It's possible that the TPM focus is a red herring. Logs in post #55 show the graphics card failing: ERROR:gpu_processs_host.cc(1030)] GPU process exited unexpectedly...
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    [UNSOLVED] ventoy UEFI causing system to freeze.

    Systemd has suspend and hibernate functions. They can be checked with the following, then stopped and disabled at will: systemctl status systemd-hibernate.service systemctl status systemd-suspend-then-hibernate.service systemctl status systemd-suspend.service
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    How do I enable the serial console in desktop 23.10? [Solved]

    Dunno if this is any help, but for a serial console, one can use the kernel option: console=ttyS0, and systemd will automatically start a getty on it for you. Then just run: systemctl enable [email protected] systemctl start [email protected] Check on serial ports...
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    Any way to fix this downward spiral of a situation?

    In trying to get a handle on the situation @frayinq, the following thoughts occur. So it seems there is no complete distro installed on the disk, but this may not be the case since you mentioned that you installed ubuntu and you "ended up getting the iso working through grub". If grub can't...
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    Problems in UK

    https://www.techrepublic.com/article/what-is-microsoft-doing-with-linux-everything-you-need-to-know-about-its-plans-for-open-source/
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    Realtek audio for Mint

    When alsamixer is opened, as outlined above by @Condobloke, then you can: press F1 key for help to see all the options you can use, press Esc key to return to volume bars, press F5 to see all volume bars, raise the volumes by using the up arrow key, and move from bar to bar with the left and...
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    Installing Linux on an iMac

    Quite rare ... just 8 out 2348 in /usr/bin on this machine :) [tom@min ~]$ ls /usr/bin | wc -l 2348 [tom@min ~]$ ls /usr/bin | grep [A-Z] GET HEAD JxrDecApp JxrEncApp POST X X11 Xorg
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    Realtek audio for Mint

    Can you raise the volumes in the alsamixer program run in a terminal?
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    No sound ubuntu 23.10

    Thanks for all your work. Nothing stands out to me as a problem. The kernel is reasonably recent and the audio driver in place. No firmware or microcode problems reported. It looks like it will take better eyes than mine to see an issue. I assume that the hardware is connected up properly. Only...
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    No sound ubuntu 23.10

    Looks okay to me.
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    No sound ubuntu 23.10

    The output "read kernel buffer failed" in post #8 is likely because you weren't root or sudo. The two commands need to be run separately, both as root or sudo. On my own hdmi connected monitor, the device is also marked analog. It occurred to me that since you are dual booting, that the MS...
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    No sound ubuntu 23.10

    Thanks for that output. Can't spot a problem there at the moment. Could you check on missing firmware and microcode with these commands, which may need root or sudo permissions, and paste back here: dmesg | grep -i firmware dmesg | grep -i microcode
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    No sound ubuntu 23.10

    Okay. Thanks for the output. Looks like a deeper investigation is needed. Perhaps have a look at post #2 in this thread and return here with some outputs from the terminal...
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    Alternative window manager?

    It's helpful to differentiate between a window manager, and a Desktop Environment. A window manager, such as most of those on the wikipedia page linked in post #5 is basically a small executable that manages the windows by positioning them, enabling them to move about, resizing them, maybe...
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    No sound ubuntu 23.10

    First thing to check is whether the sound has been muted in linux. Tools useful to check are: pavucontrol, in the GUI, or in the terminal: alsamixer. If you run pavucontrol you can check that all the little speaker icons are not muting the sound indicated by crosses next to them. The crosses can...
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    Problem with wifi and bluetooth

    Okay. To move around the filesystem you can use a GUI file manager like Nautilus. There's ubuntu info on using the file manager here: https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/files-browse.html.en Alternatively, one can use the terminal with a few commands doing the following: Open a terminal...
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    Alternative window manager?

    For window managers, perhaps check: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_X_window_managers and try a few. Trying them is probably the most helpful way to find out what suits you. Personally, it's twm, dwm and icewm ... old school, all moderately configured away from defaults.
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