hardware

Hello, I am using the latest version of kali linux (2020.1) in my oracle vm virtual box. At first my WiFi adapter was not recognized by my machine. I tried installing many different drivers and then at last I installed "Rtl8188fu" which I was able to figure out that this is the driver i would...

Hello, I recently bought a new Threadripper based system and I've been having trouble with, potentially, the hardware of the machine. The system randomly crashes, seemingly at random: Sometimes the crash is right after a boot; right at the lightdm login screen or right after logging in: the...

If I were to install Windows 10 on one hard drive and Linux Mint on another, would I be able to change which OS my computer is running on just by swapping the drives? Please be gentle... I'm not too tech saavy.

Hello, I am new to Linux, this is my first post and i am kind of not sure if this is where it belongs. Looking to get a custom built desktop for my Linux box (i think this is what it is called) and was wondering if Linux supports SSDs. This question arises keeping in view of the current state...

Hello. Newbie here and completely technologically oblivious. Hoping someone here can help me as this is my last ditch effort. Sorry in advance if long post. Screen is set at Apple logo and then the iTunes recovery mode. Apple support on phone said it’s probably a corrupt hard drive structure...

Hello I have Ubuntu linux and I installed the Arduino IDE on the machine and tried to connect to my board but it couldn't connect. The output at the Arduino IDE was: avrdude: ser_open(): can't open device "/dev/ttyUSB0": Permission denied I also tried adding my user to the dialout group of the...

Hi! I went from Windows to Linux about 4 years ago, and from the beginning the problem with screen tearing has always been there. More or less. Sometimes it works fine for a long time, then it comes back again. Getting tired of this. really tired. So tired that I'm actually thinking about going...

Hello.. Um.. I don't know how to start this. I'll just get right to it: So I'm planning to switch to Linux soon, and I found from my research that Linux Mint is the most user-friendly Linux distribution. And as I was reading some forum posts on some sites, they wrote that you might need to...

Hi, I am sorry if this is the wrong place for this topic. Mods feel free to move it if appropriate. I am running Antergos at the moment, but also occasionally try other Arch based distros. In distros like manjaro, you have MHWD to manage drivers. But I have not been able to find an alternative...