How to perform a zuluCrypt "Create Encrypted Container in Hard Drive" but as...
I have long been in the process of converting my manual steps to create a new backup disks into an automated script. The only part I have left is the initial "creation" of the disk, meaning what...
View ArticleHow to set up a system with two hard drives?
I have multiple systems, each of which has two different hard drives: one fast SSD and my good old spinning rust. Originally, I had set up the drives to have my root directory / on...
View ArticleInitramfs: "triggering uevents" suddenly takes a really long time
Early in boot, after triggering uevents but before the encrypt hook (decrypting drives) my system takes a very long time, over a minute. Actually, I bet it takes 90 seconds which is...
View ArticleEnable multiplayer for Titanfall 2 from EA Games with Lutris
I have installed the Flatpak version of Lutris from Pop_Shop in PopOS. From within Lutris, I have installed the EA App, which I have then used to download several games from my library. Unfortun...
View ArticleHow do I find out the version of a program in a terminal?
How can I print the version of a program in the terminal, so that I know which one I have installed?
View ArticleAdding mount points to an existing partition that already has one
I have / mounted on a relatively small partition and /home on a larger one taking up most of the rest of the drive (as seems to be common practice). I'd like to move ce...
View ArticleHow to open documentation in qch format in Debian based systems?
I wanted to download C++ documentation and found cppreference-doc-en-qch in Debian's archive:Description: C and C++ standard library reference (English, Qt He...
View ArticleHow do you install Manjaro as LVM on LUKS?
There is a popular partitioning scheme, described in the Arch wiki as LVM on LUKS. The meat of thi...
View ArticleBest practice for splitting data between a fast and slow drive
If I had a fast drive (SSD) and a slow one (HDD), what parts of my Linux system should go on the fast one?
View ArticleWhat are the most active distros without systemd?
Ever since systemd was adopted by mainstream distros, there's been many reactive projects aiming to provide a distro without systemd.I've often had the impression that a lot of these we...
View ArticleAdding new entries to Grub with alternate kernel parameters
I installed Grub in the normal way and now I have entries in the Grub menu for linux, linux-lts, and the fallback versions of them.I want to add more entries to this. For example, I wan...
View ArticleCan you reuse your home directory while distro hopping?
I want to install additional Linux distributions on my computer, so I can try some new ones and see if they're better than my current ("old") one.I've been using my current distro for a...
View ArticleWhat's the "big picture" of how my operating system is put together?
My understanding is that one of the key advantages of Linux is modularity: the actual Linux kernel is quite small, and then what we call Linux
View ArticleHow can I fill out PDF forms?
I often need to fill out PDF forms, like government paperwork and stuff for banks. How can I do this on Linux?Best I could find was Foxit, but it has strange limitations in the Linux ve...
View ArticleDual booting without rebooting
Suppose you have two Linux distributions installed in a dual boot situation.One issue that can happen is when you need to frequently switch. Rebooting is disruptive if you have a bunch ...
View ArticleConfused about what "Linux" means
I've heard people say that Linux is a misnomer. Supposedly, the operating system is not Linux, Linux is just a part of it called a kernel, and the operating system should be called something els...
View ArticleClarifying terminology related to mounting
I understand that "mounting" in Linux refers to associating some "device" (usually some storage drive or a partition thereof, but it could be a region of RAM, some memory-mapped hardware, etc.) ...
View ArticleWhy don't LTS distros consistently use/offer LTS kernels?
I've noticed that the default kernel selection for Ubuntu 22.04, for example, is Linux 5.15.0. Ubuntu 22.04 is a LTS release, which is supposed to have standard support
View ArticleHow can I check GPU usage?
Linux Mint comes with "System Monitor", a GNOME utility that - among other things - shows my CPU and RAM usage and network transfer rate. It seems intended as the system's alternative to the Tas...
View ArticleBasic GPU usage monitoring
How do you monitor GPU usage on Linux? I am most interested in a "% GPU usage" and maybe "GPU temp" statistic, not so much very detailed stuff.
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