Linux

Hey, as the title suggests, I can't seem to get ANY distro to play nice with my laptop. Of course, as highlighted in the title, it's an Alienware 15R3 - i7-7700HQ, 24GB DDR4, GTX 1060 6GB (switchable with Intel HD 620 onboard), NVMe 240GB SSD and 2TB platter drive. Seems like every distro I try...

So here's the whole story. I was trying to repair this laptop i.e. Lenovo B560. It had lagging issues. The way it was lagging, I was pretty sure it was cause of tons of viruses in it. So I started installing a fresh windows on it. And after that, when I was about to install the antivirus, I...

I have a Windows PC and a Linux PC. If somehow I decided to move the HDD from the Linux PC to my Windows PC, is it possible to dual boot? If it can, what should I do? Windows: W10 on 1TB HDD Ryzen 3 2200G - 8GB RAM Asrock A320M HDV Linux: Mint 19 on 500GB HDD Phenom II X4 955BE - 4GB RAM...

Hello all. So today, I have thought today of changing to Linux cause my hardware is going too old overtime very quickly and isn't capable of running Windows 10 at a very good speed with the best performance settings applied possibly that I can change... So that's the reason I am now wanting to...

I'm looking to buy an Asus or Gigabyte motherboard, and would like to know how well their BIOS hardware-monitoring is supported in Linux, especially fan/pump control. Does Linux even use the BIOS after boot? In case I have to use lm_sensors, can you tell me if your Asus or Gigabyte model is...

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/16619377 CPU: Ryzen 5 2400G Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-M2 (MS-7B84) Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB SSD/HDD: WD Green 240GB SSD , WD Green 2TB HDD GPU: Vega 11, igpu (currently on 19.4.3) PSU: Super Flower Bronze FX 450W 80 Plus Bronze OS...

When the CPU turbo boosts and temps increase, will the BIOS or OS increase fan/pump speed accordingly? I'm looking for a higher-end Z390 Asus or Gigabyte board (Maximus Hero, Aorus Xtreme...), with an i9-9900. I'll be using Linux, so I'll need to know if its the BIOS/UEFI or OS that handles this...

I live on a canal boat and I would like to build a file server that works with only USB ports. I would like to try and make it wireless. I was thinking to buy a WD My Passport 4TB and then buy a Rapsberry PI and connect the Hard Drive and download the needed software. I just cannot figure out...

Hello, I am trying to connect from one Debian 9 server to another Debian 9 SMB share (access to which work perfectly from Windows 10 PC), and I get an error: SMB share mount error(95): Operation not supported I tried to mount using: sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.2/srv /home/srv2/mnt -o...

Hi folks, I have a dual-boot setup with Win 10 and Elementary OS Juno in the HDD of my Lenovo Y700. The Linux worked great for a few weeks, then it started booting up to initramfs. I tried a bunch of commands I find online but none worked. Last week I installed an SSD (970 Evo+ 500GB) and I...

Hey guys, I have need for information. I couldnt find it on the internet, so I am here to ask you. My friend has this chromebook. She needs linux for school purposes. So my idea was to install new secondary disk (but I dont know if there is way to install one) and install linux there. Does...

I have got problem with installation. After part with formatting ext4 and swap area on disc I get error during installation: "An installation step failed. You can try to run the failing item again from the menu, or skip it and choose something else. The failing step is: install the system." I...

my laptop (hp 430) shuts down randomly with this weird screen - View: https://imgur.com/U9gHKVM sometimes its like this sometimes only white color sometimes red sometimes static noise and restarts with a error system temperature 90D, sometimes it restarts normally no error also when i touch...

I'm not sure i'm posting this in the right category so sorry in advance for that. See, i have a 1TB hd with windows 10 installed for quite some time now. But since i'm getting into programming i wanted to install linux too. Since i had just installed a new 500GB hd on my pc, i decided to use...

So i was installing ubuntu 18.04 alongside windows 10 and when i finished installing it asked me to restart my computer which i did then i got this black screen with "y" and blinking cursor on the top right corner and when i press any key on the keyboard it writes the"y_" on the next line(same...

Hey guys, I haven't ever posted on here but I am looking for a solution for my family. I currently live on my own and am in college, however my siblings and my mother need a really cheap way to get a PC up and running for simple tasks. Case: My brother currently has an old PC he uses to game...

I'm looking for a Z390 mobo whose features are well supported in Linux. Like hardware monitoring software and drivers. Which of the big mobo companies are the most open-sourcey?

Hi, I am doing another rebuild of my main rig and I want to do it differently this time. The last build had multiple drives and partitions and the partitions were not stable. One-by--one they failed. Maybe it was the setup or the drive itself. There was nothing conclusive on that one. This time...

My VM can't see the second RAID array on my server system. I have a Dell PE2900 with ubuntu server installed on a small RAID array set aside for the OS. I have a second larger array for working with.. plan to use it for storage and serving up a game online. when I create a VM the only drive...

I have the Asus VG248QE and have updated it with a g-sync board that nvidia offered a while ago. The monitor still runs at 144hz and 1ms refresh but it obviously now has g-sync capabilities. Does anyone know how this monitor will work with an AMD GPU? I am looking to go team red because I have...