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    Question So did anyone ever get Windows 11 and WSL 2 working right ?

    I know I'm late to the game but I just spent an entire weekend on it. 2 days, 3 different laptops, 4 different distros, 50 failures. I'm just curious. Not asking for help. I'm over it. <Mod Edit>
  2. baksoBoy

    [SOLVED] My two monitors suddenly stopped getting a signal during boot, so I can't see the BIOS screen (nor rEFInd) anymore ?

    My monitors have always worked perfectly in terms of displaying the bios screen (and rEFInd) during boot, however suddenly they just stopped doing this. The only things that I think could have caused this was either when I changed the stands for my monitors, where I unplugged the main monitor...
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    Question What would be the best privacy-focused Windows 10 solution ? (Or the best PCVR linux distro ?)

    Hi, First and foremost, I've been considering a wide variety of options for an operating system with the following priorities in mind: 1- Privacy: At the risk of sounding paranoid, the geopolitical state of MANY "democratic" countries and just the world in general is very concerning to me and...
  4. andgo

    Question VBIOS Chip dead ? XFX RX 580 - Blackscreen , No Display after driver updates , Identified as XFX RX 590 in Device Manager & ERROR: 0FL01 .

    Hi, there to summarize i have an issue with my RX580 - For over 3 months now , the GPU After installing updated drivers never shows anything to the screen i tried everything , flashing VBIOS which only works when i boot the PC with the GPU switch being on the left with the fans upsidedown , I...
  5. N

    Question cursor acts like it weighs a lot and I can't control movement for 1-2 minutes

    On my Dell Latitude E4310 laptop running Fedora 39 Linux Workstation edition or earlier versions, intermittently the cursor acts like it's physically heavy and it slides rather fast and obliquely straight to the screen's top right corner. I struggle to control its movement with the touchpad or...
  6. J

    Question New Build, Arch Linux, AM4 MOBO, Ryzen 5 5600X Processor, Sub $1500

    Approximate Purchase Date: Tomorrow Budget Range: Loose but less than 1300 in additional parts, Much Less is fine System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Stormgate Are you buying a monitor: Yes Parts to Upgrade: New Build, Have CPU AM4 slot Ryzen 5 5600x Do you need to buy OS...
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    Question Bootable USB created in Windows boots right into UEFI

    My windows 10 install is completely borked. I tried creating a Linux distro usb but got booted right into UEFI. Tried a W10 usb via media tool, right into UEFI. Why is this happening? It's an ASUS notebook with Windows 10 Pro installed (originally home). I once installed a Hackintosh on it...
  8. K

    Question Gigabyte Motherboard Ethernet Port Disconnecting From The LAN Every 60 Minutes

    My Gigabyte Gaming X AX motherboard with a Realtek R8125 Ethernet chip and running Linux is disconnecting from the LAN after exactly one hour, as in 3600 seconds. This was determined by starting a ping at the rate of once every second from another machine aimed the Realtek Ethernet port and...
  9. M

    Question Recommendations and Experience about NUC working with Linux

    Hello As an option to buy a laptop for developing purposes, a friend did do mention of NUC. My concern and main question: Does NUC work with Linux? It for `Fedora` and `Ubuntu`. To only install Linux I have the secondary accessories: monitor keyboard the pendrive with the iso file Once...
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    Question How can I boost ramdisk speed?

    Hello, I currently want to know how to boost my RamDisk speed on Linux. I picked Linux since it has two ram functions builtin to the operating system. TMPFS and RAMFS. I have used the ramfs filesystem a while back on ddr4-3200mhz ram, and although fast, I would say speeds were comparable to...
  11. Z

    Question I'm stuck and confused on why my ramdisk is slower than my nvme ssd using DDR5 ram.

    I'm curious if it is possible to achieve above nvme similar speeds on a ramdisk using Linux's ramfs file system moving and transferring files from one ramdisk to another? I have tried and I haven't got great results, and in some cases are worse than my nvme ssd. If possible what tweaks or...
  12. chrisWWWW

    Question WIFI loses connection after some minutes working

    Hello, My wifi disconnects and I need to relaunch the wifi connection to make it work again it could happen every 5 minutes, every 1hour. I just sometimes lost my connections. How to improve it? I am using NetworkManager, maybe you suggest to use some other alternatives, which ones? Maybe change...
  13. C

    Build Advice Is this a good first Linux Gaming PC ?

    Here is the link to the PC Parts List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZjcgbL I am only going to play single player games and not multiplayer or online games. I am not going to be playing with Raytracing. I am going to be using a Samsung M8 Smart Monitor. I am going to be playing games at 4K 60...
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    Question ASROCK B450M HDV R4.0 with Ryzen 5 3400G keeps freezing and restarting.

    I have asked technical support and am waiting on advice for them, but for good measure, I'm asking on Tom's Hardware Forum too so I can get as much advice as possible. Basically, ages ago, I bought a budget setup, ASROCK B450M HDV R4.0 with Ryzen 5 3400G and 2x 8GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 RAM...
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    Question my fps

    What is affecting my fps, I only have a problem with many bots but The processor does not exceed 90% The ram does not exceed 85% The gpu is at 41% VRAM at 60% PCI Bandwidth Utilization at 4% What am I missing? where is the culprit?
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    Question Asus Gaming Monitor will not display BIOS or Linux ?

    I have an Asus Tuf VG32VQ Gaming Monitor, 32" 1440P HDR - - It will not work with Linux or even allow me to enter BIOS for that matter. It will work with Windows but it won't display anything until the log-in screen. I've tried updating graphics drivers, changing ports, cords, tried HDMI and...
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    Question Reusing old TV Box devices

    Earlier this week my current TV/Internet provider came for a maintenance on my home. I've set aside the TV box (as it's unplugged anyway) just in case they might need to replace the whole set up, but they only replaced the router/decoder and left the TV hardware here. I've been thinking about it...
  18. DREDKNOT_2077

    Question Firmware Backdoor Discovered in Gigabyte Motherboards im i affected

    with the news about the Firmware Backdoor Discovered in Gigabyte Motherboards im i affected with my three in use mobo are Gigabyte B450 AORUS M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard updated to F63 Jan 31, 2023 Gigabyte B550M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard updated to F17d Mar 23, 2023 Gigabyte B550I...
  19. Noahqayain

    Question Used HP Elitebook G3 locked me out to keep me safe from me illegally.

    My used HP Elitebook 840 G3 doesn't boot into a live Linux USB. I gave up on trying to boot into Linux and then it locked me out of my own Windows OS. Attached is a picture of the lock out screen. It logs in, I haven't changed the default HP account with no password and then it proceeds to sign...
  20. MagusKutya

    Question Oracle Cloud unresponsive instance

    Hi! I have updated linux with sudo apt update and then upgrade, then i restarted it. Now it doesn't boot. I can't ssh into it, and the website says it's unresponsive. Is there any way i can get the stuff that's on the ssd? If i have to reinstall it's not a problem, i just want the data on it...
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    Question Put SSD with Linux Mint install into machine with existing Windows 10 SSD install

    I have installed Windows 10 on a new Samsung 870 EVO SSD. I disconnected all other drives before I did this. I want to put my other SSD with a Linux Mint install back into the machine. I have no preference as far as Grub/Windows Boot Manager. I want to be able to dual boot the system. Should I...
  22. FlashStopFall

    Question Linux won't post with (amd 340x) gpu in the pcie slot. (MacMini running Linux)

    I'm running Ubuntu 22 on an intel Core 2 Duo MacMini. It's a 64-bit OS, but the EFI is 32-bit. The motherboard uses a fully featured mini-pcie slot for its network card, which has proven to be able to work with various pcie devices via an x16 riser, but it appears that testing gpu's on this slot...
  23. krelidas_34

    Question What are some of the stressful factors does Linux game developers have to endure?

    Ahh... game development. Long work hours (crunch), the grueling frustration of debugging, layoffs, abusive work environment, etc. I majored in computer science, and I took a class on game development. Extreme errors, programs not working right, and tons of other stress factors plagued my mind...
  24. wobbleidz

    Question Installing NVIDIA drivers on Debian 11 ?

    Hey there, I have Debian 11 installed on a VM hosted on ProxMox. On the VM, I installed docker and dockerized Jellyfin. Everything works fine, except when I try to play movies that need transcoding. GPU is a Quadro P4000 which is passed through on the proxmox VM. The GPU is obviously not...
  25. sacob

    Question Mini PC for Plex Server

    Hello hello! I'm planning to upgrade my RP4 setup to a mini pc for plex server. i'll keep using some sort of linux OS to keep the setup similar to the current one. I want something with a nvme and a 2.5 hdd drives and 2.5gbe eth. i'm the only one using it so it's noe likely to be transcoding...
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    Question I'm looking for a new OS besides Windows, Linux or mac ?

    Hi, im looking for something similar to midnightbsd, haiku that is something new and can be used for gaming. so far i only found midnightbsd, vamprie os, elive, haiku and lonero os. are there any others?
  27. M

    [SOLVED] HP Z800 Workstation - - - Xeon CPUs not correctly detected by Operating System ?

    Hello! Recently, I acquired an old HP Z800 Workstation from a friend. I plan on using it as an Unraid Server, so I bought two Xeon X5670 CPUs and installed them, but now they are not correctly recognized by Unraid itself or a different Linux Distro I tried (EndeavourOS). My BIOS is on the...
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    Question Penguin server won't boot after swapping failed hard drive in RAID 6

    So I have a Penguin Relion 1900 1U rack mounted server running CentOS 7 that recently had a hard disk failure. It had 4 hard drives configured in RAID 6. To replace the failed HDD, I powered off the machine, swapped the failed one with a new drive of the same size (4TB) and powered on the...
  29. 32985720

    Question Remote Connection Help When Computer Is Off

    Hello, I am looking for a way to remotely connect to my Linux laptop even when it is not on. I would like a safe and secure connection interface that requires a password and has some high encryption standards. Thank you for your answers!
  30. thedonquixotic

    Question I have a RAID1 array with one failed drive that I need to back up to a new drive, on Linux, what do you recommend?

    I had the OS SSD fail, and then a motherboard fail, so now I've got an all new set up but I need to get my archival RAID1 set back up. One of the 2 drives appears to have failed (it's showing only 4gb partition in Gnome disk utility), and I want to rescue what I can from the remaining drive...
  31. N

    Question Asus Tuf Dash F15 ---- unable to start Linux install from UEFI pendrive ?

    Hi all, I am trying to install a linux OS (with kernel 4.12) via USB on my Asus Tuf Dash F15 (FX517ZM). Basically when I select to boot from that pendrive I just get a black screen with a dash. This is very strange, I have never seen it before. I have tried all possible UEFI setting options...
  32. secretknowledge

    Question [Repost in correct section] Problems with Vsync on Linux with Nvidia graphics card

    Recently I got a 144 Hz monitor. It is just as smooth as I would have liked and looks great. Unfortunately, with a second monitor (my old 75 Hz one) connected ganes V-sync to it even when running on my 144 hz one, causing screen tearing in every game I tried. I read a forum on Reddit about like...
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    Question Disposable Email Server working ?

    How Disposable email server works when compared to normal email server ? What is the algorithm ? How does disposable email server creates different email aliases each time ? How do I develop my own Disposable email server ?
  34. S

    Question Systems restarts upon booting into Ubuntu. [MCE Hardware Error] ?

    I recently built a new computer with the following specs: MSI Pro B550M-VC WiFi AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) AMD R9 390X (From my old computer) Corsair RM750x I've tried to install multiple Linux distros, as I don't have a copy of...
  35. M

    Question I need some help understanding how to update my BIOS

    I'm running a Linux Distro (Pop OS 22.04) and I'm currently using an Asrock AB350 Pro4 Motherboard (on BIOS version P3.0) with a Ryzen 5 1600 CPU. I'm about to install a Ryzen 5 3600 CPU and an RX 6600 GPU. The website wants me to download this "AMD all in 1 with VGA driver...
  36. valiv4491

    Question GPU Not working and acting weird after MB and CPU swap

    I recently bought an asus prime b660m-a wifi d4 and an i5 12600kf. Before that, I had an msi h110 pro d and an i5 6600k. My gpu(gtx 1070) worked perfectly before the swap, but on the new mb it would not be detected but display would work(i use linux, and it would boot into command line mode...
  37. wobbleidz

    [SOLVED] Home Server Suggestions

    Hi everyone, First of all, please forgive me if this is the wrong section to post this in. I'm looking to make my home network more secure and I'd like to buy a fairly cheap server on which I could do virtualization, host my own website, host my home network files (FTP?) and maybe even my very...
  38. R

    Question Can't connect to some services after power outage ?

    This is a contender for the weirdest thing that ever happened to one of my computers. --- Summary: Power went out for a bit, then I couldn't access some websites and services on both my OSes (everything works fine on other devices in the same network), tried resetting DNS, rebooting PC and...
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    Question Remove linux partition through Windows 11 Disk Management ?

    [Moderator note: Moving post from Systems to Storage. More applicable. ] I resized my primary Windows 11 partition and created a small one to test a Linux distro but now I would like to remove it and if possible merge it back with the primary Windows 11 partition. 390GB (windows 11) 84.35GB...
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    Question Which Linux in VMWare?

    I want to install VM Ware on my Seagate Data drive shown below. I want to stand this virtual environment up to support Linux so that I can surf the web to reduce be being victimized by the badguys. In addition, I also want to get my feet wet with Linux. Iam a GUI user and not the best...