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Noob Question Thread: Ask Any Questions About Linux! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by cyclohexane@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I thought I'll make this thread for all of you out there who have questions but are afraid to ask them. This is your chance!

I'll try my best to answer any questions here, but I hope others in the community will contribute too!

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[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (6 children)

I'm running Endeavour OS (KDE Plasma) and ran into a weird issue with my graphics. It's like windows sometimes flicker and flight with each other, some fullscreen videos won't play and just lock to a gray screen instead (e.g. in Steam, though YouTube is oddly fine), and most 3D games are super choppy and unplayable.

I'm not asking how to fix this, I just want to know how I start troubleshooting! I haven't done anything special with my system, and I think the issue started after a normal pacman update. My GPU is a GeForce GTX 1060.

Any suggestions to get started? I don't even know if the issue is Nvidia drivers, X, window manager, KDE, etc.

EDIT: The problem was Wayland. Fixed by logging in with X11 instead!

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[–] crazyCat@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago (12 children)

I use Kali Linux for cybersecurity work and learning in a VM on my Windows computer. If I ever moved completely over to Linux, what should I do, can I use Kali as my complete desktop?

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago

No never! Do not use Kali as main OS choose Debian, Fedora, RHEL (not designed for this use case) or Arch system

[–] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Guess you mean replicate your existing install from the VM.

Backup your /home from the VM
Save the output of dpkg -l to a text file and work with that, or use something like apt-clone https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=apt-clone

From there, install Kali Linux, and restore the relevant parts.

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[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (12 children)

How do people not using Debian/Ubuntu follow along with tutorials when their package manager doesn't have a package that's in Apt?

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[–] HATEFISH@midwest.social 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (8 children)

How can I run a sudo command automatically on startup? I need to run sudo alsactl restore to mute my microphone from playing In my own headphones on every reboot. Surely I can delegate that to the system somehow?

[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago

Running something at start-up can be done multiple ways:

look into /etc/rc.d/rc.local
systemd (or whatever init system you use)
cron job

[–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Try paveaucontrol, it has an option to lock settings plus it's a neat app to call when you need to customise settings. You could also add user to the group that has access to mic.

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[–] ma1w4re@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

How do I install one Linux image to multiple machines at once?

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