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What is the Linux equivalent for the Windows chkdsk command?

I have an external drive used by Windows and Linux. It suddenly stopped working, suggesting that I should format it before use. I lost all of the data, na...

Published: Jul 17, 2026

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How can I execute command on startup (rc.local alternative) on Ubuntu 16.10

I am setting up quota on my Linode server running Ubuntu 16.10, and I get the following error Cannot stat() mounted device /dev/root: No such file or dire...

Published: Jul 17, 2026

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How to increase touchpad speed beyond 'Accel Speed' maximum on Ubuntu 18.04

My touchpad speed is too slow (it takes me two full swipes to get the mouse from one side of the screen to the other). This might be because I'm on a...

Published: Jul 17, 2026

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How to setup bitrot protection with ext4 on 2 SSD workstation?

I'm surprised at the lack of documentation on this. Most bitrot protection schemes seem to be oriented at NAS. I'm thinking of doing the followi...

Published: Jul 17, 2026

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Create a single pdf from multiple text, images or pdf files

I have a bunch of text files, images and pdf files which I want to convert into a single pdf file. How do I do it?

Published: Jul 17, 2026

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not waking up from suspend ubuntu 22.04

I just upgrade my Lenovo X1 Carbon from Ubuntu 20.04.4 to 22.04. Before, I could wake up from suspend by either opening the lid or by pressing the power b...

Published: Jul 17, 2026

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How do I know how much RAM can I upgrade my laptop?

I have a HP Pavilion laptop quite old (2008) which I would like to increase the RAM. Ideally I would like to have 8Gb but I have no idea how to check if h...

Published: Jul 17, 2026

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Installing Slick2d for Ubuntu 12.04

I want to learn game programming and since I'm taking a course in Java at school I thought a java game would be best to start out in. Slick2d seems t...

Published: Jul 17, 2026

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How to check specific port status of ufw in shell script?

I want to check the status of a specific port of ufw in shell script. To check the status I wrote like this. ufw status | grep -c "^443\s\+ALLOW" It works...

Published: Jul 17, 2026

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Is it possible to get GIMP 2.10.4 work on Ubuntu 16.04? [duplicate]

I tried to install it from source, but there some dependencies problems, a lot and I don't know how to get them - it seems like they not in repo. Cou...

Published: Jul 17, 2026

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