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I've been having an interesting time with the new lubuntu partition. I've encountered strange things with the game Minecraft, Java and graphics d......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:29:40 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-install-the-network-security-toolkit-nst-in-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-install-the-network-security-toolkit-nst-in-ubuntu.htmlHow can I install NST in Ubuntu? I have searched but found nothing....Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:28:20 -0400https://liberty.io/disabling-extra-tty.htmlhttps://liberty.io/disabling-extra-tty.htmlWhen I boot my system, I have 6 tty (agetty). I want to keep tt1 and disable the other ones, ie tty[2-5]. How to disable all tty but tt1? 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Unfortunately, the server goes off sometimes... The problem is, that I cannot unmount the "dead" NFS-folder. On the command-line, I get "devi......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:40:53 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-edit-the-binary-or-hexadecimal-data-of-a-file-in-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-edit-the-binary-or-hexadecimal-data-of-a-file-in-ubuntu.htmlDisclaimer: This is not the same as What are some good GUI binary viewers/editors?. How do I edit the binary data of a file in a gedit like editor? Eg: 00001010101010010101 And how do I edit the ...Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:27:09 -0400https://liberty.io/logitech-unifying-receiver-can-039-t-wakeup-laptop-but-non-logitech-wi.htmlhttps://liberty.io/logitech-unifying-receiver-can-039-t-wakeup-laptop-but-non-logitech-wi.htmlI have a Logitech Unifying Receiver with a model K780 keyboard and M310 mouse paired to it. My OS is Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS. My laptop is HP ProBook 470 G1. 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