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However the maximum speed I can achieve between 2 RAM-Disks (mounted on /mnt on each node) is around 200MB/s: root@odin$ scp /mnt/largeFile m......Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:41:40 -0400https://liberty.io/intel-wi-fi-6-ax210-on-live-ubuntu-20-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/intel-wi-fi-6-ax210-on-live-ubuntu-20-04.htmlon my notebook, I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 and after fixing the WiFi issue that persists with the Intel Wi-Fi AX210 (according to this answer), everything works fine on the network side. However......Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:18:32 -0400https://liberty.io/installing-broadcom-wireless-drivers.htmlhttps://liberty.io/installing-broadcom-wireless-drivers.htmlI'm having serious problems installing the Broadcom drivers for Ubuntu. It worked perfectly on my previous version, but now, it is impossible. 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This resulted to both menu and bar occupy half of my screen. I tried to restore it but the window of the settings cannot be re sized, so, it's not possi......Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:27:35 -0400https://liberty.io/best-way-to-install-ubuntu-on-asus-eee-pc-901-with-4gb-boot-slc-and-16.htmlhttps://liberty.io/best-way-to-install-ubuntu-on-asus-eee-pc-901-with-4gb-boot-slc-and-16.htmlThe 4GB is faster, but the 16GB has the space. What is the best way to install while taking advantage of the strengths of both. I have it installed on the 4GB, but worthless because I can't install ...Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:24:38 -0400https://liberty.io/wireless-connection-not-working-anymore-ubuntu-18-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/wireless-connection-not-working-anymore-ubuntu-18-04.htmlI use Ubuntu 18.04 and my wireless connection doesn't work anymore whereas it worked in the past. I tried with different router but all the same happens. 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When I try to mount one of my FreeNAS shares in Ubuntu 12.10, permissions on the share prevent me from entering the directory, listing or cr......Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:29:31 -0400https://liberty.io/whenever-i-use-alt-tab-firefox-display-freezes-closed.htmlhttps://liberty.io/whenever-i-use-alt-tab-firefox-display-freezes-closed.htmlI installed Ubuntu 2011.04 from scratch a few hours ago. At first Firefox was working perfectly. Then I selected "Static application switcher" in the Compiz configuration. From that time, whenever I ...Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:25:54 -0400https://liberty.io/looking-for-file-catalog-application-gui-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/looking-for-file-catalog-application-gui-duplicate.htmlI'm looking for a Linux application to catalog the files on my many external HDs and search them. I'm using Ubuntu, so i prefer a normal deb in the repositories but i can't find one. After some res......Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:20:46 -0400https://liberty.io/clamav-error-var-log-clamav-freshclam-log-is-locked-by-another-process.htmlhttps://liberty.io/clamav-error-var-log-clamav-freshclam-log-is-locked-by-another-process.htmlI have installed clamav and I want to to update the files that it uses to identify viruses: $ sudo freshclam ERROR: /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log is locked by another process ERROR: Problem with ...Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:12:36 -0400https://liberty.io/can-039-t-find-c-drive-using-ubuntu-livecd.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-039-t-find-c-drive-using-ubuntu-livecd.htmlI have encountered the "bootmgr is missing" error with my Windows 7 computer and I was not able to boot to Windows beforehand either. 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The Ubuntu machine has xrdp service running and I am using mstsc from windows machine to connect to Ubuntu machine I able to connect but una......Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:53:49 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-asus-touchpad-driver-16-10-18-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-asus-touchpad-driver-16-10-18-04.htmlI have an N580GD ASUS laptop runing Ubuntu 16.10 but could not turn on the touchpad some how xinput --list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual c......Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:53:24 -0400https://liberty.io/can-039-t-run-dpkg-add-architecture-i386-on-12-04-64-bit-to-run-eclips.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-039-t-run-dpkg-add-architecture-i386-on-12-04-64-bit-to-run-eclips.htmlRunning ubuntu 12.04 64 bit. I am trying to follow the steps written at the end of this page under the Heading: Installing Android SDK compat libraries. 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After every restart I get this: A start Job is running for sys-devices-virtual-mis-vmbus\x21hv_kvp.devices After 1m.30s, it prints Depen......Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:26:12 -0400https://liberty.io/can-i-upgrade-my-ubuntu-16-04-lts-server-to-18-04-lts-using-iso-file-w.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-i-upgrade-my-ubuntu-16-04-lts-server-to-18-04-lts-using-iso-file-w.htmlI have done quite a lot of research on upgrading my existing 16.04 LTS Server to 18.04 LTS using the ISO file. My Server does not connect to the internet. Thus I am finding the alternative to upgra......Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:25:34 -0400https://liberty.io/dropbox-is-not-syncing-anymore-after-upgrade-to-kubuntu-20-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/dropbox-is-not-syncing-anymore-after-upgrade-to-kubuntu-20-04.htmlI upgraded from Kubuntu 18.04 to 20.04. Now the Dropbox icon keeps switching between "network folder" and "box with circular arrows" as if a lot were going up and down, but actu......Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:18:45 -0400https://liberty.io/can-039-t-connect-to-local-mysql-server-through-socket-error-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-039-t-connect-to-local-mysql-server-through-socket-error-duplicate.htmlI install mysql and try start /usr/local/mysql/bin# ./mysql ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) /usr/local/mysql/bin# Any Idea?...Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:16:09 -0400https://liberty.io/unable-to-source-zshrc-during-a-terminal-emulator-039-s-startup.htmlhttps://liberty.io/unable-to-source-zshrc-during-a-terminal-emulator-039-s-startup.htmlInstalled Tilix terminal emulator on Ubuntu 16.04 virtual machine and configured a json theme to my liking named theme.json. I have added the same environment variables and aliases both in the .bas......Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:15:19 -0400https://liberty.io/superblock-errors.htmlhttps://liberty.io/superblock-errors.htmlfsck /dev/sda fsck 1.42.1 (17-Feb-2012) e2fsck 1.42.1 (17-Feb-2012) /sbin/e2fsck: Superblock invalid, trying backup blocks... /sbin/e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev......Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:14:11 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-properly-install-matplotlib.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-properly-install-matplotlib.htmlI installed matplot.lib by using the command sudo apt-get install python3-matplotlib. 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I can access php but whenever I type sudo mysql -uroot I see the following message: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL ...Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:00:33 -0400https://liberty.io/compile-ntpsec-with-refclock-support.htmlhttps://liberty.io/compile-ntpsec-with-refclock-support.htmlI'm trying to use ntpd for accurate time sync with a ublox gps module using this tutorial on Ubuntu 16.04. However, I'm stuck setting up ntpd to listen to the shm driver. In the /var/log/ntp.log,......Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:57:15 -0400https://liberty.io/cant-change-a-login-scrreen-or-always-shows-this-screen-on-startup.htmlhttps://liberty.io/cant-change-a-login-scrreen-or-always-shows-this-screen-on-startup.htmlWhen ever I open it shows this old type. this is scrreen looks like on startup...Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:56:35 -0400https://liberty.io/running-proxychains-firefox-www-duckduckgo-com-as-root.htmlhttps://liberty.io/running-proxychains-firefox-www-duckduckgo-com-as-root.htmli am getting an error Running Firefox as root in a regular user's session is not supported while running the command proxychains firefox www.duckduckgo.com on terminal. 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I have another machine running the same OS (14.04) and d......Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:57:05 -0400https://liberty.io/unable-to-access-docker-nginx-on-18-04-lts.htmlhttps://liberty.io/unable-to-access-docker-nginx-on-18-04-lts.htmlI'm running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. > docker-version Docker version 18.06.0-ce, build 0ffa825 I run: > docker run --name my-nginx-1 -P -d nginx > docker port my-nginx-1 80/tcp -> 0.0.0.0:3......Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:48:50 -0400https://liberty.io/lib-udev-write-net-rules-no-such-file-or-directory.htmlhttps://liberty.io/lib-udev-write-net-rules-no-such-file-or-directory.htmlMy Linux is suffering from the network configuration, the 70-persistent-rules file is never generated. 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I've t......Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:31:47 -0400https://liberty.io/can-we-use-graphics-h-library-for-c-c-on-ubuntu-20-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-we-use-graphics-h-library-for-c-c-on-ubuntu-20-04.htmlFor a few days now, I have trying to install the graphics.h library in 20.04 and failed and then tried on 18.04 and it worked and I can use it, but I really want to know if one could use graphics.h ...Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:29:41 -0400https://liberty.io/connect-to-wireless-display-in-ubuntu-20-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/connect-to-wireless-display-in-ubuntu-20-04.htmlI was wondering if there's any progress in the WiDi compatibility for Ubuntu/Linux. 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