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    Deep fake / face swap program recommendation please

    Hi, If any of you are adept at using a face swapping application on either windows or linux and are available for answering any questions should I need advice, would you please suggest some? My graphics card isn't great (I deliberately keep old one so that it is silent) so probably would want...
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    using FFmpeg to extract p3 audio

    Hi, I was using ffmpeg to strip the audio from a video file and it took like 20 minutes and I was not remotely impressed, the audiophile was like 6 hours, I would have thought taking the mp3 from a webm file would be pretty fast, however upon examination of the resources of the cpu it seems it...
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    Linux Ubuntu TOR no longer opens

    Some time ago a year or so TOR would take ages to open, literally minutes, after a reinstall when a new version came out of Ubuntu the problem went away even though my Ubuntu was up to date. Now last weekend TOR worked fine and yet after some updates were installed t now no longer works, no...
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    Yet more problems

    So I'll give intro of what I did in windows 10 before moving onto Linux as this is a Linux forum section. I wanted to run a program in windows, I don't know why but I suspected it might have had a virus or malware in it. I had no intention of running it in windows but may or may not have...
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    Simple games to play at night

    Hi, I'd like to play some simple games at night like cross word puzzles or jigsaws however I am not remotely impressed by the fact you have to read thirty pages of terms and conditions of the free apps on android play store. Is there any way I can use my old smart phone or android pc tablet to...
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    Simple games to play at night

    Hi, I'd like to play some simple games at night like cross word puzzles or jigsaws however I am not remotely impressed by the fact you have to read thirty pages of terms and conditions of the free apps on android play store. Is there any way I can use my old smart phone or android pc tablet to...
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    File permissions changed by themselves?

    Hi, I went to made a new virtual box on a drive which was recently convertde to go from several partitions to just one, and although I can read files I cannot delete them or indeed write a new file to the drive. Not sure how this has come about. How can I get it back to normal? The username of...
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    Can we install a linux bootloader from wtihin windows?

    Hi, I want to install a linux boot loader that will enable me to boot multiple partitions including windows or linux types, is there a program that will run in windows 10 that can do this? Having issues doing it from the linux cd, thanks in advance.
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    Windows 10 Windows administration vs linux ??

    Hello everybody, I've always used Windows (gaming, networking, etc.) but I was forced some time ago to learn linux. "Forced" is a big word but I wanted to learn linux and UNIX-based systems. At work, i'm using windows but more and more linux (server side). Linux is a great thing (open-source...
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    How do I launch virtual box in linux puppy?

    Hi, I installed the program and its devx sfs dependancy however I cannot fnid anywhere in the system menu the application button to actuallty launch it? Any ideas? When I google the words puppy and virtual box all I ever get are articles on how to install puppy into a virtual box...
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    GParted

    Hi, As I have been getting on well with my installation of Linux Ubtuntu 20.04 on a SSD I installed it to a few months back, I decided to delete the partition I was using it from on a HDD and extend the partition for saved data to utilised the entire HDD. However rather than simply extend the...
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    Ubuntu USB driver with persistance storage

    Hi, Does anyone know if I installed ubuntu 20.04 onto a usb device with the above intention, can I install a virtual box and use win xp in that? It wold need to run a usb device used to plug into the car for mechanical diagnostic purposes. Link Removed
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    Thunar file manager shows no time stamps for files

    Hi, Thunar file manager on Ubuntu 20.04 shows no time frame where you list files in any given folder, is there a way to make it show this or is there a better file manager I could use that does? Thanks in advance.
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    Can I shut the computer down via the power button?

    Hi, I have linux ubuntu, the 20.04 version, anyway, I want to be able to use screen lock as a safety feature for when I leave the computer so it locks itself and have the ability to shut the computer down properly using the power button saving me the effort of turning the monitor on, putting in...
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    Why don't pop up blockers work anymore??? Any advert blockers?

    Hi, I use Linux Ubuntu and I don't know if this also affects windows users, I only say this because I mainly use Linux, anyway, the FireFox popup blocker used to work wonders, however, I still see stupid adverts all over the place covering up the article I wanted to read. Is there anything I...
  16. ICYMI – Top Announcements from Microsoft Build 2020

    It has been one month since the first-ever, completely virtual Microsoft Build, where we unveiled new tools and updates to make developing for all 1 billion Windows 10 devices easier. It’s an exciting time for Windows, and if you missed the event or just want to relive the announcements, here...
  17. GPU accelerated ML training inside the Windows Subsystem for Linux

    The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) enables Windows users to run native, unmodified Linux command-line tools directly on Windows. WSL usage has grown a lot since it was first announced 4 years ago, at Microsoft Build 2016, and now runs on more than 3.5 million monthly active devices! Adding...
  18. how to setup apache vhost automatically on wsl2 ubuntu?

    i need to setup local domain automatically when i create new project on apache web server.laragon do this on windows.but laragon isn't support for linux. any one know the solution for this?
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    Add New User with Specific Expire Date

    I want to add a user account to my linuxbox. But this user will have specific expire time which will be specified at the useradd definition.
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    Disable Selinux Temporarily

    I want to dislabe SeLinux but this will be temporary where after reboot it should be enabled.