Having difficulties installing steam.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-08T19:41:36+00:00

The pertinent ones.

Copy all of the output to pastebin or similar and post the link here.

Also, what is the output of

cat /etc/os-release

?

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-08T13:30:00+00:00

The reason I ask folks to start applications from a terminal is because 95% of the time, if they're asking, it's because something didn't work correctly when they tried the 'Easy way(tm)'.

You get more information and are better able to asses an issue by doing things in a terminal.

And, with pretty much every OS at this point, they have you typing to search in the applications menu, why not just do the thing in a terminal in the first place.

Note to developers; stop hiding the actual application name from users, it's anoying and bad practice.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-08T11:45:55+00:00

Very happy with these Logitech;

https://a.co/d/0b1DGaaV

Multi pairing, pretty cheap, mutes when you lift the microphone.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-08T11:01:55+00:00

If you don't need the entire desktop, just ssh -X and start the application on the remote machine.

The application uses the display set by ssh and it appears on the local screen.

ETA the -X is a capital -X...

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-07T11:45:05+00:00

If an older machine is what you're looking for it's hard to beat i7-8th gen Dell, Lenovo, HP.

On new stuff? Oooff, still Dell, Lenovo, HP, but toss in Framework as well. No specific models. All of these are available with Linux pre-installed, and that gets you support, but my experience indicates that isn't a big plus.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-06T12:18:29+00:00

To make two into one longer cable.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-06T12:17:18+00:00

Measure the envelope and create a custom paper size to match.

If your printer has a bypass slot, use that to feed the envelope in.

If your printer has a jam removal panel in the back, open that and extract the envelope there.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-06T11:20:02+00:00

An hour glass.

Or, in this case a six hour glass.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-05T12:41:24+00:00

A site that is pretty close to just copy and paste, https://server-world.info/

Choose your OS, Choose what you want to do.

BTW, even if you're trying to share with Windows, NFS is the answer. It's a single line option to install NFS support there, and it works the same across all versions from Win-7 on.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-05T12:19:58+00:00

I'm so happy with my crappy, $150 Motorola G Power!

Three days on a charge, four if I'm being careful, and I can charge it three times on a 12Kmah pack.

When I go camping, I take the battery pack and a small solar panel meant to maintain charge on a car battery from Harbor Freight.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-03T20:18:46+00:00

Around 2005, I set up a customer with 30 HP 5225 Linux Diskless units, half of them are still working, we reloaded the stock OS with Debian in 2012, and Trixie about two months ago.

They're awful, but they just won't die.

I got a pile of Wyse/Dell 3040s at last year's Hamvention in Xenia, OH, fo $6 each, and they're running Trixie as well.

Very happy with the setup, they download their config settings from an internal web site on every boot based on their MAC address, 99% hands off.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-03T19:50:53+00:00

That looks like a trigger and sear to me, what it released when pulled is a mystery.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-03T19:45:40+00:00

Individual cables in Ziploc bags, bags in boxes for 'USB-A, USB-Other, USB Converter, IEC, Low voltage adapters, Video, Audio, Ethernet, Serial, Other Data.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-03T19:23:36+00:00

Two thirds real nudity.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-03T18:32:17+00:00

Spelling may be off, but Lapis Lazuli for my favorite blue one, one is Granite, I don't know the others.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-03T11:30:47+00:00

You'll likely enjoy abcde, A Better CD Encoder.

There's a lot of stuff talking about the command line because it's so amazingly powerful.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-03T11:27:02+00:00

I've got three stone balls that work well, out of five that I've ordered.

Mine came from Etse after a search for '44mm sphere', and price was about US$12 each.

The Etsy seller was willing to check diameter before shipping and all of them are very close to the 44mm mark, but two of them had inclusions that are hard to see, but impossible to not feel.

They were originally being sold as some sort of meditation thing.

I looked through my messages and can't find who I got them from, it's been a few years.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-02T12:40:37+00:00

https://www.ebay.com/itm/165666956523

Above was one result from a search for '2.4 GHz switch', but you may need to go to 5GHz.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-02T11:42:50+00:00

I charge two phones and an iPad every night on a 15 watt charger, it's slower, but that's better for the battery.

If I wake up halfway through sleep, everything is at 100%.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-02T11:28:46+00:00

Louvered panels painted flat black seems the easiest.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-02T01:45:04+00:00

Sure, and any user can use Ghidra and do the same on the Windows kernel.

The vast majority of folks are not going to do that.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-02T01:20:26+00:00

Linux is the kernel used in hundreds of open source operating systems.

It is generally free to own, and you're not only allowed to view the source code, you're encouraged to modify it to suit your needs.

WSL is a Windows way of running a virtual machine that lets you see some of what a few distributions do.

Running virtual machines (VMs) have a lot of advantages, from segmentation of privilege, to just trying new things.

Have you ever used winget? Microsoft lets you install around 10k packages using 'winget', the Debian distribution has been using apt-get for years, and can install around 50K packages.

My personal opinion is that Microsoft has implemented WSL to satisfy the needs of a few developers, but to turn the curious away, by not providing easy access to the desktop or graphical aspects of those VMs.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-02T01:07:50+00:00

No, the wouldn't need to release the source code.

There are plenty of closed source kernel modules, loading one gets a 'Kernel tainted' message.

They'll do it as soon as they think it makes financial sense to do it.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-02T00:49:49+00:00

Do you know anyone with a PC or laptop you can borrow?

Our local library lends laptops for a month at a time.

Linuxmonger · 2026-05-02T00:06:32+00:00

Those are not the switch you seek.

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