Questions tagged [open-source]
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Nvidia Proprietary vs Open drivers - differences?
I work primarily on a laptop with Nvidia 4070 card (Ada Lovelace codename), and not so long ago, I noticed out of nowhere appeared some Open drivers as an alternative to Proprietary, and what's more, ...
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Install alternative OS on ASUSTOR AS1002T
I own a NAS of the ASUSTOR brand, model AS1002T with an ARMv7 Processor rev 1 (v7l), which is running ADM, its proprietary Busybox-based OS. The version is 4.0.7.RVG1 and there won't be any new ...
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Industrialized single device installation for personal use
For years I've been using a script to reconfigure my personal system & I was wondering if perhaps there's a better way to "industrialize" & structure my device installation. I ...
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Are there projects that can used to replace or advance the closed source part of Virtual Box and what are their names?
VirtualBox is open source in parts and closed source in parts.
Sample for Open Source part:
VirtualBox manager
The source code can be found on:
https://web.archive.org/web/20230215155445/https://...
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Is the software for the server of https://snapcraft.io/ closed or open source?
I keep hearing different things from different people, some people are telling me that the reason people don't like snaps is because the software that runs the server for https://snapcraft.io/ is ...
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Remote access to Linux graphical session with opensource software behind router without the need for PAT/NAT configuration
I use anydesk on my Linux behind my ISP router and my Dad PC also using anydesk on Linux behind his ISP router.
I'd like to use an opensource software to gain remote access to the Linux graphical ...
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Looking for a linux backup tool multithreaded with encryption and good compression algorithm
I am looking for a linux backup tool to upgrade my backup strategy.
Today I do full backups everyday on Linux server (Ubuntu 20.04).
I prefer to backup data directly inside our VMs and send to another ...
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What is the correct way to install modified versions of standard packaged applications?
I want to make some small trivial UI changes to various standard applications such as evince, kate, texstudio, etc. Since these are all open source applications, I know I can just download the code, ...
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Where can I find the source code of Voidlinux
Why do I need to know where is the code source?
I found a bug in the config file of the service named wpa_supplicant, when using some shell, like sh or zsh instead of bash for the root user
$ cat /...
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If I create my own Linux distro, what is it's source code?
So I am creating my own live Linux distro based on Debian. If I am right, for it to be truly opensource I need to provide my distro's source code. So where is it? Is it the filesystem (I don't think ...
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online compiler [closed]
An open-source author didn't provide the binary file, but just the source code, for users to download and compile them self. Downloading and installing compilers is required and needs time to try and ...
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How to find a word in picture and put another word in desired position?
I am an IT specialist but i am doing financial clerk job a lot! I have to put cost centers in invoices (of the IT department) - by hand!
Maybe is there in Linux a technology or solution to automate ...
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Upgrade fedora 30 to 31
I am trying to upgrade from fedora 30 to fedora 31 and I ran this:
sudo dnf system-upgrade download --refresh --releasever=31 --allowerasing --best
After downloading about 3,000 packages, it throws ...
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Cisco Jabber for Linux?
Some people at our company are using a so called Cisco Jabber in Windows OS to improve handling of phone calls directly at the PC instead of using the telephone anymore.
After installation, one has to ...
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How do I know an open-sourced app is running the open source code it claims to be running? [duplicate]
You can argue that you can check the checksum of the application's package, but you are then trusting the developer to have compiled the right code and provided the right signature.
Is there a way to ...
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