Identifying the system package manager
Is there a way (from a script) to identify the default system package manager?
Unix & Linux
Why does my desktop lock up when I copy lots of files to a USB drive?
My desktop is usually very responsive, even under heavy load. But when I copy files to a USB drive, it always locks up after some time. By “lock up”, I mean:
Forcing sudo to prompt for a password
If I do the following:
sudoedit root owned file in a non-root directory
Why can’t I edit files owned by root but being e.g. somewhere deep in my personal directory, it says:
How to install a new (custom) mime type on my Linux system using CLI tools?
I would like know the full steps to create and register a new custom mime type on my system. If it matters, I am running KDE on Arch Linux.
insmod: ERROR: could not insert module 8188eu.ko: Invalid module format
I’m trying to use the TL-WN725N as an USB WiFi-Adapter with Fedora 20.
Same file, different filename due to encoding problem?
I was about to diff a backup from it’s source to manually verify that the data is correct. Some chars, like åäö, is not shown correctly on the original data but as the clients (over samba) interpret it correctly it’s nothing to worry about. The data restored from backup shows the chars correctly, leading diff to not consider them to be the same files (with diffs, but rather completely different files).
How to change the default program for a chosen file type system-wide in kde or xfce?
I would like to have files of a chosen type (by their extension) to open with some specific programs. Which configuration files do I need to edit?
I’ve tried some in /usr/share/appplications/default.list but it doesn’t work.
Avoiding busy waiting in bash, without the sleep command
I know I can wait on a condition to become true in bash by doing:
solution to rotate log files
I am running a daemon process that will have to run indefinitely (a ‘service’ so to speak) and wish to log its output. A simple solution like: