@scottalanmiller said in How to Install PHP 7.3 on Ubuntu 18.04:

I hate having to do this, but sometimes it has to be done. Here is how to get this middling PHP version onto this old version of Ubuntu.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php sudo apt update

I'm not sure that is the proper way to do it.
ppa are personal repositories - meaning someone put it together.

I think Ubuntu has offical backports, just like Debian.
In that case it would be better to get a the "newer" php version from the backport repository instead.

UPDATE.
It looks like the ondrej/php repository is actually maintained by a Debian developer, Ondřej Surý. He is one of the package maintainers for the official debian and ubuntu php packages.
https://deb.sury.org/

@DustinB3403 said in Oracle Linux Installation and performance seems insanely bad:

@Obsolesce CentOS as a product is dead, the alternatives are RHEL or CentOS Stream.

CentOS Stream is a totally different thing. Not what people consider alternatives. It is an alternative in the same way that Ubuntu or Windows is.

The real alternatives that are drop in replacements that work exactly the same and cost the same are Oracle Linux, AlamLinux and Rocky Linux.

I do old school and change my keyboard layout to LATAM type and it works fine.

@scottalanmiller said in New to Linux Administration: RHEL-Based or Debian-Based OS:

I agree, both is the obvious choice. But to truly answer the question, I'd focus on Ubuntu (not Debian) and then RHEL. Debian is great, but it is Ubuntu specifically that has the market.

Yes, almost the same is never the same as exactly the same.

@warren-stanley said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:

@scottalanmiller How's the Aspire Linux support working out ?

So far, it's been great. Really liking it.

@scottalanmiller said in Installing Laravel on Ubuntu 20.04:

@Pete-S said in Installing Laravel on Ubuntu 20.04:

@Pete-S said in Installing Laravel on Ubuntu 20.04:

@scottalanmiller said in Installing Laravel on Ubuntu 20.04:

@Pete-S said in Installing Laravel on Ubuntu 20.04:

OK, if you are not running apache or nginx, you should install the php-cli package instead.

So that seems to get installed anyway as a dependency on its own.

Yes, it does. But by using the php package and not php-cli, you probably got apache installed on your system as well - by dependencies.

You could find out by running: apt list --installed | grep apache

Or systemctl status apache2 to see if it's running.

Even if it was, Laravel uses Artisan's server.

I'm guessing they are invoking php's built-in webserver.

Regardless, the point is that if you swap php to php-cli in your install guide you don't get apache and other stuff you don't need.

To do that....

Edit...

sudo vi /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf

And set...

user = "root" group = "root"

And then...

sudo systemctl restart libvirtd

@Obsolesce said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:

@scottalanmiller said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:

@notverypunny said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:

@scottalanmiller said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:

@biggen said in Linux Desktop: what's the "preferred" distro?:

Getting ready to throw Mint Cinnamon onto a laptop although Pop OS seems to be the new belle of the ball nowadays.

Pop_OS doesn't make their own desktop like Mint does. Mint's focus is making an alternative desktop environment and Mint is just the showcase OS for it. Pop_OS! is a tweaking to Ubuntu used as the default on custom hardware.

Cinnamon is far and away my preferred DE. I just wish that other distro's / spins would integrate it as tightly with the underlying OS as Mint does. The add/remove (install/uninstall) integration right into the main menu is convenient. I just have an extreme dislike for their policy of staying on LTS / Stable packages and package base.

Fedora's Cinnamon spin is pretty much as integrated as Mint.

They are pretty much all integrated once installed. Many DEs have a software manager / software center gui now that is shortcutted.

Yeah, pretty much all DE have that now.

@Seb1982 said in Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop Lag:

My Dell XPS 13 lags after upgrading to 20.04. All graphics are fine, but the system simply does not respond quickly enough. Sometimes all is fine, but often the pointer is about half a second behind, so is typing.

And, I assume, it was snappy under the previous version?

Since the initial issues, mine has stayed responsive.

Thanks for adding more technical content!

@JaredBusch said in Zoom meetings on Ubuntu:

Without a green screen or other good color to make the base, it sucks though.
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Thanks @JaredBusch , that is exactly what I needed.

@JaredBusch said in Distro for school work?:

@Pete-S said in Distro for school work?:

Installed minecraft as well and it was really easy.

Just click on the link to the deb package and you're done. Apt package manager will pull in java and whatever else that is needed.
https://launcher.mojang.com/download/Minecraft.deb

Webcam works, tested it with cheese, which is installed by default.

All in all a smooth experience and mission accomplished.

If Roblox worked on Linux I could switch my kids. Those are the only two PC games they play at the moment.

Same

@scottalanmiller said in Making an RDP Terminal Server with Ubuntu Linux:

I recommend the Remmina RDP client tool, it's the bomb.

I love Remmina as a client.

@Obsolesce said in Ubuntu Adjust Screen Brightness:

@scottalanmiller said in Ubuntu Adjust Screen Brightness:

@Obsolesce said in Ubuntu Adjust Screen Brightness:

@scottalanmiller said in Ubuntu Adjust Screen Brightness:

@CCWTech said in Ubuntu Adjust Screen Brightness:

@scottalanmiller said in Ubuntu Adjust Screen Brightness:

On Ubuntu 19.10, there is a brightness setting on the power screen in settings. But it doesn't seem to do anything. You can slide it, but nothing happens. Anyone having luck adjusting screen brightness on Ubuntu?

We've tested on multiple machines, all seem the same. Both Nvidia and AMD cards same lack of adjustment.

Running 19.10 and I don't even have a brightness setting at all.

I have it, but it affects nothing.

Laptop or desktop monitor? I can't imagine it working on anything but a laptop.

Desktop

That's why. I know of no OS that controls monitor brightness unless it's a laptop/tablet/phone/etc. Never an external monitor with separate power source.

Me either, but @CCWTech was asking for it. I've never looked for it before. No idea what it should do in that situation.