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    Solved! Advice on returning laptop for video editing

    Hi guys, I am an artist with plans to do video editing/music production/special FX. I have little spare money so I will most likely buy a second hand laptop in the future, refurbish it (I have no previous experience) and run Linux on it. Presumably for video editing/creative software, a laptop...
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    Question MacBook Pro A1502 model + Lost MacOS (no recovery partitions) and cannot boot MacOS USB drive!

    Hi, I am newbie to MacBook Pro config world, so I own a used MacBook Pro A1502 model and I lost all MacOS volumes (no recovery partitions) and now cannot boot MacOS USB drive, to re-install it! What to do now? please help (OPTION does not work anymore, Command + R also does not work...
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    Question Can’t use Company Locked LapTop

    Hello, I‘ve seen some similar Questions but I got an old Company LapTop that I can’t use. I first installed Ubuntu and that worked without any problems but now that I wanted to use Windows(I installed completely after a Factory Reset), the first thing after Windows is installed is a Login Page...
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    Question (Mini ) Stick Pc for Linux and trainings

    Hi everyone, I've been quite curious and I would be interested tob buy a stick pc or mini stick pc as I need a second pc or device for Linux environnement basis, and try some developpement that I am studying currently, I would be delighted to read some information and performance details...
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    Solved! reformat laptop with windows 10 OS remove installed Linux OS

    I have laptop Acer e15 that I bought, the first owner installed Linux Ubuntu 20.4 LTS, now I want to wipe out the Linux OS and install windows 10. I got a bootable usb with windows 10 OS (tested with other laptop) ready and entered the bios, restored the bios to default and activate Legacy and...
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    Solved! buying advice needed: i am looking for a convertible laptop with stylus support that is (at least somewhat) ubuntu compatible

    Hello everyone, since my old laptop probably won't make it past the end of this month i've been scouring the internet all day for a convertible laptop with a touch screen as a replacement. Because of my very specific needs i've found only the lenovo yoga 920 (version: Intel Core i5, 8 GB RAM...
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    Solved! Running a program over a network between Windows 10 and Linux

    Good Evening, So this should be interesting. I have a Raspberry Pi4. I have a "home server" running Windows 10 Pro-n. My plan was to make the Pi a workstation, running linux natively. I was hoping someone had come up with a way to which I could install a few programs on the W10 machine and...
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    Question Metasploit refusing to work on windows , what can i do?;

    i have disabled antivirus and real time protection but it swtill prevents it from installing. I have tried several ways. Although i know this works quite well on linux buyt why is it not installing on windows is what i dont know.
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    Any free online virtual machines?

    Are there any free online Linux or Windows virtual machines?
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    Solved! No OS is able to be installed

    The situation is the following, as I try to install any OS on the said laptop it always seem to be able to get me an error message or a black screen, most OSes don't even go past the "loading black screen" and even if some manage to do it, like Windows, it gets to a part where I get a corrupted...
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    Solved! my hp envy ae008tx laptop, is making grinding, scratching, buzzing sound

    my hp envy ae008tx laptop, is making grinding, scratching, buzzing sound while scrolling mouse or playing any videos when i am using it without AC charger, when charger is plug in its working fine but whenever i am removing charger and scrolling mouse it starts again . I have even changed 3...
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    Solved! hi can I ask how can I start with my new laptop extends 15,it was new I open it and it go out Acer Linux,and after 6s it start

    My problem in opening the new laptop that I buy. I fallow the manual but it didn't show the icon of the laptop..it show the local host :root( automatic log in) How I don't now.I'm waiting for an hour but still like that only and I don't now what I will click to open it..plz help me.
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    Solved! Can I change os on emmc?

    I've got a laptop Kiano Elegance 13.3. It has Windows 10 Pro preinstalled. Can I change the OS to Linux by any means? The laptop has emmc
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    Solved! Operating system not found when booting from usb

    Currently I have a bootable usb with kali linux installed, which works perfectly fine on my HP ENVY 15-j151sa. However, when attempting to use on another PC, Fujitsu Esprimo D556/2, the operating system doesn't load and instead displays the image "An operating system wasn’t found. Try...
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    Solved! Need help with linux distro

    Hello i am a newcomer to linux world. I recently tried deepin os but it is too alow for my old laptop . Can you guys suggest a good linux distro for my specs Cpu i3 5005u Ram 4gb ddr3 Intel hd graphics 1tb hard disk Thanks in advance
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    Solved! Is antivirus protection needed for Linux Ubuntu 18.04?

    I have Linux Ubuntu 18.04 on my HP laptop. Is antivirus protection needed?
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    My laptop keyboard is typing the letter u infinite times without my knowledge

    My laptop is dell inspiron 15 (Intel pentium) which is installed linux now..but before some days it was windows 8... from then itself i feel my laptop like some malware inside it..because it is not working properly. But now after installing linux, my some keys in laptop keyboard is not working...
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    Problem with dual boot with usb (kali linux)

    Hi. So I wanted to dual boot Kali Linux, you know when you have two operating systems installed on your computer and you can choose which one to use, that is dual boot. So yesterday I bought a USB, and I successfully created a bootable Kali Linux USB drive. I tested it first on my PC – it...
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    Why does Microsoft keep the registry?

    Linux does not use a registry. Settings are kept in a file with the applications.The registry is always a mess and more money is spent on non Microsoft applications to fix the registry than on Windows applications. Why not keep settings in a file with the application?
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    Cannot install Windows on a laptop

    So my friend had Kali Linux on his laptop and wanted to switch to Windows 10. He couldn't boot to the Windows installation with his USB because he would always get a GRUB like this but he only had Kali Linux option there. He asked me if I could help him out and I tried everything but couldn't...