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Debian 12.5 not detecting Windows 11 [closed]

I have already tried enabling os-prober. I get the following message: $ sudo update-grub Generating grub configuration file ... Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png ...
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Error while booting Windows 11 with Kali Linux [closed]

I had installed Windows 11 on my SSD drive. Then I shrinked the SSD drive and installed Kali Linux to it. Both Windows and linux worked well, but suddenly when I opened Windows, it gives me error ...
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Fingerprint scanner not recognized

I am using a Lenovo Ideapad 3 14ITL05 with Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS dualbooted into it. It seems like it didn't recognize my fingerprint scanner. I typed lsusb in the terminal and this is what ...
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Cheese camera glitching

On my Lenovo Ideapad 3 14ITL05, my cheese camera is glitching. Like it just works for a second and starts to replay one part like im moving my hand in the second and i stopped moving my hand and on ...
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Can open directory in file explorer but not in terminal

I have some files that I copied over to Ubuntu 22.04 from my old Windows system. I noticed that many of them were highlighted this strange green color, so following advice from Stack Exchange I ...
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Enabling X on Ubuntu 20.04

I've tried to activate X windows from the command line as root. The most recent attempt using 'sudo X -configure' also fails with the final message fbcon not found in /lib/modules/6.5.0_26generic, ...
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Ubuntu not loading from boot menu

My HP g6 laptop has dual boot installed. Windows in SSD, and Ubuntu in external SD card. I wanted Windows load by default. Therefore, I changed grub timeout to 0, and grub default to 2 (windows). And ...
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GUI rendering problem in WINE with and without DXVK

I need to run together two windows programs inside Ubuntu/wine: Omnisphere (GUI works with default wine rendering but not with DXVK (a Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 9/10/11)-GUI renders ...
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equivalent .sh or make file for a .BAT file

I bought a book yesterday on OS development however, the book is written for windows systems and this was not mentioned in the description. I need to convert a .BAT file into an equivalent shell ...
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Keyboard working everywhere except Ubuntu

I use a Windows 11/Ubuntu dual-boot computer, and last night before I got off I started a Windows update and went to bed. I came back this morning to see my computer had been suspended all night and ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Installation error from Microsoft Store

I installed Ubuntu 22.04.3 on my Windows from the Microsoft store. it was working fine. Then I uninstalled it a few days after installation. Even after uninstallation, I can see the folder in the left ...
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Completely lost a folder converted to unkown file

this is blowing my mind. I got a new fresh installed ubuntu and windows on seperated partitions. From ubuntu, I can access windows partition so I created a folder named REPO_APP inside that contains ...
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Share Zjiang Thermal Printer from Ubuntu( With Cups) to Windows/all Computer Machine on one network

enter image description here How to Share Zjiang Thermal printer from Ubuntu(Cups) to Windows? All suggestions and input are welcome, thank you
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Remove Windows, install ubuntu while keeping backup partition (D:) + confusing partitioning [duplicate]

I have a 480GB SSD split into two partitions, denoted as (C:) and (D:). My objective is to eliminate Windows from the (C:) partition. Subsequently, I aim to install Ubuntu in its place, ensuring all ...
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I have windows 11 in ssd , what will happen if I make hdd Linux bootable

I've tried installing on my 32 bit machine. But once I get confirmed I will experiment on my 32 bit machine. Has anyone tried it ? If I make my hdd linux-ubuntu bootable and I have my windows already ...
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Windows Shares in Nautilus

How would I get a windows share to automatically show as a server in the Nautilus other locations? I can enter the server address as smb://192.168.1.178/ or smb://hostname.local/ The other linux ...
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Kubuntu 23.10, Unable to access Windows partition, mounting error

Using a laptop with secure boot enabled and dual booting. I've turned off fast startup on Windows control panel and fast boot on bios, and to be sure I also deactivated PXE boot (if I'm not wrong, it ...
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How do I install Ubuntu to a new disk on a system that already has a disk with Windows installed on it with BitLocker enabled?

I'm creating this question because I wasn't able to find existing questions after searching that described the issue I ran into. Existing questions dealt with the scenario where you want to install ...
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Installing Ubuntu on a Surface Pro 9 in Dual Boot with Windows 11

I booted from an USB and Ubuntu installed but after a kernel update, nothing worked so I had to reinstall Windows 11. So the only system right now is Windows 11. While trying to reinstall Ubuntu, the ...
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Problem with NTFS disk

I have HDD disk with two NTFS partitions, which I created in Windows 10, but Ubuntu sees only one. Disks utility shows both partitions as one. Disk model: ST2000DM008-2FR102 Windows 10 is on a ...
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Can't see Ubuntu on Boot Menu as an option. I can see only Windows [duplicate]

I have an ASUS TUF A15 Windows laptop and recently I installed Ubuntu(23.10) alongside Windows 11 as a Dual boot. From the time I installed Ubuntu, I had issues lining up. I am very new to Ubuntu so I ...
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ssh asking for password for private key

so I want to connect windows server remotely on linux server using ssh on remmina and I have copied the public key to the windows server in the correct path but whenever I try to connect it prompts ...
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Booting from Ubuntu USB on Dell Inspiron 5000

I am trying to install Ubuntu from a USB on a Dell Inspiron 5000. I made the bootable USB with the Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator. I manged to boot into it using my regular machine, so I think the ...
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WSL to RPD set up / Windows 11, Ubuntu 22.04

I am trying to set up WSL to RDP, however I am getting black screen after entering my WSL credentials. Everywhere I read that I have to logout of the Ubuntu before I try to RDP, however I don't really ...
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How can I re-encrypt my laptop? After windows 11 dualboot with ubuntu 23.10

How can I re-encrypt my laptop? When I turned it on I had windows 11, and I wanted to dual boot it with ubuntu 23.10. I had to disable the windows 11 bitlocker to install it. After installation I can'...
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Windows boot black screen after partion and install of Ubuntu 22.04

I have a MacBook Pro (13,2) that underwent a physical malfunction that didn't allow me to run OSX anymore as it was stuck in an error (touchbar lost all connect). I then wiped the whole computer and ...
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How to fix boot Ubuntu - SQUASHFS error: Unable to read inode 0x503

I have Windows 10 installed on an Asus and I want to switch to Ubuntu 22.04, so I tried to install Ubuntu. When I started the installation, I saw this error message. I tried everything, but at first ...
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Alternative to Easybcd

Recently installed Ubuntu on my Windows 10. Both OS work fine but I am unable to update the boot order via EasyBCD as Windows policy is not allowing add entry in EasyBCD. please share the alternative ...
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Dual booting problems with ubuntu and windows 10

So basicly i dual booted ubuntu and windows on my laptop but the problem is windows is gone after I dual booted it This is basicly what I did: 1 downloaded unetbootin on my windows 2 downloaded the ...
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Can't open pdftk-encrypted PDF in Acrobat

When I encrypt a PDF using pdftk under Ubuntu 22.04, I cannot decrypt it using Adobe Acrobat under Windows. Following instructions here, I encrypt a PDF using pdftk: pdftk input.pdf output output.pdf ...
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Does nautilus encrypt files on BitLocker encrypted drive?

I have an Ubuntu 23.10/Windows 11 dual-boot setup with one of my SSDs and an HDD, both encrypted using BitLocker's New Encryption Mode (XTS-AES). And I read that Linux systems natively don't have ...
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How to include VirtualBox GuestAdditions when Ubuntu server is guest on Windows host?

I've been trying to share a folder on a Windows 10 host with an Ubuntu server VirtualBox guest. Without any success. This answer to this question looked promising but failed at $ sudo mount /dev/sr0 /...
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Too many levels of symbolic links - moving a Windows installation

I have an NTFS drive containing a bootable Windows 10 drive C installation. In Ubuntu 22.04, I am using Files (is it still Nautilus?) to move that installation to another NTFS drive. Within that ...
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How to Install Windows from Extracted ISO on NTFS Partition with Grub2"

I am running Lubuntu 23.04 on /dev/sda3, and it's working well. However, my Windows partition (/dev/sda2) is corrupted. As I don't have access to USB or DVD, I extracted a Windows 10 32-bit ISO to an ...
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Dual-boot windows and Ubuntu

I have Ubuntu on SSD, use it as my main OS, but want to install win10 on separate SSD for gaming and to learn how to do it:) Need some help (good videos/articles/guides/solved question) to do it ...
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How can I add Ubuntu as an option to Windows Bootloader?

Windows installed first on first SSD Ubuntu installed after on a separate SSD I have to enter the boot menu via F11 to be able to access Ubuntu. The option for Ubuntu does not appear on Windows ...
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My PC wont boot any OS after Installing Ubuntu(custom/"something else") install

I'm trying to dual boot Ubuntu with my Windows10. I follow this tutorial. After the installation is completed and I restarted the computer, it says that there's no OS in the hard drive. I tried to re-...
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Transfer from local Windows machine to remote Linux server

Sometimes I cannot access my work server from FileZilla (which I use to transfer files from my Windows laptop). I tried to transfer files from the command line using: scp -P myport D:\Users\myname\...
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Windows Store Ubuntu Install [duplicate]

I'm pretty new to Linux, and messed around with it for a while and when I wanted to get serious... I uninstalled it,and reinstalled it. It's not life changing but I want to get rid of the -old at the ...
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Creating network bridge between main machine(windows) and ubuntu server(hp g3 800 sff without wireless compatibility) not working as expected

URGENT I have a windows main machine that connects to the internet via wifi and a ubuntu server that cannot connect to the internet via wifi as it does not have this capability. I have discovered ...
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Removing Ubuntu partition using flash drive (live ubuntu) and install windows

I was using ubuntu 22.04 on ssd and I had removed the ssd and use another ssd with windows installed on it to install gpu drivers. When I have tried to install amd gpu driver but the installation ...
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How to make windows from Windows software appear in PlayOnLinux?

I successfully installed a Windows package (Origin 9.0) on PlayOnLinux v.4.3.4. I can almost do anything I am used to, except running tasks that demand new windows be opened. For example, when ...
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How to modify copy/paste on Ubuntu-terminal to Windows-WSL-like?

On the one hand, I like the way that WSL+Bash handles copy/paste. Ctrl+C only copies when something is selected. If nothing is selected then Ctrl+C behaves as usual and sends a SIGINT. On the other ...
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Windows won’t boot after installing Ubuntu on an external drive while my main drive was removed from the laptop

So as the title suggests, I removed my main drive from the laptop, preventing any Ubuntu installation files from getting there and also data loss. But joke’s on me because I can no longer boot to ...
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can not share a folder between ubuntu 22.04 and windows 11,

I am trying to share a folder between Ubuntu 22.04 and Windows 11. The folder that I am trying to share is the public folder inside my home directory. I can see that in Ubuntu the shared logo (the ...
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SSH into my own machine on my local network (no access to peripherals and remote access is not turned on)

I'm wondering if I can access my Windows 10 machine from another machine, both on the same network. I know the IP and my user/the pass for it but otherwise do not have access to the computer. I want ...
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Folder Transferred from SSD to HDD is not showing after reboot

I moved the 18gb folder from my SSD to HDD. After the successful transfer I even open the files, but once I reboot the system that folder disappeared. I even checked the total size of the drive it has ...
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restarting windows 11 to boot ubuntu 22.04.3 stuck on /dev/nvme0n1p5: clean, x/x files, x/x blocks

I recently installed Ubuntu 22.04.3 alongside my Windows 11, and both operating systems boot fine individually. However, I encounter an issue when restarting from Windows to Ubuntu through the GRUB ...
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How to Disable Daily Message in Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS [Message of the Day (MOTD)] [duplicate]

When launching the Ubuntu terminal each day, I receive the following message: Welcome to Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.15.133.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64) * Documentation: https://help....
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I can't use the Ubuntu and can't dualboot

I have 2 questions. This is the story: I wanted to dualboot Windows 11 and Ubuntu 23.10. I booted with a usb-stick in the installer and set ubuntu up as install alongside windows. After I did that it ...
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