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Thanks to Ubuntu, Linux desktop now have Calamares Installer. Despite there is no official statement, I am quite sure that Calamares Installer is built, deeply inspired by Ubuntu's Ubiquity Installer.  This modern, simplified, distro-agnostic Linux installer has user interface and experience that is very similar to Ubiquity Installer. Now, many modern Linux distros, including Debian Live, come with Calamares installer. Even Fedora is now considering to replace their own Anaconda installer with Calamares. As a Linux enthusiast, I am really really happy with the born of Calamares. It is undoubtedly the easiest, robust Linux installer we can expect. Many thanks to the developer. Unfortunately, I met an error message when installing Linux with Calamares. There is an error message: " EFI System Partition Configured Incorrectly " when I choose manual partitioning. I was sure that I have did everything right. I set an FAT32 partition as /boot/efi, with proper size, but Calamares

SSD are now becoming cheaper. With better speed, people prefer to use SSD as their main storage device.  Unfortunately, there is an error message if you are using NVMe storage when your Linux system is booting: failed to set apst feature . The message doesn't indicate your NVMe is broken. It is just a message that there is a spesific NVMe feature that currently can't be loaded properly in Linux kernel.  If you are annoyed by the message, you could easily disable it by doing these simple steps: 1. Using your favorite text editor, edit this file: sudo vi /etc/default/grub Find the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" And put this line: nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0 To be like this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0"  2. Save the file and update grub: sudo update-grub 3. Now, you won't see the message again when your Linux is booting.

If you're used to use Ubuntu, you would easily mount your harddisk partitions in file manager by clicking it. But in Debian, you have to enter your password, everytime you mount your partitions in file manager. Not a really big deal, but it would be simpler if you don't have to. Here are very simple steps to make your Debian able mount your harddisk partitions without password: 1. Using your favorite text editor, edit this file: sudo vi /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.UDisks2.policy Find a line  <allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>  Replace auth_admin_keep with yes 2. Save the file, and reboot your system. Now, you could easily mount your harddisk partition without password.  

Dual booting Windows and Linux in a machine is very common among Linux users. The main reason mostly because most laptops sold with an original Windows installation, so many users prefer to keep it. Most Linux installer by default would automatically detect windows installation and include it in grub menu. Apparently, in newer Linux version, there is a new policy that os-prober is disabled by grub to detect other OS installation. Even though we execute update-grub, there will be an error message like this " os prober will not be executed to detect other bootable partitions". In order to make your newer Linux detect Windows installation, you have to do some simple steps. Here are the steps to make os-prober detect your Windows installation: 1. Using your favorite text editor, edit the file /etc/default/grub sudo vi /etc/default/grub 2. Add this line: GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false 3, Save, and execute sudo update-grub Now, grub would detect your Windows installation like before.

So far, KDE Plasma is one the most mature desktops in Linux. It is simple, good loking, and has a lot of features. Even Windows 11 now looks very similar to KDE Plasma --make us wonder, has Linux desktop finally inspired Windows? However, some users might feel that KDE's default configuration is not fast enough. For those who want a responsive, blazing fast KDE desktop, here are some easy tweak to speed up your KDE Plasma 5 Desktop. 1. Disable Desktop Effect Go to Desktop Effect setting, and disable (uncheck) all effects. 2. Increase Animation Speed Go to General Behavior setting, and set the Animation speed to instant.  3. Disable Plasma Search KDE Plasma comes with a feature called Plasma Search. This feature offers us a complete set of desktop search, from applications shortcut to internet bookmarks. By default, all options are enabled and might slow down your KDE desktop. If you don't want to search your internet history on your desktop, and other unnecessary searches, y