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Using a Linux Debian desktop. Used to be able to open PDF email attachments in Opera and Firefox-esr browsers without downloading them. Suddenly no longer able to open this type of attachment in Opera or Firefox-esr without downloading the attachments. Also not able to open PDF files from...

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I have a problem with a USB 3 port on a desktop running Debian Linux. The problem started when a system backup was attempted to a portable hard drive plugged into the USB 3 port. The backup operation had previously been done many times with no problems. This time the mount operation failed with...

A new WD Elements portable hard drive has been plugged into a USB 3 port on a Linux desktop. The hard drive does not appear on an fdisk -l listing. The small light on the drive is slowly flashing. What is happening ? Why doesn't the drive appear in the fdisk listing ? Is the system trying to...

An external USB hard drive has been used for a number of years to regularly archive data on a Linux Debian system. The latest attempt to archive data gave the following error :- mount /media/backup mount : can't find UUID=0688802088800FFB Why does this error occur and how is it fixed ? Thanks.

Thanks for your reply. The desktop will be a private computer used for office work. At the moment several companies are of interest to build the computer.

Hi. I would like some advice on which CPU to use with a desktop to be built with the standard, stable Linux Debian Buster release as the operating system. I have heard reports that this release will not work with the latest (3rd generation) AMD Ryzen CPUs and also probably won't work with 9th...