Total newbie here so please bear with me. I have a laptop on which I have installed Debian 11.6 I want to check if my OS has reached EOL. In the official Debian webpage, I see the following list (screenshot below). My question is "does 11.6 fall into LTS category"? How can I make sure my OS receiving security updates?

edit: I'm guessing its the new NVIDIA version 555 that rolled out yesterday, I reverted it back to 550 and I'll be testing it for full day to see if it solves this. it's Pop os 22.04 LTS, Gnome version 42.9. (I really don't know what info is needed to help me here. If it keeps happening, I will update and keep this post up.) I have been having this issue for some time now, ever since I fully updated my system with Cosmic Store. My whole screen plus mouse would freeze, but whatever was playing before the freeze still could be heard. It seems to freeze after 7 minutes from login. I keep having to use the old kernel version, but it will freeze after 3+ hours or so. The first time it froze, I used ctrl+alt+f3 to delete the gnome shell, which seemed to work... then it froze again after some minutes. I installed smartmontools and my hard drive overall health is good, no errors logs. used "dmesg" command, everything in kernel(?) seems fine. doing the "journalctl -xe" command, the logs are all green. Here's the result of the "journalctl -e | grep ERROR" command: Jul 26 05:24:54 pop-os vesktop.desktop: [5169:0726/052454.161121:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(1585)] Could not get a valid VA display Jul 26 05:24:54 pop-os vesktop.desktop: [5169:0726/052454.161217:ERROR:vaapi_video_decoder.cc(1212)] failed initializing VaapiWrapper for profile h264 high,

Upon reading [this question](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/748500/ubuntu-18-04-python-update-problem) and its answer, I signed up for an Ubuntu Pro account and attached my machine using sudo pro attach TOKEN I then ran sudo apt update, followed by sudo apt upgrade and continue to get the following unauthorized errors for all Python packages. Still getting the error message below:

package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Calculating upgrade...
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libnghttp2-14 libpython2.7 libpython2.7-dev libpython2.7-minimal
  libpython2.7-stdlib libpython3.6 libpython3.6-minimal libpython3.6-stdlib
  python2.7 python2.7-dev python2.7-minimal python3.6 python3.6-minimal
13 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
13 esm-infra security updates
Need to get 38.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 79.9 kB disk space will be freed.
Err:1 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu  bionic-infra-security/main amd64 python2.7-dev amd64 2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13
  401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
Err:2 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu  bionic-infra-security/main amd64 libpython2.7-dev amd64 2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13
  401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
Err:3 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu  bionic-infra-security/main amd64 libpython2.7 amd64 2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13
  401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
Err:4 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu  bionic-infra-security/main amd64 python2.7 amd64 2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13
  401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
Err:5 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu  bionic-infra-security/main amd64 libpython2.7-stdlib amd64 2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13
  401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
Err:6 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu  bionic-infra-security/main amd64 python2.7-minimal amd64 2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13
  401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
Err:7 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu  bionic-infra-security/main amd64 libpython2.7-minimal amd64 2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13
  401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
Err:8 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu  bionic-infra-security/main amd64 libpython3.6 amd64 3.6.9-1~18.04ubuntu1.13
  401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
Err:9 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu  bionic-infra-security/main amd64 python3.6 amd64 3.6.9-1~18.04ubuntu1.13
  401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
Err:10 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu  bionic-infra-security/main amd64 libpython3.6-stdlib amd64 3.6.9-1~18.04ubuntu1.13
  401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
Err:11 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu  bionic-infra-security/main amd64 python3.6-minimal amd64 3.6.9-1~18.04ubuntu1.13
  401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
Err:12 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu  bionic-infra-security/main amd64 libpython3.6-minimal amd64 3.6.9-1~18.04ubuntu1.13
  401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
Err:13 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu  bionic-infra-security/main amd64 libnghttp2-14 amd64 1.30.0-1ubuntu1+esm1
  401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
E: Failed to fetch https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python2.7/python2.7-dev_2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13_amd64.deb   401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
E: Failed to fetch https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python2.7/libpython2.7-dev_2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13_amd64.deb   401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
E: Failed to fetch https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python2.7/libpython2.7_2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13_amd64.deb   401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
E: Failed to fetch https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python2.7/python2.7_2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13_amd64.deb   401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
E: Failed to fetch https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python2.7/libpython2.7-stdlib_2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13_amd64.deb   401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
E: Failed to fetch https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python2.7/python2.7-minimal_2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13_amd64.deb   401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
E: Failed to fetch https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python2.7/libpython2.7-minimal_2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13_amd64.deb   401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
E: Failed to fetch https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python3.6/libpython3.6_3.6.9-1~18.04ubuntu1.13_amd64.deb   401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
E: Failed to fetch https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python3.6/python3.6_3.6.9-1~18.04ubuntu1.13_amd64.deb   401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
E: Failed to fetch https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python3.6/libpython3.6-stdlib_3.6.9-1~18.04ubuntu1.13_amd64.deb   401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
E: Failed to fetch https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python3.6/python3.6-minimal_3.6.9-1~18.04ubuntu1.13_amd64.deb   401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
E: Failed to fetch https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python3.6/libpython3.6-minimal_3.6.9-1~18.04ubuntu1.13_amd64.deb   401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
E: Failed to fetch https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nghttp2/libnghttp2-14_1.30.0-1ubuntu1+esm1_amd64.deb   401  Unauthorized [IP: 185.125.190.24 443]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

I know 18.04 has reached End of Life (EoL), but this is an older desktop that doesn't get used or upgraded regularly, so it slipped by. Any ideas on how to work around this so I can upgrade to the latest LTS release?

I'm running a headless server installation of arch linux. The high rate of kernel upgrades caused me some maintainance headache and I therefore wish to switch to the lts kernel . I already installed the linux-lts and linux-lts-headers packages. Now, I got both kernels installed but I'm a bit clueless how to continue from here. The docs explain : > [...] you will need to update your bootloader's configuration file to use the LTS kernel and ram disk: vmlinuz-linux-lts and initramfs-linux-lts.img. I already located them in the boot section: 0 ✓ root@host ~ $ ll /boot/ total 85M 4,0K drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4,0K 21. Mai 13:46 ./ 4,0K drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4,0K 4. Apr 15:08 ../ 4,0K drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4,0K 4. Apr 14:50 grub/ 27M -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27M 20. Mai 17:01 initramfs-linux-fallback.img 12M -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12M 20. Mai 17:01 initramfs-linux.img 27M -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27M 21. Mai 13:46 initramfs-linux-lts-fallback.img 12M -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12M 21. Mai 13:46 initramfs-linux-lts.img 16K drwx------ 2 root root 16K 4. Apr 14:47 lost+found/ 4,3M -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4,3M 11. Mai 22:23 vmlinuz-linux 4,2M -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4,2M 19. Mai 21:05 vmlinuz-linux-lts Now, I already found entries pointing to the non-lts kernel in the grub.cfg but the header tells me not to edit this file. It points me to the utility grub-mkconfig instead but I can not figure out how to use this tool to tell grub which kernel and ramdisk to use. How to switch archlinux with grub to the lts kernel? What else do I have to be cautious about when switching the kernel?

Why in Debian, you must manually edit your /etc/apt/source.list in order to receive LTS updates as explained in the [official Debian LTS Wiki](https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Using) ? Why it's not like Ubuntu where LTS updates arrive without the need of this manual change on /etc/apt/source.list? this is the an original /etc/apt/source.list after the install

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian  buster main
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian  buster main

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security  buster/updates main
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian-security  buster/updates main

# buster-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian  buster-updates main
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian  buster-updates main

and this is the one from [official Debian LTS Wiki](https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Using)

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/  buster main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/  buster main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/  buster/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/  buster/updates main contrib non-free

Is there a way to run **debian testing** (actual is bookworm) but with **LTS kernel**, something like in arch linux there is a linux-lts package. I want to avoid constantly jumping to very new kernel.

I already installed the "linux-lts" and "linux-lts-headers" but can't see it as an option to pick up in Grub login screen. Yes I've visited the page: https://docs.voidlinux.org/config/kernel.html And already run "sudo xbps-reconfigure linux-lts" in a terminal. What am I missing? Thank you.

I have a Bash script which should only execute in a specific time window (from midnight to 00:15 AM). But if I execute the function, I get [: too many arguments as an error message. How do I solve it? I still want to use Bash. I'm using Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS. Script: currTime=date +%H%M check_time_to_run() { tempTime=$1 if [ $tempTime -gt 0 -a $tempTime -lt 015 ]; then echo "Time is after 0 AM and before 0:10 AM. Restarting Server." else echo "Time is not between 0 AM and 0:15 AM. Aborting restart." exit 1 fi }

I have some offline Ubuntu 18.04 LTS amd64 machines for sw development and I need to create a package repository for them. (or in worst case a directory containing the packages). How can I solve this? I need a collection of common c++ and python related packages (standard c++ libs, pip, numpy, ...) with all dependencies. Appreciate every answer Edit: the point is how to get the packages on another (type of) system.

I have been using several Linux distros for about 20 years, and Linux as my main laptop OS for about 10. Several times, after installing software (notably different python or perl versions) or upgrading (apt-get upgrade) I run into incompatibility issues and instabilities which some times led me to reinstall the system afresh. I currently use Lubuntu (LTS version), and various Virtual Machines / Docker Containers to keep my critical applications running independently of my base system. Is there any *accepted best practice* about how to keep a properly functioning system for long term use, while having access to the latest version of installed software?

The KDE Neon FAQ mentions it's build on Ubuntu LTS 18.04. It doesn't mention which point release of Ubuntu LTS it's using. I would like to try out KDE Neon, but I know my laptop doesn't work well (or at all) on kernel versions before 4.19. Default LTS comes with kernel 4.5 and is not an option. According to the Ubuntu kernel overview , Ubuntu 18.04.3 would be the first version that would work for me. 1. Does KDE Neon follow Ubuntu point releases? 2. Alternatively, is it possible to manually enable the HWE as described on the Ubuntu wiki ? With: sudo apt-get install --install-recommends linux-generic-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-hwe-18.04 Or would that break the KDE Neon update system?

A few weeks ago, I accidentally updated my kernel, and out of nowhere I got these strange pixelated lines all over my screen. So, I decided to try and use the linux-lts kernel. But, when I tried to chroot into my root directory run grub-mkconfig /dev/sda I got /usr/bin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?) I am running 32 bit Void.

I'm trying to make dual boot (Ubuntu server and Windows 7), installed on separated hard drives. But GRUB don't recognize Windows 7 boot. I've tried "sudo grub-update" along with "sudo os-prober". The "os-prober" finds the Windows 7, but when I update GRUB configuration, the Windows entry don't show up. I've tried so hard to find a solution, but I can't find one.

I'm running an arch linux server and recently switched to an lts kernel from the repositories. Since I'm not rebooting the server very often, I want a stable kernel that is supported for a very long time. However, I noticed this specific arch linux lts kernel keeps getting updates. Some weeks ago I had installed the kernel 4.4.11 and now already a 4.4.12 update comes in. Being surprised about the 'high' update rate on the lts kernel track, I checked kernel.org and it states the latest longterm kernel is already 4.4.13, so I guess I have to update soon again on my server. The linux.com blog states , that the 4.4 kernel will be maintained for at least 2 years. But since there are already 13 updates (as in 4.4.13) in the last 5 months I don't really see the benefit of the long term support kernel. With such a high update frequency I could also run my server on the latest stable kernel and I would be not much more busy with updates than on the lts track. So, please explain me, what is the LTS kernel exactly designed for?

It looks like there's a new LTS release of Lubuntu coming soon, and I would like to switch to LTS for the stability. While I'm at it, though, I'm curious to try LXLE. Is it possible to make a shift from the current/latest Lubuntu over to LXLE without losing existing apps, settings, themes etc.? Or would it be better to do a clean install? Also, I couldn't find anything about the release schedule for LXLE. Will there be a new release of it at the same time as the LTS version of Lubuntu?