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Why file content is not remain after unmount a drive in linux?

I wrote a script on bashrc.cmd from my windows 10 to activate my virtual environment automatically. I pointed the path of bashrc.cmd into AutoRun according to this post. bashrc.cmd @echo off CD dev-...
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Reboot into USB stick on insert

I would like to be able to insert a USB drive that, on insert, would reboot the computer into an operating system housed on the USB drive. The OS would be Linux-based. I would also like this to be ...
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udev rule to auto-execute script

I want to create a udev rule to execute when my headset gets plugged in. Therefore I followed this Tutorial, but my rule doesn't seem to work. The output of udevadm monitor --environment | fgrep ...
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Need help trying to get a script to start on boot

Luke here! Although I've been using Linux as my main OS for quite a while, I'm still pretty much a noob when it comes to using it. Sorry. I have a Raspberry Pi that I'm trying to set up with the ...
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Setting keyboard shortcuts to launch program on startup/login in linux across WMs

What I want to achieve is having access to a couple of keyboard shortcuts (for an instance to launch the terminal), bound to my user. Background This is because we have a setup with a lot of ...
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What is the danger of inserting and browsing an untrusted USB drive?

Suppose someone wants me to copy some files to their USB stick. I'm running fully-patched Windows 7 x64 with AutoRun disabled (via Group Policy). I insert the USB drive, open it in Windows Explorer ...
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Udev rules failing to pass parameters

Linux newbie on Gentoo here. I am trying to write a udev rule that would run a Python script and pass some information whenever a usb device (specifically a usb modem) is inserted. I have: ...
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Using udev rules to run a script on USB insertion

I'm trying to set up a script to run every time I plug in a USB device. I created the file /etc/udev/rules.d/90-local.rules and added the following rule: ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", KERNEL=="sd*...
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Where is autorun in Linux(Ubuntu)?

I have the machine with Ubuntu desktop 7.something ... I want some server-like behavior without my participation. For example I have Azureus torrent-client there and I want it to start with the ...
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