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Is it possible to repair Linux system files? Or is reinstall the only option?

I've got a question about something that always bothered me about Linux. On Windows, if any of the system files become damaged, you can just reinstall the system files, without having to re-format ...
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parted not recognizing my current partition on external disk. How to fix without losing data?

I have an external (USB) disk, which has been working OK for some time and shows no errors whatsoever in /var/log/$relevantfiles (no errors on reading/writing, for example). Here's the thing: if I ...
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Why does wlan1 not get a static IP?

I have a Raspberry Pi with two USB wlan adapters. wlan0 is configured with DHCP and wlan1 is configured with a static IP address and hostapd (access point) is running on this interface. The adapter ...
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SSH not landing in the home directory

I have recently installed Raspbian into a Raspberry Pi. As part of the installation process I changed the user name and group from the default (pi) to my own (let's call it user) using usermod and ...
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Mounting and modifying a loopback file without sudo/root, is it possible?

I'm trying to adapt a tutorial into an easy to use script http://qt-project.org/wiki/RaspberryPi_Beginners_guide. I'm trying to reduce the need for sudo/root as much as possible (preferably, only ...