Recent questions tagged linux

Description : Will Linux ever become the norm for everyday use?

Last Answer : answer:The terms of your question aren't very solid. One could say that the norm is subjective, and that some people already use it every day (I do, for example, as do many others). It's ... , MacOS X's core is developed from Unix and NeXTSTEP, so it shares some similarities but isn't Linux.)

Description : Is there anyone out there who knows how to root the Nextbook Ares 11 Android tablet NXA116QC164?

Last Answer : answer:I did a little exploring, most notably in the XDA forums and it seems that they have some stuff for the Ares 8, but haven't quite got a simple, reliable way to deal with the Ares ... . I notice that CyanogenMod doesn't even have unofficial ports for any of the Nextbook Ares line odd

Description : Can any experienced techie minded person walk me through setting up a dual boot system?

Last Answer : answer:http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_windows_xp_and_linux_xp_installed_first.htm?page=2 Try this link might help you

Description : Linux question on screen layout and behavior - how flexible is Ubuntu's standard interface?

Last Answer : answer:I know you can do 2] because I've done it so long ago now that I can't remember how, but I would have googled something like linux move taskbar to bottom - and I recall that it was ... the layout more familiar, so there are a lot of forum posts along those lines. Not so sure about 1].

Description : How do I remove an Ethernet alias which is not configured?

Last Answer : What is it you are actually trying to remove, something virtual, IE, a program, or something physical, or disable something physical like a video card, etc?

Description : How can I create a new user that can only access a single directory with FTP on Ubuntu?

Last Answer : answer:I'm not sure what your needs are, but I had a similar situation where I needed someone to be able to move files to/from my server. It turned out that it was a lot easier for me to use ... https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx I don't use ftp, but google is suggesting proftpd when I search.

Description : Where can I learn all Terminal commands in Ubuntu?

Last Answer : answer:http://ss64.com/bash/ https://www.google.com/search?q=a-z+list+of+linux+commands

Description : Why is linux so unpleasent to use, or is it just me?

Last Answer : Linux is more for people who know mora about computers and programming, not your average user.

Description : Which Linux can I install on an old IBM ThinkPad (Penthium II)?

Last Answer : answer:Can you write out the specs of your particular model? What distros have you tried? With or without a graphic interface?

Description : How do you delete an oversized directory in linux?

Last Answer : $ rm -rf

Description : BackTrack Linux, what am I doing wrong?

Last Answer : This is probably occurring because Qt3 is installed to a different path from the one the configure' script is expecting. I advise you to open up the file and look for the section where it checks for ... Then you can edit the configure' file to reflect the true path, and the error should go away.

Description : How to compile a linux module for a different arch?

Last Answer : Generally speaking, gcc has an arch' flag which should take care of this. This may mean that you need to edit Makefiles if you such are provided by the manufacturer - hopefully you don't need to roll ... honestly, gcc either supports it or it does not, and GNU is the place to find out about that.

Description : How do you install Ubuntu onto a parition?

Last Answer : answer:https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowtoPartition When did this I had Ubuntu copied on a CD and during the process I was given the option of partitioning. That was with Ubuntu 10.04

Description : What's the best GPS software for linux?

Last Answer : OpenStreetMap is like Google Maps but using freely available map data, often gathered by volunteers. They probably know of plently of tools to do what you want to.

Description : What is a good linux distribution whose 64 bit version is fully functional?

Last Answer : answer:I use Gentoo and it's 64-bit. Mostly. I use a 32-bit version of Firefox for Flash, although I'm not sure I need to; I seem to remember a 64-bit version of Flash being available. ... compile on a 64-bit processor with little or no changes (unless they changes are wrapped up in the source).

Description : Which Linux OS would you suggest for an Asus EeePc?

Last Answer : I recommended Ubuntu and no I wouldn’t dual boot on those the processors are not the greatest (yet)

Description : Can someone tell me what Zeitgeist is all about?

Last Answer : What it mostly does is keep track of when you used which files and which applications. The Activity Journal application isn't that useful yet (though you might sometimes want to know what file you were editing ... when you're editing a certain type of file (like work music when you're doing work).

Description : Do I install Ubuntu or Wubi?

Last Answer : answer:Either will work; they each have their pro's and con's. Wubi installs Ubuntu from within Windows. This makes installation really easy, and if you decide you don't like it, you can remove the entire OS ... can install it from there. If not, all you have to do is pop the CD out of the tray.

Description : In a *nix shell how can I touch a file naming it with the system's current UNIX timestamp?

Last Answer : answer:touch `date +%s` Backticks (on the same key as the tilde, next to 1/!) are really powerful. They work by evaling the contained command and then substituting the output. You can do just about anything on the shell in a single line using backticks, pipes, and xargs. Learn ‘em, love ‘em.

Description : Anyone know why Amarok is not detecting iPod Touch?

Last Answer : I don’t have either but here is a post that might be relevant for you. Is the iPod mounted?

Description : Why does my server always redirect to localhost when I visit a subdirectory on the server?

Last Answer : answer:So, the server is different than the machine you're working on? If that's the case, I'd say make sure the server_name (or equivelent) is not set to localhost . So, for nginex: server { ... Apache's httpd.conf does the same thing. I could be really incredibly wrong, but that's my best guess.

Description : My VISTA laptop does not recognize my thumb drive.

Last Answer : You need to have the drive’s “driver” software on your Vista. Try downloading it from the thumb drive manufacturer’s web site.

Description : Is there a good simple software to convert ebooks in txt format?

Last Answer : answer:A commonly used TXT-to-pleasant-book-converter is known as a typographer. However, since you have Linux, you may already have LaTeX installed. Though this is probably not the answer you were looking ... a little work and learning. LaTeX WikiBooks is a nice place to learn what it's all about.

Description : Who can tell me some software sites for ubuntu, thanks!

Last Answer : You actually can use Synaptic Manager to download programs. Also there is a software market installed on most recent Ubuntu versions. Hopefully that helps.

Description : What is the best way to learn Linux?Thanks!

Last Answer : answer:The best way in my opinion is to play with options to see what they do, and when you find something you don't know (how to do something, what something does, etc.) then head to Google ... when you have a question is it likely that others before you have asked the same thing and been answered.

Description : What is Linux ?

Last Answer : In a nutshell, Linux is a free Unix-like open source operating system that users have the ability to improve the source but not profit from it. The majority of web servers around the world use Linux, and distributions such as Ubuntu and Fedora are common among desktop machines.

Description : Do symbolic links survive reboot?

Last Answer : There’s a quick, free and easy way to find out…

Description : How do I boot from an external USB drive (not a thumb drive)?

Last Answer : You’ll need to go into your BIOS and tell it which drive to boot from.

Description : What should i expect switching from Ubuntu to Debian?

Last Answer : answer:I will have to ask my roomie for more details, but I recall that his brief switch from Ubuntu to Debian was accompanied by a lot of profanities and he's been using many flavors of Linux for ... My take on it is that any distro that gives him issues may not be suitable for n00bs or neophytes.

Description : How to setup a telephone service using VOIP?

Last Answer : answer:Other than freePBX, that's pretty much the way I have my system setup. So, with your setup you could call between the two phones, but can't dial out. If you just want to call random people, you could ... . https://teliax.com/ Sadly, they don't have a referral plan, or I'd give you a code.

Description : Best Linux distro for n00bs?

Last Answer : answer:ubuntu is really easy and comes with a lot preconfigured. It’s like an “out of the box” distro. Good to start out. Still, don’t expect it to “just work” heheheh, though you may be lucky – they’ve come a long way in the past few years WRT to user-friendliness. Can’t comment on openSUSE.

Description : What's the better, NIS/YP or LDAP for central login?

Last Answer : answer:Go with ldap NIS isn’t very manageable or secure.

Description : In Ubuntu, how do you create a bash session you can disconnect from and reconnect to remotely without X?

Last Answer : Check screen(1): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_software

Description : How do you use grub with ubuntu and fedora installed?

Last Answer : answer:You set up the grub.conf file to point to each partition. So you'd have a section that points to the Ubuntu partition and another section that points to the Fedora section. I'm assuming you have them ... be hard to be specific unless I knew how you had your drive(s) and partition(s) set up.

Description : Syntax for a Linux task, please. I am not familiar with the OS.

Last Answer : Did you get a chance to read over something like this?

Description : What application can generate an image mosaic of my other images?

Last Answer : Mazaika can do this, I used it once a few years ago for a friend’s birthday present. Just use it on the trial basis. There are a few more out there.

Description : Where can I download a different-color version of the Humanity icon theme for Ubuntu/Gnome/GTK2 Linux?

Last Answer : Perhaps you could find someone that could write a script that would recursively read through the directories of the theme and runs some ImageMagick or similar command on it that will colourize it to ... has created alternate colour versions of it like with the Shiki (or GNOME Colors) icon themes.

Description : Keep a samba share mounted in Fedora 11?

Last Answer : Does the share disappear because you are shutting down one of the computers? Or does it just do it by itself?

Description : Are folders inside cron.daily recursed?

Last Answer : Awww…Andrew’s question is an orphan…

Description : How to do disable notifications in Pidgin?

Last Answer : Tools > Preferences > Sounds. Here, you can un-check any event that you don’t want to make an alert. As for the actual text display alerts, I’m not sure.

Description : In Linux (Portuguese www.caixamagica.pt version, although I expect a common solution...) how can I make a key combination to generate the at sign?

Last Answer : Your keyboard layout probably isn’t configured correctly, try going to the keyboard settings and selecting a layout that fits your keyboard. Also, you’re not just using “Linux”, but a certain Linux distribution, e.g. Ubuntu. It would be handy to know the name of this distribution.

Description : So how is RPM better than APT or the other way around?

Last Answer : Grumpyfish says: RPM was popularized by Redhat (of course), so many of the ones derived from Redhat (Fedora, Centos, etc.) continue to use RPM or yum for package management. Apt grew out of ... CentOS on my production machines. The Debian -> CentOS shift involved a lot of muscle memory retraining.

Description : What kind of Linux should I start with?

Last Answer : Welcome to Linux! First off, just to alleviate any confusion, the different kinds of Linux are called distributions , or distros for short. There are literally hundreds of distros, and which one ... managers. I would recommend just doing a little bit of research. Feel free to ask any questions.

Description : What is a good Linux distro for a beginner?

Last Answer : Ubuntu. It has great hardware support, it is easy to install, and lots of people can help if you have a problem.

Description : What would be the best Linux Distro to use with a Dell Optiplex?

Last Answer : I’d say it all depends on your experience with Linux. If you’re more experienced, go with something like Crunchbang. If you’re not, try xubuntu. That would be fast on an older machine.

Description : How risky would it be to start using ext4?

Last Answer : Depending on your environment. If it is just for a home PC then why not. Just back up crucial data, like you should be doing with ext3 anyways :). As soon as I find some free time I plan to try it out as well.

Description : What's the best way to determine my videocard's AGP slot type?

Last Answer : As far I know (I stopped bothering with video cards back when 512 megs was top line and x16 was all the rage and SLi wasn't a stock feature) You can not plug in anything that isn't supported ... . But I am pretty sure they (the video card companies) wouldn't switch anything up, even with Vista.

Description : Is there a wireless router you can use on Ubuntu (hardy 64bit) on a fresh install?

Last Answer : AFAIK you should be able to use most routers. I'm no expert on routers, but you should just be able to connect it with a wire or wireless and then visit it through your browser like you'd do with any ... which might be a problem now and then. Will get to your other question when I have more time :)

Description : Help with Mandriva?

Last Answer : How are you trying to burn it to the CD? Are you sure you're marking it as ISO CD image or something along those lines? It seems very unlikely that they'd release an image that doesn't fit on a CD ... a link to the file you downloaded? Also, you might want to add the topic Mandriva next time ;-)

Description : Can a person rsyc using SSH from a remote location to a file server?

Last Answer : Are you trying to sync your local music to a remote server? You've built a mythtv box, kudos. That's not easy. (I'm calling the machine you ssh into your local machine) local -> file Then you ... file Is that correct? You're on the right track with the second command. Let me look up the syntax.