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Hi all guys, I have a THD PX1, it has win 7 and supports multitouch. And I am new to Linux, but I am an expert in android. I made some researches on different distro of Linux. Can anyone suggest me any distro that can work on this tablet? I …

Hello, I'm building a new machine, but I've hit a road block. Perhaps someone with more experience could answer my questions. My road block is I want to build a computer that will last me for the next few years. That I can use for software development on multiple platforms, …

Hey Guys, I am trying to figure out how Linux determines whether an object in directory is a file or folder. There's got to be a property (I am guessing in Stat) that Linux references from which lets it know quickly. It's hard to find information on google because when …

I am a newbie in linux. After installing ubuntu 10.04, I tried to install google talk in linux. For this, I installed Wine and then downloaded the gtalk exe. But when I am trying to open the gtalk exe using Wine, it blocks the application with message it is not …

Hi, I am a new users to Linux and I am using Ubuntu 11.04. In my laptop, I have two logical drive C:\ and D:\. I have installed Windows XP in C drive and Ubuntu in D drive. From Ubuntu, I can mount the C drive and can access the …

Hi folks, I'd Windows 7(sda1) and Ubuntu 11.04(sda6) on my laptop. Ubuntu's grub was installed on MBR. Then I installed Fedora 15(sda2). But by mistake I installed Fedora's grub on MBR. Due to this Ubuntu's grub deleted from MBR. Now while booting I can see only Fedora and Windows option …

How are devices represented in UNIX?

[B]Introduction[/B] Many people might wonder why you would want to compile source code. After all, most Linux programs can be had by simply opening up their favorite package manager and clicking "install". The package manager does the rest. However, there *are* reasons why you would want to do this. For …

typically i'm good at trouble shooting windows OS even at reformatting and installtion with winows bootable flash disk and it's bootable DVD. but I have a problem in linux. what I want you to know is to properly set up bootable flash drive containing suse linux. because I can prepare …

I am setting up a samba server. When I place the folders that Samba will use inside of the /tmp folder, everything works fine. However, when I try to use a directory that I created, it will not let me access it from another computer. I have given public permissions …

Hi- I'm trying to figure out how to remove a subdomain from a URL in htaccess, but only if there is a path after the domain. Examples: [url]http://www.subdomain.mysite.com/[/url] - OK [url]http://subdomain.mysite.com/[/url] - OK [url]http://www.subdomain.mysite.com/folder1/index.php[/url] - becomes: [url]http://www.mysite.com/folder1/index.php[/url] [url]http://subdomain.mysite.com/folder1/index.php[/url] - becomes: [url]http://mysite.com/folder1/index.php[/url] Any clues? Many thnx in advance, -Midgard

Hi! i Want to deploy a server for hosting my web pages please help what type and version of OS? And WHM/hosting manger? what do you think about CentOS And Kloxo (lxcenter.org) and who i can have best Security؟

Ok i am running an apache server , on my window;s xp. For some reason i when i make a .htaccess file and put it into my www - dir its doesnt promt for a password or anything.! This is what i have for my .htaccess file AuthUserFile d:/www/.htpasswd AuthType …

I am unable to run WMV videos in firefox in both linux and windows even after installing wmpfirefoxplugin in windows and mplayer in linux. Actually first i tried in Windows, i found searching at forums that three dll files must be missing from "program files\Windows Media Player": npdrmv2.dll npdsplay.dll npwmsdrm.dll …

input and returning the input: output. Here is the assignment In the session, provide a command prompt that includes the working directory, e.g., $./logger /home/it244/it244/hw8$ Accept user’s commands, execute them, and display the output on the screen. During the session, create a temporary file “PID.cmd” (PID is the process ID) …

how many stacks does the kernel maintain/keep track of...say if there are 12 kernel threads and around 50 user processes??

Hello! I just made a LAMP server out of an old computer, Ubuntu 10.04. Everything is set up properly, or so I thought. Whenever I upload a file to the "public_html" folder via ftp, the permissions are reset so that it says "Forbidden" when I try to access it. Then …