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Hi, I have a laptop an want to install a Linux Distro to use Apache2, PHP 5 and MySQL. I don't want to run it CD though (I think it is called Live CD). I just want to intall it and never use CD again. What do you suggest me …

I've set up a laptop running Fedora 13 as a kind-of mini home server. I've installed without a desktop environment so I just have the command line on the screen. I've made a little script that lets me monitor some little programs in the background. If I leave the laptop …

I have gone most of the thread from Window to Linux except Macintosh. It seem that there is more thread in Windows compare to Linux. It seem there is more people facing problem in Windows. So I believe Linux must be damn good and stable because nobody complain so far …

Hi everyone, I find myself having to administer a linux web proxy server, and I have hardly any knowledge of linux whatsoever. So far google has given me a huge helping hand, but I've come across a little problem I cannot get round, so I desperately need your help now. …

I'm looking for a Linux version that is equal to Windows7, has a virtual machine built in so I can run all my Windows programs and a distro that makes it a real argument over installing Windows7 because of it's features, ease of use and compatibility with most or specifically …

Hi guys, I am thinking to buy Sony VAIO S Series VPC-S12L9E/B but I have an important question. Do you think SONY is Linux compatible? Or if you have any other suggestions? Thanks

I unable to install all .exe files in ubuntu with wine. Can you tell any software required for install .exe with wine

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I have installed fedora 13 in separate disk partition( Not inside window 7 )...so now i want to remove it and want to install ubuntu studio 10.04... As I am new to this Linux Environment I need ur help to step forward Please Help

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[I]Summary[/I] [QUOTE] new laptop would ideally like to partition the hd and install a unix based system and xp that came with the laptop, no media backup came with laptop, looking for advice on what to go with and what to do thank you even if you just took time …

Hello everyone, I was trying to install ndiswrapper and the drivers needed to get my laptop working with wireless properly. I never got around to finish installing the drivers although I did install ndiswrapper. I lost my wifi completely and my system doesn't even pick up my card now. It …

hi, i have never used a dedicated linux server, however i am going to be switching one of our sites from shared hosting to a dedicated server due to traffic etc. the host is giving cpanel which i just wanted to check with you guys if this is fine to …

So, here's the big deal. I recently installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS alongside my Windows 7 install. It's great, all of the drivers are working, and I love the graphical effects! Anyway, I can't get it to connect to my home network. It is in range (sitting right next to it …

Dear Folks, Using bash on Linux, how would I list file sizes to 3 significant figures in human-friendly form? If I try [CODE]ls -lh[/CODE] I get 2 significant figures, but I would like to get 3 significant figures. Also, there is the almighty muddle between megabytes and mebibytes that leads …

I saw this article yesterday titled, "[URL="http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090220/tc_pcworld/studyfederalgovtcansavebillionsinitspending"]Study: Federal Gov't. Can Save Billions in IT Spending[/URL]," and feel compelled to comment. The gist of the article is that by switching to open source software, like Linux and OpenOffice.org, the federal government would save billions of dollars in IT costs. This is …

Hi All, this is killing me and I was wondering if anybody knew how to fix this. What I need to do is mod_rewite URLs to mimich directories for variables. Easy, but what I need is to be able to handle the absence of some pseudo directories in the URL …

Hi, I've done this silly thing. How can I bring old setting/permissions back. Thanks advance [code] ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo chmod 444 /var/www [sudo] password for ubuntu: ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ls -l /var/www ls: cannot access /var/www/index.html: Permission denied ls: cannot access /var/www/http: Permission denied total 0 d????????? ? ? ? ? ? http …

Ok i have a 486DX something (around 20-50mhz) with 10mb ish of RAM and about 0.5 gigs of HDD space. I would like X if possible. Can anyone reccomend any distros? P.S I will need boot floppies - it has no NIC either

Hey, I'm running a dual boot Windows 7 and fc13 i686. Until just yesterday everything was fine. Yesterday I downloaded, installed and finally got VirtualBox working on my Linux side, though now my NetworkManager is disabled (so I have to use Windows to get online), and the option to enable …

Todays every body know what's babylon and some of windows users use this dictionary as their favorite dic . now i want to learn you how do you use babylon glossary in ubuntu . it's not hard ! for first you need to download [URL="http://wiki.ubuntu-ir.org/MehdiHassanpour/uploads?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=stardict_3.0.0-2_i386.deb"]Stardic[/URL] dictionary in ubuntu . when …

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When I started exploring Linux back in 1994-1995, there were very few resources available and many of the problems I experienced didn't have solutions. That was a long time ago. The situation has changed for the better. These days, there are plentiful resources for those new to Linux or for …

Hi Experts, I am getting an error while trying to run the pkgorder script ( part of anaconda-runtime rpm ) that tried to populate hte list of rpm's required for installation. The pkgorder script imports a lot of packages like os, shutils, rpm, sys etc and all of these are …

Hi. I really know very little about linux scripting. And I need help writing this script. The script is to get one parameter which is <directory>. And than the following will ensue; [CODE] for each image within directory [INDENT]if not(image exist in temp-directory) [INDENT]cp image to temp-directory and resize to …

I am trying to setup a dns server with fedora 11. what I have done: 1. /etc/init.d/named start 2. chkconfig --list named ---> return status ok, both 3 and 5 are on 3. "/etc/resolv.conf" as below // does it look okay? nameserver 192.168.1.1 //my router, nameserver 127.0.0.1 //this machine itself. …

Can I install a normal Unix OS loaded system as a firewall between DSL and Switch, please let me know if its possible and how?

Hi, I have a problem with my apache install on Ubuntu. It finds index.php by default but not index.html or.htm I tried adding DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php to apache2.conf but that didn't work. It just give a Forbidden Error unless there is an index.php present. Regards, James

So i installed Ubuntu 10.04 on my usb drive, my first steps after i installed change background to planets run synaptic package manager update everything and EVERY TIME i install grub pc, and the updated kernel stuff it always screws up then makes the system either practically un usuable or …

I have a hp-compaq notebook with AMD Turion 64 processor with 800 mhz speed and 512 kb L2 cache. Is this an i686 processor capable of running ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) os?

When I upgraded to Ubuntu 10.4 the pop-up windows for my Evolution Calendar Alarms quit working. I would get a small icon on my task bar that let me know I had a calendar event to look at, but the alarm window no longer was shown.

Do you consider yourself to be fairly familiar with the [URL="http://www.debian.org"]Debian[/URL] Linux distribution? I thought I was familiar with it enough to know its origin and history, how its name was derived and that Richard Stallman, the Father of the [URL="http://www.fsf.org"]Free Software[/URL] movement, uses a Debian derivative ([URL="http://www.gnewsense.org/"]gNewSense[/URL]) for his …

Hi all, My site is on dedicated server by fasthosts.co.uk. i get email from host server that my site has been placed on the Spamhaus SBL. below is the content for that: [CODE] >> Web bot: port 80 >> IP address 217.174.241.205: on fasthosts.co.uk/live-servers.net >> Canadian Pharmacy spammer[s] are using …

Hi all, I hope you are well. I am very new to Ubuntu and I am experiencing occasional screen flickers (the monitor will go black for a split second, then resume as normal). Now, I have tried googling for a solution but I have not found one yet that satisfies …

i just installed on my machine last version of slackware.for the moment it runs perfectly :cheesy: . i wanted to be able to play media files but nothing seems to be able to run, neither mp3 or ogg nor mpeg, mpg & avi. can somebody tell me exactly what i …

I have my FTP server set up and I created a user called ftpsecure and added the name to the list of users in vsftpd.conf. I type in the IP in my Web Development studio and the username and password. It connects and displays my FTP welcome message but then …

Sorry if I am posting in the wrong forum. Hi, my computer has two hard drives on then. One hard drive has Windows XP and the other will have Ubuntu 10.04. I want to host a web server on the second hard drive with Ubuntu and want it to be …

Hi Guys Gals and those not sure. I am not sure if this is in the right thread but I am hoping u can help or direct me where I can help. I have a friend running linux which had a virus hijack her hotmail account and started spamming her …

Hey All, It seems that when ever i install redhat, i get to the firewall section and tell it 'no firewall' but every time without fail i login and there it is firewall set to 'high'. can anyone help me disable this thing, whenever i use the gui security program …

I'm pretty much a Linux newbie, so please be gentle with me! I've got Ubuntu installed on an Acer Aspire laptop. Originally had the previous stable release, just upgraded to the current stable release (to try to fix my problem; didn't work). I've been running Gnome from the beginning, and …

Not sure if this is mentioned already or not.. I tried to find but couldn't.. may be i missed it. But the issue is: I want two alias functionality: 1. when a mail is sent to an account; if it has a forwarder set; it should forward a copy of …

Hello people, I would like to add an extra monitor to my productivity box. But back then I chose a motherboard without built-in graphics, so I only got the two ports provided by my graphics card. I hope you could advice me how I could upgrade my PC to support …

That's right, create your own Linux virtual appliances with [URL="http://www.vmware.com/appliances/learn/vmware_studio.html"]VMware Studio[/URL]. Appliances are small, single purpose servers that provide a service to users. Some examples are Content Management Systems (CMS), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems, web servers, mail servers, DNS servers, database servers, and so on. VMware Studio is actually …

Hey there how are you doing? I have installed apache server, php, mysql, and phpmyadmin on my new Linux Ubuntu, and I want to start building my PHP projects using any platform such as Eclips. but the problem that I am facing is that I am a new linux user …

Jim Whitehurst, [URL="http://www.redhat.com"]Red Hat, Inc.[/URL] CEO, believes that [URL="http://www.vmware.com"]VMware[/URL] is its biggest competition in the virtualization and cloud computing space. In a [URL="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/199870/red_hat_ceo_vmware_our_biggest_competitor.html"]PCWorld article[/URL], Whitehurst stated Friday at the Red Hat Summit that "When you start thinking about who is defining cloud-based architectures, it's us and them [VMware]," he said. …

[URL="http://redhat.com"]Red Hat[/URL] Enterprise Linux now comes with built-in virtualization ([URL="http://linux-kvm.org"]KVM[/URL]) but is Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) about to go to the virtual mat with [URL="http://vmware.com"]VMware[/URL]? If you look at their [URL="http://www.redhat.com/v/swf/rhev/demo.html"]RHEL video[/URL], you'll come away with a resounding 'Yes' to that question. Red Hat purchased [URL="http://www.redhat.com/promo/qumranet/"]Qumranet[/URL] in 2008 to …

Gentoo has long been a distribution aimed towards the power Linux user. It allows users to foray into the inner workings of their computers, emphasizing total customizability for optimal performance and minimum size. It is not for users who are looking for an operating system as soon as possible. Installations …

well hello all been about half a year since i was last on here and it has changed alot for the good definatly :D .... anyway my question..... on linux operating systems it is not like xp where you jus run the .exe and install it so how the hell …

What do you guys think? I have a ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 in my Laptop. I know in the newer versions of Ubuntu and such, you can no longer use the proprietary driver, which I remember to be fairly good, when it worked at all. However, I know you can …

So I am pretty sure I know the answer to this but just want to check. I run a Debian GNU/Linux at home and I have set up the necessary port forwarding for Apache and SSH. However, I have been planning to enable FTP and of course I did not …