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MEPIS has been on the top ten list at distrowatch for over three years. It usually is at #4, or 5 but it does go up and down in the ranks depending on new releases of MEPIS and other versions new releases of linux. Here is a partial excerpt from …

I have been reading some online that portage does'nt get rid of packages that it is not using while apt does. Is this true? I have tested this out on my debian system but it seems to keep the packages to. Anyway to change this? I guess I have two …

I have a PC I'd like to install Ubuntu on. I burned an iso onto a CD but I dont know how to install it on my second PC. I'm trying to figure it out. When I start the computer it reads "missing operating system". The hard drive was erased …

I was wondering if there is any way to map mouse buttons to commands and override the wm's button mapping.

I currently have two kernels: a 2.6.18-4-686 kernel and a 2.6.18-3-686 kernel. Which is better? The higher the kernel number the better? Is the 2.6.18-4-686 kernel a newer version or something? Thanks in advance.

Hi, I have an old Dell computer and I am wondering which distro would be best for FAMILY use that has the following specs... 500mhz P3 288mb ram 10gb HD Integrated Intel Graphics (Currently Windows 98SE - something not to brag about in a linux forum)

Hello everyone. I recently "migrated" my 8 year old computer from Windows 98 to NetBSD 3.1. The installation went fine and the machine is able to connect to the internet through a local router :) . However, I still have a couple of questions to ask: 1. When you run …

Dear Folks, The hardware is a basic HP DX2100 PC. It comes with an intel 815 chipset. This is my predicament: 1. Booted up the PC and in the BIOS, selected the onboard graphics controller to be active (Intel 815 Chipset). 2. Installed Suse Linux 9.2 completely. 3. Intel 815 …

I got the bootable CD from [url]www.mepis.com[/url] for $14.00 and you can try this great version of Linux on your windows box without loading it on your hard drive. Have any of you folks looked at this great OS? It is fantastic and I was able to open up a …

Since red hat has split into red hat enterprise (costs money) and fedora core (free), they no longer offer red hat donwloads. Is there a way I could get red hat 7?

I am sick of windoz, and want to move to Linux. The problem is that i can not find any distributions that i like, because LINUX IS TOO COMPLICATED!!!!!!!!!!! :mad: I absolutely DESPISE Gnome. I love KDE, though. How do i get Gentoo to load KDE instead of Gnome? I …

I would like to make a custom debian Install CD i want this as i will soon be installing debian on a large amount of PC'S with no internet access. i would like to install debian with a specific package selection and certain default settings as well as the latest …

I highly suggest Dreamlinux for all those who want a really nice mac-type graphical eye candy interface Anyone used it?

ok ive finally deicded to copromise and dual boot windows XP Home and Debian Etch (i need windows for college VPN and MS Access/VB6) I have a dell with SATA and have added a new HDD and was just planning to install linux to take up all of the second …

I have a problem ; that i can't compile and Run my C files in Ubuntu , so how can i do this??

I just got a mepis live cd... I am running it live on my laptop. I was able to get sound installed, but i am having trouble installing a program. The program is called "Wireless Assistant" ([URL]http://sourceforge.net/projects/wlassistant/[/URL]) Mepis detects my wireless, and it will allow me to detect my two …

Ok here goes, I am a mac guy, OSX is perfect for me, simple, does its job quietly and never gives me problems. Thats the only way I can handle any computer, trouble free. I now have a laptop (windows XP) that I bought for my ex-wife that she just …

hello friends i m new in linux i don't now how to use linux n instole it.then aslo i have instole it's so i can't make partition proprely.so i want to instole it again i have one partition of 8 gb in which i have instole linus plz tell me …

Hi, folks! I recently forced to upgrade my systems from RHEL3 to RHEL4, due to new software requirements, and now I'm having some weird problems with Samba: 1) When I mount Windows shares using smbmount, I can write to a share normally, but if this share contains many files (I …

I never know if I'm putting these in the right place. Anyway, I have been having trouble ftp'ing larger files or larger groups of small files to my ftp server lately. I'm hosting with globat.com, and they say there are no problems. I'm using SmartFTP. My ISP is Qwest. After …

Hey Linux Gurus, What lilnux do you recommend for a MAC ibook G3 and MAC Quicksilver G4 Desktop? Thanks!

Hi, I am using Fedora Core 5 32+ bit as my OS. I want to have a good list of different types (image editing, security, text editors etc.) of free/open source softwares for Linux OS, that I can just [URL="http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-applications/87350-list-free-reliable-applications-linux.html#"]download[/URL], install and use without much fuss. I searched and came …

Howdy, I am a novice linux user, who recently tried to configure my wireless cards to work on a dual boot system of opensuse 10.2 and winxp. The problem: Suse 10.2 fails to boot correctly after the configuration of my wireless cards. After GRUB loads, it doesn't matter if I …

Hey everyone, I'm still trying to get my mouse to work properly in Fedora 6.0 I am using a razer diamondback mouse, and only 2 of the 9 buttons work. I've looked at some of the conf.org file suggestions, but can't make heads or tails out of it. could someone …

I am working on Solaris 9 and using the emacs editor version 21.4. The problem is that when I use the [inlinecode]emacs -nw[/inlinecode] command and turn the font-lock-mode on, I don't get the syntax highlighting by color like in the XWindow mode. The syntax highlighting is only done by bolding …

Please forgive me if this question has a ridiculously obvious answer, I am new to Linux and still have trouble trying to figure things out. In case it's needed, I'm working with a copy of SuSE 9.3 OS. Is it possible to send the output of a 'find / -name …

[B]My system :[/B] suse:~ # uname -a Linux suse 2.6.5-7.244-s390 #1 SMP Mon Dec 12 18:32:25 UTC 2005 s390 s390 s390 GNU/Linux [B]Logging as notes user & running Domino Server[/B] notes@suse:/local/notesdata> export DOMINO_LINUX_SET_PARMS=1 notes@suse:/local/notesdata> /opt/lotus/bin/server /proc/sys/fs/file-max has been set to the recommended value of 131072 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_fin_timeout has been set to …

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I have a hp dv6000t laptop 15" widescreen and I installed the base debian system. After I had installed xorg and some other stuff I booted up with fluxbox. The resolution for my laptop was 1024x768. How do I change the resolution? I looked at the xorg.conf file and it …

I have tried some distros of linux but only a few ever work (ubuntu and zenwalk are the only ones). All other distros I have tested (debian, my own rbuilder distro, and foresight) do not work. They never can detect my hardrive. I have a hp dv6000t laptop. I do …

Hello i posted a thread before about linux Cluster... here is another one....please lemme know if ne one can help me in this? if i have a cluster of 64-nodes and all of these nodes have to boot from network using Grub and i want that these nodes boot kernel …

Hi All, Wishes! I had been in this situation for near to 10 days and requests yoru consideration::::::: thanks in advance !! Recently fedora core 6 from shop for sure craze of linux and understanding the system. Unfortunately i landed in a situation where linux shows lots of issues. I …

What linker command to I need to link freetype?

Hey guys, I have Fedora6 installed on my Dell laptop. I am a complete noob at any Linux os. I have a few things that I would like some help with. 1. I have no clue how to install drivers (or programs for that matter). I need drivers for my …

Ok i would like to look into swapping my dads XP home pc to linux as it will not have a chance of running Vista. Im in two minds about whether to choose: SuSE 10.2 -may be slow?, crippled dvd support, bad updater? PCLinuxOS 2007 -new, maybe unstable? CentOS 4 …

I am trying to run a program in wine, and I need it to recognize my flash-drive's existance. Any help would be appreciated. I did set e:: -> /dev/sda1 a couple of times, I also tried mounting it and e:: -> /media/usb-disk but to no avail. Once again, any help …

I just recently install fedora core 5 on my toshiba satellite A60/65 [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread66350.html#"]laptop[/URL]. During installation, I set up DHCP to configure automaticall as oppose to inputting a static. [B]However, Iam unable to configure my wireless card to view or connect to wireless network within range.[/B] I tried using these three …

Hi, I often read on the net from users of the Linux os in particular that they have written a driver for a particular hardware that they want to use in conjunction with a particular flavour/version of Linux. But how they manage to do that so easily (sorry if it …

I'm new to linux and wanted to try it out becuase I'm getting tired of windows, so to try it out i downloaded vm ware. I made a an 8 GB partition and then proceeded to load redhat. my problem is that when i get to the part of the …

I have a toshiba Satellite 4000cdt with 3com589 serial nic. Everytime I boot up the nic fail to initialize, It says that the card is not present. I know the card is there and when i look at the network setting (gui base) it shows up but I can't activate …

Hey guys, I'm in a Linux class right now; never used Linux before. I was given a copy of RH9 with my book and have it installed but can't load my nic on it. I go to terminal and type /sbin/ifconfig eht0 up which works. But then I try to …

With my box FC5 at work (Active Directory), I have been able to access the net , I have not logged in with my AD account , I logged in as username : root and password : forum,,,fake one (I know security implication, I have done this for test ). …

Hello, I would be grateful for information regarding RAID and Ubuntu about hardware. I want to build a computer that will be a Ubuntu computer with hot swap RAID 1 using SATA 2 (3Gb/s) hard disk drives. 1. Can I just get two SATA hard disk drives, install them in …

!@#$#%#^$@%^#$@#!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, linux is making me mad... I can not get audacity installed! Actually, i can't get wxWidgets installed, which is required to install audacity... When i run "./configure", it works great, but then when i do "make", it claims that "X11" is not found... Am i doing something wrong?

Ok i got a new server but need some help settting it up firstly: Debian? CentOS? SuSE? secondly: How do I actually set up webmin, apache, ssh and ftp? i want to be able to use ssh /webmin for remote admin and have one homepage which then has links to …

Hi there i am a newbie to OpenSuse because i have taken the plunge to swap from XP to OpenSuse 10.2 but if I try to run a program that requries accelartation it says it needs the Graphics Driver. I have a GeForce 6200.:-| [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/dani-images/smilies/fiyellow/icon_neutral.gif[/url]

I can't tell where is the problem, i need this to be done and work. I have the source here and i ask for help. I think that this program runs only on unix, i want to get this work on knoppix. Note that i am not so good on …

Hello. I recently acquired a Sun Ultra 5 in order to get some UNIX experience. The machine boots up to a stage but then gets into a loop repeating a question. Below is the text from the screen showing the issue: ===================================== SUN Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI (Ultra SPARC-11 333mhz), Keyboard …

Linux Developers Association USA are looking for people who would like to develope and code programs, that there are many people requesting. The goal is to make a bunch of applications that will allow anyone to get what they want done, easily, and without coding their own software. As a …