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| | Hey All, Joined the site here and have been a lurker for a while now. I've learned quite a bit reading here on many subjects. Just thought this new Wubi installer was a great thing for those of you that are new to Linux as I am. I found it … |
| | Hi all, I am trying to build a Linux machine for graphic designing and video editing. Of GNOME and KDE, please help me choose one for best visual detail and efficient use of the hardware.  |
| | hi can someone tell me how we can open chm files in fedora linux? Is there any plugins or softwares for it.My all linux books are in chm format. thank u |
| | Hey All, I am a linux newbie and I come from a windows background. I want to install linux on my pc and start learning it. Can you tell me which version of linux could suite me the most, keeping in mind that I m just a starter. I heard … |
| | Hello everyone. So I've been reading the threads in this forum for a while now and haven't really found what I'm looking for. Basically I need to install a Linux-based system (onto my Windows PC) for work purposes. According to someone who's used the software etc, that I'm going to … |
| | Hi everyone I want to try out linux on my laptop but still keep windows Me ( I know its old but i like it). I would like to create what I think is called a live cd. Where i power up my laptop and the bios looks in the … |
| | I want to download Fedora (Red Hat) Linux, but there are a ton of files on the websites. Do I download some? one? all? Is there a way to download them all without clicking all of them? And then, after that, how do I install it?, I want to partition … |
| | hi everyone, i am using fedora core 7 linux.All my windows xp partitions are FAT32I am trying to mount those partitions in fedora but i dont know how to mount them. Can anyone give me the commands to mount those windows partitions? and those windows partitions must be mounted for … |
| | I am trying to install a distro of linux and when I try to boot from any CD, I receive the message invalid disks. I know that the disks are valid. I even tried to boot with Windows XP disk and I got the same message. Please, help, thank you |
| | Hi I'm a little new to linux although I had installed mandriva some time ago and knew my way around it (sort of). It happens that I was forced to format my HDD so I tried out Ubuntu and was completely lost. I'm looking for a distribution that can help …  |
| | Hi there, I have heard so much about Unix but still know so little. 'Its an operating system that puts me in control' is about as far as i got. What are the potentials? What would i need to do to my windows Xp laptop to run Unix? What kind … |
| | Hi everyone After a while I have managed to get my laptop to boot from cd but now i don't know whether to put Ubuntu on it or suse. Its an old laptop with 256 ram hope fully i will upgrade it to 256 within a few months but I … |
| | I installed OpenSUSE 10.2 on an old sysem. Just for kicks and giggles, i decided to install with the "minimum graphics system". I like it to a poing, except for the fact that I CAN'T TERMINATE IT! I don't know how! I want to close the session so i can … |
 | Has anyone ever chainloaded multiple operating systems with lilo the way you can with grub? I mean added the extra systems later than when PClinuxOS was installed ? I want to install PClinuxOS but I don't want to wreck my chainloaded systems so they can't boot. Will PClinuxOS see all … |
 | After spending the entire morning just getting a live boot of ubuntu to work (my fauly really, the last blank cd i had burned with an error, and i had to configure a flash drive to do it instead), i was finally able to use linux for the first time. … |
 | [B][I][COLOR="blue"]ppl i am about to buy me a new harddisk :) 160 gb :) anyhow i got the windows vista ultimate and the linux enterprise desktop 10 i was wondering which is better ????[/COLOR][/I][/B] |
 | I am going to switch to linux soon. I have a laptop, the system information says:- System type: X86-based PC Processor: x86 family 15 Model 22 stepping 9 intel 2500 Mhz Which one should i choose, the x86_64(I think this one is for 64 bit) or i386 (this one has … |
| | wretched spybot keeps cutting across................oh well. Hello everyone. Im judych Im new here as of today. This is my first attempt to navigate and Im not doing very well at the moment. What I want to do is look at the questions and answers to do with linux removal and … |
| | OK, before I start, I am a complete tech idiot. I mean, I can do basic stuff, but nothing fancy. I'm working on installing Linux to my 2 GB 2nd gen iPod nano, but with no luck. IT all goes well until I get this error message from installer "An … |
 | hello everyone. im darshanaa ive just started my linux classes.the problem is ive got no idea abt unix and what all its abt. While i got familiar with the installation ,and required configurations.i clicked a query . why does linux - red hat enterprise linux 4.0 work properly on intel … |
| | Ok so here is how it goes. I am currently in possesion of my own computer which has Ubuntu 7.04 on it. YAY! I did that yesterday. My little brother would like the same thing but sadly I think his is too old. I inserted the CD that had ubuntu … |
| | It won't UNCRASH or SHUT OFF! It's like... stuck on the desktop, I can enter the machine, but not control it. Ideas? AHAHAH I forgot the Ctrl+Alt+Bksp thingy. I did it and it shut off. Finally after like an hour... Jeez. Let's see how it likes the crash... Okay, works … |
| | I installed Ubuntu, and there was a cursor. Then I went and changed my resolution in the terminal to 1440x900 and now it doesn't show up. My mouse still works, but there is no cursor. It did the same thing for my USB mouse and my traditional mouse. Please help. |
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| | 500Mhz processor 128mb sdr ram 20 gig hard drive I need a linux OS to fit on this that is user friendly, I'm doing this up for my friend. He had windows ME on before. Any suggestions. Tried DSL (not user friendly), puppy linux (wouldn't recognised usb internet port). Slax … |
| | In the past few weeks I've essentially bricked my laptop. XP won't boot any more and in an attempt to sort it i've stuffed the hard drive. I won't go into detail mainly cos i can't be bothered. Anyways, I'm away to go reformat the hard drive but I can't … |
| | There's a new version of MEPISLite out. It is called AntiX. It is based on SimplyMEPIS 6.5 and is designed to work on older boxes with low ram. It comes with fluxbox and doesn't come with kde. It has the MEPIS installer as well as some other MEPIS goodies. It …  |
| | I've recently installed Ubuntu on a old computer. It has one 20g hdd that is split in 2 partitions. One partition has Windows 2000 on it and on the other has Ubuntu (7.04) on it. When I start the computer it says that it can't find the OS and that … |
 | I was really recommended Gentoo, but I couldn't get it to install. Is there an easier way to install Gentoo?? What about Ubuntu, can it do as much as Gentoo, or at least Apache and MySQL  |
| | If you are trying to start the new SimplyMEPIS 6.5 and it won't boot to a gui screen that may mean that it is trying to load the wrong video driver at boot. Some things to remember to do at first boot, before you log in a demo.... 1) Press … |
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