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So I'd really like to write an article about the inclusion of Sun's Java in the latest Ubuntu release, but I'm not exactly sure what that means for Java in Linux as a whole. Java has always been available as a package and is easy to install, but I think …
how do I install the package concerning GUI in c++. I am using ubuntu 6.06. tnx.
Hey Im new with linux and all, I recently installed Ubuntu 6.10. The thing I wana know is, how do I load up the GUI for Unbuntu? It always boots in text based. I dont know any commands yet for Linux, I will be learnin them next yr in my …
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I want to switch to Linux and I got a CD from a friend with Ubuntu 7.04. I have never switched OSs before and have no idea what to do. I put in the Cd and it loaded, and I got to the desktop. I clicked on install and it …
Ok, I just downloaded Ubuntu, I want to know a couple things before I install. 1. Can I install a Ubuntu on a HDD with a Partition with 75 % 25%, and have linux on the 25% and a copy of Windows on the 75%? 2. Is there any important …
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 …
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)
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 …
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 have a problem ; that i can't compile and Run my C files in Ubuntu , so how can i do this??
I followed the instructions on [this link](http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/serverg...s-installation) and am still getting $ cvs -d [IMG]http://ubuntuforums.org/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif[/IMG]server:jgardner@192.168.79.15:/cvs login Logging in to [IMG]http://ubuntuforums.org/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif[/IMG]server:jgardner@192.168.79.15:2401/cvs CVS password: /cvs: no such repository JGARDNER-MAC:~ jgardner$ This is the xinetd.conf file service cvspserver { port = 2401 socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no server = …
Hey everyone, I'm new here so I'm not totally sure how this works, but with this pool of technical inclination at my disposal I should be able to figure this out hopefully. My problem is as follows: Computer Specs: mobo: ASUS A8NE processor: AMD 64X 4400+ Ram: 2 GB ddr400 …
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 have downloaded the 5 images for Fedora Core 5, from fedora.redhat.com. Disks 3 and 4 are too large for a cd, and i do not have a dvd burner. suggestions?
Just kinda wondering what distros people have run. I LOLed in the Choosing a Distro forum when people said Gentoo was the hardest distro, so I was wondering what everyone's background is. I've had Gentoo on my laptop since April (exclusively since June) and it's the system I use most …
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 …
The original problem was after restart. When I restarted my laptop, the computer brought up a PXE boot screen. It prompty failed to load and then displayed "No Operating System Detected". Since the hard drive was old, I figured I would upgrade the drive and backup data since I could …
I am new to linux and I just installed ubuntu on my hp dv6000t laptop. I try to download the nvidia-glx but when I try to install it with the command "sudo nvidia-glx-config enable" command it returns the following: Error: unable to load nvidia kernel driver! Be sure to have …
i have downloaded PCLinuxOs and ChubbyPuppy recently. i was wondering how you would burn the iso as bootable cd. do you need to extract the contents of the file and burn it or just burn the iso file as bootable cd
so im not a complete newb with linux. In the past I have set up slackware and had to actually configure some devices and Guis by hand sort of thing but I have a problem... I have and AMD 64 X2 processor so I wanted to utilize 64 bit processing …
I am currently running Ubuntu 6.10 (I hope that's the right number for Edgy Eft), and I had installed a Radeon x1650xt lately, and I am wondering if they're any drivers written for this operating system, and this video card. If so, how would I go about installing them, seeing …
Hi guys. I would love to install linux on my old ibm thinkpad (the a22e model). Anyways, i'm having a minor problem in that the cd drive doesn't work (I still have windows 98 going on it). Its kind of hard to install linux w/out a cd drive. So i …
=> Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS Oh Jeez! I have this essay for English, and it involves a diagram part, which I have completed in Dia. Now, I don't have a working printer at my house, so I would have to email it to myself and print it at school. The …
Sorry for the bad title of this post, but I have more than just one question... Thanks in advance for any answers to the following questions: [Ubuntu 6.06 LTS] 1) In the terminal, wine notepad.exe and wine regedit.exe work, but others such as wine write.exe or wine sol.exe or wine …
Hey im making a MythTV box and the biggest concern that I am having is whether or not the capture card will work so I thought someone might know here. Im thinking about putting it ontop of ubuntu first off mainly because I want a full operating system and knoppmyth …
[B]Intro[/B] I just moved from Linux(ubuntu) to BSD (DesktopBSD/FreeBSD) as you might have read in my blog. So here are some things you might want to know about my install situation that could help you out later. [B]First Scenario: Remove Linux Completely[/B] I installed my DesktopBSD right over my Linux …
This exercise gets you familiar with Ubuntu command-line tools for creating, navigating, and removing directories. [B]Follow these steps[/B] [LIST=1] [*]Type "cd ~" and press Enter. This makes sure you are working in your "home" directory. [*]Create a new directory by typing "mkdir mystuff" and press Enter. [*]Type "cd mystuff" and …
I`m under Linux/Ubuntu using OpenOffice. I live in Dominican Republic hence i speak spanish. I write most of my documents normally in spanish and i need a good spell checker to write comfortable. Is it me or OOo has the worst/slow spell checker out there, specially SPANISH ? This is …
As said above, I am running Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS. My problem is that I cannot find a sound driver for my card. I have posted about this before. Is there a way that I can watch a video without the sound? For example, when my video player opens, it …
Ubuntu Linux (6.06 LTS): I have Firefox installed as well as Epiphany, and Firefox will not open when opening HTML and bookmark files. I try to open an HTML file off of my desktop, and it opens Epiphany, even after changing the default browser to Firefox. Help!
I have a screencam type application for Windows, but none for my Ubuntu Linux system. So, I went to gnome-files and I downloaded xvidcap. They did not have the binaries, so I downloaded the source. I did the whole "./configure" thing, and it worked fine, but now what do I …
After getting the hang of using the Ubuntu/Debian "apt-get" command, I decided to try it with an application I tried to install onto my old Redhat distro. It installed, and works great! This is a great alternative to VB for Linux. I made a form, and to see how it …
I tried "SLAX." I tried "KNOPPIX." I tried "BCC-LNX." Guess how many of them booted up for me to try? One of them. The BCC-LNX did, but it didnt like my mouse. So, I burned an Ubuntu Live CD (somehow, I think it was my dad, actually). Vwala. It boots …
hello. i've got an ubuntu box behind a PIX 501 that i want to ssh to from my mac. i basically want to route traffic from port 2222 (i have to use a non-standard port) on the outside IP to 192.168.1.40, port 22 on the inside, but i haven't figured …
I have a Dell Dimension 5150 - 1gb RAM, 3ghz ish HT pentium 4, and a radeon x600 video card Ok, ubuntu had a bit of trouble with the video card but otherwise runs great (i edited xorg.conf to say vesa instead of ati) Only problem is I dont have …
I know I've posted like 15 threads so far asking for help... but here's my latest problem: My repositories list is terrible, and keeps giving me hell. Any chance any of you are willing to explain to me where to get a repositories list and how to use it?
I'm trying to setup a linux game server to host starcraft games. I'm thinking of using ubuntu or suse, but I'm not sure. Which one should I use out of the 2? Also, I really don't know how to set it up, so some one please help me!!!!!!!!
[B][U][COLOR=red]Ok my network is[/COLOR][/U][/B] [B][U]Token ring - Netware pc is NAT bridge to Ethernet network[/U][/B] Windows 3.11 for workgroups , NT 3.51 and some sort of netware system (looks unixey?) [B][U]Ethernet Network (plugged into wifi router)[/U][/B] NT4 Server and an NT 4 Workstation Windows 2003 Server and an XP Home …
Hey I am a noob at Linux and I have installed Ubuntu onto my system. I can ping my modem and using the IP address I can ping [URL="http://www.optusnet.com.au"]www.optusnet.com.au[/URL]. How can I set it up so I can browse the net by just typing [URL="http://www.google.com"]www.google.com[/URL]
i want to try linux. I was wondering if anyone of you guys could give me a distro which give you a more Programmer interface. a distro which will give you more space to improve as a programmer. thanks in advance. btw im looking at the info about gentoo..
Hi I'm wondering if there is a site out there that gives people FREE linux cd's. Something like Ubuntu's Shipit, it's for personal reasons. I've tried the free linux cd project, but it seems they've given up. If any one knows of any site, please let me know. Thanks:mrgreen:
How would I go about maing my own linux distro for me and my friends (students)? Are there any good tutorials?
i have xp home with ubuntu n kubuntu on dual boot. i also have 2 users, mine and my dads. even though he never ever uses his account. it wont logon. it logson and then loggs straight back off again. My user does not have that problem. So I tried …
I installed Ubuntu Linux this morning and got java jdk 1.5.0_09 installed, along with Eclipse, and then I imported a project I've been working on into the Eclipse workbench. All configuration is fine, as far as I can say. My problem: The program I am working on uses the Enum. …
Hi, Im interested in Linux and have tried a Live DVD of SUSE 10, very nice! At the moment I use both a mac and a windows laptop both have their good and bad points, what I want to know is what can linux offer me which windows and mac's …
At the moment, I've got an old computer with Windows 98 SE installed. Because I upgraded my hard disk, I needed to install a dynamic drive overlay. But now I want to install Linux (I don't know yet if I'll install Mandriva One, Ubuntu or Kubuntu). I've got a Maxtor …
I need a distro for an x86. It must come on 1cd or have a netinstall and it must have a decent package manager and gnome Any reccomendations? P.S My machine hates debian and redhat derivitives
what is the best free boot manager for selecting multiple Oses. I had installed linux and then lost it because i had to install windows over it again. But now i have no boot manager so what would you say is the best free one i tried osl2000 or something …
Want to try LINUX be4 considering it?? Try the [url=http://opensource.region-stuttgart.de/test_linux_desktop.php]Linux Desktop Project[/url]....You'll have a secure connection with a REAL LINUX DESKTOP in front of you........ Pretty Interesting :) 1 thing i noticed while using FIREFOX thru this linux client was it OPENED PAGES BE4 THINKING while most browsers THINK BE4 …
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