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David E.

David

What Linux distro would you recommend to run on a netbook?

I'm curious as to what others on here would prefer to run on a small portable netbook. I currently have a 10" Asus Eee PC with 2GB ...

posted 2 months ago

Angelos M. 4 hours ago • Edit • I use Slackware for my Acer netbook with xfce. Its lighter than gnome and faster than KDE4. Slackware itself is considered to be fast and ... »
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Christos D. Michael S. Angelos M.
Răzvan S.

Răzvan

The four top Linux distributions -- Fedora, Mint, openSUSE and Ubuntu -- differ widely in their approach to the desktop. We look at all four and figure out which is right for you.

posted 1 month ago

Matt G. 13 hours ago • Edit • I use mint and fedora. »
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David C. Joseph P. Matt G.
AbdulFattah P.

AbdulFattah

Ten Useful Terminal Commands for Developers abdulapopoola.wordpress.com

The terminal is a very powerful tool and once you grasp its basics; you'll love it and use it in ways never imagined by the original developers. Here are some really useful commands. 1. Ls I use this tool everyday and it is a workhorse. It is great for lis

posted 6 days ago

Steve H. 11 hours ago • Edit • @Alecks. What's wrong with ... »
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Lou F. Patrick L. Steve H.
Shashank C.

Shashank

Installing Windows after Linux (Dual Boot) Overwrites the MBR

So I had Windows (x64) and I wanted a Linux install as a dual boot because I needed it for some classes. Everything worked fine and I ...

posted 14 days ago

Fred T. 5 hours ago • Edit • Paolo's got it right. Just did this recently myself (in fact just now) and it was the exact same method. I ended up moving my main drive ... »
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Satish Kr M. Martin F. Fred T.
Robert M.

Robert

You've gotta get 'em young.

I use Linux at home on my laptop. So does my wife. We both have desktops too. Mine is Linux, hers is a Mac. Then there's the kids and ...

posted 4 days ago

Bryan M. 6 hours ago • Edit • I was please to see my daughter's primary school uses a linux based system for establishing a ''safe'' computer environment for kids who are ... »
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Mark V. Alecks G. Bryan M.
Moxa R.

Moxa

Is Windows 8 a Linux Copycat? Very interesting story. What do you think? http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74465.html

Is Windows 8 a Linux Copycat? TechNewsWorld Lately, however, that notion is being examined a little more closely than usual in light of recent revelations about Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) forthcoming Windows 8 and -- in particular -

posted 1 day ago

Raymond (Ryan) F. 5 hours ago • Edit • So what else is new. In the tech industry, almost all companies borrow/steal ideas from others and claim them as their own. We're all ... »
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Scott D. Raymond (Ryan) F.
Surendra K.

Surendra

If you liked this article, you might like these as well..

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partha P.

partha

what is grub rescue ?

posted 16 hours ago

Patrick L. 16 hours ago • Edit • You will use grub rescue to recover from a failed boot. ... »
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Patrick L.
Surendra K.

Surendra

umask is the permissions values set on files/folders created on Linux/Unix. This is how to on umask and its influnce on file and folder permissions in Linux and UNIX machines.

posted 2 days ago

Vahid S. 20 hours ago • Edit • UMASK is an amazing command,at first I thought it is for removing some mask! because of its similarity to a command like"Unmask"! Anyway, UMASK ... »
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Vahid S.
Matthieu F.

Matthieu

The Usability of Passwords

Hi all,

I've just read this very interesting article regarding password strength : http://www.baekdal.com/tips/password-security-usabil ...

posted 5 months ago

Ivan Z. 1 day ago • Edit • If you have a file protected with a password and someone want to crack it, it's been easy to do it with GPU (not CPU) and you can read the ... »
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Theodore M. R. Anthony D. Ivan Z.
Masoome H.

Masoome

How Increase the Maximum Number Of Open Files in Linux?

I have following exception in linux server Cent OS 5.
ExceptionConverter: java.io.FileNotFoundException: ...

posted 1 day ago

Alexandre G. 1 day ago • Edit • In short, check the system-wide current limit with ... »
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Jason R. Félix H. Alexandre G.
Rayan M.

Rayan

I need to be unix professional so what are the ways and if anyone can give me the name of some useful books I would be thankful.

posted 2 days ago

Väinö L. 1 day ago • Edit • Then the same books applies as far as principles and design is concerned .. But if you're just starting, the used platform doesn't matter since ... »
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Väinö L. Rayan M. Väinö L.
Tom W.

Tom

Configuring a firewall for Linux using iptables

Inbound_Traffic inboundtraffic.net

A firewall is a piece of software or hardware that acts as a security barrier, protecting your computer from external threat. Packet filtering firewalls are the most common, and work by inspecting every packet that passes...

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Mohamed E.

Mohamed

The changeover is being attempted by Apple to set new printing standards that will not require ‘drivers’ in the future

posted 1 day ago

Joseph P. 1 day ago • Edit • Printing without drivers would sure be great, but a lot of us rely on CUPS as it is now. Most likely, the Open Printing Project will keep ... »
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Joseph P.
Mr. L.

Mr.

My system is not booting....while I have remove the /etc/passwd file What to do...????

posted 3 days ago

Steve H. 2 days ago • Edit • Mount as described above, and then just copy the default passwd from an equivalent distro. At least you'll then be able to log in. As most ... »
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Félix H. David E. Steve H.
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