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Dan V.

Dan

YUM vs APT which do you prefer and why.

posted 12 days ago

Alex N. 4 hours ago • Edit • Yum because it deploys packages more safe fully and faster ;) »
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Charles J. Kenneth L. Alex N.
Jerry Z.

Jerry

How much swap is being USED? Not the size of your swap, but the size of your USED swap. Execute free -m | tail -1 | awk '{print $3}' and...

posted 2 months ago • 265 votes

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Jerry Z. 9 hours ago • Edit • @Geir Asle Borgen, next time the developers should say: ... »
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Scott G. Geir Asle B. Jerry Z.
Robert M.

Robert

Is it rude and self important to post job ads in Linkedin discussion forums?

posted 3 days ago • 30 votes

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Michael B. 4 hours ago • Edit • Further to what Robert Montgomery posted above, the self-important part could also have to do with the fact that some posters indicate that ... »
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vinay K. Michael A. Michael B.
C. Wes C.

C. Wes

Total Linux convert at home now. Got Ubuntu totally replacing Mac OS X on both my Mini and Macbook. Completely satisfied with it...the...

posted 22 hours ago

Jefferson Q. 14 hours ago • Edit • Jefferson likes this. »
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Mark V.

Mark

Does Visual Basic 2010 Express work on Linux using Wine?

Hello group.

Prior to my conversion to Mint/Debian on my laptops I had downloaded Visual Basic 2010, and was re-training myself in VB. ...

posted 5 months ago

Mark V. 1 day ago • Edit • Hello Leo, thanks for the info. I did finally set up a virtual box and that worked. I'll check out that link to freebasic too. Thanks. »
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Mark V. Leo Louis S. Mark V.
Richard S.

Richard

How important is it to create separate partitions in a Linux installation?

should you create separate partitions for /boot, /home, /tmp, /usr or use one big / partition
and a small swap partition?

posted 1 day ago

Wesley T. 1 day ago • Edit • You can get by with one partition if, IF you use files for swap. It's normal to create a separate partition for swap. It has it's very own ... »
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Juan O. Joseph P. Wesley T.
James T.

James

What is your preferred scripting language for system administration and automation?

When you need to get something done, what's your language of choice?

Vote on this LinkedIn Poll to see the results divided by age, seniority, and gender. Use Polls to leverage the collective wisdom of millions of business professionals on LinkedIn.

posted 23 days ago

Dr. Tony P. 2 days ago • Edit • @william, This is more than true and python is not perfect by any means either but certain languages (like APL) make due to lack of language ... »
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Dr. Tony P. William B. P. Dr. Tony P.
Christopher W.

Christopher

Linux in the business environment http://bit.ly/uyWSlD

Linux in Business comtech247.net

Is Linux viable in the business environment? Surely it is just a bunch of ‘geeks’ writing software with little support?  We are going to take a look at the business offerings and settle some mis-preconceptions. Chances are at...

posted 2 days ago

Carlos Alexandre C. 1 day ago • Edit • Carlos Alexandre likes this. »
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Craig P. Carlos Alexandre C.
Mohammad Anas R.

Mohammad Anas

Why do you use Windows beside Linux?

posted 1 month ago • 330 votes

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  • I use specific software (AutoCAD..etc).

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  • I test my web applications in IE.

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David P. 2 days ago • Edit • I hardly ever use Windows anymore. I have Fedora installed on my laptop. ... »
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Howard R. Casey C. David P.
Christopher W.

Christopher

How to resize an image using GIMP http://bit.ly/KZoW14

Imagine the scenario.  You are trying to upload a picture to a website but the picture resolution is too high and the size of the file is also too high.  So what do you do? Today I will show you how to resize an image using GIMP.

posted 1 day ago

Helen W. 1 day ago • Edit • Helen likes this. »
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Kevin C.

Kevin

Automatically install and configure X11rdp and user accounts

After a couple of weeks of writing and testing on various Debian and Debian-derived distros, I've finally released these scripts to the ...

posted 3 days ago

Kevin C. 9 hours ago • Edit • Oh here's how that's done : http://scarygliders.net/2012/05/26/xrdp-authentication-with-active-directory/ ... »
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Kevin C. Kevin C.
chaitheesh C.

chaitheesh

wht is the differance between sudo su - and sudo su - root

posted 3 days ago

Alvin S. 2 days ago • Edit • All "sudo" does is handle permissions for running a command, and thereafter, any differences will be in the semantics of the command itself. ... »
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Rajat P. Alvin S.
Rich A.

Rich

Is there a moderator for this site?

This site is inunduated with un-Linux-related job "opportunities". Is there any moderator that can delete those articles?

posted 4 days ago

Alvin S. 2 days ago • Edit • @Joseph, for what it's worth, when I flag a posting as "Flag as Job", it moves the posting to the "Jobs" section. Or at least it did for me. ... »
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Joseph P. Alvin S.

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