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Have to agree with Clanky. You simply dont (in one week). Though, a good way to start is as Tommymac501 said. Install Ubuntu Server or CentOS (free version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux) server without a graphical user interface and get some hands on experience with the tasks you will …

[QUOTE=vickycodmaster;960200]i am student pursuing bachelor engineering in computer science. i know a little about linux and basic commands of unix.but i am interested to know more and get comfortable with linux. i want to install linux in mine dell studio xps 1340 laptop. which linux flavour should i install and …

This might be valuable for the threadstarter: [CODE] top[/CODE] Will list the processes that are using the most resources. [code] killall firefox/gnome/what-ever-name-of-process[/code] Will force close that process without you needing to know the pid.

You might want to try [CODE]lsmod[/CODE] to find out more information about the wireless card (and post output here so we might be more helpful).

Try and telnet smtp.live.com with the port you are using (25, 587 or whatever Live wants you to use). If connection refused it might be the wrong port or a firewall issue. When I telnet smtp.live.com on port 25 (or 587) I get: [QUOTE]220 BLU0-SMTP195.phx.gbl Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: …

Only used Eclipse in Fedora (though, my C++ teacher uses Eclipse on a Mac) for C++ and Java programming, higly recommend it for both languages.

Putty (any SSH client) will only work if the Ubuntu machine is already set up with a working network interface and has a SSH server installed and running. If the machine is running Ubuntu Server there should be no problem checking the box for SSH Server during the installation of …