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Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel, said at the [URL="http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon"]LinuxCon[/URL] in Portland yesterday that, "We are not the streamlined, small, hyper-efficient kernel I envisioned 15 years ago," he said. "Our kernel is huge and bloated. Whenever we add a new feature, it only gets worse." It's time to put …
i trying to resize my partition that has vista on it but when i do fedora installer says that there was an error and all the error message said was error on disk /dev/sda1. any ideas?
Okay, ive got a 1024x768 13" laptop display and a 1280x1024 19" LCD external display. Ive managed to get it extending the desktop onto the external monitor okay but it wont go any higher than 1024x768 when extended. Thats a bit naff, as thats the whole point i own that …
Kindly share your experience of using Linux screencasting tools. I am interested in fully automated solution to record a video from the screen and produce a small video file (flv preferred) Thank.
Hey I've got an old server in my basement and i want to host a forum on it. I know there are also online free forum hosting but i want to learn what i'm doing. I want to use this thread to ask for advice. Right now my plan is …
Hi, I want to install gettext on my fedora core 10. Gettext package installed successfully but in /usr/share/locale/ there is no .mo and .po files in its language directory. Plz tell me how to install that locales plz reply me on <SNIP> Sorry 4 my band english Thnx
Dear All! I have a nix machine at home that is connected to the the Internet via adsl. Now i am adding another Internet connection (Fiber optic). How can i do load balancing between these two connections?? ( by load balancing i mean that i would like to utilize the …
In early linux systems, inodes were kept together on one part of a disk, while the corresponding data was scattered elsewhere on the disk. Later editions divided disks drives into group of adjacent cylinders called cylinder groups, in which each cylinder group contains inodes and their corresponding data. How does …
Hi all, I would like some advice as to how to go about this particular problem that I am facing. I have three computers involved in this problem: There is a real time DATA SERVER. The problem with DATA SERVER is it is located inside an internal private network. So …
Hello all. I have a small problem, i would like to make a statistics website. What i need is to show only two columns(creation date, filename) when i do "ls" to be like: 2009-2-2 filename Reading the man didnt helped much. Thanks in advance.
i changed the directory using cd $HOME but i dont see any .profile files under that directory. am i missing it? or it can be under some other directory? is it required to have it?
I just found an old computer in my closet and i need help uninstalling Windows ME so i can instal linux
All the glass clicking and cheers of late surrounding the apparent conversion of [URL="http://www.microsoft.com"]Microsoft[/URL] to the open source [URL="http://www.codeplex.com"]fold[/URL] needs to stop. We need the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_war"]Cold War[/URL]. We need [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism"]Communism[/URL]. And, yes, we need the OS Wars. Like any war, the OS Wars stimulate creativity, spark religious battles and divide …
Hi, I am a total newbie when it comes to makefiles and now I'm in a need of one. I have a directory structure as follows: [CODE] Project_root/Makefile Project_root/src/ Project_root/src/widgets/ Project_root/include/ Project_root/include/widgets/ [/CODE] Each directory contains multiple source/header files. I need to build a shared library out of this directory. …
I am using Java and was unsure where to put this so mods if I miscatagorized it my apologies. Pretty much how do I run my own code the JVM on solarius? thanks!
I have been working with Monodevelop's C# on Linux. Pretty incredible. If you stick within the .net framework it seems to be really pretty complete. However, what if you wanted to call a native Linux function from a Linux library (eg using native Linux sockets instead of the .net provided …
ok. There is a window xp base production server contained video files for play out. There is another server which is a linux base server placed in the network of the window xp based production server. I normally copy the files in the windo xp production server to the linux …
Greetings for the community of this forum=) I have a doubu about the GRUB. When I install linux I make a partition using Partition Magic, then I boot from de cd choose the file system, the space for the file system and the space for the Swapp. My question is, …
when i use this function of my library on windows everything works perfectly, but when i tried to port the port to compile with gcc on linux, it compiles and links to the rest of the library fine but it cause my app to crash. i think i might be …
I just upgrade to Firefox 3.5.4 cos it claim to browser faster. But as it turn out to be Shiretoko. Is it a Beta version? Appearance and features is the same. No problem so far just curious.
I seem to get software corrupt when doing upgrade. Like the one below. [ATTACH]11617[/ATTACH] Why is this happening? Is there anything I can do to solve this or prevent this from happening again?
Dear All, i have the linux machine. i am a admin(root) of the system. i have create a user yesterday. now i login user i saw this error.. pls help me... -bash: /home/user/.bash_profile: Permission denied
Hi, I need to use the borland c++ complier for making my college project. I use only linux and I am unable find the compiler. Any help will be much appreciated as I am stuck. cheers, Vishal p.s- Gcc and other compilers are not allowed for the project .
How do I start applications on Blackbox startup if my login manager is KDM?
Hello guys, I'm Elektrikz.I'm 18 and I come from Macedonia (I guess most of you haven't heard of...). I'm a student at unversity -1st year - department: Computer Science and IT. I'm really interested into programming (have expirience with C and C++),but I'm still eager to learn. Also I like …
I have been exploring netbook systems with various Linux distributions for some time now. I have tried (and still have loaded in one place or another) both Gnome and KDE "standard" desktops, the Ubuntu Netbook Remix, Moblin (does [I]anyone[/I] really like this? It drives me screaming into the night every …
hi all , One way to gain a good computer knolwedge about the operating systems and how they work is just dig into the hardware. what are the best sites ( please not books ) for hardware diggers and programmers . Now I just installed the DSL linux in my …
my need or requirement may sound funny, also there will be a question, why a driver program to do this? but the answer is simple, we need a driver program:) Let me just explain what i am looking for is, A simple linux keboard driver program which should detect a …
Hey I was wondering how I could port and comply a Linux application to run it under Windows? The application I want to port is Cheese.
ok, I shutdown wrong last time I was running linux on my pc. I just powered off my pc because I was in a hurry and never did the whole shutdown thing. Now everytime I boot up my computer in linux it will start to load then say something like …
Hello, New to the forum, and it looks like a great resource for IT information. I am always Interested in Best practices for Virtual Servers and Linux Systems.
I'm from Russia. Now my interests are Linux systems, opensource projects. My last program is using OpenCV. This is the reason I found this site. It helped me a lot. I hope to find much more useful information.
Most people welcomed the [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4642.html"]news[/URL] that the Sony PlayStation 3 was slimming down, both in physical size and in terms of off the shelf pricing. The Linux crowd are not so impressed however. According to SCE president and CEO Kazuo Hirai, the PS3 slim is some 36 percent lighter and …
Ok here is the code I am working with. What im trying to do is pull up pages without showing the subfolders. ie. [url]http://mywebsite.com/index.php[/url] , my [url]http://mywebsite.com/index2.php[/url], [url]http://mywebsite.com/index3.php[/url] and so on. Not [url]http://mywebsite.com/folder1/index1.php[/url], it works for one page but not for multiple pages, and im at a complete loss. Can …
OK, I can't resist this whole SCO thing, since it has again raised its ugly head. My [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4658.html"]previous post[/URL] on the subject the other day drew a lot of attention from a diverse gaggle of readers and commenters so I thought I'd go back to the well at least once …
Linux distributions could use a boost in a few different areas, specifically these five: Virtualization, Graphics, Games, Point-of-Sale and Education. Some significant progress has been made in the past year or so in virtualization and graphics but there's still more to do. Everyone has their own set of ideals for …
My good friend and partner in crime, [URL="http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow"]Jason Perlow[/URL] is working on (as I'm writing this) a new Linux distribution that is Hyper-V ready. It is a modified OpenSUSE 11.1 that includes the Linux Integration Components (ICs) from [URL="http://www.microsoft.com"]Microsoft[/URL]. He'll have a link to it on his blog in a …
It's hard to convince Joe and Mary User to convert to Linux when the first things you hear from them are: "Where's my <insert stupid application here>?" "Why can't I just have <insert ridiculous thing here>?" or the ever-popular "This doesn't work like <insert overpriced application here>?" Honestly, it's enough …
DATELINE - July 30, 2009 An open letter was sent to Lance Davis, primary administrator, describing the problems experienced by the other major members and contributors to the [URL="http://www.centos.org"]CentOS[/URL] project. Here is that letter, in its entirety that's also posted on the front page at centos.org: [QUOTE]July 30, 2009 04:39 …
If you haven't heard of [URL="http://www.proxmox.org"]ProxMox[/URL] yet, you need to hit the site right now and grab the [URL="http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Downloads"]ISO[/URL] file for the latest version (1.3) as of this writing. ProxMox is a bare metal (Type 1) hypervisor that comes with [URL="http://www.linux-kvm.org"]KVM[/URL] (Kernel Virtual Machine) and [URL="http://www.proxmox.org"]OpenVZ[/URL] technology rolled into a …
Yahoo server doesn’t support drupal, but for some of you with yahoo account, it might be interesting to know how to install the drupal on yahoo server. Here is the trick. 1. Go to [url]http://drupal.org[/url] and download the latest version of drupal . 2. Unpack the drupal-6.8.tar.gz. 3. Open the …
Linus has spoken so get back to work and stop burning up the Internet with your hate speeches and endless ramblings about Microsoft and how this is so wrong. Linus accepted the code and gives his reasons as to why. Here's my take on the whole thing with responses to …
Just like the international gang summits in Los Angeles, Linux needs a collective, "sit-down" to discuss the future of this now formidable operating system. I'm not talking about a nice little get together with keynote speakers with high-powered, 10,000 foot views of where Linux is and where it's going. And …
If I hadn't already known--or at least had some idea of the religious zeal I was about to face, I would have been more shocked at the response to my [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4525.html"]2009's 10 Worst Linux Distributions[/URL] post from the other day. I now have definitive evidence that Linux is a religion--a …
This post has nothing to do with Michael Jackson, his death, his kids, his Neverland Ranch or anything related to him. It has everything to do with my need for a virtual laboratory where I can test virtual machines, write about them or produce other documentation about them without a …
Most often, when someone talks about a filesystem or file system, they're referring to disk filesystems such as NTFS, FAT, ext2, ext3, ext4, ISO 9660 and many others but can also refer to network file systems such as CIFS (Common Internet File System aka Samba) and NFS. A filesystem is …
Prejudices and opinions aside, at some point in your career you'll be asked to select a viable Linux distribution for your corporate network. How will you choose? Will you use the same distribution that you use at home or will you do some research and find something that's corporate-ready? Are …
I've been in discussions with a group of other writers, Linux distribution watchers, Linux community leaders and developers in the past few days concerning Linux commercial vs. Linux community versions and some of us came to the conclusion that [URL="http://www.fedoraproject.org"]Fedora[/URL]'s relevance has waned. In fact, it might be time to …
Today, I'm announcing my new Linux company, HookLineNSinker, Inc. (HLNS) which will produce a new commercial Linux distribution: Pricey Linux. HLNS products include Pricey Linux Enterprise, Pricey Linux Small Business Server and The Pricey Linux Desktop. There are also Pricey Linux Support options for those of you who need 24x7 …
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