The name "Linux" originates from the Linux kernel, originally written in 1991 by Linus Torvalds. The main supporting system tools and libraries from the GNU Project (announced in 1983 by Richard Stallman) are the basis for the Free Software Foundation's preferred name GNU/Linux. Linux is used on ...
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Linux in Vmware think my AMD Phenom 2 X2@X4 is overclocked at ~3650 MHz?
My AMD Phenom 2 X2 550 BE unlocked to x4 is mildly overclocked to 3315 MHz in my Bios and my Windows 7 but Linux think it is overclocked to ~3650 MHz? In my Bios and my Open Hardware Monitor it's ...
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How to add a repository for only one package?
I want to add a repository but only for one package. For example, if I want to install 'ubuntu-tweak', I have to do this:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get ...
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Watch Filesystem in Real Time on OS X and Ubuntu
I'm looking for a CLI tool which will watch a directory and spit out the names of files that change in real time.
some_watch_command /path/to/some/folder | xargs some_callback
I'm aware of inotify ...
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Could Stuxnet team infect Linux? [closed]
After reading about Stuxnet and Flame malware and Doqu, I was wondering if the Iranian facilities had used linux kernel, could an attack have been possible on such systems?
If the attacks were ...
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Permissions for Partition larger than 2TB Fedora Linux
I've got a machine running Fedora 16 which has 2 internal HDDs. A 500GB which the OS is installed on and a 3TB for data storage.
I created a 3TB ext3 partition using gparted. Fedora mounts the drive ...
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Improving wifi connections in linux
I have a new laptop now with Ubuntu installed. The wifi at the office is much spottier than it used to be in my old computer. (It sometimes fails to connect, and sometimes drops the connection.) I'm ...
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Linux, make shorcut keys and FN key always active
If I play fullscreen game under linux(ubuntu 12.04 using gnome shell 3.4) I can not use some of my fn keys, nor the gnome shell shortcuts.
For example the Fn+volume, or brightness doesn't work, but ...
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Samba guest accounts and the “guest account = ” configuration option
I'm having difficulty understanding Samba's guest account permissions. I set the guest account to use my main account on the server but I can only ever seem to be able to modify files if the ...
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System-wide auto-complete word list syncing/integration?
I've been thinking that convenient auto-completion is my must-have feature of the text editors and word processors that I use. I wonder if anyone knows of a program or library that implements a ...
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Is this valid JFS partition?
My teacher gave my his laptop (with Fedora 16 on it) and compact flash card with data. He wants to have access to files on card, but he couldn't get access to it. The problem is Linux doesn't know ...
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Using the link command to keep backups on another drive
I have a folder that contains a not so large amount of space called /data/backup.
I have been told that if I link that folder (/data/backup) to an even bigger folder area like /bigdata/backup for ...
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Why does my Mac address reset after reconnecting?
I have ubuntu 12. I'm changing my mac address with ifconfig wlan0 hw ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx which works. However when I restart my connection my computer resets my mac to my original mac address. I'm ...
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In Linux, is it possible to get a listing of drives' disk space usage that also shows volume labels?
I know about df, of course, but df does not output volume labels. I have 5 USB hard drives plugged into my NAS box, and would love to know which is which.
Current df output:
Filesystem ...
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NAT works for Windows guests but not for Linux guests
I have just updated to VMPlayer 4.0.3 (from 4.0.1) on a Windows 7 host.
All the various guests are configured for NAT networking and DHCP, and before the upgrade every OS could reach out the ...
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Linux Both Case Sensitive AND Case Insensitive and Always Inconvenient?
This is really starting to get to me. I'm using Ubuntu 10 and I'm quickly finding out that it's case sensitive when it's inconvenient for it to be so (like when autocompleting file paths with tab in ...
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my postfix server fail to determine users and looks like: - [closed]
[root@rachi postfix]# telnet localhost 25
Trying ::1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 www.rachi.com ESMTP
ehlo localhost
250-www.rachi.com
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 10240000
...
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Loading and running remote applications with Linux. Not ssh
I am wanting to load an application from a remote Linux pc and run it on the one that I am sitting at. My goal is different than just using telnet or ssh, because by doing that I would still be ...
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Problems with sound and flash in Ubuntu 12
I'm having these problems:
a) I can't have music playing and at the same time watch a video en youtube. If music is playing, flash is muted, and vice versa.
b) Sound has too much bass. I partially ...
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Changing network computer name
I can't find a simple tutorial how to change my computer name under which is it visible on the network (Ubuntu 12.04). It's quite simple on Windows 7 but it looks like there's no such an option on ...
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How to disable Auto-Mute Mode?
In alsamixer, there is an option called "Auto-Mute Mode", and it's enabled by default.
But now I want to disable it. I've tried different keys but failed.
Any idea? 0_0
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winbind not working
I'm trying to set up winbind with an Active Directory running on Win2003.
This works:
net rpc user -S SOMEDOMAIN -U Administrator
Password:
Administrator
ASPNET
Demo
Guest
IUSR_SERVER20
...
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Rsync as another user (www-data)
I usually use a graphical SSH client to sync a local and remote directory. And I have to set the ownership of all the files from root to www-data.
Can I do the same with Rsync, only that I do it as ...
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How to monitor bandwidth on a Linux router by LAN IP
There are plenty of ways to monitor traffic on a specific interface or even by port. But if I am on a router and suspect one of the workstations is using more bandwidth then others, how to check?
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“shell not found” on start of backtrack 5
I am using backtrack5 in VMware on my system. I was trying to change my default shell to ksh. After executing the 'chsh' command. On restarting the OS, it shows "Cannot execute ksh: no such file or ...
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How small can/should I make my partitions?
My machine is currently split into 3 user partitions (plus however many Windows and Linux have decided to slyly create) Which are C: Windows 7, D: Data, and E(?): Ubuntu. I'm considering wiping my ...
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Is there a way to remove root requirements for a specific command in linux? If yes, how so?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, and I'm trying to make it so that the specific command
dhclient
doesn't require root privileges. I've done some research that leads me to believe I could unlock an "su" ...
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Linux “find -regex” doesn't handle binding
I have the following files, and need to match them like:
./foo.bar1.sh -match
./qux/foo.bar2.sh -match
./foo.sh -match
./baz.sh -no match
./foo.bar3 -no ...
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vim is slow, even on console without X running
I'm using Arch Linux and I installed vim from the official repos.
It runs OK, but when I have syntax and cursor highlight turned on, it is extremely slow.
I already trying running only the 'core' ...
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How does cpu speed stepping effect the cpu usage percentages reported in (for example) htop?
How does cpu speed stepping effect the cpu usage percentages reported in (for example) htop? How about the normal top?
So, if my cpu is stepped down to 800mhz with a full speed of 2ghz, does 5% used ...
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Ubuntu LiveCD/LiveUSB Default Login Credentials
I've just downloaded Ubuntu 12.04, created a USB startup drive, and booted. What is the default username and password for the live USB.
Thanks.
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Unable to mount device on Linux (XFS)
I am unable to mount a device on my server due to error when mounting, the device is type XFS. The mount command returns message: "mount: structure needs cleaning"
I've tried using xfs_check and it ...
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How to configure fstab so that partition can be used by different users at same time?
My intent is to set up a drive that any user can read to, write from, and execute on. Moreover, the users must be able to use the drive at the same time.
I have my fstab entry set up like this:
...
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Java Applet Console
Can anyone tell me how to access the Java Applet Console in Chromium for Linux?
I assumed there would be a Java application packaged with the JRE that would give me access through the command line, ...
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How can I install python-dev without sudo?
I am trying to install python package (scikits.learn) on my user directory (on a ubuntu server for which I don't have sudo permission) but I am getting
error: Python.h: No such file or directory
It ...
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App for text and image pop-up
Does anyone know any application for Linux which is simply for popping-up images and text on the screen, whereas interval/duration/position of the images/text are customizable?
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How to substitute multiple lines between delimiters
Given the text example:
.... text ,..
{{{python
string1 = 'abcde'
string2 = '12345'
print(string1[[1:3]])
print(string2[[:-1]])
}}}
.... text ,..
The [[ and ]] also appear outside of {{{ too. ...
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Use sudo command for script SSH server
I have to do following steps on several servers:
log in with my username
type in sudo su -
type in amCLI -l 32/1 | grep Firmware
So I would like to write this all in one script, my idea was:
...
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Wifi that not connected after installed Ubuntu
I use Toshiba. My laptop just installed Ubuntu LTS 12.04. after the install, my Wifi is still good, a day later could not connect Wifi, but Wifi ON. then 2 days later Wifi is good, and then to the ...
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Powering down external hard drive, flash drive, etc using the command line in Linux
I always thought that to safely remove a device that had been mounted was to use the umount command and until recently when I switched to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, I noticed that there was the ability to ...
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Eclipse has no icon in dash nor on script
I have a "script" placed on desktop to launch eclipse with some extra stuff which is needed.
It looks like this:
#Eclipse
export ORACLE_HOME=/home/ame/development/tools/instantclient_10_2_x64
export ...
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high number of process in linux system
the number of process in my system is high to 2819
and i have a check about it these process are all like this:
root 25305 3803 0 01:40 ? 00:00:00 crond
root 25306 25305 0 01:40 ? ...
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Can tar be forced to exit on the first error?
By default, for many kinds of errors tar prints a message to stderr and then continues on its way -- the errors it calls "recoverable" errors, typically errors that relate to a single file or archive ...
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Fedora 17 keeps using fedora 16 kernel
I did run preupgrade to upgrade my Fedora 16(x64) to Fedora 17. And it seemed to work fine. So I got the new gimp 2.8, gcc 4.7.0 and so on. But the system keeps using the old kernel from fc16. Uname ...
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Output only “long pings” / Log connection interruptions
I'm on a connection that sometimes gets interrupted for a while, and I'm trying to determine exactly when using ping, which generates output like this:
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_req=1196 ttl=64 ...
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Compare content of directories in Linux
In Linux, if I have two directories, how I can see the differences of content in these directories?
Now I use this command:
diff <(ls -d dir1/*) <(ls -d dir2/*)
Any other idea?
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Openbox fails on login
X throws this error:
Xsession: unable to launch "/usr/share/xsessions/openbox.xsession" Xsession
--- "/usr/share/xsessions/openbox.xsession" not found; Falling back to
default session.
But a trip ...
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VNC Black Screen
Two weeks ago I installed centos,gnome,xserver and vnc on my vps.
At first time I could start gnome with "VNC Viewer" but now whene I want start "VNC Viewer" vnc connect to vps fine but I have black ...
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Software to control bass in sound?
I moved from Windows to Ubuntu, and now the music I hear with the headphones sounds with too much bass, like it is set to max.
I looked into alsamixer and pulseaudio, but I can't control bass there.
...
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How do I clear all data in a MySQL database while maintaining the table structures?
Using MySQL CLI, how can I remove all data in a given MySQL database without changing any table's structures?
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Will this cron job run as expected?
I have a fairly important cron job set up and I would like to know if it will run 5 minutes past the hour every hour every 3rd day?
5 * */3 * * php ...
