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Why Ubuntu has a so large number of available packages if compared to other Linux distros? [closed]
According to the Wikipedia comparison tables, Ubuntu has ~47K available packages, while other major distros, under this particular aspect, have a smaller number.
I.E. openSUSE has ~40K, Debian ~37K, ...
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1answer
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What are the differences between “enterprise” and “home” Linux distributions?
Simply as the title says, what are the main differences between these two kind of distributions?
Being Linux basically suited to be tailored to each own preferences and fully customizable in every ...
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How to choose the best Linux distro depending on your hardware [closed]
I have a centrino 1.7 GHz with 512 RAM. It is an old computer.
I tried to google for something that could ease my chose for a good linux distro that would run smooth on that computer and still being ...
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4answers
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Recommended replacement for Fuduntu (a discontinued Linux distro) [closed]
I have a laptop which gets very hot. And as we know, heat is bad for the Lithium battery. So I wanted to install a distro which was lightweight and kept my laptop cool.
I came to know about this ...
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1answer
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yaourt asking “please run yaourt as a non-privileged user”
This is a newbie question: why does yaourt in Arch Linux always warn you to "please run yaourt as a non-privileged user"? I am running the following:
$ sudo yaourt <package-name>
... to ...
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Where can I find a comprehensive explanation of hard drive partitioning? [closed]
I have been messing around with linux distros and have been asked to create partitions. I generally just click through the standard options without really knowing what I am doing. Since this kind of ...
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1answer
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How to find the right Linux Distribution? [duplicate]
I am going to be getingt a new laptop soon. I have been using Windows till now but have had some experience with Linux too. Now I want to completely shift towards Linux and for that purpose I was ...
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1answer
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Linux and java development [closed]
Which of the following flavor of linux is suitable for Java development?
Ubuntu
Fedora
Debian
I am planning for web development and eclipse RCP application development using java on Linux ...
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Linux live-CD Distribution with partition resizing
I would like to install Linux besides my Windows 98 partition on an old laptop, but unfortunately the laptop is formatted with only one large partition.
win98 doesen't offer to resize the partition ...
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1answer
152 views
What would be a suitable linux distribution for my parents? [closed]
This is not a typical battle of distros question and is well targeted for a category of users.
My father (65) has an old and slow pc (1.8GHz AMD Athlon XP, 512MB Ram, 128 MB graphic accelerator). ...
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Which linux distributions offer seamless support for UEFI and an LVM root out of the box?
My new ultrabook (an Asus UX32VD) requires UEFI in order to boot from the internal harddisk. I use an LVM partition which contains my root fs and dual-boot Windows 8. I somehow managed to get this ...
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what is the difference between backtrack and backbox [closed]
Is there any major difference between backtrack and backbox linux distros for pen-testing or this is just a matter of preferences?
Up till now I only see the differences in the list of standard ...
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1answer
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How to install another Linux distro?
I started with a clean HDD. Partitioned as follows...4GB for Swap, 1 10GB EXT4 partition mounted as /, another 50GB EXT4 partition mounted as /home.
Installed Mint.
Now I am curious to try Mageia ...
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1answer
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Trying to make a custom Arch-based Linux distro with larch
I'm all set up with a spiffy Arch installation in a virtual machine, and now I want to turn it into a live ISO. When I heard about larch, I thought it would be the perfect tool to turn my existing ...
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Partitioning a Linux based system
I am using Linux Mandriva OS. During installation my friend suggested 2GB for the swap partition and the remainder as the root partition. What is the use of providing a separate space for root? ...
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What's the best Linux USB live distro to test laptops at a store? [closed]
Have to replace the trusty eeepc-1000. Plan to go to a physical store, find a few machines with a keyboard that I like, and test a live distro with plenty of hardware support (but ideally no many ...
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ubuntu 12.04 server and tftp access violation issue on put command
I installed tftp as per this document:
http://icesquare.com/wordpress/solvedtftp-error-code-2-access-violation/
I followed this to the letter 3 times and every time I put a file I get:
...
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1answer
297 views
How to dual boot existing windows 7 laptop with linux (slackware destribution)?
I have a dell laptop loaded with windows 7.
The partitions I see looking at the disk manager are the following :
One ΟΕΜ partition 39mb, one ntfs partition 218,20gb (boot, pagefile, primary), and one ...
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1answer
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Are there any modern Linux distributions that still support /dev/audio?
I'm in the process of trying to debug a program that uses the legacy OSS /dev/audio interface to play sounds. However, Ubuntu and others no longer include a /dev/audio interface. Are there any ...
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Best Linux Distro for C++ Programming? (Cross-Platform) [closed]
I was wondering what's the best linux distro for me.
I am a c++ programmer who creates software and games. I would need to target both platforms (Unix and Windows) and I would need it to be fast. I ...
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1answer
91 views
Is the safety of Linux binary packages guaranteed? [closed]
Most Linux distros are "binary", i.e. users install binary, pre-built packages. But is it guaranteed that packages are built from as-is source packages?
How do you know distro's building process is ...
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Is there a Linux distro that will easily run “embedded style” on a Raspberry Pi?
I need a Linux distro that will give me the following:
Run on a Raspberry Pi
Can reliably survive power loss (like via a read-only filesystem)
I've been able to hunt down some documentation on how ...
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2answers
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Error Number 5: Input/Output Error while installing Linux
I have an emachines PC (model T5226) that I am attempting to install Linux on. I have tried multiple distros, namely Sabayon, Linux Mint, and SUSE, but at some point during the copying files phase of ...
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1answer
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How to install a Linux distro from within Mac OS X
I want to install a Linux distro on my Mac from within Mac OS X (that is, without first rebooting into a separate installer environment).
Just like Ubuntu's Wubi installer allows you to install ...
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1answer
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Where can I find the Linux kernel file?
Is there any common directory to find kernel file in all Linux distributions?if yes please tell me how to browse to the directory?
Where can I find the Linux file in Ubuntu & RedHat operating ...
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Distro to LEARN linux [closed]
I'm looking for a linux distribution which can help me (rather force me) to learn the workings of the linux kernel, networking in linux and other tools/tricks that might help me with system ...
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My username and password dont work on SHH Trixbox
I have a Trixbox Linux instaled (based on Asterisk distribution). I can acces the console normally with my root account.
Its very simple, restart my machine, type login: root and password ***** and ...
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What are the risks (if any) of installing an older version of Linux
My machine has limited RAM capacity. Newer Linux distributions seem to require more memory (often 1 GB or more) and seem to consume more than 500 MB on itself.
Is it safe to use an older version of ...
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2answers
245 views
What is the suitable linux version for Developers? [closed]
I am a novice application developer. I wanna to use Linux and try it out. But I've no idea of Linux distributions and what they are capable of. I've heard about Ubuntu, Linux mint, fedora.
But what ...
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1answer
348 views
Using VMware Player to run Linux Distros via Flash Drive
I want to easily move multiple linux distros between my machines (Mac & Windows) via flash drive. Each machine will have VMware player installed to boot the OS rather than booting directly from ...
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Unix distro with nice dual monitor management [closed]
I've tried several distros and I uninstalled them because they dont meet my requirements, so maybe you can help me. I'm lookin for a distro with:
Nice dual monitor management, with no dead zones if ...
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Good Linux Distro for Disconnected Netbook
I'm deployed to Afghanistan with the Army and I have a friend who's netbook had his hard drive take a dump on him. He ordered a new hard drive and I was able to download and burn a copy of Ubuntu to ...
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Dual boot Windows XP and Linux-based OS
I have a PC with Windows XP SP3, a 250GB HD (C,D,E,F drives) and 1GB RAM. XP got corrupted while working on the internet (happened 3 times this week), so I am going for a dual boot.
If I install ...
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whats the best linux distro for HP notebook dm1-4004sa [closed]
I've got HP Pavillion dm1-4004sa notebook recently.
I installed Ubuntu 11.10, and it randomly freezes.. because of graphic drivers. I tried many things suggested at different places including this ...
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Custom Linux: advice for maintenance, best practices, general
Context:
We have custom versions of GCC, Kernel, utilities ...etc., we'd like to integrate
easily into a installable easily maintainable Linux Distro ...package-management
etc.. This is for a ...
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How to install Debian Testing
I would like to install debian testing.
I mean that I want to follow the "Testing" distribution.
I have tried the installer included in unetbootin "Ubuntu_Testing_Netinst". Once it installed, it was ...
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Is it possible to alias a username on Linux?
I'm not sure if this has a practical application at all (aside from the fact that I am lazy. you know "christopher" has 11 characters, and I want to type 1), but is it possible to alias a username on ...
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Which Linux OS Dist is most python friendly? [closed]
I am a mid-level python developer interested primarily in creating WSGI-based web apps. I have a working knowledge of *nix but not of sysadmin. I will be working from command line. Which Linux OS ...
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1answer
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Using Gentoo as a base for a new Linux distro? [closed]
As a side project, I would like to create my own small linux distro just to learn more about the lower levels of Linux.
I love Ubuntu, but distros such as Ubuntu and Fedora contain many changes in ...
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1answer
254 views
What is the difference between the Linux distros?
What is the difference between the several GNU/Linux distros like Ubuntu and Fedora? Before brickbats fly for asking an oft repeated question, I am talking of differences related to the internal ...
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1answer
289 views
Gentoo and Funtoo alternative [closed]
I have been using gentoo linux for a long time with my netbook and old laptop. I tried funtoo linux and I found it even better than gentoo, though it is based on gentoo, but anyway. Now I'm looking ...
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2answers
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Small linux distro that to run in a VM and which has JRE
I'm looking for smallest linux distro with a GUI that natively runs JRE. DSL doesn't have JRE and I don't really want to spend 15 hours trying to figure out how to install it. I'm looking for ...
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Linux: Compare packages
Is there a simple way to compare all the current installed packages to the defaults (a fresh/clean installation)? So that I can see what packages I removed and which packages I manually installed?
I ...
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3answers
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Query what Linux/Unix distribution you're using (from the command-line)
When using an unfamiliar Linux/BSD/Unix computer (e.g. by SSH) from the command line, how can you tell what distribution (and what version of that distribution) you're using?
Some options I've tried:
...
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Disk Partitioning and a Weird dev Configuration, how to fix?
I want to dual boot Fedora and openSuse since I'm testing them out. I need a stable linux work machine for my thesis, and I'm wary of using the latest Ubuntu (Debian is a good candidate, but I am so ...
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Is dual-booting more secure than having a single operating system installed?
I need some advice. I've recently become wary about using one computer for everything I do, from a security perspective. I have antimalware installed, but I also download and run a lot of stuff I find ...
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Are there long term support distros that offer Gnome 3 as their primary desktop environment?
Are there long term support distros that offer Gnome 3 as their primary desktop environment? I know ubuntu offers native Gnome3, for example, but since the focus of Ubuntu is on Unity, I'd be afraid ...
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1answer
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How to install skype in an ALT Linux distro (Simply Linux 6)
I've installed Simply Linux 6 (a distro by ALT Linux Team which based on the "p6" branch of their package repository; ftp, torrent).
Now I want to use Skype, but there is no skype package in the list ...
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2answers
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Linux terms a newbie should know about [closed]
I'm new to Linux, particularly the distributions I'm using - Ubuntu and openSUSE.
I've looked on the Internet for how to install software on these operating systems, but I can't seem to understand ...
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Which Linux distro does not require me to upgrade very often?
I don't want to start a holy war, I just want to know which distro will be best for me specifically.
I'm currently running Fedora-13, which is in EOL. So I did a little more research — probably ...
