Questions about software packages which include the Linux kernel and come in a variety of forms, from desktop to server, lightweight to full-featured. Make sure your question is specific enough and not of the "Which Linux distribution for me?" kind.
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Does Windows 8 support wubi installation?
I recently installed Windows 8 from MSDN. I used to install Linux within Windows in my Windows operating systems.
But when I tried to install my Ubuntu 10.10 with Wubi installer the option to install ...
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Where historic Linux distributions can be found?
Where one can find ancient Linux distribution installation images (ISO) such as RedHat Linux 5 (not RHEL), early versions of Mandrake Linux?
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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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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 does work the development of a single piece of software with multiple linux distributions? [closed]
If there are many gnu/Linux distributions and many of them have their own developers base, how the software updates are delivered to the users?, where does the developers make the changes of a ...
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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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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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Gentoo Upgrading
I have times were my PC catches dust (i.e. for months it sits in the corner, unplugged). Traditionally I have a gentoo installed and I like it very much in general. The only problem is, that once I do ...
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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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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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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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Notebook Operating System with extreme support cycles/security updates
I'm a long-time Apple User since 1992, have always felt at home there, but I've am currently looking to switch to an alternative Operating System.
I've also been working with Unix machines since ...
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Files with write permission for all in /proc directory on CentOS 6.4
While searching for files writable by others, I'm coming across many files available in subdirectories of /proc. I'm not much aware of the usage of these files, but curious to know whether if someone ...
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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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A Windows ISO image from Linux to a USB stick
I've got Windows in an ISO image and want to put it on a USB stick so I can then install window. I want to do this from Linux.
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Choosing a very basic Linux distro with minimal boot time?
I've had Ubuntu for a year now, like it but it doesn't match my needed configuration for my old laptop. So...
I am using Linux mainly for webapps so I don't care much about user interface. What I ...
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Running Linux OS in ram only
I am aware of Puppy linux for this but am not happy with there only being a root user. Would it be a hard job to tell a Linux distro to copy everything to RAM and then run from it?
I don't want to ...
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Linux distro with just busybox and bash?
I just want a linux distro that boots fast, has a bash terminal (no gui) and busybox.
Is there any such distro or is it hard to compile a kernel and just make one myself?
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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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Is there a command for ubuntu,mint-like systems to open n-terminals, automatically name these, connect and cd on a remote server?
Every morning I have to open a lot of remote sessions at work on a linux distribution, label the session-Windows, type ssh user@server and cd to a directory on that server. I want to save time and do ...
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How to safely install GNU/Linux distro on a Samsung UEFI enabled laptop
I have already bricked and replaced my Samsung Chronos Series 7 NP700Z3C laptop. I have discussed it in the following question:
Why does my Samsung Chronos 7 not boot anymore after installing Ubuntu?
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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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Linux Web Kiosk which boots faster
Here is the scenario. I've to build a cheap kiosk that should show a specific website only. Since its a web kiosk i dont think there will be a need of powerful processor or HDD.. So i have an idea of ...
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How can I remaster a text-based linux distro?
So I have a Ubuntu minimal install, it is exactly the way I want it when I want to have a fresh install, with the included settings, packages, etc.
It has no desktop, it is completely CLI.
What is ...
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Alternatives to relinux and remastersys?
I'm attempting to make a CLI-Based Ubuntu custom distro for personal use.
However, remastersys nor relinux requires a gtk front end in order to function.
Is there an alternative remastering software ...
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How to enable Flash in Firefox on Bodhi Linux?
I've installed Bodhi Linux 2.1.0 on an old Micron PC. Following the instructions, I've used the Midori browser to visit the App Center to install both Firefox and the 32-bit Flash package. ...
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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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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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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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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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Easiest Linux distro creation
I have been trying to create my own customized distro of Linux (preferably some kind of Debian system like Debian, Ubuntu, Knoppix, etc). I want to make it specifically for playing games. This is just ...
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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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Choosing a Linux distribution
Dangerous territory with this question so please try to be impartial and instead focus on what to look for when choosing a Linux distribution.
I'm completely new to Linux. I thought it'd never happen ...
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Apple Magic Mouse stops working when I switch OS
Every time I switch between OSs (WinXP and Xubuntu) the Magic Mouse stops working, so I have to unpair the device and add it back, which is pretty annoying since I have to keep a backup mouse.
When I ...
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mini linux for browsing media playing
I'm looking for a small linux install (<100Mb) that can just run a browser and ideally a media player.
It's to fit in a spare recovery partition on my laptop and be a quick boot for non-work stuff ...
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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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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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Regarding OpenSuse 12.2 64 bits: time zone setup
I am using YAST and taking the date&time option and indicate the right time zone (say Belgium) and I also tick the HW clock UTC option but the time is not displayed properly.
Any idea why?
I have ...
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Best Linux distro for web developing in 512Mb RAM laptop [closed]
I have an ACER TRAVELMATE 4002WLMi, with 512Ram , 1.6Gz, ATI radeon 9700/64Mb.
I have windows xp but it's killing me since it's always crashing when I am using only....FIREFOX!
I've tried:
-Slitaz ...
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What is the world's smallest-footprint LAMP stack? [closed]
What is the world's absolute smallest known VMWare/VirtualBox image supporting basic Apache/PHP/MySQL functionality? Before or after compression.
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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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Using Linux Live to download/burn Windows?
So I'm fairly certain my SSD failed as it seems to have in the past. In two computers the BIOS won't recognize it as a boot option. I RMA'd the same model before and getting a new one worked for a ...
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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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What is the most popular replacement distro for OLPC? [closed]
I want to get rid of OLPC XO-1's builtin distribution (mostly because it's impossibly slow to use for anything, even browser and pdf reader).
What's the most popular replacement distro for this?
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Smallest linux with apt repositories?
Does someone knows a small linux distro that comes with apt package?
I tried puppy linux and dsl, but I didn't like any of those.
I am looking to setup a LAMP into a virtual machine with a small ...
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A light Linux distro compatible with VM “guest” software?
Is there a light Linux distro (like PuppyLinux, Slitaz etc) but which supports "guest"/"support" software (like VMware Tools, VirtualBox Additions).
