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Want to buy a Dell machine loaded with Linux? Shame, as it appears that Dell Europe would really rather you bought a Windows-powered one, despite having a website devoted entirely to selling Dell Ubuntu laptops. And, oh boy, does it use some strange arguments to dissuade you from becoming a …

[URL="http://www.ubuntu.com"]Ubuntu[/URL] has redeemed itself with its latest version 9.10 (Karmic Koala). I took a look at Ubuntu 9.10 on October 1st and have been playing around with it for a few days. My first impression is that it is good stuff--seriously good stuff. From the new, updated installer to the …

A 22 year old vulnerability, yes you read that right, has been discovered which some security experts suggest could be bigger than Heartbleed. The bug, reported as '[CVE-2014-6271:remote code execution through bash](http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/649)' relates to how environment variables are processed: with trailing code in function definitions being executed independently of the …

[B]Introduction[/B] Many people might wonder why you would want to compile source code. After all, most Linux programs can be had by simply opening up their favorite package manager and clicking "install". The package manager does the rest. However, there *are* reasons why you would want to do this. For …

It's hard for me to admit it but there are things, ten things to be exact, that I really hate about Linux. Sometimes I think it's just me but I do see other people stating a few of these in the forums so I'm at least not alone with some …

At my last, best count, there were over 550 individual Linux distributions. From the most generic, flat installs of the most common distros to ultra-specialized, multimedia-oriented to the eye-popping, fancy ones--they're all there for the taking. I found ten distributions from among the 500 or so that I know about …

Someone left a comment on one of my posts similar to, "Linux won't be popular on the Desktop until it runs [URL="http://www.microsoft.com"]Windows[/URL] applications." To which I silently responded, "Huh? and, "You've got to be kidding me." We have [URL="http://www.winehq.org"]WINE[/URL] for running Windows applications and it works reasonably well for those …

Every week, Stephen Coty [writes about](https://www.alertlogic.com/resources/blog/) interesting exploits that have caught his attention as chief security evangelist at Alert Logic. This last week (in a currently password protected posting) [he mused about](https://www.alertlogic.com/blog/exploit-monday-a-few-interesting-ones-to-be-aware-of-7/) a 'JournalCtl and Syslog Terminal Escape Injection' zero day which could be of interest to the Linux gurus …

Here is a great article and video from the Free Software Foundation (FSF) about using FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) to do complex audio/video editing tasks: http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/how-i-made-a-video-for-libreplanet-using-all-free-software

Does anyone like to use Linux over the Microsoft XP or System 7/8. I have used at least 4 virtual Linux's and like the fact that you do not have to run with Virus or Spam software. Unix based system?

I had the honor and pleasure of speaking to [URL="http://www.fsf.org"]Richard Stallman[/URL] a few days ago while he was in New Zealand on a speaking tour. I had been in an email conversation with him over several days asking about which software programs he uses and I finally connected with him …

So I've had a media server for a while using Plex as the software with a Terra Master as the hardware. I've become dissatisfied with both for various reasons and I'd like to make my own, but I'm also open to Plex alternatives recommendations. What I want to do is …

Hi All, I have a dedicated server with a company with poor technical support. Can anyone suggest a server company? Thanks, Jim

Hi I want to run a chess tournament that uses Android tablets as the input for each player. These tablets will be placed on a table, where at the end of the table there will be a pc running Ubuntu. The tablets will communicate with eachother using Bluetooth. The tablets …

Team, What would you want to see in an awk tutorial? None of the existing tutorials are great. A good tutorial is like the video from ten years ago where that kid outlines in about ten minutes how to breakdance, it's crazy.

I have multiple files in a Linux systems where I want to copy them with a single cp command into a different path and directory. Should I write a bash script to copy one by one?

Hello, I currently have a RedHat Linux version 6.4 running on a physical server (HP). However, recently it has started to show a failing disk problem, with some failures at software level as well like the terminal not opening properly, and while waiting for a new replacement disk to be …

This may not be the best room to post this in but I didn't see any room that really jumped out at me for this, and since I'm doing all this on Linux desktop it made sense. I'm having trouble placing the meta data (artists, album, title) for a .wav …

Hey guys, so I saw a post where someone asked, "Why Linux?". To answer that, I wrote an article in my blog. Here's the [link](http://seanballais.github.io/blog/why-linux/). I thought that it would be nice to share the article in this subtopic so I created this post. Hope you enjoy the article.

Hello everyone! As some of you may know, Eclipse Luna appears to be broken for users of Kali Linux. There is a simple fix for that > Assuming that you have installed Eclipse Luna locate eclipse.ini `sudo nano eclipse.ini` add the following 2 lines before `--launcher.appendVmargs` --launcher.GTK_version 2 press `ctrl …

News headlines screaming that yet another Microsoft Windows vulnerability has been discovered, is in the wild or has just been patched are two a penny. Such has it ever been. News headlines declaring that a 'major security problem' has been found with Linux are a different kettle of fish. So …

Hi! Does anyone know of any worthwhile machine language OSes to try? I just learned about them in class. It's an interesting idea in terms of speed and portability. I could only find two online, one was in Russian, and the other was MikeOS. Does anybody know any other OSes …

What do you get if you combine a computer company with a group of Vegans and someone who used to present a popular children's TV show? The less than obvious answer is a Linux computer designed especially for old people. But there you have it, and according to the press …

Hi I am new to using Linux and cannot find any software that will open AutoCAD. Have found many downloads that claim to do so but when I download them they do not work Any recommendations on what to use I am running Ubuntu 9.04

This is a plea to all hardware manufacturers: Please create Linux drivers for your hardware. OK, so Linux isn't the Stormin' Norman of the Desktop arena but that doesn't mean its users don't want or need drivers for hardware. I don't blame the kind volunteers that donate their time to …

The Obama Administration vows to cut costs in part by using open source software (Software whose source code is made available to the user), cloud computing, virtualization, Linux and other low cost technologies. But, does the use of open source software put the government, its records and our national security …

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote, "[URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story220784.html"]Has Linux Fallen Into a Well?[/URL]." It was a tale of two brothers, aka The Cave Dwellers, who had too many complaints and angst concerning the Windows XP installation on my wife's old HP DV-5000 laptop. Reinstalling XP didn't do any good the …

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 want to run a command for ever in the Linux bash. Also I want to put 60 seconds between command execution.

For programmers who do not like to use IDEs, it may not be convenient to find specific strings in files of a specified type. Using standard grep is an option, but specifying file types can be quite cumbersome. We can solve this with a small script. First, use find to …

I watched both grow , from their early beginnings , because our current servers are on CentOS and of course I am not happy with where CentOS has gone. Because the CentOS lesson , I have been really caution and I am a little bit too worried from witch one …

Essentially, there is no best hosting provider for everyone, there is only the provider that is best for you, that is, the provider that best fits your web hosting needs within your budget. The lowest cost is not always the best option Your website is often the face of your …

I want to list services currently installed in an ubuntu box. Also want to list the status of the listed services. Thanks.

I want to see your suggestions on comparing CPanel and FASTPANEL. I used CPanel for some time but later I changed to FASTPANEL which is absolutely free but provides you with the same opportunities. Also FASTPANEL's design looks much better than CPANEL's one. So now I can't understand why people …

Hi everyone! i have Fedora 28 (with xfce) installed on my laptop. As Fedora 28 is now an old version, I'd like to know if there is a way to upgrade directly to Fedora 32, with no risk (I mean no data loss, in particular my /home dir).. Can you …

I have to install the Django package to my mint distribution. I want to accomplish this by using pip command but can not find the pip command. How can I install the pip command ? Thanks

Team, Hope you all are doing fine I have one admin server which is being used dedicately to run cron jobs on hourly basis, fetching the details from Database which is in a different server.These cronjob are run on every hourly/5 minutes basis depending as per end user requirement. The …

What it says on the tin. I'm looking for a good voice/chat server I can run on a RasPi 3 running Raspbian Jessie. TeamSpeak is Intel only as best I can tell. EDIT: Dangit. Every single time I jump on this forum thinking "These guys will know, but let me …

Hi.. Am currently working on TI DRA74x Jacinto 6 board. It has ARM core A15 and M4. and 1 DSP C66X. am working on image processing so I want to use both ARM A15+DSP C66x.Am running the code only on ARM A15.(ubuntu 12.04 with kernel 3.14) but processing speed is …

Hey fellas. I've been using Windows as my main OS since I sat on an PC with win 95. Now I think is time to finally change to Linux! The main reason I didn't change sooner was because the .NET dev env, but now there's Mono. So, I really would …

Running Linux Mint 17. I have setup smartmontools to monitor my hard drive, that seems to work OK but there is a feature to generate an email when it detects an error and I cannot get the email to work. I have found several hit for it but still cannot …

Would you ever use a non unix like operating system ever again by your free will. (Working environments don't count) And why aren't all operating systems posix based? <-Serious question? It just seems so painfully obvious to me this is how all operating systems should be. Thoughts?

Importing a hierarchy of firefox bookmarks in konqueror can be tricky, as konqueror's bookmarks editor doesn't read firefox's sqlite databases where the bookmarks are stored. Konqueror bookmarks are normally stored in a file `~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/bookmarks.xml` , which is actually a dialect of `xml` named `xbel`. I found very little documentation about …

So, some time ago PPAPI plugins, were stopped to work on google's chrome n chromium for linux, which really sucked for me at least .. Just figured that google have something called pepperflashplayer and I followed this https://wiki.debian.org/PepperFlashPlayer/Installing to install it.It worked like a charm but the problem that I …

Hi all, I'd like your thoughts and recommendation. I'm currently thinking of switching from Windows 7 to Ubuntu, I'm new to UB/linux and have a series of package that I use all the time. I know that I can get libreoffice to replace MSOffice and some like for likes; where …

This is possibly a very strange question, and I'm not sure where to ask it! But is there anyone around that uses a standing desk or a treadmill desk, and can you tell us how it effects your productivity and your typing. Do you make more mistakes? Do you use …

So, if - like me - you find yourself in need of installing SQL Developer on Ubuntu 12.04 and have for some or other reason ended up downloading the rpm instead of the zip from the Oracle [site](http://http//www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-developer/downloads/index.html) or you already have an rpm of SQL Developer lying around follow …