http://forums.fedoraforum.org – I am new to linux. I am using fedora f16 x86_64. I was using terminal from root and used yum to install some packages. I also wanted to reinstall the libjpeg package. I used yum erase libjpeg but deleted 300 other files/packages along with libjpeg. I then used yum install libjpeg. The yum history shows only 1 package installed and 300 erased. (HowTos)
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Email this pagehttp://crunchbang.org – I'm totally new to Linux, but I like to learn the hardway I guess.Yesterday I ran smxi to get the newest kernel version and today after booting I noticed that my wi-fi drivers needed to be reinstalled (I did not notice yesterday since wireless internet continued to work on my current session after running smxi and I assumed they were working fine)I need a guide for dummies on what to do now, (HowTos)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – One of the most interesting product demos on display at Google I/O this year was a virtual sky diving simulation built using eight separate computers running Chrome, along with a Kinect-like motion sensor made by ASUS called the Xtion Pro. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.ubuntugeek.com – Cinnamon is a user interface. It is a fork of GNOME Shell, initially developed by (and for) Linux Mint. It attempts to provide a more traditional user environment based on the desktop metaphor, like GNOME 2. (HowTos)
Email this pagehttp://ubuntuforums.org – I just bought a new laptop and, I usually just wipe Windows off and install Linux but, a long time ago, I read about being able to get a refund for Windows if I refuse the EULA or something like that. Based on what I read, Microsoft could either give me the refund or tell me to return the laptop upon not accepting the EULA. (Hardware)
Email this pagehttp://ubuntuforums.org – Recently upgraded to 12.04 and decided to try out Xubuntu. (and by "upgrade", I mean "install the new OS from the live CD, simultaneously wiping out the old one.") I had 3 (major) partitions: Win7, Linux, and a second NTFS partition accessible by both operating systems. (Hardware)
Email this pagehttp://ubuntuforums.org – I can create RSA keys that work for Ubuntu-Ubuntu or Mac-Ubuntu but when I use puttygen to create keys on windows, I can't get them to work. I have read several tutorials and know about converting the private key for use with putty and filezilla. The windows generated keys once catted into authorized_keys do not look exactly like those created on a linux based system. (Hardware)
Email this pagehttp://ubuntuforums.org – I installed Linux mint on an external hard drive and everything was going fine. I next wanted to test my windows to make sure it still worked. I set the Windows boot manager as the default boot option in the bios. Once I confirmed Windows was still working on my internal hard drive, I went back and to the bios to change the boot priority to the external drive with Linux. (Hardware)
Email this pagehttp://ubuntuforums.org – Four commands on my pc: $ dpkg -l |grep linux-image Linux kernel image for version 3.4.0 on 32 bit x86 SM It means my Ubuntu kernel is 32 bits? $ uname -a Linux ny 3.4.0-030400-generic #201205210521 SMP Mon May 21 09:22:02 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ file /bin/ls /bin/ls: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2. (Hardware)
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