Forum: Newbies Corner

I'm looking for suggestions for a distro for an IBM Thinkpad T40, which is a Pentium M (Banias) 1.3G laptop. This one has 1G ram, 20G 5400rpm hdd. The cpu is 32-bit and the video gpu is ATI. Its...

I am a newbie when it comes to linux. I have played around with it for a few years on different older computers that were laying around, however never really sticking to it. I just built a new...

Hy, I have at my office an old server running fedora 6. t's a mail server...The bosses decided that we should upgrade it, and they bought a new server. Now i have to configure the new server. I...

The question that I have is as follows: It has been stressed ,to backup your home directory when you want to do a fresh install ;now ,the query that I have is ,when do you actually transfer the home...

Hello all, I'm DEFINITELY a newb when it comes to linux. I have a machine that I don't use that currently has XP on it. I kind of want to convert it completely to linux (I don't use it for...

I am currently taking an intro to UNIX/Linux and I am really enjoying it. My question is what is the best version of UNIX/Linux with X Window to install on my computer? Do you have any...

Not new to LInux but still dumb as dirt.... I run PCLOS KDE 32 bit as my main distro on a multi-boot pc. PCLOS is located at /dev/sda9. In installed the grub2 distro at /dev/sda12. The grub2 disto...

Hi In this 8 min video I explain why Linux users like command-line If sound tracks are not clear, use English caption of this video. would like to read your opinions Regards Why Command-Line -...

Hello community and experts, I am new to this forum and Linux. I've been doing a significant amount of research on Storage/Media servers. Most people are recommending using Linux Server, run XEN...

Hi guys..it's mike. I have been using linux for many years but now setting up some more complex system so I have some doubts, questions, and issues that I will post later in other section

Any one can help me how to check where the Monday is 1st mony or scond monday Thanks in advance

I brilliantly bought a Cisco Linksys AE3000 wireless USB adaptor without checking whether it would work on a Linux system first. I found a work around here: http://geekniggle.blogspot.com.au/ ...

Hi all, This problem is solved, I'm only posting this in the hope that it may help others. A while ago, after no updates/changes that I was aware of, my system stopped booting, and gave me: ...

Im a fairly new Ubuntu user so forgive me for some of my ignorance! I am getting an error alert on my computer - it reads An error occured, please run Package Manager from the right click-menu or...

Hello and thanks for reading my post. I'm running an older version of Ubuntu with Qpopper and Postfix. For years and years I've never had any problems getting my mail ... until today. I try to...

Hello - Definitely a newbie. Coming from a Wintel background...Looking for Linux resources online. Specifically, a 'from the ground up' book or site which you would recommend for basic Linux/Unix...

The problem that has occured ,is if I enable the Numlock key to use ,and if I shut down the PC ,it remains on. Previously I was ablte goto the control center in Mint 9 and enable the Numlock key ,but...

I've successfully downloaded an update to Firefox (evidently the last Firefox Linux update) and I am unable to move the files to the usr/bin directory as instructed as I evidently don't have the...

Hello JustLinux, I got my Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon installation running, and I updated everything and installed new drivers (the open source driver caused my windows toy "tear" when I moved them...

I just tried to install Linux Mint 14 cinnamon on my PC, but after the reboot, my PC keeps hanging on the white bar that flickers on a black background, I tried restoring Windows7 with the...

My main problem for the last day now and tomorrow i'm back to win7 since i want my pc back =) I've installed Mint KDE 64 bit. Right ot of the box, it's wrong on the screen, since it goes...

How to find active, inactive and hidden users in redhat linux? Thanks in Advance