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saikee, in your excellent articles re: installing/multibooting 145 systems with grub, you say it took you only about 10-15 minutes to install each one, regardless of which. i have experimented with a few linux distros and always found it took me more than an hour to install each. how do you do it?

This probably isn't the best thread to ask that in.;)

saikee: Maybe split these two posts off and lock the thread so that it doesn't get used for questions? I'll leave it up to you since it's your thread.:)

Did you mean this?

"Justlinux prides itself for having relatively small redundant and irrelevant information."

I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or meant "RELEVANT" information?

I think the small is supposed to apply to both redundant and irrelevant, but "little" was probably the word he was looking for there. I think that makes it clearer.

hi there!just wanna say hello to all
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Welcome !

Justlinux prides itself for having relatively little redundant and irrelevant information. This is achieved by members asking direct, short and precise questions.

If the Justlinux tradition is maintained then the newbies are encouraged to follow this simple rule.

Newbies are not expected to know how to ask the questions correctly and this is understandable.

However giving it some thought before raising a question with pertinent information included can make your thread

• informative
  
  
  
• easy to read
  
  
  
• useful to others

Guidelines are available in Community Help Posting Guidelines.




Enjoy Newbies Corner. Make your question useful in future as a reference for yourself and others.

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How do I get one of those neat charachters for my name?

Change your avatar in the User CP link toward the top of the page. The link to do it will be along the left side.

thanks Saiki, i m new and i like be in forum

i m new, and i don t have any questions yet. I have a very nice sensation of welcome

pamperize,

Welcome to Justlinux!

hey, what a perfect forum for linux starter...

thank saikee.

:D

henrinaiara,


Welcome to Justlinux!

and

Happy New Year.

Sometimes the most difficult questions are the first ones we ask on any forum. We, the members, have shared those apprehensions at one time also. We don't always know the answer and sometimes we don't always have the time to answer promptly or at all, due to the fact we have lives also, that can keep us quite busy, but we will attempt to help you. Patience with Linux and this forum are a virtue. The rewards are great. Welcome everyone.:D

Hi I am Arran and want to say welcome to all of you.

Hi! :)

thanks Saiki, i m new and i like be in forum

Hi, I'm Zandak, and I hope that I never give any wrong advise.

I just want to say hello. NEW to Linux with about 5 aborted attempts at learning while I was working. Now retired and want to devote a larger portion of time to actually following through on learning what I didn't have time to do before. I have a laptop and a tower to play with and looking at Raspberry Pi for interaction with real world electronic "experiments". In the past my MAJOR stumbling block was help was NOT helpful because any questions I asked were answered with terms and acronyms because the person answering the question assumed too much knowledge on my part. Frustration lead to just shutting down and doing something else.

Newbie question: Where can I look for a relevant "glossary" so I can understand what people are talking about. 20 years of <insert unmentionable OS> and it seems that little relates to Linux. In the past people asked questions of ME and I didn't know what they were talking about.

dmac257

I would suggest these URL's:

https://www.lpi.org/linux-certifications/glossary

http://www.pixelbeat.org/cmdline.html

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...ter-terms.html

http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictio...Dictionary.pdf If you can, print them out so you can have a reference in front of you while experimenting.

Happy computing.

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I would suggest these URL's:

https://www.lpi.org/linux-certifications/glossary

http://www.pixelbeat.org/cmdline.html

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...ter-terms.html

http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictio...Dictionary.pdf If you can, print them out so you can have a reference in front of you while experimenting.

Happy computing.

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Thanks for the links, and i bookmarked them for reference but .. i read through them and while some of the terms in these lists were new to me they didn't really help much.. for example when reading through many of the Newbies Corner threads several of the "answers" were cryptic because they included terms such as "Vector" "Enlightenment" "XFCE" "WM hybrid" "KnewSticker" "Unity Desktop" "iptable" and without prior knowledge this just made the advice confusing. I guess I just have to jump in and try to learn it on my own. Maybe my question is too vague but I don't know enough to ask direct and pointed questions yet.

dmac257

Enlightenment,XFCE, and Unity Desktop, are simply desktop environments so are Mate, Cinnamon, and KDE, just remember that all Linux Distros are basically the same. It's the way that they do things that is different. My suggestion for beginners is either Ubuntu(which has the Unity Desktop) or LinuxMint as these are the most simple and easiest to run, plus installation is a breeze. Hope this helps.

Enlightenment,XFCE, and Unity Desktop, are simply desktop environments so are Mate, Cinnamon, and KDE, just remember that all Linux Distros are bsically the same. It's the way that they dot hings that is different. My suggestion for beginners is either Ubuntu(which has the Unity Desktop) or LinuxMint as these are the most simple and easiest to run, plus installation is a breeze. Hope this helps.

If you try a command line Distro like Free BSD, you might want to check out this URL: http://www.tecmint.com/51-useful-les...r-linux-users/

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If you try a command line Distro like Free BSD, you might want to check out this URL: http://www.tecmint.com/51-useful-les...r-linux-users/

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I thought FreeBSD was not Linux

dmac257

syapa, dmac257 & Zandak,

Welcome to Justlinux!

I thought FreeBSD was not Linux

dmac257

If it is not linux, Why is it included in almost every discussion concerning Linux and why does Distro Watch include it with all of their Linux Listings?

from today's Diostro Watch page:

Development Release: FreeBSD 10.0-RC3
[FreeBSD] Glen Barber has announced the availability of the third release candidate for the upcoming FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE: "The third RC build of the 10.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available on the FTP servers for the amd64, i386, ia64, powerpc, powerpc64 and sparc64 architectures. Changes between -RC2 and -RC3 include: several minor bug fixes and functionality enhancements to bhyve; add new sysctl, kern.supported_archs, containing the list of FreeBSD MACHINE_ARCH values whose binaries this kernel can run; add a pkg(8) repository configuration file for cdrom-based package installation; implement a fix to allow bsdconfig(8) to be able to install packages included on the DVD; fix pkg(8) multi-repository support by properly respecting 'enabled' flag; fix Xen build without INET; several bugfixes to bsdinstall(8); fix a ZFS-related panic triggered by an incorrect assertion...." Here is the full release announcement. Download: FreeBSD-10.0-RC3-amd64-dvd1.iso (2,368MB, SHA256), FreeBSD-10.0-RC3-i386-dvd1.iso (2,207MB, SHA256).

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I thought FreeBSD was not Linux

dmac257

If it is not linux, Why is it included in almost every discussion concerning Linux and why does Distro Watch include it with all of their Linux Listings?

from today's Diostro Watch page:

Development Release: FreeBSD 10.0-RC3
[FreeBSD] Glen Barber has announced the availability of the third release candidate for the upcoming FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE: "The third RC build of the 10.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available on the FTP servers for the amd64, i386, ia64, powerpc, powerpc64 and sparc64 architectures. Changes between -RC2 and -RC3 include: several minor bug fixes and functionality enhancements to bhyve; add new sysctl, kern.supported_archs, containing the list of FreeBSD MACHINE_ARCH values whose binaries this kernel can run; add a pkg(8) repository configuration file for cdrom-based package installation; implement a fix to allow bsdconfig(8) to be able to install packages included on the DVD; fix pkg(8) multi-repository support by properly respecting 'enabled' flag; fix Xen build without INET; several bugfixes to bsdinstall(8); fix a ZFS-related panic triggered by an incorrect assertion...." Here is the full release announcement. Download: FreeBSD-10.0-RC3-amd64-dvd1.iso (2,368MB, SHA256), FreeBSD-10.0-RC3-i386-dvd1.iso (2,207MB, SHA256).

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I understand that Distro Watch does both and I am not as knowledgeable about either system to understand what the differences are but ...
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/artic...n/article.html is where I got the impression that they were not the same thing.

dmac257

Ok, Free BSD is more like Unix than Linux, but not all Linux OS's are Graphical interfaces, a lot are still command line. The thing is that the commands work in both Linux and Unix.. Hope this clears things up a bit.

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I understand that Distro Watch does both and I am not as knowledgeable about either system to understand what the differences are but ...
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/artic...n/article.html is where I got the impression that they were not the same thing.

dmac257

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Thanks for the welcome!
I have been here for about a year but hadn't yet posted until tonight.
I mostly enjoy reading and learning, and on some forums, posting a helpful reply if no-one else has answered someones question and I happen to know the answer.
You have a really good and informative forum with many knowledgeable members!
Happy New Year!:)

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Thanks for the welcome.

Hi...

Nice to meet you,. i hope i will remain in this forum as a positive member of this community.. I found this forum is a good for mobile phone and applications

discussion..

Nice to meet you too, This is a good forum, if you have any questions, just ask.
Someone will answer you.

I have seen posts that have links listed in the body after the message is posted. How do you get the link in the body instead of as an attachment?

Thanks for any help.

Mike

Hello I am new this site so guide me please

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Originally Posted by Zandak

I thought FreeBSD was not Linux

dmac257

If it is not linux, Why is it included in almost every discussion concerning Linux and why does Distro Watch include it with all of their Linux Listings?

from today's Diostro Watch page:

Development Release: FreeBSD 10.0-RC3
[FreeBSD] Glen Barber has announced the availability of the third release candidate for the upcoming FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE: "The third RC build of the 10.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available on the FTP servers for the amd64, i386, ia64, powerpc, powerpc64 and sparc64 architectures. Changes between -RC2 and -RC3 include: several minor bug fixes and functionality enhancements to bhyve; add new sysctl, kern.supported_archs, containing the list of FreeBSD MACHINE_ARCH values whose binaries this kernel can run; add a pkg(8) repository configuration file for cdrom-based package installation; implement a fix to allow bsdconfig(8) to be able to install packages included on the DVD; fix pkg(8) multi-repository support by properly respecting 'enabled' flag; fix Xen build without INET; several bugfixes to bsdinstall(8); fix a ZFS-related panic triggered by an incorrect assertion...." Here is the full release announcement. Download: FreeBSD-10.0-RC3-amd64-dvd1.iso (2,368MB, SHA256), Minecraft Pocket Edition Google Play Services Counter-Strike FreeBSD-10.0-RC3-i386-dvd1.iso (2,207MB, SHA256).

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thank you very much for all this explications dud
best regards