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what are you trying to install ? I guess you are trying to install a program. You have to make the .sh file executable. To do it chmod +x filename then execute with ./filename You may have to login as root for successful completion. When you are facing problems, Please post the...

Once you are familiar with shell commands, there isn't much difference among distros. I think the external bells and whistles ( i mean interface )that confuse the users. And ofcourse installation and hardware support.

sudo is a way to gain privileges of other users for a temporary period. Suppose you want to exectue a command with the privilege of the root, you want the root permission only the time you exectue the command then sudo is much safer then using the root account. In the recent ubuntu / Debian...

In that case first defragment C. This makes the files spread over the disk to organized and swept to one area and not scattered around. Then resize C to around 140 GB. Create the 7 GB partition for ubuntu + its swap. Create the rest as 133 GB partition. Move the data from C to new 133 GB...

I too find alpha stable and much better than 10. Hope with final version opera gives other browsers something new to copy.

Remember , if you have important data in C drive take a backup. Delete some unnecessary files and deframent drive. You the resizing too whatever it is only after that. Incase it gives a warning of data loss, never proceed.

@ ambika there is small mistake in what you did . There is a space between su and " - " it is su - not su-. The difference between su and su - is mentioned in my last post. Remember su is switch user. The command format is su - username. You can switch as any user, not only as root, provided...

This works through all the ubuntu versions including latest kubuntu 8.10, I tried. Please note for sudo su - there is " - " after that. su is switch user , if no user is specified it drops to root user. The " - " is to drops to deafult shell of that particular user ( here root ) , so that it...

This link will be useful *help.ubuntu.com/community/OperaBrowser

If you want to enable root account in ubuntu . Use sudo su - Type your password Then at root prompt type passwd enter the new password for root confirm password Now you can login as root. ( only to command line in ubuntu , i guess )

I usually use mkfs.vfat to format usb on linux. Is this different from the method discussed here ?

I agree with vamsi360. If you have an always on internet connection it is better to stick to ubuntu at this point of time. Otherwise you may like Fedora because you don't have to downlaod every now and then. I agree with vamsi360. If you have an always on internet connection it is better to...

*ubuntuguide.org/ is a very good website to get started .

Follow the normal precautions - If you are doing a bank transaction - use that website only on your browser that time. Don't open a untrusted website on another tab. Also close the Window after you have done your transaction. Never check save password esp on public computers. If you can avoid...

This is my Linux learning curve . Redhat 8 ( Destroyed a Hard drive on intial install ) -> Mandrake Linux ( Now Mandriva ) -> Suse 9 -> Fedora -> Ubuntu -> Debian. For me Mandrake ( Mandriva ) was the simplest to learn , followed by suse. And for support Ubuntu I feel is best. Ubuntu forums...