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friends i m really new to this openware...here i have few questions...please answer them patiently.... 1.What is the difference between openware and freeware? 2.Say i want to distribute 1000 laptops freely to poor people. which OS would i prefer linux or windows. obviously i would prefer...

I was trying to install ubuntu on my physical hard drive and to pace up the process I thought i should use bootable usb. When i made usb bootable (4gb san-disk) windows did not pick it up, more over it only shows now the capacity of pen-drive as 1 Gb (the setup of linux was about 3 gigs). So i...

Hi Guys need a decent CPU build for Linux and windows based usage. Budget-20k Purpose: linux and entertainment ( Media Centre). Building: I already Build 2 pc's . Had Monitor and HDD. Just need rest of the components. Includes the following cpu mb psu case drive kb mouse...

Fresh from receiving technology prize plaudits, Linux creator Torvalds is still telling it how it is. In a recent Q&A session at Aalto University in Finland, he said that NVIDIA was "single worst company we've ever dealt with," responding to an audience member's question on her Optimus-powered...

hello every one i had installed linux mint/ubuntu but the problem is that the amd gpu is always switched on which lowers battery and also creates lot of heat please tell me how can i switch it of ..i have hp dv6 6165tx with hd6770m gpu and i want to dual boot it with windows i play a lot of...

Here I'm going to explain on how to install a fully working linux specifically Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on USB Flash drive Pro's of installing linux in a USB flash drive--- 1. Linux is a great OS which can run on a variety of computers without the need of additional drivers unlike windows where...

Guys, I am new to linux can somebody explain me how to install softwares in linux using GUI.One more doubt which Linux distro supports maximum no of commands after redhat Since it is commercial I can't use it does SUSE supports commands like redhat? I need to learn linux administration.and...

I bought it on the recommendations of many of the tech fellas round here. now that i have bought it some problems present themselves . Installing LINUX on it is really a Herculean's task,and i have not yet found any success in it.when i contacted cust care,they were not sure either So,if...

Any company in Mumbai having vacancy for Linux administrator. Even if no vacancy, I'd like to know companies which need Linux administrators.... <note: I am B.Sc. Computer Science graduate from Mumbai University and currently employed)

How to install gentoo linux 12.1 (x86_64) version in a separate partition in the Hard Disk of my system?

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In Linux world every distro realease is like a Divali! for the ubuntu fan it come to April and october for every year..But after unity ‘s introduction there is a stunned silence, several developers and fans are now turning to mint only..I my self cann’t use Ubuntu, but curiousty kill the crow...

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i made dual boot with win7+ubuntu linux removed the boot selection menu using "easy bcd 2.1.2" restarted system now system hanging and showing only 'starting windows' not going forward even startup repair is not helping it take about 1 hr. i cant formate the disk it have a 'bit...

Hello Friends i am tring to configer BSNL broaddband on red hat 4.0 update 5. I am following this tutorial Discovering Linux !: Configuring Bsnl Broadband in Redhat and Fedora Linux but when i did as per tutorials and givr adsl-start command it shows sbin/adsl-start: line 215 5840...

Hi, I have been facing this weird graphics problem!! My HD6670 based machine isn't working with whichever distro I try! The machine boots fine, lets me install linux from DVD/pendrive in graphical mode without problem. But when I restart boot into it from grub menu, it shows the login screen...

Hello! My hard drive is partitioned as follows: /dev/sda1 - GRUB (where I keep my GRUB files) /dev/sda2 - WINDOWS 7 /dev/sda3 - DATA /dev/sda4 - EXTENDED /dev/sda5 - SWAP /dev/sda6 - LUBUNTU /dev/sda7 - ARCH /dev/sda8 - SPARE I've been having this partition structure for a long...

Guys please make me correct or please guide me for the following 1) I download netbeans.sh file + jdk.tar.gz file + jre.tar.gz file Finally awaiting to install on my new ubuntu Clap, Clap Clap; After much research i found out Linux used .deb packages for any installation and...

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