Forum: Newbie

Hi :D Bought my son an acer aspire one notepad for internet browsing etc. All great, but the only thing is he has no My Documents, My pictures...

I have some project for linux class and we have to make a command line program to do something and I figured I'd make a simple calculator here is...

Hi again! After HUGE problems trying to get .mov files created by my camcorder to play at ALL, I can now SEE the video as well as hearing it. (No...

Thanks to my new friends on Linux Forums. I was able to find the site to download Linux and place it on a USB. At the moment I have not been...

I want to convert my old (1998) original spec imac os 8.6 into a dedicated home automation computer. The software i want to use is HEYU which is said...

Hello, I am trying to install rTorrent on my CentOS 5.0 server with lighttpd. I followed a lot of tutorial or make it work, but nothing helps. I...

I'm wanting to get into linux more but I need some help getting into a solid distro that I can learn and grow with. I'm learning java so naturally...

I ftp upload a zip file to a linux pc, for example, somefile.zip, can I uncompress the zip file use "#tar zvf somefile.zip", Thanks for help!

A NEC VersaPro VA10J It is a Japanese laptop w/ 256mb RAM, 1.00 ghz, and 20gb HD. I tried Fedora and Zenwalk, both sucked. Fedora ran too...

Hello Everyone I'm so glad to post my very first issue.Please excuse me if i have not post it correctly. I have dual boot windows Sp2 and Fedora...

how do I set up a forum at my website?

Hello community. Can you please answer how to create new files with default permission 664 instead of 640? Regards, sevmax

I am running a linux file server using Ubuntu Server 8.10. I am still new to linux, so I use the machine to practice writing bash scripts and such....

Hi ! I have to copy /usr directory from one drive to another. I tried to copy it with cp,but failed. Then people told me to use "tar". Then I made "...

Hello, I have a Suse file server.. primarily running samba. The main thing the machine does is manage a software raid 5 as well as a few extra hard...

hi .. i waz wondering .. is it possible to get the packages from a usb distro .. if its possible plz teach me ... thnx a mill theREX

Buddy I am also using DEBIAN LINUX. I heard you use sify dialer for SIFY BROADBAND. PLEASE TELL ME HOW YOU INSTALLED IT. I AM UNABLE TO DO IT. ...

I have a script that when run eventually connects to another computer and gives me a new prompt (via rsh I think). From that prompt I ssh into yet...