Forum: Newbie

I have 2 hard drives. One with windows and one with linux. I would like to format the drive with windows and use it as a mounted drive for linux. How...

I am using SUSE Linux 9.3, Gnome 2.10.0, and Nautilus 2.1.0. I am trying to add a new launcher/shortcut to my applications menu under Gnome. I...

Hi I recently installed Fedora Core 4 together with the BootLoader Grub. Now that I would like to install ubuntu on my laptop too. But I am...

How can I adjust power management in gnome? i.e. hdd spin-down, screen brightness, standby after timeout or on screen close, etc. This is on a laptop...

I went to www.grc.com to test my PC security and it came out that port 113 is closed. I've been during some research on the Internet and I'd like to...

I'm having RHEL 3.0 Ws box.i have got some q's regarding /etc/fstab. none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /proc proc ...

I recently installed Mandriva 10.1 with a view to migrating from WinXP. I have 3 hard disks and 1 DVDr/w drive. The hard disk to which I installed...

What is the difference between these two desktop environments? Which one is preferable for a beginner? From the different distro's I've seen that use...

I am going to install debian on an internetless computer in my room, not the one im on now. That computer is currently running Windows 2000. Sorry if...

any idea which distro is good for internet café? i read some forum and they say Mandrake, Suse, Redhat... how about Xandros? is it ok for a...

Hi everyone, I have an empty hard drive at hand, ready for a Linux installation. Since I am new to the Linux scene however, I am a little bit...

Hi, does anyone here know anything about using LaTeX on Linux systems. I have heard that it comes installed as standard? is this true? If so is that...

I am totally new to Linux and I am thinking about running Fedora core 4. I was wanting to know if this was a good version to start on. I am wanting...

i thought the c/c++ compiler, gcc, always comes in ready to use in all linux distro's... i just installed ubuntu... i created a hello.c file and...

OK, here's the deal, I just created a new hda11 partition in my hard drive, but it turns out I only have files up to hda10. I know the command is...

System: AMD Athlon 1.3ghz 160Mb Ram 20 GB Western Digital Hard Drive Distro: Mandrakelinux 10.1 ...

i'm wondering if anyone knows where i can find a tyepwriter font for Linux. i've been searching and searching but i don't think i am looking in the...

I have only had one encouter with linux before and that was installing it on a laptop which proved relatively simple. Its a bit of a jump from...

I'm new to using linux and I'm having some troubles seeing my other PC which is running Windows Xp.I know I have to use the Samba Server/Client but...

greetings, im a new guy thats been lurking for a few weeks. i got fed up with the b gates crap and decided to go with a new hd and and a hard copy...