Forum: Newbie

I am fustrated with environment variables they never seem to work for me. Im most likely invoking them wrongly. (running Suse 9.0) For example...

I have Red Hat Linux and when I insert an audio cd the CD-Player starts up and shows the title of the cd but nothing happens. I click play and...

I just installed Fedora Core 1 x86_64 bit version on a dual Opteron machine. I'm still learning Linux, but my first project is to attempt to compile...

ok i am running fc2 and when ever i use the rscue disk to get to a terminal befor the hda is mounted i type parted /dev/hdathenprintresize 2...

Hi all, I am relatively new to linux. I have installed Smoothwall and added a few mods to the install, that's the only linux i've done. ...

What is the smallest/easiest Distro that is still KDE or Gnome enabled? Thank you so much in advance. J@y

How do I change what the OS on the boot menu are called? If I can't, how do I put spaces in their names? I can't put spaces in their names. I want...

I am currently have a dual booting hdd (xp / suse9.1). SuSE looks fine, I havent really used but kids seem to like it. I found that my modem is not...

Hi I tried to install limewire for linux but I'm new and don't understand how to... I was reading the tutorials and it didn't make sense... I tried...

I understand that kpackage is used to install rpms by means of a GUI. I'm running KDE on Fedora Core 2 and can't seem to find kpackage on my machine...

Hey there Linux Gurus. I use a Mac laptop to work with, however I'm building a Linux box to progam with and use as a webserver, running Fedora...

How do I change my hostname? For some reason, mine is (none).

Hello community, I'm a bit daunted when it comes to forums, but it looks like this one is fairly friendly, so I shall take the plunge. I've...

Can anyone tell me where some good online reference to linux commands are? I'm new to Linux (Which so far Is WAY better than Windose) and need to...

Hi Friends, I m a newbie to Linux, and i have Yoper & Manrake 10 Linux installed on my system. It works fine. But i have Problem connecting to...

I am a newbie just crossing the bounds over into the wonderful world of Linux. Like any newbie can, I've had my set backs, but I'm excited about...

I just installed FC2 today, and it went well.....except that when I double click on an RPM, it doesn't install. Shouldn't it start the install...

Hello. From a terminal window, I would like to add an extension to a big group of files. Example... file0.ext file1.ext file2.ext file3.ext

Okay, I'm having some trouble using dual boot. First I installed Windows XP. I gave it half of my hard drive to partition. Then I installed...

Quick question, i am using the computers at my university, and i like the linux that is on here, but there does not seem to be any referance to the...