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Are we supposed to manually delete the contents of /tmp?
I was under the impression that “old” files in /tmp will be regularly deleted. However, it seems to me that /tmp will just grow as long as it wants to, and nothing will be deleted. Some people say it’...
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Install Linux (BackBox/Ubuntu) beside Mac OSX
I have a MacBook Pro late 2008, 120 GB SSD & 250 GB instead of the CD-Drive. Now there's Mac OSX on both, but I want to install Linux Ubuntu on the HDD. Now there is the problem: "What Bootloader, ...
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Why does Linux use a swap partition when the kernel supports paging/virtual memory anyway?
As far as I understand paging and swapping, they're completely different concepts. While swapping means, that a process is either completely in physical memory or on the hard drive, with paging parts ...
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Can Ubuntu or Windows run OS X?
Can Ubuntu run Mac OS X?
I currently run Windows 7 – can I download and run one of the OS X programs?
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Modifying the linux scheduler
I want to change specific parameters of the linux CFS scheduler like the virtual runtime of particular processes dynamically ( vruntime parameter in the sched_entity ). Is there any definite method to ...
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Dual OS configuration [duplicate]
I have installed windows and Linux(ubuntu) on the same machine. Now the problem is when I start my machine, It directly goes to Linux and not asking me for the selection of OS either I want to load ...
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ls executes slowly on remote server
I have a very strange problem, one that may be too difficult to diagnosis without machine access, but maybe someone here may be able to help.
I am using OS X, and on my local machine ls executes ...
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Linux OS for Mac PowerBook g3 (1998)
So I got a PowerBook G3 off EBay (I don't know why, I just did) and it arrived. Now that I have it i realised that is nearly useless running Mac OS 9. My question is : Is there a Linux distro, like ...
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What is the difference between Ubuntu, Xubuntu, and Lubuntu
I am relatively new to Linux operating systems and I'm trying to find out more about them. Unfortunately, I cant find a whole lot of good sources about them. Right now I get a bit confused and mixed ...
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cat /proc/meminfo what do all those numbers mean
In reading the man page on the free command in Linux. I found that is gets its info from /proc/meminfo.
I understand a few of the entries, like MemTotal and MemFree. What do the rest mean.
cat /...
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Mouse double-click min interval
This is the second mouse dying on me because of a poor switch !
Under most operating systems there is a option to set the max time interval in which two mouse clicks are processed as on double click.
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What would I need to do to clone a Linux install to another machine?
Basically, I want to make an image of one Linux install I have, and distribute it over similar (if not identical) spec machines on a network. I know it is possible, however am unsure of what needs to ...
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Linux Distro - GUI similar to Windows [closed]
I am in the process of refurbing several older laptop machines for use by a couple college guys we have in training to learn basic web development in python. These are students who intern at my ...
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OS for Eee PC 4G Surf
I have an Eee PC 4G Surf, which I have not used for more than a year. My mothers netbook just broke and I was thinking to activate this device for her. However, I want to know what OS to install on it....
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Redirect stdout while a process is running -- What is that process sending to /dev/null
I've run a command and redirected it's output via > /dev/null
Now that it's been running significantly longer than I expected I want to see what it's doing.
Is there a way to re-redirect the ...
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