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Can I switch my operating system from Windows 10 to the latest version of Ubuntu?
I do a lot of 3d rendering and hardware-heavy work on my computer. The hardware itself is in good shape but Windows 10 won't stop freezing programs and takes forever to load files. I've heard that ...
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Is Shell a daemon?
A Linux daemon is a program that is started as part of the init process. It is not associated with a terminal.
So almost all Linux systems which boot to run level 3 will wait for user to login at the ...
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Why is WinPE called an operating system?
WinPE is essentially the Wizard that installs Windows but it is classified as an Operating System. This is a good description.
My question is why is it called an operating system?
I can see that it ...
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How Linux boot UP without /boot?
I have Centos VM on VMware Workstation. I commented the /boot entry in the /etc/fstab for testing purposes. But I found that the system gets boot UP with unmounted /boot file system. How the system ...
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Same screen keeps loading when trying to boot from USB
I installed Slax Linux onto my USB drive and used the Universal USB installer to make it bootable. I ran the bootinst.bat file and it said I was good to go. Then I changed the boot sequence in my BIOS ...
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Can I install OS from Virtualbox to disk?
I have installed Linux distros many times by mounting ISO in Virtualbox and installing it from virtual machine to disk. It always seemed to work, although is it safe and should everything work fine?
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System restore Windows with Ubuntu dual boot
I currently have dual boot with Windows 10 and Ubuntu on different partitions. If I were to do a system restore on Windows 10 where I pick the option to delete all files, will the dual boot (Ubuntu ...
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Will factory reset bring back my windows and solve the booting problems?
So initially I had Windows 10, then I installed OpenSuse Tumbleweed for dual boot. But for some reason I am not able to boot into windows and I can't see the option of Windows in the BIOS either. Now ...
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installation of kali linux in windows
I have twice "disk". One is my windows I have another unallocated disk. Should I make it a volume to install Kali Linux?
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Is there any ubuntu package can replace to libnagios-plugin-perl for Ubuntu18?
I am working on ubuntu18.04 and I need to install libnagios-plugin-perl. But it seems that this package is not available for ubuntu18 up.
apt install libnagios-plugin-perl
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Configuring Workstation For Serial Port Communication
I am trying to access the Siemens RuggedComm 900W ROS (operating system associated with the Ethernet switch) by establishing a serial port connection.
I have followed the instructions described in the ...
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only 8gb storage on kali linux live on 64gb flash drive
I just got kali Linux Live and put it on my 64Gb flash drive. To install updates these take up to 6Gb of storage. I need your help to solve why I have about only 8Gb of storage on a 64Gb flash drive.
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How tu run Android Generic System Image (GSI) on qemu-aarch64?
Android GSI contains a system.img and a vbmeta.img. I tried qemu-system-aarch64 system.img -machine virt but qemu simply hangs.
If we can directly run the offical pre-built android image, creating an ...
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cant install any package on ubuntu Linux
root@osboxes:~# apt install gcc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
gcc is already the newest version (4:9.3.0-1ubuntu2).
0 upgraded, 0 ...
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Can you run a Windows Application inside Linux without Third Party Software like WINE?
I want to install an application originally designed for Windows in Ubuntu, but I don't want to install other software, such as WINE, to be able to do it.
Is that possible?
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