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Check what kind of hardware slots are available linux
My laptop comes in different models, some of them have an m.2 sdd slot. The retailer I bought it from doesn't provide information in great detail and I'd like to know without opening up the laptop if ...
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Install OS on Galaxy S4 w/ broken screen [closed]
Note: This question is about interfacing a Samsung Galaxy S4 with a computer to install a new O/S so that I can use the phone as a server on my personal network.
I have an Samsung Galaxy S4 with a ...
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A linux interface for my grandma? [closed]
My grandmother can't handle technology, but she wants to be able to communicate with me and my family through the internet. So I thought I could install a Linux in her computer with just the ultra ...
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Virtualbox on high resolution monitor using all CPU even when idle
I have a Windows 10 laptop, where I need to run a Linux 16.04 inside Oracle VirtualBox. The issue is that the resolution of my laptop is 3000x1500 and having such a high resolution is causing my Linux ...
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Change OS with A/B cable?
I have this machine with embedded linux, and it has an A/B port, so i can connect it directly to my PC. I would like to change the OS on this device, and as I have tried many different ways, this ...
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Install NAS4Free on embedded linux
My device has two usb ports and a a/b port, an ethernet port and some audio-video ports.I also can access it via Telnet (PuTTY).
I want to install this OS, can i ? and how ?
THX
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How are these people able to build their own Linux distro from scratch? [closed]
I have greedy of building my own Linux distro as such like Ubuntu, Mint or Fedora. I went through Google to know better of how they are made, but unfortunately I was so unlucky.
I found "Linux from ...
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Linux: how to continuously monitor which process uses which port (like procmon on Windows)?
Assuming you have a server with a bunch of processes (some which start at random time) listening on ports, and I want to understand what's going on. I can log all traffic using:
sudo tcpdump -w ...
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Is there any way to block some partition unaffected
I am working on some application where i need save some system state configuration files related to my application. So i want to save(Backup) it some where in the hard disk partition(as hidden or ...
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Why is the word 'driver' used in IT to describe software that helps hardware interface with the operating system?
What is the logic behind choosing the word driver to describe this kind of software and when did drivers start to be called this way ?
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Can Linux Damage Computer Hardware? [closed]
I'm going to install Elementary OS on my desktop computer( i3 550, 4GB RAM), is there anything that I should note before I go for installation?
I've heard that Linux distros are not as compatible to ...
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Relation between PC bus and physical device slot
I'm trying to understand how a pc bus works. Here are my questions:
How is a bus related to a physical onboard device slot. Please give some examples.
Is it true that many device slots share the ...
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Cant install or run any app offline in tiny core linux? mounting /dev/loop123 on /tmp/tcloop/gtk1 failed Invalid Argument
I tried everything. downloaded dependencies and dep files for elmerfm and the program itself, actually downloaded all files like md5.txt, list, info... Put them to sda1/tce/optional/ . Also my tce is ...
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Can't boot Remix OS, system doesn't see the OS on the drive
I can't boot Remix OS from my hard drive because it can't find the OS:
An operating system wasn't found. Try disconnecting any drives that don't contain an operating system.
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to ...
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How does one copy of OS like linux/windows run on different hardware?
I am an embedded systems developer and I am currently working with PIC 16-bit uC's. Whenever I start to work on a different uC (also PIC 16-bit), there is a considerable change in the peripheral ...
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CUDA Performance problems depending on a OS
I have 2 machines that are exactly the same hardware-wise.
On them, I have 1 Debian, and 1 custom build with buildroot linux image.
The problem I'm experiencing is that:
For my application, I'm ...
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How to remove all the apt-get packages and updates since installation in Ubuntu 14.04?
Iam working on a new project and i some what messed things up in the operating system and i unnecessarily installed and updates some packages.So i cant figure out which packages i installed,so i have ...
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At is scheduling the job but not executing the commands under it
Please help me solve my issue on at command.
I am giving the below command and it is not executing.
# at now
at> ls -l > txt.txt
at> <EOT>
job 1 at 2016-04-27 11:31
when I try to ...
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Accidentally Formated /dev/sda1
I was messing around with some partitions on a PC that has both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 15.04 installed on it. In gparted, I distractedly formatted /dev/sda1 as fat32.
Upon rebooting, I got the message "...
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How to install wifi card in parrot security OS
I just installed 'Parrot Security OS' on my computer.
After installation I am not able to access WI-FI .
There is no WI-FI option at all.
I am currently using HP pavilion 15-p206tx laptop, which is ...
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VPN Leak Test Results understanding
I just set up a new VPN on Ubuntu server... I did a leak test on https://dnsleaktest.com/ (My default DNS is google DNS) and It came up with alot of servers when I did the extended test. Is the more ...
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Does the chipset also determines installablility of 32bit OS or 64bit OS?
I have Fujitsu Lifebook A6025 with Pentium T2130 and Intel® 945GM/ ICH7-M chipset according to the spec. I want to upgrade the CPU to Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile T7400(Socket M) CPU. The T2130 CPU ...
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What is a good linux os to have that focuses on becoming a good system admin? [closed]
I want to build my skills and knowledge but dont know where to start. I have a vmworkstation that i want to install a linux os but dont know which one to install to eventually make me a good system ...
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Single task - single computer, with direct memory access on all levels - is it possible today?
What if I turn my x86_64 Opteron 24 core (4 numa x 6 cores) computer into single-task-machine?
Would it be possible to achieve next goals:
Direct memory access to all memory levels.
Absence of ...
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Extensible Linux Cluster Operating System [closed]
Assume I have a laptop(2 cores, 4G memory, 512G regular disk) running ubuntu and a desktop(4 cores, 16G memory, 512G ssd disk) with no operating system installed(i.e. a new suite of computing ...
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I have installed Linux on my Windows 8.1 laptop. Can I upgrade to Windows 10? [duplicate]
My laptop is running on Windows 8.1 and a year before I installed Ubuntu Linux. If I try to upgrade to Windows 10, there will be a problem or not, because of Liniux?
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How should I set up a version of Linux so that it will use absolutely the smallest amount of RAM possible? [closed]
I need to set up a bunch of virtual machines using virtualbox. They are all going to be used for exactly one task, and nothing else. I want to run as many as I possibly can at once, but have limited ...
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Processors and virtual/physical addresses
In nutshell, as I understand memory management, processor produces virtual addresses. These addresses are translated to corresponding physical addresses using per-process address table by MMU (with ...
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Out of physical memory on notebook - Correct approach?
I have a Fedora 21 on my notebook and it sometimes runs out of memory. The notebook has 4GB of system RAM and the OS takes up only about 450MB of disk space.
I am sure that the culprit is Chromium; ...
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Can I install Linux on a computer that has Windows 7
After installing Windows 7 on my computer that had Linux,Windows 7 erased everything that was part of Linux,including some games that I like. I doubt there is a way to recover those files. But,is ...
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Is the need for a text editor in an OS for humans or the system? [closed]
From Wikipedia:
Text editors are provided with operating systems and software development packages, and can be used to change configuration files, documentation files and programming language ...
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Why an OS has same name on different achitectures?
What is the similarity in running a same OS (like Linux) on different architectures? I mean, we cannot run Linux x86 apps on Linux ARM. And even the OS itself is constructed differently for different ...
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Remove one of multiple Operating System
I have two operating systems, ubuntu and backtrack 5. I no longer need BT5. How do I remove/uninstall BT5 without losing any data of Ubuntu ?
Edit 1: After I delete the BT5 partition how do I extend ...
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Is there a performance difference when installing an OS on the last partition?
I have a laptop with Windows installed on a GPT hard drive. I want to have another partition to store data and yet another to install Linux Mint (or Ubuntu, still deciding). Should I install it on the ...
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Reinstalled windows 7 now can't get access to dual boot [duplicate]
I had a dual boot setup with a Debian based distro (crunchbang) as primary and win 7 also installed. Recently I reinstalled win 7 on it's existing partition but now the boot loader is gone and win 7 ...
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What does "based on" and "derived from" mean in Operating Systems context? [closed]
I have been reading about *nix history and the more I read the more I get confused.
I am reading terms like
... is based on ...
or
... and ... derived from ....
etc.
A concrete example ...
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Linux temp files, cache and memory management [closed]
If a linux machine runs for a long period of time without rebooting don't the temp files, cache files and other non-permanent files become an issue (hard drive)? How does linux handle this, also how ...
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Better Way to Clone Current Operating System? [closed]
This Question maybe so bad, I am Newbie if you dont like, please ignore this, but I was thinking about something tools to creating , packaging current operating system with current configuration.
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How can cpu-intensive processes slow down a system despite having a scheduler?
I've encountered it on both Windows and Linux that if some process is doing some heavy work and the cpu is under a lot of stress, the whole system can sort of freeze, other processes get slow, etc. ...
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Ubuntu as a separate OS v/s Wubi
Due to some hardware problem, I am unable to use both my DVD drive and the bootable USB stick to install Ubuntu as a separate OS alongside Windows 7. I came across WUBI. I was wondering if there would ...
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Is there any way to install any linux distro without acesssing the bios? (broken screen)
I am trying to run a Linux system from my y500 Lenovo ideapad but I can not access the boot menu or bios at all. This is because I have a broken screen and am using an external display to make use of ...
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I'm not able to connect with SSH because of SUID warning
When I try to connect with another machine, after this command below:
user1@host1:~$ ssh user2@host2
user2@host2's password:
I receive:
WARNING: Your password has expired.
You must change your ...
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how to enable pci hotplug support in ubuntu 13.04
Kindly help. I have a pci-based wifi adapter which is not getting detected when i plugged it into the laptop.
OS: Ubuntu 13.04
Kernel version: 3.8.0-19-generic
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Prompting for sudo password in a setuid root binary
I have a setuid root binary, with_sudo.bin, with the following source code:
/* with_sudo.c */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
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The system was running slow and reboot was useless
My system was running slow, I checked the system with top, vmstat, iostat, strace and so on, but I could not find the issue. So I reboot the system but it was useless.
Then I shutdown the server, and ...
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Windows 8: Drive partition is missing
wanted to run 2 operating systems on the same laptop so downloaded manjaro ( I have windows 8). When i opened 'Gparted' (after booting manjaro) in order to partition my disk i got the message "...
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Is there a way to know the size of L1, L2, L3 cache and RAM in Ubuntu?
Is there a way to know the size of the L1, L2, L3 caches and RAM in Ubuntu?
Is there a terminal command or files I could look into?
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EFI System Partition for Dual Boot Windows and Linux
I just built my first computer and I want to have Windows and Linux installed. My hard drive is on the small side for a dual boot (256 GB SSD), but I plan on upgrading at a later date.
Following the ...
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installing linux without any packages
I am programming a OS based on Linux but I want to "re-invent the wheel" in this OS just as an achievement. I have been told that Linux can be installed on a PC without any packages (obviously causing ...
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What is the relationship between Unix, Linux, Ubuntu, Debian and Android?
What is the relationship between Unix, Linux, Ubuntu, and Debian?
I suspect they are all Operating Systems that are based upon one another - similar to how Windows is based on DOS. Is my suspicion ...
