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Disadvantages of operating system on external drive
I am constantly traveling between two countries and I am constantly forced to bring my laptop with me. I was wondering if it is possible to install an operating system such as Linux or Windows on my ...
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Jon Erickson's book - bootable CD
Jon Erickson's interesting book on hacking contains a bootable Ubuntu linux-based CD that has preconfigured environment that would help the reader apply the code examples in the book. However, the CD ...
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Unable to create a bootable Windows 10 installation on an external SSD?
I would like to create a portable copy of Windows 10 using an .iso of the educational version.
I work almost totally in Linux so after giving up trying to achieve this there I created a Win10 VM.
I'...
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How to solve broken dnf in Fedora 26 when I get "ImportError: bad magic number in 'six'"
My dnf stop working and showing this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/dnf", line 57, in <module>
from dnf.cli import main
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/...
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cannot allocate memory to kill the memory hogger
I have a remote Linux server (Amazon lightsail) and installed some service on it that's hogging all memory. I can barely SSH onto it, and when I run sudo killall java (it runs java), I get a bash ...
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how to know an operating system support which types of file extension? [closed]
.exe file extension run on windows but not run on linux. dmg file extension run on mac os but not run on windows.
what criteria determine if a file will run or not?
now Google Fuchsia os is being ...
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Should I run a "sync" command before measuring the exact IO times?
I am testing my new algorithm on a disk-based process. For comparison purposes, it is essential to measure the exact time that each [massive] read/write operation has taken.
It seems that on my ...
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Possible to install Linux on computer that used to be Windows?
I've got myself an extra computer that I would like to be a Linux setup.
Traditionally I am a Windows user, but I've been getting more and more exposure with Linux and really want to have a system ...
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Windows 10 will not boot following Fedora install
I installed Fedora 25 precisely following Fedora's own suggested instructions, using a Live USB Stick (Fedora image on a flash drive) to boot into Fedora, and then install the operating system in 90GB ...
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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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