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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 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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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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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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Does an improper shutdown cause harm to the underlying OS or hardware?
Does sudden shut down due to power failure do any harm to the underlying OS or hardware ? My laptop's battery is dead, so sometimes due to power failure or due to some other reason there is an ...
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Which partition should i shrink the volume size to install linux ? Are there are limit of primary partition? [closed]
I am windows user. Now I want a dual boot with linux. A screen shot of my computer's disk management:
Which partition do you recommend I shrink? And if I'm not mistaken, operating system must ...
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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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configuring virtual machines
I Have windows 7 and I installed one virtual machine in it and in this virtual machine I installed opensuse Linux
Virtual A-------------Linux(Virtual C)--------Virtual B
I want linux to be in the ...
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Different operating system for each user on one machine
I've come across this rare issue, I have a friend that uses some software that is particularly slow in Windows 7, the best compatibility is in Windows XP, I told him to make a partition and have both ...
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