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different distributions == different "operating systems"? Hi, I lately talked to a collegue who said that Debian, Ubuntu and SLES are different "operating systems". I said that there is only one linux (at www.kernel.org) and that these are just distributions with different packages and package management solutions. But he insisted that there are also different operatin... 18 Feb 2010 13:56
Re (3): HOW2 find which Desktop & console has pid: 1234 In article <ln3m47-7sj.ln1(a)neptune.markhobley.yi.org>, markhobley(a)hotpop.donottypethisbit.com (Mark Hobley) wrote: no.top.post(a)gmail.com wrote: Well the window manger MUST know how many consoles each desktop has open ? But when I close and open new consoles and then do: 'find <files-newer ... 14 Feb 2010 19:37
Re (2): HOW2 find which Desktop & console has pid: 1234 In article <slrnhne57n.pop.aznomad.3(a)ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.cox.net>, AZ Nomad <aznomad.3(a)PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote: On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:55:23 +0000 (UTC), no.top.post(a)gmail.com <no.top.post(a)gmail.com> wrote: pgrep <the App.> shows the pid/s of the several copies of the running App, and ... 14 Feb 2010 16:16
How can I increase my Xdialog font size? Hi All, From inside my bash script, is there a way to increase my Xdialog default font size? If not, is there any other way to do it? Many thanks, -T ... 14 Feb 2010 03:02
permissions on a filesystem Is there a way (under ext3) to set permissions on a dir such that: only user can create new files but anyone in the group can delete files -- Rahul ... 17 Feb 2010 00:06
Is Debian a fraud ? Apparently during the install/upgrade process Debian wants to me to pay for an internet connection, which it will use to 'connect to it's site'. This is worse than Micro$loth! Although I've bought the 5 DVDs, it wants to take control of my computer and internet connection, right from the start. You heard abou... 20 Feb 2010 01:27
is firewire on Fedora Core 12 built in? Hi All, To get Firewire support on CentOS, I have to install the "Plus" kernel. Does anyone know if I have to do this on Fedora 12 or is it built into the regular kernel? Many thanks, -T ... 12 Feb 2010 16:49
lsof, pid, which Desktop/VT are running appY ? How do I find out which Desktop, VT is 'open on a particular directory'? lsof | grep <the application> shows the pidS of the several instances of <the application/Editor> running in various desktops and VTs. And it shows which dir. the editor has 'opened'. So, I get a list of dirs that are opened by the inst... 12 Feb 2010 14:35
Sluggish USB hard drives I have a number of USB hard drives connected to a Linux PC. They all work fine, but they have an annoyance in common: When they have been accessed for a while (minutes; I am not sure how many) the next time I try to access them several seconds elapse before they respond. It's as though they stopped spinning wh... 18 Feb 2010 01:46
rsync mystery I have tow machines I am attempting to set up rsync between. It's proving the usual badly documented nightmare. everything works except using a local password file to send the password i.e. I can manually key in a password and transfers work, but not if I specify a password file. I.e. this works: # rsync... 11 Feb 2010 06:06 |