gksudo is a frontend to sudo
the primary purpose is to run graphical commands that need root
i.e :
gksudo gedit filename
The use of a Linux Virtual Machine is to run a copy of Linux on your current operation system. This will allow you to run various applications that only run on Linux.
with Linux you can run in almost any machine, but you need a minimal requirements and knowledge about the machine a example people cant run Linux in some cell phone has the power to run Linux but can´t because it is hard to get the information about the processor
No. Red Hat is a commercial Linux distribution geared toward business use.
The root account is the administrative account on Linux; this account has control over everything in the system.
nslookup if it was a linux machine nslookup works too, but dig -x on a linux machine will get more info for you
Mount an iso of linux or a cd with an iso image onto a new virtual machine.
Yes! You can Run OSX (mac) and linux at the same time with a virtual machine. I perfer Parallels.
No. It requires a Mac, PC or Linux machine.
fax2send command will do the job !
The top seven Virtualization tools for Linux are: Open VZ, Xen, Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM), Linux-VServer, VirtualBox, Bochs, and User Mode Linux (UML).
Linux is just an OS (Operating system like macOS, android, Windows...). But the different things are that Linux is a bit hard to learn. Linux is used by hackers (Linux is a "hacking machine", a bit like hacking in movies. And yes u can play games on Linux (There is some games that doesn't support Linux.)
If you would like to install it ON TOP of Windows: Install a virtual machine program (ex. Virtualbox, VMware) Install Linux inside of virtual machine Install it along side (or overwrite) Windows: Reboot computer with Linux install CD/DVD in the disk drive and follow the instructions.