Linux Ubuntu

Well technically speaking, unless you own a Mac of some sort then you are not legally able to put OS X on your desktop. If you are looking for an alternative to Windows, as your post would imply, I would recommend checking out several Linux Distros to see what you like. There are quite a few and most are pretty decent. Check out www.distrowatch.com for some reviews. Personally, I like Ubuntu and it's variants. I also was a big fan of Linux Mint. If you are looking for something similar to OS X then G OS may be a good choice. Good luck.

Yes. Instead of rebooting with the CD in the drive, pop it in, go in the CD and run Wubi.exe. Wubi is an easy way to install Ubuntu alongside Windows, with one-click uninstall should you want to later.

On Ubuntu:

Installations:

1- Install djvulibre and djvu tools (djvu.sourceforge.net/ or sudo apt-get install djvulibre)

2- install tiff2pdf: sudo apt-get install libtiff-tools

Convert:

1- find the problematic pages: ddjvu -format=tiff -verbose file.djvu file.tiff

2- use: -page=1-3,5-8 to get a tiff file

3- to get the pdf use: tiff2pdf file.tiff -o file.pdf

And you're done :)

you are going to want to ensure that you have some sort of photo manipulation software such as Gimp (Gnu Image Manipulation Program) if you do not currently have it you can install it by searching for it in the repositories or software center by its name.

ifconfig

VCE files are created using the Visual CertExam Suite. In order to properly open this files, you will need to download and install a program that is designed specifically for these types of files.

Linux operating systems utilize many languages. The kernel is mostly written in C.

After the application has finished installing successfully there is no need for the installer package anymore unless you wish to install some features you skipped at first.

External NTFS drives will work with no problem with Ubuntu. Just plug in and use it.

PowerPC version of Ubuntu.

The icons used in Ubuntu can usually be found in /usr/share/pixmaps.

As far as I am aware, ythe driver for this is included in the Linux kernel.

In other words, just plug it in and it should work

package manager

You have two command-line options is ubuntu: 1) terminal emulator in a fancy window or 2) the old school virtual terminal.

1) the terminal emulator is a normal window on your desktop that you type commands into. To open it in ubuntu 13.04, just type "terminal" into the search bar (hit ubuntu symbol in top left corner to get it) and click on the terminal icon.

2) The old school version has the advantage of not running in the current graphical desktop, useful if the desktop dies or you want to remove distraction. You normal have 7 virtual terminal at startup. They can be accessed using the key combo "ctrl-alt-Fx" where x is a number 1-6. The 7th virtual terminal is running you graphical desktop, this can be re-accessed by type alt-ctrl-F7 from any virtual terminal.

For beginners I suggest using 1. For people who want a true terminal experience, use 2.

ARM support is not enough; a bootloader has to exist for each device, and the kernel has to support the hardware. Linux on the iPhone is still rudimentary with only basic device support. There is no support for using the Ubuntu userland on the iPhone, and much of the functionality wouldn't work anyway.

ODBC stands for Open Data Base Connectivity. It is a connection that is created to define a connection between a computer and a database stored on another system. The ODBC connection contains information needed to allow a computer user to access the information stored in a database that is not local to that computer. You need to define the type of the database application - like Microsoft SQL or Oracle or FoxPro or mySQL. Once you have defined the type of database you need to select or supply the appropriate driver for a connection (Windows already contains many of these) and then supply the name of the database file and the credentials needed to access the database.
Once the ODBC connection is created, you can tell specific programs to use that ODBC connection to access information in that database.

A kernel module is a piece of the kernel that is not built as part of the kernel. This is largely to keep the kernel from having to initialize and run components it does not need.

By far the most common application of the loadable kernel modules is device drivers. If you have an nVidia card you likely won't need, for example, and Intel or AMD/ATI drivers loaded, but you *might* want Nouveau.

This allows the kernel to be smaller and more memory efficient, while still providing all the needed services required for the hardware on your computer.

The "life cycle" is usually something like, in the case of devce drivers.

1. The kernel catalogues all your hardware by probing all the buses.

2. Udev goes through everything the kernel has noticed and, through rulesets, determines what drivers to probe into the kernel and what permissions and nodes need to be created for device files in /dev.

3. The module should, by this point, have been loaded and run, initializing whatever hardware it supervises, and you use your computer. MOST device drivers don't get unloaded. They simply run for the whole time the system is up in case you need them, which in most cases you do. They can be unloaded, but often even after the hardware is disconnected, udev might notice, but still keep the driver loaded and simply adjust /dev to reflect the device removal.

In cases of non-device drivers, it is often more like this:

1. The user or a program with sufficient privileges realizes they need some specific service not built into the kernel. The user will usually issue the command "modprobe" with the module they need then proceed with their work. Software make make some system calls or some API calls to get a module loaded into the kernel for it so it can work, this is often what occurs with userspace filesystems: They immediately request that the fuse driver get loaded.

2. Whatever the user or software need to do gets done.

3. Often the module stays loaded like device drivers, but a user may issue "rmmod" to unload the driver if they are concerned about memory consumption.

Pretty much the only "common" time a module gets unloaded is if a new version of the module is installed. Thus you'd rmmod and modprobe the new module, but most times this use case won't even work (Most modules are updated as part of a kernel upgrade and therefore the kernel would reject the module as an "API mismatch.")

For most hardware this isn't really much of an issue. For video drivers, usually proprietary ones, it is, and you'll have to reboot to get the use of the new driver, one of the only two cases where restarting Linux might be "necessary," the other being a kernel upgrade.

Yes. You will need to install Wine (available through Synaptic). After you install it, you should be able to play many (but certainly not all) Windows games.

You don't delete them from OpenOffice; you delete them by right-clicking them in Nautilus (the folder explorer) and selecting delete.

first it is helpful to make a list of items. second, decide which ones are time sensitive, such as: needing answers/action by certain time frame. third, determine how long each task will take. finally, if you are female,(females multi-task better than males) decide if there are tasks that can be done at the same time. for instance, (1)make a list: I need to fold clothes (20 min) pay bills (10 min) vacume the house ( 30 min) clean the car (30 min) buy groceries (60 min) go to the post office.(20 min) Items that are time sensitive: paying bills. So, first I pay the bills, then fold the clothes, vacume the house, leave and go by the car wash, clean the car, drive to post office buy stamps and mail the bills, then drive to the grocery store and buy groceries.

1. download and burn the setup media
2. meanwhile backup your home directory (including the hidden folders)
3. install Linux mint
4. extract the backup to your home folder

Further to above:
When installing Linux Mint from the CD (iso), the Ubuntu already on the hard-drive will be automatically detected. You will be asked whether to install Mint alongside Ubuntu, so creating a dual-boot, or use the entire hard-drive for Mint alone, so wiping Ubuntu off the hard-drive.
If you do create a dual-boot system, on booting the computer you will have the choice on using either Mint or Ubuntu.

trash -999 folder is created by ubuntu Linux live CD .If you delete some thing while running live CD of uduntu this folder is created ( may be recycle bin of ubuntu)

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Ubuntu uses Upstart, as does Fedora 9 and later. There is no direct equivalent to /etc/inittab, as startup scripts run asynchronously. Each script in /etc/event.d serves a similar purpose to a line on a traditional inittab.