Linux

Thousands of people and hundreds of organizations, but the guy in charge is Linus Torvalds.

when you phone in the computer tries to match to the info you have provided. If it can you get the computer message that says the number.

If you talk to a person they just punch a computer keyboard and see the latest listings and read it off to you.

And since the phone company can see your phone number at the far end you get billed.

The pipe construct as symbolized by '|' originated in the Unix operating system and is one of a set of input/output (I/O) redirectors, the others being '>' and '<' (without the single quotes). This concept was also carried over to Microsoft's DOS and Windows operating system command lines (COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE and today, Powershell). The general idea is that command line programs either take in "input" or send "output" to some destination, usually your screen which is considered "standard out" (abbreviated as stdio). Your keyboard is typically "standard in" (abbreviated as stdin). Using the pipe in operating systems the support the concept, it is possible to have the output of one program (it's stdout) "piped" to the input of another program (the other program's stdin) for further processing.

For example, if you run a command line program that outputs multiple lines of text that scroll out of view and you're specifically looking for a particular word (known as a "character string" or "string"), you can run your command and then pipe it's output to the input of the 'grep' command which will only display any output that matches your string. The command would look something like this:

mycommand | grep "sausages"

The stdout of 'mycommand' is piped to the stdin of 'grep'. The end result is that the only lines that will be displayed on your screen from 'mycommand' are the ones that contain the string "sausages".

Yes, there is Skype 2.2 Beta for Linux, codenamed ‘Access Granted’, it brings Skype Access to Linux users. Skype Access lets you connect to over 500,000 WiFi hotspots worldwide using your Skype Credit.

$ cat filename | head

Depends what you mean. There are hundreds of desktop distros, but linux is much more popular than you would imagine. Android, the Wii, almost all servers, most checkout monitors, and many public displays (airports, fast food menus, etc) all run linux. So, there are a few hundred distros, but I'd estimate there are over 10000 "versions" in use across the world.

Linux is used for a variety of purposes. It is used on many servers (such as web servers and file hosting), as well as desktops and laptops. Linux is also popular in embedded systems like cell phones, ATMs, kiosks, televisions, Blu-Ray players, intelligent printers, and onboard car computers.

When it askes for user enter root, and then when it asks for password enter the password. If you don't know password for root it's a really serious problem.

You can also log in as root via command line by typing "su"

What are you refering to?

If you are refering to windows. Just right click in the folder you want to create the directory/file, click "new" then choose what you want to create.

The Linux kernel offers the user a host of operating systems that are free and can be copied and distributed as much as you like. Known genetically as 'Open Source' and, often small group or community maintained, you can freely try out a variety of distributions. All this without having to register to get a licence as you would need to do if using propriety MS Windows.

The applications that are best suited for use on Puppy Linux is AbiWord (a free word processing application, Gnumeric (spreadsheet), and MPlayer (free multimedia player).

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Windows Vista requires 512 MB of RAM and 15 GB of free hard drive space (can be crammed into 9 after installation).

Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) requires 512 MB of RAM and 9 GB of free hard drive space.

Ubuntu Linux 8.04 requires 512 MB of RAM to boot from a LiveCD, but will install on as little as 64 MB. 384 MB is the recommended minimum. 8 GB of free hard drive space is recommended, but as little as 4 GB is usable.

MAC OS is a commercially available Operating System that typically runs on Apple Computer products. The file system, commands, data structures and even the icons are different from most other operating systems. Linux is a UNIX-like operating system, that is open and free. Open meaning that every detail about the operating system is freely available for review and evaluation and that you can not only look at it but you can change it for your own purposes. Free means that it doesn't cost anyone to use it. Some companies have put together "distributions" of Linux that will install it on your computer. The distributions can become elaborate and as such these companies charge a few dollars for the distribution. But the Linux inside is free to own, operate and upgrade.

The answer is Yes and No. Point and click technology can be incorporated into Linux, or it can be run as a basic command line. Multiple "point and click" GUIs are available with the most popular being gnome and KDE. For example, Ubuntu runs gnome, but people who prefer the KDE GUI can download Kubuntu.

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The answer to this home work question is as follows:

touch dd= C /sbin/var/etc/config.you

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Assuming the directory is in your Home directory use: rmdir directory-name

This will fail if there are files within the directory. In this case, use rm -r directory-name.

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Many problems are addressed by Linux & other open source software.The main ones are -:

1. Reduces costs for company drastically - compare free openoffice.org with $50 for a single software license for MS Word - that's just the beginning!

2. Helps avoid major security lapses as open source code is always superior to closed source.

3. Helps set up a smoother process for work due to software which follows industry standards as opposed to propriety closed source options..

And these are just a few of the many advantages of Linux & open source..

First of all, let me point out that Linux is not a company, or even a single product. It is a building block that companies and individuals can tailor to different needs. As such, it can provide just as closely knit compatibility with the hardware as Apple can.

Windows does not have a specific hardware platform that it has to run on, unlike Mac OS X. Microsoft does not yet force hardware manufacturers to put their drivers and hardware through rigorous testing to be used with Windows. So many manufacturers can make inferior products with poor drivers, and the bugs caused by them are often shoved towards Windows. If Microsoft required better certification (which they are starting to do in their 64-bit versions), they would achieve hardware stability on par with that of Apple.

The command in a terminal is: ls (short for List). This will list the files in the current directory.

Whilst in the Home directory, to list the files in a different directory, for instance Videos, use: ls Videos.

Linux is popular for many reasons.

1. It is very fast, easy to use and reliable.

2. Writing programs and scripting on Linux is often times much easier than doing so on Windows as many of the users are that use Linux are computer savy but also because the framework that makes up Linux is completely open source, thus allowing programmers to program with Linux not around it.

3. Linux's security features are that of excellence, most distributions and server editions of Linux have the highest security ratings of any OS.

4. It Looks really cool and has many desktops to choose from (KDE, XFCE, FLuxBox, and Gnome)

5. There are so many different distros or flavors of Linux to choose from, many with the same use in mind but more features and positives than others.

6. It uses an advanced shell scripting terminal allowing for an easy to use command line system based off of Unix making it very powerful and versatile.

7. Last but not least its FREE! and open source so you are free to do with it what you want at absolutely no cost.

Some complain that its not compatible, well no its not with windows programs but for every program that runs on NT theres 3 better for any Linux distro, games are also a problem with Linux, but I manage Crysis at 60FPS and COD 5, and HL2 all at superb graphic levels.

It is all around an extremely good and well rounded operating system once you learn how to use it.