Linux

No. Lindows is long obsolete.

This is an essay question, so you're supposed to write your own opinion and justification for it.

No. Hybrid implies that there is a mix with something else. Fedora uses only the Linux kernel.

It isn't a question of precedence; it is a matter of which letter you specify first. For ls -lm you get a condensed listing of the directory. Reverse the letters and you get a long detailed listing.

ls -d merely lists the entry for the directory, or '.'

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It is "generic" in the sense that it does not have a specific purpose and can be used or adapted to a large variety of uses. It is not "generic" in the sense of uniqueness.

For each name, the full file name of the command is determined by searching the directories in $PATH and remembered. If the -p option is supplied, no path search is performed, and filename is used as the full file name of the command. The -r option causes the shell to forget all remembered locations. The -d option causes the shell to forget the remembered location of each name. If the -t option is supplied, the full pathname to which each name corresponds is printed. If multiple namearguments are supplied with -t, the name is printed before the hashed full pathname. The -l option causes output to be displayed in a format that may be reused as input. If no arguments are given, or if only -l is supplied, information about remembered commands is printed. The return status is true unless a name is not found or an invalid option is supplied.

Linux is a kernel. It does not provide any other features of an operating system (such as an interface or programs). Linux is roughly the equivalent of ntoskrnl.exe in Windows 2000/XP/Vista. Complete operating systems containing the Linux kernel are usually referred to as "Linux distros."

In file /etc/passwd

Mepis is an operating system, based on Linux. The advantages of Mepis compared to other Linux distributions are its lightness, its stability, and its simplicity of use.

An inode is a data structure on a traditional Unix-style file system such as UFS or ext3. An inode stores basic information about a regular file, directory, or other file system object.

Each and every file under Linux (and UNIX) has following attributes:

* File type (executable, block special etc) * Permissions (read, write etc) * Owner * Group * File Size * File access, change and modification time * File deletion time * Number of links (soft/hard) * Access Control List (ACLs)

All the above information is stored in an inode.

So, each file has an inode associated with it and an unique number called inode number.

This number is used to look up an entry in the inode table.

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Type top in a terminal to display Linux processes, which includes PID.

All versions of the Linux kernel since 2.0 support IPv6. Most modern distros have IPv6 enabled, but as there are over 300 different distributions, it is impractical or impossible to list all of them.

Yes, it is possible to put Tiny Core Linux on it. The procedure to install it (or any other operating system) involves making an adapter for the hard drive in the Evo and connecting it to another computer. This will involve extensive soldering skill.

Simply pressing Ctrl+Alt+F3 (or one of the other function keys will switch you to a terminal where you can log in and perform work. Depending on your distro, the X server is already running on one of the terminals; just press Ctrl+Alt and one of the function keys until you find it to switch back. On Ubuntu and Debian, this should be F7.

That depends on what steps you used in the installation program.

For the Mac there are numerous tools available. Macs come with a set of developer tools that, when installed, offer tools and utilities for assorted tasks. Depending what you are trying to achieve OxED or Hex Fiend (See links below) may be adequate.

There is no specific or singular program in Linux to "open an audio file." Just as in Windows, there are a large variety of media players to choose from. These include Amarok, Rhythmbox, Juk, VLC, MPlayer, Banshee, and Audacious.

If you download Linux to your mac, nothing will happen until you initiate the installer. If you want to install Linux but keep Mac OS also installed, you will need to partition your hard drive. This can be done using the Disk Utility application that is found in the Utilities folder of Application. Finder > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility

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If you are talking about accessing the partition from Linux, the kernel file system driver does not allow writing to NTFS partitions. You can write to the partition in Linux if you install the NTFS-3G file system. This is the only form of "write-protection" that should be on your system.

It is not possible to install Xfce on Damn Small Linux without extensive modification. Damn Small Linux uses a very crude Xserver that is not capable of rendering Xfce. Also, the versions of several libraries needed for Xfce are too old. It would be far easier to start of with a distro that supported Xfce from the start, like Xubuntu.

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Putting a password on your bios will prevent anyone but the user from running the computer let alone installing another operating system. Can't think of any other way to prevent operating systems from being installed/used. Encrytped hard drives can be formatted. Password protected bootloaders don't prevent other systems from being installed.