Linux

You can set up file sharing between windows 7 and Linux mint 16 by simply installing the Ext2 Installable File System on windows which allow windows to read and write into the Linux file system.

This depends on what you mean by type.

In terms of permissions, you have regular users, who are restricted to access only resources they are granted permissions to. And then you have root, the superuser, who can do almost anything on the system.

Then in terms of "usage." There's actual users, people who use Linux, have their own home directory, use applications, you name it. And then there's "system users" who aen't logged in as normal users but are simply dedicated users in the system who run certain things on their own permission level. This keeps root from having to run all the daemons on the system, which is a major security risk.

It depends. Generally GUI-based systems will eat more RAM than usual, but there are lightweight desktop environments that can push it down a bit. I'd say the bare minimum would probably be 1GB nowadays.

ls -al list hidden file also.Hidden files starting with "."

Yahoo does not have a problem with recommending suggesting, or even mentioning Linux. What they have a problem with is people posting "answers" that are not actually helpful to the asker. Answers like "Use Linux" for a problem someone has with getting a program to work on Windows is not considered an actual answer. Just like someone posting "Get a Mac' when someone is looking for a driver for a piece of hardware is asinine.

Besides, telling someone to use Linux doesn't give them a freedom of choice, which is what Linux is all about.

Let's assume the kernel version is 2.1.xy.z. The .1 is the minor version number and if it is even, the kernel is stable. If it is odd, which in this case "1" is odd, it is a development or not stable release.

This usually refers to mounting a file system over a network using NFS. A soft mount will return an error if the source / target system goes offline. A hard mount will wait until the system comes back online, and then begin transferring / copying again.

emerge is a Gentoo-specific command that downloads the source code to a program and compiles it.

Sure, Linux is ported to a number of different RISC architectures, including ARM and PPC.

File extensions can be changed just by renaming the file. For instance, mv filename.txt filename.doc

If one is using a Linux operating system a chroot is an operation that will change the root directory for the current running process and and its branches or "children". One can find more information regarding the usage of chroot on the Wikipedia website.

yes. You can install the packages you'd want using the relevant package manager.

In order to legally be called a "Unix" system, operating systems must undergo a rigorous and expensive certification procedure. "Unix-like" refers to systems that have an architecture similar to Unix, but have not undergone certification.

There are many available resources that can assist an individual with learning how to use Linux. A couple resources that can assist an individual with learning how to use Linux include: Wikihow and Linuxcommand.

You can measure the free space and total space of all mounted file systems using the df command.

Yes.

It is difficult to measure, but most experts agree that Linux is quickly expanding on the desktop market.

On other markets Linux has already had a pretty strong presence, in many it already is the dominant operating system (Servers, Cluster/Farm Computing, Supercomputers.).

files with the extension .pkg are usually installers. If you have the installer utility on your mac (which you should because it comes with it) you should be able to just open the .pkg by double clicking and it will launch the installer, or by going to Applications -> Utilities -> Installer and selecting it.

You should use pppd to define a connection between the two computers, then normal TCP/IP networking (telnet, ftp, http, NFS, SMB etc) will work without any programming.

It depends. Obviously the more you have in the kernel the less you will have for resident memory. This may improve performance if these modules are in use, or it might just take up memory if they are not active.

With dynamic loadable modules the idea was to install the module in the resident kernel if it were required at run time rather than compiling them into the kernel. This way an admin can load and unload the modules at will, assuming they know when the modules will be in use.

This is MAC Address comprising of 48 bits (six blocks of double digit hexadecimal numbers)

sshd is the package provide ssh sessions .

If you mean what is the purpose of sharing a printer via Samba on Linux, the answer is the same as why you would share a printer between Windows machines. To make the printer accessible to other users on the network.

GNU Network Object Model Environment

the command 'cd ~' will get you there .