Linux

Nagios was designed to run on Linux; however, it also runs on other Unix variants.

Linux is generally easier to install today. I experienced considerable difficulty in my last attempted install of Solaris 10 on a SunBlade 150.

I dont know what "iv" is but if you mead "vi" then...

type vi "name of the file" to enter the editing mode

then type "i" to start typing.

when you are done editing type :wq to write then exit vi.

Yes. If your computer does not support PATA directly, you will need to purchase a PATA to SATA adapter board.

Unfortunately no. If it's a video game, especially online multiplayer ones, high chances are it's only made for Windows in mind and the internal workings of the game and/or the anti-cheat software it uses will not play very well with Linux.

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease or Position-Indicating Device
PID - Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. Inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia); symptoms are abdominal pain and fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge.

It installs, updates, removes and lists software components packaged into *.rpm file.

Consult the manual for details.

Q: What is the recommended size for the boot file system?

A: The /boot file system is recommended to be 50MB.

Virtually all Linux distributions will accept the "halt" command. Some also have a shutdown command, though this has additional parameters and is meant mainly to shut down the system at a certain time.

1993, making it the oldest still-active Linux distribution in existence. (Debian didn't actually come out officially until 1994, and actually didn't even begin development by the time Slackware went public.)

designed for digital forensics and penetration testing.

For linux web hosting i would suggest www.Rackspace.com. They have great support 24/7.

A ISO image for Linux Mint nowadays goes up to about upwards of 1 gigabyte or so, and when installed, depends on how big the partition(s) you have allocated for it.

To see what user you are logged in as. Not all shells will display the username you are logged in under, so it is useful to know if you are a normal user (so you don't have to worry about accidentally destroying your system), or root (so you don't screw up your personal files by modifying them as root).

Yes, as long as they are given permission under the fstab.

Any MP3 player that presents itself as a USB Mass Storage device (like a USB Flash drive) should work out of the box. Some media players on Linux such as Amarok also support older versions of the iPod.

The USB drive can be located inside the "computer folder" which can be accessed under the system tab on the task bar of the fedora desktop. It shows the detected USB devices as soon as you plug it in.

Yes. Just about everything to do with Linux on the command line is case sensitive, including commands and file names.

cd /lib/modules/$(uname -r)

gpasswd -a Stewart wheel

To put it very generically, Linux is an operating system kernel, and UNIX is a certification for operating systems. The UNIX standard evolved from the original Unix system developed at Bell Labs. After Unix System V, it ceased to be developed as a single operating system, and was instead developed by various competing companies, such as Solaris (from Sun Microsystems), AIX (from IBM), HP-UX (from Hewlett-Packard), and IRIX (from Silicon Graphics). UNIX is a specification for baseline interoperability between these systems, even though there are many major architectural differences between them. Linux has never been certified as being a version of UNIX, so it is described as being "Unix-like." A comprehensive list of differences between Linux and "UNIX" isn't possible, because there are several completely different "UNIX" systems.

For "Jolicloud Express" installs, all you have to do is go to "Add/Remove Programs" in the Control Panel and Remove Jolicloud

For partition installations or installations that were done through the Jolicloud ISO on a USB key. Here's what you have to do:

This worked for me last night on my HP Mini, running Windows 7:

1) Put in the Windows 7 install DVD (external drive).

2) Make sure you boot from the DVD (on the HP, hold down F9 at startup)

3) When you get to the screen that says "Install Now" click "Repair my computer"

4) Select "Command Prompt"

5) Type in "bootsect.exe" (without the quotation marks), hit return

6) Type in "bootsect /nt60 ALL /force" (without the quotation marks), hit return*

7) Type "exit" (without the quotation marks), hit return to close Command Prompt

8) Hit the "Shutdown" button on the Repair My Computer menu

9) Boot up your computer; it should now boot straight into Windows.

NOTE: I had my installation of Jolicloud on an SD card. Judging from similar posts on removing Ubuntu installations, if you have Jolicloud on a partition of your C:/ drive, you might have to boot into Windows and remove your Jolicloud partition first (through Disk Management ^note), before beginning step 1. I only removed my SD card after I had completed steps 1 thru 9 though, and restarted safely into Windows. So if you feel more comfortable trying the steps above without deleting the partition, I'd say that'd be ok to do as well.

*#6 footnote: You have to add "/force" otherwise this won't work. If you've tried this before without adding "/force" at the end of the string, that is the reason why it didn't work.

^note:

a) Right click on "Computer/My Computer"

b) Select "Manage"

c) Under "Storage", click on "Disk Management" for a list of your attached volumes.

Hope this helps.

- Johanan Sen (jsen.me)

CUPS is the de-facto network print service for Linux and Mac. Certain windows versions can connect to it also (unless you have XP home or some other crippled version)

Native Linux file transfers might occur over

HTTP (Web server)

FTP (FTP server)

scp (ssh server)

NFS (NFS 'network file system' server)

SAMBA (Samba file and print service for Windows, also works as a client for win servers)

Of the five, NFS is probably the preferred Linux file server (especially in a Linux/mac/Unix only environment), because you can mount the server directory on the client and it will appear as a local directory.

For true compatibility with windows, there is one answer to both questions:

SAMBA.

Samba uses the same Small Message Block (SMB) protocol that is native to Windows clients. It is a Linux and Mac implementation of NetBios, NT File Server, NT Print Server, and Active Directory server and client all rolled into one.