Linux

You should at least give 1GB

Many embedded devices incorporate Linux, and those are proprietary products. But the Linux license (GPL) requires that the distributor also make the source code available, including any modifications they may have made to the operating system.

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You type "vi filenameyouwanttoedit" on the command line.

I recommend getting a book for more details. We certainly can't teach you everything there is to know about vi here.

Patches are released all the time. As in other operating systems, you should look at what the patch does and what it fixes, along with the relative severity of the change before deciding on applying the patch.

It is also a good idea to back up your system before applying any patches in case the patch causes the system to become unstable.

It's certainly possible that you could learn linux. A business degree is not a requirement or a detriment in learning computer programming.

It's a protocol for use in CUPs to connect to network-enabled printers.

Starting from /home, the path may include up to 4,091 additional characters (that is, Linux supports 4096 characters for the path, with up to 256 characters per file or directory name). This is a limitation of the kernel, and not of the file system. It is technically possible to modify the Linux kernel to support even longer file and path names if a user needed to do so.

to view startup kernel messages after system boot in Linux :

dmesg |less

to see kernel logs :

cat /var/log/kern.log | less

to see system logs :

cat /var/log/syslog | less

Unix and windows are two separate groups of operating systems. Windows is the operating system of about 90% of personal computers, while unix is the basis of many other operating systems, such as Mac OS X

You may be using an older kernel that doesn't support SATA (most of the 2.4 and older series). Or you may have a buggy or unsupported (unlikely) chipset.

df

In Linux, you can configure a network card (it;s IP address, and if it is turned on or off) with the 'ifconfig' command.

Yes. LiveCDs can access the hard drive on a computer, though you will need to know the partition identification to mount that partition.

Yes, you can use Linux even if you are not technologically savvy. Linux is used on a wide variety of consumer devices, including cellphones, PDAs, kiosks, and netbooks. You may have used Linux and not even realized it.

As to whether or not you should, why not? Even for desktop distros, where the consumer has to install it themselves and make a conscious decision to use it, there is usually no need for a user to understand how a computer works. All it takes is an open mind to learn new ways of doing things, and the ability to follow simple instructions.

Linux 2.2 is just a kernel. It does not dictate any sort of user interface, and was used in a large number of distros. I would recommend against using any distro with a 2.2.x kernel, as it is probably quite old and will not support most modern hardware or programs.

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A repository is a collection of software packages hosted on a server.

You do not need a license to edit Linux's source code. The GPL applies only to how you distribute it. End users do not license Linux in any way for use or modification, they're allowed to do anything they like, so long as if they try to redistribute the result they do so under the terms of the GPL.

Assuming you're running a "classic" init system such as System V it will be runlevel 5.

Since systemd is becoming far and far more prevalent, runlevels are becoming a thing of the past for lots of Linux distributions. What replaces them are more flexible and useful "target" units. They are nice in that units can simply declare that they want to be a part of a certain target. What more is that systemd will usually even run more than one target in the average boot! The "equivalent" target for 5 in systemd is usually graphical.target, and that's usually what default.target maps to.

That would depend on what the attachment was.

It's a Linux desktop environment. Check out http://www.linux.com/feature/129080

1. dhclient -r

This releases the current IP address lease

2. dhclient

This requests a new IP address.