Summary: I'm not exactly a newbie when it comes to Linux, but I'm having some problems installing Mandriva 2007 on my machine. When I put the CD in and restart...
Summary: Having used only a few distributions, I am poorly equipped to make a recommendation for the 'best' Linux distribution. I can however tell you why I us...
Summary: In most Linux installations, copy and paste operations should be fairly straight forward. Highlight the text to be copied. Copy the highlighted text...
Summary: If you use Mandriva 2007.0, there is a kernel-source package for each kernel version available. For example, I use kernel-2.6.17.8mdv and I have kerne...
Summary: Hi, I am having trouble installing my Creative AWE-64 ISA sound card on Mandriva 2006 free. During installation I selected the awesfx package to inst...
Summary: Mandrake Linux 8.1 is an old release. It has passed its end of life for support, so security patches are no longer available for it. Further, due to i...
Summary: I'm getting ready to dual boot linux along with windows 2000 can anyone tell me which brand of linux to obtain I've been told that mandrake is the mos...
Summary: If you are new to Linux, you may first prefer to try a 'Live' distribution which can run from the CD, requiring no installation to your HD. If on the ...
Summary: First, you do have a successful Linux installation because it boots up and you are able to log in. There are many instances where the GUI is not an es...
Summary: If you are running Fedora in VMWare Workstation, you are running it in a virtual machine. As far as Fedora is concerned, it is installed on its own se...
Summary: IIUC, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu images all come in two flavors; A Live! CD, or an alternative CD. You can boot from and install the OS with either o...
Summary: Quote: "locate stdio.h AND dpkg -S stdio.h RESULT: /usr/lib/perl.5.8.8/CORE/nostdio.h" End Quote If both return the same result, then the stdio.h fil...
Summary: I have a problem : I have 7 computers all with mandriva linux 2007.1 . I want to create a network with these computers but i have problems. - first i ...
Summary: I've never touched Linux but I want to install it on a laptop (Micron Transport XKE) that I bought. Laptop currently has Win98, 256MB RAM and 4GB free...
Summary: Maybe I missunderstood Ronald, but: In the free ftp-install YAST is ofcourse included. The installation is very easy and you don't have to make iso-im...
Summary: i am having 20gb hard disk I have 4 partitions 3 fat32 partitions last one is of some 5442 gb free can install linux in it and configure lilo for dual...
Summary: Did install Mandriva, but the installation failed to pick up first, the USB Modem (instruction in the Distro was that the modem needed a Firmware upgr...
Summary: Well, I have my computer set up to dual boot to windows and linux, by using xosl as my boot loader. First, get everything partitioned right. Then, ins...
Summary: Try http://www.linuxiso.org/ The main distributions for new users are Mandrake, Fedora, and SuSE. You can also try each distribution's web site. SuSE ...
Summary: I use Mandriva Linux 2007.0, so the file names I provide may vary for other distributions. For example, /etc/profile in Mandriva Linux may be similar ...
Summary: Solarisboy, I had a similar problem last night, but my result was much worse then yours. I had an existing version of XP installed on an extended par...
Summary: The various desktop environments are all "desktops" like in windows and yes, they are basically overlays of the linux command line. They run in an e...
Summary: NO, according to my opinion Linux is a poorer and a lot less flexible desctop operating system. So if the question is: can a free Linux installation c...
Summary: No longer familiar with Ubuntu (have not tested it in over a year), but in Mandriva Linux I install the win32-codecs package. The solution may be s...
Summary: I use Mandriva Linux 2007.1 (Spring) here. My menu.lst follows: - timeout 5 gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/gfxmenu default 0 title Mandriva kernel (hd0,0)/boot...
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