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Linux is the family of Unix-like operating systems that use the Linux kernel.
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Is `Tru64 UNIX` open source?
Is Tru64 UNIX an open source/free or commercial system? Does it work on 32-bit platform? and what are its features in compare with *BSD & Linux system?
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Bash script that can test for a particular lib
I'm writing a bash script that needs to test if certain libs are installed on a VPS, and if they're not, the script will install them.
My problem is being able to have the script determine if they ...
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Why does the 'bin' user need a login shell?
During an audit of /var/log/auth.log on one of my public webservers, I found this:
Jan 10 03:38:11 Bucksnort sshd[3571]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure;
logname= uid=0 euid=0 ...
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changing the names of network interfaces, debian wheezy
I'm trying to set a name for an interface, "ethLan" instead of eth0. Doing so also ensures that the if's name will remain consistent at every reboot and kernel.
I did find some articles in the ...
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list the difference and overlap between two plain data set
I have two data sets, A and B. The format for each data set is one number per line. For instance,
12345
23456
67891
2345900
12345
Some of the data in A are not included in data set B. How to list ...
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G722 in gstreamer is not available or its need to be activated? How do i do that?
Gstreamer how to use G.722 enc and dec? Is this not available or missing in there implementation?
$ gst-inspect | grep ffmpeg
ffmpeg: ffaudioresample: FFMPEG Audio resampling element
ffmpeg: ...
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Compiling and installing a kernel.org kernel to a custom volume on disk
I want to compile and install a kernel.org kernel on a custom HDD volume, say /dev/sda5, instead of being merged with my current Ubuntu's directories.
I can find information about configuration and ...
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How does the Linux kernel decide how much bandwidth to allocate to Isochronous USB endpoints?
As far as I'm aware, USB endpoints that use isochronous transfers have a 'wMaxPacketSize' parameter associated with them that is used by the kernel to guarantee a certain amount of bandwidth for the ...
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Is it possible to test user name and password?
I've written a python CGI script that invoke bash commands, and it needs to test for a successful login on the host.
Is it possible to create a bash script that will test a given username and ...
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What is the most high-performance Linux filesystem for storing a lot of small files (HDD, not SSD)?
I have a directory tree that contains many small files, and a small number of larger files. The average size of a file is about 1 kilobyte. There are 210158 files and directories in the tree (this ...
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SIP Server Installation in Linux
CLick Here for Kamailio Sip proxy server installation page
I am not able to get Prerequisites , where to download these files ? even if i get how to install the kamailio server where i getting some ...
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Why is bash standard on Linux?
Most recent Linux distributions include bash as default shell, although there are other, (arguably) better shells available.
I'm trying to understand if this is some historical leftover that nobody ...
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What does the 'i8042.nomux=1' kernel option do during booting of Ubuntu?
I have a laptop with a multi guesture touchpad. My touchpad never works in any Linux distro such as Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Linux Mint, Knoppix, Puppy, Slitaz and lots more. I have tried lots of ...
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How do I install software on Fedora 13?
I installed Fedora 13, but it doesn't come with a lot of software I want -- office tools, productivity, GUI environments, MySQL, and Kamailio. How do I get all this stuff onto my Fedora install?
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Is there a way to tell the system to keep a folder to reside in memory?
I'm developing a Java EE web application and I'm trying to speed up the testing process. To do so I was wondering if there is a way to tell the system to keep my build folder in system memory?
