The plan9 operating system from Bell labs is a UNIX like OS that is a fun way to learn about operating systems. The installation when using the text based installer is quite counter-intuitive but this is a good learning experience. There are amd64 packages available to install your system, I…
Read MoreThis is the proper command to install the accelerated ATI drivers on Linux Mint Debian Edition. The fglrx-driver package allowed me to use higher resolutions after enabling the driver with this command: sudo aticontrol –initial but the driver did not allow acceleration. After using this command to install all of…
Read MoreHyperV Server is a standalone hypervisor that allows a machine to host server instances without the overhead of a server operating system like Server 2012 R2. Firstly, download the ISO image here: http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/3/4/7/347A95F0-A63C-492F-BE43-F376AE30C9FE/9200.16384.WIN8_RTM.120725-1247_X64FRE_SERVERHYPERCORE_EN-US-HRM_SHV_X64FRE_EN-US_DV5.ISO. 1.6 Gigabytes. Then burn this at a slow speed to a suitable DVDR disk. Boot from the…
Read Morehttps://superuser.com/questions/662927/is-there-a-way-to-completely-delete-chrome-os-on-a-chromebook-and-install-linu. This posting on superuser.com explains how to totally remove the Chrome OS from the Chromebook and install Linux instead. This is a good option if you want a proper operating system on your Chromebook and not the Google operating system supplied with the netbook. Installing Linux would allow someone…
Read MoreThe qemu KVM hypervisor allows a Linux user to install a virtualized operating system that will run very fast indeed once installed. To install the qemu KVM hypervisor; enter this command. sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm qemu-utilssudo apt-get install qemu-kvm qemu-utils Then create a raw disk image to house your Windows…
Read MoreI recently updated to the 3.13 kernel on Fedora Core 20 and the 12.1 ATI drivers stopped working. I fixed this by downloading the 14.1 beta drivers which support that kernel. Download this here: http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/Latest-LINUX-Beta-Driver.aspx. This works perfectly for those Fedora 20 users like me who are also affected by…
Read MoreThe alien command is used to convert Linux packages from one format to another. Install this on Linux by typing this command: homer@lollinux-machina:~/Desktop$ sudo apt-get install alienhomer@lollinux-machina:~/Desktop$ sudo apt-get install alien Then you may convert a package using this command. Below is an example. homer@lollinux-machina:~/Desktop$ sudo alien me-tv-1.3.6-1.fc14.x86_64.rpm warning: me-tv-1.3.6-1.fc14.x86_64.rpm:…
Read MoreHow to build and install a vanilla kernel on a Linux computer. How to build and install a vanilla kernel on a Linux computer.Getting the source code.Preparing to build the source.Compiling the kernelInstalling the kernel. This posting will explain how to build a vanilla kernel from kernel.org and properly install…
Read MoreTo play a free game of Minecraft on Linux; you may use the minetest package. This will install a free game of Minecraft that is exactly the same as the retail Minecraft game. Type sudo apt-get install minetest to install this fun game. You can have a lot of fun…
Read MoreThis is how to compile a Java source file on Linux with gcj. homer@neo:~/Documents$ gcj –main=HelloWorld HelloWorld.javahomer@neo:~/Documents$ gcj –main=HelloWorld HelloWorld.java This is the source file that I am working with. /* * My first Java program. * */ import java.util.Date; public class HelloWorld { public static void…
Read Morehttp://www.apple.com/opensource/. There is a good selection of open-source code here that Apple is using on their machines. I downloaded the tarball of the zsh shell here: http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/zsh/zsh-55/zsh-4.3.11.tar.bz2. This was compiled very easily after I installed the ncurses-devel RPM from this location for Fedora 19: ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/linux/releases/19/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/n/ncurses-devel-5.9-11.20130511.fc19.x86_64.rpm. Then I was able to…
Read MoreThe Fedora 19 Linux distribution is working very well now, I have added the restricted codecs support with the help of the Fedora Utils package available on this page: http://satya164.github.io/fedorautils/. This is a GUI utility for adding support for Xvid and MP3 on Fedora 19. You just click checkboxes to…
Read MoreHow to install the ATI proprietary drivers on Fedora 19. I have just installed the DVD release of the Fedora 19 x86_64 Linux distribution, this took quite a while, but I installed the MATE desktop instead of the default. gnome 3.8 desktop environment. That is why downloading the 4.3 gigabyte…
Read MoreThe Sublime text 2 editor is an amazing new text editor for Linux and Windows that will make your text editing duties much easier. Firstly, you need to add the PPA for Linux Mint 15/Ubuntu 13.04. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-3sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-3 Then update the package repositories to enable the apt…
Read MoreInstallation of Anti Virus software for Linux. This is to protect Windows users who are connecting to the Linux server to get files. This posting describes the installation and configuration of an Anti Virus product for Linux. I have chosen the Clamav Anti Virus product for x86 Linux. This Anti-Virus…
Read MoreThese themes I am installing in this screenshot are very high quality GTK 3 themes that are perfect for your Gnome Shell desktop.The Greybird one is the theme that I am using at the moment. It looks very good indeed with a dark GTK theme and window decoration. Installing themes…
Read MoreThis posting gives a link explaining how to install Gnome Shell 3.8 on Linux Mint 14 with a PPA. The Gnome Shell 3.8 desktop is very fast and it even though the desktop seems to behave a little differently when you activate the search option; the whole experience is faster…
Read MoreI recently installed a different kernel on Linux Mint 14 and my ATI drivers were not working. To fix this I had to install the kernel headers for the appropriate kernel that I was running. john@adeptus-mechanicus ~ $ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.5.0-25-lowlatencyjohn@adeptus-mechanicus ~ $ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.5.0-25-lowlatency Then I…
Read MoreThe world of computers is dominated by two main players, Apple and Microsoft . These two software giants are competing with each other to be the operating system of choice for the discerning punter. Making a choice of desktop operating system sometimes comes down to what you wish to achieve…
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