/etc/fstab contains a listing of all of the potential mounted drives on the system both local and remote. The file /etc/rc.sysinit reads the /etc/fstab to mount the drives on startup. This text file is the file you edit if you wanted to mount a partition permanently once the system boots.
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"Sushi Huh?" - Easily Download Packages For Offline Installation
"Sushi, huh?" is an application which serves the same purpose as the command we posted about two weeks ago, to get a list of packages and dependencies for offline installation in Ubuntu, but many will love it since it comes with a - I almost wanted to say GUI - an web-based interface which runs on your machine, and it can download the dependencies for the packages you want to install, for the foll
Read more »Linux Is Regaining Netbook Market Share Quickly
Back in May I wrote an article titled Linux To Regain 50% Netbook Market Share after such predictions were made by Stephen Lim of Linpus Technologies and ABI Research. ABI Research published some new data last month and the results may surprise you.
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Enable/Disable write support for windows NTFS partition with simple click
If you are using Windows and ubuntu as dual boot and if you want to access your windows partition you need to follow this procedure.This tutorial will explain how to access your windows partition in simple way.
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Using Your iPod with (K)ubuntu 9.10
After a rocky beginning, I've been able to do many neat things with my Black iPod Classic with 120 GB, but it hasn't been without its trials and tribulations. In this post, I'll write about the tools I use to sync music, add photos, and transcode videos to the correct format. Being a Kubuntu user, note that my bias is towards KDE tools. If you use others, please list them in the comments.
Read more »Netbook Makeovers, Cloud Censorship, and a Lucky Backup
It took me a handful of times to discover how impossibly dreadful XP is on a netbook. trust me. It doesn't belong on a netbook. So what does? Linux, of course.
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The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 11.2 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2]
This is a detailed description about how to set up an OpenSUSE 11.2 server (x86_64) that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.
Read more »Best 4 Antivirus Software for Your Ubuntu OS
As we already know, Linux is immune to viruses and other nasty malware. However, there are still a lot of other reasons to install an antivirus program on your Linux computer.
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Create your own VLC skin with VLC media player Skin Editor
VLC Skin Editor is a program that enables you to create skins without any deep knowledge how skins are made up exactly.
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Android-x86 - run Google Android on a netbook
Although Google Android is an operating system designed to run on smartphones, it's also possible to run it on netbooks.
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Microsoft 'Has Acknowledged The Enterprise Role Of Linux'
Three years on from Microsoft's deal with Novell, the real importance is coming through, says Novell's OpenSUSE community manager, Joe Brockmeier
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Is Tabbed Windows Going To Be The Next Big Thing?
With the release of KDE SC 4.4 Beta 1, tabbed windows is now available through its windows manager KWin. This raises the question, is tabbed windows going to be the next big thing after tabbed browsing?
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10 of the Best Free Linux ERP Software
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) manages the information and functions of a business. It provides an integrated system by which the entire business can be managed. Not only does ERP improve the efficiency of an organisation it also serves to help the firm's management make more informed decisions.
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Intent Is The Problem
Of late, I keep banging into the problem that people want systems to be “secure by default”: they don’t want to pester the user about security. They want the system to just do the right thing. The problem is, this just isn’t possible.
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Wine 1.1.34
The Wine development release 1.1.34 is available now. With Wine it's possible to run Windows applications on top of Linux.
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