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No. There is no version of Sony Vegas for Linux.
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the command "display" brings up the ImageMagick program.
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It is a CD the has some form of Linux, an operating system for your computer (Microsoft Windows is an operating system). There...
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There are programs you can download that will read Linux file systems. Common file systems are ext2 and ext3.
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Linux and RTOS are two distinct concepts. Linux is the name given to a specific operating system. An RTOS (Real-Time Operating...
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Hi, You can use sendmail to Configure a Mail server in linux, but there are others such as qmail which are faster and simpler...
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Linux cannot by default run .exe files. Those are Windows programs. With an application library called "Wine", many (but...
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In the ideal world, yes. However, not all program authors bother to write a man page for their program, especially if it is a...
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The most likely reason is that the drive was formatted with a Linux file system. Reformatting the drive to NTFS or FAT32 will...
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Real player can do that http://www.real.com/linux/
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AnswerThere are many programs available for Linux to view videos. Probably the most popular and the one I prefer is Mplayer. You...
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This is impossible to fully answer. Password hashes are "salted" in Linux. This means, among other things, that the stored value...
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The 'kill' command terminates a process more effectively than the plain 'terminate' command. Use this if you need to close all...
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Any mid-range desktop or laptop would be suitable for use with Linux and have enough power for web design. Dells, Acers, and ASUS...
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it really depends on what distro of Linux you would like. by far the most user friendly i have came across is ubuntu....
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For said purpose, you should use chmod command. Its very helpful, powerful and easy to use. Here is the brief description for...
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Solution: cat test tr '[a-z A-Z]' '[f-za-e F-ZA-E]' or it can be also written as; cat test.txt | tr '[a-z A-Z]' '[f-za-e F-ZA-E]
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MAC OS is a commercially available Operating System that typically runs on Apple Computer products. The file system, commands,...
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This file is a dns configuration file for Linux CentOS
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You can type in smb//192.168.1.1/ into a file manager window (put the windows computers IP address in there though)
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Mandriva Linux 2007 is proprietary software, which means you need to buy it. You can, however, download and install a free...
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a few are: competing with other open-source communities pressure from non-open-source communities(which typically have more...
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Linus Torvald's IQ has never been published. If I had to guess, I would estimate it to be around 160.
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Most people do not currently use Linux on their computer at home, so they will be unfamiliar with it. Thus, the employees will...
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You need to be more clear in what type of "interface" you are inquiring about. Linux has it's own API (Application Programming...
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There are very few similarities beyond some convergent features of their respective user interfaces. Their internal architecture...
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The default runlevel is specified in /etc/inittab. There is no universally accepted runlevel that is specified as the "default."...
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There are no wild computer viruses that affect Linux. Oh wait, there was RST.b. If you need to, you can run certain windows...
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Yes. All kernels in the 2.6 series have support for SATA (though the distributor may not have compiled them in). The later 2.4...
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None.
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Sorry, but you can't.Able to help,Bella
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Identifies the interface as connected to the outside
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In Linux, two directories are very important to initializing the full system: /boot, where the kernel, initial ram filesystem...
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Some advantages Windows has is its more familiar to people and thus considered the mos "user friendly." Its monopoly on the...
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Linux is free. However, this question can be taken at an angle of total cost of ownership or time cost investment. Since specific...
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'dir <directory>' Read the 'dir' manual with the command 'man dir'. NOTE: The 'ls' command is more commonly used instead...
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Yes you can.
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Answerit depends on which type of song file you want to play! most of the open type are playable by different Linux...
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On most Linux distributions, LOCAL passwords are stored in one of two places: /etc/passwd, or /etc/shadow. They are simple text...
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A process is a program inside of the operating system. It comprises of a process structure, a data section and a code section....
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mkdir /mnt/squashfs mount -t squashfs -o loop /path/to/filesystem.squashfs /mnt/squashfs # you might need some sort of...
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The default configuration for most Linux distributions is far more secure than that of the default configuration for Windows. Of...
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scanmem scanmem is an interactive debugging utility that can be used to isolate the address of a variable in an executing...
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Linux, like Windows, is an advanced operating system, and it's usage cannot be explained in a single paragraph, and probably not...
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There are many FTP server packages in Linux, each with different configuration files and syntaxes. A single question trying to...
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Yes. Linux has been ported to over a dozen CPU architectures, such as PowerPC, SPARC, Alpha, MIPS, SH-3, SH-4, ARM, and the...
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It's probably the only thing that came to mind. Do you have a better idea? I'm sure we could brainstorm loads of them. If this is...
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Linux does not have any special "file formats." Document files exist exactly as they do in Windows (.doc, .bmp, .mp3, etc...)....
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Linux is a kernel. It does not provide any other features of an operating system (such as an interface or programs). Linux is...
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There are lots of animation programs for Linux. More than likely none of them run exactly like Pivot does, but you should be able...
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Press the '?' key.
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Copy. For example to copy a file named example.txt in /shared to /home/tom you would type "cp /shared/example.txt /home/tom"...
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It can depend on which shell environment you are using, but what I use is:function something{ # body of routine}# call the...
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It would depend on the context. It is usually used as a wildcard, or a pattern that will match everything.
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Yes, and this is actually its main goal. It is also Open-Source (which means that you can look at its code).
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yes, but I haven't had a lot of luck with them. ...
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In Windows, files have an owner (usually the creator), but not a group, to which they 'belong'. - and the owner isn't really...
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No. Windows and Linux have different APIs and ABIs for programs to access. You cannot run Linux binaries on Windows, and you can...
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The kernel always knows what processes exist and in what state they are, so it won't try to wake up processes that don't exist.
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No, every process gets its own PID. Otherwise, all PIDs would be the same, since every process is a child of some other process,...
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Linux has broad support for a wide range of devices and platforms, so there is no single computer that is "best" suited overall....
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cat FILE | awk 'gsub(/ /,"\n") gsub("\n","\n") {print}' | sort -ur
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1. Create the source into a file with any text editor, for example: myprog.c 2. Compile it: gcc -Wall -W -pedantic -g -o myprog...
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Whether Windows or Linux is the better choice depends on the skill set of students & admins and on the policy chosen by the...
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C with a small smattering of assembler for the boot loader and some architecture-specific optimisations.
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characteristic of operating system is 1- Malbaro Cigirate Cartoon 2- Camel Hard Cartoon 3- Camel light Cartoon And the main...
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Linux is programmed in C, with architecture-specific code written in assembly for that platform.
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Millions of people use it. It's hard to tell exactly how many people use it as their desktop OS, as it's free for download and...
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int a = 1; int b = 2; int temp; temp = a; /* temp = 1 */ a = b; /* a = 2 */ b = temp; /* b = 1 */ Answer{ int...
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That is a matter of user preference, and not everyone will agree with either the verdict or the criteria for choosing.
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A "shell" can often refer to an "interface", in which case X-Windows is simply an example of an interface. In Unix and Linux,...
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An ext2 file system can be created through a variety of methods. The crudest method, where the partition occupies an entire disk,...
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Linux is a very common platform for websites and applications that run them. It is popular because it has a very good track...
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There's no inherent cost, other than that of downloading and creating a CD or purchasing a copy for a nominal fee. Learning to...
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There are over three hundred active Linux distributions, with over a dozen different methods for installing software. Without...
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The naming conventions required by Windows are unnecessary in Linux. While one can files an "extension", such as ".txt", they are...
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ubuntu, mandriva, and SUSE
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There are a number of reasons why any given person may prefer a Linux OS over Windows, and which ones a Linux user values the...
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If you are talking about accessing the partition from Linux, the kernel file system driver does not allow writing to NTFS...
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The fdisk command is used to create and modify partitions on a hard drive. Be very careful when using fdisk. You could lose data...
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There are two main ways to schedule a "task" or "job" to run at a later time: cron and at. = CRON = The CRON utility has...
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The first Solaris OS was released in 1983 while Linux was first released in 1991. Solaris OS started as proprietary software and...
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Linux is used for a variety of purposes. It is used on many servers (such as web servers and file hosting), as well as desktops...
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Linux itself is based on the command shell, i.e. text interface. Ubuntu Server could easily provide this. It is based on Debian...
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No, it is a distinct and separate operating system than windows. Windows is proprietary software owned by Microsoft and its...
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To format a partition that is not in use get a program called Gparted. If you need to format the whole drive you need to boot...
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Since I am a "geek", it is hard for me to assess whether or not something would be suitable for those who are not. However, my...
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For Microsoft it has be either server 2003 or server 2008.Stay from the sbs, home server, web edition or whatever else. All these...
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Google, Yahoo, Disney, Dreamworks, Pixar, Amazon, E*Trade, Reuters, Merrill Lynch, IBM, TiVO, DishNetwork, Garmin, US Department...
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Here are some off the top of my head: Linux is Open Source, which means anyone can edit it, and make it better. (Just like a...
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Linux will run on all PCs with an Intel 80386 or compatible processor and higher. Linux will run on a select few m68k Macs (like...
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Microsoft and Linux have no direct relationship. Microsoft has frequently attacked the reliability and cost effectiveness of...
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The word Linux is not a true abbreviation. It was originally formed as a shortened form of "Linus's MINIX." However, this was not...
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