A good and free media player for linux

What is a good and free media player for linux?

I recommend MPlayer for video and Rhythmbox for audio. Both are available in the Synaptic Package Manager.

Boot a Linux OS from a Zune

Is there any way to boot a Linux OS from a Zune?

No, but you can just burn the Linus OS portable onto a CD, then when starting press F12 or something to boot from disk.
Thats probably the easiest way. I think you can boot from a flash drive aswell, but I'm not 100% sure. If you can I think the zune would work. Look up booting from flashdrives.
Also, Zune/mp4s don't have heavy duty harddrives like a computer, so it's not best to be running a 200mb OS off it thats constantly reading, it could be damaging for your zune.

How hard is it to use Ubuntu Linux?

How hard is it to use Ubuntu Linux?

Programming has no more to do with Linux than it does with windoze.

Linux Magazine (Linux Pro Magazine in the US) just came out with a Ubuntu Special with a 4 gig DVD of the latest release - 8.10. The mag is full of articles on how to install, how to find help, how to use Ubuntu and the major packages.

If you were truly savvy you whould find Ubuntu drop-dead easy. Your questions lead me to believe you would find the mag I refer to useful.

Define my laptop on linux

How to define my laptop on linux?

Normally when you install Linux it will auto detect all the hardware that can be supported. Some strange hardware simply won't work, it simply won't have a driver available. It's often the wireless LAN cards that suffer from that fate so you may need to use a Cat5 cable to wire your machine to your home/SOHO router to get connected to the internet (until you can find a wireless LAN driver).

If you've got as far as completing the installation and the machine boots OK then you're well on the way.

Download linux to a blank computer

How to download linux to a blank computer?

The site below has info and links for more Linux distributions then I've ever heard of. So pick a distribution, follow the Download Mirrors link and the download links on the following page(s) and you should find ISOs you can download and burn to CD or DVD depending on what type of disc that particular ISO is for. (If you can burn DVDs a DVD version might be easier 'cause it may require multiple CDs for a CD version.)

http://distrowatch.com/

Note that Live CD versions are not always intended to be installed, they're intended to be booted from the CD drive.

Measure the performance of an Linux C application

How do i measure the performance of an Linux C application?

You can measure CPU performance using /proc/cpu. You can measure ethernet performance by using /sbin/ifconfig . You can use df to track data written to a filesystem/mountpoint. Take a before and after snapshot using the tool of choice and determine the metric you wish to measure.

Install linux to one of my two hard disks

How do i install linux to one of my two hard disks?

I have two hard drives in my laptop one is Windows, one is Linux.

You can also try Linux by booting a live CD. It will let you try Linux without installing anything. Try Ubuntu Linux.

Sync the Linux system password and the Samba password

How to sync the Linux system password and the Samba password?

Hopefully, Samba is configured with PAM. If so, follow the instructions below.

Make sure this is set in your smb.conf.
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unix password sync = true
pam password sync = true
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Navigate to /etc/pam.d/system-auth and add this after the "pam_cracklib.so" line.

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password required /lib/security/pam_smbpass.so nullok use_authtok try_first_pass
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Install Linux on my PC and Keep Windows

Can I install Linux on my PC and Keep Windows?

Yup. You can either purchase another drive, or repartition your existing one. Use the GParted Live CD if you want to shrink an existing partition to make space. The Ubuntu install will do the rest.

Is it legal to install linux on an Xbox 1?

Is it legal to install linux on an Xbox 1?

Legal? Well you won't get sent to jail for modding your Xbox. It's your property, you can do what you want to with it. So it's not illegal.

Like the others said though, if you game online with it, you may get caught with a modded system and banned from Xbox Live. You won't get the FBI sent to your house or anything though.