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
=======

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.

Remove windows 2000 and install linux

How to remove windows 2000 and install linux?
Find a formatting/drive scrubber program.. and format the drive or scrub it (write with zero's). Linux comes in a .iso format program.... make sure you burn it with an iso burning program onto a cd so it boots up into the disk to install it.

The best linux distro for n00bs

What is the best linux distro for n00bs?

Well, I am not a Linux guru, but have played with it some. Many noobs like Knoppix because you can boot it from a CD on your otherwise Windows machine and play with all the Linux stuff without commiting to fully installing it, but you can install it if you wish.

The one that have been hearing about a lot lately is Ubuntu. Lots of good reviews. I would go that way first. You can also run it off a cd to play with it. There is also Kubunto which is Ubuntu except it has the KDE instead of Gnome. I prefer KDE myself.

I am running CentOS x86-64 as a file server in our office. Seems pretty solid.

The difference between linux and windows 2003 hosting

What's the difference between linux and windows 2003 hosting?

It depends on what you want from your web site. The Linux server will be more secure for your site. If you want to connect to a database you will need to learn a bit about MySQL (probably) and writing PHP web pages. The Windows server will be more prone to worms and malicious attack and you will need to learn MS SQL server and writing ASP web pages if you want to connect that to a database.
I prefer the Linux solution but others will tell you differently...

Rename a windows .exe file to work under linux

How to rename a windows .exe file to work under linux?

Actually I don't think that this is possible. You can't just rename it. If the executable file is a result of a source code that you have compiled then you'd have to "port" the source code to Linux. That is you'd have to rewrite(or modify) the source code so that it's Linux compatible. Part of the reason is that an executable file has in it calls to functions which are found in libraries or header files that are platform(operating system) dependend. For example the DirectX set of graphic library functions are only available on the Windows operationg system. Roughly it would be impossible to run a game like Quake that uses the DirectX library on Linux because linux doesn't have that library.

So, I don't think that this thing could be done in the general case.

Network Linux in with Windows xp computers

Is it possible to network Linux in with Windows xp computers?

yes any version of linux can be part of a windows network. And vise versa. You will not have any issues. Well unless there are permission issues.

Are you wanting to just connect network drives or are you wanting to put the linux box on the windows domain? I did not follow your wording exactly.

The offical site to download linux

Where is the offical site to download linux?

There is no "official" linux.

There are many different distributions or 'flavors' of linux. some are easier to learn than others. some are on CD some on 2 or more.

When I was interested in Linux I went to www.linuxiso.org

That site has downloads for 15 or 20 distributions of linux and links you to the official download site for that particular distro. I would recommend going there first.

Before you download and install any distribution make sure that all your hardware and software is compatible and download ALL the necessary drivers before you make the big switch to linux or you will be in a world of hurt trying to find these drivers after the face, especially if the driver you are looking for is for your video, keyboard, or internet.

Linux can be good to learn and has advantages over windows XP and possibly over Vista as well such as security, lack of viruses, and stability.

The best linux distribution

What is the best linux distribution for this computer?

Have tried PuppyLinux before?

http://www.puppylinux.org/user/viewpage.php?page_id=1

When I said it required 128 MB of RAM, I wasn't being exactly clear. What Puppy does is loads itself, most of the contents of the CD, into RAM, so that they are faster and don't have to be loaded from the CD. The interface is designed to be somewhat similar to Windows 95. I've never installed it to a hard drive, but it should be possible, and from there it would be even faster.

http://www.puppylinux.com/hard-puppy.htm

Run multiple commands on a Unix/Linux system without a GUI

How to run multiple commands on a Unix/Linux system without a GUI?

Try to use screen (if it is installed on your system -- read man 1 screen).

You can
- create a new "window" with Ctrl-A c
- kill a "windows" with Ctrl-A k
- switch between "windows" with Ctrl-A and Ctrl-A
- you can detach the screen (run in background -- you can even logout -- your jobs will still run): Ctrl-A d
- reattaching:
$ screen -r

That's only for starters. Read the built-in help: Ctrl-A ? and the manual for more information.

Of course you can work with background jobs too, but it will be a quite demanding task when you are juggling between 4 or 5 jobs.
It gets even more complicated when you're using && and || operators or redirections.

You can send your job to the background with either "&" at the end of the line or just by pressing Ctrl-Z (stop) and the executing "bg" command (check your shells manual)
You can "retrieve" a background job by issuing the fg command.

Example:
- start 2 long running jobs:

$ ./compile &
$ ./update_doc &

The & operator marks the end of line, so you could actually use single line instead:

$ ./compile & ./update_doc &


- check the job list:

$ jobs

[1]- Running ./compile &
[2]+ Running ./update_doc &

$ "foreground" the first job and send it back to background

$ fg %1
Ctrl-Z
$ bg

kill the second job:

$ kill %2
[2]+ Terminated ./update_doc

Believe me -- you'll prefer screen ;-)

Edit:
yet another solution -- if you're an Emacs user -- just start your editor, M-X shell, voila! I know some hard-core Emacs users who actually _never_ leave their editor.

Take screenshots in linux installation

How to take screenshots in linux installation?

In Gnome based distributions, Take Screenshot is under Accessories in the main menu. If you also look in keyboard shortcuts (open Control Center) you can make keyboard shortcuts for both entire screen or windows. Once again for Gnome, the command is gnome-screenshot.

Keep ssh from timing out in linux

How to keep ssh from timing out in linux?
in server file
MAX_TIMEOUT=300
it is set there what you have to do is change that time if you can
but changing this time will affect server to work properly
you can use putty.exe for ssh in windows xp