Linux comes in the form of many different distributions.
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What package managers do popular Unix Distributions Use?
I am creating a Script and I need to know what package manager each Popular Unix Distribution Uses (especially those distros that are commonly-used for Servers)...
I mean:
Debian uses apt-get
Fedora ...
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Which Linux distribution should I use for a Web server? [closed]
I'm going to set up a webserver at home, but I'm not sure what dist I should use. I have used Linux before but I'm not a proffesional. I've been reading about the differences between some of the ...
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Choose kernel for specific hardware
I have old system with an AMD Athlon 1,2 GHz processor and [SiS] 65x/M650/740 graphics (output from lspci).
Recently I discovered on a german ubuntu page that since version 10.10 some older ...
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Linux flavor for beginners
I bought a new notebook (HP Probook 4530s - i5, 4gb RAM) which has just DOS on it. The idea is to install a flavor of Linux which can serve as an alternative to Windows for my regular work (software ...
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GNU/Linux distribution for network virus || malware identification
I'm looking for a GNU/Linux distro that I can install in transparent setup to look for infected hosts on a LAN. I don't need to stop viruses and malwares but only identify them and the host where they ...
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Is Oracle Linux feasible for a desktop?
Is Oracle Linux feasible for a desktop enviroment or is it strictly server oriented?
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Suggest me a distro “beetwen debian and ubuntu”? [closed]
I need to install a linux distribution; i like the distro debian-like. I used to use ubuntu, i tryied the new version..it seems to me to be a fake of Mac OS...something just to let you say: yeee i ...
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Linux Distribution for bioinformatics?
I need a linux distro which is designed for bioinformatics including some bioinformatics tool, a sample database, etc.
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Keeping track of the latest releases
How do people keep a track of the latest softwares being released? Let me say a distro group like slackware. A distro has ~25K+ packages and about a score of people involved. I hardly think these ...
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Why do most distros (other than Debian) recommend/require a full reinstall when upgrading to a new version?
Having spent most of my Linux life using Debian, I'm been having a look at other distros and am really surprised at extent to which they don't provide a smooth upgrade between versions. Debian is ...
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Git based package manager/installer for Linux
Is there any linux distro that has a git based package manager/installer. I want something similar to FreeBSD Ports (which is CVS based, I think) or Mac OS X Homebrew (git based).
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Wait for Linux Mint 13 or install Linux Mint Debian version?
I have been using Linux Mint 12 with Gnome 3 and I'm very happy with it except about the fact that it get very slow software updates, hoping that Linux Mint 13 will have Gnome 3.4 and Linux kernel 3.2 ...
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Am I in the right direction for a linux os?
I compiled the linux kernel by downloading it from kernel.org, put it on my desktop, and opened up terminal. I changed to the linux-3.2.13 folder, typed mr proper.
Then I use "make menuconfig" to ...
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Setting up a minimal apt-get environment
I would like to set up a minimal environment with apt-get then selectively install packages one at a time.
My understanding is that this is basically what the Debian installer does. Is this ...
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How do you properly fork a Linux distro?
I was wondering, how one would go about creating a Linux distro. LFS seems like overkill, I would rather fork an existing distro. I know there are several "respin" applications, but these only seem to ...
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Does brand/hardware limit the distributions that are safe to run?
I recently tried running Fedora 16 on my laptop and had problems with the fan. In particular, the fan would start, run at full power, and never turn off. I spent a few hours online looking for ...
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How do I search for Linux distro build tools?
After having worked through Linux From Scratch, I get the eerie feeling that in practice, this is not how new distros are built.
How do I search for tools that other distributions are built with? Is ...
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Is linux.org still maintaining their OS? Who's using it?
There are many distributions of linux, so is linux.org still maintaining their orginal OS? If yes, then why use it when you can get Ubuntu, Debian, Centos, etc?
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Why doesn't uname -a return a useful identifier
I typed the command uname -a into my college's server and got this:
2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Sep 6 20:14:03 EDT 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Are they trying to hide the version of Linux that ...
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Any relatively new binary distro causes kernel panics
I'm having trouble using any relatively new binary distro on this machine. The last binary distro to work without issue was Ubuntu 8.04. I'm currently using Gentoo with the latest 3.2.1 kernel and ...
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How to install Vinux on a mac?
I have no experience with linux, nore with installing any OS in any other way then just putting a CD-ROM in a computer and following instructions. To get some more insight into how operating systems ...
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How can I tell whether a build is Debian-based?
I'm starting to work with a box that has a custom (small) Linux build on it. How can I tell whether this is a Debian or Red Hat-based build?
This is what I know so far:
$ cat /proc/version
Linux ...
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How to port printer settings between different distributions?
My wife's netbook has two distributions installed on it: OpenSUSE 11.4, which she no longer uses much, and Debian testing.
The only reason why OpenSUSE is still installed is that, for some odd ...
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What are some options for lightweight distros, specifically for virtulization? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which Linux distro is most lightweight for running virtual machines?
I've been using Linux for a year or two full time. I do a lot of programming, and I'm pretty good ...
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Which Linux distributions have good screen magnifier software, either freely available, or preinstalled?
Which linux distributions have good screen magnifier software, either freely available, or preinstalled with the OS?
Being a visually impaired nerd, I'd like to gain experience on as many platforms ...
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What is the best distro for Toshiba Satellite L10-205(old hardware) used mostly for development?
I'm new to the Linux world, but I would love to switch from windows. I'm developer, mostly in web server based technologies, but sometimes I love to thinker with C++ and other languages. As I'm ...
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FreeBSD vs Damn Small Linux for a Really Old Machine?
I am doing this just for fun, I have several more powerful machines at hand but thought it would be cool to resurrect an approximately 14 year old machine with a Pentium II processor. I will have to ...
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What does Arch Linux offer?
I use Macs, Ubuntu, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Fedora for different purposes. I'm fairly busy and trying out a new distro takes a lot of time, but I hear lots of good things about Arch Linux from people I ...
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Is Debian stable a rolling release?
The question is really that simple: is Debian stable a rolling release? If it's not a rolling release type OS, does a rolling release distro exist which is based on Debian stable?
I know Debian ...
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Linux distribution geared towards developers
I am looking for the best flavor of Linux that would appeal to the developer's side of me. I am a lover of open source and use several different languages.
Is there such a thing as a Linux geared ...
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Are there any Linux Distro that features a Tiling Window Manager as main WM?
I'm a great fan of Tiling Window Managers, but It's odd that I couldn't find any Linux Distro that features a TWM as main WM.
For example... Crunchbang features OpenBox, Bodhi features E17, so... ...
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Generic Linux distro questions
This kind of question might've already been beaten to death. If so, I'm sorry for beating it some more.
I am having trouble understanding Linux executable formats and software distribution packages. ...
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Fedora, CentOS, Ubuntu Linux all are open source linux, but what about when i want to make my own brand from that?
I have used Fedora/Ubuntu/CentOS all of them, and they are open source linux, free to all users and free to do almost anything.
But i do not get this correctly yet. They are open source, and they ...
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How to write a script that effectively determines distro name?
I saw this post on all the different ways to find out what distro is installed, so I'm trying to write a script that tries them all. The possible commands include:
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
$ cat ...
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How do I check if a distribution is Fedora-based?
The Python M2Crypto library requires a slightly different installation command if the Linux distribution is Fedora-core based (e.g., Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, Scientific Linux).
Is there a way to check ...
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Is there a distribution that offers frequent updates to software packages, but stability and consistency in system packages?
I used to use Arch, but it became painful to update if I'm only updating the system every few (3-6 months, typically closer to 6 months). I began to look at other distributions, but it seems like my ...
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Finding out what Linux I'm running [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Bash: Get Distribution Name and Version Number
Is there any consistent way of determining the Linux Distribution / Release that a machine is running if you don't already ...
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What does it mean that a distro is “based on” another distro?
Ubuntu is based on Debian. Mint is based on Ubuntu (except for Linux Mint Debian Edition, which is based on Debian.)
When one distro is based on another, in what ways is it different from the parent ...
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What is the Linux distro ranking based on number of packages?
I am looking for hard data for at least top 10 Linux distro or (better) an address of a web page which keeps such data and (maybe) updates it from time to time (after all repositories are public to ...
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How to make those old-school GUIs (like the debian/arch installer)
I've been doing a lot of installs lately, and when possible I usually opt for the text install from the Live CD's GRUB menu. Most installers looks like this:
I always thought these GUIs (if you can ...
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Are there any problems if I install an old version of a Linux distro?
I've got a computer with 512 MB of RAM, and a 50 GB hard disk.
Question: will I have any problems if I install an old version of Ubuntu, Knoppix, or any other distro? For example: may I have any ...
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Do you judge someone based on their distribution of choice? [closed]
If someone is running say, Ubuntu, are the likely to be regarded as less technical of a person as opposed to someone running a more "hands-on" distribution? Or is Linux just Linux and that's the end ...
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Is there a Linux distro compiled with clang/llvm?
Is there a Linux distro compiled with clang/llvm? It looks like as of late 2010 the kernel was working. If not, would it be more likely to be a technical or licensing issue?
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Is there a web site to search in the file contents of default installations of different linux distributions?
The text string "Network services, Internet style" is found in
the first line of the file /etc/services on a computer running Ubuntu 11.04
erik@laptop:~$ head -1 /etc/services
# Network services, ...
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Which linux distro's package repositories are secure and which are not?
Most distro's I know have some kind of repository functionality where new packages could be downloaded after installation. Which distros do this in a secure way and which doesn't do this in a secure ...
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Classification of Linux distributions
What criteria distinguishes various
distributions of Linux, such as Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE? In
other words, given a release of a
Linux OS, what features mean it is classified into
one ...
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Kernels of different distributions of Unix and of Linux
I have heard that different distributions of Linux have the same Linux kernel up to that the Linux kernels may be in different versions. Do different distributions of Unix also share the same kernel ...
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Distrowatch mistake?
Why does Distrowatch state that Red Hat is Fedora based and Fedora is independent when Fedora's history page indicates that's not the case? Am I misunderstanding, or is Distrowatch wrong?
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How would you code a Linux system installer? [closed]
I'm working on a Linux distro, and it seems like Anaconda and Ubiquity aren't working for my needs.
Are there any precautions one should take when coding an installer for a whole system? I was ...
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A Live CD distro for getting data off a NTFS partition without X Windows
The Windows partition on my laptop seems to refuse to boot, and since I lack the original install CD, I was thinking of installing my preferred Linux distro, Arch on it.
I want to recover data off ...
