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Hello! Whenever you go to install something on Mint use a tarball or a .deb file...don't use a .rpm. RPMs are used for some other Linux distros (such as Fedora) while .deb files are used for Linux operating systems based off of Debian. RPMs and .deb files (they are both examples of package systems) ...

I don't know how this would affect your gaming needs...but maybe you could just have Linux on your PC and then have a Windows XP virtual box to do all of your gaming on. Then, if you get a Windows virus it will be "trapped in the box" so to speak. (Although, I still would suggest running a...

Like Grimdestripador said, you can use axel. Honestly, this post is the first time I had ever heard of axel so I decided to google it. Here is an interesting article that describes axel and prozilla (an alternative to axel that has a GUI and unlike axel, allows you to specify a FTP username and pass...

This most definitely applies to Linux too. Anyone with a little know-how can code malware for Linux. However the point is why would anyone bother? The so-called malware-market is essentially "catering" for Windows. Linux is not the target I agree with this statement. However, Linux is gai...

Another web program that you might look into is Drupal depending on what kind of website you are making. It is great for making blogs, company intranet websites, and many other things! It runs well off of an Apache web server.

Hello Engine66! In your first post, you asked for suggestions on what books to read. In my Linux Workstation college class we used "LPIC-1--Linux Professional Institute Certification Study Guide" by Roderick W. Smith. The ISBN is 978-0-470-40483-6. It gives a pretty good foundation for new...

I think part of the reason why many computer users shy away from using Linux is because it is easy to find self-help websites for Windows that do not use lots of technical jargon. There should be more websites that assist Linux "newbies" with a limit on the use of technical jargon (if tech...

Thank you all for your suggestions. I had shut down my laptop and then restarted it later in the evening. I tried starting up the Ubuntu virtual machine...and it worked! :o I wonder why it would work with just restarting it when it acted like there was a package missing. Well, I guess if anybody has...

Hello! I have just installed VirtualBox in Linux Mint (Gloria). I am planning on using VirtualBox to work with other Linux distros that I use in college such as Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu client, and Fedora (I also would like to experiment with Solaris). I used MintInstall to install VirtualBox and then ...

Thank you all for your advice!

Hello! Maddog is right, top is a great command to see processes running at real time on your system. If you want just a snapshot of what processes are running on your system and not have the processes constantly change order, use the ps command. If you need to kill a process after you identify the P...

Sorry...just noticed this was posted in August. Are you still having problems with that?

Hello! When did this problem start happening? What were you doing when this first occurred? I wouldn't think that your hardware would have anything to do with it. I'll try to see what might be causing it.

Hello! I am pretty new to Linux, so please bear with me. :) (I have Linux Mint Gloria 7.) I know that Linux is considerably less vulnerable to viruses in comparison to Windows. However, I wanted to install an anti-virus to be on the safe side. I successfully downloaded the .deb version of the free A...