General :: How Does The Etc/alternatives System Work
Jan 17, 2010
I've been a Java developer for some time now and I always wind up removing a bunch of stuff from /etc/alternatives in favor of one of several freshly downloaded official Sun JDKs I've installed myself. I don't like circumventing things unnecessarily, though and I also don't like "re-inventing the wheel", either. If I had a better idea of how that system worked, perhaps it would not be required. I mean I usually write a script to switch between jdk's for different projects but perhaps I would not need a script if I knew how this worked
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Aug 31, 2010
So, are there any alternatives to X for Linux? I often hear about other DEs that run on X11 or X, but I have read here and there that there are some alternatives that have picked up a little steam lately, but I know absolutely nothing about them.
What are these alternatives and how would you go about trying them? Are there any live distros that use anything but X?
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Feb 10, 2010
If I have SMP kernel would it work with single processor or only work with multiple processors system?
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Aug 23, 2010
I have heard that SSH was originally for BSD. Is this correct? And what alternatives to SSH do GNU users use? Or do people just not use GNU for SSH or an SSH type application?
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Jun 3, 2010
What's the best Remote Desktop Application? Citrix GoToAssist is a really nifty little web application for customer support that allows you to take control of someones OSX, or Windows machine. Essentially, it works likes this:
You log in to your management console You get a code You give them a code, and a website (fastsupport.com) They go there and enter in the code They accept the browser applet which installs a program on their computer You have control of their desktop
You can see their desktop, configure applications, etc. They can also see when you disconnect. It is really rather nifty, but it doesn't support Linux and it is rather expensive (660$ a year). Does anyone know of any alternatives to this? I'm looking for a solution as simple on the user as this one, that doesn't require firewall configuration or setting up ssh/vnc/rdesktop etc.
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May 26, 2010
I want to call/run an .exe file from a perl file as so:
Code:
my $cmd=`runner.exe`;
I want to limit the time I want it to run (say 20 seconds).
ulimit should do it as so:
Code:
my $cmd=`ulimit -t 20; runner.exe`;
but I get this:
Quote:
sh: line 0: ulimit: cpu time: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted
any alternatives that can do the same thing as ulimit? even if it's just for this one process (runner.exe)
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Dec 16, 2010
if there were any alternatives to knotify. in running xfce and i was hoping to get gnotify(thats what ubuntu uses right??) or any other alternative works.
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Jul 20, 2010
Adobe Reader is the best, but it's so resource heavy. It takes almost 10% of my 8GB ram. Evince has trouble with highlighting text and does not support tabs. Foxit Reader for Linux does not support tabs. Any assistance in choosing an appropriate PDF viewer that supports these features on Linux and isn't too resource intensive?
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Feb 18, 2010
Is any alternative for (deskshell(XC) -- syntax and control constructs of the Deskshell command language) in fedora.It was using in sco unix.
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Nov 26, 2010
I have the following in /usr/java :
[root@jonas java]# ls -l
total 40668
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 16 2010-11-26 15:45 default -> /usr/java/latest
drwxr-xr-x. 7 root root 4096 2010-11-26 15:44 jre1.6.0_22
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 20946625 2010-09-15 12:42 jre-6u22-linux-i586.rpm
[Code].....
Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number:
How can I run java jre-6u22 ?
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Jun 24, 2010
I'm trying to produce a list of opensource alternatives to Blackboard and webct EDIT: please provide user experience and recommendation. I'm not looking for a google search on the products out there; rather, I was wondering about your personal input
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Sep 7, 2010
I have downloaded the ISO onto a DVD-RW and when i pop it into my Acer laptop it works and shows that there are 34 files but when i put it into my gateway laptop it doesn't read it and nothing is showing up on the CD?
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Jul 9, 2011
I've downloaded Vidalia, but instead of No Configuration, I chose One-Time Restart, and now whenever I try to open TOR, it says that it is already running. I've rebooted already, but that didn't help at all. I would like to start using TOR as an experiment and to remain anonymous. Sure, there's HideMyAss! add-on for Google Chrome, but I just want to try it all out. Can someone help me?
This is what it says
"Vidalia detected that the Tor software exited unexpectedly.
Please check the message log for recent warning or error messages." code...
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Apr 13, 2011
I cannot get my audio to work except for system sounds. No music or video sound?
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
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Feb 27, 2011
I am having some confusion.For development work I needed following packages uote:
bcc bin86 gawk bridge-utils iproute libcurl3 libcurl4-openssl-dev bzip2 module-init-tools transfig tgif texinfo texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-recommended texlive-fonts-extra texlive-fonts-recommended pciutils-dev mercurial build-essential make gcc libc6-dev
[code]...
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May 14, 2011
I have a 3 year old PC with 4 internal SATA ports. My old SATA hard drives, all smaller than 2TB, work fine. If I buy a 3TB SATA hard drive, will it work in Linux? Will Linux with GRUB be able boot from such a hard drive without a BIOS upgrade? With a BIOS upgrade? It's fine for me to upgrade my Linux to the newest kernel.
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Oct 5, 2010
I created a very simple cron job for testing my first Linux system but It doesn't work. After open the crobtab file by typing crontab -e, I put a line like this to send email in every 2 minutes to report disk usage:MAILTO=dan@gmail.com*/2 * * * * du -s /homeI tried to restart cron several times but I still got nothing worked. /etc/init.d/crond restart
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Apr 28, 2010
At home - Ubuntu, running vnc, dhcp,
At work - windows 7, running vnc, dhcp.
How would I be able to access a home ubuntu workstation from my work's laptop ?
Any ideas on what is the best set up ?
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Mar 16, 2011
Wanting to experiment with Linux. Would like a free or inexpensive version on CD or DVD. Would like source code to be included.
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May 26, 2011
I tried hard so that I can stay away from version control but in almost good job specifications, I find version control as requirement. So I thought I had to start from somewhere. I always tried to read it but haven't got much luck with it. So I have few problems to ask. I am confused and I really want to know how can I use version control in my context and how will my working environment change with it.
I have Linux VPS Server. I use capnel/whm to create sites in php/joomla. So is version control a software or script which I can install on my linux box like ./configure. Or I have to install it on every site like any framework I use Dreamweaver to edit files via FTP. Now if I install version control then do I still use same method to edit files or then method gets chnaged What about the database like MySQL will it stays same or its also version controlled Will version control make my system slow and how much space it uses on my server.
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Dec 24, 2010
I was wondering if there are alternatives to "Distrowatch" where the various linux distributions are responsibly and unbiasly discussed?
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Jan 27, 2010
I have a very simple php web application deployed on linux (centOS4) machine. It creates a file and stores the file in /tmp folder on my linux machine. The path for this file is specified in the href attribute of the link. Ideally when we click this link the download manager should pop up so that the file can be downloaded on client machine.
When i access this website remotely from my window xp machine on firefox it downloads the file properly but when i run on internet explorer (i have IE7 on my windows XP) and click the link, the download manager does'nt pop's up. even when i right-click that link and select save as, an error message pop's up saying "file path not found". possibly IE is not able to determine the linux file path .so how do i work around this. is there some specific way for specifying the linux file paths to be downloaded by IE?
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Nov 5, 2010
I can't seem to get my adapter to work on my Debian Squeeze system. I have the wpc54g linksys notebook adapter and disk... but the disk will not autorun...I have gotten as far as to the adapter being activated, shows connection 97%, but I can't surf!
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Nov 14, 2010
I am having with Pan and can't seem to get any love. I'm ready to just scrap Pan but I can't find an alternative.Does anyone know of anything similar that, you know, actually works?
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Sep 8, 2010
Oracle has left a bad taste in my mouth as of late, and I'm looking to remove any software affiliated with them from my machine. I haven't had any problems in terms of finding replacements until I came to OpenOffice, of which I have been a user for years.
I am aware of the existence of Gnome Office and KOffice and have been tinkering with both, but I am curious as to whether or not anyone here on LQ has found a more suitable replacement.Here's hoping someone forks OO.o before Oracle pulls another stunt.
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Jun 24, 2011
F15 running on my Dell Latitude 505 laptop. During installation (last week) I got "Gnome3 not fully supported - using fallback mode". I found out later that my Intel 855 video doesn't support 3D, which Gnome3 requires.
System seems to run fine and boots into fallback video. But I'd sure like to have access to my "desktop" so I can drag and drop folders, etc. there. Currently I now have to open the Desktop folder, and then drag and drop, etc. And without an "active" desktop screen, added devices (external drives, cameras, etc.) don't show up unless I open the Desktop folder. Is there an alternative to Gnome3 I can install? I assume without the need for 3D which my Intel video 855 doesn't support.
If there's an alternative or two, could someone point me to exactly how to install them? If there's a more appropriate forum here for this request,
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Jun 7, 2011
If Slackware didn't include KDE:
1) Which KDE apps would you miss?
2) Which alternatives for these apps would you suggest?
Proposing GNOME apps instead is considered bad practice, as there is no sign of GNOME being re-included in Slackware in a foreseeable future.
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Feb 10, 2010
if there were any (better?) alternatives to Nautilus.
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Aug 19, 2010
I'm completely new to Ubuntu and recently installed Ubuntu 10.4 and looking for linux equivelants of the programmes in the title?
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Mar 6, 2011
Are there other alternatives for panel/dock in ubuntu.? I'm bored with docks providing Mac feel or ubuntu panels. Is there a way i can replace my panels with something like shown in this video: URL...
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