I'm planning to download ubuntu, but I don't know if I should download the 64-bit one or the 32-bit one? My computer can handle 64-bit, has 4 gb, 320 gb harddrive. What;s the difference between 64-bit and 32-bit?
View 2 RepliesI've typed 'l' instead of 'ls' in the terminal by mistake a couple of times, and it seems to do pretty much - but not exactly - the same as 'ls' ('l' appends *, @ etc at the end of filenames which seem to indicate permissions and/or links).
I can't find any documentation on 'l'. 'l --help' gives exactly the same output as 'ls --help'. 'which l' gives nothing. There are no files in my filesystem called only 'l' either - just a couple of unrelated folders.
So what's the difference between l and ls?
I have two interfaces, Gnome and KDE. So sometimes I am asked to chose between the 2 display manager gdm (Gnome) or kdm (KDE). I've never noticed any difference. When I have problems with one I have problems with the other, and usually they both seem to function equally well. If you have ever been in a situation where one was better than the other could you please tell me about it? My question is related to troubleshooting a dual-monitor setting but this is another thread, here I'm just asking because I wish to learn a bit more about displays in general.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI know Ubuntu is based on solid foundation of deb. How about rpm?
Currently ubuntu supports installation using deb. Who supports rpm? red hat?
[URL] I am running Ubuntu 8.04.3 if I upgrade anytime the upgrade application asks me to what is the difference between 8.04.3 and 8.04.4?
View 3 Replies View RelatedAt a Linux distribution web site there are two offerings for download
1. img.iso
2. iso
What is the difference between the two?
What is the difference between 0750 and 750? Not the specific numbers but the format of them. I know the difference between 750, 755, 777, 600, etc, but is there a functional difference between using a preceding zero and not using one?
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View 2 Replies View RelatedHow on Earth can you tell the difference between a packaging bug and a bug in the software? I ask because Kubuntu.org says - on it's page for upgrading to KDE 4.5:
Quote:
Bugs in packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE.
Now I don't know where to file *any* bug!
what is difference in file in /usr/bin and /bin
View 3 Replies View RelatedWhat's the difference between apt-get and aptitude? Could I use either to effectively update my system? (ie. do "apt-get update" and "aptitude update" do the same thing?)
View 4 Replies View Relatedi recently upgraded from 10.04 to 10.10.
After I upgraded from 10.04 to 10.10 I can choose between the following OS's when turning on my computer (see picture):
What is the difference between linux 2.6.35-22 and 2.6.32-25? The 2.6.35-22 option froze once on login, I have never experienced any trouble with the 2.6.32-25 option.
So what is the difference between the two? Do i need both? If not, which one should I remove and how?
i am using diff command... to get difference between two file. but the thing is its giving both file difference and i need only the difference of 1st file comparing to 2nd file for that it shoud not show anything abt 2nd file.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a choice between these two programs on boot up They must of both come on my Ubuntu 10.10 download. What is the difference?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am currently using the 32 bit version of Ubuntu on my 64 bit laptop. My question is, does using a 32 bit version on said hardware reduce its performance (i.e will battery life be reduced, system be under more load, etc.)?
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View 3 Replies View Relatedwhat is the difference between Red Hat and Ubuntu and where can I find information about using Linux as an OS?
I'd also like to learn about the pros and cons of using Linux and again if someone can give me directions to a useful source of information, I'll be happy with that. (might even get back into writing code!)
I'd like to find out how to ensure I load the correct drivers for my laptop and where I can find these.
I suppose I could buy a Linux for Dummies book but I suspect that is aimed at writing code which is not what I want to do (at least, initially).
what the difference between the commands tracert and traceroute is? I need to run tracert as superuser, while traceroute is no problem in user mode.
Also, it appers like tracert is showing nodes completely different from traceroute:
Code:
sudo tracert google.nl
traceroute to google.nl (216.239.59.104), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254) 1.078 ms 1.699 ms *
2 * * *
[Code]....
Another thing.. Is it correct to assume that hop 5 and 7 above are loadbalanced nodes? How should I interpret this result, is the traceroute initiating it's path three times? Otherwise it'd be rather strange as to display other addresses in the same node..
Short description of the difference between GPG and SSH keys?
Also, is it possible to combine the two keys? Meaning I can just use one key for both applications?
I'm using NBE on 10.04RC, I've just seen Easy Peasy 1.6 on Distro Watch so ran the live CD out of curiosity. Apart from Gimp I cannot see any difference between Ubuntu 10.04 NBE and Easy Peasy, have I missed something? Menu etc looks the same.. don't look at menu on their website as that's the one based on 9.04 [URL]
This is part of the release note:"Features: new boot system and new boot artwork (uses Plymouth); sports full removal of the HAL package, making EasyPeasy faster to boot and faster to resume from suspend; brand-new interface; built-in integration with Twitter, identi.ca, Facebook and other social networks with the MeMenu in the panel; the likewise-open package, which provides Active Directory authentication and server support for Linux, has been updated to version 5.4; new default open-source driver for NVIDIA hardware; improved support for NVIDIA proprietary graphics drivers".
I have a netbook with Ubuntu 10.04 installed on it, then I installed the netbook-launcher via synaptic. I then installed xfce4 from synaptic (not xubuntu-desktop). What's the difference,if any, between installing xubuntu,and installing ubuntu then installing xfce?I know that the themes, splash, gdm theme, and default apps are different. But is that it? Is my system still effectively Ubuntu?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI am currently in the process of making a file server at home. My friend suggested that I do an LVM (more for learning purposes than anything) instead of a RAID. I have a RAID card with 5 HDD's attached (each one being a 250GB ATA HDD) to the computer. I am planning on using these for the server.
View 4 Replies View RelatedOn U's download page, Canonical says that the 64-bit version of U is not advised "for daily use," i.e., for the general public, I assume. I'd love to know why they don't advise for general use the 64-bit version, even on 64-bit machines. Is it because of the difficulty of getting the 64-bit version of Flash and other, similar problems, or is it because of any inherent instability?
I installed the 64-bit version on my newly built (not new, but not too old equipment) AMD64 machine in late April or early May. Then, about a 1 1/2 month later, after downloading the routine updates, I clicked on Restart, as required. It began installing the updates, then, after about 2-3 seconds, it completely crashed--completely! Now no recovery tool can even see the partition it's on, though Gparted shows the OS/fs still there.
I'm trying to decide what to do about that. Secondly, I'd like to know if there's any difference between the coding of the settings for the apps in the two (home is on a separate partition). That is, can I replace my 64-bit U with a 32-bit one and keep/use my dot folders from before?
I wana know the difference between PAM and GNOME-KEYRING.
I have googled both of them and I found that they both are for authenticating users. and then some tutorials say that I can use gnome-keyring with PAM support!
So what is the difference and if there is no difference how then can I use gnome-keyring with PAM?
What is the difference between those kernels that you can install from this PPA:
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ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa
...which currently has 2.6.35-19.25-generic
AND
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...which currently has 2.6.35.3-maverick (even has later version 2.6.36-rc2-maverick)
AND
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...which currently has 2.6.35.3 (even has later versions 2.6.36-rc2 and 2.6.36-rc2-git4)
Are they the same? Which is newer? Is 2.6.35-19-generic = 2.6.35.3?
What is the difference between /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname?
I think the /etc/hosts file stores all ip address associated with this computer, but what about /etc/hostname?
It sounds almost like the computer name, but what is it used for?
I installed the Ubuntu restricted extras, do I still need to install Medibuntu? What is the difference?
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