I’m planning to use three 10,000 rpm Western Digital Rapters in RAID 5 for my dream PC that I’m getting ready to build. I want the quickest possible boot and load times from my hard drives but I also want some protection against data loss (bad experience with RAID 0). I also want to have tri-boot system (Linux, XP and eventually Vista) and am concerned that three partitions would reduce or eliminate the performance gains from my RAID array. Is this true? Any suggestions and advice would be much appreciated. (Storage and back up is provided by a 2Terabyte NAS so I don’t need a huge amount of local strorage)

hi!!! i just want to know which is better to use the debian linux or the Mandrake linux… if debian linux is much more better to use..
Why is it..it is better to use?? and what is the advantage of debian linux to mandrake linux.. need it today pls……. help me!!!

What’s a good webcam that I can use right out of the box in Ubuntu Linux for applications such as Skype, VLC, and also chatting websites?

Anything that’s around 30 dollars.
All answers are appreciated. Thank you.

How do i get to use ioternet on my newly installed Suse Linux 10.1 ?
My modem is a DSL modem and i have the required drivers on a CD.

And…….

Is there anyway in which i can see the windows drive(correct me if i am wrong) in linux and contents in linux drive when in windows.?

And……

Which is the best website for a new linux user like me to visit?

I’d like a way to live stream a video (movie) from my dedicated linux server (running debian) and possibly have chat as well? Sort of like Justin.tv but running on my box. Thanks!

I’ve chosen Computer Science instead of Music, so I need a cheap but useful comouter for programming (an older OS would do (no older than Windows 98)). It requires serial ports and some USBs would not hurt either. It would also need to be able to run 2 pertitions because I will require Linux too.

Thx!
Laptop prefered.

I have an old PC running Xubuntu and I plan on installing AVG Free. When I look at the download screen for Linux files, I have the options:

.deb
.rpm
.sh
.tar.gz

Which one should I download? Is installing anti virus even necessary if I have this version of linux?

Thank you,
Thank you very much for that first answer, is there somewhere I can find a list for the file types that Xubuntu can install?

A lot of people praise Linux for the fact that it gives people access to it’s source code, and talk down on windows for not releasing it. My question is, if you have windows installed on your computer, what is preventing you from looking at it’s source code?

I currently have the Adobe CS5 and Linux Mint setup. I was wondering if its possible for me to install adobe applications to linux???

I heard that its possible to install the adobe photoshop cs5 on linux mint. If so, how do I do that?

Thanks. =D

Its so easy to get pirated Windows that you don’t bother buying it. But one should think about whether we should do it or not. I mean it feels good when you are doing the things in a way that you think is right. If I think about it, it seems that the people who did so much hard work in making the Microsoft Windows are getting less paid because of us. What do you think: ‘What is so wrong about using the pirated stuff?’ Moreover, when there is a free alternative available(Linux) why don’t we use it and feel good about not using the pirated one.

I want to listen to the same music at the same time with 2 computers in my LAN. One is running Linux, the other one Windows XP. So I thought it would be the best to set up server on the linux pc and setup a stream to the other pc. But I don’t know how to do that. What application do you recommend me? Should be easy (fast) to configure. Is this possible without a delay, anyway?

Open-source programming embraces a philosophy that states programmers should make their code available to everyone rather than keeping it proprietary. The Linux operating system has had much success as an open-source code.
What are other advantages of open-source code (Linux or MACs "Snow Leppard")?

Why do you think that companies such as Microsoft maintain proprietary restrictions on their code?

I am a software eng. Developing softwares in foxpro, vb, asp, php, msaccess, mssql. Now i want to go with linux. So which linux version is better for this. And also i need the development tools and database for linux. I want to run the developed applications in windows also…

How on earth do you install a program on SUSE Linux? I have dowloaded the program SNORT and I have no earthly idea how to install it. I am not at all familiar with Linux and when I open the folder I downloaded, I see no executable files. The filename of the file I downloaded is snort-2.6.1.tar.gz

Any answers as to how I might accomplish the installations of this would be greatly appriciated.
How then, do you compile the source code into a .rpm?

I’d really like some free/open source software, on Linux, for Flash design/development. As up to date as possible. Any suggestions welcome, especially with review.

It is quite understandable why there is noise from the Debian purists about Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distros. but Linux Mint Debian Edition surely they are spurning their own ‘The Wonderful World Of Linux Politics’

Your thoughts ?

I installed like 3 different versions of flash player and tried on 2 browsers, its not working!!!!! I installed directly from adobes website. I installed the yum and the .rpm for (other) Linux but nothing is working. I restarted my browser like 20 times and my computer twice, I installed all updates as well. what is the problem?

Can downloaded viruses damage Mandriva Linux 09?
You all have good answers. Wish it would let me select ALL
Thanks guys

i got a cd and i need help i dont no how should i install linux redhat

Open-source programming embraces a philosophy that states programmers should make their code available to everyone rather than keeping it proprietary. The Linux operating system has had much success as an open source code. The chapter mentions some of the advantages of open source code, such as quicker code updates in response to technological advances and changes.

based on this paragraph i had to answer some questions for my assignment but i didnt get 2 questions they were:

Why do you think that companies such as Microsoft maintain proprietary restrictions on their code?

and

Are there disadvantages to maintaining proprietary code?

can someone explain this to me?

I’m thinking in migrate from Windows to a Linux operating system… But the main problem to do it is the Linux applications, which I don’t know very well. Could you tell/recommend some applications to me?
I need a good image editor (like Corel Draw and Photoshop in Windows);
A good media player (like Windows Media Player);
A good download manager (like Free Download Manager in Windows);
A nice media converter (like FormatFactory for Windows);
And a nice sound editor.
Those kind of applications are the ones which I use more, so, I need them.
And could you tell me what is your favorite Linux distro too?
Thanks, and sorry for spelling and grammar mistakes.
* With download manager, I meant an application for download common files from web, like music and other suff.

I am teaching at a school with a Microsoft Windows based network. I am considering ordering 15 Cherrypal Africa netbooks with linux operating system and 160GB hard drive for my students to use in the classroom. I need to know if I order these computers, can they access the network drives to save files on the school network and can they connect to networked printers for the students to print their assignments? Any help in this matter would be greately appreciated. Thanks

Ok please help me out.
I cant seem to figure out how to install php,mysql,apache
am running linux mandriva 2009 at the moment..
please could someone tell me how to get everything
Also what else do i need to make a good server
am going to be running my site on it which will be a community site.
where people log in and stuff

I’ve used wine and play on linux to download the application, but it just isn’t working. Every time I click on the application to open it doesn’t open up. Does anyone know what I can do to make it work.
itunes seven is working just fine, but I don’t want the old version i want the newer version.

i have had smoothwall2.0/3.0 as my firewall on my desktop server for years and loved it, but i just switched over to blade dell servers and smoothwall 3.0/2.0 dosen’t work on RAID arrays. can someone give me like a list of free open source (preferably Linux/gnome based)good firewalls?