 Questions and Answers archive |
| • Questions and answers (2019-04-01): The benefits and drawbacks to using a live distro |
| • Questions and answers (2019-03-25): Tracking down the user who changed a file |
| • Questions and answers (2019-03-11): Managing services and start-up applications |
| • Questions and answers (2019-03-04): Securely erasing hard drives |
| • Questions and answers (2019-02-25): Preventing applications from stealing window focus |
| • Questions and answers (2019-02-11): Reading status information from top |
| • Questions and answers (2019-02-04): Matching operating systems with file systems |
| • Questions and answers (2019-01-21): Picking a location for swap space
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| • Questions and answers (2019-01-14): Dealing with an unresponsive desktop |
| • Questions and answers (2018-12-24): Separate /home partition and dual booting performance |
| • Questions and answers (2018-12-10): Finding and removing non-free packages |
| • Questions and answers (2018-12-03): When to use swap space |
| • Questions and answers (2018-11-05): Examining RAM consumption, support for older processors |
| • Questions and answers (2018-10-29): Limit application access to specific users |
| • Questions and answers (2018-10-22): Why init keeps running |
| • Questions and answers (2018-10-15): Reasons to try BSD, swapping hard drives |
| • Questions and answers (2018-10-08): Improving manual pages, advantages of Flatpak/Snap |
| • Questions and answers (2018-10-01): Dual booting Linux and FreeBSD |
| • Questions and answers (2018-09-17): File systems for solid state drives (SSDs) |
| • Questions and answers (2018-09-10): Finding video drivers and switching init implementations |
| • Questions and answers (2018-09-03): Keeping ISO downloads safe from tampering |
| • Questions and answers (2018-08-27): Merging partitions, an alternative to Tails, the differences between su, su - and sudo |
| • Questions and answers (2018-08-13): Maximum storage limits on Linux |
| • Questions and answers (2018-07-30): Upgrading software from source code |
| • Questions and answers (2018-07-23): Types of security provided by different projects |
| • Questions and answers (2018-07-09): Checking for CPU bugs and configuring GRUB |
| • Questions and answers (2018-07-02): Rise of Manjaro and the future of PCLinuxOS |
| • Questions and answers (2018-06-25): Counting Ubuntu installs |
| • Questions and answers (2018-05-14): Finding text in files and Debian's many flavours |
| • Questions and answers (2018-04-30): Accessing ZFS snapshots |
| • Questions and answers (2018-04-23): Using systemd to hide files |
| • Questions and answers (2018-04-09): Locating portable packages |
| • Questions and answers (2018-03-12): The size of the Linux kernel |
| • Questions and answers (2018-02-26): Performing off-line upgrades |
| • Questions and answers (2018-01-29): Desktop-friendly Debian and systemd boot times |
| • Questions and answers (2018-01-22): Recovering open files, starting a new Linux distro |
| • Questions and answers (2018-01-15): All about Spectre and Meltdown |
| • Questions and answers (2017-11-27): Gaining longer battery life |
| • Questions and answers (2017-11-20): Cross-distro software ports |
| • Questions and answers (2017-11-13): Worried about spyware |
| • Questions and answers (2017-10-30): Several "what if" security questions |
| • Questions and answers (2017-10-02): Partitioning disks for ZFS |
| • Questions and answers (2017-09-18): Benefits and drawbacks of using completely free operating systems |
| • Questions and answers (2017-08-28): Using Flatpak vs Snap |
| • Questions and answers (2017-08-21): Rolling releases and BSD |
| • Questions and answers (2017-08-14): Gaming on Linux |
| • Questions and answers (2017-07-31): Transferring a list of installed packages |
| • Questions and answers (2017-07-24): Logging sudo usage |
| • Questions and answers (2017-07-17): Source based Linux distributions |
| • Questions and answers (2017-07-03): Linking an ISO file to a specific user |
| • Questions and answers (2017-06-26): Distributions with support for even older hardware |
| • Questions and answers (2017-06-12): Kernel blobs and getting rid of them |
| • Questions and answers (2017-06-05): Devuan and systemd |
| • Questions and answers (2017-05-22): How SELinux improves security |
| • Questions and answers (2017-05-08): Checking file system fragmentation |
| • Questions and answers (2017-05-01): Anbox, ZFS on root, init software for Linux Mint Debian Edition 3, Debian's many kernels |
| • Questions and answers (2017-04-17): Seeking security in source code |
| • Questions and answers (2017-04-10): Setting up VPN connections |
| • Questions and answers (2017-03-27): Sharing control of the operating system |
| • Questions and answers (2017-03-06): Security and the size of a distribution's team, update on streaming Netflix on Raspbian |
| • Questions and answers (2017-02-06): Comparing containers with portable applications |
| • Questions and answers (2017-01-23): Remotely running desktop applications |
| • Questions and answers (2017-01-16): Exciting things coming in 2017 |
| • Questions and answers (2017-01-09): Removing sudo's password requirement |
| • Questions and answers (2017-01-02): Video drivers and Linux |
| • Questions and answers (2016-12-12): Favourite distributions and tools |
| • Questions and answers (2016-12-05): Running Android apps on a desktop Linux system |
| • Questions and answers (2016-10-24): Differences in popularity |
| • Questions and answers (2016-10-17): Making packages for distributions |
| • Questions and answers (2016-10-03): Was openSUSE just purchased? |
| • Questions and answers (2016-09-26): Blocking applications at the firewall |
| • Questions and answers (2016-09-19): 32-bit vs 64-bit performance |
| • Questions and answers (2016-09-12): All about cron jobs |
| • Questions and answers (2016-08-29): Finding software licensing information |
| • Questions and answers (2016-08-15): Ubuntu phone follow-up |
| • Questions and answers (2016-07-18): Getting software to work across distributions |
| • Questions and answers (2016-07-11): Proving the system is secure |
| • Questions and answers (2016-06-27): Running GNU/Linux on tablet computers |
| • Questions and answers (2016-06-20): Getting to know how the system works |
| • Questions and answers (2016-06-13): Clearing up Clonezilla |
| • Questions and answers (2016-05-23): Comparing kernel components |
| • Questions and answers (2016-05-16): Switching from CentOS to Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
| • Questions and answers (2016-05-09): Addressing GPL violations |
| • Questions and answers (2016-05-02): Compiling a custom kernel for performance gains |
| • Questions and answers (2016-04-18): Menus, short-cuts and accessibility |
| • Questions and answers (2016-04-11): Setting up disk partitions and bash on Windows |
| • Questions and answers (2016-03-28): Using signatures and creating a web of trust |
| • Questions and answers (2016-03-07): Trying different file systems |
| • Questions and answers (2016-02-29): Persistent storage and distributions for Psion devices |
| • Questions and answers (2016-02-15): Hardware that respects user freedom |
| • Questions and answers (2016-02-01): Logging into the desktop as root |
| • Questions and answers (2016-01-25): Comparing Linux and BSD |
| • Questions and answers (2016-01-18): Linux without GNU software |
| • Questions and answers (2016-01-04): The safety of software in distribution repositories |
| • Questions and answers (2015-12-14): Finding and removing meta-data |
| • Questions and answers (2015-12-07): WINE and Mono on live media |
| • Questions and answers (2015-11-30): What an ELF is and an HTTPS option |
| • Questions and answers (2015-11-23): Transferring an operating system to another computer |
| • Questions and answers (2015-11-16): A stable operating system with rolling packages |
| • Questions and answers (2015-11-09): Balancing privacy with ease of use |
| • Questions and answers (2015-11-02): Display log files in reverse order |
| • Questions and answers (2015-10-26): Creating a live image of the operating system |
| • Questions and answers (2015-10-12): Sending commands to multiple servers |
| • Questions and answers (2015-10-05): Clearing out dot files from the home directory |
| • Questions and answers (2015-09-28): Containing user accounts |
| • Questions and answers (2015-09-21): Accessing hard disk images and creating PDF/A documents |
| • Questions and answers (2015-09-14): Creating PDF/A documents on Linux |
| • Questions and answers (2015-09-07): Exploring process information and UEFI |
| • Questions and answers (2015-08-31): The LILO boot loader |
| • Questions and answers (2015-08-17): Rapid fire questions and answers |
| • Questions and answers (2015-08-10): Command line word processors |
| • Questions and answers (2015-07-20): Finding a secure distribution |
| • Questions and answers (2015-07-13): Seeking openSUSE derivatives |
| • Questions and answers (2015-07-06): The source of Ubuntu's packages |
| • Questions and answers (2015-06-22): System freezing while deleting files |
| • Questions and answers (2015-06-08): Working with or around Secure Boot |
| • Questions and answers (2015-06-01): Debian, Devuan and systemd |
| • Questions and answers (2015-05-11): Creating an ISO from a disc |
| • Questions and answers (2015-05-04): Distribution release frequency |
| • Questions and answers (2015-04-13): Google Code closing and social media |
| • Questions and answers (2015-03-23): Counting distributions and their popularity |
| • Questions and answers (2015-03-16): Modern software on older computers |
| • Questions and answers (2015-03-09): The number and diversity of Linux distributions |
| • Questions and answers (2015-02-09): Working with encrypted e-mail |
| • Questions and answers (2015-02-02): Destroying encrypted data |
| • Questions and answers (2015-01-26): Commercial distributions and DistroWatch |
| • Questions and answers (2015-01-19): Improving Bluetooth support |
| • Questions and answers (2015-01-12): Mysterious load averages and binary logs |
| • Questions and answers (2015-01-05): Exploring systemd |
| • Questions and answers (2014-12-08): The adoption of systemd |
| • Questions and answers (2014-11-24): Blocking network access for specific applications |
| • Questions and answers (2014-11-17): Cleaning up the package cache |
| • Questions and answers (2014-10-27): Debian, systemd and forks |
| • Questions and answers (2014-10-06): Setting up home server, experiment with rolling releases |
| • Questions and answers (2014-09-15): Running applications across Linux distributions |
| • Questions and answers (2014-09-08): Distributions not adopting systemd |
| • Questions and answers (2014-09-01): Working with Bash completion |
| • Questions and answers (2014-08-25): Trusting binary packages |
| • Questions and answers (2014-08-18): The appeal of rolling releases |
| • Questions and answers (2014-08-11): Running out of disk space and software back doors |
| • Questions and answers (2014-08-04): Getting started with Linux servers |
| • Questions and answers (2014-07-28): Encrypted package downloads |
| • Questions and answers (2014-07-07): Home security basics |
| • Questions and answers (2014-06-30): E-book management |
| • Questions and answers (2014-06-23): Multiple distributions on a DVD or USB thumb drive |
| • Questions and answers (2014-06-16): Accessing encrypted content from live media |
| • Questions and answers (2014-05-26): Linux distributions offering commercial support |
| • Questions and answers (2014-05-19): Troubleshooting waking-from-sleep on laptops |
| • Questions and answers (2014-05-05): Using ownCloud at home without dedicated hardware |
| • Questions and answers (2014-04-21): Multimedia support and patents |
| • Questions and answers (2014-03-03): Blocking, filtering and logging web content |
| • Questions and answers (2014-02-24): Preventing unwanted remote logins |
| • Questions and answers (2014-02-10): Putting server security first |
| • Questions and answers (2014-01-06): More multi-part archives and network shares |
| • Questions and answers (2013-12-23): Dividing an archive across multiple discs |
| • Questions and answers (2013-12-16): Finding drop-in replacements for unsupported operating systems |
| • Questions and answers (2013-12-02): Troubleshooting operating system lock-ups |
| • Questions and answers (2013-11-25): Security updates - the what and the why |
| • Questions and answers (2013-11-18): Menu names versus command line names |
| • Questions and answers (2013-11-11): Improving desktop performance post-upgrade |
| • Questions and answers (2013-11-04): ARM devices, tablets and Linux distributions |
| • Questions and answers (2013-10-28): Considering upgrade pros and cons |
| • Questions and answers (2013-10-21): Keeping up with the vulnerabilities |
| • Questions and answers (2013-10-14): Discovering device names and recovering deleted files |
| • Questions and answers (2013-10-07): Making a custom distribution |
| • Questions and answers (2013-09-30): Moving operating system to new computer |
| • Questions and answers (2013-09-23): Quick-n-easy command-line tips |
| • Questions and answers (2013-09-16): Skype alternatives |
| • Questions and answers (2013-09-09): A tale of two operating systems |
| • Questions and answers (2013-09-02): Forcing applications to run from RAM |
| • Questions and answers (2013-08-12): Managing many passwords easily |
| • Questions and answers (2013-08-05): Adjusting system swappiness |
| • Questions and answers (2013-07-29): Mounting infected disks |
| • Questions and answers (2013-07-22): What is Tor and why is it important |
| • Questions and answers (2013-07-08): Discovering processor capabilities |
| • Questions and answers (2013-06-24): All about shells |
| • Questions and answers (2013-06-03): Maintaining DNS Settings |
| • Questions and answers (2013-05-27): Working with ports |
| • Questions and answers (2013-05-13): What to do with old computer equipment |
| • Questions and answers (2013-04-22): Opening large files without slowing down the system |
| • Questions and answers (2013-04-15): Advantages and benefits of ZFS and Btrfs over ext4 |
| • Questions and answers (2013-04-08): Comparing file systems - ZFS and Btrfs |
| • Questions and answers (2013-04-01): Resources for learning about computer forensics |
| • Questions and answers (2013-03-18): Linux distributions for musicians |
| • Questions and answers (2013-03-11): Security and potential malware in Linux distributions |
| • Questions and answers (2013-03-04): Questions about justification and diversity of Linux distributions |
| • Questions and answers (2013-02-18): On cloud privacy and version numbering |
| • Questions and answers (2013-02-11): Dealing with broken packages |
| • Questions and answers (2013-01-21): Accessing encrypted drive from live CD |
| • Questions and answers (2013-01-07): Removing pre-installed applications |
| • Questions and answers (2012-12-17): OpenJDK versus Oracle Java |
| • Questions and answers (2012-12-03): Defining a distribution |
| • Questions and answers (2012-11-26): Secure Boot has arrived |
| • Questions and answers (2012-11-19): Switching file systems on the fly |
| • Questions and answers (2012-11-12): Priorities and external drives |
| • Questions and answers (2012-10-22): Initiating a Halt |
| • Questions and answers (2012-10-15): Connecting to multiple machines behind a router |
| • Questions and answers (2012-09-17): Displaying update notifications |
| • Questions and answers (2012-09-10): The Linux kernel and long-term support |
| • Questions and answers (2012-08-27): Setting quotas on specific folders |
| • Questions and answers (2012-08-20): Secure Boot and BSD |
| • Questions and answers (2012-08-13): Transferring email to Linux |
| • Questions and answers (2012-07-30): Changing desktop background from command line |
| • Questions and answers (2012-07-23): Getting older machines to boot once secure boot becomes standard |
| • Questions and answers (2012-07-16): On firewalls and window frames |
| • Questions and answers (2012-07-09): Virtual PDF Printer |
| • Questions and answers (2012-07-02): ZFS on Linux |
| • Questions and answers (2012-06-25): Mounting network shares at boot |
| • Questions and answers (2012-06-18): Distributions for audio recording, multi-distro disk layout |
| • Questions and answers (2012-06-11): A tale of two projects |
| • Questions and answers (2012-06-04): Improving software performance |
| • Questions and answers (2012-05-28): Encrypting one's home folder |
| • Questions and answers (2012-05-21): Launching tasks when computer is idle |
| • Questions and answers (2012-04-30): Using native applications, a note on OpenSSH |
| • Questions and answers (2012-04-23): Open-source applications for live streaming, difference between desktop environments and window managers |
| • Questions and answers (2012-04-09): Where did I leave my (GPG) keys? |
| • Questions and answers (2012-04-02): Top ten killer applications |
| • Questions and answers (2012-03-26): Private communication and backups with GPG |
| • Questions and answers (2012-03-19): Simple command-line tricks |
| • Questions and answers (2012-03-12): An update in the Secure Boot saga |
| • Questions and answers (2012-03-05): Flash EOL |
| • Questions and answers (2012-02-27): Handling magnet links in Linux |
| • Questions and answers (2012-02-20): End of support for Kubuntu |
| • Questions and answers (2012-02-13): Tracking and identifying users through web browser data |
| • Questions and answers (2012-02-06): Revisiting Ubuntu market share numbers |
| • Questions and answers (2012-01-30): AppArmor, home movies, tabs in Vim, syntax highlighting |
| • Questions and answers (2012-01-23): Clang went the compiler |
| • Questions and answers (2012-01-16): SOPA and open-source software |
| • Questions and answers (2012-01-02): Creating ISO images |
| • Questions and answers (2011-12-19): Security self-service |
| • Questions and answers (2011-11-21): File systems for USB flash drives |
| • Questions and answers (2011-11-14): Converting audio formats |
| • Questions and answers (2011-11-07): systemd |
| • Questions and answers (2011-10-31): Software patents |
| • Questions and answers (2011-10-17): Secure boot process |
| • Questions and answers (2011-10-10): A look behind the curtain, part 2 |
| • Questions and answers (2011-10-03): A look behind the curtain |
| • Questions and answers (2011-09-19): Tweaking X.Org drivers for better Intel graphics support |
| • Questions and answers (2011-09-05): Building live CDs and compiling source code |
| • Questions and answers (2011-08-29): Recovering deleted files |
| • Questions and answers (2011-08-22): Linux versus Android and webOS |
| • Questions and answers (2011-08-15): Mixing RPM packages made for different distributions |
| • Questions and answers (2011-08-01): Unit testing with Isolator++ |
| • Questions and answers (2011-07-18): Office licenses |
| • Questions and answers (2011-07-04): Alternatives to GNOME 3 |
| • Questions and answers (2011-06-20): Personal firewall applications |
| • Questions and answers (2011-06-13): Extending battery life |
| • Questions and answers (2011-06-06): Restricting commands to specific users |
| • Questions and answers (2011-05-30): LibreOffice versus OpenOffice.org |
| • Questions and answers (2011-05-23): Frustrated with lack of "polish" |
| • Questions and answers (2011-05-02): Choosing the right distribution and software |
| • Questions and answers (2011-04-25): Working together |
| • Questions and answers (2011-03-28): All about wireless |
| • Questions and answers (2011-03-21): DistroWatch visitor number growth |
| • Questions and answers (2011-03-14): Using the GNU Lesser General Public License |
| • Questions and answers (2011-02-28): Web browsers for Linux |
| • Questions and answers (2011-02-21): Using noexec to prevent social engineering attacks |
| • Questions and answers (2011-02-14): Improving performance with custom-compiled source packages |
| • Questions and answers (2011-02-07): Keeping laptops cool with cpufreqd |
| • Questions and answers (2011-01-31): Using chroot |
| • Questions and answers (2011-01-17): Creating a swap file |
| • Questions and answers (2011-01-10): Creating a distribution |
| • Questions and answers (2011-01-03): Online Linux resources |
| • Questions and answers (2010-12-13): Memory usage |
| • Questions and answers (2010-12-06): Why is Debian "out-of-date"? |
| • Questions and answers (2010-11-29): Using a distro with upstream packages |
| • Questions and answers (2010-11-22): Getting a Linux tablet PC |
| • Questions and answers (2010-11-08): Blocking access to inappropriate websites |
| • Questions and answers (2010-11-01): Linux and the command line |
| • Questions and answers (2010-10-25): Virtual Machine options |
| • Questions and answers (2010-10-11): File systems for SSDs |
| • Questions and answers (2010-10-04): Advocating Linux and free software |
| • Questions and answers (2010-09-27): Linux frustrations |
| • Questions and answers (2010-09-20): On PC-BSD's licence, development team and hardware support |
| • Questions and answers (2010-09-13): Java - Oracle versus Google |
| • Questions and answers (2010-08-30): Sharing files on home network |
| • Questions and answers (2010-08-23): Chatting with Jared Smith, Fedora Project Leader |
| • Questions and answers (2010-08-16): Virtual Post Office |
| • Questions and answers (2010-08-09): Playing a game of What-If |
| • Questions and answers (2010-08-02): A comparison of BSD and Linux |
| • Questions and answers (2010-07-26): Adding updates to the install process |
| • Questions and answers (2010-07-19): Fine-grained file permissions |
| • Questions and answers (2010-07-12): Upgrading your distribution |
| • Questions and answers (2010-07-05): Open source licences |
| • Questions and answers (2010-06-28): TRIM on solid state drives (SSD) |
| • Questions and answers (2010-06-21): Slackware-based live CDs |
| • Questions and answers (2010-06-14): Encrypting hard disk partition |
| • Questions and answers (2010-05-24): SELinux |
| • Questions and answers (2010-05-17): Linux adoption |
| • Questions and answers (2010-05-10): Linux hardware support |
| • Questions and answers (2010-05-03): The future of OpenSolaris |
| • Questions and answers (2010-04-26): Release cycles |
| • Questions and answers (2010-04-19): Process scheduling with "nice" and "renice" |
| • Questions and answers (2010-04-12): Games for Linux |
| • Questions and answers (2010-04-05): Using "alien" to convert RPM to DEB |
| • Questions and answers (2010-03-29): Wiping hard disks |
| • Questions and answers (2010-03-22): Restoring deleted files |
| • Questions and answers (2010-03-15): Loopback devices |
| • Questions and answers (2010-03-08): RHEL 6, useful shell tips |
| • Questions and answers (2010-03-01): Removing zombie processes |
| • Questions and answers (2010-02-22): Disk mount options |
| • Questions and answers (2010-02-15): Smbclient |
| • Questions and answers (2010-02-08): Backups |
| • Questions and answers (2010-02-01): Converting ext3 to ext4 |
| • Questions and answers (2010-01-25): Linux on Apple hardware |
| • Questions and answers (2010-01-18): In search of "better" applications |
| • Questions and answers (2010-01-11): Restoring GRUB |
| • Questions and answers (2010-01-04): Optimizing 64-bit distributions with compiler flags |
| • Questions and answers (2009-12-21): LSB - does it matter? |
| • Questions and answers (2009-12-14): Kubuntu a second-class citizen? |
| • Questions and answers (2009-12-07): 32-bit versus 64-bit computing |
| • Questions and answers (2009-11-30): Office suites |
| • Questions and answers (2009-11-23): Rolling versus time-based release model |
| • Questions and answers (2009-11-16): Why Ubuntu "fails" Shields Up port scanning and how to fix it |
| • Questions and answers (2009-11-09): Distributions and real-time Linux kernel |
| • Questions and answers (2009-11-02): The best "base" distribution |
| • Questions and answers (2009-10-26): Distributions for older hardware |
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