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Posted 02-28-2011 at 02:30 PM byrocket357 (Musings on technology, philosophy, and life in the corporate world)
Updated 03-30-2011 at 03:23 PM byrocket357
The other morning my neighbor stopped by and asked me if I could help him. "Sure thing.", I say. He explains that his mother's computer got a virus on it, and he's tried numerous times to fix it, but to no avail. Everytime he reboots the machine, the virus is back.
Now, I usually politely redirect requests like that to one of my many Windows-fluent friends...but my neighbor and his wife have been very good friends to us, so I want to help him out personally. I mean,...
I am trying to give a input to one script by using an other script. For example:
................
script1.sh:
#!/bin/bash
printf "Whats your name:";
read user_name;
if [-n "$user_name"]
then
printf "Hello $user_name!";
exit 0;
else
printf "You did not enter username:\n";
exit 1;
fi
.............
script2.sh:
#!/bin/bash...
Posted 02-26-2011 at 07:13 AM byAGer (Void cries or bashing time)
As we all know, the Linux desktop share is flat since 2004. Yet another example of why it is so follows.
I have the latest Ubuntu in a VM and update it occasionally. Right now it asks for permission to install 115 updates and download 1 MB. OK, granted.
Unfortunately, there are 5 (five) packages that are missing on the mirror it uses. So, it tries to download them, creates a list of 5 "404 - not found" errors, recommends to check the Internet connection(!),...
This can be used to install Slackware to a netbook. What this does is create a bootable USB Flash Drive with all the packages needed for installation. You only need a 2Gb Flash Stick to create the installer including the packages.
NOTE-You will need an existing Slackware machine to create a USB Installation Stick!
On a Slackware Desktop, I started with a 4Gb Flash Disk plugged into a USB port. When it shows up on your desktop,...
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