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A few weeks back I upgraded my Kubuntu installation to Karmic kaffeine version 1 came with it. Personally I would rather have kaffeine 0.8 so I decided to attempt to block updates to the package in order to use accomplish this.
The first step was to check the current version on the machine. So I needed to know the exact name of the package. In order to locate the name of the package I used the search function in apt. This returns matching packages with exact name and a short description...
This is the quote I was told earlier this week by a colleague. "Linux is a lost cause."
HAS LINUX LIVED UP TO ITS PROMISE?
I don't for a second agree that Linux is truly lost but I do certainly agree with my friend and colleague that the promise Linux fortune tellers made has not come to pass. As we close in on 2010, I harken back 10 years to promises of a nearly dead Microsoft and a world run almost entirely by Linux. Good, bad or otherwise that just has...
In LinuxQuestions.org's Linux Newbie forum I posted the following question to know what other people with experience in Linux administration or people who has got their certifications has done. Since it might be of use to all who are in the same stage as mine, I am posting the replies in a blog post:
This is what I asked:
Quote:
hi all,
i'm looking for a good study material - either online resource or a book - to prepare for LPI certification. I have
When Windows 2000 was out I had poisoned some thread with the observation that the window of opportunity for Linux was closed since MS finally had an OS that worked. Looking at the "Linux desktop" years later, was I correct? Not totally wrong for sure. Now we have Windows 7 and my impression is that the gap between Linux and Windows is closing together with another window of opportunity.
Windows 7 is a new Windows. Trivial, but undervalued. Any change is a great recommended...
I plan to set up a packaging-only system for VectorLinux Light on an old laptop (Acer Travelmate 212TXV). VectorLinux Light is a great, fast, lightweight Slackware-based distribution.
Stage 1: Setting up the system
Installation of VectorLinux Light 6.0
- Burned CD-R from ISO
- Installed distribution using the text-installer
- Booted
Queries:
X GUI Login screen not available, screen blanks after boot
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