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Is there a way to mount a Linux directory from a different PC to your local Linux PC? How?
Started by ksuralta on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Sshfs is very nice, and easy to use
sshfs user@remotesystem:/remote/dir /some/local/dir NFS is handy since it's built-in and easy to configure, but the 2 common implementations... .
You might also want to check out sshfs which is pretty nice .
Yes, it's called NFS.
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What are the differences between major Linux distributions? Will I notice?
I'm completely new to linux, and the first thing that confuses me is all the different flavors. There's Ubuntu, red hat, debian, mandrake, fedora, etc. Its ...
Started by CrazyJugglerDrummer on
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by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
It's got a nice support community, and is a good place is one of the most common commercial... .
It shows which are the most popular and you-friendly out-of-the-box functional Linux.
Use Linux, BSD.
Is distrowatch.com Put the fun back into computing.
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I'm going to install Linux on a PC for a daughter (age 7) of a friend of mine. I recently came across Hannah Montana Linux . The parents don't want a commercially branded thing going on, so no Hannah Montana. But I was wondering if there were other linux...
Started by Hamish Downer on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Or **Edubuntu** , "Linux for Young Human Beings" (Ubuntu customised for educational use)
and sighly off.
Ubuntu Linux desktop, Qimo comes pre-installed with educational games for children aged 3 and up.
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I know I can use samba or nfs, but which is better for two linux machines to talk to each other or is there a better one than those two?
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
Also GNOME....
Don't run things like big databases on NFS.
There are some application compatability issues however.
It behaves just like a local filesystem, and it's reliable if one of the servers goes away .
I've used NFS since 2001 and still really like it .
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I know it is possible to remotely debug code using gdb's server mode and I know it is possible to debug code that has been cross-compiled for another architecture, but is it possible to go a step further and remotely debug Linux applications from OS X...
Started by jkp on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Certainly, but you need a cross-compiled GDB, compiled for OSX-host and Linux-target.
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I have:
1 Linux "backup" server (Ubuntu 9.10 server) (plenty of disk, new server) 2 Gentoo servers 2 CentOS servers 3 Windows 2003 servers I'd like to backup all of the servers as disk-to-disk backups to the Ubuntu backup server.
HOW?
Please be gentle...
Started by TheCleaner on
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by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
On windows intuitive web interface, works for both linux and windows hosts, and although it claims to be for PCs.
For linux, it can be set up with cron jobs .
I would probably go with rsync.
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I'm running windows server 2008 64, but all open-source stuff (mysql, ruby, python, R) is either not that well-tested or has problems. And of course, if you have to compile packages, you are on your own.
I guess it's obvious that FOSS will run better ...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
Overall answer: Each OS + Hardware platform has its strengths and weaknesses .
Fit the bill (Linux).
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I cut my teeth on Minix and Slackware 1.1, but I've been in the OS X Wilderness for the last few years. I'm trying to standardize on a Linux distribution for personal and work-related use on less powerful laptops and under virtualization.
So far, NetBSD...
Started by RevAaron on
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Small & it ....
The distro is easy to install and allows you to clearly define your Linux machine path, instead to always use DSL as my recovery linux.
Some meaningful quotes:
Arch.
Linux
The Archway delineates the distro philosophy.
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What is the Linux command to find out whether a Linux third party application is 32 bit or 64 bit
Started by JRM on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
Linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, stripped
you can use file:
user@host:~$ file /bin), for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, stripped
In my case a 64-bit LSB executable...
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Android is based on Linux; can native Linux applications be run on Android?
Started by Ram on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
You can always try to recompile your binaries for Android and pray. .
So, since most native linux applications require one most Linux distributions use.
It have many of the standard GNU libraries.
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