Frequently Asked Questions

How to Fomat USB Pen In Linux

Question : How  to  Format  USB  Pen  in Linux  ? Answer : First  Insert your  USB  pen in Linux  and  check the  name dvice  with fidsk -l ...

Fedora virtualbox RC: NS_ERROR_FACTORY_NOT_REGISTERED

Question: How  to Solve this  issue  in Fedora: cannot  create object COM Callee RC: NS_ERROR_FACTORY_NOT_REGISTERED (0x80040154) Discussions related to using the OSE version of VirtualBox. Answer : You ...

Understanding File or Folder Permissions in Linux

In Linux nothing is taken for granted. Linux is secure and it will always continue to be. What are file/folder permissions in Linux? It becomes...

OpenSSH 6.5 Has Been Released!

OpenSSH is set of tools that can be used to connect and manage the remote network computers using SSH protocol. Unlike other communication tools...

restore Grub 2 after reinstalling Windows XP/Vista/Win7

Question:  How  to restore Grub 2 after reinstalling Windows XP/Vista/Win7 ? Answer: There is  two  ways  to  restore the grub2 on MBR  after  reinstalling  windows Methode1  Use...

APT Reaches Version 1.0.3

The APT development team has released a new version of their tool, Advanced Package Tool 1.0.3. A few errors are fixed in this release, better...

Linux Basics: Add Users From Terminal

Of course, adding users can also be done using Graphical User Interface (GUI) but doing things from the Terminal in Linux is always fun,...

Linux and Windows Weighed Up

I was introduced to the Linux world two years ago and I was amazed by its performance. I did not know much at that...

Samba 4.0.10 Released!!

Samba is a a free software licensed under the GNU General Public License which is used to enable interaction between Microsoft Windows and other...

How To Add An Up Button To Elementary OS Window

The windows manager in Elementary OS is called Pantheon-files. By default, it does include an Up button as seen in some other Linux distributions. Below is...

What are the sendmail configuration files?

Question: what are the sendmail configuration files  ? Answer : Sendmail uses the following configuration files: /etc/mail/access                      sendmail access database file /etc/mail/aliases...

Howto upgrade Opensuse to 11.4

Question: How  to upgrade  Opensuse 11.x  to  11.4 ?   Answer 1- First  upgrade  you packages  to the  last  version with : zypper refrech zypper  up and  reboot Important...

How to erase MBR in Linux

Question: How do I remove a third party boot loader from the MBR    Answer: Erase the first 512 bytes of the harddrive to remove the...

How to make debian file from scratch

PLEASE LINK METHOD 1 AND 2 WITH SAMBA , AND EXPLAIN WHY WE SHOULD USE METHOD 1 & 2 AND WHICH RELATION HAS WITH...

restore Add/remove software icon in Fedora Centos

Question:   after   Some  updates  , the  icon of  add and  remove  Software under System>Administration doesn't exit  ant more?   Answer: to  restore the  icon  you  have  to  reinstall...

Dolphin Can't Move Files to Trash

Question: Dolphin Can't Move Files to Trash. How to solev this ? Answer   I had  the same problems deleting  to the  Trash in OpenSuse 11.4   KDE ...

Fix “W: ubuntu_dists_saucy_main_binary-amd64_Packages”

Question: After installing Ubuntu Saucy, anytime I run sudo apt-get update, I see the error message below: W: Failed to fetch gzip:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_saucy_main_binary-amd64_Packages Hash Sum mismatch Answer: Open Terminal...

How to Upgrade Shotwell 0.14 to 0.15 in Ubuntu 13.10/13.04

Shotwell is a digital photo organizer designed for the GNOME desktop environment developed by Yorba. It allows you to import photos from disk or camera,...