One of the most commonly encountered problems is hardware that is not recognized properly. This problem can happen to a CD-ROM, a network card, and even a hard disk. Most of the time, a conflict in the IRQ (interrupt), DMA (Direct Memory Address), or I/O address settings causes this problem. When two devices have the […]
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When Linux is up and running, you may want to install or remove disk sets and other software. You can also check that components of a disk set have been properly installed. A few different utilities are available for this task, but the most common is called pkgtool. When you enter the pkgtool command name […]
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If you have installed Linux and the system doesn’t boot properly from your hard disk, it may be a problem with LILO or with the partitions. If you created a boot floppy disk, boot from that. If that boots without a problem, check the partition table by executing fdisk. Make sure the Linux partition is […]
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Shutting down Windows Mobile and a smartphone, such as the Verizon XV6800, doesn’t mean you’ve turned it off. … When you properly shut down Windows on a laptop or desktop, you’re prompted with the question of whether to restart, turn off the computer or simply put it to…
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If you’re someone who needs to make sure that your documents have consistency and that edits are tracked, you need version control. There are different ways to go about it. If your main concern is content, a wiki might be something you’d find useful. You could track changes of your ideas, your notes, your recipes via wikis that you could install from the repositories or you could download them from the internet. Fortunately, Linux package managers easily show us a listing of the various wikis we could install.
What are wikis?
Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly.
Source: http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki
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