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This ones a weird one... I'm writing a script to check some permissions... that said, the script needs to be written into a GUI-based tool... which is causing a problem or two... In essence, the script needs to check file permissions, so assuming you're working in root: \Users\root\...

I need to set up a quick and dirty SSH/SFTP server... my first thought was to run it in a virtual machine on an existing server, but as I have an old Mac Pro G5 lying about I think I'll try to use that... Problem is, I cannot find a linux distro that will support it... any ideas?

Hi All, I'm selling my much loved ASUS eee 901 Net book which is running Linux EasyPeasy. EBAY LINKY £120 Buy it now or make me an offer. Thanks for looking. K

First and foremost, I must apologize. I don't usually post news - but this really takes the mick... One of the "reasons" for issuing the arrest warrant: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/boston-college-prompt-commands-are-suspicious I realise the EFF isn't totally impartial - but...

Thinking of maybe getting an Acer Aspire One solid state memory laptop, which is shipped with Linux Lite OS. Never used Linux before. I'm aware that Linux is less likely to suffer from virus attacks and security breaches generally, but would still prefer to be protected. I've even read...

Hi everyone, I wonder if you are interested in Linux? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux It is alternative operating system, which is FREE and actually really nice :) You might have heard this before :) I'm happy to answer any questions, help you out setting up you computer etc... Before...

Bought myself an Asus eee900 sub-notebook on Saturday which runs Linux. Very nice it is too, I've enabled the full desktop and installed a few useful applications (GIMP, VLC, etc) but I'm having problems getting the damn thing to print. I knew this would probably be the case as I have a HP...

Hi everyone, Bit of an unusual question, but does anyone know much about Linux and bootable USB sticks? I have a 512MB USB stick which is bootable, and contains a software installer for a PC-based piece of equipment, which I believe uses a version of Linux called BlueCat. A colleague of...

Just loaded SUSE linux onto my now happily restored laptop (the one that blew up) Firefox (which ive used before on windoze) occasionally 'presses the back button' - cant see why.. email client thingy (evolution) is incredibly slow - 10 seconds per message downloaded?? (99% were just...