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regarding tracking file updates on linux networking environment
Hi could anyone Explain me with how the linux o/s keeps track of file updates in network environment? for example, assume that more than one computer is connected to network (with linux in all of them). if an user say 'X' logged into terminal 1 and created a file with the name of 'temp.txt'. The file would be s... 17 Jul 2008 08:33

does openSUSE run on Quad Core computers?
Does openSUSE work with Quad Core computers? I looked at the following site, and don't see it: http://en.opensuse.org/Released_Version#Choose_the_Architecture So does this mean that openSUSE will not work with Quad Core? If it does, will I need to download from the section that says "x86-64" ? ... 17 Jul 2008 11:39

Update on openSUSE 11.0 installation
After considering several options offered by my colleagues on this group, I realized that there was another alternative to install 11.0 On my hard disks, taking up dead space were a couple of older editions of openSUSE. Why not try an update overwriting some obsolete material? I chose openSUSE 10.2 for my victim, a... 16 Jul 2008 18:12

Install both i586 and x86_64 RPM?
I need to build a 32-bit binary of a package that links against JVM on what is otherwise a 64-bit install of SuSE 11.0. For all other required libraries there are 32-bit development versions, but not for Java. Is there a way to install suse/i586/java-1_6_0-sun-1.6.0.u6-8.1.i586.rpm alongsite suse/x86_64/java-1_... 22 Jul 2008 10:36

what's the difference between SUSE and openSUSE?
I have a few questions: 1) I'm told I need SUSE. But I see "openSUSE". What's the difference? 2) If I need to install SUSE for my software to work, and I install openSUSE instead, will this be compatible? 3) Where can I download SUSE? Thanks. ... 16 Jul 2008 13:00

Hard disk speed - Maybe OT
Well its on a SuSE system... I am trying to squeeze a bit more I/O bandwidth out of a video processing box w/out changing the hardware. Have a look at this dreadful procinfo. linux 2.6.11.4-21.17-default (geeko(a)buildhost) (gcc 3.3.5 20050117) #1 Fri Apr 6 08:42:34 UTC 2007 1CPU [wcethopes3.] Memory: ... 22 Jul 2008 16:48

Grub Legacy or Grub 2
Which is OpenSuSE 11.0 using? -- Claude Hopper ? 3 :) 7/8 ... 16 Jul 2008 07:49

Samba Configuration in 11.0
I had Samba set up in 10.1. Do I set it up in 11.0 ? I never could see out into my network on my Suse box, but I could see into it from XP, and Mac computers. ... 15 Jul 2008 23:39

Try 11.0 but keep 10.3
I finally downloaded the whole 11.0 DVD yesterday by this morning. I want to keep my 10.3 for a while until I am convinced that 11.0 is an improvement. However, the install wants to format the disk that I now have as root (/). I currently use this partitioning on two physical disks: /dev/sdb2 122 GB / /dev/... 16 Jul 2008 23:21

Start Menu program locations?
I have modified my start menu with menu editor and I'm trying to make heads or tails of how OpenSUSE handles shortcuts. I've been using XP for a long time and under XP there was a shared start menu and a user start menu. Does SUSE follow a similar convention? So far I have located.. /home/atlantis/.local/sha... 17 Jul 2008 13:44