Articles, tagged with "linux distributions", page 3

Lenovo Skylight the first ARM based Netbook

Just as Freescale announced their reference design for an ARM based smartbook, Lenovo has announced the first ARM-based smartbook device. The compact 10" ARM based device is to be available spring of this year. The device runs a customized Linux versio... Read >
Author: johnwells

Antivirus Live Bug Fix

If your PC is getting flooded with false security warning pop ups informing that the PC has been infected or that malware have been found and you need to run ANG Anti virus to protect your PC then you should be sure that this dangerous spyware has already... Read >
Author: Gilberto Fielo

Improper Mounting Of File System Cause Failure and Data Loss in Linux

In Linux operating system, you should arrange to mount root file system as read-only to start with at boot time. If required then remount the file system in read/write mode. Most of the Linux distributions follow this process. If your operating system doe... Read >
Author: mnkstllr

What Distro Should I install & Why?

If you are just moving from the MS to the GNU World you might be asking yourself right now what distro should I install on my box?, along with a whole bunch of other questions like will Linux run on my box? Will it be hard? Will I find help online if I ru... Read >
Author: saratbdaniel

Open Source Code behind PoloMercantil

As we started the project of the electronic auction PoloMercantil, we knew that the proprietary software costs would be too high for our financial resources. Our only option then was to make use of Open Source Code softwares. However, within the Open S... Read >
Author: theglobal664

How to Resolve ‘Unable to resolve ‘LABEL=boot’ Linux Error?

Ext3 (or extended file system) is used as the default file system for many of the Linux distributions. Since it is a journaled file system, it removes the need of running file system check after you encounter unexpected system shutdown. It also supports o... Read >
Author: jonny defh

“No root file system defined” Error in Linux

When you start your Linux computer, you might encounter the following error message during the boot process:"No root file system defined. Please correct this from the partitioning menu"Though it suggests you to correct this from partition menu, but you do... Read >
Author: brad jerry

OpenVZ Explained

What is OpenVZ? OpenVZ is server virtualization software provided by SWSoft, Inc. licensed under the GPL version 2. OpenVZ is the software that every system administrator requires. It allows you to host multiple Virtual Environments (Aka VE) on a singl... Read >
Author: Robin

Linux, Apache, MySQL and Perl/PHP/Python (LAMP): Defining Open Source Web Platform

For a long time advocates of open source have identified the open source market with Linux. Even web development services talk of Linux as synonymous to the open source market. Now a set of open source software programs has provided a common platform for ... Read >
Author: Arun Kumar

Corruption in Ext3 file system and its Recovery

The ext3 file system is a journaled file system which is commonly used by the Linux kernel. It is the default file system for many Linux distributions. The most important file in ext3 file system is journal., hence  it is called a journaled file system. ... Read >
Author: Garry Thomson

Journal Checksumming in Ext3, Corruption and Recovery

In ext3 file system, journal is the most used and important file, since it is a journaled file system. But due to a drawback that ext3 doesn't support checksumming while writing to the journal, file system becomes prone to corruption and hence may require... Read >
Author: jonny defh

Linux Recovery Through reiserfsck Options

ReiserFS supports journaling and is used in many Linux distributions. When it suffers inconsistencies, reiserfsck can correct it. Reiserfsck is more like a Linux Recovery tool that can help replaying the transactions, detecting and repairing damaged file ... Read >
Author: brad jerry

About Ext3 Fragmentation and Recovery

Ext3 is a journaled file system used for many Linux distributions. Journaling feature helps keeping the system afar most of Linux Recovery needs that can occur due to unexpected system shutdown, file system errors, application (like virus) issues etc. But... Read >
Author: jonny defh

Small-format notebooks

An imaginary clueless consumer who has only recently realised that a laptop and a notebook are one and the same thing is in for more bewilderment as a result of the introduction of netbooks. Understanding netbooks is very simple. They look as notebnook... Read >
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Rebuild Tree Error While Checking Through Reiserfsck

ReiserFS is the first journaled file system which is included in standard Linux kernel. It is used as default file system in various Linux distributions including GoboLinux, Elive, Linspire and others. ReiserFS uses B+ tree structure to store all inode bl... Read >
Author: brad jerry

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