Another Win7 Question -" Newbie" ?

New installation of Win7. When I go to "Computer" and look at files in the folders, most of them do not have the type displayed (ie - filename (.xxx), the file extension is not shown. What do I have to change in "Computer" to ...

Message posted on the September 2nd, 2012 - 5:39 PM ET

serial port programming question (newbie)

I see lots of serial port programming examples where the port settings are saved before being changed to the desired settings, then restored to the original before exiting the program via tcgetattr and tgsetattr. I see one example where someone ...

Message posted on the January 17th, 2011 - 7:30 PM ET

Windows media player question - newbie

I would like to rip all my CDs in mp3 files and save them all on my computer each CD in its own folder. Then I would like to include all the folders in my WMP library and be able to select a playlist from any number of folders. Is this possible? ...

Message posted on the December 5th, 2009 - 9:25 AM ET

another Newbie question ldab vs winbind

i have heard people suggest using winbind ( i think it is a kerberos base auth ) with samba and ldap with posfix. the question is why. it seem more easier when i configure it for freeNAS and openfire XAMPP server. My experience with samba and ...

Message posted on the February 1st, 2013 - 10:30 AM ET

newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

Hi debianer! I am a newbie both of debian and networking... Recently I am trying to connect my home laptop(I have a router in my home) from office. I read several articles on port forwarding. And I succeeded in opening an 22 port on my router, also ...

Message posted on the October 10th, 2012 - 12:00 PM ET

Newbie confusion

I have a modest LAN of 5 desktops. 4 running WinXP and one on Win95. On one XP machine the hard drive crashed, and on another the hard drive is about to crash. I thought I'd give them new hard drives and put ubuntu linux on them. I got this book by ...

Message posted on the March 1st, 2013 - 6:33 PM ET

A newbie question - trying to resize a given 15GB vdi file to a bigger one

Hello group :) I originally posted this question in the Ruby on Rails talk group but thought I should go ahead and ask it here as well (anybody who sees this twice - sorry for multiple posts) I am very new to Linux (using it about a week or so.. ...

Message posted on the July 16th, 2010 - 4:02 AM ET

Newbie question

I've recently bought Microsoft Flight Simulator X - Deluxe Edition. I've a question - why are there no USA or Canadian airports? Would extra scenery add-ons have those? Thanks in advance. H

Message posted on the January 25th, 2012 - 2:11 PM ET

distro question

I'm looking for a small distro that will run off a USB stick in whatever the not-Live mode is called, the mode where files on the stick are modified as though it was a regular device. So far the ones that look like candidates are Damn Small Linux ...

Message posted on the January 17th, 2012 - 7:59 AM ET

Newbie question: how to use vars in TSQL DDL

Hi All Apols if this a noddy question, but I just can't fathom it!!! :0) I use a long SQL script (DDL ??) to drop, create and populate my db each time (rather than a backup) and initially the DB needs key values inserted into it. At the mo, I try ...

Message posted on the June 18th, 2012 - 3:34 PM ET

Newbie video editing question

First off, I'm a video editing newbie. Not a linux newbie. I've been running Debian since Bo. I have a lot of video tapes lying around and I am afraid they will degrade over time. Also, since they are not making tapes any more (or VCRs?) I ...

Message posted on the November 29th, 2010 - 12:40 AM ET

Newbie question:installing debian-arm on an HHP Dolphin 9900

Hi all, I'm a totally newbie into this world of mobile devices so excuse me if this question is stupid. Does someone succeed in installing Debian on a Dolphin 9900 from Honeywell? If the answer is yes, with what kind of procedure/technical process ? ...

Message posted on the September 17th, 2010 - 4:20 AM ET

newbie application install question

I know that most of you will find this an absurd question, but I am really lost. I just installed 2010 with the latest KDE desktop. It is my first time in front of linux. I want to add some applications. I load the Software Management program. ...

Message posted on the April 17th, 2010 - 12:14 PM ET

Very dumb question

From a newbie. How do you access Hot Mail or Gmail? I don't see any icons or find them listed anywhere. - Ray

Message posted on the February 20th, 2012 - 3:01 PM ET

question newbie