Recent content by af1c0069ea05d4d64be330224

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    Root ran out of space..but it should have plenty

    By the way, the command to see the information of size, used, free for each mounted partition is: df -kHT No need to run a liveCD to get this information.
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    Anyone still using Gentoo?

    For new people, I would not suggest that they install Gentoo as you need to know more than 1) put in the CD and reboot the machine 2) process the install 3) Uses the system Because that does not happen with the gentoo. You need to know the "configuration options" for each application (or just...
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    Fedora Core vs Ubuntu for desktop use

    Newbie and others that really like a restricted choice in software tend to pick Ubuntu. There are much more software packages available for Fedora, SuSE, RedHat (but it is slower to moving to new stuff), ... I have run third-party software under Slackware, Fedora, SuSE, Red Hat, and Gentoo...
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    Linux Equivalent to Windows Home Server

    Have you looked at: http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9015653445.html
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    What would be the best way to automate SSH key transfer?

    Have you looked at the command "ssh-copy-id"? (If not take a look at the man page for it. From a terminal enter: man ssh-copy-id
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    Do most people just run a linux desktop as root?

    There is no need to enter the "password" for each application. The need to enter the password is only needed is to do "Administrative" tasks. If you would learn to do those tasks from the "Command Line Interface" (even by running the GUI tools from the command line rather than the menu), those...