My Linux Questions thread

[GundamSonicZeroX]

I'm trying to just use my Ubuntu Linux partition and leave my WinXP partition only for gaming. In order for me to do this, I'm going to have to do alot of messing around and installing of applications. (such as Gnomad for my Creative Zen Vision M) I'll edit the topic summary when I have a new question and as always, thank you all in advance for trying to help. 🙂

1) I cannot seem to mount my Windows partition. I am running Ubuntu 7,10 "Gutsy Gibbon"

Details:Error opening partition device: Permission denied
Failed to mount '/dev/sda1': Permission Denied

Is there something I need to do in Windows to make the drive mountable?

2) I use uTorrent in Windows. Is there a similar client for Linux or should I use Wine? If I use Wine, will I be able to see it in the bottom of the the screen like in Windows, or will I have to open Wine to use it?

3) Is there anyway to get my extra mouse buttons to back a page or forward a page? I saw a tutorial, but for supported mice, it only showed MS and Logitech mice.

4) What is a QT App and why do people no want to use them in GNOME? I've searched a little bit for this and can't seem to find the answer.

5) Why do some call it GNU/Linux?

WikipediaThe GNU contribution is the reason for the alternative name GNU/Linux.

That just doesn't make much sense. If Apple were to help with Windows it wouldn't be called Apple/Windows.

6) Is there any way that I can have keypad turned on when I boot up in Ubuntu? It's kind of annoying when I have to turn it on each time. (especially since I have numbers in my login)

More questions to come. EDIT: More questions came.

 

[Nothinman]

Is there something I need to do in Windows to make the drive mountable?

No, but only root can mount filesystems so you either need to put it in /etc/fstab so that it gets mounted on bootup or issue your mount command via sudo.

2) I use uTorrent in Windows. Is there a similar client for Linux or should I use Wine? If I use Wine, will I be able to see it in the bottom of the the screen like in Windows, or will I have to open Wine to use it?

I don't think there's a direct µTorrent equivalent but supposedly it works well in WINE. Personally I use rtorrent.

3) Is there anyway to get my extra mouse buttons to back a page or forward a page? I saw a tutorial, but for supported mice, it only showed MS and Logitech mice.

All mice should work fine as long as they generate unique button press events for those buttons.

 

[silverpig]

For a torrent program try deluge-torrent. It's pretty fantastic.

 

[GundamSonicZeroX]

Originally posted by: silverpig
For a torrent program try deluge-torrent. It's pretty fantastic.

Thanks for the recommendation. 🙂 Is there anyway I can have it only download certain files instead of the whole torrent? (ex: I want to download only the first five episodes of a tv show instead of a whole season) In uTorrent, it presents the option as soon as you load the torrent. I can't seem to find the option in Deluge.

I don't think there's a direct µTorrent equivalent but supposedly it works well in WINE. Personally I use rtorrent.

I tried rtorrent, is it command-line only? I'm okay with command-line in emulators, since the only thing I really need to know is how to load the rom. Command-line for a Bittorrent client might be over my head.

 

[Nothinman]

I tried rtorrent, is it command-line only? I'm okay with command-line in emulators, since the only thing I really need to know is how to load the rom. Command-line for a Bittorrent client might be over my head.

Yea it's CLI only AFAIK. CLI for BT makes perfect sense for me because I can run it on a remote machine via ssh in screen. It's not too difficult, there's only a few keyboard shortcuts to remember for the majority of operations.

 

[aceO07]

Originally posted by: GundamSonicZeroX

Originally posted by: silverpig
For a torrent program try deluge-torrent. It's pretty fantastic.

Thanks for the recommendation. 🙂 Is there anyway I can have it only download certain files instead of the whole torrent? (ex: I want to download only the first five episodes of a tv show instead of a whole season) In uTorrent, it presents the option as soon as you load the torrent. I can't seem to find the option in Deluge.

I don't think there's a direct µTorrent equivalent but supposedly it works well in WINE. Personally I use rtorrent.

I tried rtorrent, is it command-line only? I'm okay with command-line in emulators, since the only thing I really need to know is how to load the rom. Command-line for a Bittorrent client might be over my head.

In deluge, there's a plugins section. Add the Files plugin, it should let you set priorities for each file in the torrent or to just not download it.

 

[GundamSonicZeroX]

Originally posted by: aceO07

Originally posted by: GundamSonicZeroX

Originally posted by: silverpig
For a torrent program try deluge-torrent. It's pretty fantastic.

Thanks for the recommendation. 🙂 Is there anyway I can have it only download certain files instead of the whole torrent? (ex: I want to download only the first five episodes of a tv show instead of a whole season) In uTorrent, it presents the option as soon as you load the torrent. I can't seem to find the option in Deluge.

I don't think there's a direct µTorrent equivalent but supposedly it works well in WINE. Personally I use rtorrent.

I tried rtorrent, is it command-line only? I'm okay with command-line in emulators, since the only thing I really need to know is how to load the rom. Command-line for a Bittorrent client might be over my head.

In deluge, there's a plugins section. Add the Files plugin, it should let you set priorities for each file in the torrent or to just not download it.

Bumped with more questions at the top.

How come these plugins aren't enabled by default. Not exactly intuitive.

 

[Nothinman]

4) What is a QT App and why do people no want to use them in GNOME? I've searched a little bit for this and can't seem to find the answer.

It's an app done with the QT tool kit, QT is what KDE uses for it's widgets. Most people like to stick with apps done in the tool kit that their desktop was done in, for Gnome that's GTK and for KDE that's QT, because they integrate better and look more consistent with everything else.

5) Why do some call it GNU/Linux?

Because most of the core software is GNU software from the FSF and they want a share of the attention that the Linux name gets.

That just doesn't make much sense. If Apple were to help with Windows it wouldn't be called Apple/Windows.

That's a terrible analogy, product naming is very different in the commercial world than anywhere else. And if Apple did start working directly on Windows I'm sure they would want some recognition although I doubt it would come in the form of a product name change.

The GNU people did more than help with Linux. It's kind of ironic too because they didn't really help at all at first. They were developing their software to replace closed unix implementations and were hoping to have a kernel in the form of Hurd done at some point. But now Hurd is pretty much dead and Linux has become their kernel and now they want recognition and to get some of the free advertisement that comes with the Linux name.