Frequently Asked Questions and How To's

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1. About the FAQ Forum (Please Read)

   By aru, April 15, 2003
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2. BL: Bootloaders

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3. BQ: Board Questions

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4. CL: Command Line Questions

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5. FAQ's Table of Contents

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6. GE: Games-Emulation

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7. GQ: General questions not covered in the other sections

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8. How to report bugs to Mandriva

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9. HW: Hardware, drivers...

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10. IM: Installing and Configuring Mandrake

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11. KC: Kernel Compilation

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12. LT: Laptops

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13. NT: Networking

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14. RPM: About rpm usage (urpmi, rpmbuild...).

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15. SE: Security, firewalls...

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16. SI: Software Installation

    By liquidzoo, January 6, 2004
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17. TR: Troubleshooting

    By illogic-al, November 15, 2003
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18. WM/DE: Window Managers and Desktop Environments

    By liquidzoo, July 8, 2004
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19. XD: XFree86, desktops, Gnome, KDE...

    By aru, April 15, 2003
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20. BL-01: LILO Configuration

    By Tuxiscool, January 5, 2004
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21. BL-02: Will LILO boot a second Linux Distribution?

    By Cannonfodder, May 12, 2003
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22. BL-03: GRUB configuration

    By HJ, January 6, 2004
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23. BQ-01: I have a FAQ, how can I post it into the FAQ Forum?

    By aru, April 15, 2003
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24. BQ-02 : How do I link directly to a specific post?

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25. BQ-03 : I need a language translator!

    By Cannonfodder, June 5, 2003
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26. CL-01: How can I edit a file in the command line?

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27. CL-02 : How do I move/rename a file from the comma

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28. CL-03: What is the size of a directory?

    By aru, April 17, 2003
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29. CL-04: How can I use shortcuts in the command line?

    By Cannonfodder, April 18, 2003
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30. CL-05: How do I check if my cd/iso is not corrupted(md5sum)?

    By ramfree17, April 21, 2003
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31. CL-06: How to burn data CDs from the command line?

    By MottS, April 25, 2003
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32. CL-07: Understanding the Directory Structure

    By static, July 11, 2003
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33. CL-08: File Creation

    By liquidzoo, April 27, 2004
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34. CL-09: Compiling C or C++ Programs

    By Tuxiscool, January 6, 2006
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35. CL-10: Basic Shell Scripting

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36. GE-01: How do I install Unreal Tournament 2003 for Linux?

    By Guest fubar::chi, April 18, 2003
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37. GE-02: How to install winex from cvs

    By illogic-al, January 22, 2004
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38. GE-03: HOWTO: Arcade Emulation

    By devries, May 3, 2004
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39. GQ-01 : How do I find (additional) help?

    By ramfree17, April 21, 2003
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40. GQ-02 : What do I do when my system stops responding?

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41. GQ-03 : How do I copy and paste between two applications?

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42. GQ-04: How do I remove Linux to reinstall Windows?

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43. GQ-05: WTF does WTF mean? *profanity warning*

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44. GQ-06: History of Linux

    By static, July 11, 2003
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45. GQ-07: How to Connect to IRC

    By illogic-al, December 13, 2003
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46. GQ-08: How to Create an ISO Image From a CD

    By HJ, December 14, 2003
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47. GQ-08: How To Migrate from Windows to Linux

    By illogic-al, October 26, 2003
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48. GQ-09: What are the benefits of / Why use Linux?

    By aRTee, April 23, 2004
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49. HowTo: Add resolutions or change refresh-rates

    By qeldroma, October 21, 2002
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50. HW-01: How to install the nVidia driver

    By MottS, April 18, 2003
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