Frequently Asked Questions and How To's

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1. HW-02: Using Hauppauge WinTV PVR with Mandrake 10

   By devries, May 3, 2004
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2. HW-03: Lucent Winmodem drivers mdk10 Kernel 2.6

   By furfurdemon666, May 3, 2004
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3. IM-01 : How do I install Mandrake from the harddrive?

   By ramfree17, April 16, 2003
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4. IM-02: How to Configure Mandrake/Where is the Control Panel?

   By Guest fubar::chi, April 18, 2003
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5. IM-03: How do I get more software for Mandrake Linux?

   By Guest fubar::chi, April 18, 2003
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   • April 18, 2003

6. IM-03: How do I get more software for Mandrake?

   By illogic-al, August 12, 2004
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   • August 12, 2004

7. IM-04: How do I disable/enable supermount?

   By aru, April 27, 2003
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   • April 27, 2003

8. IM-05: How do I mount music CDs in Linux?

   By Guest fubar::chi, April 30, 2003
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   • April 30, 2003

9. IM-06: read and write permission on Windows partition

   By MottS, May 6, 2003
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   • May 17, 2003

10. IM-07: How do I start programs at boot?

    By ramfree17, May 12, 2003
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    • May 12, 2003

11. IM-08: What Linux software corresponds to Windows

    By Cannonfodder, June 11, 2003
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    • June 11, 2003

12. IM-09: Filesystem Layout Partitioning

    By static, July 11, 2003
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    • July 11, 2003

13. IM-10: Dual-Booting with Windows

    By static, July 11, 2003
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14. IM-11: Copying & Burning CD

    By static, July 22, 2003
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    • July 22, 2003

15. IM-12: HowTo Participate in the MDK Cooker Project

    By aru, August 16, 2003
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    • August 16, 2003

16. IM-13 How To Make a Boot CD

    By pmpatrick, February 24, 2004
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    • April 17, 2004

17. IM-14: Creating CD's from the FTP Tree

    By Guest iomari, May 11, 2004
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    • May 11, 2004

18. IM-15: How do I make my NTFS partition writable?

    By ramfree17, September 28, 2004
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    • September 28, 2004

19. KC-01: How do I compile a kernel?

    By aru, April 19, 2003
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    • April 19, 2003

20. KC-02: How do I compile a SRPM kernel?

    By aru, April 19, 2003
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    • April 19, 2003

21. KC-03: How do I apply a patch to the kernel?

    By aru, April 19, 2003
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    • April 19, 2003

22. LT-01: PCMCIA wireless access for your Laptop

    By liquidzoo, May 31, 2003
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    • March 17, 2004

23. NT-01: eDonkey 2000 under Linux

    By MottS, April 16, 2003
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    • April 16, 2003

24. NT-02: KaZaA Lite under Linux

    By MottS, April 16, 2003
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    • April 16, 2003

25. NT-03: LimeWire under Linux

    By MottS, April 17, 2003
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    • April 17, 2003

26. NT-04: How to configure Shorewall (the default firewall)?

    By MottS, April 24, 2003
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    • April 24, 2003

27. NT-05: How to permanently set the hostname with MCC

    By Cannonfodder, May 12, 2003
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    • May 12, 2003

28. NT-06: How-To set up Samba Networking

    By illogic-al, July 18, 2004
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29. RPM-01: How can I recompile SRPMs as normal user?

    By aru, April 16, 2003
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    • April 19, 2003

30. RPM-02: How to use Urpmi & solving dependencies

    By iphitus, January 5, 2004
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    • January 5, 2004

31. RPM-03: synthesis.hdlist.cz and hdlist.cz

    By illogic-al, January 5, 2004
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    • January 5, 2004

32. SE-01: What is msec, and how do I use it?

    By bvc, April 18, 2003
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    • April 18, 2003

33. SE-02: Linux Security Overview

    By linux_learner, April 14, 2004
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    • April 17, 2004

34. SE-03: Using applications needing root privileges

    By ramfree17, September 29, 2004
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    • September 29, 2004

35. SI-01: How do I install tar.gz's and RPM's?

    By Tuxiscool, January 6, 2004
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    • January 6, 2004

36. SI-02: How do I IM Windows Users?

    By Guest fubar::chi, April 18, 2003
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    • April 18, 2003

37. SI-03: How do I install JAVA ?

    By MottS, April 17, 2003
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    • April 17, 2003

38. SI-04: How To build your own Live CD with mklivecd

    By chris:b, January 17, 2004
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    • November 29, 2004

39. SI-05: HOWTO: Personal Video Recorder

    By devries, May 11, 2004
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    • May 11, 2004

40. TR-01: How to kill programs without killing linux

    By Guest fubar::chi, May 14, 2003
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    • May 14, 2003

41. TR-02: How to restore a lost Menu

    By liquidzoo, October 7, 2003
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    • November 15, 2003

42. TR-03: How can I rebuild my RPM databases?

    By Cannonfodder, May 5, 2003
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    • May 5, 2003

43. TR-04: umount says: "device is busy"

    By aru, May 6, 2003
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    • May 6, 2003

44. TR-05: How to Troubleshoot problems

    By illogic-al, May 29, 2004
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    • May 29, 2004

45. What does ... mean?

    By arctic, October 20, 2005
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    • October 20, 2005

46. WM/DE-01: X, WMs, and DEs

    By iphitus, July 7, 2004
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    • July 7, 2004

47. WM/DE-02: KDE

    By illogic-al, August 11, 2004
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    • September 13, 2004

48. WM/DE-04: XFCE

    By liquidzoo, July 21, 2004
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    • July 21, 2004

49. WM/DE-05: Fluxbox

    By iphitus, September 21, 2004
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    • September 21, 2004

50. XD-01: How do I install/add new icons to KDE?

    By ramfree17, April 16, 2003
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    • April 16, 2003