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Can I Install Vs 2008 On Linux Os? If Not, How Could I Achieve The Task?
I want know much more about installation of Microsoft products on Linux operating system
Can A Linux System Product Save Documents That Can Be Read By Microsoft Computer?
I am looking to buy a Acer Aspire One with Linux to use as a mobile computer and my home system is a PC with microsoft. Will i be able to save word doc files to use on my home computer????
All These Are Unix ( Aix, Linux, Solaris, Hp-unix And True64 ) Products?
I have a doubt on Unix products,please can any one tell me the following tools are Unix products (AIX, Linux, Solaris, HP-UNIX and TRUE64 )?
OR Please give me the list of Unix products ?
What Products Are Compatible With Linux?
USB flash drives, cell phones, mp3 players, ext hard drive, games, calculator apps, printer/scanner/copier, etc? Just some to mention.
A list would be nice, please. Feel free to add more compatible products/software. Thanks
Top the Ten Reasons for Learning Damn Small Linux – Number 5, Linux, Apache, and Mysql
Linux and Windows share many characteristics. For example, most people have little interest in knowing how they work. These operating systems make the computer available for the applications that people want to apply; such as running an Internet server, browsing the Internet, creating and accessing data bases, writing programs, playing music, or, or, or. These tasks are coordinated by the operating system and require specialized programs that drive hardware efficiently and correctly. We’ll talk about Linux’s closely integrated “friends” and compare them to the similar but oh so different Microsoft offerings.
The Linux group is called LAMP, an acronym standing for Linux, Apache, MySql, and PHP. There is no similar Microsoft acronym for their set of interacting products. Could that be a symptom of their relatively low level of integration? In contrast Linux is closely integrated with the other LAMP components. In a sense these companions grew up together. Improvements to one component are easily transmitted to the others. These programs are all Open Source meaning that the actual code for all components is readily available. When a problem such as a security breach occurs (don’t let anybody tell you there are no security breaches in Linux and friends) people work on the problem and may post corrections rapidly. Now let’s look at the other LAMP components.
Apache is a highly regarded web server. It has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April, 1996. Believe me, if Microsoft with its virtually unlimited resources cannot dislodge Apache from the top of the pack this software must be doing a lot of things right. Of the four LAMP components Apache is the one that non-specialists are least likely to try to learn. But if you want to play with it, guess how much it costs. You can download a version which will run under Windows but it is unlikely to contain the full functionality. At the time of this writing the Windows version of Apache has some problems concerning its cryptographic functions. Apache is undergoing constant development; its new features, security enhancements, and bug fixes will be available first on the Open Source (LAMP) version. And then filter down to the Windows version.
MySQL is the most popular Open Source Database Management System. The MySQL Community Server is free. The more powerful MySQL Enterprise Server starts at $595 per server per year, a very reasonable price for a commercial product. Microsoft’s competitive database management system is Microsoft SQL Server. Licensing of this software is fairly complicated and believe me, costs a lot, lot more than does MySQL Enterprise Server. Microsoft often makes you pay for purchasing the server and client software and then pay annual server licenses and client licenses for system access.
MySQL runs on a wide range of hardware in conjunction with various operating systems. You can guess from its name that Microsoft SQL Server runs only under Windows. Both of these database management products are constantly upgraded and many technical features that once were available only on SQL Server now run on MySQL. In the past SQL Server clearly surpassed MySQL for enterprise-level systems, while itself often losing out to Oracle or other database management systems. Today’s reality is more complicated and MySQL Enterprise Server manages many huge database systems.
Talking about size, we didn’t finish discussing LAMP components in this article. PHP is the subject of the next one in this series.
Why Adobe Has No Products For Linux?
Linux is now becoming very popular especially among IT professionals. Why Adobe has no products for Linux? Only Windows and Mac are supported! Any ideas?
Linux On The Desktop?
Linux is an “open source” operating system originally developed by a engineer from Finland named Linus Torvalds. Linux was released under an early version of the GNU “General Public License”, or GPL, by which any user that wanted to work with Linux was free to do so. Though it has evolved considerably over the years, it has yet to eclipse the popularity of Microsoft’s Windows operating system at the consumer and small business level- which is dominated by “desktop” computer sales.
Sun, IBM and HP all have produced servers that utilize Linux – and it is in the server – database environment that Linux has thrived since its inception. The two major software companies that have produced successive versions of Linux software are Novell and Red Hat, both of which have taken an open source (free) operating system and equipped it with a variety of software packages tailored to various requirements, in order to create proprietary products.
While Linux based systems drive some cell phones and can be found in ordinary PCs, the primary competition between Red Hat and Novell has been in the “enterprise space,” that segment of the software universe which focuses on linking business users to databases. Now, Red Hat has announced its intention to move into the “business desktop” market with a new series of adaptations. According to Red Hat, “This will be a more comprehensive offering that will target markets like the small and medium-sized business [SMB] sector and emerging markets. Part of this strategy is to get the desktop more to the masses than our existing client is getting today. ”
In the war of press releases, Novell claims to have made these strides already, and that what Red Hat is defining as desktop functionality is really an expansion of business functions – which Novell claims to have achieved already. And indeed, a spokesman for Red Hat notes that the company has “no plans to go and sell this offering at Best Buy. . . [for]. . . the mass consumer market. Customers will be able to download it and get a Red Hat Network subscription on the Web for it, which is what we feel is the distribution wave of the future anyway. . . ”
So how do home users that venture into the Linux world feel about it? Many of them who have blogged about it feel that it’s the greatest operating system out there but it is not ready for mass consumption simply because too many ancillary software elements and computer appendages aren’t adapted for it. One self described “geek” who uses Linux, Windows Vista AND XP finds Linux to be a great operating system for browser use, but a simple task like hooking up a printer to a Linux driven PC can be a real challenge.
He adds, “If you’re accustomed to watching DVDs, Windows Media or QuickTime files on your computer, then you’re in for a challenge. Most Linux distributions (at least the major ones anyway) don’t include this functionality by default because the codecs (software that displays the various encoded video file formats like Windows Media) aren’t free. In many cases they’re downright illegal. The same situation exists with MP3, arguably the most popular format for audio (notably audio you rip from your CD collection). ”
It’s a great operating system, but plug-and-play functionality for home computers isn’t there yet. And neither Red Hat nor Novell have any intention of invading the home consumer “space. ” For now, they’re content to battle it out by expanding their business-based products.
Does Linux Support Microsoft Office And Other Microsoft Products?
I am trying to start a fixing computer business and since i can not afford to buy windows xp for every computer why not install LINUX on all the computers i sell.
SO customers dont have spyware problems and viruses. . . . . . SO does linux support microsoft products such as office??????
Forcefully Unmounting Linux Partition and Data Loss
Perhaps, many of the Linux users have faced a condition when the particular mounted partition may refuse to unmount, when they try to do so. The error messages which state that the device is busy may pop up, perhaps this is being accessed by other users at that time. But with Linux, you can make use of certain commands to forcedly unmount the partition. Actually, so that you may not need Linux recovery, these restrictions are necessary when any other user is accessing it. However, the critical conditions may arise when this is not accepted, so you can make use of these commands. On the other hand, the incorrect use or the mere mistake can again make you feel need of Linux data recovery. • At first, find out which processes are moving with the device/partition, through the command like: # lsof | grep ‘/dev/sda1′ Where /dev/sdb1 is the device name. • You will get an output of the command which will show the process using the device. Just stop the process and then try to unmount using # unmount /dev/sda1 command. –l option can also be used with for lazy unmount. This will cleanup all refrences to the file system • Now suppose that it is mounted on /mnt directory, then you can forcefully have the desired process through the following command: # fuser -km /mnt Here –k kills the file accessing process and –m is the file on a mounted file system or a block device. As has been stated earlier too, these can affect your data, so better be prepared for any such mishappening. Be sure to run the commands if you are sure of, else to fall for data recovery Linux. The open files may get lost and the programs, which access the files after all has been done, can get error. If you are an unfortunate user to lose data as such, make use of Linux data recovery software as no other option will do. Linux recovery software scan the drive and recover each bit of the information. Stellar Phoenix Linux Data Recovery software is the most trustworthy product for getting data recovery Linux. The software is the product of great intellectual effort and can scan the drive by using most powerful scanning algorithms. You can get Linux recovery for all the files, even system files. The supported file systems include Ext2, Ext3 and ReiserFS file systems.
They Tell Me Only To Use Microsoft Windows Not The Free Linux Operating System
Most people purchase computers to run programs – whether it is to send email, browse the web, meet friends of girlfriends on msn messenger, do office work or just play solitaire.
People buy computers to use programs for their functionality not to run operating systems be in Microsoft Windows, the new Microsoft Vista product , the Mac Operations Systems or the various Linux Operating Systems – be they Ubuntu Linux , Mandiva , Knoppix or Debian.
At the heart of most computer users is functionality and usability. It is as simple as that. It is an interesting situation that the Microsoft Corporation controls the vast lion’s share of the computer operating system market. Indeed it even has a major share holding of the next player in line – Apple with the Macintosh OS (Operating System).
What are the issues?
1) Linux is not really free. Linux, in its various flavors or distros, is given free of charge, whether it is on a cd, DVD or downloaded. You can install the program on your own compute or various computers , at no charge to yourself whatsoever
This is in direct contrast to a commercial product such as Microsoft Windows or the new Microsoft Vista which you to purchase a boxed version or a valid license which comes with most computer systems purchased. This license which comes on most new computers as a matter of course could be referred to as the “Microsoft Computer Tax” and is not an option you can forego, to reduce the purchase of your new compute – whether or not you wish to use another operating system such as Linux.
Linux is given free of charge to install. This is not a shareware or time limited version of the product which requires a registration fee after a period of time.
If you require product support or training commercial organizations do exist which will charge you for support of that product or for training or both. Indeed it can be said that Microsoft itself charges for product support, Symantec the antivirus / security organization charges for basic support by product, subscription fees – sometimes automatic subscription fees and 900 phone number and charge card “Priority Support”.
Indeed you would not expect your local school or technical college to provide computer and compute software training free of charge.
2) Linux is complex and will force you to learn the Linux command line,
Not true simple as that. The various Linux distros all have GUI (Graphic User Interfaces) just like Microsoft Windows, Windows used to come as command line DOS. Windows users use pull down windows to operate the software. So can and do most Linux users
3) Compared to Windows , Installing Linux is Difficult
- The vast majority of computer users are computer neophytes and beginners.
These computer users purchase computers with the operations system Microsoft Windows or the Macintosh Operating System installed on their new computers. These people could not install the Windows Operating system and the device drivers necessary if their life depended on it. How the situation of a Linux is based computer any different.
It is only a matter of time until new computers come preinstalled with the Linux operating system. Imagine if Henry Ford had been told not to build new cars since there were few good roads available in America.
4) My Computer Hardware Just Works Under Windows
5) Again untrue in many cases and soon to be less of an issue as more and more computers will come preinstalled with a Linux operating system. Already Dell Computer (which was a Microsoft stalwart) is selling Linux based laptops. Interestingly the response to the Ubuntu Linux dell notebooks is quite positive, If you think Linux hardware compatibility is an issue try upgrading to the new Microsoft Vista from your previous Microsoft Windows product. You will find to your surprise that few if little of computer hardware are supported. You may have upgraded to the new Vista and found you have either no sound, good video or even internet connections via your network adapter device or wireless network adapter. And try undoing your upgrade to get back to your working windows version – it cannot be done.
Lastly you may say I run Windows since all of the programs I use are available only on the Windows operations system – since that is the dominant player in the market. You may well surmise that since Windows is the more than dominant player in the computer OS market that software developers write their product almost exclusively for the windows operations system and that market.
This is true. If you are using a specialized product for your job, industry, situation or preference you may well be locked in.
In the end most people buy and use computers for functionality and use. Most people use their computers for internet browsing , communication – whether it by email or messenger services (M. S. N. , Yahoo , Skype , Eyeball Chat) , downloading and burning music and in more than many cases for playing nothing more than computer games such as simple solitaire.
In these cases the functionality of Linux and its program base easily allows for this. Indeed many of the cutting edge programs and computer services come out of left field by computer software developers and enthusiasts whose preference of Computer Operating System is guess what – Linux in its various forms.