Q. How can I find out if my processor is 64 bit or 32, under linux. A. Open shell and type: cat /proc/cpuinfo You will get an output, most likely of more than one CPU. Let's just pick one and lo...

Q. I've installed Gnome instead of Unity on Ubuntu 11.10, now my clock is the middle of the screen. How do I move it? A.The process is fairly easy, once again, I don't know why they've changed it fr...

Here we go again. A new version of Ubuntu is out and if you still don't want to switch from it because of Unity, you are welcome to try and install Gnome. (I didn't try removing or disabling Unity thi...

Q. I'm trying to wipe clean a hard drive. No matter what I do, I can't get rid of this GRUB on my screen. How do I wipe it out? A. You have to delete the master boot record on the disk. Regular form...

The new version of Ubuntu Linux (version 11.10 - Oneiric Ocelot) will not have Synaptic Package Manager. This was one of the changes for the new version. I'm not sure if anyone uses Synaptic - most so...

Q. I'm willing to give Unity a try, however, I'd like to have some features back. One of them is the classic gnome menu. How do I get it back? A. At the time of this writing it could be done as foll...

Q. I have a linux box with a windows mount point that lost connection to the server. I can't do anything with it - any time I do a "df" or "ls" command it hangs and takes forever to time out. What sho...

Q. My netbook is really slow after upgrading to 11.04. Videos are choppy and the computer heats up a lot more. Is there any way to fix that?   A. One solution is to get a better netbook, with...

Q. My CPU and Memory indicators are missing in Ubuntu 11.04 under Unity. Is there any way to get them back? A. No, not the one that you are used to, but here's one for Unity specifically. It doesn't...

Q. How do I generate a CSR? A. Here are generic instructions on how to do that. 1. Generate Private Key Generate a 2048 bit RSA private key and store it in the file www.domain.com.key (the name of...

Q. I'm trying to upgrade Fedora 12 to Fedora 13. I've ran into some issues, while upgrading using the traditional methods (Running yum install preupgrade and then running preupgrade-cli). The error th...

Q. I've installed the new version of Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick) and Alt+PrtScn doesn't work anymore. A. This will be fixed in the future releases (hopefully), for now there are various ways around it: ...

Q. How do I install support for mssql in php on Ubuntu? A. The answer is not as intuitive as apt-get install php5-mysql, but pretty close: This command will install generic support for MSSQL (based...

Q. How do I find out what version of ubuntu I have? A. If you are running a desktop edition, do the following: 1. Go to the Main Menu. 2. Click System, mouseover Administration and select System...

To increase performance on your linux box and decrease IO waits for applications that use /tmp, you can mount it as a ramdisk. The process is simple, just keep in mind that it gets cleared any time a ...