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which news server keeps posts of 8 years old ? 12 41 (2/13/2011 12:24:56 PM) comp.os.linux.misc What's the use of the newsgroup if I'm not able to search posts of several years old? Since there may have been answers in those old posts when I'd like to ask a question about Linux. Searching a post in Goo... d

apt-get vs yum: which package? 4 42 (2/14/2011 1:26:21 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I normally work in the Fedora world, where I can find out which package an executable belongs to using 'yum provides'. Is there a similar way to find out which package an executable belongs to using apt-get?... makowiec (59)

bring firefox to forefront when launching url 6 28 (2/17/2011 2:24:57 AM) comp.os.linux.misc openSUSE KDE 4.6 When I alt-f2 and enter a url, it gets opened in the background using my already running instance of firefox. Is there a way to have the firefox window brought to the foreground when I do th... com1 (2)

Change virtual desktop size in Fedora 14 8 109 (2/17/2011 2:39:07 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Is there a way to create a virtual desktop that's larger than the screen size in F14? I'm using a netbook with an inadequate screen, 1024x600. Some important dialogs, print for example, can't fit on the scre... schvantzkoph (1875)

KDE: keyboard shortcut to show desktop? 11 54 (3/30/2011 12:21:27 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Does KDE support any keyboard shortcut to show the desktop or to minimize all windows? I've searched for it and I failed to find it. Thanks for the help, Rui Maciel ... rui.maciel (1742)

Gnome, Ubuntu & Monday 2 33 (3/30/2011 12:41:37 PM) comp.os.linux.misc GNOME 2.32.0 Build date: 2010 September 27 Ubuntu 10.10 I have the platform above. I like having Monday as the first day of the week in my calendar applet. I've used the steps below for years with good resul... tinker123 (141)

New X Win game - Digger #2 16 40 (4/12/2011 2:03:14 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I've written a new 80s style game for X windows called Digger. Its free, its a cross between Dig Dug and Mr Do and it only requires gcc and the standard X windows libraries to compile. Version 1.0.2 is avail... digger (8)

HOW does 'loop' work ? 4 33 (4/17/2011 1:37:05 PM) comp.os.linux.misc An extract of `man losetup`, with my embedded queries, is:- > The following commands can be used as an example of > using the loop device. > dd if=/dev/zero of=/file bs=1k count=100 Create /file containi... no.top.post (346)

hard-drive problem 12 41 (6/9/2011 5:56:41 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I have Fedora 14 installed. I boot from a hard drive: dozens or hundreds of gigabytes. It must be about four years old. About 10 days ago, the computer wouldn't reboot. I was getting error messages that loo... david250 (148)

Test request 5 43 (9/29/2011 11:41:10 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Can I get a half-dozen hits on http://black-monolith-computing.dyndns-server.com with feedback on how/if it works? This is a web server that I'm hosting at home and I'd like to make sure some recent changes di... marten.kemp1 (27)