The format is deb URI distribution component. As the APT man page states:
Typically, distribution is generally one of stable, unstable, or testing, while component is one of main, contrib, non-free, or non-us.
In this case:
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
The packages available are of type deb and […]
Most GNU/Linux distributions are offered in ISO format. Offering an entire GNU/Linux distribution in a single ISO file is convenient for downloading. This is a file with an .iso extension such as KANOTIX-2005-04-LITE-RC11.iso
The name ISO simply refers to the parricular ISO standard that refers to the file format to be used to create these files. […]
My The GNU/Linux User Show has become the first Linux podcast with a real, live penguin mascot!
As some of you are aware, the GNU/Linux User Show has been trying to raise funds to ‘adopt a penguin for a year’ from The Penguin Foundation in Australia. As of 10:30 this morning (MST) we have raised the […]
When downloading GNU/Linux related files like distributions, it’s not uncommon to see an MD5 checksum value beside the file. This MD5 checksum is (hopefully) unique to that file. The idea is that you can download the file and then run your own MD5 check on it. If your checksum comes out to the same value […]
Note: This is a repost from my personal blog, Tales from the Motherboard.
Konqueror is the file manger, ftp client, web browser, terminal window, jack of all trades tool within the KDE desktop. You could spend a month reading up on Konqueror and still not uncover half of the neato things that you can do with […]
Reader Geoff is breaking by b**ls these days by bringing up questions that I have no idea how to answer. In this case, he brought up a good question about drive naming convention. More specifically, why do hard drives start their naming at 1 (as in HDA1)? Why is there no HDA0?
A quick overview of […]
Reader Geoff brought up a good question the other day. He asked how to find all the text that screams up the screen while a GNU/Linux box is booting.
The short answer is: type
dmesg
in a terminal window.
The slightly longer, and undoubtably more informative answer I found contained in an article entitled DMESG Explained from the Linux […]
In the Windows world, most users are comfortable with either using the Windows networking control panel applet or the command line tool ipconfig (or winipcfg depending on your Windows version).
In GNU/Linux there are three major dhcp clients:
dhclient
pump
dhcpd
You’ll have to experiment with which one of these (or more than one) your distro comes with and use […]
I’m not sure exactly when the idea of recusive algorythm acronym became chic, but it is definitely in fashion for old school hackers. A recursive algorythm acronym is an algorythm acronym that refers to itself. I know, that makes no sense. Here’s some examples:
WINE: an application for GNU/Linux that allows the user to run some […]
Huh?
Historically, Apt-get and RPM are the command-line package managers for Debian and Red Hat based distros respectively.
Well, it’s predictable that sooner or later someone using a Debian-based distro will want to use RPM and vice-versa. Thanks to the wonders of the GNU GPL, that someone can go ahead and port the applications to the other […]
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