linux

A quick background. I am a retired software engineer/architect with 40 years experience in IT. I've worked on many OS, including MacOS9 and early MacOSX (up to Lion) on my old Motorola iBook(which is still in use as an iTunes player for my HiFi) but mostly I've been using Linux for the last...

Hi all. Am trying to figure out how to format an external flash drive so it can be read both on a mac and windows, and maybe linux too. Because it will contain sensitive info I want it to be encrypted but FAT or ExFAT has no encrypted option in Disk Utility. Any other way to have both...

i have not used Windows as a primary OS for about 7 years now all of my flash drives and external as well as internal HDDs are formatted as ext4 and XFS how can i get the Mac OS to read these drives? it would be a major inconvience to reformat all my drives as i have files on them. although i...

Is there a linux driver for puppy,to suit Dell dimension 3000 running xp ?

I would like to know if there is a floppy linux for a PowerBook 520c? I know it won't be much (no GUI, basic commands) but it is better that nothing. I need it to run on floppy because all of the hard drives I have don't work.

Hey everyone - I have a first generation 800 mhz iBook G4 that has been having some serious problems. It all started with the flashing question mark upon startup - no system folder. So... here's what I have done so far: 1. Booted up from DiskWarrior and repaired the disk, then tried...

Has anybody ever used a KVM switch to share keyboard, mouse, monitor between a Mac and a Linux system? I would like to set-up a KVM switch to connect a single keyboard, mouse, monitor to both my G4 powerbook and a Suse Linux desktop. Any help, advice, or info about your experiences would...

Hi ! Problem is concerning FE program ABAQUS v6.5 I just got a new laptop, G4 "15 1,67 Hz running 10.4.3, I'm in trouble running X11 to a linux cluster at uni. Currently everything works splendid with a G3 'wallstreet' running 10.3.9. So what happends: first off i have both tried ssh -X...

Where can I go to find statistics on what % of home & business computers are macs, pcs, linux boxes, etc.. ? I'm really curious to know especially what the home users % is Mac vs. PC nowadays.

I know the MacOS X is the best unix based platform out there, but just interested to know if anybody is using linux and for what reason.

Hello everyone, I know that there are various ways to get open-source unix apps running on macOS by using fink or darwinports. But can Linux apps be installed just a easily? Also, how does X11 fit into this whole thing. Does X11 have a connection with Linux? Daniel.

I have a VERY simple SMB server running linux that all my windows and linux boxes use. [global] workgroup = home netbios name = homeserver server string = home data server [public] comment = data path = /data/public force user = samba force group = users read only = No guest ok =...

Ok, so I have installed linux on my iBook, and if you read my other thread you know I switched to a spare 6gig hard drive since the last one fried. I dont have a copy of osX so I installed YellowDog Linux 3.01 straight up, nothing else on the HD. When I turn it on, I still get the icon...