Please, I would like to know how risky it can be to update the kernel of Ubuntu to the latest stable version.
Currently, I am running Kubuntu 17.04 which uses the kernel 4.10.0-22-generic. The latest stable Kernel version at the time of writing this question is: 4.11.4.
In addition to that, it ...
I am using a public computer at my university. The keyboards are dirty and not-friendly-to-use, so I am using my own keyboard: Redragon Asura model K501.
On startup, these public PCs offers the possibility to use differents OSs:
Linux Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Windows 7
Windows 10
When using both v...
VxD is the device driver model used in Microsoft Windows/386, the 386 enhanced mode of Windows 3.x, Windows 9x, and to some extent also by the Novell DOS 7, OpenDOS 7.01, and DR-DOS 7.02 (and higher) multitasker (TASKMGR). VxDs have access to the memory of the kernel and all running processes, as well as raw access to the hardware.
== Design ==
The name "VxD" is an abbreviation for "virtual xxx driver", where "xxx" is some class of hardware device. It derives from the fact that most drivers had filenames of the form vxxxd.386 in Windows 3.x. Some examples are: vjoyd.386 (joystick), vmm.386 (memory...
How am I going to tell him to open the files in Windows? (1.) Install VirtualBox ... (34.) Now click "attach" and select that file we created in step 21 ... (56.) Now that guest additions are enabled, share the /tmp/test-3-final directory ...
All but one release of Mac OS X (now macOS) has been certified as Unix by The Open Group, starting with 10.5:
10.12 (Sierra)
10.11 (El Capitan)
10.10 (Yosemite)
10.9 (Mavericks)
10.8 (Mountain Lion)
10.6 (Snow Leopard)
10.5 (Leopard)
Apple's page on The Open Group site only lists the current ...
The Portable Operating System Interface for uni-X (POSIX) is a family of standards specified by the IEEE Computer Society for maintaining compatibility between operating systems. POSIX defines the application programming interface (API), along with command line shells and utility interfaces, for software compatibility with variants of Unix and other operating systems.
== Name ==
Originally, the name "POSIX" referred to IEEE Std 1003.1-1988, released in 1988. The family of POSIX standards is formally designated as IEEE 1003 and the international standard name is ISO/IEC 9945.
The standards emerged...
My Dockerfile installs Meteor on the image. Only problem is when I log in to my non root user and run meteor it then begins to download and install it locally. So it recognises meteor as a command but it is not available immediately to run my app-code. How can I make it available to my non root u...
I've just got Photoshop Cs6 working on Ubuntu making use of Playonlinux.
Took me some time since I just transfered from Windows to Ubunto (which I'm untill now very happy about).
Now every time when I perform an action like hide a layer, making use of color overlay the action doesn't execute with...
Please, I would like to know how risky it can be to update the kernel of Ubuntu to the latest stable version.
Currently, I am running Kubuntu 17.04 which uses the kernel 4.10.0-22-generic. The latest stable Kernel version at the time of writing this question is: 4.11.4.
In addition to that, it ...
I am using a public computer at my university. The keyboards are dirty and not-friendly-to-use, so I am using my own keyboard: Redragon Asura model K501.
On startup, these public PCs offers the possibility to use differents OSs:
Linux Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Windows 7
Windows 10
When using both v...
All but one release of Mac OS X (now macOS) has been certified as Unix by The Open Group, starting with 10.5:
10.12 (Sierra)
10.11 (El Capitan)
10.10 (Yosemite)
10.9 (Mavericks)
10.8 (Mountain Lion)
10.6 (Snow Leopard)
10.5 (Leopard)
Apple's page on The Open Group site only lists the current ...
