Recent content by rAIner-linux

In the meantime, I succeeded by using Rufus instead of Etcher.

Hello all, I am trying to make my first Linux installation, but when trying to create a bootable USB stick with Etcher, Etcher keeps complaining that it cannot open the iso file. I did try it with the Ubunto iso and the Mint iso. The Mint iso, I even made an integrity check with and...

I am still not sure what Linux is. In the very old days, there was DOS and UNIX (and mainframe OSs such as BS2000 etc.). In the old days, (through the pressure from AMIGA and ATARI) those two operating systems where expanded to include a graphical user interface; Windows and Solaris was born...

Interesting remark... Linux doesn't support your old devices?

Actually, it is affordability. I am planning to build a fileserver for my home network. And it seems that a Linux solution would be the most cost effective and on top of that, I will have better control over the system.

Let's say I have some MacBooks, iPads, iPhones and a Linux Desktop in my little home network (i.e. they have all internet access through the same router). 1. Can I start UNIX batch files from the MacBook on the Linux Desktop? (yes/no) 2. Can I access (read and/or write) files from the MacBook...

Hello world... this is the third forum I have joined. The first one was about a car and the second ons about a computer game. I am Rainer, 57, German, having learned some UNIX in a course and used it a bit (6 months) at work as a normal user. I have a university degree in computer-science and...