08-01-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brycemb16
Does linux run well on a partitioned hard drive (or at all)?
Yes... Install Windows (create your Windows partition during the Windows installation - leave future Linux partition unformatted), then install Linux, placing GRUB/LILO on the MBR.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brycemb16
What version of linux would you recomend for a first time user of a single system? I would like to get into open source programing, at some point, but first, I want to learn the operating system.
This is a very broad question - all of the various Linux distros have their pros and cons. For a newbie, I'd recommend Fedora Core or Mandrake/Mandriva. Search these forums as this has been asked many times before - unfortunately the only real answers that can be given are personal preference and point-of-view. If you dual-boot, you can easily install another Linux distro over the top of whatever you choose initially if you dislike it. Also, if you format the Windows partitions as FAT32 instead of NTFS, you can easily transfer files (i.e. back them up if you decide to change distros) to the Windows partition from Linux.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brycemb16
I wouldnt mind being able to run OS X on my laptop and I was wondering if, with a linux or unix system, I could somehow cheat OS X into running?
PearPC may be what you're looking for - a PowerPC emulator for Windows / Linux.
Cheers
ZB
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
pdebuild-user-mode-linux
pdebuild-user-mode-linux(1) pbuilder pdebuild-user-mode-linux(1)
NAME
pdebuild-user-mode-linux - pbuilder-user-mode-linux way of doing debuild
SYNOPSIS
pdebuild-user-mode-linux [pdebuild-user-mode-linux options] -- [pbuilder-user-mode-linux options]
DESCRIPTION
A convenience program for pbuilder-user-mode-linux which invokes pbuilder after obtaining appropriate root privilege in a Debian source
directory. One must be inside the source tree containing the debian directory, in order to make it work.
PDEBUILD OPTIONS
--buildsourceroot [fakeroot]
The command used to gain root privilege for invoking dpkg-buildpackage
--auto-debsign
Invoke debsign at the end of pdebuild process.
--debsign-k [key-id]
Pass -k option to debsign to specify which keyid to sign.
--buildresult [Directory for build results]
The place which build result is stored.
--configfile [Extra config file to use]
The configuration file is used, but not passed on to pbuilder-user-mode-linux.
--debbuildopts [options to pass to dpkg-buildpackage]
The space-delimited list of options are passed to dpkg-buildpackage. This option appends to pbuilder option --debbuildopts and may
also be used to reset the list of options by passing the empty string.
--use-pdebuild-internal
Uses a different implementation of pdebuild, which calls clean and build inside the chroot, using bind-mounts.
pdebuild-internal tries to run debian/rules clean inside the chroot. To achieve the goal, the working directory is passed on inside
the chroot, in the form of bind-mounting and debuild is run.
This option will not protect the working directory and its parent directories from the build scripts.
-- [pbuilder options]
After the -- symbol, an arbitrary number of pbuilder options can be specified. See pbuilder-user-mode-linux.1 for full list of
options.
There is an exception that --buildresult needs to be specified as pdebuild option before the -- to be effective.
FILES
/etc/pbuilderrc
The configuration file for pbuilder-user-mode-linux, used in pdebuild-user-mode-linux.
/usr/share/pbuilder/pbuilderrc
The default configuration file for pbuilder-user-mode-linux, used in pdebuild-user-mode-linux.
${HOME}/.pbuilderrc
Configuration file for pbuilder-user-mode-linux, used in pdebuild-user-mode-linux, overrides what is written in /etc/pbuilderrc
AUTHOR
Initial coding, and main maintenance is done by Junichi Uekawa <dancer@debian.org>.
The homepage is available at http://pbuilder.alioth.debian.org
SEE ALSO
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/pbuilder-doc.html, pbuilder-user-mode-linux(1), pbuilderrc(5), pbuilder-uml.conf(5)
Debian 2006 May 24 pdebuild-user-mode-linux(1)