hey guys, i've been using linux (ubuntu) for a while now and i wanted to ask if i can also do a system restore using linux to restore my previous settings. This is because i had changed some system configuration files and i cant quite recall how they were and my system cant display the gui interface

I use both linux and windows on my laptop and my linux machine (ubuntu 14.04) failed to show up on the boot menu after i reinstalled/ upgraded my windows from windows 7 to windows 8.1. I ensured that i only formated the windows partition to avoid tampering with the linux partition. Please assist …

Im trying to install team view in Linux mint, I have already downloaded the debian version, however it pops up a missing dependency 'libjpeg62' and therefore cannot proceed to install the software how can I get this dependency? is there I way I can get a software that also uses this dependency and therefore install it along with it? which would this be?

Im familiar with the pinging of an Ip address in windows to establish communication of an IP address, however I can not seem to get this in linux, how ca I do this? Is there like an independent software that I can use that can do this in Linux? otherwise how can I use the terminal to achieve this?

I have an error in line 3 when running my 'sudo update' command , how can I rectify this? is there a website where I can get all the listed Ubuntu and linux rectory servers? I think my be may be corrupted, i need to start from a fresh. Can someone provide the link please?

I have a tgz download for OpenEmm; a mass email server but Im unable to install. How can i make make this file and install.? I have tried to use the command cd/…file name but it does not work in terminal, is there a better ay to make this file and run it in Linux terminal?

I was running the 'sudo apt update' command when the connection was interrupted, now an error that my dependencies are broken keeps showing up, how can I repair for the broken dependencies and do I have to do this as a root user or just a normals user? what is the way to go about this in terminal?

How can I run as a root user in Ubuntu? I have to install some software dependencies but the system keeps telling me that Im not a root user, what is the command for running this in terminal and once running as a root user can I delete some directories in the sys folder? I want to change the directory of the files.

I have to ask if it possible that I can format my disk and be able to support my existing NTFS files intact. How can I achieve this and which file system is better? How can I open and view the Linux files from the windows computer? Is it safe?

First of all, I would like to ask how are the windows OS different compared to the Linux-based Operating systems. I have opted to go for Ubuntu. Can anyone explain to me which is the most user-friendly Linux-based OS? Also, I heard that it is possible to run Ubuntu from a pen-drive. Can I be walked through the steps?