I want to use Ubuntu. I have Win 7 Home Premium 32-bit right now... I used to have 64 on this laptop (Toshiba Satellite c650) but my disc got a ring of death.  Intel Penium CPU B940 2.00GHz, 4GB RAM  Also, I'm guessing I need an image mounter such as PowerISO to install Ubuntu, if I don't have a DVD lying around that I can mount to? I'm a noob. Thanks for your help, in advance.  EDIT: My question wasn't clear... can my processor and RAM handle 64-bit Ubuntu? Hell of a lot nicer than Win7
What is the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu? I've heard the 64-bit platform performs better and can detect more than 4GB of RAM. Also, while some apps haven't ported to 64-bit yet, ia32-libs lets a 64-bit machine run them.  If so, why not promote 64-bit over 32-bit?
How do I hide an element when printing a web page? I have a link on my webpage to print the webpage. However, the link is also visible in the printout itself.  Is there javascript or HTML code which would hide the link button when I click the print link?  Example:   "Good Evening"  Print (click Here To Print)   I want to hide this "Print" label when it prints the text "Good Evening". The "Print" label should not show on the printout itself. Remove Archives in category title How I can remove word "Archives" in head title in category page? I'm using the Twenty Twelve theme and WordPress 4.   &lt;head&gt; &lt;title&gt;"name of category" Archives  | "name of sites"&lt;/title&gt; &lt;/head&gt; I'm a student of mathematics with not much background in physics. I'm interested in learning Quantum field theory from a mathematical point of view.  Are there any good books or other reference material which can help in learning about quantum field theory? What areas of mathematics should I be familiar with before reading about Quantum field theory? Why XML-Serializable class need a parameterless constructor I'm writing code to do Xml serialization. With below function.  public static string SerializeToXml(object obj) {     XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(obj.GetType());     using (StringWriter writer = new StringWriter())     {         serializer.Serialize(writer, obj);         return writer.ToString();     } }   If the argument is a instance of class without parameterless constructor, it will throw a exception.     Unhandled Exception:   System.InvalidOperationException:   CSharpConsole.Foo cannot be serialized   because it does not have a   parameterless constructor.    at   System.Xml.Serialization.TypeDesc.CheckSupported()   at   System.Xml.Serialization.TypeScope.GetTypeDesc(Type   type, MemberInfo sourc e, Boolean   directReference, Boolean throwOnError)   at   System.Xml.Serialization.ModelScope.GetTypeModel(Type   type, Boolean direct Reference)    at   System.Xml.Serialization.XmlReflectionImporter.ImportTypeMapping(Type   type , XmlRootAttribute root, String   defaultNamespace)    at   System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer..ctor(Type   type, String defaultName space)    at   System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer..ctor(Type   type)   Why must there be a parameterless constructor in order to allow xml serialization to succeed?  EDIT: thanks for cfeduke's answer. The parameterless constructor can be private or internal. Suppose I have a document with multiple include or input statements  \input{fileA} \input{fileB}   etc.   Is there an easy way to generate a single .tex file where \input{fileA} is replaced by the actual content of fileA etc. without copying it manually? function main() {    Hello(); }  function Hello() {   // How do you find out the caller function is 'main'? }   Is there a way to find out the call stack? How to make generated classes contain Javadoc from XML Schema documentation We have given isosceles triangle $ABC$ with baseline $AB$. Point $M$ is midpoint of AB. Draw perpendicular line to side $AC$ through $M$ which intersects $AC$ in point $H$. Let $P$ be midpoint of $MH$. Show that lines $BH$ and $CP$ are perpendicular to each other.  I also have "hint": Construct height $BD$ to side $AC$ and look at the triangles $ABD$ and $MCH$.  Analytically there is no problem but I get stuck in geometrical approach to solution. improper integral calculation I do not know how to solve this integral and then expand the result in powers of $t$  $$(1-t)^{-1/2}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{\exp\left(\frac{2x^2t}{1+t}\right)}{1+x^2}dx=?,~~~~|t|&lt;1.$$  any idea? I am trying to get the SIDs of users and groups by querying  get-wmiobject -query 'select groupcomponent,partcomponent from win32_groupuser`   output:  __GENUS          : 2 __CLASS          : Win32_GroupUser __SUPERCLASS     : __DYNASTY        : __RELPATH        : Win32_GroupUser.GroupComponent="\\\\COMPUTER\\root\\cimv2:Win32_Group.Domain=\"TESTDOMAIN\",Name=\                    "Schema Admins\"",PartComponent="\\\\COMPUTER\\root\\cimv2:Win32_UserAccount.Domain=\"TESTDOMAIN\"                    ,Name=\"Administrator\"" __PROPERTY_COUNT : 2 __DERIVATION     : {} __SERVER         : __NAMESPACE      : __PATH           : GroupComponent   : \\COMPUTER\root\cimv2:Win32_Group.Domain="TESTDOMAIN",Name="Schema Admins" PartComponent    : \\COMPUTER\root\cimv2:Win32_UserAccount.Domain="TESTDOMAIN",Name="Administrator"   groupcomponent is a win32_group ().  win32_group is contains an SID ()  However the groupcomponent here is a string and not a win32_group as   get-wmiobject -query 'select groupcomponent.sid from win32_groupuser'   is an invalid query. How can I access groupcomponent's members as a win32_group? How do you prove the second law of thermodynamics from statistical mechanics? Present Perfect vs. Present Perfect Continuous how are you?  Well, my biggest doubt at the moment is the difference between these two tenses. Actually, the more I study the more I have doubts with these tenses.      /         These similar threads helped me to clarify and reiterate my previous understanding.   I'm not posting in these threads because the site suggests avoiding asking for clarification (I don't know why because it would avoid new threads with the same content).  My main doubt is as follows:     I've lived in New York for two years.   In my understanding, the sentence above implies (1) that I lived in NY for two years and now I live in another place; or (2) I'm moving to another city after two years living in NY; or (3) I lived in NY for two years, then I moved to another place for some period and, finally, I'm returning. Is that correct?     I've been living in New York for two years.   Whereas the sentence above, in my understanding, implies that I lived in NY for two years and I still living there.  Anyway, many sources that I've already read say that these two sentences have the same meaning and are interchangeable. Therein lies my question. Is that correct? Because if these two sentences are interchangeable, it destroys all my understanding.  Thanks in advance. There are many examples of this, and I'd like to give a few:   A person who puts a lot of effort to help the community and earns reputation points. But that reputation is the motivation behind helping the community, not because they really want to. A student approaches a professor, and helps them in their teaching and doing research in order to have a good LOR (letter of recommendation). To a SEO, the content of the website must be good (well, this one is a little tricky, but you get the spirit.)   I'm not saying that the reputation/LOR/high-ranked is not deserved. It is. I just want to focus more on the selfish reason(s) behind that.  Any kind of answer can be accepted: single word, phrase, proverb or idiom. How to roll the viewport? How do I rotate the viewport around the local (to the view port) - Z axis?  Basically what you would  get if you were to hit R with the camera selected in camera view. What is a "Nested Quantifier" and why is it causing my regex to fail? I have this regex I built and tested in regex buddy.  "_ [ 0-9]{10}+ {1}+[ 0-9]{10}+ {2}+[ 0-9]{6}+ {2}[ 0-9]{2}"   When I use this in .Net C#   I receive the exception  "parsing \"_ [ 0-9]{10}+ +[ 0-9]{10}+  +[ 0-9]{6}+  [ 0-9]{2}\" - Nested quantifier +."   What does this error mean? Apparently .net doesn't like the expression.  Here is the regex buddy so u can understand my intention with the regex...  _ [ 0-9]{10}+ {1}+[ 0-9]{10}+ {2}+[ 0-9]{6}+ {2}[ 0-9]{2}  Match the characters "_ " literally «_ » Match a single character present in the list below «[ 0-9]{10}+»    Exactly 10 times «{10}+»    The character " " « »    A character in the range between "0" and "9" «0-9» Match the character " " literally « {1}+»    Exactly 1 times «{1}+» Match a single character present in the list below «[ 0-9]{10}+»    Exactly 10 times «{10}+»    The character " " « »    A character in the range between "0" and "9" «0-9» Match the character " " literally « {2}+»    Exactly 2 times «{2}+» Match a single character present in the list below «[ 0-9]{6}+»    Exactly 6 times «{6}+»    The character " " « »    A character in the range between "0" and "9" «0-9» Match the character " " literally « {2}»    Exactly 2 times «{2}» Match a single character present in the list below «[ 0-9]{2}»    Exactly 2 times «{2}»    The character " " « »    A character in the range between "0" and "9" «0-9»   In short...  What is a Nested quantifier? Let $A$ be the $\mathbb{C}$-subalgebra of $M_4(\mathbb C)$ consisting of matrices of the form   \begin{pmatrix} * &amp; * &amp; * &amp; *\\ * &amp; * &amp; * &amp;*\\ 0 &amp; 0 &amp; *&amp;0 \\ 0 &amp; 0&amp;* &amp;* \end{pmatrix}   Then how would I find the Jacobson radical $J(A)$ of $A$?    I don't really understand finding the Jacobson radical of $\mathbb{C}$-subalgebras.  Any help on this would be greatly appreciated, thank you! What are the system requirements for each flavour of Ubuntu Desktop? In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets it is revealed that      Ginny is being possessed by Tom Riddle and is the one opening the Chamber of Secrets.   The book seems relatively without holes in this regard.  However in the movie when Harry discovers Justin Flinch-Fletchley we see moments prior to this      Ginny is studying in a room full of people.   This implies that the person opening the chamber of secrets couldn't have been in the chamber when the second attack occurs.  Is this just a goof in the movie or is there an alternate explanation for this?  Is the Basilisk acting on its own in the movie? Prove that an infinite ring with finite quotient rings is an integral domain How can we show that if $R$ is an infinite commutative ring and $R/I$ is finite for every nonzero $I \unlhd R$, then $R$ is an integral domain?   I tried proceeding by contradiction: assume $a$,$b$ $\in R \backslash \{0\}$ and $ab=0$; then $R/(a)$ and $R/(b)$ must be finite, say $R/(a)=\{k_i + (a) : 1 \leq i \leq m\}$ and $R/(b)=\{l_j + (b) : 1 \leq j \leq n\}$. Does this mean $R$ must be finite? Or what about using the fact that $R/(a,b)$ finite?  Thanks for any help with this! Why can I only change my Stack Overflow name once every 30 days?