Wanted: Program To Back Up User Preferences

finally got tired of the windows sceen, but there are a few programs i need to run in wine.

I have a program "Vector " from Eagletree that programs my quad copter controller the program installs correctly but does not recongize the usb connection. how do i get information on how to see what is wrong.

remember i'm new to Linux.

thanks

when a command is typed(i.e. /path/to/the/program), as a normal user, he should be able to run that command , execute that program as ROOT and log out root after the execution is completed.
Only one user should be able to do it.
Hence, I have created a new user vj and added the following command in visudo:
Code:

vj ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /path/to/the/program

Now user vj will be able to typein the command.

What I need is that the program which is been called must run as if it is run by a root user,and when the program is completely executed, exit the root user.

How do I proceed?

Working with CentOS 6.6. When logged on as root, sound works fine and 'Preferences -> Sound -> Hardware' shows the 'Internal SOund" device. When logged on as normal user, no sound and 'Preferences -> Sound -> Hardware' offeres no choices. What do I need to twiddle to enable sound for normal (i.e. non-root) users?

I am using the ubuntu studio Distro and one of the pro music programs is called ardour. When the program is loaded there is no way to get access to the other programs. The dock doesn't function and the ubuntu sign has disappeared. I can't even log off or see my name in the top right hand of the screen. My only option is to quit the program. There aren't any workspaces visible and no matter where I put the mouse clicker nothing appears. What am I doing wrong? I'm sure it's not just ardour that does this.

In August of this year I'm going to build a dedicated linux audio computer. I have been using ubuntu studio on my cheapo dell optiplex to learn linux and to get used to different programs and see which ones I need.

Lubuntu seems to use less cpu than ubuntu studio for the same program. I don't want any other programs on my system part from ardour, jack and a few misc MP3 players. All audio. It says that ubuntu studio is a low latency program, does this mean that Lubuntu isn't low latency? It seems that Lubuntu is running the program easier but I'm nervous to go with it because I fear it may be missing certain components to keep it less needy of cpu power.
What are your thoughts on this.

Hello everybody and thanks always for the help

I think the question I am about to ask is very beginners like, so I would appreciate the help.

I know (although I don't remember right now) there is a way to run a program on boot. I think it involves rc.local (correct me if I am wrong) I think you can put there the processes that you want to be run everytime linux is rebooted.

My question is, what should I do if I want a program to be run everytime some other event happen? For example (and in concrete) I am using a camera connected to my linux system and I want a program to run everytime I unplug and replug the camera through the USB port.

Can someone share his/her knowledge with me on this point

Thanks a thousand

for some time i have tired to find a program to rid
this pirate program with no joy,
hoping someone out there my be able to help me...
if anyone on this planet can help me remove this
program from behind the bridge, and the first five %
of the hard drive i will forever grateful...
paul slayer@live.co.uk

I am a R user. I want to know whether remote computers are running R or not.
PROBLEM: How to know whether R program is running, and redirect the host which is running R to a file? I want to check the COMMAND column contains R. What should I do?
Here is the picture of "top" when running R programs(parallel).

I want to get the time when program starts and finishes. But it always show the same time. Here is my shell script. But it always show that `START TIME` is same as `END TIME`.
Code:

host_list=("c15-0330-01.ad.mtu.edu" "c15-0330-02.ad.mtu.edu" "c15-0330-03.ad.mtu.edu" "c15-0330-04.ad.mtu.edu")
program=("L_1" "L_4" "L_3" "L_4")
subject="The job is finished"
START=$(date +"r")
address="/home/campus27/zwang10/Desktop/AWRR/program/power/vmodel_1/nprot/K_10"
ssh -f "${host_list[0]}" "cd '$address' && nohup Rscript '${program[0]}.R' > '${program[0]}_sh.txt';echo 'The job\n $address\n${program[0]} is finished\nSTART TIME = $START\n' END TIME =`date +"%r"` | mutt zwang10@mtu.edu -s '${host_list[0]} - Job ${program[0]}.R finished' -a '$address/${program[0]}_sh.txt';"

i am a musician so i wanted to install ubuntu studio to see what it was like. It said i needed to download the iso file and burn it to dvd. i did that. now it says that I should reboot the computer and it will start from the disk for a fresh install of my whole system. is this right? i only wanted a program not my sytem rebooted and re installed. does ubuntu do this each time you install a program? jesus!