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I have downloaded and unpacked the Mozilla Thunderbird executable on my new Ubuntu installation. How do I install the program. Don't I just double click the Thunderbird-bin file? Any pointer in the right direction is appreciated.
thnderbird is in the repositories, you might try that.
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{"user_question": "Chris3", "user_answer": "urlin2u"}
I want to build a windows 7 and ubuntu dual boot system, where can I find info on how to best do that'
install win7 with 50% of HDD (or your choice of the space) and then install ubuntu afterwards
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{"user_question": "loganRun", "user_answer": "unreal-dude"}
can someone point me to a good starter guide for GIT version tracking system?
if you know subversion, try http://git.or.cz/course/svn.html
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{"user_question": "eric__", "user_answer": "daguar"}
is there a way to stop gnome from opening rhythmbox when i put if a cd?
go to nautilus' preferences
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{"user_question": "_paneb", "user_answer": "atlef"}
i am trying to mount an ntfs partition with ntfs-3g but i get this message: 'Unprivileged user can not mount NTFS block devices using the external FUSE library.'
use sudo
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{"user_question": "_paneb", "user_answer": "musikgoat"}
is there a gtk application for downloading cover art?
i believe if you don't use --convert-link, it won't modify them
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{"user_question": "_paneb", "user_answer": "LjL"}
what is better.. retricted drivers or install manually from a deb file? :/
restricted drivers
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{"user_question": "lbrt", "user_answer": "danbhfive"}
How do I take a screenshot in ubuntu?
don't you have a PrintScreen key on your keyboard?
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{"user_question": "Blinkiz", "user_answer": "|neko|"}
Hello all, I am new to linux. How do I install something from a Tar.gz?
the install instructions should be in the directory that gets extracted
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{"user_question": "darklingduck", "user_answer": "Turno"}
Mouse Cursor is eraseing the screen as it moves. (H/W: Via Chrome9). Verified in 7.10 and 8.04. Seemed to work in 8.04beta4. Looking to track down where the problem may be. Experiened with xorg.conf editing, and Xorg driver compilation.
yes, but wait ~10-15 minutes
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{"user_question": "conathan", "user_answer": "jrib"}
anyone official be able to report on exactly what's going on with security.ubuntu.com ?
why, what gives?
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{"user_question": "knewt", "user_answer": "babolat"}
what's the program that automatically mounts drives? gnome-volume-manager is apparently not it.
it's a config file. fstab
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{"user_question": "elmer", "user_answer": "babolat"}
hi.. anyone can access sourceforge.net?
nope, it's still dead
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{"user_question": "kiongku", "user_answer": "DistroJockey"}
So, seriously, no antivirus?
clamav
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{"user_question": "noip", "user_answer": "IdleOne"}
Is there a way to thorottle back cpu intensive apps in background?
man nice
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{"user_question": "SkinnYPup", "user_answer": "ikonia"}
the AMD64 alternate install fails at 'select and install software' is this a common issue?
can you switch to other consoles? There should be one that logs errors. Switch with 'Alt-F2' and other F keys.
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{"user_question": "surplusxmas", "user_answer": "soundray"}
does the 'free software only' option during installation removes blobs from the kernel?
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS
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{"user_question": "icarious", "user_answer": "usr13"}
Does anyone know what a gdm theme is or how to install one?
theme for your login, and gnome-looks.org is a good site
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{"user_question": "soreau", "user_answer": "iMatter"}
hello, does anyone in here knows about any application that would help me tune a piano. I need to detect the frequencies at which the keys are, so I can correct them. Any suggestion?
See if there is a channel for Ubuntu Studio, they are the guys that specialize in such things.
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{"user_question": "newbie_", "user_answer": "fde"}
how can I batch resize images in ubuntu?
uhh... graphicsmagick
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{"user_question": "kane77", "user_answer": "fde"}
where do i install fonts in ubuntu?
/usr/share/fonts
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{"user_question": "cgentry72", "user_answer": "fde"}
does linux also have the 3GB limit for 32bit versions?
By default, I believe Ubuntu turns the option on.
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{"user_question": "fr500", "user_answer": "fde"}
Hi all. I made put a VFAT partition and a LUKS partition on a USB drive today. However, I am unable to access the VFAT partition from Windows. Would this be because I made it the second partition? I'm pretty sure I did this on my last USB drive without any problem. Any ideas?
- windows will need the fat32 partition on a usb stick to be the 1st one
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{"user_question": "rypervenche", "user_answer": "RaTTuS|BIG"}
in a gnome environment? it's easy in a kde environment
yeah. Never had any problems before... but this new version is odd. Maybe I should try restarting. =/
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{"user_question": "fde", "user_answer": "keith_"}
Hi, I have a problem with the keyboard layouts. I have 2 layouts: German and Russian, after a reboot I'm not able to switch to the Russian layout anymore... I tried to find a solution in the forums, but had no success.
You have both checked in System > Administration > Language ? You should get an applet in the panel... this is not working?
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{"user_question": "sas171", "user_answer": "fde"}
should i go with kubuntu or ubuntu? just an opinion
that is a bad question for so many reasons... but if in doubt use 'Ubuntu'... it is what started it all :)
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{"user_question": "csais", "user_answer": "fde"}
After upgrading to 8.04, while it appears that compiz is working (I get the wobbly windows and such), my previous settings have disappeared, and I can't seem to enable the emerald theme manager. When this happened in gutsy, there was an option in the preferences menu called 'GL Desktop' that I guess would reload compiz, but that option is no longer available. How would I go about enabling the emerald themes and possibly getting my deskto
what about alt f2 emerald --replace
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{"user_question": "hamled", "user_answer": "bazhang"}
Hi, I installed ubuntu with 'Safe graphic mode' is this still on? Do I need to find a driver or something?
no its okay, you should be good
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{"user_question": "Andrewm", "user_answer": "immesys_"}
Hi. Need help regarding external hdd. Get an error where it states it has an 'unclean shutdown'. Prob. because i forgot to 'safely remove hardware' in winXP. Followed the mount instruction, but did not work
Quick fix, plug it into a windows machine, eject it the proper way
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{"user_question": "jaran", "user_answer": "Cidan"}
hi, i have conected laptop and tv via HDMI. At first i just plug in the cable and picture shows on tv but now when i plug in it happens nothing
- type at the keyboard to wake the laptop up?
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{"user_question": "alyosha", "user_answer": "RaTTuS|BIG"}
another thing i would like to ask is, is anti virus necessary on ubuntu? I always heard that linux os won't get viruses but how true is that?
i dont think chrome is available for any other os but windows
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{"user_question": "jacky", "user_answer": "fidz"}
hello. What shell command can i use to get the gateway of my network interfaces?
ip route | grep default
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{"user_question": "pepe_swash", "user_answer": "erUSUL"}
hey could someone tell me how to replace every space in a file with a period using the command line
do you need it in bash, or would python be fine?
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{"user_question": "Ephesius", "user_answer": "thatsnotjack"}
Is there a version of ubuntu well suited for recording midi devices? Rosegarden complains that the system timer is not right (and there's always that big delay.....)
Ubuntu Studio is for digital audio and video. I will admit that is about all I know about it
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{"user_question": "Joeseph", "user_answer": "Caplinux"}
In firefox, wherever there is a flash applet (or whatever), i see these large 'play' symbols (sideways triangle inside a circle). I have to click them to see the applet/video. Is their a way to get around this?
although thats great, remember all those annoying flash adds?
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{"user_question": "Mattevt", "user_answer": "zeno"}
So.. No useable GUI for multihead setups, right?
it is a frontend for xrandr which replaced xinerama.
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{"user_question": "DarKlajid", "user_answer": "fearl"}
What a easy to use GUI program to create a ISO?
instead of burning to a dvd/cd you can select 'burn to image'
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{"user_question": "WaxyFresh", "user_answer": "jedimind"}
hi, can i burn the iso-image of 8.04 to a dvd instead of a cd?
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/dvd/current/
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{"user_question": "lgierth", "user_answer": "d_avid"}
can someone help me - I have no sound in hardy, I had in gibon -- http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/64806/
open a console then type alsamixer
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{"user_question": "josnas_", "user_answer": "fserve_"}
Is it possible to remove pulseaudio and just use ALSA and dmix?
if it wants to uninstall everything obv dont do it ;)
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{"user_question": "miromanyth", "user_answer": "mage__"}
COuld someone tell me why the option to 'install' in the app center is greyed out for every thing I want to install?
run: gksudo software-center
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{"user_question": "miromanyth", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}
Hey all... I'm new to Linux and jacked up my primary user account. I created a secondary user and want to get rid of my primary user & home. I deleted the user under 'user settings', but how do I get rid of the home directory?
your new user needs to have admin priviledges, or try doing it by booting hte live cd maybe
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{"user_question": "adamsad1", "user_answer": "Pelo"}
how can i restart my audio devices without rebooting? is there a way to reload them or something?
try /etc/init.d/alsasound restart
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{"user_question": "hypercool^", "user_answer": "Maxdamantus"}
Hi... does anybody know how is Ubuntu/gnome starting compiz when I enable desktop effects? what does it execute and from where?
desktop effects - compiz
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{"user_question": "gregorovius__", "user_answer": "nibsa1242b"}
anyone on hardy here without sound? I have some fixes :)
i sometimes have no sound, cant play two sounds from separate apps at once
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{"user_question": "h4mx0r", "user_answer": "mrbird"}
hi, I'm trying to use USB devices from my VM (WinXP running as guest) but I cannot see it listed on my devices menu. I tried by adding my user to vboxusers group but this group doesn't exist. So I craeted one myself and add my user to it and still no luck. Any ideas?
what you write makes no sense whatsoever
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{"user_question": "Tecuhtli", "user_answer": "arghx"}
Does anyone know the equivalent program to gnome-power-settings in ubuntu 11.10? I used to execute that program to deal with screen brightness, etc, but it doesn't seem to be in 11.10
I'm not sure which options are in gnome-power-settings. There is powertop which can enable power saving for USB ports, WiFi, etc.
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{"user_question": "dotnull", "user_answer": "Antares"}
hello guys, how do i register my nick?
Type « /msg nickserv register password_of_your_choice your@email.address »
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{"user_question": "drupod", "user_answer": "MonkeyDust"}
how can i run the executable file i compiled with eclipse? I tried .test11 (the name of file) but i get 'bash: .test11: command not found'.
if not working do a chmod +x test11 on it first
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{"user_question": "mumu", "user_answer": "JapyDooge"}
How can I completely hide the gnome desktop toolbars so that there isn't that annoying strip of it showing, I know how to set it to autohide that's not what I'm looking for... and if possible, how to change it's response rate.
have a look at the extra settings you can make under /apps/panel in gconf-editor
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{"user_question": "BuriedDreams", "user_answer": "soundray"}
ANDY QUE HAS HECHO? AHORA VAS A VER!
use sudo before it
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{"user_question": "HermanChess", "user_answer": "JoshuaRL"}
What's the command that 'refreshes' an open terminal to account for changes to $HOME/bin, .bashrc, etc?
source $HOME/bin or .bashrc
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{"user_question": "Phase", "user_answer": "bastidrazor"}
Hi, I hae an old (Windows 98 I assume) floppyy, how do I get Ubuntu to read it? /Hardy
tried inserting in floppy drive?
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{"user_question": "rootyrooty", "user_answer": "bazhang_"}
HI, how do I start mysql?
/etc/init.d/mysql start, probably.
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{"user_question": "rootyrooty", "user_answer": "trimeta"}
how do I get the beryl options to appear under my 'appearance tab' in gnome?
beryl is not included with ubuntu, you may want to install 'compiz-settings-manager' though.
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{"user_question": "dettymac", "user_answer": "RoC_MasterMind"}
is there a way to access my files in Ubuntu from vista?
try explore2fs; I think there's a couple of others as well (they work in XP, dunno about vista)
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{"user_question": "Cey22", "user_answer": "askvictor"}
I'm using 8.04 I have a D-link DWL-G122 usb wireless card And it doesn't seem to be recognized. Any help?
You will want to read help.ubuntu.com and search for help with ndiswrapper.
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{"user_question": "akonkwa_", "user_answer": "cky"}
Is anyone else having trouble installing themes and/or icon sets in 8.04?
What trouble are you having? Are you installing themes using .debs or by hand? I'm about to try doing one by hand, it'll be interesting to see if I run into issues....
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{"user_question": "rdavis", "user_answer": "cky"}
what is the best / easiest / fastest way to switch to kubuntu from ubuntu?
:http://psychocats.s465.sureserver.com/ubuntu/purekde read remove Ubuntu
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{"user_question": "Danish989", "user_answer": "dupin"}
Whenever I reboot since upgrade to Oneiric I get a purple screen without anything else. I need to hit the restart button and that takes me to GRUB for a successful boot. How can I fix?
it works after your reboot? What are you talking about for a successful boot?
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{"user_question": "maletor", "user_answer": "histo"}
Hi, anyone knows if there's an IRC channel for Xtreamer Ultra support? :)
chat.xtreamer.net
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{"user_question": "Fratyr", "user_answer": "alkafoo"}
hi, i want to completely start fresh with samba file sharing (i've played with the configs a little too much and it's not working right)... so is 'apt-get purge samba' enough? any other packages you'd recommend clearing out?
no reason to clear out other packages. Just make sure all configs are deleted.
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{"user_question": "sexcopter", "user_answer": "smw"}
my system seems to be using about 50% cpu, can anyone tell me what bonobo-activation-server is?
nautilus runs by default, it displays your desktop icons
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{"user_question": "shane2peru_", "user_answer": "soundray"}
whats the best free virtulization software for linux ? Id like to run some windows games ( sins of a solar empire )
Check out CEDEGA
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{"user_question": "qbert", "user_answer": "joqueza"}
guys please help - 2 days ago i tried to upgrade intrepid -> jaunty. seems it didnt completed as update manager shows me the button to click to upgrade to 9.04. yesterday tried to do upgrade again. it closed with no signs of errors. still not upgraded. what's the shell command to do the upgrade? i wanna see the error messages if any,..? upgade-manager --dist-upgrade?
the safest way to do it from shell is: aptitude update && aptitude safe-upgrade && aptitude dist-upgrade ... it'll do it in two passes.
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{"user_question": "RaverWild", "user_answer": "PhotoJim"}
hi! there has just been a new release of postgresql (8.4), could i somehow install that in a 8.04 server? I would have to add some repository, or?
postgres may have a .deb file which you can use, otherwise you are downloading and compiling the source I am afraid
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{"user_question": "pirx", "user_answer": "moncky"}
are there any other terminal-based text editor than vim? I'm using ssh to my school and want to edit a file
nano, pico, emacs, sed/cat/awk for manual line editing
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{"user_question": "pisse", "user_answer": "fryguy"}
hi, i want to watch divX video with firefox. how make it run?
try installing vlc via apt-get
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{"user_question": "tobago", "user_answer": "Mighty"}
restart command???
it doesn't make a difference if you're using grub for booting.
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{"user_question": "bigtimer121", "user_answer": "soundray"}
hello all i am looking for documentation to setup an official ubuntu mirror for french polynesia. where to get it?
it is on the site. navigate as though you are wanting to download and you should see a link
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{"user_question": "alxgom1", "user_answer": "ferris"}
your D drive is where ubuntu is? thats claled filesystem now and D:\ is only in winows ubutnu works differently
yea I know that, but I can't access my D drive, even though its called something else.
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{"user_question": "Baby_Shambl3s", "user_answer": "OldSocks"}
I'm `tail -F`ing a file. Does anyone know a good way to fire a script off when a certain line is detected? grep unfortunately doesn't work when following a file.
pipe it into a loop and do read LINE in it... then you can do all your magic with $LINE
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{"user_question": "rage", "user_answer": "r0hit"}
Hi folks. Need to know where mount point configuration for boot is stored. I have two drives, /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdc1 that are mounting as /media/Storage1 and /media/Storage2 respectively. I can umount and re-mount them in reverse (the way I want them), but upon reboot they're back to the way they were originally.
check /etc/fstab file
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{"user_question": "Headcase_Fargone", "user_answer": "birvis"}
Does anyone know how to blacklist a wireless AP? I keep connecting to an unprotected network when mine goes down and Id rather not...
If you want to remove the unprotected network from that list, right-click the NetworkManager icon (the one near the clock that shows your wireless signal strength) and pick 'edit wireless networks'
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{"user_question": "howapt", "user_answer": "Wyzard"}
Does anybody know of a good SQLYog alternative for linux? It's a MySQL GUI frontend (and no, the mysql administrator isn't enough)
Do you object to phpMyAdmin?
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{"user_question": "dmsuperman", "user_answer": "josh04_"}
hello, installed the package nautilus-script-collection-svn but cannot see an entry in nautilus context menu, what may be wrong?
check ~/.xsession-errors
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{"user_question": "MrKeuner", "user_answer": "violinappren"}
if i am in a dir and i want to find a specific ip in say 20 files, what command would i use, i know its cat but what would i pass to it ?
I think it'd be something like cat (file.name) | grep (IP)
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{"user_question": "retalin", "user_answer": "nibsa1242b"}
im having a brain fart, what are those buttons on top called? minimize, maximize, close?
would you accept Window Buttons?
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{"user_question": "LindaLoveLace", "user_answer": "w30"}
0% [Connecting to archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.31)] <<-- why is very slow, is there another link thati can use
in gutsy, synaptic had a way of selecting mirrors
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{"user_question": "dassouki_", "user_answer": "nucco"}
Hello Somebody knows how can I change my font size ­in Emphaty and Pidgin conversations?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1606770 maybe this helps?
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{"user_question": "brian99", "user_answer": "ok_wait"}
im logged in to my account and want to add files to a folder that is protected. how can i login to root and add the files. do i have to do it through terminal orr is there another way?
you can open Nautilus as root and then work that way ... in a terminal do 'gksudo nautilus'
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{"user_question": "Darknezz", "user_answer": "seamus7"}
is there any reason that I would have trouble using apt-get to install dhcpd on 8.04 server?
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/dhcp.html
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{"user_question": "frieze", "user_answer": "Flannel"}
so is there a way to use a remote gui tool to set up a firewall on an ubuntu server install without actually installing x windows on the server itself?
if you want ot get more information, its alled 'x forwarding'
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{"user_question": "frieze", "user_answer": "Nith"}
Hello, I've acquired an ipod touch recently, I'm hating it thus far in windows with the restrictions itunes imposes, what are the Linux alternatives like if any are worth doing?
gtkpod
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{"user_question": "RodneyJarvis", "user_answer": "Awesomeo2000"}
can any one suggest me how to disconnect memory card, i have connected it using card reader through USB port?????
Right click on the icon on the desktop and go to 'unmount' or 'eject'
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{"user_question": "indian_munnda_", "user_answer": "Pici"}
Q: I have a PIII/800MHz, 512MB RAM - which would you recommend, Xubuntu 6.10 or Ubuntu6.06?
i installed xubuntu 8.04 with a less than that.. i'd go for the latest version
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{"user_question": "nicholaspaul", "user_answer": "Rafik"}
can someone please help me? networking has stopped on my PC, it should just dhcp from router
is it a fresh install or did you just update?
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{"user_question": "al_nz1", "user_answer": "randomcola"}
ppl what irc client can you recomend me? i'm using konversation at the moment
the bot in there will tell you what others have voted the best client
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{"user_question": "icqnumber", "user_answer": "stdin"}
hello, can i get my NVIDIA 680i onboard sound (High definition audio) to work over SPDIF?
there should be an option in alsa-mixer
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{"user_question": "mudd`Hossam", "user_answer": "jackdaw"}
how do you go about mounting a drive so that it is owned by a user instead of root?
try pmount
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{"user_question": "ricree", "user_answer": "troxor"}
what command can I use to find if a machine is on my LAN?
use nmap
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{"user_question": "Arnos", "user_answer": "justin__"}
whats the alternate install CD like?
It's basically the plain Debian installer, if you've ever used that
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{"user_question": "Arnos", "user_answer": "Wyzard"}
Whats an easy way to make a zombie process?
run a process, have it run a child process, then kill the parent while having the child ignore the sighup and sigterm signals
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{"user_question": "Arnos", "user_answer": "ifireball"}
anyone know how to add the gnome menu to avant window navigator?
Right-click on the channel tab 'Hide Join/Part Messages'
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{"user_question": "tony403", "user_answer": "nbkr"}
Can anyone point me to an article on how to .tar.gz your ubuntu installation a backup?
go here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=35087
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{"user_question": "fluidd", "user_answer": "rectec794613"}
Heya people, I'm wondering if you can help me... For some reason unknown to me, my sudoers file has had its ownership changed from root to myself. I now can't do any admin tasks, and also cannot chown the file back to root. Any advice?
and then in the future, don't edit your sudoers file with a regular editor, use visudo
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{"user_question": "Saladin", "user_answer": "firecrotch"}
should './cdromupgrade' still be performed on a running version of Hardy Beta with all the updates applied up until yesterday? or would a 'apt-get update/upgrade' do the trick to fix/updated changed files?
use apt-get that will be fine
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{"user_question": "MemoryDump", "user_answer": "lch_"}
hi. can anyone tell me if there is a program that i can use to see the speed, signal level of my wireless connection ?
you can see the speed in system monitor (System>Administration>System Monitor>Resources tab)
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{"user_question": "ubuntu", "user_answer": "emorris"}
can anyone give me the name of the package for ati radeon drivers ?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI
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{"user_question": "tularis", "user_answer": "alkafoo"}
i downloaded the i386 iso from torrents, and Im already running gutsy, is there a way to upgrade using this iso image? like the same way a dist-upgrade would?
you could burn the disk then put it in your gutsy install it will upgrade from that
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{"user_question": "kittyn-", "user_answer": "jfrench_"}