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2011-04-26T16:48:55.270
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<p>I am trying to install laidout-0.0o91.tar.bz2. its a publishing program for Linux. can you please give me the right terminal instructions to install this on my system.</p>
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2011-12-25T12:41:21.370
2011-12-25T12:41:21.370
Installing a tar.bz2
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Go to the folder you downloaded the laidout-0.0o91.tar.bz2 from the terminal and type,</p>\n\n<pre>tar -jxvf laidout-0.0o91.tar.bz2</pre>\n\n<p>then type, <pre>cd laidout-0.0o91</pre></p>\n\n<p>afterwards, <pre>less README</pre></p>\n\n<p>you will see the installation instruc...
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37147
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37172
2011-04-26T17:08:37.637
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<p>What are the differences in feature set between the main Linux kernel and the kernel being used by Ubuntu? Why is Ubuntu branched off of the main kernel instead of using the main kernel directly?</p>
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2011-04-26T17:13:32.700
2014-02-17T03:58:52.663
What are the differences between the Ubuntu shipped kernel and the upstream kernel?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The upstream kernels (referred, when we provide them, as <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds\" rel=\"noreferrer\">mainline kernels</a>) are simply the upstream kernel for the specified version, with a very few minor configuration changes added so that there is min...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The Linux kernel is in constant development. When packaging their next release, at some point in time the Ubuntu team has to say, 'OK, we'll take the kernel as it now stands' From time to time you may get a new kernel made available in the repos to use in the current distribu...
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37149
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2011-04-26T17:13:45.420
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<p>I know there are several posts on this already, but I am unable to figure out how to fix my boot loader by reading the forums. I have tried both GRUB and GRUB2 and have been unable to successfully boot Windows XP. The file system is still there but when I try to load Windows from GRUB I just get a blank screen and t...
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2011-04-28T17:00:21.493
2012-10-12T12:59:32.637
Grub. Dual Boot Windows XP and Lubuntu
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You booted into Ubuntu and ran </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo update-grub\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Try running a live cd and download and run <a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/\" rel=\"nofollow\">BootInfoScript</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": ...
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2011-04-26T17:18:38.973
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<p>I have asked this multiple times before in other sites but no one seemed interested to answer me. When will the blur effect be implemented? I am guessing Canonical already has this in their list since it just doesn't look good when the launcher is over a white background, everything just gets too blurry. I'd just li...
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2011-04-26T17:18:38.973
Will there ever be blur effect on the launcher vertical bar?
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2011-04-26T21:59:55.877
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2011-04-26T18:45:09.990
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<p>How can I do this without reinstalling the rest of the files as well?</p>
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2011-04-26T18:50:17.817
2015-01-18T16:14:01.307
How to restore a single file from a package?
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37158
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2011-04-26T19:02:57.650
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<p>I'm running Maverick at the moment and the default music player is Rhythmbox. It interfaces with the panel through the sound menu, so you can see it playing like this:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/hvh8T.png" alt="Screenshot of Rhythmbox playing in the Sound Menu"></p> <p>I know that, in Natty, Banshe...
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2012-03-03T21:26:12.803
2012-03-03T21:26:12.803
How do I change the Sound Menu's default music player?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Really has nothing to do with 'Default', you can have several players in the sound menu,they'd be listed top down in order of install/activating, in other words the order listed in com.canonical.indicators.sound - interested-media-players which can be adjusted as desired.</p>\n\n<p>A...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It doesn't matter which music player is default. When you install banshee or rhythmbox it should add itself to the sound menu. However you need to logout and then login again to see the changes in the sound menu.</p>\n\n<p>However just to make sure, click Edit -> Preferences ...
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37159
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2011-04-26T19:12:34.707
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<p>I am on Ubuntu and I did this command:</p> <pre><code>$ uname -a Linux slabrams-desktop 2.6.32-29-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 11 19:00:09 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux </code></pre> <p>Does it mean I am on 32bit or 64 bit processor?</p> <p>The reason I am trying to figure this out is that I was getting errors which ...
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2011-11-05T22:33:22.407
2017-01-18T11:05:34.797
Is my processor 64 or 32 bit?
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2011-04-26T19:20:40.227
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/25785/can-auto-hide-for-the-application-menu-be-turned-off-in-unity">Can auto-hide for the application menu be turned off in Unity?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I would like to know if there's any way i can keep the a...
15053
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2017-04-13T12:23:28.223
2011-04-26T19:31:07.097
Show appmenu even when the top panel is not mouse overed
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Make it stick I don't think. I just use Alt+F Alt+E .....</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-26T19:31:07.097", "id": "37169", "lastActivityDate": "2011...
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2011-04-26T21:37:04.967
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2011-04-26T19:24:21.147
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<p>What new features and changes will be done for Ubuntu 11.10?</p>
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2011-04-26T19:27:28.180
What will be the new features of Ubuntu 11.10 Oneric Ocelot?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think it is too early to talk about the features of Ubuntu 11.10 since the Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) for 11.10 has not taken place yet. You can find more info about UDS <a href=\"http://summit.ubuntu.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a>. </p>\n\n<p>However one of the features that ...
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2011-04-26T19:27:14.793
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2011-04-26T19:29:55.183
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<p>How can I close all the open Nautilus windows in one swoop? I'm using 10.10 and 10.04. I'll take anything -- keyboard shortcut, command line command, or mouse action.</p>
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2011-04-26T19:38:36.467
2018-05-13T15:31:33.530
What is the shortcut for closing all of the open directory windows in nautilus?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think Ctrl-Q should do what you ask.\n(Ctrl-W will close one active tab or the window if there's only one.)</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-26T20:15:51.050", "id": "41199", "postId": "37175", "score": "0", ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think Ctrl-Q should do what you ask.\n(Ctrl-W will close one active tab or the window if there's only one.)</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-26T20:15:51.050", "id": "41199", "postId": "37175", ...
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37170
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2011-04-26T19:36:10.470
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<p>I got a Dell Mini that comes with Ubuntu. I am unfamiliar with Ubuntu and I do not know how I can use it. I have trouble connecting to the Internet and I do not know what apps are available. I am quite frustrated!</p> <p>Can you give me information that will get me started to learn about Ubuntu?</p>
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2011-04-26T21:11:20.173
2011-04-26T21:29:34.247
I am unfamiliar with Ubuntu on my Dell Mini (pre-installed)
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/user/bubblyonline#p/u/49/0JxoCXmAlRI\" rel=\"nofollow\">Here</a> is a good introductory video tutorial to Ubuntu. That youtube user has dozens of other tutorial videos as well. He's using an older version of Ubuntu, but most of the basics ar...
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37171
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2011-04-26T19:42:17.550
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<p>I am using a 32-bit machine, but I am having to use a relatively obscure semantic database which only comes in 64-bit versions.</p> <p>What are my options for running it in my local dev environment?</p> <p>Currently when I try to run it, I get an error message that looks like this:</p> <pre><code>cannot execute b...
15054
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2012-05-31T02:02:06.590
I have a 32-bit machine, can I use programs that are meant for 64-bit processors?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If its a compiled binary, in only a 64 bit version, I think you're stuck. The binary instructions within the 64 bit program won't be understood by your 32 bit processor. It might be possible somehow to run it through some kind of emulator but I've never seen one designed to do that, ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If its a compiled binary, in only a 64 bit version, I think you're stuck. The binary instructions within the 64 bit program won't be understood by your 32 bit processor. It might be possible somehow to run it through some kind of emulator but I've never seen one designed to d...
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37174
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2011-04-26T19:55:05.203
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<p>With the plethora of potential interfaces available</p> <ul> <li>lxde,</li> <li>openbox,</li> <li>fluxbox</li> <li>xfce,</li> <li>gnome2,</li> <li>gnome3,</li> <li>unity-3d,</li> <li>unity-2d etc, </li> </ul> <p>my question is - what is meant by "the lightest desktop interface" - and can you now consider Unity-2d ...
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2012-11-21T21:20:31.950
2012-11-21T21:20:31.950
What is the lightest desktop interface for ubuntu and is Unity-2d classified as a 'light' interface?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><em>A light interface is basically one that uses little resources, and can optionally depend on compositing and/or 3D capabilities, so even compiz could be called a light desktop interface when configured correctly (I've run compiz on worse specs than those you mentioned and it was f...
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2011-04-26T20:11:31.700
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<p>my panel is gone in my updated version of ubuntu. What happened?</p> <p><code>lspci</code> shows:</p> <pre><code>00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) </code></pre> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/rxJP2.png" alt="e...
14748
14748
2011-04-29T00:10:14.907
2011-04-29T16:55:04.027
Upgraded with some problems. What happened to my panel? The panels just disappeared
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Sounds very similar to that bug some people are unfortunately experiencing:\n<a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/745996\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/745996</a></p>\n\n<p>As you can see, it's set to critical and tracked to be fixed in...
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2011-04-26T20:27:24.100
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<p>I just got a new laptop, and installed narwal on it. Things like youtube videso play fine, however "system graphics" (for lack of a better term) are extremely jerky, for example closing a tab will take several seconds, or even typing in this text box gets several seconds behind where I am typing. My system hardwar...
3621
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2011-05-28T21:18:19.047
Graphics very jerky on Natty Narwal
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>try the latest <a href=\"http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/amd-ati-catalyst-114-released-just-in.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">amd-ati-catalyst-114</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-28T14:30:55.043", "id": "41566", "postId": "3...
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2011-04-26T21:20:59.887
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<p>I'm trying to install <a href="http://www.wesnoth.org/" rel="nofollow">wesnoth.org</a> game on Ubuntu. I have saved the file to my machine but don't know what to do now since it is in a <code>tar.bz2</code> format.</p>
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2013-04-10T20:30:22.707
2013-04-10T20:30:22.707
How to install Wesnoth game from a tar.bz2?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you using Maverick or lower <a href=\"http://wiki.wesnoth.org/WesnothBinariesLinux#Maverick\" rel=\"nofollow\">WesnothBinariesLinux</a></p>\n\n<p>Else <a href=\"http://wiki.wesnoth.org/WesnothBinariesLinux#Compiling_2\" rel=\"nofollow\">Compiling</a></p>\n", "commentCo...
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37193
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2011-04-26T21:34:49.673
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<p>I have Ubuntu 10.10 installed on my laptop and connected via wireless lan to my home network. Now I want to play around with my old wifi equipment which I need to configure first. But every time I plug the ethernet cable in and the link on eth0 becomes ready Ubuntu disconnects my WLAN connection. Which is extremely ...
15060
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2011-04-26T21:40:39.403
2011-04-29T13:45:42.977
How to stop wifi disconnection when eth0 link becomes ready?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You'll want to go in the connection's configuration settings, under the <strong>IPv4 Settings</strong> tab, click the <strong>Routes</strong> button, and check the checkbox marked \"<em>Use this connection only for the resouces on its network</em>\".</p>\n\n<p>What this does ...
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37195
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2011-04-26T21:52:36.440
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<p>I think I've lost my MBR upgrading from ubuntu 10.04 to 10.10.</p> <p>During the upgrade it gave me a message saying which partitions did I want the grub details to go on, saying if I was unsure to select all of them.</p> <p>After reboot I just end up in a grub recovery console.</p> <p>The system was a dual boot ...
15061
15061
2011-04-27T00:11:39.450
2011-04-27T01:33:21.813
Upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10 lost MBR
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1639198\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1639198</a> by following the instructions on that page I was able to install lilo.</p>\n\n<p>Lilo gives me two options ubuntu and windows. Windows works directly, ch...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Well, you can use a LiveCD to re-install GRUB so I recommend that you download the LiveCD. This <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1581099\" rel=\"nofollow\">thread</a>, this <a href=\"http://www.arsgeek.com/2008/01/15/how-to-fix-your-windows-mbr-with-an-ubunt...
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37198
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2011-04-26T22:33:28.137
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/10373/do-i-need-to-have-antivirus-software-installed-on-a-linux-distro">Do I need to have antivirus software installed on a Linux distro?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I'm using ubuntu right now and I think it's really...
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2017-04-13T12:23:40.050
2011-09-23T15:39:50.243
Why aren't viruses an issue?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>In no modern Operating System viruses are an issue for the sensible user.</strong> So viruses <strong>are</strong> an issue if you're not sensible.</p>\n\n<p>Viruses in fact don't get harmful unless you actually run them. That's almost the same in every different O.S., and do...
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2011-04-26T23:07:48.937
6
2058
<p>I installed wireshark. Ran it. When I click on 'Interface List', I get a list of 0 interfaces. I think that means I have some kind of configuration problem. </p> <p>I'm guessing my kernel isn't configured for it? How do I fix that? I'm hoping there is an easier solution than manually recompiling the kernel.</...
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2011-12-07T18:03:18.173
Why doesn' t wireshark work?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You need to run wireshark as root. I'm not sure whether the launcher is set to do this yet but try plugging this into a terminal:</p>\n<pre><code>gksu wireshark\n</code></pre>\n<p>To make life easier on yourself, I suggest you edit the launcher (right click the menu → click edit menu...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You need to run wireshark as root. I'm not sure whether the launcher is set to do this yet but try plugging this into a terminal:</p>\n<pre><code>gksu wireshark\n</code></pre>\n<p>To make life easier on yourself, I suggest you edit the launcher (right click the menu → click e...
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37208
1
null
2011-04-26T23:44:53.050
1
802
<p>i upgrade from lucid to maverick and got pretty messy i reinstall ubuntu maverick from live cd and so far i just had to reinstall all applications i had.</p> <p>but i have this list of kernel</p> <p>linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic 2.6.35-22.35<br> linux-image-2.6.35-28-generic 2.6.35-28.50<br> linux-i...
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2011-06-07T02:43:26.617
2011-06-07T02:43:26.617
Can new kernel be deleted?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-27T08:01:57.097", "id": "41291", "postId": "37208", "score": "0", "text": "Duplicate? http://askubuntu.com/questions/17432/is-it-safe-to-delete-the-old-kernels-from-menu-lst", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8498" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It is safe to <strong>uninstall</strong> the new kernel.<br>\nGo to System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager and look for <em>linux-image</em> and <em>linux-headers</em>. </p>\n\n<p>But why you want to do that?<br>\nIf the answer is \"because I'm using currently ...
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37211
1
37254
2011-04-27T00:26:05.000
5
25116
<p>I just downloaded a download accelerator called SKDownloader for Firefox 4. I successfully installed the program, but now I'm stuck at installing the accompanying add-on <code>.xpi</code> for the program to be compatible with Firefox.</p> <p>In Windows, all I had to do was open the <code>.xpi</code> with Firefox an...
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2021-12-13T12:42:22.797
2021-12-13T12:42:22.797
How to install .xpi add-on file for Firefox?
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Drag'n'drop from Nautilus or whatever else to Firefox window should work too (any tab, doesn't need to be addon manager).</p>\n\n<p>This way is somewhat faster if you already have found .xpi file.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "conte...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Go to tools&gt;addons (or open addons from the firefox button, or type about:addons in your address bar and press enter).</p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Now, click on the button:</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/n8fhk.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\" /></p>\n</li>\n<...
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37214
1
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2011-04-27T01:01:27.827
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<p>Where can I find software for creating point clouds similar to MS Photosynth without being a programmer.</p>
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2011-04-27T09:34:36.847
2017-02-25T21:26:50.907
Point cloud software
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-27T10:28:52.410", "id": "41315", "postId": "37214", "score": "0", "text": "Just to clarify, are you talking about this kind of things?: http://pointclouds.org", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4066" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h2>Creating Point Clouds with Gimp</h2>\n<p>We have no idea how Photosynth works. With <strong><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/gimp\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">The Gimp</a></strong></p>\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install gimp\n</code></pre>\n<p>you can create poin...
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37218
1
37223
2011-04-27T01:18:21.533
0
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<p>I have a mac disc image of the software for my Expresso USB modem in Ghana. Just as the title says can i convert and install the software for Ubuntu?</p>
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2011-10-22T12:15:05.290
Is it possble to install .pkg.dmg in Ubuntu
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-28T22:16:04.350", "id": "67389", "postId": "37218", "score": "0", "text": "why does ubuntu not provide this kind of package format which can be installed easily?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "17118" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No, this software is for a Mac OS system only, and will not be usable in Ubuntu.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-27T01:51:35.850", "id": "37223", "lastActivityDate": "201...
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37219
1
37224
2011-04-27T01:20:23.457
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<p>I'm trying to install a game of mine using POL (PlayOnLinux), but the CD-ROM must be mounted at /media/cdrom0. Instead, it is being mounted at /media/(diskname). Is there a way I can fix this? </p>
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2011-04-27T10:04:26.527
How do I mount CD-ROM at /media/cdrom0?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2016-02-13T16:50:57.047", "id": "1088834", "postId": "37219", "score": "0", "text": "Ran into the same issue trying to install a wireless driver on a fresh ubuntu install - the disk has to be mounted at /media/cdrom in order to install packages from it. Unmounting and remounti...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First Unmount it: </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo umount /media/(diskname) \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then mount it where you want: </p>\n\n<pre><code>mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom0 \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I think there is another (easier) solution to your problem: just make a symbolic ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First Unmount it: </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo umount /media/(diskname) \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then mount it where you want: </p>\n\n<pre><code>mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom0 \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I think there is another (easier) solution to your problem: just make a s...
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37228
1
37232
2011-04-27T02:55:15.333
1
1455
<p>How can I set up a screensaver to randomly display images from one folder from the harddrive. This was extremely easy in Windows, but I can't figure out how to set it up in Ubuntu.</p>
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2017-06-25T15:23:49.047
Photo Gallery Screensaver
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use pictures inside Pictures folder as screensaver. Just Choose Pictures Folder in your screensaver preferences.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/rGN7j.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>For any other folder I think <a href=\"http://brainstorm...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use pictures inside Pictures folder as screensaver. Just Choose Pictures Folder in your screensaver preferences.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/rGN7j.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>For any other folder I think <a href=\"http://br...
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37230
1
37341
2011-04-27T03:03:01.020
0
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<p>I am trying to start hbase with the following command:</p> <blockquote> <p>hadoop@user-HP-dx2480-MT-NA125PA:/usr/local/hadoop/hbase$ bin/start-hbase.sh</p> </blockquote> <p>and the startup fails with the following errror:</p> <blockquote> <p>error are localhost: starting zookeeper, logging to /usr/local...
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2725
2011-04-27T08:39:37.517
2011-04-27T16:17:24.830
Hbase installation failure
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It looks like your zookeeper process is already running. Or (much less likely), something else is already listening on port 2181 or 2888. Did you install a separate zookeeper package and start it?</p>\n\n<p>If so, you'll need to tell HBase not to start zookeeper automatically. Edi...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It looks like your zookeeper process is already running. Or (much less likely), something else is already listening on port 2181 or 2888. Did you install a separate zookeeper package and start it?</p>\n\n<p>If so, you'll need to tell HBase not to start zookeeper automatical...
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37234
1
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2011-04-27T02:52:25.367
1
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<p>Just setup a laptop with Ubuntu 10.10 and noticed that Ubuntu's offering a free cloud-based sync service with 2GB of storage. What protocols/methods does Ubuntu One support for connectivity? i.e. can I mount it as a block-device like Elastic Block Storage? SSH? More interested in using it for Ubuntu Server as a ...
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2013-01-11T09:21:42.467
Ubuntu One: can this be used for backups?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Technically, Yes. However, as of the last time I used UbuntuOne, it was not encrypted, so I'd say no, to using it as a backup service. Also, most backup utilities run as a cron job, with elevated privledges. As such, the backup files are owned by root, which does not play ...
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37238
1
37250
2011-04-27T04:50:53.253
1
575
<p>When will deb multi arch support be included in Ubuntu? Is there any ongoing work?</p>
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2011-04-27T14:33:50.530
When will deb multi arch support be included in Ubuntu?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/natty/beta\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/natty/beta</a></p>\n\n<p>scroll down to the note about dpkg. It makes mention of multi-arch support.</p>\n\n<p>Also, if you check the changelog, I see mentions of multi-arch support: ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/natty/beta\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/natty/beta</a></p>\n\n<p>scroll down to the note about dpkg. It makes mention of multi-arch support.</p>\n\n<p>Also, if you check the changelog, I see mentions of multi-arch s...
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37239
1
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2011-04-27T04:51:24.703
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<p>I've added battery-status to the indicator applet, but I am having trouble removing the original battery applet (stuck on "estimating"), and I currently have two battery icons in the indicator applet. Going through the preferences of the original power applet, there is an option to never show the icon, but that opt...
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2011-04-28T02:42:15.407
2011-05-27T18:51:00.030
Remove original battery indicator from indicator applet
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Open <strong>System Settings</strong>. In the Hardware section, click <strong>Power Management</strong>. Switch to the <strong>General</strong> tab and select \"Never display an icon\".</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/ydXgD.png\" alt=\"enter image description h...
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37247
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37248
2011-04-27T05:21:34.713
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<p>With the (apparent) loss of the print indicator in Natty, I'm having a little trouble keeping track of my print queue easily. </p> <p>At the moment to bring up a print queue, I bring up the "Printing" application using the Dash, then go to the Printer -> View Print Queue menu. This seems a little convoluted to me, ...
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2018-07-03T20:27:39.313
2018-07-03T20:27:39.313
Is there an easy way to view the print queue?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, this is a <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/771562\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug</a>.</p>\n\n<p>The old printer applet should be whitelisted and an actual print indicator should be written for 11.10.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "commu...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, this is a <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/771562\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug</a>.</p>\n\n<p>The old printer applet should be whitelisted and an actual print indicator should be written for 11.10.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": ...
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37249
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2011-04-27T06:00:50.980
0
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<p>I love Firefox's Rikaichan extension, it shows the meaning of Japanese kanjis when hovering the mouse over them.</p> <p>I am writing a lot of text in Japanese, so to benefit from Rikaichan I edit in a HTML-textarea page I created locally. I open this page in a Firefox tab when I want to write a text. The problem is...
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2011-04-29T08:56:49.717
XUL-based simple text editor? (to benefit from Rikaichan when writing text files)
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I guess you could use <a href=\"http://cloud9ide.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cloud9</a>. However, since you edit the files on a local html area, I would recommend using <a href=\"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5761/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Textarea Cache</a> extension. It will...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You may use a tiddlywiki. It is an HTML file with embedded javascript that allows modifications and stores them into itself. \nOr, if you prefer cloud solution - Google Docs. It also has an autosave feature. </p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { ...
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37257
1
37270
2011-04-27T07:13:45.460
3
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<p>I recently installed the gnome-shell for natty,</p> <p>I am getting a couple of strange graphical issues.</p> <p>1) whenever I press the <em>super key</em>, or try to show the bottom menu I get a strange flickering, the whole screen gets munched up while it animates to show/hide.</p> <p>2) The top bar has an awfu...
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2011-04-27T14:31:10.767
2011-04-27T14:31:10.767
GNOME 3 shows a striped striped bar on top of the screen
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-27T09:19:40.167", "id": "41301", "postId": "37257", "score": "1", "text": "I had the same problem, but installing the proper gfx card drivers fixed it for me.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5995" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Ah, Got it working.</p>\n\n<p>I was using the propriety driver for my graphics card.</p>\n\n<p>After disabling it gnome3 is working perfectly ;D</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-27T21:14:12.617", "id": "41425", "postId": ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It is known that gnome 3 does not work well with unity.<br>\nThe libs for unity are not compatible with gnome 3 and the shell and vica versa.<br>\nIf you must try it out here are the live cd's though only for suse or fedora<br>\n<a href=\"http://gnome3.org/tryit.html\" rel=\"...
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37265
1
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2011-04-27T08:49:54.140
2
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<p>okay bear with me if this if this is a dumb question but I have just got Virtual box on my ubuntu system. I may be loosing connection at home soon and am thinking of getting a crikit broadband 3g modem just to have the net, even if it is slow. What I need to know is can I use XP on VB to set it up and then have i...
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2011-10-11T21:19:59.223
2011-10-11T21:19:59.223
Can I use a Crikit Broadband 3G moden through virtualbox?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Lots of 3G Broadband modems are supported in Linux even though the modem's box doesn't say so. While I've not used the specific modem that you are having, I've used two different Broadband modems with my Ubuntu. (Huwaei E1752 and another Huawei E150)</p>\n\n<p>Both okay in Ub...
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37267
1
37354
2011-04-27T09:08:48.227
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<p>In Maverick, there was an option to download Flash videos from sites like YouTube, Vimeo, etc. by copying the <code>flashxx**</code> file in <code>/tmp</code> directory to another location before closing the window. But in Firefox 4 in Natty, this doesn't work anymore. Why?</p>
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2012-02-06T19:07:47.787
2015-10-12T05:11:50.170
How can I access Flash files from streaming websites?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-03-22T18:34:18.433", "id": "136220", "postId": "37267", "score": "0", "text": "If you just want to download videos, I'd recommend Clipgrab: http://clipgrab.de/en . They have a PPA: https://launchpad.net/~clipgrab-team", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "10425" ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>An update to the flash plugin changed the location from <code>/tmp</code> to the Firefox cache directory (e.g. <code>~/.mozilla/firefox/bq95m4w1.default/Cache</code>). Unfortunately the cached flash file is not as easy to find as before, but it is possible.</p>\n\n<p>The following co...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As far as i know this is not due to firefox nor natty, but a flash update...</p>\n\n<p>You can catch the http stream with <code>wireshark</code> or use a tool like <code>youtube-dl</code> to get the movie file.</p>\n\n<p><strong>But remember that it might not be legal, so che...
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37269
1
37274
2011-04-27T09:33:57.637
1
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<p>When I plug in my a second monitor on my laptop (sony vaio with Nvidia GT330M and proprietary driver) I have to log out and back in for the external screen to display something.</p> <p>Is this really necessary? What are my other options? Why is the second screen not activated as soon as I plug it in?</p> <p>Thanks...
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2011-04-27T14:26:25.453
Second screen detection
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You don't have to logout.</p>\n<ol>\n<li><p>Go to <code>System</code> → <code>Administration</code> → <code>NVIDIA X Server Settings</code> or click on the Applications lens in the Launcher and search for <code>NVIDIA</code>.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/pszQF.png\" a...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You don't have to logout.</p>\n<ol>\n<li><p>Go to <code>System</code> → <code>Administration</code> → <code>NVIDIA X Server Settings</code> or click on the Applications lens in the Launcher and search for <code>NVIDIA</code>.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/pszQF...
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37275
1
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2011-04-27T10:24:50.387
2
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<p>when I gave the <code>sudo apt-get install php5</code> command it responds with and error message "unable to locate php5"</p>
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2011-04-27T14:29:53.607
2011-04-27T14:29:53.607
Unable to locate php5
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-27T10:55:44.227", "id": "41323", "postId": "37275", "score": "0", "text": "Could you please post the content of your `/etc/apt/sources.list` file?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4066" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>there is probably problem with your repository configuration...</p>\n\n<p>post here output of </p>\n\n<pre><code>more /etc/apt/sources.list\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>php5 is in \"main\" repository, so you should have there some variant of </p>\n\n<pre><code>deb http://archive.ubun...
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37277
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2011-04-27T10:50:09.960
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<p>I am working with visually impaired children in Kenya and would like to know if Orca screen reader comes with Edubuntu and whether it would work with the various educational packages on Edubuntu.</p> <p>Many thanks</p> <p>Martin Muckle</p>
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2011-04-27T13:55:27.327
2011-05-28T07:54:34.560
Does Ocra screen reader come on Edubuntu by default?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Edubuntu is basically Ubuntu with an additionally installed meta package. Therefore all applications that are available for Ubuntu will also be available in Edubuntu, including Orca. From version >=11.04 you will also have a <a href=\"http://www.stgraber.org/2011/02/22/edubun...
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2011-04-27T10:51:23.683
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<p>The boot time in Ubuntu is really fast. 7-10 seconds. Comparing it to my mac (which is about 30-40 seconds). How come Ubuntu is so much faster? I'm thinking that it uses a different kernel (Linux). I'm not sure if that would come into account for anything...</p>
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2012-03-16T14:41:40.490
2012-03-16T14:41:40.490
Boot time is super fast, how come?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-27T11:10:43.897", "id": "41325", "postId": "37278", "score": "6", "text": "The boot time of a system depends on many factors- like your hardware configuration, startup scripts and programs- DE etc etc. Welcome to the linux world.", "userDisplayName": null, "use...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It boots fast because people have worked very hard toward that goal over the past couple of years since Ubuntu 8.10. Some of the major factors (over pre-10.04 Ubuntu):</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>Moving the boot process over to an event model (Upstart) so that things both load in parallel an...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1434502\" rel=\"nofollow\">ureadahead</a> is one reason.</p>\n\n<p>That the people who are writing the system are the ones using it and they hate slow boots is another.</p>\n\n<p>That desktop users generally expect long boots...
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37283
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37294
2011-04-27T11:15:28.070
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<p>Is there any daemon in ubuntu which constantly monitors system and execute script for specified cases (Like RAM uses increased 90%)? <br></p> <p>My soul purpose is to get a notification whenever resource consumption increases sharply.</p>
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2011-04-27T14:28:56.900
2011-04-27T14:28:56.900
Is there any daemon which constantly monitors system and execute script?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You'll likely want to setup either <a href=\"http://nagios.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Nagios</a> or it's most recent fork <a href=\"https://www.icinga.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Icinga</a>. Nagios is a monitoring solution that can run locally or on remote machines (if you manage multiple ma...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You'll likely want to setup either <a href=\"http://nagios.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Nagios</a> or it's most recent fork <a href=\"https://www.icinga.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Icinga</a>. Nagios is a monitoring solution that can run locally or on remote machines (if you manage mul...
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2011-04-27T11:56:49.330
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<p>I'm using Ubuntu 10.10, and have a question about the network activity of Transmission 2.22. Even though I set the global upload limit to 1kbs/s or even 0kb/s, my System Monitor/Conky shows a steady 20-25 kb/s upload rate. I'm just curious, what's with this upload rate and is there any chance to reduce it?</p>
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2012-01-10T03:15:52.253
2012-01-10T03:15:52.253
Why doesn't Transmission respect my 1 KB/sec upload limit?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The upload speed limit of Transmission limits the data itself, not the BitTorrent protocol data. It will have a steady consumption above the limit, the amount of consumption relates to the number of torrents, peers, DHT being on and other. \nThe only way to limit it altogethe...
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2011-04-27T12:04:29.360
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<p>I am piping the output of a program like this using bash:</p> <pre><code>program1 | program2 </code></pre> <p>If program2 is killed somehow (in my case by a PHP fatal error), what happens to the instance of program1?</p>
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2011-04-27T13:47:47.657
When piping input from one program to another, what happens to the original program if the program receiving output is killed?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It greatly depends on what <code>program1</code> is. The software needs to be able to handle (or ignore) a <code>SIGPIPE</code> signal. <code>program1</code> will be responsible for handling the error - if the software is open source you should be able to discern what happens or if i...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Nothing. Data goes to /dev/null. \nP.S. Oh, yes, the program will recieve a signal, but it doesn't mean it will have to close. </p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011...
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2011-04-27T12:40:03.183
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<p>I am not sure if this is the right place for this question, but I currently am running Ubuntu 10.10 and have windows installed with the dual boot option. My wireless card is the Dell Wireless WLAN 1397 Minicard. When running Windows, it detects and connects to all the available wireless networks that I have access t...
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2011-04-27T14:28:29.583
2011-06-29T13:18:57.950
Cannot get Dell Wireless WLAN 1397 Minicard to work
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try the latest drivers for this 1397 driver. I remember this driver is a non free one. You can find updates or new non-free drivers from Additional Drivers application which can be found under System -> Preferences </p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { ...
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2012-02-01T17:59:06.520
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2011-04-27T13:16:30.003
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<p>With Windows you can take a pre-existing image, and slip stream service packs/updates/patches, so you don't have to install thousands of updates after you install Windows.</p> <p>Does Ubuntu have that option, if so how would one do that? Is there a more to update image then the official current release?</p> <p>I h...
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2012-08-06T15:10:40.923
2012-08-06T15:10:40.923
Is it possible to slipstream updates?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can Download the Daily Build which is updated everyday and contains all the updates to the os till date.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lucid/daily-live/current/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lucid Daily Build</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/curre...
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2011-04-27T13:36:16.470
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<p>How should I go about investigating seemingly high disk usage?</p> <p>From time to time the whole system crashes too - I think the high HDD reads/writes might be to blame.</p> <p>Thanks</p>
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2013-08-16T09:17:55.900
HDD light is showing disk usage very high at times. How to investigate?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can monitor what programs are causing how much IO by running <code>iotop</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-29T21:04:02.720", "id": "42087", "postId": "37307", "score": "0", "text": "Turns out Tweetd...
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2011-04-27T13:39:11.707
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<p>100% cpu usage when streaming flash video with Chrome, but firefox use less than 50% of my cpu usage.</p> <p>what causing this? also any workaround to fix it? thank you.</p>
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2011-04-27T13:42:47.347
2013-08-23T13:47:44.047
100% CPU consumption with Adobe Flash videos in Chrome?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It seems to be the Chrome's plugin \"sandboxing\". In Chrome forums they recommend to clear cache, but that works in some cases...</p>\n\n<p>You can try Chromium and install Adobe Flash separately (Chrome includes a customized version of Flash).</p>\n", "commentCount": "0...
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2013-09-04T01:33:55.610
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2011-04-27T13:39:43.500
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<p>So I have a proxy.pac file at work (it doesn't have a username or password) it's just a simple .pac file.</p> <p>I've gotten it to work with Chrome so I can surf the web, but apt-get and update do not work. How would I go about making this work?</p> <p>Im on 10.10 btw.</p>
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2011-04-27T14:26:44.767
2021-08-19T11:22:25.377
How do I configure apt to use a Proxy.pac file?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In system --> preferences --> network proxy, enable Automatic proxy configuration and enter the URL of the PAC.</p>\n\n<p>Then press apply system wide, and that should do the trick.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2019-02-05T14:31:07.470", ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In system --> preferences --> network proxy, enable Automatic proxy configuration and enter the URL of the PAC.</p>\n\n<p>Then press apply system wide, and that should do the trick.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2019-02-05...
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2011-04-27T13:43:33.353
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<p>i have asus v1s and some time ago i was able to easily compile and install it. but now compiling fails... i hope u guys know what i can do, if there is anything that can be done...</p> <p>after</p> <pre><code>svn checkout https://syntekdriver.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/syntekdriver syntekdriver </code></pre> <p>...
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2012-05-10T02:13:58.740
2012-09-22T08:36:02.273
How to compile Asus-syntec-webcam-driver stk11xx
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-29T19:11:47.610", "id": "42047", "postId": "37308", "score": "0", "text": "Is `linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic` installed?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "66" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Very same problem...\nIt seems they have the solution here :\n<a href=\"https://sourceforge.net/projects/syntekdriver/forums/forum/616182/topic/4427484\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://sourceforge.net/projects/syntekdriver/forums/forum/616182/topic/4427484</a>\nbut I can't figure h...
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2011-04-27T13:47:14.223
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<p>I am working on an infrastructure refresh for the company I work for and I need to do capacity planning. My boss felt somewhat burned by VMs he purchased from a hosting company not living up to the performance level expected, so any capacity numbers for KVM VMs that I can use as a basis for my calculations are appr...
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2011-04-27T13:52:10.783
2011-04-27T16:14:59.193
How many Ubuntu VMs can I reasonably expect to run using KVM on a Dell R410 Xeon 5645 with 24 GB of RAM
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It depends on how busy they will be and how much ram you plan on allocating to them. For a basic setup, I would consider 1-2 gb for each vm, so you should be able to run 10-20 if they aren't heavily cpu bound.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate"...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It depends on how busy they will be and how much ram you plan on allocating to them. For a basic setup, I would consider 1-2 gb for each vm, so you should be able to run 10-20 if they aren't heavily cpu bound.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { ...
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2011-04-27T13:55:45.960
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<p>How can I turn off the <kbd>F1</kbd> (help) and <kbd>F10</kbd> (notifications menu) key bindings?</p> <p>First one I need for screen utility and second to exit <code>mc</code> in console.</p> <p>There are no such key bindings in the <em>Keyboard Shortcuts</em> system settings.</p>
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2023-10-30T19:14:57.303
2023-10-31T17:10:40.690
How do I deactivate F1 and F10 keybindings in gnome-terminal?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>11.04</h2>\n\n<p><strong>Disabling the F1 shortcut</strong></p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>In a gnome-terminal open up <em>Edit ➜ Keyboard Shortcuts</em>.</p></li>\n<li><p>Scroll down to the <em>Help/Contents</em> shortcut, click where it says \"F1\" and hit <kbd>Backspace</kbd>: </p>\n\n<p><...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>For exiting mc (with F10 key). Disable \"Key to open the first panel menu\" in unity compiz plugin (ccsm)</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-29T10:33:37.733", ...
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2011-04-27T14:12:43.947
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<p>I have anecdotal information from a colleague about performance issues running Ubuntu Server in a Hyper-V environment and I wanted to find out if there was any truth to it. Has anyone had any experience running Ubuntu Server in Hyper-V and are there any tricks to getting good hard drive performance?</p>
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2014-02-24T03:12:27.420
2014-02-24T03:12:27.420
Ubuntu in Hyper-V I/O issues
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You might do better and not have to shell out a bunch of cash to use Ubuntu and qemu-kvm or virtualbox as the host instead of Microsoft's proprietary OS and VM.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-27T16:38:54.080", ...
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2011-04-27T14:26:51.277
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/65476/at-which-time-will-the-upcoming-ubuntu-release-be-made-available">At which time will the upcoming Ubuntu release be made available?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>On what specific time are Ubuntu versions normally...
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2017-04-13T12:23:09.107
2011-10-12T18:54:11.647
On what specific time are ubuntu versions made public?
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2011-10-12T18:14:32.307
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2011-04-27T14:42:23.840
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<p>I want to change the size of the shadow of windows in Unity, the default is a bit too big for me. </p> <p>Launching CCSM and playing with the options under "Window Decoration" does not seem to make a difference and disabling that plugin leaves me with no window decoration at all.</p>
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2011-05-02T18:13:28.193
How do I change the size of the compiz window shadow?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The setting is not controlled by Compiz; they are part of the ambiance theme. Here is what I did to tame the shadows. Open a terminal and complete the following:</p>\n\n<pre><code>cd /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/metacity-1\nsudo nano metacity-theme-1.xml\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Find the l...
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2011-04-27T14:55:20.073
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<p>I am using 11.04 and Banshee is the default, but I rather stick with Rhythmbox. I want to remove banshee from the sound menu I went into the extensions tab and unchecked all the sound menu support and even the d-bus extension. I restarted the computer but Banshee is still in the sound menu. Is there any other way to...
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2011-04-27T16:51:15.040
2011-12-22T17:15:06.703
Remove Banshee's sound menu support
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found out how to do it. In the extensions just only uncheck \"Show Banshee in sound Menu\" and that takes it off the sound menu.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-05-01T17:32:52.113", "id": "45026", "postId": "37375", ...
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2011-04-27T15:02:23.883
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<p>I had installed some programms with Wine, but I removed Wine from my computer. Now when I browse all applications in the Unity menu, the symbols of the programms I installed with Wine are still there.</p> <p>How can I remove them?</p>
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2011-04-27T15:16:13.527
2021-07-03T11:08:49.927
How do I remove Wine program entries from the menu?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It should be enough to remove the local wine folder <code>~/.local/share/applications/wine</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2016-05-29T18:27:56.297", "id": "1165513", "postId": "37322", "score"...
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2011-04-27T15:44:38.600
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<p>Apologice in advance for the maybe off topic question.</p> <p>Is there any Ubuntu application that helps for the start-up phase of story writing?</p> <p>I'm looking for such a tool that provides me the capability to build up the story diagrams, define characters, project the evolution of a saga the saga.</p> <p>T...
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2013-02-27T11:26:31.353
2013-02-27T11:26:31.353
Looking for an application for the start-up phase of romance writing
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could use <a href=\"http://celtx.com/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">celtx</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-27T18:06:20.747", "id": "41403", "postId": "37346", "score": "0", "text": "Looks promising and...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could use <a href=\"http://celtx.com/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">celtx</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-27T18:06:20.747", "id": "41403", "postId": "37346", "score": "0", "tex...
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2011-04-27T15:47:47.337
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<h2>Example</h2> <p>Drag media file onto Totem's playlist to enqueue</p> <h2>Bug in Compiz</h2> <p>Especially for Unity (formerly Netbook Edition, being intended for small screens) this is quite a vital feature, as applications most often are run fullscreen, and dragging with the touchpad can be cumbersome.</p> <p>...
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2012-11-17T11:27:22.760
2020-08-28T12:11:02.750
Drag and Drop across (fullscreen) applications, switching via Alt-Tab
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7
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Assuming that you have the app open that you want to drop onto: start dragging the file, go over to the launcher (which should show shortly after you start dragging) and hover on the app that you want to drop to, this should show the open windows of that app, then while still...
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2011-04-27T15:57:13.913
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<p>I want to use the Presentation Minimizer tool in LibreOffice, on Natty 64bit. I have the package libreoffice-presentation-minimizer installed (it is enabled by default). In OOo, the minimizer tool appeared in the Tools menu, but I cannot find the option there.</p>
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2012-10-28T19:06:39.733
How do I get the Presentation Minimizer to work in LibreOffice Impress?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-27T16:02:52.760", "id": "41386", "postId": "37336", "score": "0", "text": "It's still there on Natty 32 bits, 6th option in the Tools menu. Maybe it's a 64bits issue.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "211" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You will need to manually add the <a href=\"http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/PresentationMinimizer\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sun Presentation Minimizer</a> (from Open Office) e.g. with <em>Tools -> Extension Manager</em>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ {...
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2011-04-27T16:37:16.827
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<p>I have been testing out connman, the alternative connection manager. While testing connman, I had to remove my network manager. I did an</p> <pre><code>apt-get purge network-manager* </code></pre> <p>Now, when I reinstalled the network manager and all its dependencies, including network-manager-gnome, I cannot see...
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2011-04-29T11:53:10.973
network-manager applet does not detect internet connection
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-27T17:48:38.450", "id": "41400", "postId": "37344", "score": "0", "text": "Have you unplugged your Ethernet cable and rebooted, then configured your wireless?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2973" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-28T09:00:38.687", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try to do as <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/4360/no-network-manager-icon-in-the-notification-area-so-i-cant-use-my-vpn-connectio/4373#4373\">this answer</a> suggests.</p>\n\n<p>Long answer short, open <code>/etc/network/interfaces</code> in a text editor, <code>sudo</code>...
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2011-04-27T17:15:51.223
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<p>In question <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/35024/how-to-add-my-favorite-places-as-a-quicklist-in-my-homes-icon-in-unity">How to add my favorite places as a quicklist in my home&#39;s icon in Unity?</a> there is an explanation of how to add my favourite places as a quicklist in the home icon in Unity (i.e. ...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:09.107
2011-04-27T17:29:29.670
How to add a bookmark to the Home Folder icon in Unity?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There are two parts you need to do with the .desktop file:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Add the shortcut name to the <code>X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts</code> key, e.g.:</p>\n\n<pre><code>X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=Videos;Documents;...;MyBookmark\n</code></pre></li>\n<li><p>Add the pi...
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37355
1
37356
2011-04-27T17:32:43.990
1
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<p>I'm not sure if it is better to install final release after it officially ready (or week later when most problems fixed) or it is OK to have patched beta? I think that new is better than patched old, am I right? </p>
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2011-04-27T17:37:45.667
2011-04-27T18:34:56.130
Does it make a sense to install final release instead of beta 2?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It makes no difference if you upgrade or install the final version from scratch; if it works now and you want to install it now then go for it.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-0...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It makes no difference if you upgrade or install the final version from scratch; if it works now and you want to install it now then go for it.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "crea...
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37357
1
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2011-04-27T16:35:04.877
1
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<p>I am a newbie in Kubuntu/Linux but i know the basics, so i have an old Kubuntu 9.10 version CD, which runs fine when i go live (ie. live CD). However i installed Kubuntu onto my pendrive to make it a bootable one, it was successful as the installation finished successfully. However when i tried to boot using my pen ...
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2013-08-27T16:46:34.353
Installing kubuntu using a pendrive!
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I suggest you to use <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/usb-creator\" rel=\"nofollow\">usb-creator</a> to install Kubuntu in to your USB disk. I think it's the best way of installing any Ubuntu version in to a USB disk. Format the USB drive and try installing Kubuntu again using...
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Ashutosh
37359
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37366
2011-04-27T18:18:28.190
3
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<p>How can I check how much power my laptop is pulling at any given time?</p>
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2011-04-27T18:36:01.883
2012-08-25T07:26:30.637
How do I check how much power my laptop is drawing?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install and run <code>powertop</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install powertop\nsudo powertop\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-08-23T18:27:04.233", "id": "223081", "postId": "37366", "score": "0", ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install and run <code>powertop</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install powertop\nsudo powertop\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-08-23T18:27:04.233", "id": "223081", "postId": "37366", ...
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37360
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2011-04-27T18:21:54.623
3
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<p>When I put my pc to sleep or hibernate, after that when I open(wakeup) Ubuntu. My wireless connection cannot connect to internet. </p> <p>So in this case I need to restart again... what is the solution?</p>
15128
235
2011-06-07T03:02:22.570
2020-01-09T15:26:00.390
I can't connect wireless network when wakeup after Sleep & Hibernate
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>try <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1483854\">this</a>:</p>\n\n<p>Here is a technique that works for many. Please open Applications > Accessories > Terminal and do:</p>\n\n<p>Code:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo lshw -C network\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>You will learn d...
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37364
1
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2011-04-27T18:44:44.380
0
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<p>I have just moved from Rhythmbox to Banshee. When I pressed the "close" button on Rhythmbox title bar, the Rhythmbox window disappears, but the application does not close, and I can still listen to music and control it via the sound menu.</p> <p>Is there any similar way to <strong>hide</strong> (<em>not</em> close ...
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2011-04-27T19:43:26.520
How do I hide Banshee?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You have got to enable the Appindicator Extension.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/09NdP.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-28T13:07:39.987", "id": "41542", "postId...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You have got to enable the Appindicator Extension.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/09NdP.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-28T13:07:39.987", "id": "415...
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37368
1
37380
2011-04-27T18:51:17.273
1
156
<p>When I start (strange-)Quark in Natty nothing happens, it doesn't appear in the upper panel next to the network, so I can't use it. How can I fix it? </p> <p><a href="http://hsgg.github.com/quark/" rel="nofollow">http://hsgg.github.com/quark/</a></p> <p>The worst solution is to just use a normal desktop but that i...
10698
10698
2011-08-25T15:32:16.683
2011-08-25T15:32:16.683
How can I make the Quark music player work in Unity?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Most likely you use <strong>strange-quark</strong> frontend for GNOME notification area. This will now have to be <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/30742/how-do-i-access-the-system-tray\">whitelisted</a> to be able to use it.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ ...
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37369
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2011-04-27T18:53:34.280
4
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<p>Once I put the DVD into DVD drive, it appears in the Unity dash/place. Clicking the icon opens nautilus. How do I make clicking the icon to open VLC player and start playing it ?.</p>
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2011-04-28T21:04:10.113
2011-05-06T10:07:04.900
How do I get DVD to play in VLC from unity dash launcher?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Open Nautilus. Go to Edit -> Preferences -> Media . Select VLC player.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/NJINc.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2013-03-18T14:53:57.227"...
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37374
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2011-04-27T19:35:58.130
2
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<p>i have an .avi file in my server, my server is running ubuntu 10.04 lts. normally i would download the .avi file to my computer. but the .avi file is huge so i would like to stream it if it is possible.</p> <p>i read that i can do that with vlc. but after trying so hard i still couldn't make it stream.. please help...
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2011-06-04T15:57:36.760
how do i stream a video in my server to my computer?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>VLC is definitely the way to go here.</p>\n\n<p>There are numerous tutorials on YouTube that can take you step-by-step through the process. I'd suggest searching there.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": ...
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37379
1
37384
2011-04-27T20:07:01.677
2
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<p>I would love to use UNR instead of unity, I think it's much better. I first found it in 10.04 netbook but I don't want to do a fresh install of that it's way to much work. </p> <p>I have a new problem, I can't choose what interface I want like, unity, UNR or normal desktop (on the log in screen). It may be sorted i...
10698
10698
2011-04-28T10:04:43.657
2011-04-28T10:04:43.657
Can I install UNR in 11.04?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have not tried it, but you can install <code>netbook-launcher-efl</code>, which should look like this:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/w9I2L.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>I don't know if the package still exists on Natty, but in Maverick it do...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There is a <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/natty/+source/netbook-launcher-efl\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Natty Narwhal</a> package from the Launchpad <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/launch-lite-proj\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Netbook Launcher EFL</a> project (whi...
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37382
1
37807
2011-04-27T20:31:15.947
3
832
<p>I really liked the world map with daylight time displayed on it, when you click on date/time tray icon.</p> <p>It appeared right bellow the calendar.</p> <p>How do I get it back in unity?</p>
3234
235
2011-04-29T00:52:22.593
2011-04-29T03:09:02.360
How to display world daylight map?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I talked to Ted Gould, the indicator-datetime author about this:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It would be easier to do as a patch next release. We're going to make adding custom dbusmenu items easier. We still need to work out the details, but basically we're looking to have a set of items...
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37385
1
37391
2011-04-27T20:49:42.380
4
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<p>I was wondering if there was anywhere that I could download gnome3's gnome-shell themes?</p> <p>I have got gnome3 running perfectly on natty, Just want a different theme!</p>
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235
2011-04-27T21:35:01.000
2012-01-11T11:41:10.767
Where can I download GNOME Shell themes?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There's a GNOME Shell group on Deviant Art, where you can find a lot of useful stuff. <a href=\"http://gnome-shell.deviantart.com/gallery/28081982\" rel=\"nofollow\">GNOME Shell Themes Gallery on Deviant Art.</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate"...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There's a GNOME Shell group on Deviant Art, where you can find a lot of useful stuff. <a href=\"http://gnome-shell.deviantart.com/gallery/28081982\" rel=\"nofollow\">GNOME Shell Themes Gallery on Deviant Art.</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "commu...
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37390
1
38570
2011-04-27T21:31:25.960
4
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<p>I used Ubuntu's <strong>Startup Disk Creator</strong> to make the Live USB, for recovery purposes, and update it often. I have also installed additional software from Ubuntu's Software Center.</p> <p>If I use that same Live USB to install Ubuntu on a machine, will it also install all updated and new software or wi...
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2011-04-30T20:19:34.603
Installing Ubuntu using updated Live USB
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>if you install packages to the usb with the Persistence mode then use the installer it will <strong>NOT</strong> as far as i have seen Install the new packages to the installed system. </p>\n\n<p>For example, you make a live-usb with persistence and install the nvidia drivers. Then...
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37392
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37393
2011-04-27T21:40:45.983
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<p>I am trying to install <a href="http://snippits.rubyforge.org/" rel="nofollow">snippits</a>, but it fails with the error message </p> <pre><code>ERROR: Error installing snippits: hoe requires RubyGems version &gt;= 1.4 </code></pre> <p>How do I get around this?</p>
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2013-03-22T14:41:17.490
Installing Snippits fails
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think you just have to install RubyGems to:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo aptitude install rubygems\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>(or search in synaptic for rubygems)</p>\n\n<p>Ok, just recognized there is no RubyGems > 1.3.7 in the Ubuntu repository (Debian actually has a 1.6 in sid...). So you h...
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37395
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37474
2011-04-27T21:53:05.267
0
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<p>I <em>just</em> upgraded to Ubuntu 11.04. Unfortunately I didn't know that my graphics card didn't support the Unity desktop. When I logged in, the interface was totally unusable. I couldn't log out, because the logout button was disappearing sometimes and I couldn't click on it. How could I logout, if I forget ...
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2011-04-28T08:25:44.310
Graphics card not supported, unusable interface
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>Logging out whenever your interface dies</h2>\n\n<p>This used to happen to me quite a lot under 10.10 for various reasons, (mostly playing around with things I shouldn't), but I found a good way of getting back to the login screen.</p>\n\n<p>Press <em>Crtl+Alt+F1</em>, which will ta...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>Logging out whenever your interface dies</h2>\n\n<p>This used to happen to me quite a lot under 10.10 for various reasons, (mostly playing around with things I shouldn't), but I found a good way of getting back to the login screen.</p>\n\n<p>Press <em>Crtl+Alt+F1</em>, which...
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37396
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37492
2011-04-27T22:03:41.893
0
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<p>I want to install Ubuntu on my Intel mac and I don't want any data lost. I also want to completely uninstall Ubuntu if necessary. I'm wondering if this is possible. I have a backup made (with Time Machine) just in-case.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/t4LOV.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>...
23272
7035
2011-06-07T02:40:53.963
2011-06-07T02:40:53.963
Very safe to install Ubuntu on Mac?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Partitioning your disk with OS X tools won't erase anything. Open up Disk Utility and click on the 'top-level' of the hard disk in the left-hand side panel. In my case it says:</p>\n\n<p>320.07 GB WDC WD3200BEKT-00F3T0 Media</p>\n\n<p>Then over to the right in the main panel you'll n...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It should be. Depending on what kind of mac you have you'll need different versions (if it's an intel mac you can use any of the ubuntu live cds, I think you'll be able to run x64, but I don't remember if all macs have 64-bit processors. If you're on an PPC mac you'll need to...
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37401
1
37717
2011-04-27T22:20:29.273
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<p>I have installed ubuntu (11.04).</p> <p>I installed phpstorm which is simply an archive for you to extract and shove in your /opt directory.</p> <p>To run it you would use <code>/opt/PhpStorm-103.243/bin/PhpStorm.sh</code></p> <p>In unity I had created a launcher on my desktop.</p> <p>Now I have installed gnome-...
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2012-06-18T18:11:00.110
2021-06-24T12:29:10.717
How do I add a launcher for .sh applications?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I worked it out :D</p>\n<p><strong>In Terminal</strong></p>\n<pre><code>gedit ~/.local/share/applications/&lt;Your App Name&gt;.desktop\n</code></pre>\n<p><strong>In gedit</strong></p>\n<p>Here you should edit:<br />\n<em>You can find more details and more keys in <a href=\"https://s...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'm not familiar with Gnome3, but with an older Gnome, you can right-click on the application menu, and click on <code>Edit Menus</code> - that'll allow you to modify the menu tree. Select the submenu you want your launcher to appear in, then click <code>New Item</code> and p...
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37402
1
41844
2011-04-27T22:21:27.080
1
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<p>I have a HDSPA USB stick from Vodafone for mobile broadband, a <a href="http://www.business.vodafone.com/site/bus/public/enuk/support/10_productsupport/usb_stick/01_vodafone/05_vodafone_k3520/05_summary/p_summary.jsp" rel="nofollow">HUAWEI model K3520</a> (in some places also designated E169 I think) which works jus...
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2011-04-27T22:32:52.877
2011-05-10T17:59:20.573
How to ignore assigning /dev/cdrom to specific device?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The naming of the cdrom devices is configured in\n/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules . In my version of the file\nthere are four lines that create the cdrom, cdrw, dvd and dvdrw\nsymlinks, all pointing to the same drive:</p>\n\n<pre><code>SUBSYSTEM==\"block\", ENV{ID_CDROM}==\"...
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37405
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2011-04-27T22:30:17.387
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<p>Before anyone asks, Im a web developer so I need it, not because I want to use it.</p> <p>So, I am trying to install ie9 in wine (I can get it to run under virtualbox but it is slow/laggy/cumbersome).</p> <p>But when I try to run the installer I get "Internet Explorer 9 Can Only Be Installed Under Windows Vista Or...
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25863
2012-06-18T18:10:54.073
2012-06-18T18:10:54.073
Install ie9 under wine?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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2013-06-13T21:52:50.373
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37408
1
116154
2011-04-27T22:51:43.913
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<p>Will Unity Search have support for content search? I know tracker can index your files and you can then search for them, but is it possible to get this with "in" unity? </p> <p>use case:</p> <ol> <li>I click the super key and search for "lamda" and I get the pdf and py files where this string is located (Maybe wit...
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2015-12-20T15:43:55.603
2015-12-20T15:44:55.077
Can the Unity dash search for content within files?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install recoll-lens (as of 26 March 2012 this works only for 11.10):</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:recoll-backports/recoll-1.15-on\nsudo apt-get update\nsudo apt-get install recoll-lens recoll\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Run recoll (open dash, type recoll and there you are),...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>We are using zeitgeist to get the search done in Unity.\nZeitgeist is using a \"fts\" extension (full text search) which is enabled by default in ubuntu.</p>\n\n<p>So, if you opened your file already, you will be able to find it typing some keywords from its content in the fi...
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37409
1
40692
2011-04-27T23:00:58.643
14
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<p>Since I upgraded from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04, my internet connection is as slow as hell. I have tested my other 10.10 machine and it is just as quick as the first one was.</p> <p>What has happened? Why is the maximum download speed now 30kb/s instead of the 2.5mb/s I used to have?</p>
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2011-05-06T14:26:34.580
2023-11-10T14:54:02.153
Why is my internet so slow with an Atheros wireless card?
[ "11.04", "wireless", "drivers", "atheros" ]
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-27T23:13:17.477", "id": "41453", "postId": "37409", "score": "1", "text": "We need more details. How are you connected to your ISP? What does `ifconfig` tell you? `route`? Is your `cat /etc/resolv.conf` (nameserver) ok? Only throughput slow, on every protocol, or are t...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've found out the problem; it's some sort of problem with my wifi driver (ath9k) which was resolved with a simple command:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo -s\necho \"options ath9k nohwcrypt=1\" &gt; /etc/modprobe.d/ath9k.conf\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "8", "comments": [ { ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've found out the problem; it's some sort of problem with my wifi driver (ath9k) which was resolved with a simple command:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo -s\necho \"options ath9k nohwcrypt=1\" &gt; /etc/modprobe.d/ath9k.conf\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "8", "comments"...
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37411
1
37705
2011-04-27T23:09:38.537
21
98791
<p>I just updated from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04 and have an issue regarding the screen resolution. I have Intel integrated gfx chip and my monitor supports resolutions larger than 1024x768. (in 10.10 I've been using 1280x1024) But as soon as I upgraded, I'm stuck with 1024x768 resolution and seems I can't change it. runn...
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2014-09-05T12:22:18.230
2023-08-08T17:14:56.573
Screen resolution stuck at 1024x768
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I solved the problem by running:</p>\n\n<pre><code>xrandr --addmode VGA1 1366x768\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I also added new modes to the change resolution drop down by using, </p>\n\n<pre><code>xrandr --newmode \"mode line\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Where <code>mode line</code> replaces the ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><strong>Applications > Monitors</strong>\n<img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/KhrUU.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>Click the drop-dowm menu named <strong>Resolution</strong> and choose one that suits</p>\n\n<p>Then click <strong>Apply</strong></p>\n\n<...
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37412
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2011-04-27T23:15:24.807
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<p>I'd like to ensure that transmission only sends/receives traffic when the server it runs on is connected to a VPN. </p> <p>I <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/26793/enforce-vpn-connection-to-access-the-internet">found this question which is similar</a> but I don't want to force all traffic through the VPN an...
4500
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2017-04-13T12:24:57.633
2019-08-06T08:33:12.310
How can I ensure transmission traffic uses a VPN?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ideally you should use a torrent client that has a feature to bind to a specific interface (the VPN interface).</p>\n\n<p>Among torrent clients, Deluge does this. So you can install Deluge and configure the interface in the Preferences and you are set!</p>\n", "commentCou...
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37413
1
37419
2011-04-27T23:24:15.027
4
3960
<p>After seeing an article on Cheese 3.0 and it's new effects some months back, it was going to be one of the major highlights of 11.04 to me.</p> <p>Sadly, I find 3.0 is not in the repo; it has been released, just not soon enough before the freeze.</p> <p>So how do I install Cheese 3.0 in Ubuntu 11.04?</p>
2442
235
2011-04-28T00:32:14.333
2011-04-28T00:34:12.943
How do I install Cheese 3.0?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You need GNOME 3 to run Cheese 3.0 while Ubuntu 11.04 has GNOME 2.32. So, what to do? </p>\n\n<p>Wait a few weeks until the GNOME3 PPA has been throughly tested and install GNOME3 alongside to Unity. Then, you can install Cheese 3.0.\nInstructions at <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can download Cheese 3.0.1 from: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"ftp://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/gnome.org/apps/3.0/3.0.1/sources/cheese-3.0.1.tar.gz\" rel=\"nofollow\">ftp://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/gnome.org/apps/3.0/3.0.1/sources/cheese-3.0.1.tar.gz</a></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Extract the...
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37414
1
39016
2011-04-27T23:41:21.317
6
5443
<p>Can anyone recommend a good, cheap video card that can handle modern desktop requirements? Cheap is somewhere under $50. </p> <p>I'm talking about decent 3d effects for Unity and friends, as well as playing the occasional video and running Flash. I'd like something that's autodetected and doesn't require any effort...
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2017-04-13T12:23:21.773
2017-02-05T17:39:39.137
What's a good cheap video card?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've used a Radeon HD5450 with Ubuntu with good results. Very nice image, no fan, 1GB memory, good non-gaming OpenGL support, low power consumption, less than $50, no fan, HDMI and DVI output, no fan.</p>\n\n<p>It also has CrossFireX support but why would you use it?</p>\n\n<p>Did I ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you are buying the motherboard, you can get one with an embedded Intel video card. Any recent Intel video card should be fine.</p>\n\n<p>If you plan for an AMD CPU, then an AMD/ATI card is a good choice. You have significant chances that the card will be supported by the o...
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37416
1
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2011-04-28T00:01:25.893
2
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<p>Following a <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/34127/is-anyone-aware-of-any-progress-made-in-packing-updated-versions-of-tracker-desk">question</a> I raised a few weeks back, I would like to install tracker and see how it works with natty. The latest <a href="http://projects.gnome.org/tracker/download.html" re...
4442
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:46.240
2012-05-11T17:17:04.843
How can I install metatracker from source?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can install Tracker 0.9.26 from their <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~tracker-team/+archive/tracker-unstable\" rel=\"nofollow\">PPA</a>. There is also a stable PPA, but there's nothing for 11.04 there yet.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { ...
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37428
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2011-04-28T01:08:50.547
0
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<p>EDIT2: This issue seems to have been fixed in 11.04, when installing it now has an option called 'install Ubuntu alongside X' where X is your other operating system. This was very helpful for newbies like me who don't want to play with hard drive partitions.</p> <p>I would like to install Ubuntu on my laptop as my...
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2014-08-04T18:59:11.440
2014-08-04T18:59:11.440
Trying to install Ubuntu: Shrinking the Windows Partiton
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-28T01:14:17.420", "id": "41460", "postId": "37428", "score": "0", "text": "Also, according my defrag software all the windows stuff is all at the beginning of the drive with a few files at the end. Is there really a significant speed boost that can be obtained by plac...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>What you need to do is run chkdsk manually during bootup. Spam F8 during bootup, select the repair option and start a command prompt window. Then type <code>chkdsk c: /f</code> to fix the volume.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "cont...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>What Windows version are you running? I assume Vista or 7?</p>\n\n<p>You should really do a chkdsk before messing with the volume. Press Start, type cmd. Click with the right mousebutton on the found cmd.exe and choose \"Run as administrator\".</p>\n\n<p>Now type \"chkdsk c: ...
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37429
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2011-04-28T01:11:50.850
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<p>I installed Red5 from the Ubuntu universe repository. After installation, I visited <code>http://localhost:5080</code>. The page looked like this:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/PdTy5.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>As you can see, there's a broken image on the page. As well, none of th...
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2011-07-03T16:21:19.990
How to get Red5 working?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I installed <code>red5</code> and can not confirm your problem. 2 packages got installed: <code>libred5-java</code> and <code>red5server</code>.</p>\n\n<p>After install all I did was <code>http://localhost:5080</code> and it gets me the following page:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"ht...
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37431
1
37447
2011-04-28T01:18:19.710
3
2415
<p>I am using <strong>Ubuntu 9.10 - the Karmic Koala</strong> - released in October 2009 </p> <p>I downloaded <strong>mysql-workbench-gpl-5.2.33b-1ubu1004-i386.deb</strong> from <a href="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/#downloads" rel="nofollow">here</a></p> <p>But when I run this package it show me followin...
15160
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2011-04-28T01:21:37.237
2016-01-07T09:58:15.317
How do I install MySQL workbench?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you can't upgrade to a newer Ubuntu (e.g. 10.10), you can grab an older version of mysql-workbench. It looks like <a href=\"http://download.softagency.net/mysql/Downloads/MySQLGUITools/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://download.softagency.net/mysql/Downloads/MySQLGUITools/</a> has a list...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It is probably due to using an old release of Ubuntu.</p>\n\n<p>I was able to install MySQL workbench on Ubuntu 2010.10</p>\n\n<p>Can you consider upgrading to the latest Ubuntu first?</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04...
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37434
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2011-04-28T01:31:07.327
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<p>How do I add apps to the Launcher?</p>
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2012-04-18T19:08:40.017
2014-10-03T02:32:50.560
How do I add applications to the Unity launcher?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There are a few ways to add applications. The easiest is to run the application, then right click on it and select Keep In Launcher:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/CDc4Q.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>The second way is to search for an a...
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37446
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2011-04-28T02:54:48.633
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<p>I face this problem where Gwibber only launches sporadically. Sometimes when I click it to launch, it launches and then other times it doesn't. I can't seem to figure out what is preventing it from launching and what sort of information I need to collect, also where to collect it from to make a bug report. </p> <p>...
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25798
2012-03-30T22:49:39.827
2012-03-30T22:49:39.827
Gwibber only launches sometimes
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try running gwibber from the command-line. You can do that by starting a terminal (<code>Menu &gt; Accessories &gt; Terminal</code>) and then typing <code>gwibber</code> and hitting enter. If it's crashing on startup, it'll probably tell you why. </p>\n\n<p>If Gwibber isn't w...
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37451
1
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2011-04-28T03:28:14.390
5
2358
<p>I have a simple question.</p> <p>When you install a package using <code>apt-get install</code>, oftentimes, it will install several dependency packages as well as the main one. I was wondering if there is a way to completely reverse this install. Often, removing the main package will leave several packages behind. ...
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2013-02-14T18:25:42.380
2017-07-13T14:30:38.240
Find out what packages were installed with a particular package?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try <code>debfoster</code>. First install it using <code>sudo apt-get install debfoster</code> and then run <code>sudo debfoster kubuntu-desktop</code>. It will remove all meta packages installed as part of <code>kubuntu-desktop</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "c...
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37455
1
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2011-04-28T04:14:26.207
16
29480
<p>I have used the wpa_passphrase command and I get something like this:</p> <blockquote> <p>network={ ssid="blahblah" #psk="moreblahblah" psk=d5e532ecca53ea963e5b3b5521bb3682c53fcf5b6d55f15622027145c795b661 }</p> </blockquote> <p>I need to copy that "psk=[long string]" to my wpa_supplicant.conf file. H...
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2011-04-28T11:39:15.990
2016-08-15T13:32:33.187
How to copy command console text?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>May be not perfect but a workaround. May be you could write the output in a file then go into the file remove unnecessary text and using <code>cat</code> you could append it to wpa_supplicant.conf</p>\n\n<p>Basically your workflow would be:</p>\n\n<p><code>command &gt; rough<...
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37466
1
37467
2011-04-28T07:18:40.867
1
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<p>I have an script that bans selected IPs from my server.</p> <p>Example:</p> <pre><code>iptables -A INPUT -s 123.123.123.123 -j DROP </code></pre> <p>My question is: <strong>When this rule will start working?</strong></p> <p>I'm asking this, because yesterday I banned an IP, but it was still connected to my serve...
3921
6969
2011-05-16T09:17:52.637
2011-05-16T09:17:52.637
When do iptables rules become active?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Operations with <code>iptables</code> and the <code>ip6tables</code> (for IPv6) commands are applied immediately. You might have a rule in your INPUT chain which accepts the traffic before it reaches this one, like:</p>\n\n<pre><code>iptables -A INPUT -m tcp -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCE...
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37468
1
37507
2011-04-28T07:34:24.903
2
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<p>There's already <a href="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric" rel="nofollow">a long list of blueprints</a> registered for Oneiric. How do I know whether or not certain blueprints I'd like to follow will be discussed at the UDS?</p>
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2011-04-28T11:55:45.673
How do I know if a certain blueprint will be discussed at UDS?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>That list of blueprints are ones that have been proposed for \"Oneiric\" the series in general. You want this list, as it's the approved list of topics for UDS:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://blueprints.launchpad.net/sprints/uds-o\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://blueprints.launchpad.n...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>That list of blueprints are ones that have been proposed for \"Oneiric\" the series in general. You want this list, as it's the approved list of topics for UDS:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://blueprints.launchpad.net/sprints/uds-o\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://blueprints.lau...
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2011-04-28T07:40:25.183
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<p>I have installed email server with "dovecot, postfix, postfixadmin" etc. Now I mounted new driver. All my mails are in folder <code>/home/vmail/</code> user is: <strong>vmail uid=5000 gid=500</strong>. </p> <p>I like to move those files to new mounted drive. What is the right way to do it? Making symbolic link to <...
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2012-03-29T18:01:52.483
2012-03-29T18:01:52.483
Adding a new drive for email server
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><code>cp -Rp /home/vmail /mnt/newdrive<br>\nmv /home/vmail /home/vmailbackup</code><br>\nedit fstab to mount the new drive at /home/vmail<br>\n<code>init 6</code><br>\ndone </p>\n\n<p>should work appropriately...</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "comm...
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37471
1
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2011-04-28T07:43:39.207
1
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<p>I am a newbie in linux. Recently, I have installed postfix MTA in xubuntu. I just want to know where are all the emails stored in my postfix server. </p> <p>Thanks in advance.</p>
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2011-06-30T13:46:39.650
Where are all the emails stored in postfix?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>\"The short answer is that the mailboxes are<br>\neither in /var/mail or in /var/spool/mail; the long answer is that it<br>\ndepends on your Postfix configuration.\" </p>\n\n<p>Direct quote from <a href=\"http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Uk/uk.comp.sys.mac/2008-02/msg...
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37472
1
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2011-04-28T08:15:20.313
1
3769
<p>I have an X61 thinkpad (currently running 10.10) that I purchased 3 years ago. I splurged a little and got a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_Memory" rel="nofollow">Turbo Memory</a> expansion to improve my windows boots. </p> <p>When I installed 10.04 (and subsquently upgraded to 10.10) there was no Turb...
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20396
2011-06-25T14:59:44.123
2014-07-27T03:19:01.890
Taking advantage of an "Intel Turbo Memory" card for swap or fast bootup
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You might look at <code>lspci</code> and see if you can identify the device and see if there is a driver bound to it. If there is a driver for it and it presents a block device, then you should be able to use it for swap/hibernation. If there isn't, then you're out of luck....
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37475
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2011-04-28T08:29:02.070
0
952
<p>As the title says, how can I setup syslog server in 10.10? </p> <p>Where can I find the configuration files?</p>
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17722
2012-08-18T06:22:43.450
2012-10-16T09:03:45.990
How do I configure syslog server in 10.10 desktop?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>maybe you mean <strong>rsyslog</strong>, configuration files for rsyslog are stored in </p>\n\n<pre><code>/etc/rsyslog.conf\n/etc/rsyslog.conf.d/\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>configuration of <strong>logrotate</strong> is done in </p>\n\n<pre><code>/etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog\n</code></...
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37477
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2011-04-28T08:47:12.677
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632
<p>I am currently working on a Fortran 77 program which includes several C routines, and using the KDevelop 3.5.3 (Using KDE 3.5.11) IDE for that matter. I had to stick to KDevelop 3.5.3 since the newer versions of KDevelop do not handle (or not easily: several attempts without success) that kind of multi-language appl...
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2011-09-20T19:35:13.733
2011-09-20T19:35:13.733
Fortran and C IDE
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Have you tried <a href=\"http://www.netbeans.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">NetBeans</a>?</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-28T09:30:12.150", "id": "37482", "...
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37480
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2011-04-28T09:10:09.540
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<p>I was wondering if Nautilus has undo/redo features for basic file operations. To be specific, I want to be able to undo moving, renaming or deleting a file.</p>
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2012-03-30T22:30:21.467
2012-03-30T22:30:21.467
Does Nautilus Support Undo/Redo for Basic File Operations
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-03-30T22:19:58.427", "id": "139201", "postId": "37480", "score": "0", "text": "It is the file manager's (which is Nautilus) job to undo or redo file operations and not Unity.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "25798" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>That's something that would be handled by Nautilus. I don't have it installed so I can't check (currently running Xubuntu) but I don't believe they have implemented it yet. <a href=\"http://www.webupd8.org/2010/05/default-nautilus-will-soon-look-lot.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">T...
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