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6099 | 1 | 12680 | 2010-10-11T19:56:41.220 | 1 | 750 | <p>For many reasons I like Kontact much beter as PIM application vs Evolution.
But I can't find any help on how to integrate the different parts into the gnome environment. </p>
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<li>Kmail as default mailer (that's possible) and use the indicator applet</li>
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6100 | 1 | null | 2010-10-11T19:59:13.007 | 0 | 745 | <p>During 10.10 installation I deleted a 30GB partition and changed it to a 2GB swap, and then reinstalled Ubuntu over partition two (where 10.04 was). I have a third large partition where most of my files are. </p>
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6101 | 1 | null | 2010-10-11T20:02:01.347 | 3 | 3810 | <p>I updated to 10.10 from 10.04 -however not with a clean install but with online update. Since then at shutdown some console texts appear (next to the red spot representing the shutdown steps). Im using the nvidia driver from nvidia.com.
Can you suggest something?</p>
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6107 | 1 | null | 2010-10-11T20:11:33.320 | 3 | 22345 | <p>I seen many times how people describe how to's about LBP-2900, and 10-12 steps from start to end of how to download, unpack, build driver, fix driver, make it work... Could be there some .deb package with ready-to-go driver for Ubuntu? This printer is very popular...</p>
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6109 | 1 | null | 2010-10-11T20:12:43.037 | 3 | 202 | <p>I'm not a particular fan of Ubuntu Netbook Remix, but the one feature I miss is the ability for a window taller than the vertical pixel length exists, it automatically adds a scrollbar.</p>
<p>Can I add this UI tweak to the standard version of Ubuntu? I can't see half of my Okay buttons in settings screens!</p>
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6114 | 1 | 6115 | 2010-10-11T20:20:24.143 | 14 | 19463 | <p>I noticed that when in terminal the prompt is generally in the format <code>username@users:</code> or I have even seen <code>username@(none):</code>. I get that the first part is the logged in person's user name, but what is the part after the <code>@</code> symbol? </p>
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6121 | 1 | 6172 | 2010-10-11T20:30:02.760 | 3 | 6735 | <p>Rhythmbox offers (as it should by now!) the metatag "albumartist" in addition to "artist".
But I don't see any way to browse by this property. </p>
<p>The offered views are:
Browse by "artist - album", "genres - artist", "genre - artist - album". </p>
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6122 | 1 | 6128 | 2010-10-11T20:30:47.363 | 15 | 23625 | <p>Since a few weeks, Ubuntu freezes almost everytime when I shut it down.</p>
<p>I know it because the shutdown animation stops and nothing is responsive: <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>Del</kbd> or <kbd>AltGr</kbd>+<kbd>Syst</kbd>+<kbd>reisub</kbd> don't make any difference.</p>
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6124 | 1 | null | 2010-10-11T20:31:57.840 | 0 | 1548 | <p>I need to install the internet card drivers on my netbook the problem is that it doesn't have CD tray so I can't install them via the Cd or at least I don't know where to mount the ISO so Ubuntu recognizes it so I can put the Proprietary Drivers. So is there any other way? Or where can I mount the ISO?</p>
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6126 | 1 | 6242 | 2010-10-11T20:39:02.400 | 11 | 10994 | <p>this post may seem like a duplicate from my other post, "Is is possible to export Inkscape files for inDesign?" but this completely different.</p>
<p>I need to open my inDesign CS5 files in Ubuntu but I can't seem to find a free vector program that can open inDesign files ( or files exported by inDesing CS5 )</p>
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6129 | 1 | 6150 | 2010-10-11T20:44:57.340 | 2 | 13225 | <p>I've noticed that my Ethernet port works fine once, but after it's disconnected and i connect to a wireless network and I go and try to plug the Ethernet port back in, it doesn't work until I reboot. Why is this?!</p>
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6132 | 1 | 6146 | 2010-10-11T20:53:53.140 | 1 | 1361 | <p>Is there a network manager docklet shipped with Docky? If not, how can I add one?</p>
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6134 | 1 | null | 2010-10-11T20:59:50.070 | 7 | 5028 | <p>I have an Microsoft Sidewinder X8 mouse and I wish to use <kbd>8</kbd> for <kbd>Shift</kbd> and the <kbd>9</kbd> for <kbd>Control</kbd>. Can anybody please tell me how?</p>
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6135 | 1 | 34223 | 2010-10-11T21:01:09.723 | 67 | 75953 | <p>One of the things I like best when using OS X is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_%28software%29">Spotlight</a> tool. You can click a magnifying glass in the corner, and search for apps, files, anything. Windows 7's Start Menu search tool is similar. Does Ubuntu have anything like this?</p>
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6136 | 1 | 8522 | 2010-10-11T21:02:56.240 | 11 | 15573 | <p>I've just installed Maverick, and while it seems to work so far, Empathy is unable to connect to my MSN account. I've verified that Pidgin can connect.</p>
<p>I've tried looking at the Empathy debug log, but all I see is:</p>
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6137 | 1 | null | 2010-10-11T21:05:58.370 | 35 | 43197 | <p>Is there a way to save my monitor settings? I have an external monitor at work, but each morning i have to plug it in, rearrange the windows from being side by side to being on top of each other. Can I just save this?</p>
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6147 | 1 | 6153 | 2010-10-11T21:19:58.257 | 6 | 6758 | <p>I am trying to get rid of my Gnome panels so that I can go to a purely Docky/Gnome-Do environment.</p>
<p>I have got rid of everything, except for a single remaining panel which I cannot delete.</p>
<p>The text "Delete this panel" is greyed out - any pointers about how to get rid of it?</p>
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6149 | 1 | 6155 | 2010-10-11T21:20:51.310 | 3 | 1029 | <p>Due to current issues with Logitech Bluetooth devices, I need to update the <code>/lib/udev/rules.d/70-hid2hci.rules</code> file. </p>
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6156 | 1 | null | 2010-10-11T21:34:37.890 | 11 | 6466 | <p>Observation shows that some Windows softwares run perfectly on Wine and some
just fail miserably. Rather than trying them out randomly, I wanted to create a
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6162 | 1 | 6163 | 2010-10-11T21:47:27.867 | 1 | 748 | <p>I had the sound icon in the main menu bar up top, along with the default Broadcast icon up there. All of a sudden they are missing and I can't find them. I can't find them in the Add to Panel menu either. How do I get them back?</p>
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6168 | 1 | null | 2010-10-11T21:53:10.923 | 1 | 338 | <p>Right after boot up, I can record using the line input just fine, but after some time (I haven't been able to tell how much), it stops working.</p>
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6171 | 1 | 6173 | 2010-10-11T21:56:45.753 | 8 | 20669 | <p>Whenever I boot up my PC from the CD, it starts shows the Ubuntu logo with the loading sign and then gives me this error:</p>
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6175 | 1 | 6177 | 2010-10-11T22:04:27.130 | 24 | 29831 | <p>I would like to know what the difference is between these two versions of the same distro. </p>
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<p>I think that the <strong>alternative CD</strong> is not <strong>Live</strong>,<br>
but is there any more to it?</p>
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6176 | 1 | null | 2010-10-11T22:04:29.237 | 26 | 30644 | <p>Is there an easy way to upgrade the system to x64 from x86 without losing settings and having to repartition etc?</p>
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6192 | 1 | null | 2010-10-11T22:38:58.143 | 2 | 1988 | <p>I use Ubuntu 10.10. Please Can someone help me? the remote control is the only component that does not work with Ubuntu. </p>
<p>@Martin many thanks for your answer and excuse me for the delay.</p>
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6197 | 1 | 118385 | 2010-10-11T22:58:48.397 | 11 | 15009 | <p>I want to install Maverick onto a BTRFS root partition. Not for fun or testing, but because I need <strong>compression</strong> due to a small flash disk (4GB).</p>
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6198 | 1 | 6202 | 2010-10-11T23:00:23.137 | 3 | 1546 | <p>How do you turn off the thumbnails for desktop icons?</p>
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6200 | 1 | null | 2010-10-11T23:07:00.163 | 41 | 102875 | <p>It is possible to open Microsoft Visio files in Ubuntu? Perhaps something like Dia, or OpenOffice Draw?</p>
<p>It is not an emergency, but it would be nice...</p>
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6201 | 1 | null | 2010-10-11T23:07:07.573 | 2 | 1079 | <p>I just clean installed my ubuntu 10.10, then i installed some necessary packages and then rvm, but when I write the <code>rvm install ruby-head</code> command, then it's just like y press enter on the shell, nothing happens, even a error message, what could be happening?</p>
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6206 | 1 | null | 2010-10-11T23:16:22.487 | 6 | 1923 | <p>I have a Logitech MX Anywhere wireless USB mouse which works very well with Ubuntu. However, I would like to disable the touch pad when this mouse is connected. I keep hitting the touch pad with my wrist or thumb and cause the mouse to move to another part of the screen. I am constantly fixing typos.</p>
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6228 | 1 | 144941 | 2010-10-12T00:49:34.940 | 10 | 11331 | <p>I found an amazing extension for Google Chrome called SmoothScroll. It makes scrolling webpages extraordinarily visually appealing, just like in opera.</p>
<p>I was wondering if I could find something like this for Ubuntu that can be applied system wide so that I can experience this on any scrollbar I use.</p>
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6229 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T00:51:13.277 | 48 | 36192 | <p>Just wondering, are there any projects like WINE, but for Mac software? That is, can we use a program that acts like a compatibility layer to run Mac apps?</p>
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6236 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T01:12:12.710 | 2 | 1877 | <p>So I built a new computer a couple months ago and installed Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04 on it. It has a Gigabyte motherboard which has a Realtek 8111d onboard network card.</p>
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6237 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T01:15:26.463 | 17 | 12721 | <p>I am very interested in getting AutoHotKey, the windows program for automation of keystrokes, working under Ubuntu. So far I have installed Wine, but am unable to use any of my previous windows scripts. Are there any recommendations?</p>
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6249 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T01:45:09.683 | 4 | 2301 | <p>Using the menu editor I accidentally deleted the WINE menu. Now I am stuck with the application installed and no way to easily use parts of it. I tried reinstalling it, many times, and still the menu does not show up. I think that a directory exists where the menu is at, but it is just marked off as deleted. Can any... | 3396 | 5691 | 2010-12-30T21:00:49.523 | 2010-12-30T21:00:49.523 | Wine menu directory location? | [
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6252 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T01:51:22.907 | 3 | 2499 | <p>Have used NFS for quite a while on 9.10 and 10.04 to access folders on PCs on the LAN. I recently chose the 'Encrypt home partition' option when installing Ubuntu 10.04 on a new PC. </p>
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6253 | 1 | 6257 | 2010-10-12T01:51:40.040 | 243 | 231565 | <p>I used Google Chrome in Windows, and am now using Chromium in Ubuntu. Is there any difference to the two programs? What are the advantages and disadvantages to each program? Which one seems better?</p>
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6263 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T02:47:14.290 | 57 | 199606 | <p>I'd love to install Ubuntu as a standard standalone on my ipad, is there any way to do so?</p>
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6265 | 1 | 8764 | 2010-10-12T02:50:11.960 | 3 | 4555 | <p>I'm trying out Maverick in a Parallels 6 VM, and running into some trouble with the installation script for the Guest Tools:</p>
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6267 | 1 | 7365 | 2010-10-12T02:54:56.537 | 4 | 1938 | <p>Ubuntu 10.04 allowed me to sync my Palm PDA (such as memos, calendar, address book) with Evolution using Gnome Pilot. However, in 10.10, the options for Evolution syncing in Gnome Pilot no longer exist.</p>
<p>Having Googled my issue, it seems Evolution 2.30 was built without the "--with-pilot-conduits" flag.
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6271 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T03:12:21.050 | 3 | 1597 | <p>I have created a new group in Empathy IM by right-clicking on a contact, then Edit and Add Group. </p>
<p>How do I remove a group?</p>
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6273 | 1 | 6288 | 2010-10-12T03:24:15.697 | 9 | 1818 | <p>What graphics cards work best with open source drivers?</p>
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6276 | 1 | 7335 | 2010-10-12T03:31:24.037 | 1 | 2856 | <p>I have a webcam and it works with cheese and gmail video. The problem is that it doesn't work on a lot of broadcasting websites (like tinychat). The flash permission popup doesn't appear when I try to use the webcam. </p>
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6282 | 1 | 8736 | 2010-10-12T04:27:35.667 | 3 | 1232 | <p>I've been using <code>kprinter</code> for several years as a way to give programs that don't have fancy print dialogs (like <code>gvim</code>) a fancy print dialog. From a command-line sense it looks a lot like <code>lp</code> or <code>lpr</code>, but it pops up a GUI for choosing printers and setting printing optio... | 2583 | null | null | 2010-10-21T17:16:24.900 | Where's kprinter in Lucid? | [
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6284 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T04:33:25.800 | 1 | 723 | <p>How do I tether my Ubuntu 10.10 via Bluetooth with Blackberry 9000? I set everything up and tried to connect, but it keeps asking me for the password. I don't know what password it wants.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance</p>
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6287 | 1 | 6294 | 2010-10-12T04:49:25.730 | 3 | 146 | <p>Living in the United States, it is most common to have dates expressed like the following:</p>
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6290 | 1 | 6299 | 2010-10-12T05:17:10.913 | 0 | 526 | <p>Hardware Specs </p>
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<li>Motherboard: MSI 770-g45</li>
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6291 | 1 | 6300 | 2010-10-12T05:18:54.243 | 4 | 1842 | <p>Yesterday I downloaded the 10.10 update using the update manager. The download went normally, but I encountered numerous errors while the new packages were installing, which caused my upgrade to fail. I restarted my computer, and after the BIOS screen I began to consistently get the following error:</p>
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6295 | 1 | 9531 | 2010-10-12T05:36:05.150 | 7 | 1701 | <p>I would like to install Google Earth under Ubuntu 10.10. Under v10.04 there were some problems. Has anyone been able to get it working satisfactorily? Was Wine used?</p>
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6301 | 1 | 6306 | 2010-10-12T05:57:29.830 | 5 | 1769 | <p>I want to learn how to compile vim from the sources, because there are some additions that I want to add, and learn how to deal with this situations, but until now I didn't have success doing it, I can compile vim, but without its GUI</p>
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6302 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T05:58:34.393 | 86 | 170127 | <p>In previous versions of Netbook Remix I was able to disable the netbook-launcher and just have a blank desktop. I liked the speed of the Netbook version but not the interface, this worked well for me. </p>
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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/22946/how-do-i-install-and-use-the-latest-version-of-gnome-shell">How do I install and use the latest version of GNOME Shell?</a> </p>
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6309 | 1 | 6313 | 2010-10-12T06:51:41.630 | 6 | 20507 | <p>I have a FreeNAS server in the house on which we keep our media. I would like to be able to automount this share in a persistent location when the machine is turned on so that the music players can index the music and we can conveniently browse through the folders etc.</p>
<p>How will I accomplish this?</p>
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6317 | 1 | 6321 | 2010-10-12T07:28:44.367 | 285 | 869061 | <p>I have Ubuntu on my laptop. Now I want install Windows 7 in a dual-boot. How can I do this?</p>
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6323 | 1 | 6324 | 2010-10-12T07:59:45.377 | 1 | 3244 | <p>After upgrading to 10.10, my system is unable to start in normal mode due to problems with graphics drivers. The laptop (hp dv9500) boots only in failsafe, low resolution graphics mode. Here's the message from the log:</p>
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6328 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T08:40:04.297 | 179 | 216286 | <p>I would like to see a full how-to guide on how to install Ubuntu.</p>
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6332 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T08:48:40.957 | 16 | 8661 | <p>I use XChat for IRC. Some of the automatic channels I want to join require that I be identified with services. I have set xchat to autologin with nickserv when i start up, but sometimes there is a delay, it will try to join certain channels (and fail), before I am authenticated. Is there some way to tell xchat to de... | 139 | null | null | 2015-07-30T07:20:24.757 | Prevent xchat from trying to join channels until I have been authenticated | [
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6337 | 1 | 7652 | 2010-10-12T08:55:32.157 | 8 | 44436 | <p>I've just installed a fresh copy of 10.10 and for some reason the mouse wouldn't work correctly. </p>
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6339 | 1 | 6348 | 2010-10-12T09:08:45.897 | 158 | 165711 | <p>I want to install the latest Firefox on my Ubuntu (64bit) box.</p>
<p>What is the best way to do this? Is there a specific update site or should I download the binaries manually? If doing manually, in which directory should I put the files? In my home directory, or is there a better place?</p>
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6340 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T09:18:20.057 | 2 | 19723 | <p>I have a brand-new Ubuntu 10.10 installed in a VMWare 7.1 Workstation.
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6357 | 1 | 6377 | 2010-10-12T10:23:59.167 | 5 | 13101 | <p>I'm trying to convince Ubuntu's init system not to start X11 at boot-up. Removing <code>gdm</code> did not change the fact that each time the machine restarts, X11 with Gnome comes up. </p>
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6358 | 1 | 6373 | 2010-10-12T10:26:15.797 | 322 | 1704293 | <p>I switched from SLES to Ubuntu and now I want to restart my local server.
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<p>but this seems not to work in Ubuntu.</p>
<p>How do I restart Apache?</p>
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6361 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T10:29:57.717 | 7 | 10401 | <p>Do you have tips or a guide how to install Ubuntu in Microsoft Virtual PC?</p>
<p>I have found some (older) information, but I wonder if this is still valid. And it looks very "unfriendly".</p>
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6363 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T10:32:14.193 | 2 | 390 | <p>I would like to learn how to upgrade packages in older Ubuntu versions to what's available in current versions.</p>
<p>I assume there is always a manual way to do it, but is there something more automated such as using additional sources and the power of apt-get?</p>
<p>Thanks,
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6370 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T10:39:09.530 | 1 | 926 | <p>I'm using Windows 7 Starter on my netbook and I want to install Ubuntu 10.10 netbook edition but I don't want to lose anything. I want to keep Windows and use both systems on my netbook.</p>
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6381 | 1 | 7535 | 2010-10-12T11:39:05.477 | 5 | 12631 | <p>I can not install most of the software as not all of the software has a button to install.
is this an error? or dependency problem if so how do i fix it? </p>
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6383 | 1 | 6384 | 2010-10-12T11:47:12.437 | 2 | 888 | <p>Today Firefox started crashing whenever I'm trying to open the preferences editor, and also often during normal navigation. If I start Firefox from a terminal, when it crashes it returns the message: Attempting to load the system libmoon.</p>
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6388 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T12:03:57.073 | 0 | 1836 | <p>Does anybody know if and how I might be able to change the color of the dropdown menus in Maverick's default theme?</p>
<p>I like most parts of the theme enough to not really want to change, but I find the black dropdown menus hard to stomach. </p>
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<p>Is there anyone using macubuntu and what do you think about it? :)</p>
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6404 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T12:49:01.813 | 5 | 2131 | <p>I've updated my system to 10.10 and since then my "middle mouse button" (on my laptop, under touchpad) is recognized as my "left mouse button". If I open <strong>xev</strong>, I can see that both, my "left and middle mouse button" are being referred to as "button 1".</p>
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6406 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T12:53:41.633 | 3 | 1880 | <p>When I test drove Maverick on the USB drive the stylus and buttons worked perfectly. Now that I have installed Maverick, the stylus buttons are switched. Is there a way to get the config file that is used by Ubuntu when it is demoing?</p>
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6418 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T13:20:36.303 | 10 | 18883 | <p>Unfortunately, the Unity Launcher on the left hand side of the screen takes more valuable space away than the new menu bar gives.</p>
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6419 | 1 | 6428 | 2010-10-12T13:21:54.797 | 3 | 312 | <p>I switched my sony viao laptop from XP to ubuntu 10.04 recently. I have it connected through router at home. The internet was working fine with XP. With ubuntu, i am not able to connect to interenet.</p>
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6421 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T13:30:12.307 | 2 | 438 | <p>I have a number of USB devices (including a USB external HD) which will only be recognised by Ubuntu during boot.</p>
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6422 | 1 | 6447 | 2010-10-12T13:30:21.260 | 8 | 2757 | <p>I have a load of virtual desktops running and I usually have one full screen application per desktop (so sort of like the Ratpoison WM but with an option to use it in other ways when needed). I want new windows to automatically be put in certain desktop numbers when they start up. What's the easiest way to do this?<... | 3540 | null | null | 2010-10-14T17:42:30.647 | How to distribute windows over virtual desktops in Gnome | [
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6424 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T13:31:42.507 | 3 | 306 | <p>The trackpad on my ASUS laptop doesn't work after I press off and then on. Before I press off the first time it works well, afterwards it doesn't work even though the light indicator is on. This problem has happened to me since Ubuntu 10.04/Linux Mint 9/and now 10.10, it works fine on Win7, but I don't really want t... | 3546 | null | null | 2010-11-16T22:36:12.860 | My trackpad doesn't turn on after I turn it off, before that it works | [
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6431 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T13:59:10.220 | 5 | 5807 | <p>I currently have ubuntu 10.04 (planning on upgrading soon to 10.10) on a server at home with a large music and video collection.</p>
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6432 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T14:06:03.870 | 10 | 255 | <p>I am considering switching over to Ubuntu One to back up all of my files because of some slight issues I had with Dropbox and I was wondering when Ubuntu One will feature revisions if it will at all.</p>
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6439 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T14:30:34.550 | 1 | 118 | <blockquote>
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<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/5853/how-do-i-group-un-group-parent-child-windows">How do I group/un-group parent/child windows?</a> </p>
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<p>I've lost track of which setting I tweaked in gconf-editor. </p>
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6440 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T14:32:02.840 | 6 | 638 | <p>Empathy is a rather nice IM client and I like the included themes, but I don't see how to move my tabs in my conversation windows to the bottom of the window instead of the top.. any ideas?</p>
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6441 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T14:34:08.490 | 2 | 385 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/16104/share-between-ubuntu-machines">Share between Ubuntu machines</a> </p>
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6444 | 1 | 6449 | 2010-10-12T14:39:18.610 | 3 | 195 | <p>Since the <code>%</code> has special meaning to cron, how do I use it as part of a command?</p>
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6445 | 1 | 6448 | 2010-10-12T14:42:49.053 | 5 | 2332 | <p>I'm thinking about setting up a NAS based on Ubuntu server, but before I invest the money, I want to make sure what I want to do is possible.</p>
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6451 | 1 | 6456 | 2010-10-12T14:53:48.247 | 20 | 49120 | <p>In windows, I used to use a text editor called <a href="http://www.crimsoneditor.com">crimson editor</a> which featured the best column-mode editing support I have yet to use.</p>
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6453 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T14:58:07.287 | 5 | 1170 | <p>I've been trying to upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10.</p>
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6461 | 1 | 6464 | 2010-10-12T15:22:41.797 | 3 | 473 | <p>I used the add to panel applet to add a 'drawer' of common shortcuts to my gnome-panel, but when I click on the drawer icon, it only pops up far enough to see one icon until I mouse over it and hover there for a second or two.</p>
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6465 | 1 | 7625 | 2010-10-12T15:29:39.613 | 6 | 5339 | <p>I have some strange wireless connection problems after upgrading to 10.10. I was using 10.04 before and everything was fine.</p>
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6467 | 1 | 8762 | 2010-10-12T15:37:34.727 | 7 | 2885 | <p><strong>update:</strong> <code>/lib/init/upstart-job</code> has been replaced with the MongoDB init script.</p>
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6468 | 1 | 6471 | 2010-10-12T15:40:52.563 | 1 | 334 | <p>I use netbook edition of Ubuntu and I am quite happy. Should I migrate now?</p>
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"body": "<p>Not everybody likes the new Unity netbook interface, so you might want to test it first from a live medium (live-CD or live-USB).</p>\n\n<p>Otherwise, upgrading should be fine, although some people prefer to wait a couple of weeks (some bugs found around or after the release ... | null | null | 2010-10-12T15:53:53.127 | null | null |
6473 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T16:07:58.883 | 5 | 223 | <p>I dont have a lot of space on my netbook. My 8GB drive is now almost full with about 250MB space. What is the best way to upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10? Will I have to download a lot of files? Can I use an USB drive for the upgrade?</p>
<p>Or is the best way to free up some space and upgrade as normal?</p>
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"body": "<p>Freeing up some space is anyway advisable.</p>\n\n<p>But yes, you can also download the iso and make a live-usb. Then you can upgrade your ubuntu from the packages on the usb-drive (just start the installer, it will offer to upgrade)</p>\n\n<p>For me it took around 1GB downlo... | null | null | null | null | null |
6476 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T16:15:47.127 | 4 | 720 | <p>I have upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10 from 10.04, but the upgrade removed some of my packages that I had manually installed. These package (Dekiwiki from <a href="http://www.mindtouch.com" rel="nofollow">Mindtouch</a> amongst others) are not supported by Canonical.<br>
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"body": "<p>On servers, you should always review the upgrade process and which packages are being offered for removal.</p>\n\n<p>Ubuntu's upgrade process usually doesn't remove packages for no reason. Possibly it was due to dependency issues with other packages. Unfortunately, without ac... | null | null | null | null | null |
6479 | 1 | null | 2010-10-12T16:40:09.107 | 1 | 2304 | <p>After installation of 10.10 in my HP Mini 2133. I have no wireless connexion.</p>
<p>The blue led is on but no way to detect the WiFi beside me.
The WiFi integrated card is a Broadcom BCM 4312 802.11 a:b:g (rev 02).
I tried to install the 2 drivers found after clicking menu admin/additional drivers. But no way. The... | null | 7035 | 2011-06-07T15:19:18.897 | 2011-06-07T15:19:18.897 | No WiFi on HP Netbook 2133 | [
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"body": "<p>the broadcom-sta driver should work, though since lucid i've had to install the linux-image-generic (could be slightly off on the name, but it's the generic linux kernel package in synaptic), prior to installing the sta driver, which for some reason fails to compile the wl.ko... | null | null | null | null | NjB |
6480 | 1 | 6484 | 2010-10-12T16:41:28.233 | 3 | 1464 | <p>I have been using Ubuntu since 5.10 (Breezy) and never did it disappoint in the area of hardware support. Yeah there were some issues with broadcom wifi chips, but it was fixable.</p>
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