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9092 | 1 | null | 2010-10-23T18:35:03.193 | 34 | 11762 | <ul>
<li>What is the purpose of a swap partition?</li>
<li>How do I know I have just enough swap partition? Not too much/little.</li>
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<p>My Ubuntu PC is used for typical stuff:</p>
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<li>Web (email, facebook, etc.)</li>
<li>Some movies</li>
<li>gaming is rare</li>
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9096 | 1 | 9098 | 2010-10-23T19:18:54.063 | 14 | 6754 | <p>I would like to know how can I enable video and audio codecs not included by default on Ubuntu. Thanks!</p>
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9101 | 1 | 9216 | 2010-10-23T19:25:25.713 | 5 | 2356 | <pre><code> I have a problem where text that wraps around to the next line is not indented so that
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9103 | 1 | null | 2010-10-23T19:36:43.713 | 2 | 5826 | <p>I'm using a laptop with a factory recovery partition. I'd like to scrap it, but I don't know if I might need it, so I'd prefer to create an ISO(s) from the partition if there's a good technique/method. Advice is appreciated.</p>
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9107 | 1 | 14485 | 2010-10-23T20:13:34.893 | 46 | 61465 | <p>What tools do you use to monitor a Ubuntu web server? More specifically, I'd like to monitor server uptime, resource usage (RAM, CPU, bandwidth, etc.), Apache, MySQL and PHP.</p>
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9108 | 1 | 9112 | 2010-10-23T20:13:53.410 | 12 | 12660 | <p>I plan on switching my parents company to Ubuntu (or K or X, haven't decided yet) and one of the most important things is if there is a Quickens equivalent available for any of them?</p>
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9116 | 1 | null | 2010-10-23T20:31:45.177 | 2 | 770 | <p>Who know how to change defaut resolution for my webcam:</p>
<p>I'm using a <code>4tech PK-52MF</code>. gspca is working fine with this webcam only on 320x240 resolution.</p>
<p>640x480 is very bad with it..</p>
<p>But skype uses 640x480.. And I can't change default resolution for skype. Ideas?</p>
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9123 | 1 | null | 2010-10-23T22:09:43.200 | 2 | 5146 | <p>I'm fairly new to Ubuntu so please bear with me. I use Teamviewer on my Windows machines and love it, even more so that there is an Ubuntu version. As most will know it can't start on computer startup as a service on Ubuntu so if my machine reboots for any reason I'm screwed.</p>
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9126 | 1 | null | 2010-10-23T22:48:14.970 | 5 | 641 | <p>I want to encrypt my USB HDD. And
i want to do it with open source software. And
i want to use only password for decryption. And
i want to decrypt it using an Ubuntu 10.04 LiveCD, with no internet-connection. And
i don't want solutions using e.g.: DES with 56 bit. At least AES 256 bit please!</p>
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9128 | 1 | null | 2010-10-23T23:09:20.803 | 3 | 307 | <p>How can I connect to my Brother MFC-6800 printer over USB?</p>
<p><em>(I have an answer to this question and I'm posting it for the benefit of the next person, but please write a better answer if you can!)</em></p>
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9135 | 1 | null | 2010-10-24T00:36:27.117 | 337 | 309932 | <p>If I want to make a backup of everything I have done since the fresh install of Ubuntu, what are the possible options? What all should I backup? I want to get all the settings that I changed, all the packages I installed, etc. </p>
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9136 | 1 | 9138 | 2010-10-24T00:52:46.530 | 5 | 700 | <p>For a company with non tech savvy computer users who will mainly need to upload/save pictures, send/receive emails, play solitaire/euchre, print envelopes, and manage taxes, what Ubuntu version would you suggest installing on all their systems? </p>
<p>Ubuntu? Kubuntu, Xubuntu. some other one?</p>
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9143 | 1 | 10426 | 2010-10-24T02:26:35.933 | 6 | 3044 | <p>I'm setting up Alpine with 10.10 with my gmail account. However, I am having difficulty setting up the threaded view of email (as in gmail). At setup, and in the config menu, I have selected the threading display style to "show-thread-structure." Nonetheless, I get a normal view of email in my inbox, with individual... | 1292 | 235 | 2012-10-01T16:43:53.980 | 2012-10-01T16:43:53.980 | Enable threading in Alpine? | [
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9144 | 1 | 9145 | 2010-10-24T02:46:45.450 | 6 | 400 | <p>I was trying to restart syncing with Ubuntu One because it was not syncing my music folder. However, I accidently deleted my computer from the sync list:</p>
<p>(Ubuntu One.com > Account > View the machines connected to this account)</p>
<p>So, my question is, how do I re-add my computer to the list?</p>
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9148 | 1 | null | 2010-10-24T03:39:28.993 | 7 | 4521 | <p>On the desktops, the package managers have convenient ways to change the sources.list for apt-get between different mirrors.</p>
<p>Is there a similar menu-kind of way of doing this from the command line (i.e. on a server)?</p>
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9153 | 1 | 9154 | 2010-10-24T04:53:51.670 | 7 | 21976 | <p>I was downloading a package using the terminal. I actually wanted to install package 'A'. But, by mistake started installing package 'B'. I wanted to stop downloading 'B' and start downloading 'A'.</p>
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9156 | 1 | 9167 | 2010-10-24T05:58:10.727 | 3 | 426 | <p>I currently have Gmail set up as my default account with Evolution. I have various signatures that I would like to use and select prior to sending specific emails. Is there a way to:</p>
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9159 | 1 | 21594 | 2010-10-24T07:08:08.850 | 7 | 352 | <p>Rhythmbox works fine, but sometimes certain tracks won't be played; sometimes when certain tracks are played all I hear is static/cracking sound with basically no sound at all.</p>
<p>If I restart rhythmbox and play the same song/s again, they will play fine (No static).</p>
<p>Any ideas? </p>
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9161 | 1 | null | 2010-10-24T08:00:19.767 | 3 | 3606 | <p>I use a Asus EEE PC 901 with one 4GB SSD and one 8GB SSD with an installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.04.
Because the 4GB SSD is much faster then the 8GB SSD, I installed UNR on the 4 GB SSD and mounted the 8 GB SSD to the home directory.
But now my space is very limited.</p>
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9162 | 1 | 9169 | 2010-10-24T08:18:28.957 | 6 | 3277 | <p>I want to position the mouse in relation to a <strong>window</strong>. </p>
<p>I've tried several command-line apps which send keyboard and mouse messages to <strong>X</strong>, but they all seem to only place the mouse in relation to the <strong>screen</strong>. </p>
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9168 | 1 | 9180 | 2010-10-24T09:28:55.463 | 3 | 2558 | <p>I have a bunch of MP3 files and I have their paths grouped in a text file. Is it possible to join the relevant MP3 files based on the paths in the text file?</p>
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9173 | 1 | 9174 | 2010-10-24T09:54:55.807 | 3 | 120 | <p>Is there a system in Ubuntu which simplify the process of getting the sources from git, compile and package it into a deb?</p>
<p>I'm looking for something similar to the PKGBUILD in ArchLinux which can be configured with any kind of vcs repo as source and then packaged as that distributions package format.</p>
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9176 | 1 | 9182 | 2010-10-24T10:48:29.473 | 3 | 509 | <p>Can anybody explain me how I can change the deskbar panel-applet icon? I' ve try a few methods but no one works... I' ve try to change the .png file in the 'usr/share/deskbar-applet/art' folder and also I' ve try to add an icon called dekbar-applet.png in the current icon theme folder in 'usr/share/icons'. Thanks in... | null | null | null | 2017-02-01T20:02:13.500 | Change the deskbar applet icon | [
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9178 | 1 | 9179 | 2010-10-24T11:16:18.053 | 5 | 545 | <p>There is a newer version of <code>xdotool</code> in the Maverick repository. There are new features available which I need in the Maverick version. </p>
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9181 | 1 | 36954 | 2010-10-24T11:41:12.180 | 19 | 55954 | <p>I installed miredo and have IPv6 up and running it seems. I can ping6 hosts and download webpages with wget or my webbrowser when I specify IPv6 addresses, however whenever I specify a hostname that is offered over both IPv4 and IPv6 the browser picks the IPv4 address for the connection.</p>
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9183 | 1 | 9184 | 2010-10-24T12:01:13.370 | 4 | 1716 | <p>i have just installed Ubuntu 10.10 on a Sony vaio but, their is no Ubuntu logo on boot all i get is a black screen some writing saying an error and then straight to the login screen. i really like the boot screen and if their is anyway to get the computer boot normally i would like to hear. thank you</p>
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9186 | 1 | 9212 | 2010-10-24T12:39:33.600 | 4 | 185 | <p>I installed the beautiful application "Listen" this morning, however when I started it, its applet within the indicator menue was somehow shown green-ish.
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9189 | 1 | 9191 | 2010-10-24T13:52:23.627 | 15 | 3788 | <p>My home directory is on a separate partition. I am on 10.10 from 10.04 via upgrade. How can I perform a clean install of 10.10 while keeping this partition? Will it perform as well as a clean install? What will be lost and what will be kept?</p>
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9197 | 1 | 9201 | 2010-10-24T14:16:39.593 | 5 | 1572 | <p>I don't use gwibber at all but when I go to remove gwibber-service it wants to remove indicator-me. I still use empathy so I like the indicator being in place. Is there any way to have this removed and why does it want to remove this?</p>
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9199 | 1 | 9224 | 2010-10-24T14:31:04.983 | 5 | 989 | <p>Update manager is showing "Embedded GNU C Library: Binaries" under important security updates. </p>
<p>Why is that? (I am on a laptop do i really need them?)</p>
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Just to make it clear, I know what <strong>C</strong> is, and I usually program in it.
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9206 | 1 | null | 2010-10-24T14:55:44.050 | 31 | 22568 | <p>Does Ubuntu come with a preinstalled or automatic firewall? If not, do I need one? </p>
<p>I've read some articles about the advantages of Linux over other operating systems about security (no need to have antivirus, ...) but would like to be sure.</p>
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9214 | 1 | null | 2010-10-24T15:35:53.823 | 3 | 2210 | <p>I recently tried upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10 on my netbook, but something went wrong, and X session hang up. After reboot I still can log to system, but Gnome is rather broken.</p>
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9215 | 1 | 9219 | 2010-10-24T15:43:33.620 | 2 | 9656 | <p>The display on my Laptop got corrupted after accidentally executing a script intended for my Desktop with NVidia driver.</p>
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9217 | 1 | 9222 | 2010-10-24T16:00:14.727 | 8 | 16431 | <p>Does anyone know how to make audio and video calls work with Pidgin (for those protocols that support it)?</p>
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9221 | 1 | 9227 | 2010-10-24T16:07:33.097 | 0 | 3397 | <p>I used to be able to connect to wireless networks and wired networks (although my wireless network had problems; see my other question). Then, one day, the section Wired Networks just disappeared! And when I plugin a cable, nothing happens! Why?</p>
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9229 | 1 | null | 2010-10-24T17:00:57.607 | 2 | 1920 | <p>I have an hp dv4 laptop running Ubuntu 10.10. While booting up, the laptop fan just runs excessively for a few seconds until the login screen appears. Then it functions normally for the rest of the session.</p>
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9230 | 1 | 9235 | 2010-10-24T17:08:40.977 | 3 | 6079 | <p>I have to computers running Ubuntu and I want to share files between those computer. these computers are already connected through a cross cable and sharing internet connection using firestarter. Both computers have samba installed. </p>
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9237 | 1 | null | 2010-10-24T17:38:34.927 | 2 | 181 | <p>What are the hot features we find in Ubuntu?</p>
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9242 | 1 | 9524 | 2010-10-24T17:58:59.453 | 10 | 9920 | <p>I am running Ubuntu 10.10 and finally got a Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch tablet to work. </p>
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<p>Thank you very much for your patience.</p>
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9246 | 1 | 9252 | 2010-10-24T18:21:43.623 | 10 | 11084 | <p>How can I change sounds in Ubuntu? Mainly I mean the sounds for startup, shutdown and warnings.</p>
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9253 | 1 | 9254 | 2010-10-24T18:52:41.030 | 1 | 218 | <p>i know that we have Facebook UK English upside down version and i have seen images of people with Ubuntu upside-down English as well does anybody know where to get it or how to get it. thank you.</p>
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9256 | 1 | 10351 | 2010-10-24T19:38:07.153 | 5 | 2953 | <p>I was trying to install Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop Edition on my PC today. I booted up from my LiveCD. Then,I reached up to the Ubuntu loading logo. It stayed there for a few minutes. But then I came to a black screen with the following printed on the screen:</p>
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9259 | 1 | null | 2010-10-24T19:53:20.433 | 1 | 452 | <p>I have a problem with the camera - in Ubuntu the image appear turned 180º
Does someone know the solution?</p>
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9261 | 1 | null | 2010-10-24T20:17:24.187 | 2 | 814 | <p>what is <code>udpate-apt-xapi</code>?</p>
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9262 | 1 | null | 2010-10-24T20:17:58.413 | 2 | 16400 | <p>A friend of mine wants to use livecd to use ubuntu (Maverick). He is currently setting acpi=off every time manually. How can I set the default option to acpi=off. Btw he didnt install ubuntu in his machine. He is directly booting from live cd.</p>
<p>It is a live usb so I can edit anything.</p>
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9265 | 1 | 9268 | 2010-10-24T21:01:50.457 | 16 | 1693 | <p>I'm looking for an open source Skype application that I can use instead of the current beta we have to install.</p>
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9269 | 1 | null | 2010-10-24T21:18:20.250 | 6 | 3977 | <p>I added a Windows network drive (accessed using WiFi) in my fstab about a month ago:</p>
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9274 | 1 | 9278 | 2010-10-24T22:24:57.720 | 37 | 3151 | <p>There's a way to safely try KDE on top of an Ubuntu installation, keeping the possibility to revert the changes in case I dislike how it runs?</p>
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9276 | 1 | null | 2010-10-24T22:31:22.960 | 5 | 693 | <p>Evolution seems to be able to sync the contact list information in Pidgin with its address book. However, is it possible to keep contact information (i.e. display pic) in Empathy synchronized with Evolution?</p>
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9279 | 1 | null | 2010-10-24T22:47:21.343 | 2 | 251 | <p>Please take a look at the following Java applet:</p>
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9282 | 1 | null | 2010-10-25T00:24:15.297 | 6 | 869 | <p>Would like to defrag Vista seperately,understanding that Ubuntu does not need it. While Ubuntu files are included on the c drive will it cause problems?</p>
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9285 | 1 | 9287 | 2010-10-25T01:04:47.780 | 3 | 1104 | <blockquote>
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9290 | 1 | 9301 | 2010-10-25T02:36:27.000 | 2 | 1874 | <p>I wish to have a unmounter for my USB Drives. I use docky, and tied the in-built helper, but it displays the internal drives too. But I dont want all the drives, only those on USB. </p>
<p>Can't I have such an "ejecter" in the notification area?</p>
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9293 | 1 | 9296 | 2010-10-25T03:06:58.460 | 206 | 582542 | <p>I currently have PHP 5.3 installed with Apache in 10.04 Lucid. How can I add the PHP Curl libraries? Do I need to install any other dependencies for curl?</p>
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9294 | 1 | 9331 | 2010-10-25T03:11:14.703 | 5 | 415 | <p>I have enabled ssh on one of my computer at home, so I can get to it from my main IP.</p>
<p>No I have a domain where I forward it to my ip. Lets say this website is called </p>
<p><code>melikecandycoveredfrogs.com</code> mapped to <code>http://myip/</code></p>
<p>I am able to run </p>
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9303 | 1 | null | 2010-10-25T04:40:04.670 | 3 | 425 | <p>So on my desktop, I decided to install Ubuntu 10.10, so I wiped it, the 10.04 system wasn't working anyway, but whenever I try to boot from a USB it tells me that there's a boot failure issue, and to hit enter, and when I put in a disk, the hardware doesn't load; keyboard, mouse, and the like, anything I can do? thi... | 3680 | 449 | 2011-01-18T10:13:36.883 | 2011-07-06T15:25:29.877 | Bricked Computer | [
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9304 | 1 | 9313 | 2010-10-25T05:09:54.267 | 16 | 31041 | <p>I want to make a <strong>.iso</strong> image of a <strong>bootable</strong> OS DVD, to use in VirutalBox. </p>
<p>Nautilus can make a <strong>.iso</strong>, but only of data files, it seems.<br>
The <strong>.iso</strong> it created was not bootable.</p>
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9305 | 1 | 9328 | 2010-10-25T05:51:26.333 | 4 | 227 | <p>Is there any way to add an option to right click menus for text files and/or highlighted text to "send to Tomboy" so that it would create a new note with the contents of the text file or highlighted text as the contents of the new note?</p>
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9306 | 1 | 9315 | 2010-10-25T05:59:48.347 | 11 | 9197 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/1090/why-is-defragmentation-unnecessary">Why is defragmentation unnecessary?</a> </p>
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9312 | 1 | 9321 | 2010-10-25T07:07:02.737 | 3 | 1119 | <p>What is the best way to upgrade subversion to 1.6.13 on ubuntu 10.04 LTS?</p>
<p>Ubuntu 10.04 ships subversion 1.6.6 and important bug fix has been done for 1.6.13.</p>
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9314 | 1 | null | 2010-10-25T07:12:45.620 | 1 | 3102 | <p>I have installed and configured <strong>DRBD</strong> on my Ubuntu 9.10 Servers, by following the links below.</p>
<p><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/serverguide/C/drbd.html" rel="nofollow">link text1</a> and
<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Cases/UbuntuServer-drbd" rel="nofollow">link text2</a></p>
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9317 | 1 | 9322 | 2010-10-25T08:17:15.190 | 4 | 1202 | <p>What are other peoples experiences are with the battery life of the Apple Magic Trackpad using Ubuntu?</p>
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9318 | 1 | 9421 | 2010-10-25T08:28:20.090 | 2 | 1173 | <p>I reinstalled Ubuntu 10.10 with Compiz and have suddenly lost the gradient shadow on my gnome menu bar (Top), I was wondering how can I get it back?</p>
<p>I already have the value of "any" set in Window decorations and the shadow is applied to windows, but just not the gnome bar.</p>
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9324 | 1 | 9334 | 2010-10-25T08:50:50.640 | 0 | 145 | <p>I know that when a package is being installed, the root directory <em>[I think?]</em> gets an administrator lock and can't make an other installation at the same time. </p>
<p>Is there a way to stop that installation? If it is so, is it good to do?</p>
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9325 | 1 | 9332 | 2010-10-25T08:56:22.517 | 118 | 47840 | <p>Regarding man-pages and info help documentation: </p>
<p>Why do two such similar sources of documentation exist?<br>
Sometimes a man-page is available and the info is not; or vice-versa.<br>
I haven't yet latched on to the rhyme and reason behind it.</p>
<p>Maybe there is a significant difference between them, bu... | 2670 | 19490 | 2011-10-07T21:00:28.290 | 2011-10-07T21:00:28.290 | What is the difference between "man" and "info" documentation? | [
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9329 | 1 | 9330 | 2010-10-25T09:21:55.160 | 9 | 2100 | <p>Are there any suggestions for media centre that can be used on Ubuntu 10.10? I need a media centre which works as same as the Windows Media Centre, but I can drop the online shows =)</p>
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9335 | 1 | null | 2010-10-25T09:43:52.230 | 2 | 1032 | <p>I'm interesting in writing gedit plugins in C. I've checked the <a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/Attic/NewMDIPluginHowTo" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Gedit/NewMDIPluginHowTo</a> but I find it not good to start.</p>
<p>Where can I get more information about writing gedit plugins in C?</p>
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9336 | 1 | null | 2010-10-25T09:45:07.267 | 2 | 263 | <p>Is there a packaged program that shows command line arguments? I often find it helpful to have users run this type of program to either help them understand what their shell commands do, or to get clearer, less ambiguous feedback (e.g. when I can't see their screen and we're communicating online with paste sites).<... | null | 65926 | 2015-01-04T17:10:02.150 | 2015-01-04T17:10:02.150 | Print numbered arguments in Command Line Tool | [
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9341 | 1 | null | 2010-10-25T10:26:55.337 | 19 | 43295 | <p>Anyone knows a good exif editor for ubuntu? I need some simple functions like importing and exporting exif infos from a picture, copying exif info from one picture to another.</p>
<p>I'd prefer a gtk+ application, better if stand alone and not a function integrated in photo manager.</p>
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9343 | 1 | 9390 | 2010-10-25T10:48:22.970 | 0 | 199 | <p>I have installed ubuntu 10.10 desktop on my 10' netbook (really dislike netbook remixes). Vertical space is a recurring issue, usually solved by maximising/fullscreening a window or, by setting visual effects to normal with the workspace switcher having an extra row (window across two workspaces).</p>
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9346 | 1 | 9347 | 2010-10-25T11:03:09.073 | 10 | 2040 | <p>I would like to know how software updates work for my Ubuntu Server 10.10.</p>
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9349 | 1 | null | 2010-10-25T11:28:32.307 | 3 | 1393 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br />
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4103/visual-corruption-affecting-several-panel-applets">Visual corruption affecting several panel applets</a></p>
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9355 | 1 | 9356 | 2010-10-25T12:18:36.397 | 5 | 759 | <p>Is it possible to get windows 7 style live previews of what a window is doing, when it is hovered over? </p>
<p>for instance, when i hover over a video player on windows 7, i can see the video playing in the preview.</p>
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9357 | 1 | 9407 | 2010-10-25T12:26:00.330 | 9 | 17965 | <p>I use Ubuntu Server 10.10 and I would like to set up a web server environment with <a href="http://nginx.org/" rel="noreferrer">NginX</a>, PHP 5.3.3, PostgreSQL and preferably APC and PHP Suhosin.</p>
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9364 | 1 | 9367 | 2010-10-25T12:41:34.530 | 2 | 8308 | <p>I just need a link to install dockbarx that's all please could someone help me. </p>
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9368 | 1 | 9370 | 2010-10-25T12:49:03.613 | 251 | 723314 | <p>I would like to see what ports are open on my machine, e.g. what ports my machine is listening on. E.g. port 80 if I have installed a web server, and so on.</p>
<p>Is there any command for this?</p>
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9371 | 1 | 9373 | 2010-10-25T13:05:42.307 | 1 | 150 | <p>I don't have a reset option on ubuntu. I have see the small buttons on the end but nothing is their on my one. Is this because this is a old version?</p>
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9372 | 1 | null | 2010-10-25T13:07:06.707 | 18 | 16474 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/988/how-can-i-install-windows-software-in-ubuntu">How can I install windows Software in Ubuntu?</a> </p>
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<p>How do I run Windows' applications in Ubuntu ?</p>
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9375 | 1 | 9391 | 2010-10-25T13:13:49.017 | 6 | 19191 | <p>I run Ubuntu Server 10.10 in VirtualBox with Windows as host. Accidently I choosed to generate a new random MAC-address for my Ubuntu machine in VirtualBox. And now when I have booted my Ubuntu with the new MAC-address, I don't get an external IP-address. I'm using DHCP to get IP-addresses.</p>
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9382 | 1 | 9388 | 2010-10-25T13:46:01.180 | 331 | 953371 | <p>I have a daemon that runs fine if I start it manually with the <code>service</code> command:</p>
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9396 | 1 | 9627 | 2010-10-25T14:51:40.427 | 2 | 4359 | <p>I am writing an application that communicate via a serial port to an external board.
In this phase i need to test the serial protocol, but the external hardware is not yet usable.
Is there a way to open a terminal over a (virtual) serial port to my app?</p>
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9398 | 1 | 9400 | 2010-10-25T14:56:16.890 | 1 | 1143 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/5571/how-can-i-install-unity-after-installing-desktop-edition">How can I install Unity after installing Desktop Edition?</a> </p>
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<p>The web site omg Ubuntu <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/10... | 2877 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:44.677 | 2010-10-25T15:24:44.213 | Unity interface on the Desktop in 11.04 | [
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9401 | 1 | 9462 | 2010-10-25T15:16:18.617 | 4 | 8506 | <p>I have just bought a lovely ThinkPad Edge 11 which have ~6 hours of surfing in Windows 7. But unfortunately, a clean Ubuntu 10.10 give me max 4 hours which is not satisfactorily. Therefore I have installed laptop-mode-tools and powertop.</p>
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9402 | 1 | 9404 | 2010-10-25T15:22:45.510 | 70 | 318339 | <p>I use Ubuntu Server 10.10 and have installed Nginx web server with <code>apt-get install nginx</code>. It creates a default web page at <code>/var/www/nginx-default/</code> and that directory has the permissions <code>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root</code>.</p>
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9405 | 1 | null | 2010-10-25T15:36:38.273 | 44 | 84658 | <p>I just can't find a decent (and free) one. What can I use?</p>
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9408 | 1 | 9410 | 2010-10-25T15:51:41.030 | 8 | 1413 | <p>How can I find an always updated list of repository mirrors?</p>
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9414 | 1 | 9416 | 2010-10-25T16:20:27.123 | 3 | 331 | <p>Is there a picture compression tool for Ubuntu more or less equivalent to <a href="http://seamonster.codeplex.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">seamonster</a> for MS Windows?</p>
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9417 | 1 | 9418 | 2010-10-25T16:32:18.080 | 14 | 18803 | <p>I just downloaded the <code>ubuntu-10.10-desktop-i386.iso</code>, and am having a hard time burning it, so I'd like to check that the file is intact, but I cannot find the md5sum of the file. </p>
<p>Is there a URL or official FTP mirror which includes the md5sum of the Ubuntu disk images?</p>
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9423 | 1 | 9439 | 2010-10-25T16:40:05.703 | 5 | 669 | <p>What is a good RSS reader for Ubuntu that features a desktop alert mechanism where the alerts include details of each update?</p>
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9424 | 1 | 9480 | 2010-10-25T16:45:07.040 | 91 | 16759 | <p>I understand from <a href="http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/10/25/ubuntu-11-04-to-ship-unity/">Jono Bacon's blog</a> that Ubuntu will be switching to Unity as the default desktop in the upcoming 11.04.</p>
<p>What's not clear is "Why?". </p>
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"body": "<p>GNOME3 (and GNOME Shell) was delayed, and as I understand it the GNOME devs are not receptive to Canonical's design wishes, hence Canonical are pushing on with their own GNOME shell. There's a <a href=\"http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/10/25/1426227/Ubuntu-Moves-Away-From-G... | null | null | null | null | null |
9428 | 1 | 9444 | 2010-10-25T16:51:45.550 | 3 | 1120 | <p>I've a working msmtp configuration and I would like caff (from signing-party package) to use msmtp to send the keys I sign after a KSP. So far I'm only getting this error message:</p>
<pre><code>No real MTA found, using ‘testfile’ at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/Mailer.pm line
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<p>Have somebody use caff... | 1701 | 1701 | 2010-10-25T17:05:05.710 | 2011-10-19T01:10:08.153 | How can I make caff work with msmtp? | [
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9429 | 1 | null | 2010-10-25T16:55:59.260 | 4 | 5549 | <p>I've tried a few links already and many of them have me do numerous commands and every command seems to return "unknown command"</p>
<p>This is freaking me out since I need to get files off of here and I did nothing (makes me worried to run Ubuntu now after just switching from Mac). I literally just turned of the l... | 2490 | 17722 | 2012-07-09T13:09:45.093 | 2016-09-18T17:29:45.687 | Minimal BASH-like line editing boot error | [
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"text": "It doesn't seem like we have all of the error message from boot. Can you take a picture of the screen or similar? It sounds like you're at a `grub` prompt.",
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"body": "<p>The \"wubilder\" (\"wubi loader\") error indicates that you installed Ubuntu with Wubi, which installs it in a disk image on a Windows disk. It seems like something goes wrong with reading or finding the host filesystem (your Windows NTFS) or reading/finding the kernel or in... | null | null | null | null | null |
9432 | 1 | 9437 | 2010-10-25T17:04:20.657 | 6 | 1622 | <p>Will the Unity interface be only be default for the 11.04 or until GNOME Shell is released? Or alternatively will Unity continue to be developed after GNOME Shell is ready. </p>
<p>Simply: will 11.04 be a one-off release in having the Unity interface as default.</p>
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"text": "I'm not sure I understand what you're asking - could you possibly re-phrase your question?",
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"body": "<p>Nobody knows for sure, but it seems highly likely. From what Mark Shuttleworth (founder of Ubuntu) said today it sounds like there is a push for polish towards the next LTS release. Based on that it seems highly likely Unity will be kept as the default interface until at least 12.04<... | [
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9434 | 1 | 9448 | 2010-10-25T17:12:27.623 | 1 | 305 | <p>Can i install the netbook launcher together with existing desktop mode and unity mode ?</p>
| 3267 | null | null | 2010-10-25T17:50:57.673 | Help on Netbook Launcher | [
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"body": "<p>Since the release of 10.10 then the <code>netbook-launcher</code> package is no longer available in the Ubuntu repositories.</p>\n\n<p>This is because this old <strong>Ubuntu Netbook remix</strong> was superseded by <strong>Unity</strong> and the <strong>Ubuntu Netbook Edition</stron... | [
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9443 | 1 | 9451 | 2010-10-25T17:33:06.110 | 60 | 179295 | <p>What is the procedure to calibrate the monitor and what software to use?</p>
<p>Edit: I think what I mean is "colour profile" if that's what it is called. I happened to notice that the same photos look very differently indeed on my home laptop and on other computers…</p>
| 3727 | 2181 | 2010-10-25T22:14:43.887 | 2021-07-08T08:23:02.043 | How to calibrate the monitor on an Ubuntu system? | [
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"text": "you mean Gamma settings?",
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"body": "<p>You can use <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-color-manager\" rel=\"noreferrer\">GNOME Color Manager</a> to install color profiles, perform calibration and adjust color settings. For full functionality, you'll need ICC profiles that provide the required information... | [
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"body": "<p>I am not sure what you mean by calibrate, so ill take a few stabs.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>You can try pressing \"Auto\" on your monitor, if its an LCD.</li>\n<li>YOu can try installing <a href=\"http://www.stereopsis.com/flux\" rel=\"nofollow\">f.lux</a> That will manage your color... | null | null | null | null | null |
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