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9806 | 1 | 9851 | 2010-10-27T18:51:28.323 | 11 | 5287 | <p>How can I get a specific script to run (preferably not as superuser) whenever the machine boots, but before login. It can be the last thing to run on boot. I mostly just want the script to work even if no user logs in.</p>
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9808 | 1 | 9810 | 2010-10-27T19:23:44.317 | 12 | 10831 | <p>Since Ubuntu is a Debian derivative I thought maybe it's possible</p>
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9809 | 1 | 9818 | 2010-10-27T19:26:26.760 | 13 | 6637 | <p>I am a student at Case Western Reserve University, and the bandwidth from the Ubuntu servers to my location is often horrendously bad (on the order of a few hundred <strong>bytes</strong> per second). Myself and a few friends would like to be able to download the packages once, and have them cached for the rest of o... | 3664 | 235 | 2010-12-20T18:28:45.047 | 2010-12-20T18:28:45.047 | Is it possible to mirror the apt repositories? | [
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9812 | 1 | 9813 | 2010-10-27T19:36:29.937 | 7 | 1489 | <p>Try to install amazonmp3 on a ubuntu desktop 64bit edition. Amazon only supports Ubuntu 8.10 32Bit version.
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9816 | 1 | null | 2010-10-27T19:56:01.390 | 8 | 87445 | <pre><code>$ sudo iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
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9817 | 1 | null | 2010-10-27T19:58:52.027 | 10 | 4059 | <p>My battery drain on win7 is less than that of ubuntu (around 45 min of difference).
Can you advice me something to get best battery performance on my laptop?
when I decrease the brightness it remains fine for the session but increases on boot?</p>
<p>Is there a software to manage my power saving on my laptop?</p>
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9819 | 1 | 9822 | 2010-10-27T20:10:40.720 | 3 | 3056 | <p>There isn't much to say here :-)
Where do I find information regarding the format used in the file <code>/proc/mounts</code>?</p>
<p>My current guess is the following (delimited by a single space):</p>
<pre><code>DEVICE PATH FILESYSTEM FLAGS_DELIMITED_BY_COMMAS ??? ???
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9820 | 1 | 9838 | 2010-10-27T20:11:25.867 | 12 | 9876 | <p>I have a problem with my Laptop (Dell Inspiron 1564 Core i5 4GB Ram VGA ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4300 running Ubuntu 10.10 32bit). It shuts down abruptly without even a lag in the application I am working with before shutdown. I think it's overheating problem. Actually the laptop is hot all the time when I am running ... | null | 235 | 2014-01-08T22:03:47.830 | 2014-01-08T22:03:47.830 | How do I debug an overheating problem on a Dell Inspiron 1564? | [
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9821 | 1 | null | 2010-10-27T20:18:24.417 | 5 | 1125 | <p>Can I remove evolution from gnome to replace it with Kontact? </p>
<p>Meaning: </p>
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<li><p>Make all apps use kmail as Mailer. </p></li>
<li><p>Make Openoffice use kaddressbook </p></li>
<li><p>get korganizer to show up in the indiciator calendar </p></li>
<li><p>start akonadi at gnome start </p></li>
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9835 | 1 | 9841 | 2010-10-27T21:19:12.627 | 3 | 9705 | <p>In Ubuntu Unity, I can't seem to find the settings and administration menus, are they anywhere to be found?</p>
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9842 | 1 | null | 2010-10-27T22:09:18.673 | 4 | 967 | <p>Before I upgraded to 10.04 last spring, I remember having a timer counting down from 60 after clicking the shutdown button. This gave me a 60 second time frame to interrupt the shutdown in case I forgot to do something.</p>
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9843 | 1 | 9850 | 2010-10-27T22:19:14.123 | 3 | 1104 | <p>I need to run an applet that requires java 1.5.</p>
<p>It does not matter if I should uninstall java 6.
Even doesn't matter if it applies for firefox or chrome.</p>
<p>I am using Ubuntu 10.04</p>
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9848 | 1 | null | 2010-10-27T22:58:10.857 | 30 | 45086 | <p>What is <code>$PATH</code>?</p>
<p>How can I have commands/programs which are only available for me?<br>
I have seen this path <code>~/bin</code> mentioned before, but what is it used for, and how do I use it?</p>
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9853 | 1 | 9880 | 2010-10-27T23:35:13.863 | 101 | 513244 | <p>I have a script I would like to run when my system starts and have put it in <code>/etc/rc.local</code>, but it doesn't work. How can I enable it to run on startup?</p>
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9854 | 1 | 9858 | 2010-10-27T23:49:55.677 | 17 | 3663 | <p>As of now, unity itself isn't themeable - the theme doesn't change - only the window decoration changes, if that makes sense.
If unity is to become default in 11.04, surely it would make sense for the launcher and task bar to change as well?</p>
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9856 | 1 | 9863 | 2010-10-27T23:57:23.603 | 4 | 1058 | <p>How can I make gnome shell the default interface once it is installed? Upon login or to get it to show up as a session at the login screen?</p>
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9857 | 1 | null | 2010-10-27T23:58:33.527 | 7 | 401 | <p>Canonical has stated an interest in providing a way for Ubuntu users to gracefully switch over to Gnome Shell, disabling Canonical specific technologies to give the user something as close to the intended Gnome experience as possible. Maybe through an environment variable setting, or some other easy to use means. F... | null | 235 | 2010-10-28T00:19:32.660 | 2010-10-28T04:05:14.707 | Will Unity require patches to existing GNOME components | [
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9861 | 1 | 9866 | 2010-10-28T00:04:53.340 | 19 | 3189 | <p>I'd like to know if Ubuntu will offer other Desktop environments as an option during installation. This is only should we decide that Unity is not for us.</p>
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9865 | 1 | 9881 | 2010-10-28T00:11:51.067 | 116 | 123369 | <p>This has been an issue for me with Unity since its release.<br>
I'd like to make the the launcher auto-hide. Especially on Netbooks, where screens are small, the launcher is quite wide, making it difficult to properly display some websites and other apps.
How can I configure the auto-hide behavior?</p>
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9867 | 1 | 9916 | 2010-10-28T00:27:00.400 | 87 | 116526 | <p>Is there a way to the switch gnome-shell window buttons to the left? I've gotten so used to them being on the left that them being on the right has thrown me way off.</p>
<p>(gnome shell has them defaulted to the right corner)</p>
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9868 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T00:28:12.723 | 2 | 12862 | <p>I was wondering how to convert an image from grayscale to binary. The image is a one-page document in pdf format.</p>
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9869 | 1 | 9874 | 2010-10-28T00:28:36.983 | 3 | 1515 | <p>Will there be a straight upgrade path from 10.10 to 11.04 (Gnome to Unity), and will there be measures put in place to ensure that Gnome is properly "cleaned" out on the way?</p>
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9877 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T01:01:47.313 | 11 | 2980 | <p>Will the desktop version of Unity, scheduled to appear in 11.04, be programmed using Qt? I ask this in relation to Matt Zimmerman's <a href="http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2010/10/20/ubuntu-and-qt/" rel="nofollow">blog posting</a> of several days ago, where he intimated that Qt was the more pragmatic choice for an SDK to ... | 4841 | 235 | 2010-10-28T01:16:32.160 | 2011-01-18T07:41:31.577 | Will the new Unity desktop be programmed in Qt? | [
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9878 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T01:03:54.683 | 9 | 44046 | <p>I have Qt Creator installed on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. When I launch Qt Creator from the desktop I can build the application I am working on but cannot run or debug it. After struggling quite a bit I found that LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not set for applications that are run from the desktop. If I start Qt Creator from bash (w... | 3539 | 6186 | 2010-11-27T10:27:02.123 | 2013-08-22T23:42:10.540 | Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH for applications started from the desktop | [
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9882 | 1 | 9889 | 2010-10-28T01:21:55.673 | 6 | 3948 | <p>Ok, so my disk is dying. I have read this - <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/2724/best-way-to-clone-ubuntu-installation-copying-to-identical-hardware">Best way to clone an installation (copying to identical hardware)</a> - but don't really need to copy the whole partition. My data is safe.</p>
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9883 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T01:25:02.490 | 1 | 1703 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9861/will-unity-be-the-only-option-during-install">Will Unity be the only option during install?</a> </p>
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<p>In the new release of 11.04 will you have the option to uninstall Unity and go back to the ... | 2767 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:31.777 | 2010-10-28T01:25:02.490 | Will you have option to remove Unity in 11.04? | [
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9885 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T01:43:51.997 | 14 | 840 | <p>In the video linked from this <a href="http://design.canonical.com/2010/10/introducing-ubuntu-the-movie/">blog entry</a> and other Canonical marketing material, it says things like Ubuntu is and always will be Absolutely Free.</p>
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9886 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T01:50:29.083 | 39 | 16433 | <p>Unity in 10.10 appeared to be focused around single monitor configurations with a single tasking workflow. This works quite well on a netbook which has limited screen real estate. </p>
<p>How does the present version of Unity scale up to include multi-monitor and multi-tasking workflows?</p>
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9888 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T01:53:51.813 | 7 | 9889 | <p>How can I browse windows shares from unity?</p>
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9896 | 1 | 9903 | 2010-10-28T02:33:30.937 | 8 | 15823 | <p>I was wondering if I deploy a server at home, with apache2. I would like to know how much traffic is currently on my site, in real time. </p>
<p>Please and thank you.</p>
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9900 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T02:53:47.323 | 24 | 2231 | <p>What has me slightly confused from all the different reports about Unity becoming the default shell in the 11.04 desktop edition: </p>
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9905 | 1 | 9913 | 2010-10-28T03:18:44.520 | 3 | 2466 | <p>How to prevent empathy from asking keyring password on every start? I think rhytmbox also asks for my keyring password.</p>
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9912 | 1 | 9915 | 2010-10-28T03:43:18.273 | 33 | 13473 | <p>I've got a Blu-ray drive and I'd like to be able to use it to watch movies under Ubuntu.</p>
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9914 | 1 | 9917 | 2010-10-28T03:45:48.110 | 5 | 549 | <p>I am currently running Unity on my Dell Mini 9 netbook. I like the interface, but it seems a bit less "baked" than the previous NBR shell.</p>
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9921 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T04:14:08.803 | 65 | 104484 | <p>I am new to ubuntu, been using it for about a month now.</p>
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9922 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T04:41:03.593 | 9 | 1432 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4950/how-to-stop-using-built-in-home-directory-encryption">How to stop using built-in home directory encryption?</a> </p>
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9923 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T04:43:07.150 | 2 | 5980 | <p>I'm trying to mount and view the contents of a USB drive on my Ubuntu 10.10 desktop, but it doesn't mount. I have usbmount installed.</p>
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9930 | 1 | 10677 | 2010-10-28T07:26:38.353 | 8 | 743 | <p>I've noticed some overlap between Unity's dash and Nautilus, due to folders being able to be opened and browsed straight from the dash. However if you want to perform any kind of operation on the files (except for opening them) you have to open Nautilus. I fear having two different tools for the same (basic) task ma... | 4862 | null | null | 2011-05-08T19:51:56.333 | Where's the line between the dash and the file browser? | [
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9932 | 1 | 9934 | 2010-10-28T07:46:05.163 | 3 | 2326 | <p>There are some apps developed by canonical that are way too slow. This are USC and Unity. Unity in 10.10 is insanely slow (compared to GNOME which isn't actually a very fast DE) and totally unusable for a netbook (i'ts funny because its targeted for netbooks usage)</p>
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9933 | 1 | 9935 | 2010-10-28T07:46:57.013 | 60 | 175314 | <p>I have two questions on ext4:</p>
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9938 | 1 | 10018 | 2010-10-28T08:34:58.050 | 9 | 9794 | <p>Sometimes I boot into recovery kernel with CLI and networking for troubleshooting my laptop. So is there a way to connect to a wireless router or AP over command line? If it is possible what are the commands for the following:</p>
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9939 | 1 | 9943 | 2010-10-28T08:36:38.567 | 171 | 229931 | <p>The last two fields on each line in <code>fstab</code> (<code>dump</code> and <code>pass</code>) are some numbers (usually, <code>0</code>).</p>
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9941 | 1 | 10001 | 2010-10-28T08:42:09.943 | 21 | 8167 | <p>I've read in another question that Canonical has already ported Unity to Compiz, and that this new version has much better performance on supported hardware. Since the work is done, is there an expected date for Natty testers to get it?</p>
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9945 | 1 | 9948 | 2010-10-28T09:04:41.757 | 8 | 806 | <p>The <a href="https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/packageselection-desktop-n-specialized-unity-form-factor" rel="nofollow">Launchpad page</a> for the desktop-oriented version of Unity lists the following features separating it from the netbook version:</p>
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9951 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T09:42:22.613 | 5 | 2729 | <p>I've got an rdiff-backup setup that backs up a largeish sql dump (1.6GB) over a network. The server it's backing up to (Ubuntu 10.10 server) has a small local disk (4GB, 1GB free) but has a cifs mount to a large nas (plenty of free space). I've a softlink set up from a user account's home dir to the NAS <code>cifs m... | 4869 | 47151 | 2012-03-09T16:45:05.080 | 2022-12-12T02:47:01.323 | rdiff-backup and running out of disk space. Something weird's going on | [
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9954 | 1 | 10052 | 2010-10-28T10:03:02.823 | 7 | 554 | <p>Is there some way to get download metrics on PPA packages? It would be nice to know how many users are using my application from my PPA and what distributions they are using. If not, any idea of the feasibility of implementing such a feature? For example, are PPAs mirrored? I can imagine that that would complica... | 4820 | 235 | 2010-10-28T13:27:55.983 | 2010-10-28T17:17:37.780 | Analytics on PPA package downloads? | [
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9955 | 1 | 10006 | 2010-10-28T10:06:50.383 | 2 | 752 | <p>I know that Firebug does not run on 64 bit Ubuntu distribution. Do you know some solution for this problem or why it happens?</p>
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9958 | 1 | 10961 | 2010-10-28T10:28:00.580 | 6 | 3248 | <p>I use a wired PPPoE connection to connect to the Internet. What I need to do on Windows to connect to it is put in static IP address, gateway, subnet mask and DNS servers for my LAN card. Next I have to create a dialer for a PPPoE connection, put in my user name, the service name and the password, and "dial" this co... | 4152 | 235 | 2011-01-17T14:47:49.940 | 2011-01-17T14:47:49.940 | DSL PPPoE connection not working? | [
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9962 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T10:33:52.003 | 10 | 1687 | <p>One nasty limitation of upstream gnome is that Nautilus usage is hardcoded in, for example, in Gnome Panel. That causes Nautilus Elementary to replace nautilus package and nautilus executable instead of creating separate project. This also prevents users from using alternative file managers such as Pcmanfm.</p>
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9967 | 1 | 9969 | 2010-10-28T10:49:00.773 | 6 | 2190 | <p>Is it possible to replace the Unity launcher (dock) in Ubuntu 11.04 with another dock (for example Docky)?</p>
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9968 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T10:59:11.333 | 0 | 1549 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9432/will-the-unity-interface-be-only-for-11-04">will the unity interface be only for 11.04?</a> </p>
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<p>Will 11.10 feature GNOME 3 / GNOME Shell or will it feature Unity forever?</p>
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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9890/will-unity-be-more-customizable">Will Unity be more customizable?</a> </p>
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9975 | 1 | 9988 | 2010-10-28T11:32:17.460 | 0 | 432 | <p>I remember vaguely, that we could highlight chunks in vi. Is there anyway to do that in a console? eg: In the image, I wanted to select the numbers only, but highlighting only captures complete lines, not discontinuous chunks. I hope I am clear what I mean.</p>
<p>Let me know if its possible and theres a way.</p>
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9976 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T11:34:09.230 | 5 | 1325 | <p>I mean under which license is the source code available? I'm not sure if Unity is free software</p>
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9978 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T11:37:11.193 | 8 | 347 | <p>Instead of asking the question, "What laptop make/model is good to use with Ubuntu?", I was wondering if focusing on the characteristics of a laptop would be helpful. Things I am wondering about are along the lines of:</p>
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"body": "<p>You can have a look in this <a href=\"https://ubuntu.com/certified\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">site</a> it has Ubuntu-certified hardware for Laptops, Desktops, Servers and Netbooks</p>\n",
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9990 | 1 | 9999 | 2010-10-28T12:27:43.823 | 2 | 4911 | <p>I want my guest accounts to be able to access ~/Music. I've changed the settings in my main account but can't find the share when I start a guest session. Where should I look, or what am I doing wrong?</p>
<p>Edit: Now I can see the root folder by browsing to "Network", but can't access any sub-directories.</p>
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9994 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T12:37:05.470 | 3 | 521 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9189/upgrade-while-keeping-home-partition">Upgrade while keeping home partition</a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>Scenario:</p>
<ul>
<li>New PC with fresh Ubuntu installation (10) + Old PC with Ubuntu (8)</li>
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10004 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T13:06:11.077 | 2 | 1872 | <p>How to install driver acer OrbiCam bison in Ubuntu 10.10?</p>
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10005 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T13:07:20.580 | 1 | 4738 | <p>I'm using XMonad as my window manager, and want to use trayer as a icon panel for things like nm-applet. </p>
<p>The problem was that the panel wouldn't appear on the top of the screen. If I set it to the bottom it just appeared. </p>
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10008 | 1 | 11388 | 2010-10-28T13:29:31.537 | 157 | 152982 | <p>I switch back and forth between two computers constantly:</p>
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10009 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T13:32:24.060 | 11 | 9690 | <p>I just tried integrating xmonad with GNOME on Ubuntu 10.04, according to the instructions found here: <a href="http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Using_xmonad_in_Gnome#Ubuntu_Karmic">http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Using_xmonad_in_Gnome#Ubuntu_Karmic</a></p>
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10014 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T13:55:00.053 | 5 | 21456 | <p>Here's the problem; I'm trying to install Ubuntu:Maverick Meerkat using a USB flash drive on my dell vostro but when I try to boot from it, it say "BOOT ERROR". I used Universal-USB-Installer-1.8.0.8 to create the bootable USB flash drive. Any idea?</p>
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10020 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T14:22:38.353 | 3 | 2231 | <p>Hi
I have a flash memory which is damaged and became read-only. I want to delete my data. How can I do so? Is there any way to make it completely impossible to read files on my flash memory?</p>
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10024 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T14:28:08.593 | 3 | 5613 | <p>After installing xubuntu-desktop on Ubuntu 10.10, The GDM window icon changed to a blue mouse, How to I return GDM to the default Ubuntu theme/icon.</p>
<p>I have tried the following which effectively changes the theme but doesn't modify the top icon.</p>
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10026 | 1 | 10164 | 2010-10-28T14:37:39.840 | 3 | 4756 | <p>How can I search for filenames with special characters? I'd like to search this folder for any files or subfolders that contain special characters. I'd also like to do this with one string if possible so that I'm not performing a single search for every special character.</p>
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10030 | 1 | 10037 | 2010-10-28T14:53:55.163 | 6 | 147160 | <p>Right now, if I want to access shared folders on my network, I have to browse them via Network in nautilus. I am wandering how I can open shared folders of a PC, by its ip.</p>
<p>tldr; Equivalence of running "\ipaddress" in windows.</p>
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10031 | 1 | 10065 | 2010-10-28T14:57:10.763 | 20 | 11776 | <p>Ok, so there's the buzz of Canonical (wanting to) switch for new Ubuntu version from the GNOME default desktop to their own Unity shell. (I hope that's accurate.)</p>
<p>It seems I can not totally fathom what Unity actually <strong>is</strong>. For looking at its <a href="http://unity.ubuntu.com/projects/unity/">ho... | 4890 | 4890 | 2010-10-28T15:48:16.493 | 2011-03-15T19:53:56.063 | What is 'Ubuntu Unity' (for the Desktop)? | [
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10036 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T15:22:42.580 | 2 | 425 | <p>When I log in on my computer, first my two monitors shows their own part of a larger desktop, then automatically changes to the same image on both screens, but I don't want to happen this, Is there any configuration to avoid this?</p>
<p>About my hardware:</p>
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10043 | 1 | 10070 | 2010-10-28T15:37:07.827 | 4 | 650 | <p>I'm trying to set up an image of Ubuntu Lucid to install on some PCs at work. For that I'd like to add and remove some programs, settings, menus etc. I've heard about the /etc/skel directory.</p>
<p>If I configure both desktops and copy /my/ whole home-directory to /etc/skel, what will happen to the permissions?
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10044 | 1 | 28545 | 2010-10-28T15:38:52.697 | 6 | 3421 | <p>i'm having problem with Ubuntu 10.04 and my Ati radeon X1300.
In particular i can't enable effect (compiz) because they are SLOW, and, for example, the same game (hedgewars) on the same pc run very slowly on Linux, nor in Windows. </p>
<p>With my old Ubuntu (9.04) i didn't have the same problem. </p>
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10045 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T15:40:12.247 | 2 | 1688 | <p>I use here a laptop with an extended screen sometimes.
First i needed to edit the configuration by Nvidia-settings to apply changes of my screen configuration, but now i have improved that by using Disper. That allows with one command to switch on/off the extended screen.</p>
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10054 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T16:02:53.707 | 5 | 367 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/66183/how-can-i-get-some-nice-eye-candy-themes-for-grub">How can I get some nice eye candy themes for Grub?</a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>Can I theme the GRUB2, and does anyone have any advice on doing this? Thanks in ... | null | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:25:03.423 | 2010-10-28T19:43:10.743 | Theming the GRUB2 | [
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10059 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T16:15:42.650 | 1 | 402 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9817/battery-drain-on-ubuntu-is-fast">Battery drain on ubuntu is fast.</a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>I use dual boot of Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.10 on my laptop. My windows 7 easily runs for about 2 hours on battery.</p... | 2766 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:24:11.537 | 2010-10-28T16:15:42.650 | Ubuntu using up battery power too quickly | [
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10071 | 1 | 10097 | 2010-10-28T17:14:59.183 | 3 | 116 | <p>Lately I've been having problems with the X server restarting when I'm enabling/disabling Twinview or running low on available memory.</p>
<p>How would I go about reporting such an incident after it happens?</p>
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10075 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T17:35:49.613 | 1 | 824 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9861/will-unity-be-the-only-option-during-install">Will Unity be the only option during install</a> </p>
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<p>I am wondering if it will be possible in Ubuntu 11.04, to use ordinary (the current) GNOME int... | 4921 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:44.677 | 2010-10-30T07:19:48.037 | Current GNOME Interface in Ubuntu 11.04? | [
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10079 | 1 | 10239 | 2010-10-28T17:52:31.220 | 3 | 210 | <p>I am currently using nautilus actions, an application that lets one add useful commands to the context menu, will something as useful be included in the Unity shell? </p>
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10082 | 1 | 10087 | 2010-10-28T17:59:57.810 | 14 | 18663 | <p>Hplip is the software that drives most hp printers. Usually new printers are only supported in newer versions of the software. Canonical doesn't backport new versions packages to older Ubuntu versions, that means that newer drivers are not going to be available in the Software Center of older Ubuntu versions.</p>
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10086 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T18:09:02.650 | 7 | 902 | <p>When launcher hides to left, active windows will maximize their borders to full screen. Alignment between windows left border and windows buttons + global menu on upper panel would be lost, it will look very strange. I want to know what is the real plan on auto-hiding.</p>
<p>Sorry for my poor english.</p>
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10090 | 1 | 10096 | 2010-10-28T18:18:38.470 | 8 | 2892 | <p>I was trying out Unity and then I uninstalled it but there is still an <code>Ubuntu Netbook Edition</code> option in the GDM session list. Accidentally clicking on that causes the user to log in to a broken desktop. How can I remove it from the list?</p>
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10092 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T18:29:36.563 | 14 | 770 | <p>Why Ubuntu uses the Indicator Applet?
It loses a lot of usability, why made it when Gnome already have one?</p>
<hr>
<p><strong>Example</strong></p>
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Application is in the icon tray
Left click opens the application window
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10094 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T18:36:47.093 | 6 | 603 | <p>I want to become Ubuntu user, but <b>SQL Developer</b> is not comfortable enough for me. Main problem for me is that when I query data with <b>select</b> statemant and the result is displayed it is not possible to edit data directly (this feature is in <b>PL\SQL Developer</b>). Does there exist solution for this: di... | 4927 | 41 | 2010-10-28T19:06:40.207 | 2011-03-28T02:38:24.420 | Problem in switching from PL/SQL Developer to SQL Developer | [
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"body": "<p>If the queries are simple, just Click on <code>Views</code> -> <code>Connections</code>. Navigate to your desired table and double click on it. From this window you can edit the data.</p>\n\n<p>FWIW PL/SQL Developer runs fine on WINE as well.</p>\n",
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10099 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T18:51:54.720 | 11 | 936 | <p>Which office suite will be used in Ubuntu 11.04? Open Office or LibreOffice?</p>
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10104 | 1 | 10156 | 2010-10-28T19:13:11.617 | 16 | 2556 | <p>Everyone is familiar with the high-contrast themes that are created for people with poor eye-sight. Because of the high contrast it is easier to see what is on the screen.</p>
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10115 | 1 | 10117 | 2010-10-28T19:46:56.063 | 8 | 60189 | <p>I have a bunch of commands seperated by <code>\n</code>s that I'd like to execute serially (from the command line) in a file called <code>ec2-env-setup</code>. I'd appreciate any help.</p>
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10119 | 1 | 10130 | 2010-10-28T20:07:55.617 | 7 | 4028 | <p>After setting up a private directory in ~/Private, I noticed that ecryptfs-mount-private is able to mount the directory without supplying a passphrase.</p>
<p>Is there a way to disable this behaviour, to force ecryptfs to ask for a passphrase (and entirely disable automounting using a key in the keyring)?</p>
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10121 | 1 | 10127 | 2010-10-28T20:30:07.697 | 18 | 23947 | <p>Will Ubuntu 11.04 use Gnome 3? If so, what differences for end-user is going to be? I know that there won't be Gnome shell, but what about the login screen? Will Ubuntu continue using that old (GNOME 2.X) one, or create its own, or use the new Gnome 3 login screen (maybe it will be a part of gnome shell? <a href="ht... | 3216 | 235 | 2011-03-31T17:43:47.710 | 2011-04-24T15:54:02.810 | Will Ubuntu 11.04 use GNOME 3? | [
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10122 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T20:33:53.343 | 1 | 6595 | <p>Every 3 to 5 seconds I get the following output in kernel.log file. How do you fix this?</p>
<pre><code>Oct 28 00:04:30 host kernel: [57192.331327] pciehp 0000:00:1c.4:pcie04: Link Training Error occurs
Oct 28 00:04:30 host kernel: [57192.331331] pciehp 0000:00:1c.4:pcie04: Failed to check link status
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10128 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T20:56:12.473 | 2 | 336 | <p>I have Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10 installed but I found Unity to be too slow. I've tried switching to the Desktop session when logging in but now when my windows are maximize, there are no windows top bar. How can I get back my top bar?</p>
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10133 | 1 | 10154 | 2010-10-28T21:31:11.117 | 4 | 842 | <p>I just tried to play Quake3 (QuakeLive) on a new laptop with an i3 core integrated gpu, running Ubuntu 10.10. Strangely, the performance was terrible. I'm running on intel driver, which seems to load correctly. I know it's not a high-end system, but I got used to Q3 being fairly playable on 3yo built-in i850GM with ... | 1287 | null | null | 2010-10-28T23:51:39.780 | i3 core performance problems | [
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"body": "<p>And the answer seems to be:</p>\n\n<pre><code>\\r_ignorefastpath 0\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Now I get really smooth graphics all the time.</p>\n",
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10134 | 1 | 10790 | 2010-10-28T21:37:59.457 | 5 | 2932 | <p>I have a great icon pack and nearly every single app has a high resolution icon. But not Google Chrome. In Docky the Google Chrome icon is fuzzy and bad, how can I replace it with a high resolution one?</p>
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10136 | 1 | 10138 | 2010-10-28T21:44:37.123 | 9 | 1424 | <p>On many Screenshots from Unity I can see a Google Search Bar in the upper panel, like in this Screenshot</p>
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10142 | 1 | 10147 | 2010-10-28T22:47:31.163 | 5 | 4138 | <p>I have a World of Warcraft installation in my wine directory, and I want to place a link to it in the desktop. But when I create a link with the right mouse button menu, and place it in my desktop, it doesn't start. I'm a newbie here, so, forgive me if this is one basic function that I didn't have the braincells to ... | 2206 | null | null | 2010-10-28T23:49:47.193 | How do I create a link to a .exe file who has the same behavior that I get in windows? | [
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10143 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T22:50:36.367 | 5 | 1944 | <p>Usually I have several gnome-terminals running, with several tabs each. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to navigate across them. <kbd>Alt</kbd>-<kbd>Tab</kbd> only navigates across windows, not across terminals's tabs.</p>
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10146 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T23:02:41.830 | 1 | 431 | <p>i cannot see video with "movie player", "GNOME video" OR with "VLC media player" ... or in any browser .. ANnyone have any guesses??</p>
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