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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 our Ubuntu installations on campus. To do that, we would either need to setup our own APT repositories, or setup some form of caching (squid?) server at which we could point our systems.</p>
<p>Is setting up such a mirror a difficult process? How would one accomplish it?</p>
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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.
I googled around to see if there was a way to install 32 bit packages under 64 bit Ubuntu, I ran into <a href="http://www.ensode.net/roller/dheffelfinger/entry/installing_amazon_mp3_downloader_under">http://www.ensode.net/roller/dheffelfinger/entry/installing_amazon_mp3_downloader_under</a> (using <strong>getlibs</strong>). </p>
<p>But there are some missing libs</p>
<p><em>No</em> match for libboost_filesystem-gcc42-1_34_1.so.1.34.1<br>
<em>No</em> match for libboost_regex-gcc42-1_34_1.so.1.34.1<br>
<em>No</em> match for libboost_date_time-gcc42-1_34_1.so.1.34.1<br>
<em>No</em> match for libboost_signals-gcc42-1_34_1.so.1.34.1<br>
<em>No</em> match for libboost_iostreams-gcc42-1_34_1.so.1.34.1<br>
<em>No</em> match for libboost_thread-gcc42-mt-1_34_1.so.1.34.1 </p>
<p>Is there a way to install amazonmp3 on a 64bit Ubuntu?</p>
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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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<p>This is what pops up when I click the two computers icon</p>
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<p>Wired Network: disconnected<br />
Wireless Networks: device not ready</p>
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<p><strong>What should I do to get Wifi working on this machine?</strong></p>
<hr />
<pre><code>$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
$
$ lspci | tail
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M92 LP [Mobility Radeon HD 4300 Series]
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)
$
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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>
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<p>I'm rather puzzled about the last two '???', though. Help is very appreciated...</p>
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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 Ubuntu. When I switch back to windows, even with intense load it won't shutdown or show any problem as long as I keep proper ventilation (when the air openings are blocked it does the same). </p>
<p>Actually on Ubuntu i don't usually do things that need much CPU power, usually surfing internet, coding web pages and sometimes playing with python and ruby. I am not enabling desktop effects so no GPU load except the normal GNOME gui. </p>
<p>Now as I am writing the Processor load in the panel monitor applet is 0%, Memory 11% by programs, 22% by cache. And i have CPU Frequency monitor for each of the 4 cores set to 1.20 Ghz (the lowest possible value, i am not sure if this applet does really limit CPU usage). Running sensors in terminal gave me</p>
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<p>All that fine but the laptop is Really hot i can feel it in the keyboard, mouse pad is painful to touch, and the fan is always spinning. I am also placing 2 small fans running on USB under the laptop right now and the laptop is lifted over the fans so it's well ventilated.</p>
<p>When I am running windows it doesn't get that hot except when there is a really big load on the CPU and this is keeping me away from using Linux for everyday tasks.</p>
<p>Actually I don't care much for speed as I can deal with low speed it's not going to shutdown abruptly.</p>
<p>So please if you can help me and tell me what are the possible causes, where should I start ?</p>
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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>
<li><p>make tracker index kontact documents </p></li>
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<p>can this be done? </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>
<p>Since the upgrade this is gone and my system shuts down immediately when I click the button. Anyone who knows how to re-enable the timer?</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>
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9848 | 1 | null | 2010-10-27T22:58:10.857 | 30 | 45086 | <p>What is <code>$PATH</code>?</p>
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"text": "Yes, I can run the script manually. How can I make sure /etc/rc.local is executable? What do I have to type? Is it \"$ ls -l /etc/rc.local\n-rwxr-xr-x 1\"? Thanks!",
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"text": "@pedroo: I've copied exactly what I *see* in my terminal (so you see the prompt, input, and output all above). The command is \"ls -l /etc/rc.local\" and if it's executable, it will have those Xs in the output.",
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"text": "I've tried the \"ls -l /etc/rc.local\" and it is executable, but I cannot make it run on startup... Any idea?",
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"text": "@pedroo: What does this script do? Does it write to any log files that you need to check? (I think it's time to update the question with more details.)",
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"text": "@pedroo: That needs the X server running, which doesn't happen when rc.local executes. Running it from rc.local will just make it exit without doing anything (though I hope it puts a message in syslog or elsewhere). You need to put the xsetwacom commands in ~/.xinitrc or /etc/X/xinit/xinitrc instead.",
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"text": "The commands in .xinitrc didn't work too. But I've managed to get it to work by putting the 'rc.local' on StartUp Applications. Problem Solved! Thanks for your input!",
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"text": "@pedroo: Do *not* put rc.local on Startup Applications. Instead put the xsetwacom command you want to run there, or create a new script with multiple commands and call it from Startup Applications.",
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"text": "I'm kind of a newbie to linux. How do I create a new script with multiple commands? Why can't I put rc.local on Startup Applications? Thanks.",
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"text": "@pedroo: Because rc.local contains commands intended to run at a different time. Create a new file, you can put it in [~/bin](http://askubuntu.com/questions/9848/what-are-path-and-bin-how-can-i-have-personal-scripts), mark it executable (chmod or properties in Nautilus), make the first line \"#!/bin/bash\", then put your commands on later lines.",
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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. First I want to say this is commendable attitude.</p>
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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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"text": "Would it make more sense then, to offer a Gubuntu or GnUbuntu option? The above seems a bit more confusing to users, and doesn't follow the current model (Kubuntu/Xubuntu). Unless the point is to move away from the current model, then - I respectfully withdraw my follow up :)",
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"text": "In my opinion it would be more confusing to divulge the desktop like that. Some users may not have compatible hardware, and will need a 2d desktop, and other just might like Gnome. So offering it all with a single CD for Gnome, and Unity as the default seems logical.",
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"text": "Would it be possible (and perhaps more logical) to build this selection process into the installer so people know what they're getting at install-time? Ie have the installer do a hardware detection, see if there are drivers, install them at install time and then give the user the option of Unity or the old Gnome (and Gnome Shell via a behind-the-scenes apt-get?) before they reboot. Of course if their video isn't up to scratch, the screen should grey out the applicable options and explain what's happening. The first post-install boot should be predictable from the user's point of view.",
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"text": "Jorge, I believe the current plan is that the GNOME 2 session (panel etc) would always be installed on every system anyway, so will be an option at first login and not require a special trip via the Software Center to get it :-)",
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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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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 (where LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set in .bashrc) everything runs and debugs perfectly.</p>
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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>
<p>1) What I need is to save my application/desktop settings for the user (I only have one - ME), and that of the system, since redoing the whole thing can become such a headache and I can't remember all of the modifications I've made.</p>
<p>2) Make an exact copy of all .deb files installed and mimic/download what is not there yet. Because the base install is gonna take care of it, I only have to download/upgrade the rest but not everything. <em>This sounds a little vague. It will only copy the info of what .deb files were installed not the actual .deb files</em></p>
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<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 normal Gnome desktop?</p>
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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>
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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>
<p>Some claim and this is how most people seem to see it, that what currently is the UNE interface will be taken 1:1 (including any changes made during the Natty cycle) and used as the interface for the desktop version - meaning that the interface will be exactly the same for 11.04 UNE and UDE.</p>
<p>Some other reports talk more along the lines a "desktop unity", making it sound, that while both will be using Unity, the Desktop edition will get it's own Unity, tailored specifically towards the Desktop formfactor. So both editions will be using Unity, but with slight differences in the layout or interface.</p>
<p>So my question is, will there be any difference between 11.04 Unity "Desktop" and Unity "Netbook" interface?</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>
<p>For instance, performance is not great, it tends to be buggy, and it is overly difficult to manage the toolbar.</p>
<p>With the realization that Unity will become the defacto interface for 11.04, and much of the plumbing being reworked (i.e. porting to Compiz) - how much better will Unity be in 10.10?</p>
<p>Is there any hope of getting improvements in any of the areas above, or will I just have to wait until 11.04 to see any tangible improvements? </p>
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9920 | 1 | 10042 | 2010-10-28T04:10:10.370 | 36 | 33032 | <p>I use GNU Screen constantly. But, I've been trying to figure out if there is someway to get X11 apps to forward over screen when I am ssh-ing (Is that a word?). Currently if I try to run 'gedit' through screen, it opens on my 'server' computer and not on my client. If I do the same outside of screen, then everything is fine. But I want everything to be fine when I use screen too!</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>PS: I have googled the problem and I see mention of xmove, but I can't seem to find the package that contains xmove on my ubuntu. (ubuntu 10.10)</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>
<p>I created a desktop for MythTV, and so I use a dual monitor configuration (one monitor for watching shows, and one for everything else). But because i dont have the tuner(yet), I am just using Hulu desktop and some video files that i already have.</p>
<p>The problem is that when i open some applications, such as firefox, they open on the monitor that is playing the video. Sometimes they even open up behind the video application.</p>
<p><strong>Is there a way to stick applications to a certain monitor, so that it will always open up on that application?</strong></p>
<p>I was going to post an image of the display configure screen, but i am to new to post images. If you need to see an image of it let me know and i will email it to you. the image just showed my two screens, a 20" on the right, and one known as unknown on the left. The "Same image in all monitors" button is not checked.</p>
<p>The Samsung is the monitor i want it to open on, and the unknown is the tv that i watch the videos on. Firefox in particular always opens up on the tv whenever it was closed while maximized, and opens on the screen it was closed on when it was closed while not maximized. This is the biggest annoyance that i have with Ubuntu. I am coming to Ubuntu from mac, and have basic to mid-level terminal experience.</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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<p>During install I ticked the box to enable encryption for my Home directory. I'm concerned that it is effecting performance and I'd like to disable this option.</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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<p>I don't know how to make it work.</p>
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9927 | 1 | 10199 | 2010-10-28T06:47:12.270 | 2 | 818 | <p>I have Sony VAIO FW 230J laptop. I was using Lucid and upgraded my system to Maverick beta in September 2010. Although there were few issues with beta release on my system although I did not felt myself in any deadlock. The most notable experience on my ubuntu was the smooth and kinetic scrolling and very sensitive touch pad experience with finer control that was oddly normal in previous releases and even on windows 7 currently. Definitely this release of ubuntu is improved for touch UI experience. I believe that this is magic of 10.10.</p>
<p>For my official system I waited until the final release was out. After installing (upgrading) official system to Maverick I am not feeling the same smooth and kinetic scroll experience.</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 may bring some confusion to the user. Has this been considered? What will be the desired interaction between the dash and the file browser, and what is each of them supposed to be used for in the long run?</p>
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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>
<p>Will this get as good as GNOME in natty, or remain the same?</p>
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"text": "Nice to know, I knew only about ext2/3 support for Windows. Unfortunately, this is not an IFS driver, so you can't *mount* a filesystem with it?",
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"text": "Great, I tried ext2read some time ago but back then it didn't support extents. Works fine now. :-) As for the second part of my question: it was more about third party tools, not \"Hey Linux guys, make this work\". ;-) I shouldn't have asked about both filesystems - I'd be happy to mark your entry as answer but I still have no clue if there's something that allows me to read btrfs partitions in Winodws.",
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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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<li>To list available networks.</li>
<li>To connect to a network with: SSID, WPA2 key and DHCP mode.</li>
<li>A command to connect with: SSID, ad-hoc mode, ip-address, netmask, gateway.</li>
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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>
<p>What do these numbers mean?</p>
<pre><code># <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
UUID=030ccf66-5195-4835-ba3e-f5d7a5403c05 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
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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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9942 | 1 | 11227 | 2010-10-28T08:48:46.353 | 0 | 2596 | <p>I have to write a script and it requires root privileges to execute some linux commnads and to stop & start some services. I'm asked to disable sudo access totally for all the users (as the normal users can gain access to root with the command 'sudo -s') and I did it. So I'm looking for the script to automate the switch user password(su) which does not need user intervention. </p>
<p><strong>EDIT</strong>:1</p>
<p>On further research I got following script what I'm in need of:</p>
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import pexpect
import os
passwd = "my-root-password-here"
child = pexpect.spawn('su root')
child.expect('Password:')
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<p>I have checked this script executing manually logging in as normal user and it switched to root without any problem. But when I type <code>exit/ctrl+d</code> to switch back to the normal user, I'm getting following error:</p>
<pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./su3.py", line 9, in <module>
child.interact()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pexpect.py", line 1492, in interact
self.__interact_copy(escape_character, input_filter, output_filter)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pexpect.py", line 1520, in __interact_copy
data = self.__interact_read(self.child_fd)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pexpect.py", line 1510, in __interact_read
return os.read(fd, 1000)
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error
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<p>any help...</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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<li>Floating, overlapping windows with their title bars and controls on them, not on the top panel</li>
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<p>I have some trouble picturing these, are there available mockups somewhere that could help us get an idea?</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 mount</code>, and the <code>rdiff-backup</code> job initiated from the client is writing to that directory.</p>
<p>Recently, the job has been failing. The logfile says:</p>
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<p>I've run the job manually with <code>watch df</code> running on the server, and I can see the 1GB of free space on the local drive diminishing until it hits zero. Then the job fails. To be clear, disk space is not an issue on the NAS.</p>
<p>So, for some reason, rdiff-backup is using somewhere on the local disk as a temp working directory rather than the actual directory where the backups are stored, on the NAS device, as I'd expect. However, I can't find which dir it's using so I can mount that separately with its own blob of space. Doing <code>du -sx</code> on <code>/</code> while the job is running reveals the total filesize of <code>/</code> remaining constant at 3.0GB, even though <code>df</code> says <code>/</code> is full.</p>
<p>If I list the file handles open by the <code>rdiff</code> process, I get a few sockets and some files on NAS mount. Nothing obvious on the local disk.</p>
<p>What's going on? Why does <code>df</code> say <code>/</code> is full, but <code>du -sx</code> say there's 1GB free? Why is <code>rdiff-backup</code> filling up the local disk when it should be using the <code>cifs mount</code>? What's it actually writing to?</p>
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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 complicate things.</p>
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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 connection. And it works fine.</p>
<p>On Ubuntu 10.04, however, I have tried setting things up in a similar fashion - put in all static addresses for the "automatic" wired connection, then put in user name, service name, password for a "DSL" connection. It worked for a while, then stopped. I have tried putting in <em>all</em> the details within the DSL configuration dialog, same thing happened - it worked for a while, then stopped. I have tried deleting the ethernet connection and only keeping the DSL one with all the numbers put in place, same thing happened - it worked for a while, then stopped. Each of the times, when it connected, it connected randomly, after trying a few times, and either stopped working within a few minutes, or after I had rebooted. I have deleted and remade the connection dozens of times - even with different names, but nothing seems to be working.</p>
<p>I have also tried <code>pppoeconf</code> from the terminal, didn't work.</p>
<p>I have checked <code>/var/log/kern.log</code>, but nothing changes in the file when I try to connect. I have also checked <code>/sbin/route</code>, but gedit can't even open it (says it can't figure the character encoding...).</p>
<p>The "connection established" notification pops up from the top right corner, the same way as when the computer is <em>actually</em> connected to a network.</p>
<p>Can anyone figure what's wrong and how it can be solved?</p>
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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>
<p>Maybe Canonical should develop some measure to allow user to choose his file manager in Unity?</p>
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9965 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T10:38:57.893 | 6 | 4264 | <p>I've heard about the possibility to play videos using graphic processor of video card instead of normal processor. I've read a few tutorial but I haven't see improvement in performances, processors continue to work a lot, so maybe I just haven't enabled this feature. I'm wondering if there's a simple and quick method to do it and which are practical advantages, no technical or theoretic. I have an nvidia 8400 and I use proprietary driver (260.19.06).</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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9972 | 1 | null | 2010-10-28T11:20:43.023 | 2 | 2836 | <blockquote>
<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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<p>I ask because of the common, "websites are 1024px wide" issue: will it be possible to change the behaviour of the side-bar, e.g. to auto-hide, move or resize it?</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>
<p>Thanks.</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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<p>Thanks!</p>
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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>
<li>Want to copy the old users' setting+files onto the new PC</li>
<li>Would like to keep as much program settings as possible (Thunderbird, Firefox, F-Spot, Gimp, Desktop links, ...)</li>
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<p>What are the necessary steps for this?</p>
<hr>
<ul>
<li>Will I have to create the users prior to copying the /home directory?</li>
<li>Should I copy the whole /home directory or only the directories of specific users?</li>
</ul>
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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>
<p>After a lot of trying, I found out it is because my xorg.conf is setup for dualscreens, and probably the trayer panel is spawned outside my view (I currently have only a single screen, but I switch a lot).</p>
<p>After manualy tweaking the xorg.conf file to allow for just one screen, the panel appears on the right spot.</p>
<p>These are the things I had to modify:</p>
<pre><code>Section "Monitor"
Identifier "0-LVDS"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
Option "PreferredMode" "1366x768"
Option "TargetRefresh" "60"
Option "Position" "0 0" # Was 1280 256
Option "Rotate" "normal"
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SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Virtual 1366 768 # Was 2646 2646
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<p>The problem is ofcourse that I can't use my dual screen setup anymore. Is there a way to force trayer on the right position even with the dualscreen setup?</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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<li>OSX Snow Leopard </li>
<li>Ubuntu 10.10 </li>
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<p>I'd like to be able to make Ubuntu use the same keyboard shortcuts as OSX <strong>System Wide</strong>, for the following keyboard sequences only (ie I don't want to make Ctrl act like Super)</p>
<ul>
<li><p><kbd>Super+C</kbd> -> Copy</p></li>
<li><p><kbd>Super+V</kbd> -> Paste</p></li>
<li><p><kbd>Super+T</kbd> -> Open a new tab in whatever browser I'm in. </p></li>
<li><p><kbd>Super+W</kbd> -> Close a tab in whatever browser I'm in. </p></li>
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<p><strong>So in short, is there anyway for me to map <em>just</em> these keyboard sequences to the following, system wide ?</strong></p>
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<li><kbd>Super+C</kbd> -> <kbd>Ctrl+C</kbd></li>
<li><kbd>Super+V</kbd> -> <kbd>Ctrl+V</kbd></li>
<li><kbd>Super+T</kbd> -> <kbd>Ctrl+T</kbd> </li>
<li><kbd>Super+W</kbd> -> <kbd>Ctrl+W</kbd></li>
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<p>I know there are ways for me to do this for vim, and Firefox, and I'm sure specifically for most applications... but I would prefer to have to do this just once and have it work that way <em>system wide</em>!</p>
<p>I'm using a standard PC keyboard, that is "Generic 105 key (intl) PC" on Ubuntu. I'm also using the same keyboard on my Mac mini.</p>
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"text": "So xte sends the key codes correctly, but apparently applications see the *combination* of the shortcut and the keypresses sent by xte (e.g. Meta-Control-C). I've updated my answer to simulate *releasing* the shortcut keys before sending the key presses.",
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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>
<p>Unfortunately, I was not successful at getting it to work. I'm wondering are there any tiling window managers that are easy to install and use inside of GNOME as a replacement for Metacity or Compiz?</p>
<p><strong>Update</strong>
I just got xmonad working inside of GNOME. This was a two-step process:</p>
<p>First, execute this line inside of GNOME:</p>
<pre><code>gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager xmonad --type string
</code></pre>
<p>As described here: <a href="http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Using_xmonad_in_Gnome#Setting_up_Gnome_to_use_Xmonad">http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Using_xmonad_in_Gnome#Setting_up_Gnome_to_use_Xmonad</a></p>
<p>Second, and most critically (this was the step I was missing), add the following to ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs:</p>
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import XMonad.Config.Gnome
main = xmonad gnomeConfig
</code></pre>
<p>As described here: <a href="http://xmonad.org/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Config-Gnome.html">http://xmonad.org/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Config-Gnome.html</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>
<p>I tried the same process on other machines and it works fine.</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>
<p><a href="http://www.n00bsonubuntu.net/content/how-to-change-login-screen-ubuntu-1010-maverick-meerkat" rel="nofollow">http://www.n00bsonubuntu.net/content/how-to-change-login-screen-ubuntu-1010-maverick-meerkat</a></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>
<p>Via applications > accessories > search for files...</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/">homepage</a> it currently is firmly targeted at netbooks and the somehow different usage model on these.</p>
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<li>Is it a classical desktop? -- Taskbar? Shortcuts? </li>
<li>Is the difference between Ubuntu(GNOME)+Unity more/less pronounced than the difference between Ubuntu and Kubuntu?</li>
<li>Will "my parents" be able to <em>get</em> the interface if they've been using the classical gnome desktop so far? </li>
</ul>
<hr>
<p>Edit: I would <em>not</em> like to split this up into more specific questions, as <strong>What is Unity?</strong> is exactly what the people I set up Ubuntu boxes for will ask me if they hear that the newer Ubuntu version is using that <em>instead of the Desktop</em> -- and it might well happen someone phrases it like that :-)</p>
<p>I will certainly not give them the <a href="http://unity.ubuntu.com/projects/unity/">link</a> to the HP as the explanation there does not lay out if it is a desktop or something more or something less: (It does not <em>for me</em> - therefore I'm asking here.)</p>
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<p><em>Unity is designed for netbooks and related touch-based devices.</em> It
includes [...] that makes it fast and
easy to access [...] while removing
screen elements that are rarely used
in <em>mobile and netbook computing</em>.</p>
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<p>(emphasis mine) -- the explanation there doesn't even mention the desktop-PC!</p>
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<p>Unity has a <em>vertical task management
panel</em> on the left-hand side and a <em>menu
panel</em> at the top of the screen. [...]</p>
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<p>This sounds like a re-themed normal desktop.</p>
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<p>Clicking on an icon will give the
target application focus if it is
already running or launch it if it is
not already running. If you click the ...</p>
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<p>Aha. Sounds like Windows 7.</p>
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<p>... icon of an application that already
has focus, Unity will activate an
<em>Expose-style view</em> of all the open
windows associated with that
application.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>No clue what that's supposed to be.</p>
<hr>
<p>So it would really be nice if someone could explain for non desktop-design-terms experts what Unity <strong>is</strong>.</p>
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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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Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
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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?
Also, are there any files referring to absolute paths, i.e. /home/alexxhardt/.. etc?</p>
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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>
<p>Does anyone help me to "configure" the right driver for my video card ? I've tested with proprietary (fglrx) and open (xorg..-ati-radeon)... Either give me some problem :(!</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
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"body": "<p>I have <em>ATI Radeon 9600m</em> and works very well with \"<strong>r300g</strong>\" driver. To install you only need to add xorg-edger PPA.</p>\n\n<p>Open terminal and copy&past <code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa</code> and press enter. After copy&paste <code>sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get upgrade</code> and press enter.</p>\n\n<p>You can check which driver do you use by command <code>glxinfo</code> (Install: <code>sudo apt-get install mesa-utils</code>). Check line <code>OpenGL renderer string</code>. It should contain <code>r300g</code>. If you have <code>software rasterizer</code> its not OK.</p>\n",
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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>
<p>only single screen: disper -s ,
switch second screen on as extended screen: disper -e</p>
<p>Either i looking for a way to do this automatically. Is there something that can provide me a signal about hotplugging of screens? Something that is useful to trigger Disper?</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>
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<p>Can I theme the GRUB2, and does anyone have any advice on doing this? Thanks in advance.</p>
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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>
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<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>
<p>The problem is Ubuntu uses up all the battery in about an hour.</p>
<p>Is there anyway to manage power more efficiently in Ubuntu?</p>
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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 interface like the one in Ubuntu 10.04, because I don't really don't like the Unity look.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
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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>
<p>Secondly, I have quite a number of useful scripts available in the Nautilus scripts folder these scripts are available to me via the Nautilus script context menu where I can pass file-names to them for processing by clicking on files and selecting the particular script, to do serious work, will this process be available in Unity? </p>
<p>Lastly, another useful thing is the Templates folder, document files or scripts placed here will be available in the right click "Create Document" menu item, when the document of interest is clicked a copy is created in area that you right clicked, as simple as this is it is a very useful thing, will a Templates folder that facilitates such a thing be available in the Unity shell?</p>
<p>I will be asking the Gnome Shell people about these things too as this concern is applicable to that shell too, being such a dramatic change from the old Gnome interface.</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>
<p>As an example yesterday I needed to hook a hp 1005p to a computer running 8.04. I was forced to install a newer hplip than the version available in the repositories. I installed it using the script from the hp page, but I'd like to know other alternatives.</p>
<p>Which is the best (technically, not the easiest) way to install it and why?.</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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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>
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<p><strong>Example</strong></p>
<p>Without indicator applet:
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<p>With indicator applet:
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<p>This means it takes 2 clicks to show the application main 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: directly to edit queried data.</p>
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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>
<p>However, I heard there are also low-contrast themes. Could someone give some examples, but most importantly, could someone explain why there are low-contrast themes and who are helped by it? </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="http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Design/Whiteboards/LoginScreen">http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Design/Whiteboards/LoginScreen</a>)?</p>
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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>
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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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"text": "Which icon theme are you using? What is the icon size setting in docky?",
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"body": "<p>\"Did you just install Google Chrome, or has it been installed? If you just installed it, you may need to log out and then log back in.\" -from user via comments: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/users/2733/russjr08\">https://askubuntu.com/users/2733/russjr08</a></p>\n",
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"body": "<p>In my case, I use chromium (in the repositories since maverick, available in a ppa else). It's the same than google chrome (same features, extensions...), but without the \"Google is spying you\" part. And the icon in docky is just perfect!</p>\n",
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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>
<p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/10/shuttleworth-unity-shell-will-be-default-desktop-in-ubuntu-1104.ars" rel="nofollow">http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/10/shuttleworth-unity-shell-will-be-default-desktop-in-ubuntu-1104.ars</a></p>
<p>Is this a newer version of Unity? And if it's newer, where can I get this version?</p>
| 4871 | 235 | 2011-03-27T20:03:37.030 | 2011-03-27T20:04:00.260 | Where is the Google Search Bar in Unity? | [
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"body": "<p>That screenshot is out of date. Current Unity as it ships in 10.10 does not have a text field in the top panel. Search will be implemented in what we call <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity/Lenses\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lenses</a>.</p>\n",
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"body": "<p>I can only guess those were mockups, and the design changed later. You do get a search bar when you click the files or apps launcher, and if your search returns no results you get a \"search the web\" button which opens a Google search with the terms you wrote.</p>\n",
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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 discover</p>
| 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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"body": "<p>Try to put \"wine \" without the quotes before the command in the command text box in the launcher.</p>\n\n<p>==============================================</p>\n\n<p>Go to Applications->Wine->Programs-> and right click on a program and select Copy to Desktop (if there is no program, try installing 7-zip from 7-zip.org by setup - it will show up).</p>\n\n<p>Then right click on the program on the Desktop and select Properties. By looking at the command in the lancher you can easily see how to create new launchers to other .exe programs.</p>\n",
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"text": "that's the problem. I don't have terminal skills, and my installation was copied directly from my windows partition, so I don't have it listed in wine. But my question isn't entirely wine-centric, because I've tried the same thing with a game called steelstorm, and it didn't worked either",
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"text": "All the explanations are graphical - when I say \"command\" I mean the text box Command: in the property window of the launcher, just like a shortcut in Windows.",
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"text": "Ok, I'll try that!",
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"text": "Still no good. It's not easy for me, to guess the proper line to use. The problem is that I can't even link linux executables to other parts of the system (desktop, in this case). What I ment is the behavior that drag-an-drop uses in windows when linking stuff around. I click in the .exe, put in my desktop, and voilá! This is what I want to do",
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"text": "First you create the link in the same folder as the executable, then you move the link to another place by drag and drop. IMHO there are Microsoft patents that Gnome or KDE can not infringe, one beeing direct shortcut drag and drop.",
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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>
<p>Is there anything that could display to me Titles of ALL tabs that I have opened across all gnome-terminals, and let me jump to it ?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>ilyia</p>
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"body": "<p><kbd>Ctrl<.kbd>-<kbd>PgUp</kbd> and PgDn</kbd> and should do the trick</p>\n\n<p>-- peter</p>\n",
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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>
| 4953 | 235 | 2011-12-17T21:15:05.023 | 2011-12-17T21:15:05.023 | Can't play .wmv files after attempting to add DVD playback from medibuntu | [
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