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1164 | 1 | 1184 | 2010-08-05T15:04:49.467 | 372 | 526521 | <p>I would like to know how to resize images in Ubuntu. What is the easiest tool to do so?</p>
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1172 | 1 | 1182 | 2010-08-05T15:25:09.497 | 4 | 1822 | <p>Can Ubuntu guests get 3d acceleration in vmware / virtual-box? I just want to enable desktop effects under virtualization, not 3D games.</p>
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1175 | 1 | null | 2010-08-05T15:25:57.873 | 22 | 16706 | <p>When I shut down my computer I want to show some pending tasks that I have to do before leaving the office... I did a local application to manage those tasks, basically I just want to run a command, and shut down after I kill the app executed.</p>
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1185 | 1 | 1213 | 2010-08-05T15:54:31.427 | 1 | 182 | <p>I want to see CSD(Client Side Decorations),Windicators and RGBA.</p>
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1190 | 1 | 1399 | 2010-08-05T16:11:56.977 | 55 | 68066 | <p>If more than one person is logged in on my computer, Ubuntu requires super user authentication when shutting down the computer. How can I make it so that any user can shutdown the computer without being asked for a password?</p>
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1193 | 1 | null | 2010-08-05T16:25:14.887 | 1 | 1131 | <p>How to setup wireless in ubuntu 10.04 netbook edition in EEpc 1005? Do I need to install some drivers and how?
PS I am running ubuntu dual boot with XP (in XP have wireless Internet)</p>
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1204 | 1 | 1206 | 2010-08-05T17:00:27.310 | 3 | 1614 | <p>Is it possible to show notifications displayed in right top (like these about being connected to a wifi), that can be clicked? Right now I can either create a notification, that can't be clicked or create an ugly notification (a dialog box), that can. I would like to have something non-obtrusive, that can be clicked... | 238 | 235 | 2010-09-14T16:15:55.480 | 2010-09-14T16:15:55.480 | How to create clickable notifications using pynotify? | [
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1207 | 1 | 1219 | 2010-08-05T17:16:18.563 | 8 | 2784 | <p>My CD drive is broken,so I can't install Ubuntu from a CD.</p>
<p>Are there any workarounds for that? </p>
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1208 | 1 | 1209 | 2010-08-05T17:18:32.117 | 12 | 8488 | <p>Is there a website that lists software that runs well, or not well, under Wine?</p>
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1210 | 1 | 1229 | 2010-08-05T17:22:28.163 | 4 | 105 | <p>Is there any way to sync iDevices on Karmic,Jaunty and Hardy?</p>
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1220 | 1 | 1222 | 2010-08-05T18:09:24.737 | 336 | 921034 | <p>How can I restart X Window Server from the command line?</p>
<p>I'd really like to be able to restart my GUI without having to do a full system reboot.</p>
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1224 | 1 | 1226 | 2010-08-05T18:20:23.830 | 1164 | 1736642 | <p>Is there a simple command to display the total aggregate size (disk usage) of all files in a directory (folder)?</p>
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1230 | 1 | 1235 | 2010-08-05T18:38:26.633 | 25 | 5260 | <p>What features does Ubuntu One provide that others services do not have? Can I use Ubuntu One only on Ubuntu machines? What about sharing data/folders with others who do not have Ubuntu One?</p>
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1233 | 1 | 1236 | 2010-08-05T18:58:59.870 | 85 | 23785 | <p>What's the meaning of the numbering for different versions? Do they signify something?</p>
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1242 | 1 | 1246 | 2010-08-05T19:33:08.040 | 30 | 26361 | <p>I would like to learn some useful keyboard shortcuts. I have become a ninja of keyboard shortcuts in Windows. </p>
<p>Any must-have tips for Ubuntu?</p>
<p>Feel free to include Ubuntu defaults or custom ones you have found useful!</p>
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1247 | 1 | 2090 | 2010-08-05T19:53:53.193 | 1 | 188 | <p>Is there a way to link a VPN (tun0) adapter to a fake physical (let's say ethX) adapter?</p>
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1263 | 1 | 1265 | 2010-08-05T21:55:39.170 | 4 | 2402 | <p>I recently installed Thunderbird 3.1 from some source that wasn't the ubuntu repos. I can't remember right now where I got it from (I think it was packaged as a deb), but I'm having a problem when it tries to auto-update.</p>
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1266 | 1 | 1267 | 2010-08-05T22:11:21.837 | 41 | 303771 | <p>I am looking to set up Ubuntu Server as a headless NAS for my home. I would like to have file storage there, as well as a central hub for my MP3s and pictures.</p>
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1269 | 1 | 1339 | 2010-08-05T22:20:15.277 | 3 | 827 | <p>I am having trouble setting up conky to display my google calendar or a basic todo list and various system stats mainly memory and processors activity. </p>
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1272 | 1 | 1431 | 2010-08-05T22:26:07.843 | 8 | 7178 | <p>I recently removed and reinstalled pulseaudio and now I can't get my sound applet back on my panel.</p>
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1273 | 1 | null | 2010-08-05T22:27:03.427 | 1 | 2266 | <p>After I upgraded to the latest version, and I'm fully up to date, I can no longer burn CDs or DVDs, the OS simply will not recognize any blank media. Has anyone else been experiencing this and if so have you found a solution?</p>
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1275 | 1 | null | 2010-08-05T22:30:34.780 | 1 | 1500 | <p>my sony vaio cs33g microphone is working on windows7 but it does not work on Ubuntu, any suggestions ?</p>
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1276 | 1 | null | 2010-08-05T22:31:38.210 | 9 | 691 | <p>I wanted to know when will the Windows version of Ubuntu one be available? Does anyone have any information about it?</p>
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1277 | 1 | null | 2010-08-05T22:45:43.577 | 23 | 53198 | <p>How do I set a system wide wireless WPA password that starts at boot time, allowing me to SSH in to the machine from outside, for example?</p>
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1281 | 1 | 1301 | 2010-08-05T23:10:26.193 | 5 | 2870 | <p>I'm trying to make some modifications to the default Ubuntu iconset (mimetypes and some application icons) But can't seem to find the svg for these files - are SVG versions of these available? If so is it a package or already in my install?</p>
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1283 | 1 | 1313 | 2010-08-05T23:21:51.963 | 14 | 6077 | <p>I started with Ubuntu around 3 years ago and have been a dedicated user ever since. During that time I tried out lots of apps, themes, etc. And, I've updated every version as it has come along so now I'm running Lucid. </p>
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1285 | 1 | 1288 | 2010-08-05T23:37:57.837 | 21 | 39575 | <p>I have an Ubuntu server edition running and I can SSH into it to perform various tasks. What I'd like is the ability to SSH into my server kick off a server application and then switch to another "virtual" session (with in the same SSH instance) and run client calls against the service. When I start the service it... | 659 | 134729 | 2015-12-15T17:30:50.640 | 2015-12-15T17:30:50.640 | How can I have multiple terminal sessions through one single SSH connection? | [
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1294 | 1 | 1546 | 2010-08-06T00:11:24.040 | 0 | 2505 | <p>how to install relink wireless driver for LG X130 netbook in Ubuntu 10.04</p>
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1305 | 1 | 1330 | 2010-08-06T00:36:06.367 | 1 | 376 | <p>Does any software exists that actually convert audio to be fonctionnal on my iPod (ex : .ogg to .mp3) and convert videos to a format working on an iPod?</p>
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1306 | 1 | 1323 | 2010-08-06T00:40:14.907 | 30 | 82639 | <p>How do I go about changing my laptop's display's color temperature? And I don't mean through something like the Red, Green, Blue sliders in the NVIDIA config menu. I'm talking about like adjusting in degrees, like editing a photo's white balance.</p>
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1307 | 1 | 1309 | 2010-08-06T00:42:09.660 | 8 | 3857 | <p>I have a Zune HD (don't ask).</p>
<p>Is there any alternative to using this in Ubuntu besides creating a virtual Windows environment (in say Virtual Box or VMWare) and running the Zune software there?</p>
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1308 | 1 | 1351 | 2010-08-06T00:46:16.220 | 6 | 1091 | <p>Is the launcher (side dock) found in Unity available as a stand-alone package that can be added to other desktops? (like xfce)</p>
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1318 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T01:43:07.280 | 8 | 1415 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/307/how-can-ppas-be-removed-after-they-have-been-added-with-the-add-apt-repository-co">How can PPAs be removed after they have been added with the add-apt-repository command?</a> </p>
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1324 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T02:23:37.760 | 7 | 2046 | <p>I'd like to be able to plug my 5th gen iPod nano into my Ubuntu 10.04 box and have it sync podcasts. I'd like newly downloaded podcasts to be copied onto the iPod, and played podcasts to be removed from the iPod.</p>
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1326 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T02:52:58.483 | 1 | 674 | <p>I installed the Flash plugin in Firefox, and certain sites don't do what they should because certain things don't know they are being clicked on. Anything I can do about this? Will another plugin work better?</p>
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1331 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T03:32:23.993 | 1 | 253 | <p>Hey I managed with the help of a friend to get 10.04 onto a 2TB WD USB drive for dual boot but it doesn't want to work on my Vista loaded laptop. Is there a fix? i don't have the choice of erasing Vista. The drive works on another Ubuntu laptop. I have yet to try it on my dad's XP machine.</p>
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1336 | 1 | 1358 | 2010-08-06T04:38:10.497 | 111 | 99041 | <p>Ubuntu is a derivative of Debian. It uses the same package format.</p>
<p>In what ways is Ubuntu different from Debian?</p>
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1343 | 1 | 1344 | 2010-08-06T05:10:23.683 | 1 | 457 | <p>I installed <a href="http://ubuntu-tweak.com/" rel="nofollow">Ubuntu Tweak</a>, but I don't see an icon. <br>
Am I supposed to have a Tweak icon somewhere?</p>
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1345 | 1 | 1451 | 2010-08-06T05:38:36.337 | 210 | 164303 | <p>I went to the Ubuntu wiki but got confused,there were too many ways. Please tell me an easy guide to Debian packaging. </p>
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1349 | 1 | 1868 | 2010-08-06T06:05:58.900 | 5 | 694 | <p>I was wondering why power events does not work as expected when I'm using virtual console (or whatever the thing that appears after <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>Alt</kbd>-<kbd>F1</kbd> is called).</p>
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1352 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T06:09:00.643 | 172 | 79605 | <p>is there a command which will output the date that ubuntu (or any distribution) was installed?</p>
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1357 | 1 | 1379 | 2010-08-06T06:43:23.637 | 489 | 681564 | <p>When I open a RAM-intensive app (VirtualBox set at 2GB of RAM), some swap space is generally used, depending on what else I have open at the time.</p>
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1360 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T06:47:51.723 | 1 | 974 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9017/how-to-know-my-root-password">How to know my root password?</a> </p>
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1364 | 1 | 1406 | 2010-08-06T07:26:24.287 | 4 | 1917 | <p>What I'm trying to do is send caller ID (CID) information from a system running Asterisk+FreePBX to all (3) MythTV frontend systems on my network. I'd like the CID information to pop-up over top of whatever is going on (eg, whether it's on a menu, or playing back a recording). Eventually there may be other informati... | 818 | 4 | 2010-08-06T10:49:13.340 | 2010-08-06T14:38:40.377 | Send OSD notification messages to all systems on a network | [
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1366 | 1 | 92066 | 2010-08-06T07:28:56.620 | 72 | 96313 | <p>I need my pre-installed version of Windows 7 (or any other version of Windows), how could I install Ubuntu without erasing it?</p>
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1373 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T08:34:34.557 | 8 | 277 | <blockquote>
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<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7654/how-do-i-set-up-ruby-on-rails">How do I set up Ruby on Rails?</a> </p>
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<p>It seems that if I do an "sudo apt-get install ruby-full build-essential" the Ruby is installed with version 1.8. </p>
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1383 | 1 | 1384 | 2010-08-06T11:07:00.397 | 0 | 1665 | <p>I installed Eclipse from the Software Center. Then I installed a "Aptana" plugin by using:<br>
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1385 | 1 | 1405 | 2010-08-06T11:15:54.517 | 26 | 61272 | <p>How can I set up my WiFi to be used as wireless access point on Ubuntu Server?</p>
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1387 | 1 | 1388 | 2010-08-06T11:35:50.553 | 3 | 1624 | <p>I want to buy a couple USB game pads to use with NES emulator FCE Ultra. What I can't find out, is if I have two game pads connected, will FCEU differentiate between them? i.e. map each game pad to each player, or will both game pads button A generate the same key code?</p>
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1392 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T12:38:53.203 | 2 | 1440 | <p>Thanks for this great initiative. I have a reliance netconnect datacard (in India) which I am trying to setup in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid).</p>
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1420 | 1 | 1422 | 2010-08-06T16:30:49.040 | 5 | 9095 | <p>When I start my terminal the current working directory is always <code>"/"</code>. I want it to start from <code>"/home/<username>"</code> i.e. my home. </p>
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1426 | 1 | 1435 | 2010-08-06T17:01:22.370 | 0 | 1889 | <p>I have a Epson Stylus P50 usb printer and i need to print many copies (50~100) of some .prn files created via windows.</p>
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1436 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T18:07:59.643 | 1 | 5001 | <p>When I log into Citrix from my laptop with 10.04, and click on the windows RDP app to launch, and select full screen, it only fills in between the gnome panels, and adds scroll bars. This does not work well at all. And I'd love to get a fix (as a work around I tell citrix to use a full-screen session, not seamless... | null | 4 | 2010-08-06T18:10:12.557 | 2011-10-27T18:37:05.760 | Seamless Citrix - full screen | [
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1437 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T18:15:45.260 | 12 | 994 | <p>Sorry for being a bit subjective but how can we persuade other people we know to use Ubuntu...</p>
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1441 | 1 | 1445 | 2010-08-06T18:22:05.140 | 154 | 75626 | <h2><strong>Update for 13.10: 64-bit version is now the default and 32-bit is labelled "for machines with less than 2GB RAM"</strong></h2>
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1442 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T18:23:04.590 | 2 | 8894 | <p>When I try to print, for some reason all the printers I previously had installed have disappeared.</p>
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1444 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T18:25:35.257 | -1 | 345 | <p>I tried to update Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04LTS. I have several issues and had to go back to Ubuntu 9.10. First issue is the mouse has a drag time even when I click to speed it up. Second issue is sometimes the keyboard will freeze up and the last letter I type will repeat for about 20 times as if the key gets stuck th... | null | 186134 | 2015-10-26T23:29:28.793 | 2015-10-26T23:29:28.793 | I have problems installing Ubuntu 10.04 | [
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1459 | 1 | 1468 | 2010-08-06T19:15:00.637 | 92 | 109997 | <p>Some broadband providers impose a monthly download limit, charging extra if you go over. It is also quite easy to exceed some of the lower limits just by installing/updating packages and 'normal' browsing (which to me includes streaming TV programs and movies).</p>
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1463 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T19:26:40.270 | 15 | 14080 | <p>I have used PulseAudio, but it sometimes works, sometimes it does not... Also my Rhythmbox doesn't play the songs sometimes and just hangs there paused. Is there a more stable option to stream and listen to music on my AirTunes?</p>
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1465 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T19:30:42.803 | 1 | 877 | <p>First I want to install Ubuntu completely, and then I want to install Windows XP 64 bit as the 2nd boot OS. How can I do this? Currently I am using Windows XP as the main OS and 2nd boot is Ubuntu.</p>
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1477 | 1 | 1478 | 2010-08-06T20:01:25.413 | 2 | 4845 | <p>At home I have a Windows desktop - and one of the primary reasons I boot into it is to share my internet connection over the home wireless network. I have a setup of this kind:</p>
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1479 | 1 | 1530 | 2010-08-06T20:08:01.170 | 0 | 179 | <p>I change linux versions/distributions quite often on one of my computers but I would like to keep my home folder working (keep configuration and files), is there another better solution than making a separate partition for /home ?</p>
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1488 | 1 | 219068 | 2010-08-06T20:27:56.530 | 121 | 51870 | <p>Is there a way to stream Netflix content to my Ubuntu machine?</p>
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1500 | 1 | 1503 | 2010-08-06T21:14:32.497 | 12 | 8568 | <p>I love Banshee media player in general, and I already have an important library of music, which I've spent a lot of time organizing (labeling, correcting, etc). </p>
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1502 | 1 | 1606 | 2010-08-06T21:22:03.803 | 3 | 447 | <p>Kubuntu cannot build Cantor with its R backend because R is in the universe repository while Cantor (source pacakge: kdeedu) is in main, so cantor cannot depend on R.</p>
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1514 | 1 | 1536 | 2010-08-06T22:33:11.190 | 4 | 263 | <p>When browsing the Software Center, I noticed that certain packages have icons - like Blender, the Gimp, etc.</p>
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1520 | 1 | 1525 | 2010-08-07T00:02:05.223 | 1 | 330 | <p>Right now, I'm running Karmic with an unencrypted home folder sharing a partition with my system files. I'd like to change all that, but I have no idea where to start. Should I move my home folder to its own partition first, to easily perform a clean install? Should I back up my data, repartition my disk, then perfo... | 108 | null | null | 2010-10-28T05:19:04.823 | Migrating, partitioning, and encrypting plan of attack | [
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1528 | 1 | 1539 | 2010-08-07T02:14:26.853 | 51 | 20186 | <p>I know the difference between the two bash login scripts:</p>
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1529 | 1 | 1533 | 2010-08-07T02:26:18.280 | 283 | 288327 | <p>Currently I need to highlight certain sections in PDFs, or add annotations (comments/notes). These modifications would need to be saved. </p>
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1537 | 1 | 1548 | 2010-08-07T04:12:09.833 | 31 | 25415 | <p>I am running Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS . I am running <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSecurityTools">rkhunter</a> to check for rootkits.</p>
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1540 | 1 | null | 2010-08-07T05:01:11.897 | 47 | 34323 | <p>How can I find out if a process is bound to CPU, Memory or Disk?</p>
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1541 | 1 | 1550 | 2010-08-07T05:39:35.270 | 7 | 2351 | <p>I currently have my old PC sitting in my closet being a headless server (running Ubuntu Server). I use it as a file server, web server, and backup server. (The hostname is mneme, the Greek muse of memory.) Are there any major reasons for me to consider replacing this non-virtualized setup with a personal cloud runni... | 880 | null | null | 2021-02-22T15:09:43.673 | Is there any advantage to setting up a personal cloud instead of running a personal server without virtualization? | [
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1570 | 1 | null | 2010-08-07T12:07:31.620 | 5 | 2133 | <p>The gamepad is more or less a clone of a xbox controller (IIRC it is even from the same manufacturer), labeled PCPADRFLX. <code>lsusb</code> lists the receiver as <code>ID 1a34:0801</code>.</p>
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1572 | 1 | null | 2010-08-07T12:24:48.887 | -2 | 209 | <p>Are there any particular rules on what a valid password is, speaking of length, upper- and lower and/or special characters, numbers, etc. and if so how they can be changed?</p>
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1573 | 1 | 1575 | 2010-08-07T12:28:06.010 | 4 | 2934 | <p><a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/powertop" rel="nofollow">powertop</a> shows desktopcouch and gwibber-service are not-inconsiderable power-users. I don't use gwibber or Ubuntu One, so can I safely kill these processes? If so, how could I stop them starting up, especially if my laptop is on battery power?</p... | 932 | null | null | 2011-05-06T14:49:25.320 | Stopping desktopcouch and gwibber-service? | [
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1577 | 1 | 1683 | 2010-08-07T12:40:43.677 | 146 | 62109 | <p>I'm considering moving from bash to zsh as I often come across posts praising zsh. I'm an experienced command line user and I'm assuming the basics are pretty much the same, so I'm looking for advice to get the benefits of moving, and any gotchas to be aware of.</p>
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1583 | 1 | 1584 | 2010-08-07T13:23:22.687 | 7 | 617 | <p>This is a question that's puzzled me for quite a while (and refers to the differences between all distributions).</p>
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1620 | 1 | 1659 | 2010-08-07T21:34:15.007 | 32 | 32014 | <p>This is what a function tooltip looks like for Eclipse CDT in Ubuntu 10.04 with the default theme:</p>
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"text": "Thanks for asking this. I experienced the same problem, but it never occured to me that this would just the place to find people solving that problem for me. :)",
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"body": "<p>This can be solve by changing the background colour in Ubuntu. I’ve tried changing the background colour in Eclipse but it doesn’t seems to works. To change the background colour in Ubuntu, go to</p>\n\n<p>System > Preferences > Appearance</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.c... | [
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"body": "<p>Eclipse seems to take the tooltip backgroud color from the system theme.<br>\nI wasn't able to change the tooltip color without changing the system theme. I'm using the tropical theme with ambiance window decorations, currently, and it's working great! Give it a try!</p>\n",
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1624 | 1 | 1636 | 2010-08-07T22:20:03.610 | 3 | 174 | <p>I'm not sure whats happened but when i try and listen to a song in an album just after the song has finished and should go onto the next track it starts to play stereophonics (the same album) rather than the next track, has anyone else had this problem!? </p>
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"body": "<p>Check your \"play queue\". It probably has the offending music queued. </p>\n",
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"body": "<p>Make sure you have only the one genre/artist/album selected and you have shuffle/repeat turned off.</p>\n",
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1626 | 1 | 2691 | 2010-08-07T22:22:53.467 | 14 | 12282 | <p>I installed Dwarf Fortress on my Linux VPS to use with dfterm. It's running Ubuntu 10.04 Server x86-32. I'm fairly certain I have all the dependencies:</p>
<p>I've installed:</p>
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<li>ncurses</li>
<li>ncursesw</li>
<li>libsdl</li>
<li>libsdl-image</li>
<li>libgtk</li>
<li>libglu</li>
<li>libopenal1</li>
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"text": "I originally asked this on gaming, but people there suggested to ask here: http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/4716/how-can-i-run-dwarf-fortress-in-text-mode-on-my-linux-vps",
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1629 | 1 | 1631 | 2010-08-07T22:34:48.460 | 4 | 3295 | <p>I have a very slow SSD on an eeepc900A, and it occasionally freezes the OS (even the mouse pointer) with system monitor showing excessive IOWait. How can I diagnose what is causing this and should the system allow it?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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