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11286 | 1 | 11287 | 2010-11-04T05:40:46.690 | 24 | 36375 | <p>I can relate to acronyms and abbreviations much more readily when I actually know how they were derived.</p>
<p>It is <strong>oftn pssble to wrk out wht an abrvtion means</strong> if you know the the root words behind it... but unfortunately <code>etc</code> is a standard abbreviation for "<strong>et-cetera</st... | 2670 | 527764 | 2021-08-05T05:16:46.670 | 2021-08-05T05:18:36.550 | What do the abbreviations "etc" and "usr" mean? | [
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11293 | 1 | 30450 | 2010-11-04T06:30:10.497 | 7 | 13853 | <p>I have an ubuntu desktop 10.4 "server" with 5 hardrives. 1 of the hardrives had 3 OS's on it (Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Ubuntu 10.4). I primarily used the ubuntu OS so that I could use mdadm and boxee.</p>
<p>The other 4 hard drives were configured using mdadm in a Raid5 partition.</p>
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11298 | 1 | 11299 | 2010-11-04T08:30:50.097 | 8 | 17377 | <p>Advise me please some recovery tools for File Recover | Deleted Files Recovery | Damaged Files</p>
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11300 | 1 | 11884 | 2010-11-04T08:34:57.967 | 6 | 12521 | <p>I bought new laptop and I was told that my touch pad is 'Multi Gesture Touchpad'. I'd like to zoom, scroll with two fingers and perform three finger operations. </p>
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11306 | 1 | 11309 | 2010-11-04T09:47:53.783 | 10 | 1880 | <p>Has someone succeed in update of tomtom devices on ubuntu ?</p>
<p>I tried with an install of Windows XP sp3 in virtualbox PUEL, the device is correctly regognised but when I install new maps files, I have transfers errors (Delayed write failed). It looks like the usb device disconnect on large file transfers.</p>
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11307 | 1 | 11308 | 2010-11-04T09:54:51.470 | 3 | 7934 | <p>I was playing with my phone (that runs a Linux/X stack) last night and I managed to ssh into my desktop and run an application and have it show up on my phone. It was awesome.</p>
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11312 | 1 | 11314 | 2010-11-04T11:09:00.197 | 3 | 3344 | <p>All I wrote in the interpreter was as follows:</p>
<pre><code>>>> print "Hello, World!"
File "<stdin>", line 1
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SyntaxError: invalid syntax
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<p>How did I even get an error? All I tried to do was run a print command.</p>
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11313 | 1 | 12777 | 2010-11-04T11:11:33.597 | 3 | 1447 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/6522/how-to-install-tor">How to install tor?</a> </p>
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11316 | 1 | null | 2010-11-04T11:30:20.780 | 2 | 872 | <p>This is a very weird problem. I have Ubuntu 10.10 x64 installed on a machine, and every PS/2 device (more precisely mouse and keyboard) stops working after some minutes.</p>
<p>How can I diagnose this problem?</p>
<p>This is the output of <code>lspci</code>:</p>
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11317 | 1 | 11445 | 2010-11-04T11:36:23.637 | 15 | 1222 | <p>I´m searching for a good blog editor like Windows Live Writer something similar.</p>
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11319 | 1 | null | 2010-11-04T11:44:02.203 | 5 | 2352 | <p>I just received a brand new business laptop from my company.</p>
<p>I wanted to install Ubuntu on it. I resized Windows 7 partition and started the installation of the 10.04 LTS. However, I soon discovered a big problem that prevented me to start the installation.</p>
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11320 | 1 | 11397 | 2010-11-04T11:44:50.783 | 3 | 149 | <p>I am looking for a computer program for analysing sequential observational data for Ubuntu. Analog for GSEQ (Generalized Sequential Querier) which include SDIS (Sequential Data Interchange Standard).</p>
<p>What options do I have?</p>
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11322 | 1 | null | 2010-11-04T12:08:38.590 | 6 | 4129 | <p>I've upograded 10.04 to 10.10 on my netbook. The unity interface doesn't work for me, it just gets in the way. I can change the gdm choice at boot to put me into good ol' gnome, which is better than unity but not nearly as nice as the 10.04 UNR. How do I install the UNR interface on top of 10.10? Is there a how to -... | null | 721 | 2010-11-04T14:22:06.977 | 2017-02-17T21:23:47.200 | Uninstall Unity, rewind to old UNR interface, keeping 10.10? | [
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11327 | 1 | 11329 | 2010-11-04T12:46:13.127 | 1 | 188 | <p>How to Retrieve the Names of Files to a txt file??</p>
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11330 | 1 | null | 2010-11-04T12:59:39.823 | 8 | 1515 | <p>I have a machine with 10 GB of RAM, and I would like to run Ubuntu on it (Debian also OK if its easier), fully in RAM in such a way: I boot from a compressed image on an USB flash disk, that is uncompressed into RAM, and then I can remove the disk from the USB slot, and use the system only with RAM, without any perm... | 5337 | 250271 | 2014-07-04T21:19:56.857 | 2017-03-11T11:06:13.153 | How to run Ubuntu fully in initramfs? | [
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11332 | 1 | null | 2010-11-04T13:10:11.907 | 2 | 989 | <p>In Unity, is it possible to set up active borders or keyboard shortcuts to enable the "wall" and "expo" views?</p>
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11334 | 1 | 11339 | 2010-11-04T13:24:33.343 | 1 | 1450 | <p>I download a dvd image from torrent, but file extension is iso-tpb.<br />
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11336 | 1 | null | 2010-11-04T13:32:17.317 | 2 | 1142 | <p>I am using lucid lynx with <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=es&tl=en&u=http://www.nisuta.com/producto.asp%3Fid%3DWIU54G55" rel="nofollow">this USB adapter</a> and drivers rtl8187.</p>
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11340 | 1 | null | 2010-11-04T14:05:11.267 | 3 | 797 | <p>I installed Kubuntu on a spare work computer and I am now configuring it for the standard user's needs. My goal is to install it on 4 rarely used PCs for them to play around with, and maybe put it on their own computer some time.</p>
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11344 | 1 | 11351 | 2010-11-04T14:19:05.553 | 2 | 255 | <p>I want to know if oracle style object oriented database code can be written in mysql, postgresql or any OSS database softwares. I don't want to install the massive oracle db on my ubuntu to learn minimum database programming</p>
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11347 | 1 | 11354 | 2010-11-04T14:33:21.167 | 5 | 319 | <p>I know most computers nowadays have access to decent graphical cards capable of running Compiz/Clutter. However, there may still be some users with old hardware.</p>
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11349 | 1 | 11353 | 2010-11-04T14:53:24.980 | 10 | 1215 | <p>Since I heard that indicator applets are going to replace the notification area, I wondered what was going to happen to applications that use the notification area and don't have an indicator applet?
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11355 | 1 | 16084 | 2010-11-04T15:16:22.957 | 40 | 11684 | <p>It's all in the title.</p>
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11358 | 1 | 11363 | 2010-11-04T15:28:16.780 | 3 | 1523 | <p>I used to start the game,Frozen Throne (using wine) with the option of "-opengl".When I entered the game,the resolution will changed,and restored after exit the game.</p>
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11368 | 1 | 11379 | 2010-11-04T16:13:28.677 | 2 | 1750 | <p>When I start my app using xinit in a new terminal (CTRL+F1) my app needs the cursor to be on it, else the keyboard doesn't answer.
So, is there a way to start xinit specifing to do not use the mouse?</p>
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11370 | 1 | 11374 | 2010-11-04T16:33:03.567 | 23 | 18270 | <p>This may be a silly question, but since the newer Mac systems are built on unix, is it possible to run a Mac app natively on Ubuntu? I'm specifically interested in the <a href="http://www.panic.com/coda/">Coda</a> development environment.</p>
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11378 | 1 | 11380 | 2010-11-04T17:03:38.087 | 13 | 30778 | <p>I want to setup openGL programming environment on ubuntu. What packages or tools I should install and what is the best way of getting into openGL as a newbie.</p>
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11381 | 1 | 11394 | 2010-11-04T17:36:39.037 | 2 | 688 | <p>Where are all the Compiz settings stored? I would like to have another user have Compiz configured the exact same way, what is the simplest way to do that?</p>
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11384 | 1 | 11427 | 2010-11-04T17:45:11.777 | 11 | 7784 | <p>I want defragment my root ext4 partition after upgrade to 10.10. But I can't find <strong>e4defrag</strong> in standart repos. May I build it from source? And is it safe for use?</p>
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11387 | 1 | 11389 | 2010-11-04T18:02:44.493 | 10 | 836 | <p>I'd like to set 10.10 to open MP3 files in Muinshee when I open them from a file manager. I don't really like Totem very much, and opening all of Banshee is a little bit too heavy for just playing a one-off audio file I grabbed from the web, or a song that one of my friends recorded and then sent to me over Empathy.... | 5104 | 235 | 2010-11-05T00:39:44.313 | 2010-11-05T00:39:44.313 | How do I set Gnome's default open behavior for file types? | [
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11390 | 1 | null | 2010-11-04T18:14:31.330 | 3 | 4026 | <p>I have installed ntop on my machine and I need to specify which network interface it should listen on. When I go to <strong>Admin -> Configure -> Startup Options</strong> in the web interface it says:</p>
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missing privileges. </p>
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11392 | 1 | 11396 | 2010-11-04T18:22:04.020 | 83 | 243337 | <p>I understand Mac and Linux both have a similar architecture, so what are the differences that prevent for example, mac applications being compatible with linux?</p>
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11399 | 1 | 11402 | 2010-11-04T19:25:58.430 | 5 | 948 | <p>When I tried to enable compiz, it said that I can't because of mutter. How may I enable compiz?</p>
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11406 | 1 | null | 2010-11-04T19:52:08.377 | 13 | 7155 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/21305/ubuntu-10-10-forgets-desktop-theme">Ubuntu 10.10 forgets desktop theme.</a> </p>
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<p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> It looks like i'm experiencing <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gno... | 5247 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:36.527 | 2010-12-19T13:43:56.257 | gnome-settings-daemon doesn't apply themes, unless I kill it and start it manually | [
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11411 | 1 | 11425 | 2010-11-04T20:21:41.487 | 1 | 1478 | <p>I am trying to install Ubuntu 10.10 on a machine running Windows 7 Ultimate currently. I have few doubts, before I moved forward with installation regarding partitioning (I have lot vista last time without any back up :( ).
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11415 | 1 | 11419 | 2010-11-04T20:39:46.770 | 9 | 8817 | <p>I see:</p>
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<li>Bluetooth manager</li>
<li>Certificate and key storage</li>
<li>check for new hardware drivers</li>
<li>disk notifications</li>
<li>GNOME login sound</li>
<li>GSettings Data Conversion</li>
<li>Network Manager</li>
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11421 | 1 | null | 2010-11-04T21:09:29.743 | 2 | 605 | <p>I have a Samsung R530 laptop. <strike>I'm actually running Linux Mint, which is based on Ubuntu (which is why I thought it would be OK to post this here).</strike> I'm now getting exactly the same problem on Ubuntu 10.10.</p>
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11423 | 1 | 11426 | 2010-11-04T21:23:43.787 | 8 | 1905 | <p>I'm working on a small project, mostly at home, but I'd like to be able to access my git repo from multiple machines, all of which are connected to Ubuntu One. </p>
<p>Do you think I can safely store my repo in U1 and work from there, or will that get me into trouble?</p>
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11432 | 1 | 11434 | 2010-11-04T23:25:15.200 | 5 | 1962 | <p>Why isn't Metasploit in Ubuntu's software repositories? </p>
<p>More broadly, on what basis is software chosen or not to be added to the official Ubuntu repositories? Who takes those decisions? etc.</p>
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11436 | 1 | null | 2010-11-04T23:35:58.537 | 3 | 1985 | <p>Just wondering if there is an application that can notify me of a new device on my wireless network (IE: home computer online, mobile phone online, home computer offline, etc) so I can easily take care of the family network and jump on problems before they appear. Is this possible with Ubuntu/wireless networks?</p>
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11437 | 1 | null | 2010-11-04T23:36:35.163 | 1 | 994 | <p>I've installed 10.10 Netbook edition on my HP TC4200 tablet PC. I primarily use it in the slate mode with a stylus and on screen keyboard. </p>
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11438 | 1 | null | 2010-11-04T23:38:48.397 | 2 | 892 | <p>It didn't happen in my computer, but in my girlfriend's pc. She upgraded to maverick and now it doesn't shutdown properly, the screen just freezes and she has to shutdown pressing and holding the power button. I've tried adding:<br>
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11442 | 1 | 11653 | 2010-11-05T01:05:55.647 | 1 | 712 | <p>I've built-in WiFi adapter in my notebook (made 5 years ago). Latest (dated 5 years ago) Windows drivers allow it to use WPA.</p>
<p>I'm using Lubuntu 10.10 but it allow me to use only WEP (same situation with Ubuntu 10.04). Is there a way to fix it?</p>
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11444 | 1 | 11456 | 2010-11-05T01:10:27.057 | 2 | 239 | <p>Preferably a all in one software package.</p>
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11447 | 1 | 11489 | 2010-11-05T01:25:04.667 | 24 | 11990 | <p>Is there a place where I can find all the wallpapers ever included on the Ubuntu CDs (not just the default ones)?? </p>
<p>I remember some nice ones, like the one with the cherries. A package would be great!</p>
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11448 | 1 | 11589 | 2010-11-05T01:34:59.740 | 5 | 2193 | <p>I tried installing Festival from Synaptic to use it with Orca, but it did not show up on Orca's speech synthesizer list.</p>
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11449 | 1 | null | 2010-11-05T01:35:18.057 | 0 | 379 | <p>My Olympus microphone is not working in Ubuntu on Skype or in the Sound Recorder application. </p>
<p>It works fine on Windows 7 without the need for me to ever do anything. My computer doesn't have a mic, so I just bought this little one that plugs straight into the Mic input. </p>
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11453 | 1 | 505959 | 2010-11-05T01:51:04.853 | 49 | 43527 | <p>Is there a graphical tool or maybe a command-line one that lists all the messages and parameters/arguments that I can send to a DBUS-enabled program?? I really want to try scripting some DBUS things but I can hardly find any documentation for the DBUS capabilities of most applications.</p>
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11454 | 1 | 11458 | 2010-11-05T02:13:17.197 | 6 | 1758 | <p>One thing I miss about XFCE is the ability to move to the next workspace/desktop by moving the cursor to the edge of the screen. Is there a way to do this in Gnome?</p>
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11460 | 1 | null | 2010-11-05T03:22:14.510 | 6 | 1947 | <p>I have an Epson RX580 multi-function printer, and OpenOffice refuses to print envelopes on it correctly. I've tried changing every setting I could, but it keeps on cutting off the return address. Has anyone found a solution? I had researched the matter in vain ... I'd hate to have to boot into Windows just to pri... | 5430 | 866 | 2010-11-30T07:27:38.127 | 2010-11-30T07:27:38.127 | Printing Envelopes in OpenOffice | [
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11461 | 1 | 11734 | 2010-11-05T04:00:44.197 | 6 | 416 | <p>Are there any how-to's or tutorials about postgresql 8.4 fro doing following things:</p>
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11463 | 1 | 11474 | 2010-11-05T05:19:59.887 | 4 | 430 | <p>How do I delete all emails in a thread in evolution? It is really a difficult task to delete them one by one.</p>
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11465 | 1 | 22262 | 2010-11-05T05:44:51.683 | 3 | 8945 | <p>Firefox and Youtube videos were working after upgrading from 10.04 to 10.10 but a couple of weeks ago, my Youtube flash video player shows up as a grey box. The sound still works and I can hear the clip playing, but I can not see the video, or even the controls.</p>
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11468 | 1 | 11472 | 2010-11-05T06:18:18.710 | 10 | 9583 | <p>I've got my files (mostly text/code, nothing of heavy like videos etc.) in a directory on a remote server which I can only access by means of SSH. Can I mount it on my laptop to use it seamlessly from all the applications (incl command-line ones)?</p>
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11470 | 1 | null | 2010-11-05T06:21:20.150 | 6 | 4649 | <p>I am trying to build a minimal vmware image to use for private browsing (also called a browser appliance). I have tried using images for other small linux distros, most of them are either too heavy (I do not want any other functionality than browsing and downloading) or outdated (DSL, various browser appliance image... | 5452 | 3037 | 2010-12-31T10:34:07.953 | 2017-03-12T04:04:44.767 | How to create a minimal installation in VMware Player for browsing? | [
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11473 | 1 | 11710 | 2010-11-05T06:42:55.903 | 9 | 6267 | <p>Is there some way I can re-arrange the order of Mail Account Names in Evolution's Properties dialog? </p>
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11479 | 1 | 11491 | 2010-11-05T07:38:08.267 | 7 | 5774 | <p>Is there some way that Nautilus can be made to select multiple files as a Rectangle-select action of the mouse (Lassoo style) in the list view? Compact and Icons view work ok.</p>
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11482 | 1 | 11484 | 2010-11-05T07:52:20.077 | 1 | 274 | <p>I have a problem. I forked a project in github.com. I made my changes, commited it and pushed to the original (what I Forked) repo. But in the original repo there are many changes, so I'd like to merge this with my own fork.</p>
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11485 | 1 | 11504 | 2010-11-05T08:10:11.753 | 28 | 12420 | <p>Does anyone know if there are games for Ubuntu server (like tetris, etc...)?</p>
<p>I know that servers aren't meant for playing games, but sometimes it would be nice to have a little fun . . . not only work on them :)</p>
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11488 | 1 | 11528 | 2010-11-05T08:50:50.887 | 2 | 1271 | <p>I have been using Klipper as my clipboard manager and it was quiet flexible to use it's pop-up menu shortcut. But in ubuntu 10.10 it seems that there is no shortcut key to trigger the klipper popup menu. </p>
<p>Is there anyway to enable the popup menu shortcut for klipper?.</p>
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11490 | 1 | 11591 | 2010-11-05T09:11:34.860 | 2 | 4567 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/5951/how-do-i-install-the-global-appmenu-mac-menu">How do I install the global appmenu (mac menu)?</a> </p>
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<p>Hi, where i can get working on ubuntu 10.10 global-menu applet?
Thx =)</p>
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11492 | 1 | null | 2010-11-05T09:20:39.810 | 2 | 657 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/5440/installing-packages-in-multiple-systems">Installing packages in multiple systems</a> </p>
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11503 | 1 | null | 2010-11-05T09:57:56.343 | 4 | 4547 | <p>I have a HP pavilion dv4 laptop and the card reader just doesn't work :o it used to work in 10.04 though... but it doesn't seem to be working here. Went through many other threads but everybody is saying "it just works out of the box"... :( sadly it doesn't for me... help!</p>
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11508 | 1 | 11526 | 2010-11-05T10:32:03.433 | 18 | 178205 | <p>I would really like to play m3u8 files (more specifically, <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/NTV-Public-IPS.m3u8">http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/NTV-Public-IPS.m3u8</a>) but when I try to run it on VLC player, it goes on to multiple .ts files with a very annoying gap between the stream. </p>
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11509 | 1 | 11510 | 2010-11-05T10:47:01.700 | 6 | 492 | <p>I am considering to temporarily change my repositories to Maverick, on a Lucid system.<br>
I want to install a newer version of Evolution because it has a particular feature I want. </p>
<p>I don't want to apply general Maverick updates.. I'm only interested in Evolution... </p>
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11519 | 1 | 11524 | 2010-11-05T11:27:26.510 | 7 | 1946 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/2502/where-can-i-get-themes-and-eye-candy-for-my-desktop">Where can I get themes and eye-candy for my desktop?</a> </p>
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<p>Other than the normal sites (IE: Gnome-Look, Webup8, OMGU, etc)</p>
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11529 | 1 | 11536 | 2010-11-05T13:20:38.773 | 3 | 411 | <p>I have just updated my system and it looks like Evolution Calendar, Tasks and Notes views are no longer available.</p>
<p>Any idea about what has happened?</p>
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11534 | 1 | 11728 | 2010-11-05T13:42:29.107 | 2 | 3129 | <p>This is the error i got while clicking on the videos on the right pane.</p>
<p><em>"Could not open location; you might not have permission to open the file."</em></p>
<p>I had a inspection on totem plugs and found that there is no youtube.py in this directory
(/usr/lib/totem/plugins/youtube/)</p>
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11535 | 1 | null | 2010-11-05T13:43:33.723 | 1 | 275 | <p>I'd like to raise window if it's covered by another window, otherwise lower it, with some shortcut mouse (click + extra keys).</p>
<p>Knowing that a window (that you are interested in) is in a region close of where your mouse is you can, you can scan the windows which are under your mouse.</p>
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11537 | 1 | 11561 | 2010-11-05T13:52:52.883 | 249 | 235919 | <p>As <a href="http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/551">recently announced</a> by Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu will be moving towards using Wayland as its display manager.</p>
<p>What are biggest differences between X11 and Wayland? Why will Wayland make Ubuntu better?</p>
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11538 | 1 | 11630 | 2010-11-05T13:57:46.020 | 22 | 22053 | <p>When I log in on my server I get this:</p>
<pre><code>No mail.
Last login: Fri Nov 5 14:22:45 2010...
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<p>then I must wait for 5 sec and then is ready...</p>
<pre><code>wolfy@ubuntu-server:~$
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<p>Is this wait time normal or should I do something to "repair" this?</p>
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11542 | 1 | 11544 | 2010-11-05T14:09:57.490 | 9 | 1569 | <p>I tend to run Windows apps with VirtualBox in seamless mode (so that virtualized Windows applications windows and Windows taskbar appear alongside host OS windows instead of a separate virtual machine screen). To make the experience even more "seamless" I'd like Windows theming (especially windows' title bars and a ... | 2390 | 2390 | 2010-11-05T20:57:28.537 | 2011-12-03T11:03:03.330 | Is there an Ambiance theme available for Windows? | [
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11550 | 1 | 11644 | 2010-11-05T14:23:20.427 | 10 | 585 | <p>I have a fast computer (great processor, good SSD) but Software Centre takes a good 30 seconds to load up. This isn't a whinge, I think there could be something wrong. Synaptic takes a second to load.</p>
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11552 | 1 | 11554 | 2010-11-05T14:26:32.360 | 8 | 4492 | <p>I installed Ubuntu 10.10 with Windows 7 Ultimate in dual boot configuration. Everything seems to be working fine. I have a small doubt, is it possible to Re-arrange the Boot menu that appears when you start your machine?
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11553 | 1 | 11559 | 2010-11-05T14:31:33.980 | 5 | 123 | <p>Like a log, or a command or something of that nature?</p>
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11566 | 1 | null | 2010-11-05T15:00:39.017 | 0 | 217 | <p>I'm starting to learn C and GTK2. So, I find tutorial at <a href="http://zetcode.com/tutorials/gtktutorial/" rel="nofollow">zetcode.com</a>, and try to make a little program, but it doesn't want to start. I'm doing exactly as in tutorial, but there's some bug in my code.</p>
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11570 | 1 | 11572 | 2010-11-05T15:08:40.397 | 6 | 4320 | <p>I tried:</p>
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11573 | 1 | 11587 | 2010-11-05T15:16:15.837 | 10 | 2552 | <p>Is it valid if I mark a bug "Fix Committed" if the package in question is hosted upstream (outside of Launchpad)?</p>
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11580 | 1 | 11584 | 2010-11-05T15:46:20.520 | 1 | 602 | <p>Mark Shuttleworth <a href="http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/551" rel="nofollow">writes</a> that wayland will be replacing X in the future in Ubuntu. Where can this software be found?</p>
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11588 | 1 | 16121 | 2010-11-05T16:32:01.620 | 20 | 22666 | <p>I'm looking for something similar to iPlotz or Mockup.</p>
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11590 | 1 | null | 2010-11-05T16:59:32.273 | 2 | 959 | <p>Mark just announced support for Wayland in Ubuntu in future. I was just wondering the following (hopefully Mark can answer). </p>
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11592 | 1 | 11596 | 2010-11-05T17:13:23.777 | 26 | 6330 | <p>I know the general format for package names in Debian and Ubuntu. Some packages have additions to the standard numbering scheme with obvious meaning like <code>svn20090426</code> etc. But also quite a few packages have <strong>dsfg</strong> in their name (e.g. <code>2:1.0~rc4~try1.dsfg1-1ubuntu1</code>) – what does ... | 275 | 618353 | 2021-08-05T09:43:03.753 | 2021-08-05T09:43:03.753 | What does dsfg as a part of package names mean? | [
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11601 | 1 | 11603 | 2010-11-05T17:46:34.567 | 8 | 913 | <p>I am not native english speaker, so my Ubuntu language is different, and it's ok :) But I would like to have command line tools (SVN, for example) to print messages in english, and not in my system language.</p>
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11606 | 1 | null | 2010-11-05T18:06:15.073 | 1 | 2439 | <p>I try to get my Bluetooth keyboard 'KeySonic ACK-540BT' working. Everytime i try to pair it with my computer (Ubuntu 10.10), it fails. The numbers which i have to type are never accepted.</p>
<p>The keyboard is visible in BlueMan GUI and i got my TRUST BT-Mouse working. </p>
<p>Do you have any suggestions?</p>
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11610 | 1 | null | 2010-11-05T18:39:14.877 | 8 | 10709 | <p>I need a powerful development manager like Sybase Power Designer or IBM Rational Rose that support sequence diagrams, data flow diagrams and so on.</p>
<p>Can somebody suggest a good alternative?</p>
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11611 | 1 | 11616 | 2010-11-05T18:39:51.823 | 6 | 1332 | <p>I am very new to Ubuntu and after spending a day or two with it, I think I really liked it. its very flexible and there is so much that you can do. </p>
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11612 | 1 | 11613 | 2010-11-05T18:47:27.130 | 6 | 4129 | <p>Is it possible to overclock my Radeon HD2400 XT graphics card under Ubuntu? Which application is needed? I have the proprietary driver installed.</p>
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11622 | 1 | 11943 | 2010-11-05T19:14:58.063 | 7 | 2735 | <p>It seems like Wayland is coming to Ubuntu in the distant future. Being the curious type, I thought I would give it a try. I was going to build it myself, but wanted to save myself the trouble if there was a PPA somewhere I could use instead.</p>
<p>Is there a PPA anywhere I can use to try out Wayland?</p>
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11626 | 1 | 11627 | 2010-11-05T19:56:34.420 | 0 | 183 | <p>How add Linkedin to broadcast?</p>
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"body": "<p>The broadcast tool (called <a href=\"http://gwibber.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gwibber</a>) needs to support this. Here's the <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/gwibber/+bug/520845\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug report</a> if you want to follow along in its progress.</p>\n",
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11633 | 1 | 11652 | 2010-11-05T20:54:39.613 | 15 | 16804 | <p>"Downloader for X" looks, heh, not fitting well into Ubuntu theme and not very natural/convenient. At the same time I don't know of any good alternative. Maybe you know?</p>
| 2390 | 235 | 2010-11-05T21:22:29.603 | 2017-03-09T17:14:53.847 | Can you recommend a good modern GUI download manager (wget wrapper?) | [
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11634 | 1 | null | 2010-11-05T20:57:02.890 | 13 | 4922 | <p>I would like to backup my mail directory on a USB key. However, my IMAP has a strange naming convention that something include a colon (:) character. Since the USB is in a window format, rsync fail to create those file. Is there a way to replace the colon character by an underscore when running rsync? (Or to do ... | 3999 | 3999 | 2010-11-09T15:46:04.983 | 2017-02-17T23:23:29.203 | How can I substitute colons when I rsync on a USB key? | [
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11635 | 1 | null | 2010-11-05T20:58:12.753 | 1 | 416 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/how-to-install-software-or-upgrade-from-old-unsupported-release">How to install software or upgrade from old unsupported release?</a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>Wondering if anyone has run into this. I'm trying to... | 5577 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:24:27.937 | 2010-11-05T23:13:08.100 | Problem updating 8.10 Intrepid to 9.04 Jaunty using do-release-upgrade? | [
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11638 | 1 | 11640 | 2010-11-05T21:10:28.993 | 1 | 213 | <p>My problem is, when I try to send a message with evolution using the indicator message applet's write new message option, after I click on the send message button, the window just disappears and my message is not sent.
If I open the main evolution window and click on send/receive then everything is ok.
Is this a bu... | 3425 | null | null | 2010-11-05T21:16:47.680 | Why can't I send message from indicator applet with evolution | [
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11641 | 1 | 11648 | 2010-11-05T21:17:53.043 | 2 | 967 | <p>I always get low transfer rate by sending or receiving files to msn/wlm. What can I do to solve that?
Tks</p>
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11647 | 1 | null | 2010-11-05T22:20:08.950 | 3 | 1207 | <p>I just bought a Dell Mini 1012, which comes with a Broadcom Crystal media accelerator chip. I'd like to know what is the current state-of-the-art with regard to using this hardware on Ubuntu? What I mean by this is, what is the best way to install drivers to make use of this hardware, and what media players currentl... | 4895 | 169736 | 2013-12-08T00:30:32.823 | 2013-12-08T00:30:32.823 | What is the state-of-the-art for using Broadcom Crystal hardware? | [
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11651 | 1 | 11655 | 2010-11-05T22:38:13.700 | 1 | 2275 | <p>I'm trying to create a Live CD .iso image of my Ubuntu 10.10 installation with Remastersys.</p>
<p>The problem with this, is that it creates .iso's of about 750-770 MBs, I need the images to be less than 700MB so that I can burn the .iso on a CD. </p>
<p><em>How can I do this?</em> Can I remove some programs or s... | 5588 | 866 | 2010-11-06T08:17:48.553 | 2011-03-30T04:34:32.360 | Remastersys: how to make the .iso smaller than 700MB? | [
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11656 | 1 | 11658 | 2010-11-05T23:06:35.807 | 2 | 1941 | <p>Although I have downloaded compiz, ccsm, compiz-plugins, compiz-fusion-plugins-main and compiz-fusion-plugins-extra, I still cannot find how to activate the famous Atlantis effect. In the "Effects" category, I can choose the gears in the cube but not the aquarium.
I really would have liked to see fishes swimming aro... | 5592 | null | null | 2010-11-05T23:17:10.687 | How do I enable the Compiz Atlantis effect? | [
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