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<p>What did we have before?</p>
<p>Are there technical or usability differences?</p>
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14561 | 1 | 14567 | 2010-11-23T17:03:17.057 | 2 | 1191 | <p>just did upgrade from kubuntu 10.04 to 10.10.. after all done and reboot, when the login box shows up, my keyboard and laptop pad ( mouse ) dosn't work, (plugged in the usb mouse, it works sometimes) but never keyboard.
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14568 | 1 | 17644 | 2010-11-23T17:49:40.453 | 6 | 4803 | <p>I wanted to setup a few Arcade Games on my Maverick box (for the children, you know, ... :-)). I really like Frozen Bubble but I can't set the graphics preferences, choosing the graphics tab in the game just gives me a little bumping indicator telling me it's working, but nothing happens? </p>
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14584 | 1 | 14817 | 2010-11-23T19:57:12.047 | 19 | 4069 | <p>I find the man page format extremely painful to write. Is there a GUI (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG">WYSIWYG</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYM">WYSIWYM</a>) editor available to make this task easier? I'm hoping for an application that is to man pages as <a href="http://kompozer.ne... | 667 | 22949 | 2012-10-02T19:16:46.420 | 2016-11-06T02:35:39.863 | Are there any GUI man page editors are available? | [
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14585 | 1 | 14612 | 2010-11-23T20:05:38.470 | 8 | 1903 | <p>After searching this site, and reading the Ubuntu community documentation, I've decided to use a simple tar command such as </p>
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14586 | 1 | 14608 | 2010-11-23T20:11:50.760 | 3 | 695 | <p>Okay here's the deal, there is a bug about this (or so it seems) that I reported (it's been changed <strong>a lot</strong> since then); Skype is crashing and random/on clicks (e.g. adding a contact). I'm tired of Skype, but unfortunately I don't rule the world and I can make anyone switch. Are there any alternate cl... | 1992 | 235 | 2010-11-23T20:12:51.073 | 2017-02-19T23:31:20.570 | Any way to use Skype without random crashes? Like another gui? | [
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14590 | 1 | null | 2010-11-23T20:17:18.400 | 1 | 546 | <p>Whenever i switch to a virtual terminal, using <kbd>ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>alt</kbd>+<kbd>F1</kbd> etc.. it asks me for my user credentials:</p>
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14591 | 1 | 14595 | 2010-11-23T20:19:52.470 | 4 | 1108 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/10622/how-can-i-enable-ctrlaltbackspace">How can I enable Ctrl+Alt+Backspace?</a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>My <kbd>Esc</kbd> key sequences (such as those used to restart x etc) don’t seem to work. For example when i p... | 2978 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:23.910 | 2015-10-02T14:03:39.787 | ctrl + alt + backspace does not work | [
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14596 | 1 | 14640 | 2010-11-23T20:27:42.267 | 0 | 992 | <p>I recently installed the Liquorix Kernel after hearing that it had the 200 line patch
in the kernel.</p>
<p>Once I installed it, everything worked great and I had HUGE performance improvements. At that point i was using the 2.6.36-14 version. </p>
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14599 | 1 | 14602 | 2010-11-23T20:30:09.187 | 1 | 637 | <p>After reinstalling ubuntu a couple of days ago (dont ask), ive been getting strange messages at boot up, and i dont seem to have the plymouth boot splash screen thing (whatever the one with the ubuntu logo and the white and orange dots is). </p>
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14607 | 1 | 14711 | 2010-11-23T20:51:35.613 | 5 | 5646 | <p>If I add or remove an Indicator (my adding or removing a package) I currently have to logout or restart to see the effects of my changes.</p>
<p>How can I refresh my Indicators from within my session to enable me to keep working?</p>
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14615 | 1 | 14622 | 2010-11-23T21:39:43.917 | 14 | 39040 | <p>Currently, when I type "python" at the terminal I get v2.6 which is all fine and dandy but how can I set it to use v3.1 instead? Is there a "path" variable out there somewhere that I can change like windows?</p>
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14627 | 1 | null | 2010-11-23T23:08:28.843 | 29 | 68504 | <p>I am trying to build my own module for <code>usbhid.ko</code>, but after I compiled, I can't load the module. <code>dmesg</code> says <code>no symbol version for module_layout</code>. I am wondering what is the problem? I have already used the kernel source provided by Ubuntu and I have also make sure the kernel ver... | 6139 | 22949 | 2012-08-29T10:41:54.477 | 2018-06-19T23:06:45.580 | "no symbol version for module_layout" when trying to load usbhid.ko | [
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14629 | 1 | 14633 | 2010-11-23T23:45:52.570 | 58 | 127895 | <p>I keep seeing places refer to the "partner" repository as a place I can get software, how can I enable this repository? Please specify how to do this graphically and via command line.</p>
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14632 | 1 | 14634 | 2010-11-23T23:51:58.937 | 10 | 888 | <p>I was reading this <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter">Ubuntu Software Center design document</a> and wondering, what software was used to design all those ui concept?</p>
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14639 | 1 | null | 2010-11-24T00:39:42.707 | 4 | 542 | <p>I'm looking for a tool that would allow me to interface with my delicious bookmarks from within Ubuntu. I know of the Firefox plugin, but I don't want something in the browser. I'd also prefer that it have a GUI. (Though having a CLI in addition would be nice.)</p>
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14643 | 1 | 17045 | 2010-11-24T01:00:58.187 | 3 | 3489 | <p>I'm trying to install ubuntu 10.10 without installing any linux boot loader (grub, lilo etc). I remember prior 10.10, there's an option for disabling install boot loader. I couldn't find this option when installing 10.10 now.</p>
<p>Please help. Many thanks!!</p>
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14646 | 1 | null | 2010-11-24T01:22:24.980 | 2 | 2084 | <p>I cannot install anything in the Ubuntu Software Center without it telling me that it's an "untrusted package." I also went to the software sources to "reload" but it gave me this:</p>
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14649 | 1 | 14655 | 2010-11-24T01:54:49.700 | 13 | 34144 | <p>I want to create links to software within Software Center using the APTURL - However, I'm not sure how to find out the true "package name". What is the easiest way to discover a package's name for use with the APTURL or <code>apt-get</code> command?</p>
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14660 | 1 | null | 2010-11-24T03:26:47.657 | 1 | 163 | <p>Ran into this one tonight:</p>
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14666 | 1 | null | 2010-11-24T05:06:29.243 | 0 | 6646 | <p>I have oracle virtualbox3.2 installed on ubuntu 9.10 desktop. It was working fine for a long time but suddenly today when I try to open virtualbox going to Applications>system tools> it's showing the below error message on a window:</p>
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14669 | 1 | 14675 | 2010-11-24T05:24:43.417 | 8 | 1538 | <p>Until today, I've avoided using the file Notes feature in Nautilus (Properties), because of portability problems. ...but they are just so tantalizingly handy! ...Adding notes to a like-named text file works, but requires more juggling that the Notes feature. </p>
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14671 | 1 | 14682 | 2010-11-24T05:40:51.730 | 5 | 1775 | <p>I changed guake to use /bin/zsh from /bin/bash. now it doesnt start. by start, i mean that when click the shortcut key, guake just pops up for a second, and then disappears. I changed the default interpreter back to bash, and it works. what is the problem?</p>
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14672 | 1 | null | 2010-11-24T05:50:11.340 | 6 | 978 | <p>I am using nm-applet to interface with NetworkManager, running xmonad as a window manager. My X sessions (including nm-applet) are set up with a <code>/usr/local/bin/xmonad.start</code> script.</p>
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14673 | 1 | null | 2010-11-24T05:52:07.393 | 11 | 8823 | <p>Are there any linux typing tutor games which are enjoyable games in their own right?</p>
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14681 | 1 | 14696 | 2010-11-24T07:12:46.877 | 1 | 1505 | <p>I cant view <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Devanagari (Marathi/Hindi)</a> fonts properly in:</p>
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14697 | 1 | null | 2010-11-24T09:00:44.007 | 2 | 687 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4428/how-to-create-a-screencast">How to create a screencast?</a> </p>
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<p>There are many video tutorials on youtube. What software should I use for creating a video tutorial?</p>
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14706 | 1 | 14709 | 2010-11-24T09:54:23.790 | 0 | 399 | <p>Foolishly, in an attempt to remove some confusion i was having over my email clients, i ran the commands:</p>
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<code>sudo apt-get purge evolution*</code></p>
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14714 | 1 | null | 2010-11-24T10:11:59.507 | 6 | 867 | <p>in Ubuntu 10.10 I really don't want any password on resume on my EeePC, so I have to run</p>
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<p>and I want two finger middle click, so I have to run </p>
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14719 | 1 | null | 2010-11-24T11:46:05.317 | 0 | 892 | <ol>
<li><p>Would anyone know of a virtual machine software that is able to boot off WUBI-created root.disk's?</p></li>
<li><p>Failing that, would anyone know of a virtual machine software whose virtual disks are also natively bootable so one could alternate virtual and native boots off the same virtual disk?</p></li>
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14721 | 1 | 14735 | 2010-11-24T12:07:08.830 | 10 | 2143 | <p>I want to move Zeitgeist data for a user from one computer to another. He uses Gnome Activity Journal, and it would be nice to move his history.</p>
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14723 | 1 | 14724 | 2010-11-24T12:25:10.107 | 6 | 3072 | <p>I want to use Postgres 9.0 in Ubuntu. Does anybody know any repository that already has the debian package for Postgres 9.0? Do you think I should wait for the next Ubuntu release or Postgres 9.0 is still far ahead to be in the official repository?</p>
<p>Thanks heaps.</p>
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14726 | 1 | 14729 | 2010-11-24T12:34:27.513 | 10 | 438 | <p>Actually what is a bug ? any predefined rules?</p>
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14731 | 1 | 14739 | 2010-11-24T13:03:02.990 | 3 | 587 | <p>I have nvidia card (fx5200) that has been configured "separate x screen". So that VGA picture is on my monitor and DVI is connected with TV. </p>
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14733 | 1 | 132277 | 2010-11-24T13:17:58.193 | 7 | 28959 | <p>I have a Toshiba USB floppy drive that I need to use under Ubuntu. When I connect it, and insert a floppy disk in it, I do not see anything mounted under Ubuntu 10.10. </p>
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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4109/increase-resize-margin-on-windows">Increase Resize Margin On Windows </a> </p>
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14740 | 1 | 14799 | 2010-11-24T14:27:19.783 | 23 | 96000 | <p>One of my Ubuntu 10.04 servers is giving me trouble.
When I run <code>fsck.ext4 -n /dev/sda5</code> it tells me there are errors in the free inode count, free block count, and more.</p>
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<p>Also tried:</p>
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14743 | 1 | null | 2010-11-24T15:39:01.403 | 7 | 829 | <p>Basically my situation is where I jump from machine to machine (about 3 of them) to do development. I have used <a href="http://www.nomachine.com" rel="nofollow">No Machine</a> in addition to <a href="http://synergy-foss.org" rel="nofollow">Synergy</a> to try and fix my issue. What I basically want is dropbox, ubun... | 7434 | 169736 | 2014-01-29T12:06:13.013 | 2014-01-29T12:06:13.013 | Is there any way to get a roaming profile in Ubuntu with say ubuntu one, dropbox, rsync, etc? | [
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14745 | 1 | 14747 | 2010-11-24T16:41:50.873 | 6 | 1108 | <p>I accidentally ran <code>sudo grub-reboot 4</code> (<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/8803/how-can-i-reboot-into-the-non-default-operating-system-in-a-dual-boot-configura">background</a>) twice in a row, and now GRUB permanently boots to the fourth menu item.</p>
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14750 | 1 | null | 2010-11-24T17:00:40.490 | 6 | 3420 | <p>Is it possible to convert <code>chm</code> files to <code>pdf</code> or word in GUI fashion?</p>
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14751 | 1 | 15152 | 2010-11-24T17:00:57.683 | 5 | 10402 | <p>I have GoldenDict installed in my Ubuntu 10.10. I am downloading <a href="http://www.babylon.com/free-dictionaries/education/libraries/A-Spanish-English-Dictionary-%28Granada-University,-Spain%29,-10.5/57962.html">A Spanish-English Dictionary</a> in order to add it into the dictionary database of GoldenDict. </p>
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14753 | 1 | 14784 | 2010-11-24T17:38:05.410 | 0 | 301 | <p>After getting past this hurdle: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/14706/gnome-panel-will-not-start-after-running-purge-command">gnome-panel will not start after running purge command</a> i seem to ave lost appmenu. All of the packages related to it have been installed, however it does not show up in the 'add ... | 2978 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:23.910 | 2011-02-13T03:54:28.200 | Appmenu has disappeared after panel restore | [
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14755 | 1 | 14764 | 2010-11-24T17:49:50.017 | 7 | 17945 | <p>How can I configure Skype to correctly use my Logitech USB Headset microphone?</p>
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14763 | 1 | 14767 | 2010-11-24T18:58:47.517 | 298 | 1088526 | <p>I've installed Apache, PHP, and MySQL on Ubuntu 10.10 desktop edition, and it's working fine.<br>
Except I have no clue where to look for Apache or PHP log files.</p>
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14765 | 1 | null | 2010-11-24T19:11:09.727 | 13 | 877 | <p>I would like to have a directory that has following properties: </p>
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<li>Many users can copy files into it </li>
<li>These files can be deleted/changed by these users (user A can delete/modify file that was copied into this directory) </li>
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<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/j9adz.png" alt="Media Handling Preferences"></p>
<p>How does Nautilus know what applications to make available in these drop-down menus? </p>
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14774 | 1 | 14781 | 2010-11-24T19:39:52.467 | 8 | 147879 | <p>I have installed <strong>vsftp</strong> on Ubuntu 10.10. I want to give the user <strong>FTP login privilage</strong> .</p>
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14780 | 1 | 14786 | 2010-11-24T19:59:45.607 | 1 | 13907 | <p>I don't think it is running, but according to a bug report and a forum post (I'll add the links later) disabling it should stop skype from crashing. Is there a way to know if it is enable, and if it is to disable it?</p>
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14782 | 1 | 14787 | 2010-11-24T20:10:36.997 | 4 | 394 | <p>For example with vlc or any other good player.</p>
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14785 | 1 | null | 2010-11-24T20:29:33.260 | 10 | 1521 | <p>When I want to attach a file (an image) with Evolution, it's very hard to pick the good file because thumbnails are <strong>way</strong> to small.</p>
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14790 | 1 | null | 2010-11-24T21:02:25.533 | 7 | 8532 | <p>It would be good to know that when you connect a USB device like a web-cam, it notifies me that it works or not.</p>
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14791 | 1 | 14814 | 2010-11-24T21:14:48.547 | 15 | 2385 | <p>I need a shared folder. My wife and I need to exchange files on the same computer. How can we do that?</p>
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14795 | 1 | 14911 | 2010-11-24T21:24:38.057 | 7 | 1082 | <p>How can I manually edit the track play count for a track for Banshee? </p>
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14806 | 1 | 14808 | 2010-11-24T21:46:40.127 | 7 | 10862 | <p>In virtualbox <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>R</kbd> is the shortcut to reset the virtual machine. But I use it for testing web-sites on IE, and I seem to be hard-wired to use <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>R</kbd> to refresh web-pages in a browser. I keep accidentally resetting virtualbox and having to wait while it books again!! So i... | 2762 | 1051814 | 2020-04-27T07:35:51.037 | 2020-04-27T07:35:51.037 | how to change virtualbox keyboard shortcut | [
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14810 | 1 | 14821 | 2010-11-24T22:06:05.460 | 11 | 13070 | <p>I've got a perfectly good script for use in /etc/init.d. In fact, I have a lot of them, all created with the Tanuki Java Service Wrapper.</p>
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14815 | 1 | 16413 | 2010-11-24T22:39:44.527 | 7 | 991 | <p>Is it known whether or not Unity will have the option to act like the current custom gnome menus (Applications, Places, System)? From what I've seen they've designed it to take up the whole desktop when the menu is opened.</p>
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14838 | 1 | 14839 | 2010-11-25T03:57:38.563 | 31 | 33602 | <p>When I insert a USB stick or camera flash card I get the following error:</p>
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14844 | 1 | 14864 | 2010-11-25T05:30:00.893 | 4 | 582 | <p>Rhythmbox runs on a PC in my network, and I was wondering if it would be possible to change the track, volume etc from my pc? Both PCs run 10.04.</p>
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14845 | 1 | 14851 | 2010-11-25T05:50:18.903 | 4 | 2376 | <p>When I connect to freenode, I am getting the following error.</p>
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Email proxyscan@freenode.net when corrected.
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14848 | 1 | 14854 | 2010-11-25T07:46:24.960 | 2 | 1437 | <p>A newbie question.. I was installing <a href="http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/" rel="nofollow">RVM</a> (a tool to manage <a href="http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/" rel="nofollow">Ruby</a> versions). The command for it is:</p>
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14849 | 1 | 1111759 | 2010-11-25T08:05:24.810 | 9 | 22943 | <p>Im Curious about the usage of the controller to play any games, like... does it even work in linux?,if so do i need a driver of some sorts?</p>
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14850 | 1 | 14855 | 2010-11-25T08:26:32.183 | 12 | 9529 | <p>I was reading trough the link on <a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-journaling-filesystems/" rel="noreferrer">journaling-filesystems</a> and i would like to know where exactly is the journal stored in my Harddisk. </p>
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14859 | 1 | 14861 | 2010-11-25T09:29:06.487 | 3 | 1576 | <p>Is it possible to install packages using <code>apt-get install</code> without having HTTP access? In other words, can apt-get install packages from a <em>small local repository</em>?</p>
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14863 | 1 | null | 2010-11-25T09:47:44.467 | 10 | 50505 | <p>I have an issue with mounting my Flash drive on Ubuntu 10.04 with write privileges. It's currently partitioned as Fat32 with Label KINGSTON but when I insert it into the Laptop it reads it as usb0, read-only privileges.</p>
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14866 | 1 | 14870 | 2010-11-25T10:01:41.340 | 22 | 2118 | <p>What's a shell, their importance, types and functions?</p>
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14873 | 1 | 14874 | 2010-11-25T10:58:00.357 | 22 | 31531 | <p>I want to have more than one user logged on <strong>at the same time</strong>, on the <strong>same computer</strong>.</p>
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14877 | 1 | 14878 | 2010-11-25T11:27:51.767 | 2 | 2665 | <p>i have a problem making my entire screen shown, which is a problem when i want to show other people how to do anything in ubuntu.</p>
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14879 | 1 | 14880 | 2010-11-25T12:27:43.533 | 6 | 11337 | <p>Is there an easy way to install a MTA on Ubuntu and forward all email to a different remote email box? Only want to forward local email and looking for something dead simple. Thank you! </p>
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14881 | 1 | null | 2010-11-25T12:52:50.477 | 8 | 859 | <p>I was looking for <code>Update Manager</code> on Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition and couldn't find it, so in Terminal I did:</p>
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14885 | 1 | null | 2010-11-25T14:01:17.067 | 4 | 1862 | <p>How can I exclude all the svn metadata while synchronizing with unison?</p>
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14886 | 1 | null | 2010-11-25T14:01:49.650 | 8 | 2650 | <p>I am new to Linux. I installed <code>kubuntu-desktop</code> and <code>xubuntu-desktop</code> over the default Ubuntu 10.10. <br/></p>
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14899 | 1 | 14919 | 2010-11-25T19:08:25.680 | 3 | 3615 | <p>I need a software to manage Tv Series, i.e rename episodes ( using TvRage or other providers ) and flagging episodes as watched in order to know which episodes I have not watched yet.</p>
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14910 | 1 | 14960 | 2010-11-25T20:55:13.763 | 22 | 44518 | <p>I'm looking to find a way to test my internet speed at home through ssh. Does anyone know a terminal app that can give me calculations similar info to speedtest.net? </p>
<p>It would also be really cool if there was something that would do tests based on common internet ports too (i.e. web, torrent, etc) so you c... | 6544 | 235 | 2012-05-30T16:56:13.097 | 2016-11-07T15:42:59.893 | What terminal-based network speed tests are available? | [
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"text": "Or you can use `iperf` as was suggested in this hint: http://askubuntu.com/questions/7976/how-do-you-test-the-network-speed-betwen-two-boxes.",
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"body": "<p>The simplest solution I know is to simply use</p>\n\n<pre><code>wget -O/dev/null http://releases.ubuntu.com/saucy/ubuntu-13.10-desktop-i386.iso\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>wget will provide you with file size, download time, and download speed.</p>\n\n<p>If you need more complex sol... | null | null | null | null | null |
14917 | 1 | 14922 | 2010-11-25T21:51:34.383 | 4 | 1379 | <p>I've used libeatmydata to quickly perform <code>apt-get update</code>. Now I want to run standard fsync to make sure that everything is written to disk. How can I do it? Preferably a small script / binary, and for bonus points fsync for real even when libeatmydata is pre-loaded</p>
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14923 | 1 | 14926 | 2010-11-25T22:41:15.247 | 13 | 4951 | <p>The situation with TRIM in Ubuntu has me utterly confused. I don't know whether I need to manually run it or not. Sources I've found are disparate and unclear.</p>
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"text": "Note that the physical disk itself must also support TRIM - some of the older disks don't; not sure about your model.",
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14925 | 1 | null | 2010-11-25T23:00:12.673 | 1 | 1971 | <p>Empathy shows up in my window picker list and it appears to be started according to the indicator applet and the process manager but I can't see <em>any</em> of its windows! People were sending me messages and there was no empathy window to switch to!</p>
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14928 | 1 | 14942 | 2010-11-26T00:39:59.347 | 12 | 51339 | <p>Following this question:
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/14740/force-fsck-ext4-on-reboot-but-really-forceful">Force fsck.ext4 on reboot, but really "forceful"</a></p>
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14933 | 1 | null | 2010-11-26T01:18:19.963 | 3 | 149 | <p>After upgrading to 2.6.35 kernel, my netbook jams and I need to press the Enter key many times to resume the desktop load (Gnome or Netbook edition.</p>
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14935 | 1 | null | 2010-11-26T01:46:53.470 | 11 | 5955 | <p>There's the open document format (ODF) for word processors, but is there an open standardised format for project files? I'm currently using <a href="http://live.gnome.org/Planner" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Gnome Planner</a> which I downloaded from the Software Centre, but my course teaches us to use <a href="http://... | null | 15110 | 2018-03-03T11:49:57.540 | 2024-02-02T14:00:40.077 | Is there an open 'project' file format alternative to Microsoft's *.mpp? | [
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