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16310 | 1 | 16367 | 2010-12-05T16:44:53.383 | 1 | 3318 | <p>I had dual screen working previously. Now every time I try to setup dual screens and reboot. I get logged in as tty mode, i am able to get one screen working, or have my desktop span both screen ( one huge screen) what i require is two independent screens, that I can drag windows between.</p>
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16319 | 1 | 16320 | 2010-12-05T17:28:08.903 | 1 | 6803 | <p>Can anybody tell me how to use KTorrent?</p>
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16325 | 1 | 16800 | 2010-12-05T17:45:32.333 | 5 | 1374 | <p>The new compiz version of Unity has a different looking launcher. Before it was similar to the ambiance theme used in unity. Now it's flat black with thin little lines around the launcher and icons.</p>
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16327 | 1 | 33764 | 2010-12-05T18:36:17.483 | 9 | 6378 | <p>I posted yesterday regarding <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/16168/how-to-install-tethering-s-w-easytether">how to configure easytether</a> on Ubuntu. I followed the steps and everything looks good from the terminal. But I am not able to connect to the Internet. Currently I am connected to a Wireless networ... | 4627 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:20.487 | 2011-06-05T22:13:29.393 | How to direct Ubuntu to use USB connection for Internet | [
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16328 | 1 | 16360 | 2010-12-05T18:53:52.780 | 1 | 138 | <p>When I right click with mouse on the Panel in the system menu I don't see all the commands that were before. </p>
<p>For example, when I click on the Panel I see only two commands: (1) Help and (2) About the panel. On the applets also there are some commands dissappeared.</p>
<p>How to solve this problem?</p>
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16329 | 1 | null | 2010-12-05T19:00:17.687 | 4 | 2027 | <p>The problem is, my Wireless network connection cannot connect. It's only worked if I plugged in the cable and then used the Internet for a while,</p>
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16331 | 1 | null | 2010-12-05T19:05:42.070 | 1 | 372 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/21305/desktop-forgets-theme">Desktop forgets theme?</a> </p>
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16332 | 1 | 16337 | 2010-12-05T19:10:32.433 | 1 | 2672 | <p>I tried installing <strong>xplanet</strong> today, but when I run the application, nothing happens.</p>
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16336 | 1 | 16359 | 2010-12-05T20:14:21.870 | 97 | 199305 | <p>When I connect over ssh to remote hosts everything is just a single font/color. I would like to have colours like I do locally e.g. green for executable and blue for symlinks etc. And such that when I run $ git diff on the ssh host it shows me diff with colours =)</p>
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16338 | 1 | null | 2010-12-05T20:31:07.307 | 1 | 2884 | <p>I've been using Ubuntu 10.10 on my HP Pavilion dv4-1430us Notebook. For some time now, I've been getting these thin green flickering lines at the bottom of my screen. And I've no clue as to what's causing this problem: hardware, battery or graphics card. I even tried "nomodeset" as suggested in some forums, but it w... | 6977 | 1067 | 2010-12-05T20:43:42.177 | 2010-12-05T20:54:34.010 | How to remove flickering green lines on screen? | [
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16345 | 1 | 16347 | 2010-12-05T22:15:54.190 | 10 | 325 | <p>How can I translate the contents of <code>debian/control</code> in debian packages so that the Information will be localised when the package is shown in the Software-Centre?</p>
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16348 | 1 | 16352 | 2010-12-05T22:36:59.437 | 5 | 369 | <p>Is there a Django based blog available on the repositories of Ubuntu?</p>
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<p>However, it still doesn't work. Is there anything I can do?</p>
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16361 | 1 | 16362 | 2010-12-06T01:05:07.290 | 8 | 18947 | <p>I want to hide bottom panel so that I would be able to show it again when I want. In the <em>properties</em> menu of the panel there is an option for Autohide but not hide totally.</p>
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16366 | 1 | 16370 | 2010-12-06T01:42:03.030 | 121 | 144456 | <p>What are the differences between an Ubuntu Long Term Support release (LTS) and a normal release?</p>
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16380 | 1 | null | 2010-12-06T05:10:43.697 | 7 | 20687 | <p>How can I edit the gnome-panel "Places" menu? (I have the same SSH server showing twice and it's annoying.)</p>
<p><strong>Edit</strong>: More precisely, how can I remove the servers I added through "Places / Connect to Server..."</p>
<p><strong>Edit 2:</strong> Here's a screenshot of my Nautilus showing the dupli... | 2331 | 2331 | 2010-12-06T13:56:05.687 | 2011-11-20T23:00:46.210 | How can I edit the gnome-panel "Places" menu? | [
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16381 | 1 | null | 2010-12-06T05:12:37.973 | 0 | 1356 | <p>I want to install my ATI x1250 on my ubuntu 10.10, i am running it on a HP 6515b. </p>
<p>But when i run aticonfig it says adapter missing, even when i try to edit 3d settings, it says no mardware detected. So the open source drivers are not working perhaps.</p>
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16384 | 1 | null | 2010-12-06T05:26:29.113 | 3 | 1598 | <p>Due to some change I did to the system which I cannot remember, the text in my Software Center is no longer visible (the description, version, etc of the software). It shows when I highlight on where the text should be. So apparently the forecolor of the text has changed to white which is same as the background colo... | 4345 | null | null | 2010-12-06T09:07:51.320 | How to change forecolor of Software Center descriptions? | [
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16386 | 1 | 18059 | 2010-12-06T05:32:12.557 | 21 | 14678 | <p>I would like to automate the process of tagging my photos with subjects' names.</p>
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16388 | 1 | 153297 | 2010-12-06T06:05:45.157 | 57 | 94792 | <p>Writing a commercial proposal, I want to create a <b>nice graphic</b> showing the clients the architecture I thought of for their IT network, with servers, network connections, firewall, load-balancing, etc.</p>
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16393 | 1 | 16394 | 2010-12-06T07:09:20.313 | 11 | 1624 | <p>Is there a way to search though LaunchPad's PPAs for a certain package name? For instance if I was looking for PPAs with Firefox packages I could search for "firefox" and retrieve a list of all the PPAs which contain a firefox package.</p>
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16398 | 1 | 16400 | 2010-12-06T10:00:03.110 | 1 | 657 | <p>I am running ubuntu 10.10 with the Indicator Applet Complete. However on logging in today morning, I find that the me menu has disappeared. I removed the indicators completely from the panel and then added it again however I can't get the me menu back. All the other indicators like sound,mail work perfectly. However... | 5855 | 721 | 2011-03-24T09:21:39.527 | 2011-03-24T09:21:39.527 | Me menu disappeared | [
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16399 | 1 | 16402 | 2010-12-06T10:27:02.107 | 2 | 1725 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/11088/how-can-i-physically-identify-a-single-drive-in-a-raid-array">How can I physically identify a single drive in a RAID array?</a> </p>
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16403 | 1 | 16406 | 2010-12-06T11:37:40.740 | 24 | 1360 | <p>What are the steps that I want to follow to get Ubuntu membership? I know <strong>contribution</strong> is the only mantra to get Ubuntu membership. I am not good in programming so what are other ways to contribute to the Ubuntu community to get membership?</p>
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16407 | 1 | 16472 | 2010-12-06T11:49:19.497 | 4 | 610 | <p>When I enter mode in vim, all control keys (like arrow keys, delete keys etc.) produce characters instead of expected control behaviour. How can I change this? Thanks :)</p>
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16408 | 1 | 16449 | 2010-12-06T11:52:15.047 | 2 | 284 | <p>I am using stackapplet v1.4 it's not getting started automatically.Every time i want to start it manually from <strong>Application>>Accessories>>StackApplet</strong>.I am sure i have enabled the option <strong>Start StackApplet during login</strong> but it's not working.What's going wrong here? </p>
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16418 | 1 | 16430 | 2010-12-06T13:09:51.627 | 1 | 146 | <p>For some odd reason, after running <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/alternative-to-200-lines-kernel-patch.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> and restarting I lost audio on my Linux partition (but not on my Windows one). </p>
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16421 | 1 | 16426 | 2010-12-06T13:38:16.133 | 8 | 3433 | <p>How to display my prompt in color? I see a lot of text go up my screen, and a lot of crud. Something like <code>(red)myName(red)@(blue)myMachine:~$(blue)</code> would help simplify things a lot.</p>
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16423 | 1 | 23501 | 2010-12-06T13:49:03.443 | 9 | 3831 | <p>There seems to be no configuration dialog for the <strong>Places</strong> menu in the panel.<br>
Yes, I know how to add, remove or change the order of the bookmarks in nautilus. </p>
<p>But I want to use folders and subfolders for the bookmarks.
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16424 | 1 | 16427 | 2010-12-06T13:50:47.420 | 84 | 83884 | <p>I wish to add a new line on every prompt. Instead of the cursor showing on the line as
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<p>I want it to be on the next line, like as:</p>
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<p>Thanks.</p>
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16428 | 1 | 16429 | 2010-12-06T13:55:20.803 | 41 | 44198 | <p>I wish to display a <code>cowsay</code> message in every terminal window. The command I use is</p>
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<p>Any ideas how to make it appear whenever I start a new terminal session?</p>
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16431 | 1 | 16432 | 2010-12-06T14:25:47.350 | 19 | 3618 | <p>Putting any gtk.Widget inside a gtk.Menu works, somewhat, by putting an empty gtk.MenuItem in first. It doesn't seem to be reliable - but it basically works. With an appindicator.Indicator, it doesn't work. The entry just stays empty. Even if you set the child[border_size] to 32, for example.</p>
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16433 | 1 | null | 2010-12-06T14:52:46.397 | 4 | 4745 | <p>What Ubuntu features do and which do not work on your <em>Shuttle XS35</em> barebone mini-pc? In the spirit of <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9542/ubuntu-on-thinkpad-edge-11">this question</a>, add your experience, good or bad, with this fanless, i.e. passively cooled, <a href="http://www.shuttle.eu/produc... | 627 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:24:57.633 | 2017-02-26T10:11:03.517 | Ubuntu on Shuttle XS35 | [
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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9540/how-do-i-change-the-computer-name">How do I change the computer name?</a> </p>
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16446 | 1 | 16456 | 2010-12-06T16:19:35.237 | 145 | 31342 | <p>As a developer of free software, I want to get my application into Ubuntu.</p>
<p>Should I provide a source tarball and ask for packaging? Or should I create a package myself? Should I target Ubuntu directly, or should I try to get into Debian and then into Ubuntu automatically?</p>
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16450 | 1 | 17276 | 2010-12-06T16:53:43.010 | 6 | 7499 | <p>I installed Xubuntu 10.10 on an old box today and the graphical performance is horrid. According to <code>lspci</code>, the video card is this:</p>
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16453 | 1 | 16454 | 2010-12-06T17:21:31.337 | 7 | 1296 | <p>I am considering forking Parcellite and making it use AppIndicators now that Ubuntu has dropped support for systray. How different are these, and are there any "getting started" guides on AppIndicators yet?</p>
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16458 | 1 | null | 2010-12-06T19:39:51.650 | 7 | 964 | <p>So, I got a netbook (Some weird China brand) and it has a multitouch screen. I got to installing Ubuntu Netbook 10.10 and I used the mouse and keyboard for that. When I wanted to try the touchscreen, at first it didn't seem to work, then I tried to multitouch, and this is what happens:</p>
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16462 | 1 | 19790 | 2010-12-06T20:28:39.377 | 3 | 296 | <p>I'm using Empathy Chat with these accounts: GTalk & Facebook.</p>
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16463 | 1 | 16490 | 2010-12-06T20:47:48.080 | 2 | 2107 | <p>Running any kind of variation of debootstrap, I get the following error:</p>
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16464 | 1 | 16465 | 2010-12-06T21:05:17.380 | 8 | 426 | <p>I want to use gedit as a programming IDE and as a regular text editor. Would I be able to make some .desktop file to load a different configuration?</p>
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16466 | 1 | 16558 | 2010-12-06T21:34:40.327 | 4 | 1380 | <p>I'd like to install Ubuntu on this little g4 I've found...
I hope to get a better performance than Os X 10.4, is it possible?</p>
<p>I thought about using a server minimal install and then put on it gnome, xfce, lxde and fluxbox to find out the best user experience / performance ratio.</p>
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16473 | 1 | 16482 | 2010-12-06T22:49:51.227 | 18 | 3957 | <p>this is my first question (in askubuntu).</p>
<p>I'm about to try Ubuntu for the first time (First time to take it seriously actually).</p>
<p>I love my Mac but don't want to be closed minded, nor closed source ;)</p>
<p>So, if I go ahead with this change, where would you say I would feel the difference?</p>
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16477 | 1 | 16488 | 2010-12-06T23:12:14.260 | 3 | 806 | <p>I know I can make my own .deb files of an installation. However, during a normal mysql-server install, the root password gets asked for and we need to do a 1-click rollout without ANY interaction.<br>
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16480 | 1 | 16484 | 2010-12-06T23:25:01.903 | 5 | 10447 | <p>I have an Ubuntu Live USB and I was looking for xorg.conf so I could insert an Option "InvX" "on" within it (I am not quite sure how that works exactly yet). xorg.conf does not exist in its normal place on the live usb/cd. Where can I easily and permanently make this change?</p>
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16485 | 1 | 47229 | 2010-12-06T23:51:17.450 | 6 | 4678 | <p>I'd like to disable hardware buttons on the synaptic touchpad, but still be able to use the touchpad and "tap"-click on its surface. I don't find the related options in the output of <code>synclient -l</code>.</p>
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16494 | 1 | 16498 | 2010-12-07T02:58:27.813 | 42 | 34447 | <p>So here is my story...</p>
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16501 | 1 | 16542 | 2010-12-07T04:57:00.893 | 14 | 476 | <p>On <a href="https://launchpad.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Launchpad.net</a>, most projects list the programming language(s) their software uses:</p>
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16505 | 1 | null | 2010-12-07T06:40:55.620 | 2 | 760 | <p>My machine is taking ages to get from the login screen after booting to actually showing the gnome desktop (as in, over a minute). It seems as though it is just waiting for a long period of that time . This has been a problem for a long time. The <a href="http://davidf.sjsoft.com/files/bootchart/golg-lucid-20101111-... | 6665 | -1 | 2017-03-20T10:18:10.167 | 2010-12-07T16:59:40.750 | Very long Gnome login time | [
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16508 | 1 | null | 2010-12-07T07:20:47.713 | 8 | 7539 | <p>I just installed the newest version of Ubuntu (10.10) and I am trying to get the appropriate drivers installed for the nvidia ion.</p>
<p>However there is no system > administration > hardware drivers option in the toolbar. Does this not exist in this version of ubuntu?</p>
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16513 | 1 | 16515 | 2010-12-07T08:52:14.643 | 0 | 439 | <p>Occasionally when I dock my thinkpad (T60), it shut-off immediately, like someone unplugged its battery. It is not a regular "shut down" done by the OS - it is like a hardware/driver issue.</p>
<p>I'm using Ubuntu 10.10 32 bit.
here is the output of <strong>lspci</strong></p>
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16514 | 1 | 16524 | 2010-12-07T08:52:49.267 | 1 | 298 | <p>I am wondering if there will definitely be a Windows Version of Ubuntu One after the beta? Because otherwise I will not bother getting a 20gb plan as I dont use Ubuntu on any pc.</p>
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16517 | 1 | 16519 | 2010-12-07T09:15:05.200 | 4 | 988 | <p>I am looking for a <strong>Desktop Feed Reader</strong> which can sync with Google Reader and sits in the messaging menu and give desktop notifications.
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16521 | 1 | 16529 | 2010-12-07T10:23:03.687 | 54 | 32806 | <p>Where in the unix filesystem is the conventional location to save non-user specific data, for example data shared via nfs or ftp, or backups?</p>
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16528 | 1 | 16534 | 2010-12-07T12:36:52.873 | 7 | 1029 | <p>I use GNOME and it first executes commands from <code>/etc/profile</code> and then from <code>~/.profile</code>. This I have found by putting statements like <code>echo 'something' > test</code> in all files that i could think of like .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, /etc/profile and others.</p>
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16531 | 1 | 16533 | 2010-12-07T13:52:08.373 | 8 | 3285 | <p>Instead of my pretty Faenza icon, it's using a rather ugly one.</p>
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16535 | 1 | 16536 | 2010-12-07T15:01:00.790 | 2 | 6998 | <p>How do I install <code>axel</code> on Natty Narwhal? I tried <code>sudo apt-get install axel</code> but it came back with this: </p>
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[sudo] password for james:
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16540 | 1 | 118384 | 2010-12-07T16:19:14.917 | 3 | 569 | <p>When I insert by usb key nothing happens (i.e. the drive is not visible). I can mount the USB drive from gparted though (and then it's suddenly recognized).</p>
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16544 | 1 | 16547 | 2010-12-07T16:59:38.397 | 2 | 736 | <p>The following happens after attempting to run gnome-activity-journal (from a purge then reinstall)</p>
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16546 | 1 | null | 2010-12-07T17:03:55.883 | 6 | 344 | <p>When I am viewing a PPA in Launchpad, the "Package Details" view shows me the most recent change from the changelog. Is there a way to view the entire changelog for a source package in a PPA without downloading the package?</p>
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16548 | 1 | 16577 | 2010-12-07T17:20:33.563 | 1 | 1510 | <p>What is the best video software that can play more than one instance besides Gnome MPlayer?</p>
<p>I'm tired of using Gnome MPlayer that always creates a pop out dialog about “Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so” everytime I play my videos with it.</p>
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16549 | 1 | 16552 | 2010-12-07T17:22:44.403 | 2 | 1688 | <p>Is there any chance to install nightly Netbeans via apt?<br>
I'd like to get daily updates to newest versions.</p>
<p>Any PPA?</p>
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16551 | 1 | null | 2010-12-07T17:28:55.937 | 1 | 428 | <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>
</blockquote>
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16556 | 1 | 16565 | 2010-12-07T17:52:36.717 | 19 | 16850 | <p>Considering licences like:</p>
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<p>how can I use Ubuntu font family on any website without making user to install it?<br>
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16562 | 1 | 16564 | 2010-12-07T18:43:14.687 | 4 | 1214 | <p>I'm running Ubuntu on a dual boot with Windows Vista, I've just gone to boot up as usual in to Ubuntu and I have this error</p>
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16568 | 1 | 16569 | 2010-12-07T19:41:25.120 | 11 | 5894 | <p>I want to use <a href="http://prism.mozillalabs.com/">Prism</a>, but I don't want to use Firefox. Is there some similiar technology to Prism, based on Chromium instead of Firefox?</p>
<p>Thanx for your answers</p>
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16571 | 1 | 16575 | 2010-12-07T20:04:27.043 | 6 | 281 | <p>I was looking around on the web for an introductory kit with a USB-based microcontroller that I could get started on.</p>
<p>However, most of the tools I looked at were Windows-only.</p>
<p>Are there any kits designed for Ubuntu, or at least ones for Linux that work well in Ubuntu?</p>
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16572 | 1 | 16573 | 2010-12-07T20:04:42.377 | 2 | 5651 | <p>See question here: ===============> <a href="https://superuser.com/questions/218868/tweetdeck-adobe-air-on-ubuntu-10-10">https://superuser.com/questions/218868/tweetdeck-adobe-air-on-ubuntu-10-10</a></p>
<p>Getting the issue: </p>
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16574 | 1 | null | 2010-12-07T20:16:14.900 | 3 | 703 | <p>I have a folder on an external USB drive that I'd like to synchronize in Ubuntu One but when I right click on the folder, or any other folder on the USB drive for that matter, I don't get the option to sync with Ubuntu One. Does anyone know how to make this work?</p>
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16578 | 1 | 16582 | 2010-12-07T20:27:31.903 | 6 | 4044 | <p>Looking at the associated packages, I'm concerned about breaking Nautilus if I try and uninstall Nautilus-Elementary. Can someone please advise me on the best way to remove it?</p>
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16580 | 1 | 16583 | 2010-12-07T20:29:20.267 | 81 | 84104 | <p>How does Ubuntu or any other Linux systems store file associations?</p>
<p>Is there some <code>/etc/asscociations</code> file or something?</p>
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16584 | 1 | null | 2010-12-07T20:59:13.240 | 142 | 413744 | <p>Since the network manager is troubling me so much I want to replace it (possibly <code>wicd</code> or<code>NM</code> from <strong>ppa:volanin</strong>).</p>
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16585 | 1 | null | 2010-12-07T21:14:22.343 | 1 | 341 | <p>When I boot my computer, I get the regular option to start Ubuntu in the boot menu. After I log in with the correct password, it logs me back out again.</p>
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16586 | 1 | null | 2010-12-07T21:19:09.127 | 5 | 44419 | <p>I am having a difficult time trying to access a serial port on VirtualBox. My Guest OS is Windows XP and the host environment is Linux Ubuntu 10.04.</p>
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16589 | 1 | 16591 | 2010-12-07T21:55:49.533 | 4 | 4212 | <p>When I try to watch a video with a high HD Resolution 1280 x 720 H264 in Ubuntu it isn't played smoothly. Stops and glitches occur. I don't think this is a problem with the CPU or graphics card, because under Windows there are no problems like this. Could it be a driver problem? </p>
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16592 | 1 | 16596 | 2010-12-07T22:27:38.850 | 42 | 8870 | <p>It is not clear how the file sync aspect of Ubuntu One is started, nor
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16593 | 1 | 17147 | 2010-12-07T22:31:36.710 | 6 | 2481 | <p>I would like to connect my satellite dish to my laptop. Can anybody recommend a USB DVB-S receiver that works well with Ubuntu?</p>
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16598 | 1 | 16616 | 2010-12-07T22:59:46.490 | 1 | 826 | <p>What I have done many times and what works quite well is the following scenario:</p>
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16604 | 1 | 16611 | 2010-12-08T00:35:12.500 | 6 | 3310 | <p>I've recently taken up a position in an all Mac workshop - We have Intel based Apple machines. Can I dual boot Ubuntu on my machine, if so how?</p>
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16608 | 1 | null | 2010-12-08T01:34:28.023 | 3 | 4806 | <p>I just got a new Mushkin 60gb SSD, and it's now my primary drive in the ata1 spot. I've been getting these <code>failed command: IDENTIFY DEVICE</code> errors which are preventing rebooting and shutdown.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what these could be caused by, or how to start troubleshooting?</p>
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16610 | 1 | null | 2010-12-08T02:17:40.883 | 2 | 1080 | <p>I have the same problem . I am a newbie. I added the repository with</p>
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16612 | 1 | 21108 | 2010-12-08T04:44:48.140 | 4 | 633 | <p>This question is in the context of Lucid 10.04 desktop (ie. no Unity).</p>
<p>I do most screen navigation via the keyboard (not the mouse), so I'm looking for a script solution to re-activating an app which has been "minimized" to the Panel's Notification Area.</p>
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16613 | 1 | null | 2010-12-08T06:54:16.330 | 1 | 4531 | <p>I copied the xampp zip onto the desktop and executed this in a terminal: </p>
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16619 | 1 | null | 2010-12-08T09:43:56.943 | 8 | 486 | <p>I am facing a very strange problem. Out of the blue, my browser starts refreshing itself infinitely. My first guess was firefox is messing up. I installed chrome. But, it happens in chrome as well.</p>
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16620 | 1 | 16622 | 2010-12-08T09:48:48.150 | 12 | 17502 | <p>Is there a command-line tool returns the colour value of a pixel, based solely on its <strong>screen co-ordinates</strong>. </p>
<p>Is there such a tool?</p>
<p>(Also: The tool should not require any user action. It is to run in a loop in a script.)</p>
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16621 | 1 | 16626 | 2010-12-08T10:02:20.383 | 63 | 105467 | <p>Tried to set the default browser using the GUI tools but this didn't work overall. Is there a way to configure the system wide default browser from command line?</p>
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16627 | 1 | 16649 | 2010-12-08T10:31:04.403 | 11 | 33502 | <p>Can I use the Chrome Web Store in Chromium? Or do I have to install Chrome for that.</p>
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16628 | 1 | 16693 | 2010-12-08T10:34:28.907 | 8 | 1254 | <p>Hey, everyone, I'm using Macs for years,and since I'm fascinated by the terminal and command line, I try to learn the basic linux stuff, so I don't care about gaming or web browsers,the only thing I want is just a basic, simple, stable, Linux distribution. Should I use ubuntu, or are there any better suggestion for ... | 7066 | 1067 | 2010-12-08T13:46:31.230 | 2011-06-05T16:41:34.617 | I want to use my old PIII to learn basic linux stuff, should I use ubuntu? | [
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"body": "<p>I have a very similar, almost identical machine in my mother's home and I use it when I stay there. It has a Celeron 400 CPU and 256 RAM and 32 GB hard disk. I've read that \"The Intel Pentium III Processor had a clock speed range from 450 MHz to 1.4 Ghz\" so under any condition you ... | [
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16635 | 1 | 16686 | 2010-12-08T12:18:52.630 | 4 | 801 | <p>I am learning PHP, which means I'd have to install LAMP on my laptop and I think LAMP would degrade my battery life which is already very low, So is there substitute to the LAMP so that I can see how the PHP pages renders on the browser?
Please recommend a software to test the php webpage rendering, Some kind of vir... | 2910 | null | null | 2017-02-21T08:47:01.420 | How to work on *.php pages without LAMP | [
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"body": "<p>Running Apache and PHP will not burden your machine much more than its current state. The other solutions of \"Install XAMPP, etc\" will present the same problem. They're just other \"LAMP\" stacks you can install. I recommend installing lamp-server with <code>tasksel</code> by typin... | [
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"body": "<p>In order for PHP to run, you definetely need a web server installed.<br>\nIf apache is not preferred, you could try <strong>lighttpd</strong>, <strong>nginx</strong> or <strong>abyss</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>The only part that is really not necessary is MySQL, if you're not intere... | null | null | null | null | null |
16642 | 1 | 16644 | 2010-12-08T13:00:07.493 | 5 | 4891 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/247/whats-your-recommendation-on-drive-partitioning-schemes-for-a-desktop-and-home-s">What's your recommendation on drive partitioning schemes for a desktop and home server?</a><br>
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16645 | 1 | null | 2010-12-08T14:46:41.463 | 10 | 527 | <p>We tried <code>/etc/security/limits.conf</code>, but that seems to have no effect.</p>
<p>The used line for limits.conf looks as follows:</p>
<pre><code>myuser hard nproc 6
</code></pre>
<p>That is configuration for a server. I want to limit the processes started. Ulimit limits the processes started from the shel... | 6037 | 158442 | 2017-02-08T07:12:29.997 | 2017-02-08T07:12:29.997 | How to restrict the number of processes a user can start? | [
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"body": "<p>This is not the ideal solution because it can interfere with apache upgrades, but it should work.</p>\n\n<p>Edit /etc/init.d/apache2, on the top of the script (new line after the #!/bin/sh) add the required ulimit, example:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ulimit -u 1024\n</code></pre>\n",
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16650 | 1 | 16661 | 2010-12-08T16:01:55.177 | 145 | 607448 | <p>Just created a new virtual Ubuntu server and I'm in the process of hardening it for production use. I currently have a root account. I want to do the following:</p>
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<li>Create a new user (let's call them <code>jim</code> for the rest of this). I want them to have a <code>/home/</code> directory.</li>
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"body": "<p>Edit (as root) <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code>. Append the following to it:</p>\n\n<pre><code>Port 1234\nPermitRootLogin no\nAllowUsers jim\n</code></pre>\n\n<p><code>Port 1234</code> causes SSH to listen on port 1234. You can use any unused port from 1 to 65535. It's recommended t... | [
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16651 | 1 | 16692 | 2010-12-08T16:08:26.793 | 7 | 3989 | <p>At the moment, to read the documentation of a package, <code>quickly</code> for examle, I do this:</p>
<pre><code>>>> import quickly
>>> help(quickly)
>>> import quickly.widgets
>>> help(quickly.widgets)
>>> import quickly.widgets.text_editor
>>> help(quickl... | 1067 | 527764 | 2017-02-21T00:02:51.427 | 2017-02-21T00:02:51.427 | How do I export all the Python docs of a package and get it into Devhelp? | [
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"body": "<p>You can create HTML documentation of a python module using <a href=\"http://epydoc.sourceforge.net\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">epydoc</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/epydoc\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"Install epydoc\"></a... | [
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16652 | 1 | 16662 | 2010-12-08T16:29:26.067 | 86 | 126195 | <p>I know that there is a very similar question, but I'm not interested in highlighting. What I'm looking for is some tool in Linux to edit pdf files. I've tried <strong>pdfedit</strong> which did the work for me, but if freezes after a few edits. I've tried this tool under Ubuntu 9.10 and under KDE Fedora 14 and the s... | 3858 | 169736 | 2014-05-17T21:13:13.463 | 2016-12-20T19:02:43.810 | Which programs can I use to edit PDF files? | [
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16657 | 1 | null | 2010-12-08T17:13:53.497 | 0 | 231 | <p>i'm new at Ubuntu One.</p>
<p>I've just uploaded a file and I want to get it into a folder. Seems like a stupid question but I've been trying and I couldn't. How do I do it? Thanks.</p>
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16663 | 1 | null | 2010-12-08T18:18:34.280 | 2 | 1322 | <p>I installed Ubuntu on a logical partition a while ago. When I get to the grub bootlist, Vista is not there. What i get is this:</p>
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Ubuntu, with linux 2.6.32-26 (Recovery mode)
Ubuntu, with linux 2.6.32-25
Ubuntu, with linux 2.6.32-26 (Recovery mode)
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"text": "Similar Question: How to restore Windows (XP) menu entry in GRUB? : http://askubuntu.com/questions/11916/how-to-restore-windows-xp-menu-entry-in-grub",
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"body": "<p>Have you tried running <code>sudo update-grub</code>?</p>\n",
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16668 | 1 | 16678 | 2010-12-08T19:25:02.287 | 2 | 1878 | <p>2 months ago I've bought HP Officejet 6500 E709n printer. At the beginning there was a "A4 Borderless" page format and I could print images without white borders. Now this page format has disappeared and I cannot remember making any changes apart from installing recent 10.10 updates.</p>
<p>Any ideas why? How can I... | 2336 | null | null | 2010-12-08T21:13:10.747 | Why has A4 Borderless format disappeared for HP 6500? | [
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