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18060 | 1 | null | 2010-12-18T19:35:56.910 | 0 | 282 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/18047/how-to-open-a-remote-python-program-from-terminal-by-ssh">How to open a remote python program from terminal by ssh?</a> </p>
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<p>When I open a program from my local account using terminal, it wor... | null | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:24:13.310 | 2011-02-27T10:22:30.960 | I can't open program from remote computer, why? | [
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18065 | 1 | 18081 | 2010-12-18T19:54:28.233 | 4 | 1357 | <p>I have an external USB 2.0 harddisk (Seagate 9SD2A2-500) that periodically "freezes" when files on the drive are not written to or read within approximately five minutes. The drive is formatted as ext4, and I am running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 64-bit. </p>
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18067 | 1 | null | 2010-12-18T20:20:43.630 | 5 | 2567 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9599/how-to-mount-ntfs-drive-at-startup">How to mount NTFS drive at startup</a> </p>
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18070 | 1 | null | 2010-12-18T20:47:32.730 | 2 | 177 | <p>I've uploaded some camera files to my Ubuntu One file repository and they have unreadable file names. Is there any way to change the name once the file is in the repository?</p>
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18078 | 1 | 20435 | 2010-12-18T21:56:38.693 | 128 | 102070 | <p>I'm having a really hard time trying to understand what the differences between a desktop environment and a window manager are?</p>
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18079 | 1 | null | 2010-12-18T22:03:53.110 | 1 | 196 | <p>I have checked several times and there are no files, no music, etc. in my Ubuntu One account. Yet, every ten minutes I get a popup that tells me my account is full, and offering me the opportunity to buy more storage.</p>
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18082 | 1 | null | 2010-12-18T22:25:32.630 | 1 | 292 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/65911/how-can-i-fix-a-404-error-using-a-ppa">How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA? </a> </p>
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18086 | 1 | 18088 | 2010-12-18T23:03:48.823 | 6 | 3137 | <p>I would like to sync my home folder using a server with ssh, is it possible to do it with rsync?
I need to be able to sync it between a few computers.</p>
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18091 | 1 | null | 2010-12-19T00:36:41.597 | 2 | 3700 | <p>Recently I got lots of GPG errors and tried the following methods at various stages: </p>
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18092 | 1 | 18093 | 2010-12-19T00:43:04.790 | 0 | 3055 | <p>I installed a cups wrapper for a printer, but it's broken. Now both the Store and Synaptic won't install or remove any packages because the "mfc240ccupswrapper" cannot be repaired or changed. I've tried to force remove it to no avail.</p>
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18096 | 1 | 18099 | 2010-12-19T02:11:44.777 | 3 | 170 | <p>I used to know where it was but can't find it, any help please?</p>
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18097 | 1 | 18420 | 2010-12-19T02:49:20.220 | 14 | 14214 | <p>I've imported lots of pictures into Shotwell and spent some time setting tags. Are those tags locked-in in Shotwell or I can export them (and import again or use with other software)?</p>
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18101 | 1 | 18349 | 2010-12-19T04:12:26.433 | 2 | 6244 | <p>When I start Ubuntu from the grub, I get a strange message, and a medieval prompt as:</p>
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18103 | 1 | 18105 | 2010-12-19T04:57:07.380 | 25 | 24476 | <p>I have multiple users on my home desktop. I am content with most of the default user directories, however I would like to make one change.</p>
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18106 | 1 | null | 2010-12-19T06:45:43.190 | 2 | 4137 | <p>Trying to install opsview onto lucid. However, I'm not sure of the exact commands to run after altering the <code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code> file. What commands are necessary after that?</p>
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18108 | 1 | null | 2010-12-19T07:33:46.907 | 4 | 9665 | <p>I'm running ubuntu lucid lynx on the following config:</p>
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<p>Hello, everybody!</p>
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18121 | 1 | null | 2010-12-19T11:49:07.547 | 3 | 3617 | <p>I suppose to buy a Laptop and want to install Linux OS(not decided which distribution to use), and I have a large volume of data with the NTFS format drive externally. </p>
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18127 | 1 | 21436 | 2010-12-19T12:27:23.440 | 8 | 15382 | <p>On my ubuntu machine, I have <strong>squid3</strong> as a daemon which starts at boot. </p>
<p>The problem is that <strong>squid3</strong> takes a long time to start and stop (more than 30 seconds) and it has also slowed down my OS startup/shutdown time considerably.</p>
<p>How can I solve this issue?</p>
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18132 | 1 | 18382 | 2010-12-19T13:08:02.830 | 12 | 2512 | <p>I'm hearing as how Unity is using nux (and not gtk) for its gui.</p>
<p>I realise that it's tangled up with Compiz somehow, but I wonder if anyone has considered Unity as the future interface for Kubuntu...</p>
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18139 | 1 | 18140 | 2010-12-19T14:31:39.377 | 14 | 37479 | <p>I've written:</p>
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18142 | 1 | 18146 | 2010-12-19T15:35:22.623 | 8 | 745 | <p>The four main desktop environments are GNOME, KDE, XFCE and LXDE. While Kubuntu and Xubuntu are considered official derivatives of Ubuntu, Lubuntu is not. Why is that so?</p>
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18144 | 1 | 26423 | 2010-12-19T15:56:03.317 | 4 | 728 | <p>Is there a setting or a package to enable flick to scroll on Ubuntu?</p>
<p>I'd like to use this with my Apple Magic mouse and the two-finger scroll feature of my trackpad.</p>
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18148 | 1 | 39934 | 2010-12-19T16:00:26.997 | 2 | 1866 | <p>What is the boot kernel option (casper) to change the size of the ram root file system when booting from livecd. I want to be able to install few packages to work with, w/o really installing the system.</p>
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18150 | 1 | null | 2010-12-19T17:00:39.430 | 1 | 2031 | <p>here is the output from lsusb:</p>
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<p>it seems to be installed but Cheese software still doesn't find it on start up (Skype does the same :)</p>
<p>Do I need to switch the camera on somehow?</p>
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18151 | 1 | 29393 | 2010-12-19T17:01:02.020 | 6 | 2832 | <p>For Photoshop there is Genuine Fractals plugin to increase image resolution with very little loss in visual quality. Is there an analogue for GIMP?</p>
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18154 | 1 | 18174 | 2010-12-19T17:44:32.213 | 3 | 619 | <p>How can I convince my sceptical friends using Windows and Mac to switch to Ubuntu?</p>
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18157 | 1 | null | 2010-12-19T18:15:59.037 | 6 | 651 | <p>I think it would be very helpful to users, if they could know beforehand exactly how much disk space they should allocate while opting for advanced partition method during an Ubuntu installation. </p>
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18166 | 1 | 18168 | 2010-12-19T19:39:37.763 | 4 | 621 | <p>I did a lot of searches on Google in how to install <a href="http://www.wacom.com/intuos/" rel="nofollow">Intous 4</a> driver, but I couldn't find anything that worked until now.</p>
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18167 | 1 | 18181 | 2010-12-19T19:45:32.640 | 7 | 4744 | <p>How can i minimize a fullscreen application? Alt-F9 does not seem to have any effect on fullscreen windows.</p>
<p>More specifically, I'm running Boxee in fullscreen on Ubuntu 10.10. And when Boxee hangs, I want to minimize the window so I can kill it.</p>
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18170 | 1 | 18186 | 2010-12-19T20:33:53.100 | 41 | 80899 | <p>I'm looking for a way to reboot into Windows from Ubuntu on a 10.10/Vista dual boot system. The specific use case is that I would like to be able to ssh into my running Ubuntu instance and issue a command that will initiate a reboot directly into Windows.</p>
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18173 | 1 | null | 2010-12-19T21:36:02.340 | 1 | 721 | <p>The framerate of the built in webcam of my Dell Mini 10 (Inspiron 1010) is extremely slow (may be 1 frame every 10 seconds). </p>
<p>Initially I couldn't see the webcam image. After following the instruction from this previous questions</p>
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18175 | 1 | null | 2010-12-19T21:46:58.630 | 3 | 2175 | <p>When I use <code>gksudo nautilus</code> to browse folders that are owned by root, my Ubuntu desktop returns to some kind of default setting - changing my wallpaper and displaying desktop icons (which I don't usually display). However, without manually changing the settings, I cannot find a way to make the settings r... | 6098 | 6098 | 2010-12-19T22:22:12.467 | 2017-08-27T05:49:15.873 | How to change desktop settings back after using gksudo nautilus? | [
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18177 | 1 | 18191 | 2010-12-19T21:51:49.447 | 6 | 1387 | <p>I'm often faced with the tedious task of generating a PowerPoint from a collection of pictures. Each picture is to be placed with in its own slide, centered and enlarged so that it fills the screen. Is there way to do this with OpenOffice, Python or some other tool in the repository?</p>
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18178 | 1 | null | 2010-12-19T21:52:54.893 | 4 | 2227 | <p>I'm using a new <a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=4325388" rel="nofollow">HP Home G42-215BR</a> notebook, which uses an Intel HD Graphics GPU (i915 kernel driver). </p>
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18179 | 1 | 18356 | 2010-12-19T22:08:08.180 | 1 | 1474 | <p>I have a new video cam which records in h.264. In windows the videos play fine, but in linux they look interlaced. What can it be? I get the best result with VLC but they still are interlaced<br>
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18180 | 1 | 18207 | 2010-12-19T22:10:13.367 | 12 | 20949 | <p>I was wondering if there was an open source program that would allow me to have a certain keystroke/key combination pressed every say, two seconds or so.</p>
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18187 | 1 | 18189 | 2010-12-19T23:01:39.700 | 3 | 2738 | <p>Is there any way I can see what programs were running at a specific time? Is there a way to see the last time a program was run? I'm trying to see if a certain program was running yesterday because I suspect it may have been affecting the program I was using. Any suggestions?</p>
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18188 | 1 | 18221 | 2010-12-19T23:21:01.803 | 5 | 4497 | <p>I have an old Ubuntu LAMP server. I'd like to move the webpage over to a newer Ubuntu server and I'm wondering what the easiest way to backup and restore the webpage would be? Or just the easiest way to transfer the settings to a new server.</p>
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18192 | 1 | 18193 | 2010-12-20T01:44:27.243 | 33 | 19296 | <p>Being an early adopter and using 11.04 daily builds I sometimes meet a situation when some packages require earlier versions of other packages than those I have installed. Usually newer (but refused) versions of needed packages provide all the functionality of their older versions.</p>
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18194 | 1 | null | 2010-12-20T01:51:19.173 | 5 | 695 | <p>After installing Ubuntu 11.04 I was disappointed by the fact there are still Scala 2.7 (when 2.8 is long ago current actual branch) and Mono 2.6 (when pretty a time has passed after 2.8 release). I am not sure I could build all the packages for Mono myself, but I'd like to try making my own custom version of Scala p... | 2390 | 235 | 2010-12-20T02:33:37.567 | 2016-09-19T17:24:39.417 | Can you recommend a good tutorial on building custom package versions? | [
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18197 | 1 | 18861 | 2010-12-20T02:06:48.090 | 2 | 3225 | <p>I recently got a Sony Vaio VPCEB series laptop and I tried hooking in my external Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000 into the computer (it has a small usb flash drive that hooks into the computer). </p>
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18198 | 1 | null | 2010-12-20T02:13:24.873 | 10 | 21692 | <p>Looks ridiculous, but I can't find Ambience theme for XFCE out the in the Internet (while there are even couple of pretty good versions for Windows XP). Could you share a link? I even don't require everything (like controls and icons) look exactly like it does in original Ubuntu Ambiance, I just want window decorati... | 2390 | 1067 | 2010-12-20T11:57:24.183 | 2016-06-23T07:09:04.537 | Is there a good Ambience theme for Xubuntu (XFCE, XFWM)? | [
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18200 | 1 | null | 2010-12-20T02:21:37.757 | 9 | 9211 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/307/how-can-ppas-be-removed">How can PPAs be removed?</a> </p>
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18206 | 1 | null | 2010-12-20T02:55:32.233 | 1 | 1076 | <p>In the keyboard configuration (gnome-keyboard-properties) under "Behavior of Alt/Windows keys", there is an option "Add default action to the Menu key". What does that even mean, and why isn't it documented anywhere?</p>
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18208 | 1 | 18209 | 2010-12-20T03:33:51.967 | 2 | 4383 | <p>Is there a way to control volume of a remote system via ssh? we have a media center server and we want to remotely control the volume.</p>
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18215 | 1 | null | 2010-12-20T05:10:38.387 | 1 | 2237 | <p>I just installed Ubuntu 10.10 onto my laptop. Everything is working great however USB devices such as thumb drives and external hard drives wont show up. I have been looking around a bit and when I run <code>sudo fdisk -l</code> it displays this:</p>
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18216 | 1 | 18233 | 2010-12-20T05:28:21.740 | 6 | 3742 | <p>As far as I know, in older versions of XFCE this was a default behaviour - "Applications" menu was popped-up immediately on desktop mouse right-click. But now "Applications" menu appears as a sub-menu in a folder-class context menu which pops up instead.</p>
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18222 | 1 | 18270 | 2010-12-20T06:33:23.263 | 17 | 12567 | <p>I'd like Software Center, Update Manager and some other system management applications to work without asking for password (like sudo does if configured with NOPASSWD) but only asking for a confirmation instead, or even without any confirmation. At the same time I wouldn't like to use no user password at all. Is thi... | 2390 | 2390 | 2011-10-10T16:44:40.603 | 2023-10-10T11:24:50.503 | How to prevent system applications (like the Software Center) from asking for password? | [
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<p>I'm currently setting up an XBMC HTPC using a laptop and 10.10 and all works great except for waking from resume using the power button on the remote. The suspend works from remote works fine as does the resume using the power button on the laptop.</p>
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18234 | 1 | 18235 | 2010-12-20T10:21:45.727 | 3 | 373 | <p>How can I go to the address bar in Nautlius using the keyboard? I find it annoying to have the mouse each time I want to copy the path of some files. Not to mention that Nautilus by default don't have an address bar, so I need to spend to keep clicking buttons and menu items until I get the address!! Any idea?</p>
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18236 | 1 | null | 2010-12-20T10:46:29.630 | 6 | 33484 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/3541/can-not-paste-into-terminal">Can not paste into terminal</a> </p>
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18242 | 1 | null | 2010-12-20T11:04:08.087 | 3 | 293 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/80847/oki-b2540-still-doesnt-print">OKI B2540 - still doesn't print?</a> </p>
</blockquote>
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18243 | 1 | 18245 | 2010-12-20T11:08:46.023 | 88 | 74650 | <p>Is it possible to move windows from the keyboard itself without touching the mouse?</p>
<p>I know I can do a <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Left Click</kbd> and drag the window, however I am hoping there is something I can use to move it from the keyboard without the mouse.</p>
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18248 | 1 | null | 2010-12-20T11:30:28.867 | 11 | 34105 | <p>I want to install Lubuntu on my old desktop with 128MB of RAM. As the memory is not enough to run the graphical installer, I had to follow the minimal install from a minimal.iso file as <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/DocumentationHelp/MinimalInstall">described here</a>. However, halfway through the install... | 1599 | 3550 | 2010-12-20T14:05:44.530 | 2016-06-23T07:06:45.203 | How to change Ubuntu into Lubuntu? | [
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18249 | 1 | null | 2010-12-20T11:35:10.090 | 1 | 605 | <p>I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 on a Revo r3610 nettop with integrated sound (Intel HDA) and graphics (nVidia ION).</p>
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18251 | 1 | null | 2010-12-20T11:40:01.960 | 3 | 449 | <p>I installed Ubuntu Netbook edition on my laptop, and in <strong>System → Preferences → Appearance</strong>, visual effects were not highlighted, so is there anyway to enable it? Now I'm using desktop mode at login.</p>
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18252 | 1 | 44531 | 2010-12-20T11:44:39.040 | 6 | 1107 | <p>Is there a PPA or a package somewhere?</p>
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18262 | 1 | 18268 | 2010-12-20T13:58:56.497 | 7 | 2135 | <p>I've created a file sharing server with Ubuntu server and samba, the <strong>drive for sharing is on ext4</strong>, but <strong>all the users are on windows 7/XP</strong></p>
<p>Would the copy speed be faster if the drive would be on NTFS?</p>
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18263 | 1 | null | 2010-12-20T13:59:08.843 | 3 | 419 | <p>I have installed <code>openssh-server</code> from Synaptics, as usual, on a brand new Ubuntu Desktop computer, 10.10, with all updates and patches implemented. </p>
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18274 | 1 | 18347 | 2010-12-20T15:33:17.717 | 1 | 363 | <p>My main system runs on Lucid Lynx 10.04, and since it's running rather well I do not wish to upgrade yet.</p>
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<p>I would like to use this for display data from personal weather station.
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18279 | 1 | 18280 | 2010-12-20T16:27:11.160 | 6 | 647 | <p>I tried to uninstall Evince but got a message that doing so would remove <code>ubuntu-desktop</code> which appears to be needed to update or upgrade the system.</p>
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<p><code>MAKEDEV std</code> and <code>MAKEDEV pty</code> aren't enough, which isn't surprising on a system using <code>udev</code>. </p>
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<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9809/is-it-possible-to-mirror-the-apt-repositories">Is it possible to mirror the apt repositories?</a><br>
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18286 | 1 | 18291 | 2010-12-20T17:24:03.960 | 2 | 394 | <p>My laptop restarted because the battery ran out of juice. Now the Gnome settings are gone. The panels are looking very bad. I am hearing sounds that were not there before restart. Menus are not appearing nor are the launchers that I added to the panel. How do I get my previous settings back?</p>
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18293 | 1 | null | 2010-12-20T19:12:36.880 | 1 | 1526 | <p>I used a 3G broadband modem. I usually would be able to get a download speed of 40 - 60 kbps when i still used windows. but it seems ubuntu has a way of restricting downloads to 15kbps. this happens for streaming sites ( youtube), synaptics/apt-get.
The only way for me to avi.</p>
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18297 | 1 | 18304 | 2010-12-20T19:33:05.370 | 12 | 38445 | <p>Is there a list of free MMORPG games for Ubuntu somewhere?</p>
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18302 | 1 | 18303 | 2010-12-20T19:52:22.593 | 3 | 4916 | <p>Ok so i downloaded the source code of an addon for Firefox, that was a .xpi file so i extracted that, changed some functions and now i would like to recreate a .xpi file so i can test it in Firefox.</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me how to do this ? </p>
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18305 | 1 | null | 2010-12-20T20:03:11.297 | 2 | 1579 | <p>On my laptop, when I have dual monitors, my laptop screen resolution is 1680x1050. Nevertheless, when I disconect the second screen and restart the laptop, the screen resolution drop to 1400x1050 and I have no opportunity to set it back to 1680x1050.</p>
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18306 | 1 | 18308 | 2010-12-20T20:05:45.370 | 2 | 282 | <p>I am able to open broken RMVB file in "Movie Player", but I'm not able to use progress bar (eg. to skip intro of movie or jump to specific scene etc).
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18311 | 1 | null | 2010-12-20T21:54:39.067 | 2 | 5348 | <p>I am using a <a href="http://www.acer.com/aspireone/aspireone_8_9/" rel="nofollow">Acer Aspire One</a>. <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne" rel="nofollow">Here is the Ubuntu Wiki Page</a> about my computer.</p>
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18313 | 1 | 18324 | 2010-12-20T22:08:04.863 | 1 | 213 | <p>Somehow just after rebooting my PC, Ubuntu wouldn´t boot</p>
<p>Giving me this error, i seriously don´t know what happened but im sure it can be fixed</p>
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18318 | 1 | 18321 | 2010-12-20T22:26:22.323 | 4 | 3098 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/2471/how-to-hide-users-from-the-login-screen">How to hide users from the login screen?</a> </p>
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<p>I'm setting Ubuntu 10.10 up on my father's desktop and have two user accounts, his and mine (for remo... | 3101 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:56.097 | 2010-12-21T01:14:02.357 | How do I hide a user from the login list? | [
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18327 | 1 | null | 2010-12-20T23:39:47.000 | 0 | 816 | <p>I don't have a mobile, my laptops rarely leave home, but occasionally I would like to make a file available to myself (or someone else) away from home. Hence my foray into Ubuntu One. </p>
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18328 | 1 | 18329 | 2010-12-21T00:06:45.843 | 4 | 12603 | <p>I am trying to run an expect script, that everytime the prompt says user@blah's password, it enters the password I have the following expect script but it seem to be acting up. </p>
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18332 | 1 | null | 2010-12-21T00:39:07.917 | 6 | 1345 | <p>When I boot up Ubuntu, all I get is a little blinking underscore at the top left side of my screen. I am using splash screen manager and activated a picture to start at boot up, but it doesn't show up. </p>
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18335 | 1 | null | 2010-12-21T01:30:07.380 | 5 | 812 | <p>It was working fine when I bought it. I think it was an update or something that made it stop. I don't think the Mic is broken, at least I hope not. Can anyone help? </p>
<p>Please? I need it before tommorrow. I'm working on a video. </p>
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18338 | 1 | 18355 | 2010-12-21T01:39:53.057 | 3 | 905 | <p>I have one computer running Lucid and another one that I recently upgraded to Maverick. Up until today, I was using AWN with Maverick, including their custom indicator applets. I've decided to switch back to the default gnome panels with dockbarx, but when I add the indicator applet to my panel, it's not displaying ... | 2664 | 1067 | 2011-01-23T12:27:01.023 | 2011-06-25T20:29:32.920 | Gnome indicator applet not showing same items on two computers | [
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18341 | 1 | 18343 | 2010-12-21T02:31:43.590 | 1 | 1373 | <p>I posted a question a little while ago about the network icon no longer showing in the indicator applet after upgrading to maverick. After reading <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/12414/why-are-indicator-applets-not-working">this post</a>, I looked in synaptic to see if I was missing any of the indicators, a... | 2664 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:24:48.743 | 2010-12-21T03:07:48.813 | Installing indicator-network loses network devices | [
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18342 | 1 | 18353 | 2010-12-21T02:57:51.663 | 0 | 1176 | <p>In AWN, when you add a launcher, you can choose the icon to include. It gives you a choice - from Theme or from File. (See screenshot.) What I'm wondering is, where do the icons in the Theme choice actually live? Are they individual graphic files that can be used elsewhere, or are they somehow local to AWN?
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18345 | 1 | null | 2010-12-21T04:01:49.223 | 68 | 86435 | <p>I want to resize the Unity launcher. Is that possible?</p>
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18346 | 1 | 18441 | 2010-12-21T04:11:27.420 | 4 | 2695 | <p>I'm wondering if it's possible to set up dual screen using VESA as a driver? and if anybody has a working <code>xorg.conf</code> sample that can post. I'm using Ubuntu 9.10</p>
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18348 | 1 | null | 2010-12-21T05:04:45.283 | 3 | 214 | <p>I want to share a folder for two users, here is what I did:</p>
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18350 | 1 | 18381 | 2010-12-21T06:18:46.087 | 11 | 1742 | <p>I've been reading about how the new Compiz-based Unity has issues with virtual box and what not. </p>
<p>Since NX effectively sets up a virtual interface/session, will Unity work within an NX server session?</p>
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18352 | 1 | 18354 | 2010-12-21T07:07:15.957 | 9 | 20699 | <p>Even after I've installed all the Mono packages, I am still asked to install Silverlight when I visit Silverlight-enabled web pages.</p>
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18357 | 1 | 18359 | 2010-12-21T08:34:41.763 | 122 | 162189 | <p>I know how to install TrueType fonts (by copying them to <code>/usr/share/fonts/truetype</code> and doing <code>sudo fc-cache -f</code>) but what about OTF formats?</p>
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18360 | 1 | 18361 | 2010-12-21T09:29:52.657 | 8 | 6626 | <p>How to lock workstation in Xubuntu (XFCE, XFWM)?</p>
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"body": "<p>You use program called <code>xflock4</code>, I can really remember what is the shortcut to that bu i thing it is <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>Delete</kbd>. Anyway if it doesn't work make sure it is installed.</p>\n",
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18366 | 1 | null | 2010-12-21T10:23:18.393 | 3 | 5408 | <p>Yesterday I discovered that dbus-daemon was taking from 10% to 30% of my RAM.<br>
How can I reduce the amount of RAM being used?</p>
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18367 | 1 | 18368 | 2010-12-21T10:39:39.823 | 19 | 23851 | <p>I generally prefer XFCE desktop environment of Xubuntu, but I found its files right-click context menu too humble (no option to compress/decompress files for example, and I'd like some my very special actions there too).</p>
<p>How can I customize it?</p>
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