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3617 | 1 | 3620 | 2010-09-04T20:16:41.417 | 15 | 14554 | <p>I would like to create a movie DVD that contains some pictures and small movies. I'm not after anything too fancy, just the ability to add some music, create a title screen and add a menu. Basically, something like <a href="http://explore.live.com/windows-live-movie-maker">Windows Movie Maker</a>. </p>
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3618 | 1 | 3814 | 2010-09-04T20:44:27.743 | 5 | 3140 | <p>My server (running ubuntu 8.04LTS server) reports the time as 9:38PM BST right now. BST (British Summer Time) is 1 hour ahead of UTC (or Greenwich Mean Time if you really want to confuse matters)</p>
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3623 | 1 | 3624 | 2010-09-04T21:55:01.473 | 10 | 3569 | <p>Often I need to create packages which another package depend on (i.e. build dependencies). Instead of having all those packages first being build in my ppa (which can sometimes take some time), I would like to use the results directory from pbuilder as a source for the pbuilder itself.</p>
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3627 | 1 | 3643 | 2010-09-04T22:27:52.623 | 3 | 288 | <p>Suddenly, the propriety Broadcom STA wireless driver ceased to work on my Inspiron 1525 Dell. All of a sudden, when I turned on the laptop the tooltip of the wireless indicator in the top panel shows <code>networking disabled</code>.</p>
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3629 | 1 | 3631 | 2010-09-04T22:34:24.267 | 8 | 3815 | <p>I'm looking to stream my desktop live via a service such as ustream and having extreme difficulty in finding a solution.</p>
<p>I've tried WebcamStudio and it could only use FME files which don't work with Ustream. </p>
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3632 | 1 | 3644 | 2010-09-04T22:46:18.157 | 4 | 216 | <p>In order to allow php5.2 being used on lucid, I created a ppa (<a href="https://launchpad.net/~txwikinger/+archive/php5.2" rel="nofollow">ppa:txwikinger/php5.2</a>) and build several php5.2 packages there. In order to prefer those packages I have given instructions to pin them. However, the packages php5-mcrypt and ... | 4 | null | null | 2010-09-25T17:00:08.260 | How can I make sure that pinning with apt-get is compatible with virtual packages? | [
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3645 | 1 | 3650 | 2010-09-05T04:07:35.653 | 57 | 389492 | <p>I have a file that ends in .ts, which according to wikipedia is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG_transport_stream">MPEG2 file</a>. I've never run into a file like this so I want it want the file to be in a more common format/container to use on multiple devices.</p>
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3648 | 1 | null | 2010-09-05T06:20:30.943 | 2 | 873 | <p>The pen works great out of the box. Any idea how to get multi-touch working?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
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3651 | 1 | 3914 | 2010-09-05T07:37:41.790 | 9 | 5673 | <p>I have Ubuntu 10.04 server currently setup with dhcp3-server as well as a bridged interface (br0) for use with virtual machines. The problem I have is that when the server reboots, dhcp3-server fails to load because of the extra delay caused by bringing up the bridged interface.</p>
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3652 | 1 | null | 2010-09-05T08:09:03.153 | 4 | 2445 | <p>I want to do iPhone tethering using MyWi, I can see the network it creates but I just can't join. Having WEP security on would throw me into the passphrase input again and leaving it unprotected doesn't connect.</p>
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3656 | 1 | null | 2010-09-05T10:30:11.750 | 9 | 820 | <p>I run Ubuntu 10.04 on an EEEPC with a <strong>4GB fast SSD</strong> set as the / partition, and a <strong>16GB slower SSD</strong> set as the /home partition. I keep running out of space on "/", and can no longer install the latest updates, or new apps.</p>
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3659 | 1 | null | 2010-09-05T11:11:11.313 | 7 | 11192 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/49869/how-to-roll-back-ubuntu-to-a-previous-version">How to roll back Ubuntu to a previous version?</a> </p>
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3662 | 1 | null | 2010-09-05T12:18:54.390 | 14 | 5966 | <p>I'd like to map </p>
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<li><p><kbd>Super</kbd> + <kbd>Left</kbd> to <kbd>Home</kbd></p></li>
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3667 | 1 | 150793 | 2010-09-05T14:12:54.577 | 3 | 3136 | <p>After installing Ubuntu 10.04 I had some flickering issues, so I tried upgrading drivers and such, then I installed the <code>fglrx</code> driver and the flickering have gone away but when trying to access the TTY screens from 1-6 the screen goes blank. I'm able to get back in to gnome on tty7.</p>
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3672 | 1 | 3676 | 2010-09-05T15:49:29.330 | 6 | 1691 | <p>I've just upgraded to Maverick 10.10 beta and notice heavy performance penalty on my Nvidia GT240 card. Will it be fixed for release?</p>
<p>EDIT:For me, 260.19.12 fixes all bugs. Perfomance & stability now perfect!</p>
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3673 | 1 | 3685 | 2010-09-05T15:50:18.533 | 3 | 684 | <p>I just updated to the Maverick beta (actually it's a fresh install, and not an upgrade of 10.04). But now "Ubuntu One" doesn't show up in my me-menu thing. In addition, when I go to Ubuntu One from System->Preferences and attempt to log in from there it will sometimes look like it works, but other times it won't d... | 693 | 667 | 2010-09-05T16:13:53.803 | 2011-02-28T00:56:18.263 | How to troubleshoot Ubuntu One in Maverick beta? | [
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3677 | 1 | 3843 | 2010-09-05T17:01:37.863 | 14 | 35581 | <p>I use Ubuntu 10.04 and I see, that every time when I start it enables Wireless Connectivity.<br>
I know, that there is a topic about it on Ubuntu forums, but I think I will get old before I get an answer there (if there is one). </p>
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3678 | 1 | 3679 | 2010-09-05T17:08:34.333 | 70 | 50535 | <p>Does anybody know of any resources that can show me how to make my own "Dropbox, Ubuntu One" server at home?</p>
<p>I really like the idea of these services, but I don't want to put my 'stuff' in the clouds. Ideally, it should have a client that runs on Linux and Windows.</p>
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3683 | 1 | 3684 | 2010-09-05T19:57:11.670 | 2 | 1214 | <p>Is Flock browser available in Ubuntu 10.4. If so how do I download in command line. Is it perhaps:</p>
<p>sudo apt get Flock browser</p>
<p>Not sure, will appreciate some help. Thnxs</p>
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3689 | 1 | 3698 | 2010-09-05T20:32:56.013 | 5 | 2991 | <p>I'm currently (for some days now) having the problem, that my Ubuntu clock runs too fast. and by too fast I mean like: last time I adjusted it was at 4 PM, now (10:25 PM) it shows 10:57 PM ! Any ideas how to fix that?</p>
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3690 | 1 | 3692 | 2010-09-05T21:14:45.597 | 15 | 20024 | <p>I have been moving toward Ubuntu from a long time Windows development background. The one program I cannot seem to do without is a graphic editor. I have seen recommendations for programs, but they turn out to be directed at children or tailored to working with personal photographs.</p>
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3697 | 1 | 3706 | 2010-09-05T22:14:49.670 | 400 | 662111 | <p>How do I install fonts on Ubuntu Linux? I need them to be available in gimp.</p>
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3700 | 1 | 3731 | 2010-09-05T22:19:50.707 | 6 | 4632 | <p>I have an Archos 605 media player that seems to have become corrupted, so I'm trying to run fsck on it. It mounts as a FAT32 hard drive, so I ran </p>
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3707 | 1 | null | 2010-09-05T22:50:09.967 | 8 | 2114 | <p>I run ubuntu on my macbook pro, with nvidia proprietary driver.</p>
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3708 | 1 | null | 2010-09-05T23:19:06.313 | 4 | 80 | <p>Recently the network manager applet has been crashing immediately after startup and only at startup. It remains stable throughout the rest of the day. How would I begin to discover what the issue is? There must be a general method of attack on a problem like this. Normally I would try running the program from the... | 100 | 211 | 2010-09-06T15:26:14.120 | 2010-09-06T21:40:21.910 | How to troubleshoot/bug report a problem that only appears right after startup? | [
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3710 | 1 | null | 2010-09-05T23:41:32.133 | 1 | 471 | <p>When I start <a href="http://www.bluetile.org/" rel="nofollow">bluetile</a> it replaces the current theme of the window manager. How can I keep the current theme and settings, and still use bluetile?</p>
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3719 | 1 | 3742 | 2010-09-06T03:10:03.977 | 16 | 5380 | <p>I often use a USB mouse and my laptop's pointing stick at the same time. I can adjust the sensitivity in Mouse Preferences, but the sensitivities of the two mice are so different that I cannot find a compromise setting.</p>
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3727 | 1 | 3767 | 2010-09-06T10:00:32.177 | -2 | 363 | <p>The title explains it already...</p>
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3732 | 1 | null | 2010-09-06T12:13:48.893 | 3 | 5195 | <p>Firefox 3.6.8 on Ubuntu 9.10; using TreeStyleTab 0.10.2010040201.</p>
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3735 | 1 | 3797 | 2010-09-06T12:50:43.740 | 2 | 5361 | <p>I'm having trouble getting a cheap LCD 18.5 inch monitor to work properly with Ubuntu 10.04.1. The brand is "Great Wall".
It's supposed to have resolution 1366x768, but I can only set it as 1360x768.</p>
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3743 | 1 | 8674 | 2010-09-06T15:54:48.410 | 1 | 634 | <p>I've just sorted out the tearing in videos on my PC following this guide:</p>
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3744 | 1 | 3757 | 2010-09-06T16:56:36.163 | 82 | 287089 | <p>I want to add a directory to search my search path. I know I have to modify the <code>PATH</code> environment variable. However, I want the change to be permanent, so that it is always in effect, for every Terminal (bash) window I open.</p>
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3749 | 1 | 3766 | 2010-09-06T17:39:50.920 | 2 | 780 | <p>I'm having a Dell Inspiron 1525. Suspend and resume were working correctly.</p>
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3750 | 1 | 3753 | 2010-09-06T17:48:22.510 | 30 | 1914 | <p>I've always used my Ubuntu desktop behind the security of a router with NAT, but there have been a few times when I've had to plug it directly into an active cable modem.</p>
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3759 | 1 | 3769 | 2010-09-06T18:55:47.307 | 15 | 10363 | <p>Not sure if it is possible, but i seem to remember from my old days using AIX it was possible to change my path by just saying which part of the path needed to be replaced by something else. For instance, say i have two paths:</p>
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3763 | 1 | null | 2010-09-06T19:57:51.157 | 5 | 3514 | <p>I've been attempting for quite a long time to get a Serial 3M Touchscreen to work on Ubuntu 10.04.</p>
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3773 | 1 | 3783 | 2010-09-06T23:11:13.503 | 4 | 472 | <p>I really like some of my shortcuts but I find at times there are other ways I would like to invoke the same shortcut.</p>
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<p>Switches workspaces left/right respectively. </p>
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3778 | 1 | null | 2010-09-07T04:04:29.357 | 12 | 9319 | <blockquote>
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<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/10998/what-is-a-good-text-editor-for-developing-code-on">What is a good text editor for developing code on?</a> </p>
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3781 | 1 | 4209 | 2010-09-07T06:48:26.477 | 7 | 984 | <p>I have a PXE server at home for doing <a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/">network-based installs</a>, which uses the text-based alternate installer.</p>
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3782 | 1 | 3784 | 2010-09-07T07:04:24.197 | 20 | 20082 | <p>It is time for a new cell phone and I am facing the difficult question: which one?
I would like to get a smartphone and am now browsing around the web to see
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3796 | 1 | 3801 | 2010-09-07T11:59:00.470 | 8 | 2976 | <p>Just took a look at the memory usage (with <code>free -m</code>) on one of my Ubuntu servers and saw this:</p>
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3804 | 1 | null | 2010-09-07T13:46:21.933 | 2 | 1979 | <p>It is possible with other distros! If so, how do you do it?</p>
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3805 | 1 | 3827 | 2010-09-07T14:11:41.460 | 11 | 1080 | <p>I have setup some applications to startup on each login (e.g., redshift-gtk, gtg) automatically but after adding these to startup applications (<code>System -> Preferences -> Startup Applications</code>) obviously the time taken to login has increased. Due to all this the time it takes for my panels, desktop e... | 270 | 17722 | 2012-08-18T06:26:12.697 | 2012-08-18T06:26:12.697 | How can I reduce the time taken to login by postponing/delaying some startup applications? | [
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3807 | 1 | 3808 | 2010-09-07T14:32:40.767 | 23 | 270412 | <p>I'm trying to set <strong>Network Proxy</strong> to use my LAN's internet connection to update packages.
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3815 | 1 | 3816 | 2010-09-07T17:10:37.673 | 41 | 216893 | <p>Is there any links/tutorials/videos that helps me share files between Ubuntu and Mac OSX?</p>
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3817 | 1 | 10720 | 2010-09-07T18:40:26.567 | 3 | 1186 | <p>I have this issue where the entire text in text boxes is selected whilst I'm typing in it. For example, in FireFox search box I'd try to type "foo" but end up with "o" because I managed to type "fo" before everything was selected, and then typed "o" which replaced the "fo".</p>
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3818 | 1 | 3897 | 2010-09-07T18:43:44.220 | 16 | 32017 | <p>I have just started at sixth form college, and I'm going to take a Computing A-level. I have been informed all the programming in the first year is in VB.NET on Windows (I believe you are allowed more freedom in the second year...)</p>
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3830 | 1 | 3831 | 2010-09-07T20:27:39.003 | 4 | 1791 | <p>I need to connect to a specific wireless network before being able to successfully connect to my user account, since it needs access to a secured LDAP server.</p>
<p>The same applies when I am outside of the office, where I need to connect to a VPN before I can log in.</p>
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3832 | 1 | null | 2010-09-07T20:36:15.490 | 10 | 7442 | <p>I am tired of the envelope in the indicator applet (also known as the messages menu) because I don't use it so I would like to get rid of it but I don't have root access so I can't remove it by uninstalling the indicator-messages package. Is there another way to disable this applet?</p>
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3834 | 1 | null | 2010-09-07T21:00:43.723 | 2 | 1212 | <p>do you know any workaround for this very long lasting bug buried somewhere in kernel or in gnome-power-manager, please? Thanks in advance. See description:</p>
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3837 | 1 | 3839 | 2010-09-08T00:20:45.120 | 14 | 2709 | <p>What are the chances that the Ubuntu Project will die if its primary source of funds are removed? In other words, how healthy are the finances of the Ubuntu sponsors Canonical? Is Ubuntu losing money?</p>
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3841 | 1 | 3842 | 2010-09-08T01:53:52.750 | 58 | 58550 | <p>Every time I reboot my machine the brightness goes back to 100% in Gnome. I wish it would keep the last setting. Is there anyway?</p>
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3850 | 1 | 3851 | 2010-09-08T10:29:08.313 | 32 | 79409 | <p>I've had a few security problems with a server of mine, a few SSH users have been setting up fires aka giving problems.</p>
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3856 | 1 | null | 2010-09-08T12:18:39.863 | 4 | 3603 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/2631/access-ubuntu-server-by-host-name">Access Ubuntu Server by host name</a> </p>
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3860 | 1 | 3862 | 2010-09-08T14:05:43.583 | 6 | 6944 | <p>I have a particular service (in this case OpenFire) that runs at startup. When it starts, it attempts to connect to a database at a given hostname. At startup time it fails to connect to that database because it cannot find the host in DNS.</p>
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3863 | 1 | null | 2010-09-08T15:50:22.153 | 4 | 1192 | <p>I want to set up an Ubuntu router with automatic fail-over to a 3G link. I can probably set up routing and link aggregation, but I don't know how to monitor link status and dial the 3G link in case it is down. Pointers to helpful resources greatly appreciated.</p>
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3865 | 1 | 3866 | 2010-09-08T19:11:46.623 | 157 | 158313 | <p>I have a largish music collection and there are some duplicates in there. Is there any way to find duplicate files. At a minimum by doing a hash and seeing if two files have the same hash.</p>
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3869 | 1 | 3962 | 2010-09-08T21:27:47.943 | 1 | 4111 | <p>I have an Acer Aspire 4810T with ubuntu 10.04 installed on it. <code>Fn+F3</code> should turn on/off the internal bluetooth receiver. But it does nothing. The "bluetooth" menu in System > Preferences says "your computer does not have any bluetooth adapters plugged in". I have <code>bluez</code> and <code>bluez-utils... | 702 | 235 | 2010-09-08T21:37:15.810 | 2014-05-24T18:30:28.927 | Laptop's Internal bluetooth not being recognised by ubuntu: how to diagnose the problem? | [
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3870 | 1 | 3896 | 2010-09-08T21:39:28.827 | 2 | 1226 | <p>I downloaded the 64-bit ISO of Ubuntu, mounted it with Daemon Tools, and installed it on an WD 500 GB "My Passport" Hard Drive. I did this with the drive attached to my desktop machine. When I rebooted the desktop, it asked me if I wanted to boot into Ubuntu or not. Now, my thinking was "if I plug this drive into my... | 1940 | 67335 | 2014-08-05T05:05:40.737 | 2014-08-05T05:05:40.737 | Moving Wubi Installed on an External Hard Drive to a Laptop | [
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3872 | 1 | null | 2010-09-08T22:02:57.003 | 11 | 11702 | <p>Under Ubuntu 10.04 one of the problems which appeared is that USB devices would no longer automatically mount when plugged in. Normally I would get a pop up message asking what application I wanted to open the newly plugged in device with, however now that doesn't happen.</p>
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3877 | 1 | 3886 | 2010-09-08T23:32:04.723 | 6 | 865 | <p>I would assume not as Preload is installed to use idle priority. Though I wonder if it is a duplication of efforts with other processes installed in Ubuntu. Does anyone have any more information?</p>
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3879 | 1 | null | 2010-09-08T23:57:17.730 | 5 | 677 | <p>I have a bunch of bookmarks in my laptop, I know I can copy ~/.gtk-bookmarks to my desktop</p>
<p>But i have to re-entry all the passwords for ftp, ssh, etc...</p>
<p>Is there a way i could restore the bookmarks <strong>along</strong> with theirs respective passwords.</p>
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3880 | 1 | null | 2010-09-09T00:45:20.070 | 7 | 1605 | <p>I have a large music collection on an external drive, and until I installed ubuntu, my preferred music player was Itunes. I am currently using Rythymbox. Is there a program that is better for listening, loading onto Ipods, and general organization?</p>
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3883 | 1 | null | 2010-09-09T01:40:38.333 | 161 | 547176 | <p>Are there any tools, methods, incantations to recover recently deleted files on Ubuntu?</p>
<p>If it makes any difference, I want to recover a <a href="http://keepass.info/">Keepass</a> 2.x database file. But would be better to have a method/tool that works on any kind of file.</p>
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3899 | 1 | 3909 | 2010-09-09T05:27:19.827 | 5 | 9393 | <p>I use <code>xinput</code> to <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/3719/how-can-i-set-different-sensitivities-for-two-mice-at-the-same-time">change the settings of my USB mouse</a>:</p>
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3913 | 1 | null | 2010-09-09T11:55:26.850 | 43 | 249901 | <p>I've been doing my google-fu, but I can only find outdated guides or guides pertaining solely to the server variations of Ubuntu.</p>
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3915 | 1 | null | 2010-09-09T12:12:27.457 | 2 | 817 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4922/gui-twitter-clients-what-are-my-options">GUI Twitter clients: what are my options?</a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>Can we get a list of Twitter clients that support Oauth going?</p>
<p>Gnome:</p>
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3920 | 1 | 3921 | 2010-09-09T14:25:40.863 | 0 | 330 | <p>I copied photos onto my notebook hard drive and got a warning of limited hard drive space...I continued to copy photos onto my hard dirve. I got a message that the space limit was reached an no more photos could be copied onto the hard drive.</p>
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3924 | 1 | 3947 | 2010-09-09T15:49:10.150 | 19 | 48113 | <p>I have a server that, as of the upgrade to 10.04, is now running the "ondemand" CPU scaling daemon. Why would it automatically install this? I don't want my server saving power at the expense of performance.</p>
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3929 | 1 | 3930 | 2010-09-09T17:28:21.447 | 18 | 2399 | <p>I <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/404248/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">just found out</a> that Broadcom has released a set of open source drivers for their wireless cards. I know that the Ubuntu kernel team keeps a package of backported drivers for LTS 10.04.</p>
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3933 | 1 | null | 2010-09-09T17:41:47.637 | 4 | 3990 | <p>I recently bought a USB wifi adapter for my new desktop computer. It's a D-link DWA-160 A2. From the start it didn't want to work at all, but after unplugging and then plugging it back in, it seems to work.</p>
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3934 | 1 | 3935 | 2010-09-09T17:54:07.210 | 55 | 259879 | <p>I'm brand new to Ubuntu and Linux in general and I installed Ubuntu on a second PC (just to be sure that if I mess something up, I still have my Windows 7 PC).</p>
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3939 | 1 | 3941 | 2010-09-09T20:09:14.080 | 3 | 1401 | <p>I've got an x61 tablet pc with fingerprint reader, and I want a way to see the image(?) scanned when I swipe my finger. Obviously I can use it for login - I don't really care about that, it's easier for me to type my password. I just want to be able to see the fingerprint it gets.</p>
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3940 | 1 | 4385 | 2010-09-09T20:12:44.227 | 1 | 3458 | <p>I'm trying to get the zoom wheel on my wacom bamboo to work. Though i have very little idea of how to do so. I tried using xinputwacom (i think) however it moaned it was missing something. Is there anyway of running wacom-tools on 10.04?</p>
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3942 | 1 | 3943 | 2010-09-09T20:39:08.313 | 8 | 16697 | <p>It just isn't there on the base install of a virtual host I am evaluating from an ISP.</p>
<p>Not in path:</p>
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-bash: tasksel: command not found
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3944 | 1 | 3950 | 2010-09-09T21:36:25.677 | 3 | 5323 | <p>I have all of my music on a network drive hooked up to an Ubuntu server. I can access the music from my Ubuntu laptop. The problem is that I can't find a program that will use my samba connection to access the music directly. Any suggestions?</p>
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3945 | 1 | 3955 | 2010-09-09T21:51:41.387 | 30 | 23338 | <p>When i was using windows, i used to run defrags, ccleaner and revouninstaller once a month to keep the system and the registry clean.</p>
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3949 | 1 | 3964 | 2010-09-09T22:16:07.623 | 3 | 4695 | <p>Earlier, I was trying to find a way to connect to Ubuntu from Windows 7: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/3934/is-it-possible-to-use-remote-desktop-from-windows-7-to-ubuntu-10-04">Is it possible to use remote desktop from Windows 7 to Ubuntu?</a></p>
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3954 | 1 | 5195 | 2010-09-09T23:21:36.357 | 2 | 1681 | <p>It seems while the 173 driver is installed, my resolution settings are not loaded when I log in or reboot. I've tried opening nvidia-settings as superuser and user, changed the resolution, applied, then saved it to the default xorg conf file (while giving my password when needed.). Nothing I do seems to fix this iss... | 2174 | 235 | 2010-09-24T20:52:25.703 | 2014-02-28T13:17:23.160 | NVIDIA 173 drivers/nvidia-settings are never loaded on boot | [
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3956 | 1 | null | 2010-09-09T23:36:07.180 | 6 | 259 | <p>Is there a good Sopcast player for Ubuntu?</p>
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3958 | 1 | 3975 | 2010-09-09T23:50:05.520 | 3 | 3809 | <p>I have an Ubuntu 10.04 running on a laptop, connected to a local network via WiFi.</p>
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3981 | 1 | 3991 | 2010-09-10T13:12:02.867 | 8 | 7608 | <p>I have two screens hooked together with twinview. Some applications treat it as one big 3840*1200 panel but that's pretty undesirable in first person shooters as your sights end up in the gap between the two screens.</p>
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3982 | 1 | 3995 | 2010-09-10T14:46:48.647 | 8 | 777 | <p>I've been bitten a few times recently with <code>rm</code>ing things I shouldn't have - for example, forgetting to <code>ulink</code> symlinks, not <code>rm</code> them.</p>
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3983 | 1 | 3984 | 2010-09-10T14:50:12.047 | 4 | 6061 | <p>Simple question. I was about to assign the <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>+</kbd> keyboard shortcut to increase the volume, but I then realized it was already assigned for something. If I press this key combination the screen flashes black for a second, and then comes back. Pressing <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kb... | 1012 | 235 | 2013-04-28T15:48:53.540 | 2013-04-28T15:48:53.540 | What does the Ctrl-Alt-+ shortcut do? | [
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3986 | 1 | null | 2010-09-10T15:26:04.460 | 3 | 2391 | <p>I have two samba shares. One a public (local network) that anyone can see and change, this works great. I have another share that I want the username and password to be entered</p>
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3996 | 1 | null | 2010-09-10T17:54:04.863 | 6 | 6713 | <p>Whenever I plug by digital camera in, a nice media-icon pops up. Great! !</p>
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3998 | 1 | 10600 | 2010-09-10T18:33:11.370 | 3 | 1079 | <p>When downloading <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MATLAB" rel="nofollow">Matlab</a> from the <a href="http://www.mathworks.com/" rel="nofollow">Mathworks</a> website, I am prompted to download an .flp file. When I open this JAVA file I shortly see a screen where some data is processed and after that nothing eve... | 2192 | 44179 | 2014-08-04T14:42:51.347 | 2014-08-04T14:42:51.347 | How can I install Matlab from the Mathworks website? | [
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4000 | 1 | 4008 | 2010-09-10T19:37:24.050 | 6 | 6131 | <p>I just read that Broadcom has open-sourced their wireless adapter drivers and was curious if this would have any affect on my Dell XPS M1330 which sometimes has flaky wifi.</p>
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4002 | 1 | 4006 | 2010-09-10T20:02:34.903 | 4 | 751 | <p>I've installed Jokosher and all the LADSPA effects I could see, but when I try to add an effect to a track Jokosher says none are installed.</p>
<p>Do I need some extra Gstreamer package to make this work?</p>
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4010 | 1 | 4013 | 2010-09-10T22:55:15.290 | 3 | 7812 | <p>I have an Ubuntu (10.04) machine that is running my firewall, dhcp and dns. I just installed squid from packages and set it to run on port 8888. Before any changes to my firewall the webpages will work normally, if I manually set a proxy to 192.168.10.1:8888 on firefox it works. The issue happens when I try and t... | 2189 | 41 | 2010-09-13T20:59:41.050 | 2010-09-13T20:59:41.050 | IPTables issue with Squid as transparent proxy | [
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4011 | 1 | 4012 | 2010-09-10T23:16:33.130 | 6 | 2086 | <p>I'm about to (at least, want to..) buy a laptop with an ATI Radeon HD 4250, and I haven't a good opinion on ATI's drivers. How is the actual performance of the open/proprietary driver (currently I have nVidia, and I'm very satisfied)?</p>
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4014 | 1 | 4020 | 2010-09-11T03:37:15.137 | 80 | 294070 | <p>Short of rebooting, how can I release and renew my DHCP lease? It would be useful to know a GUI and terminal method.</p>
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4019 | 1 | 4021 | 2010-09-11T08:03:15.940 | 0 | 724 | <p>While I can see there is a lot of info available on setting up the headphones, but before I buy one I would like to know from the community if anyone tried setting up a bluetooth headphone on Ubuntu Lucid and which brands work well with Ubuntu.</p>
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"body": "<p>It was a stupid problem.</p>\n\n<p>My machine has function keys that need to be pressed in combination of <kbd>Fn</kbd> key (opposite to what is there in most laptops). So, I was trying just that (<kbd>Fn</kbd>+<kbd>F2</kbd>, <kbd>Fn</kbd>+<kbd>F12</kbd>).</p>\n\n<p>Turns out while b... | [
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"body": "<p>What you want is for your computer not to even get to GRUB. You want it to check for a CD in the drive before it goes to the hard disc (and loads GRUB).</p>\n\n<p>This is done in a computer's 'BIOS'. Just after you turn the machine on, look for a screen, usually with the manu... | null | null | null | null | null |
4028 | 1 | null | 2010-09-11T16:13:47.480 | 3 | 1962 | <p>I have a Tenda TWL541U wireless usb card and I cannot make it work with Ubuntu 10.10 64 bits. I've tried the Windows XP drivers with ndiswrapper to no avail. In Windows 7 I've made it work with using the Vista 64 driver. Does anyone can help? I'm quite a noob in Ubuntu.</p>
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"body": "<p>May be <a href=\"http://www.alstevens.co.uk/how-to-install-wireless-usb-drivers-for-ubuntu/\" rel=\"nofollow\">this</a> will work.</p>\n",
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4029 | 1 | null | 2010-09-11T16:47:52.860 | 3 | 301 | <p>An error occurred in the partitioning stage of an Ubuntu 10.10 installation on my computer that caused me to restart and now all of my other partitions are gone.</p>
<p>Is there a way to recover these files? </p>
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"text": "Possible Duplicate: http://askubuntu.com/q/3883/83046",
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"body": "<p>It is possible that your partition table was corrupted but your partitions are still there.</p>\n\n<p>There is a tool available in the Ubuntu LiveCD called gpart that can recover your partition table. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.brzitwa.de/mb/gpart/index.html\" rel=\"nofo... | null | null | 2013-03-14T17:09:55.390 | null | null |
4033 | 1 | 4035 | 2010-09-11T19:18:37.370 | 5 | 494 | <p>I'm building a security-intensive (stores credit card numbers, etc) using Python and Django with UWSGI (written in C), NGINX, and PIL (Python Imaging Library). I'm trying to work my way up in the Ubuntu world to be less of an ignoramus, so I just bought the <strong>Official Ubuntu Server Book</strong>. Just reading ... | 2209 | null | null | 2010-09-14T08:29:00.527 | Which Ubuntu version to use for my Python web app? | [
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4037 | 1 | null | 2010-09-11T20:21:44.123 | 21 | 24795 | <p>The wireless connection in my house unfortunately often disappears, requiring a wireless router reboot.</p>
<p>Making this worse is that my ubuntu media pc, does not automatically reconnect to the wireless network when it's been gone, and then comes up about a minute later. The network in question is setup as "conn... | 2210 | 235 | 2010-09-16T20:57:51.153 | 2023-09-24T20:42:48.593 | Automatically reconnect wireless connection | [
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"text": "I have the exact same problem. I'd be satisfied with a solution that used, e.g. a cron script every 5 minutes asking for Network Manager to reconnect, if it's not connected already.",
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"body": "<p>You might want to have a look at using wpa_supplicant instead of network-manager, but that doesn't really matter when on a media-center. wpa_supplicant isn't as flexible as network-manager but afaik it doesn't give up after trying three times. have a look at <a href=\"https:/... | null | null | null | null | null |
4041 | 1 | null | 2010-09-11T20:55:51.150 | 2 | 2045 | <p>How can I set up my PC the Remote Desktop is enabled from the moment it is booted, regardless of who is logged on?</p>
<p>Currently, I have to open vino-preferences so I can access my PC from another computer. But if my wife then logs on, I can't see either my account or my wife's.</p>
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"text": "Sry i don't understand `But if my wife then logs on, I can't see either my account or my wife's.` What do you mean with account?",
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"body": "<p>Assuming you are talking about Ubuntu's built in VNC service, (when you say remote deskop I always think Windows RDP,) You need to look at your setting at </p>\n\n<p><strong>System -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop</strong></p>\n\n<p>There you should see all the settings you... | null | null | 2013-03-14T17:10:02.257 | null | null |
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