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33163 | 1 | null | 2011-04-02T17:22:45.863 | 7 | 1988 | <p>See the title.</p>
<p>I using dput and in my /etc/dput.cf :</p>
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33166 | 1 | 33169 | 2011-04-02T17:51:21.660 | 4 | 993 | <p>Im trying to access mercurial repositories that were created on windows with mercurial version 1.8.2. As the version in the repositories is a few numbers behind, its not playing ball.
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33170 | 1 | 33941 | 2011-04-02T18:44:22.317 | 3 | 939 | <p>I'm going by the instructions here:
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/16988/how-do-i-install-ubuntu-to-a-usb-key">How do I install Ubuntu to a USB key? (without using Startup Disk Creator)</a></p>
<p>Everything is ok except I keep getting the error:</p>
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33171 | 1 | 33174 | 2011-04-02T19:17:22.130 | 0 | 560 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/19251/online-photo-gallery-for-ubuntu-one">Online photo gallery for Ubuntu One?</a> </p>
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33180 | 1 | null | 2011-04-02T19:40:47.963 | 3 | 6991 | <p>I used to have a dual boot between Ubuntu (lucid) and Windows 7, but wanted to upgrade my Windows to 64 bit, so I installed the new Windows, which naturally wrote over the MBR, and so I attempted to repair it using the following guide: <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Reinstalling%20GRUB%202" rel="no... | 13481 | 11019 | 2012-02-02T23:37:53.527 | 2012-02-02T23:37:53.527 | Stuck in grub rescue after Windows install | [
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33182 | 1 | 33231 | 2011-04-02T19:57:14.403 | 33 | 50978 | <p>I have 2 different versions of PostgreSQL installed on my system (Ubuntu Lucid):</p>
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33185 | 1 | 33186 | 2011-04-02T20:02:10.097 | 3 | 380 | <p>I am wondering if it is easy to do this. I know that using X to serve the other computers ain't that difficult. I just have no idea how would I have to configure the laptops in order for them to work as terminals.</p>
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33187 | 1 | 33210 | 2011-04-02T20:18:08.007 | 0 | 4078 | <p>I am dual-booting Lucid and Snow Leopard on a Macbook Pro 5,3. I have uninstalled rEFIt, and I am wondering if there is a way (without reinstalling rEFIt) to boot automatically to the GRUB menu without requiring me to hold <strong>Option</strong> and select the "Windows" partition at each boot. Since there is actual... | 13486 | null | null | 2011-12-08T19:37:16.373 | Boot straight to grub without holding 'Option' on Macbook? | [
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33190 | 1 | null | 2011-04-02T21:11:37.677 | 3 | 3332 | <p>I just installed Ubuntu 10.10 and I've no sound. I tried few method suggested in ubuntu forums like reinstall alsa but nothing works? My PC is old and my audio card is Realtek's AC'97. Any suggestions how can I resolve this problem?</p>
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33193 | 1 | 33269 | 2011-04-02T21:30:58.977 | 6 | 369 | <p>With the new feature lenses in the Natty Unity launcher will there be a website, ppa or something be created to easily get hold of them so users can browse and install the ones there want?</p>
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33196 | 1 | 33198 | 2011-04-02T22:17:44.567 | 23 | 15158 | <p>At the moment, I'm using <code>mimetex</code> to automatically convert a bunch of equations into gif-images.</p>
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33199 | 1 | null | 2011-04-02T23:19:58.707 | 2 | 8826 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/26720/add-matlab-to-main-menu">Add Matlab to main menu</a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>Hello, </p>
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33200 | 1 | null | 2011-04-02T23:25:12.933 | 1 | 470 | <p>I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 1, and I've noticed Compiz likes to crash, every now and then. I'd like to create a Compiz on my desktop, so if it does, I can run that to bring it back up. Thanks in advance!</p>
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33202 | 1 | 92469 | 2011-04-02T23:42:33.590 | 4 | 634 | <p>Several of the comboboxes that I use regularly (the box to select syntax highlighting in the gedit statusbar, boxes for choosing smart playlist criteria in Banshee, etc) require me to click on them with the mouse, scroll down for awhile, then click on the item that I want. Being able to type into these boxes and ha... | 2079 | null | null | 2012-01-03T14:00:32.463 | Do comboboxes support keyboard input in Gtk+ 3? | [
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33203 | 1 | 33205 | 2011-04-02T23:47:10.180 | 4 | 93 | <p>I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 Beta. One of the new features that I've seen being advertised is the ability to <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/ubuntu-software-center-lets-you-test.html" rel="nofollow">"Test Drive" an application</a>. </p>
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33204 | 1 | 40311 | 2011-04-03T00:00:30.473 | 3 | 4386 | <p>I have a old Nvidia card that needs the nvidia 96 driver to enable all the fancy compiz effects (the noveau free driver doesn't work). I tried installing it with Ubuntu Software Center but it said that it had dependency problems. </p>
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33211 | 1 | 36024 | 2011-04-03T00:23:43.917 | 18 | 53186 | <p>I've been a illustrator and graphic designer for a number of years and now I'm looking to go more into motion graphics and visual effects. Is there anything that is open source/free (not a demo, education version or trial) that is as complex and feature-rich as Adobe After Effects but for Linux? I've tried Cinlerra,... | 6689 | 235 | 2011-04-03T02:23:20.470 | 2017-03-16T09:20:05.633 | Are there any free/open source alternatives to Adobe After Effects? | [
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33212 | 1 | null | 2011-04-03T00:27:48.797 | 10 | 29197 | <p>I often have to make designs for internet-use. I have had <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/fireworks/">Fireworks</a> for years and it suits my purpose. These are the details I like in it:</p>
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33213 | 1 | null | 2011-04-03T00:55:32.810 | 5 | 28940 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/1090/why-is-defragmentation-unnecessary">Why is defragmentation unnecessary?</a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>Does the filesystem in ubuntu need to be defragment like the Windows??</p>
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33218 | 1 | 33257 | 2011-04-03T01:09:21.443 | 9 | 1723 | <p>I use a custom Gtk theme along with the default Ambiance window controls. Using my theme, the Unity panel shows its very ugly default buttons when my window is maximized. Since I have the same window theme, I am assuming this comes from the Gtk theme. I tried copying and pasting a few things from Ambiance's gtkrc, b... | 2992 | null | null | 2011-06-24T13:32:22.717 | How do I theme the maximized window buttons with Unity? | [
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33219 | 1 | null | 2011-04-03T01:18:04.950 | 5 | 3181 | <p>I would like to find a way to turn my laptop touchpad on and off. (I generally use a mouse instead.) </p>
<p>I use an HP laptop. Thanks. </p>
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33221 | 1 | null | 2011-04-03T03:24:13.413 | 4 | 2206 | <p>Is there any way to install either Shift 1 or Shift 2 on Ubuntu?</p>
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33227 | 1 | null | 2011-04-03T04:32:58.107 | 1 | 704 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/10373/do-i-need-to-have-antivirus-software-installed-on-a-linux-distro">Do I need to have antivirus software installed on a Linux distro?</a> </p>
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33228 | 1 | 33278 | 2011-04-03T04:34:33.410 | 9 | 5213 | <p>When adding some directory to $PATH by PATH=~/my_program/bin:”${PATH}”</p>
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33230 | 1 | 33236 | 2011-04-03T04:51:14.983 | 0 | 125 | <p>Not the login keyring thing that pops up, but some people are being nosy and using my computer and I'd like to set a password before Ubuntu desktop even loads so people can't access my computer. Is this possible?</p>
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33235 | 1 | null | 2011-04-03T05:22:27.657 | 3 | 479 | <p>I love that Unity launch panel hides itself when a window is over it, but when I move the mouse over to the left edge of the screen, the panel won't show itself so that I can launch other programs that are placed in it similar to the way Docky does.</p>
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33238 | 1 | null | 2011-04-03T06:09:32.810 | 0 | 3687 | <p>Here's an example:</p>
<pre><code>HP-G62-Notebook-PC:~$ ccsm
The program 'ccsm' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
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33239 | 1 | null | 2011-04-03T06:10:28.347 | 1 | 647 | <p>I have started the Natty beta 1 ISO as a "Try Ubuntu" in a VirtualBox VM.</p>
<p>When it starts up there appears to be only the desktop and an "Examples" folder available - no Unity or anything.</p>
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33246 | 1 | 142835 | 2011-04-03T07:27:20.120 | 5 | 2297 | <p>How do I tweak the <em>precise mathematical <strong>curve</em></strong> used for the mouse acceleration in Ubuntu?</p>
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33252 | 1 | 33256 | 2011-04-03T08:06:56.233 | 2 | 1705 | <p>I am tired of</p>
<pre><code> javac filename.java
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<p>and then </p>
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<p>isn't there a way to make my own command?</p>
<pre><code>mycommand filename.java
</code></pre>
<p>And the <code>filename.java</code> is both compiled and run??</p>
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33254 | 1 | null | 2011-04-03T08:33:00.010 | 0 | 1672 | <p>I got this information using <code>lsusb</code>:</p>
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33260 | 1 | 33266 | 2011-04-03T09:26:26.637 | 151 | 101551 | <p>How are the packages vim-gtk and vim-gnome different from each other? I've tried both and the resulting Gvim feels the same (to me). If there is no difference, why are both packages maintained?</p>
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33261 | 1 | 33290 | 2011-04-03T09:34:38.850 | 2 | 1514 | <p>In Ubuntu 10.10 I <a href="http://scribblesandsnaps.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/install-the-latest-beta-of-digikam-on-ubuntu-10-10/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">installed digiKam</a>:</p>
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33263 | 1 | 45350 | 2011-04-03T10:13:47.337 | 6 | 1710 | <p>Is it possible to type a hair space (u200a) and a thin space (u2009) in Ubuntu without entering the Unicode code? Something with the Compose key? </p>
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33273 | 1 | null | 2011-04-03T11:33:47.900 | 1 | 697 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/30007/what-is-the-nm-applet-and-why-does-it-take-so-much-memory">what is the nm-applet and why does it take so much memory?</a> </p>
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33274 | 1 | 33277 | 2011-04-03T11:56:00.293 | 8 | 804 | <p>I just wonder how sudo privileges are found with ubuntu, from a technical point of view.
Users with sudo privileges are not present in /etc/sudoers, so this looks a little bit exotic.</p>
<p>Was the source code of 'sudo' modified to look to other configuration files ? </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
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33276 | 1 | null | 2011-04-03T12:01:56.043 | 1 | 1144 | <p>I got the following message when I tried to open update.</p>
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<p>Please help me to solve it.</p>
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33280 | 1 | 33295 | 2011-04-03T12:53:04.720 | 54 | 59525 | <p>I was wondering how to restrict the search range of "locate" to some directory?</p>
<p>For example, how to find files/directories with string "math" in their names under some directory "/home/tim/science/"?</p>
<p>Thanks and regards!</p>
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33284 | 1 | null | 2011-04-03T13:25:55.440 | 1 | 462 | <p>I am dual booting windows 7 and Ubuntu. I am looking for a way to share zimbra local folders between windows and Ubuntu. Is this possible? This is to enable access to emails downloaded to local folder while logged into windows or Ubuntu.</p>
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33288 | 1 | 33291 | 2011-04-03T13:58:14.027 | 1 | 147 | <p>Is there a way to sort of "share" processing power between two machines? I already use x2x and ssh to communicate between the two, but the two but that works with two moniters aswell. Is there a way I could have them both connected, but if I click an app on one machine (lets say cpu1) it would open on the machine wi... | 10750 | 10750 | 2011-04-05T04:22:24.570 | 2011-04-05T04:22:24.570 | Is there a way to share resources of a machine by running a program on one machine, but display it on another? | [
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33296 | 1 | 33321 | 2011-04-03T15:57:05.960 | 3 | 797 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/235317/what-is-ubuntu-for-phones-and-how-can-i-get-it">What is ‘Ubuntu for phones’ and how can I get it?</a> </p>
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33299 | 1 | null | 2011-04-03T16:27:33.200 | 2 | 11981 | <p>Ok so I want to change operating systems, I got a new PC recently that had no operating system so I installed Ubuntu on it. I now want to install Windows 7 but when I put in the install disk it says it needs my hard drive to be in the NTFS format. How can I change my hard rive to this format in Ubuntu?</p>
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33301 | 1 | null | 2011-04-03T16:50:06.650 | 5 | 3839 | <p>I need a tool for creating high quality customizable pie charts, then export them to some graphic format (e.g. png).</p>
<p>I need something which allows me to put in some data and which is more customizable than OpenOffice.org.</p>
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33305 | 1 | 33306 | 2011-04-03T17:58:40.437 | 2 | 2783 | <p>I tried to install the packages <code>apt-file</code>, <code>ubuntu-tweak</code> and <code>checkinstall</code> using <code>sudo apt-get install <package name></code> in 10.10, but the terminal reported <code>package not found</code> even after <code>sudo apt-get update</code>. What am I doing wrong?</p>
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33308 | 1 | null | 2011-04-03T18:12:21.120 | 0 | 1844 | <p>upgrade to Natty failed to finish, with an error related to samba4, failed to load modules from /usr/lib/samba/ldb.</p>
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33309 | 1 | 33559 | 2011-04-03T18:13:56.720 | 4 | 2254 | <p>I have multiple tracks where I would like to delete the album entry. If I mark them in Rhythmbox and try to edit their tags, I can only change it to something else. If I leave the field empty, it does not change anything at all.</p>
<p>How can I void these fields?</p>
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33310 | 1 | null | 2011-04-03T18:16:56.250 | 0 | 325 | <p>I have 10.10 Netbook Edition (with Unity). If I hold down the Super key, I see numbers on the the app icons (including apps that are already open). If I hit the number for an app that is already open (say Firefox), it opens all my Firefox windows in a small version. </p>
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33311 | 1 | 33314 | 2011-04-03T18:20:48.320 | 0 | 112 | <p>I don't see any option on my Software Center! I do not know if it is relevant, but I have created an Ubuntu One account (although I don't know how to inform the OS about it).</p>
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33315 | 1 | null | 2011-04-03T18:37:50.763 | 1 | 3758 | <p>Yesterday i was playing around of the wireless settings, and set up a <strong>tftp server</strong>. Today, i found the wireless icon does not show up on the panel anymore.. monitor and bluetooth are still there...</p>
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33319 | 1 | 33327 | 2011-04-03T18:51:50.933 | 2 | 1923 | <p>This used to happen only if I do it before Ubuntu was fully loaded or if it was just waking from a suspend, but now it started happening always. My laptop is Acer Aspire 5740. Can the OS suppress this beep?</p>
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33320 | 1 | 33322 | 2011-04-03T19:21:17.400 | 3 | 8898 | <p>Last update brought shadows to the Unity panel - or at least I just noticed them.</p>
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33323 | 1 | 33379 | 2011-04-03T19:42:44.113 | 12 | 8876 | <p>So I've got the AskUbuntu chatroom (I'm just using this as an example, I've got other webapps that I've got the same issue with) saved as a "Application Shortcut" in Chromium, and the icon is really (And I mean really) low resolution. Example:</p>
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33328 | 1 | 33372 | 2011-04-03T20:02:51.910 | 10 | 24476 | <p>Like..
User john123, you can only use 100mb of my harddisk.
User jake155, you can only use 250mb of my harddisk.</p>
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33330 | 1 | null | 2011-04-03T20:16:08.547 | 2 | 247 | <p>The Firefox 4 icons that display in Windows XP (e.g., back button, refresh button, home button) are really nice. Is there a way to get these icons and use them in my Ubuntu Firefox 4 installation?</p>
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33334 | 1 | 33419 | 2011-04-03T20:37:56.343 | 6 | 5577 | <p>I would like to send messages to a network PC (from one Ubuntu system to another).</p>
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33349 | 1 | 33373 | 2011-04-03T21:19:10.483 | 3 | 15185 | <p>I want to stream the output of my sound card to my iPod, via http server. The goal is to use my hifi as loud speakers for my computer, using my iPod, wireless.<br>
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33359 | 1 | 33364 | 2011-04-03T21:45:23.133 | 14 | 20683 | <p>I'm looking for an app to view photos in folders, which can display properties (like time taken) next to photo. I want to view photos in folders as they are, without importing them to some library like in Shotwell or Digikam.</p>
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33369 | 1 | 33383 | 2011-04-03T22:40:40.627 | 0 | 675 | <p>I have decided to shrink my hdd by 30GB to facilitate a Win 7 and 11.04 dual boot. The 30GB partition will sort of be my permanent ubuntu partition. My question is when installing 11.04 on the 28th, how many sub-partitions are needed in the 30GB to enable a reinstall if the need arises (swap, ubuntu data & setti... | 12846 | 17739 | 2011-11-12T21:05:19.840 | 2011-11-12T21:05:19.840 | Partitioning to enable dual boot windows 7 and ubuntu reinstall | [
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33378 | 1 | 33382 | 2011-04-03T23:08:02.387 | 4 | 1097 | <p>Upgraded my notebook to Natty Beta 1 two days ago. All seems to be in order except for a very annoying little thing. I used to have Google Chrome as my default browser, and after the upgrade, this default was changed to Firefox. Note that when I go to the Google Chrome settings and to the Firefox setting it seems th... | 4442 | 235 | 2011-04-04T00:18:54.330 | 2011-05-06T08:32:21.530 | Firefox becomes default browser after upgrade. Cannot revert to Google Chrome | [
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33384 | 1 | 33390 | 2011-04-03T23:24:42.140 | 3 | 97 | <p><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/dbusmenu/+bug/606470/comments/3" rel="nofollow">https://bugs.launchpad.net/dbusmenu/+bug/606470/comments/3</a> </p>
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33385 | 1 | 33391 | 2011-04-03T23:29:34.460 | 1 | 669 | <p>Coming from a Windows background, I'm used to being able to access global start menu shortcuts and user specific shortcuts in File Explorer, but the Gnome menu has me puzzled.</p>
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33392 | 1 | 33438 | 2011-04-04T00:03:44.960 | 4 | 20455 | <p>I'd like to use my camera's microfone to chat within skype.</p>
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33398 | 1 | 33399 | 2011-04-04T00:31:06.120 | 9 | 889 | <p>I know that WireShark allows live packet capturing as well as details being displayable in the GUI. Is there any similar program that operates on a CLI, rather than a GUI? This is intended for use on a server install, in which only CLI is available (and also where disk space is limited, so much that the dependenci... | 10616 | 235 | 2011-04-13T04:28:13.360 | 2017-03-16T08:36:36.553 | Application with Output similar to the GUI output of "WireShark" | [
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33405 | 1 | 33423 | 2011-04-04T02:20:04.540 | 3 | 5453 | <p>Is it possible to create a separate device (like tun made by openvpn) for ipsec? If yes how can I do it?</p>
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33406 | 1 | null | 2011-04-04T02:22:06.633 | 3 | 2227 | <p>I want to have Rhythmbox start playing a radio stream as soon as I log in. I've tried to run various programs in /usr, including bashnee.desktop, but to no avail.</p>
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<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/10290/how-to-make-ubuntu-boot-fast">How to make Ubuntu boot fast?</a> </p>
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33411 | 1 | 33443 | 2011-04-04T03:09:41.313 | 2 | 2630 | <p>I am having trouble getting a installing version 1.8.1.1 of pandoc. The repository has version 1.5.1.1, and the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/pandoc/downloads/list" rel="nofollow">1.8.1.1 tar.gz</a> does not come with clear instructions for installation.</p>
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33413 | 1 | 33417 | 2011-04-04T03:36:34.057 | 61 | 18588 | <p>I'd like to be able to create a package that doesnt contain any code or programs itself, but instead installs other packages that exist in the repositories onto a computer, sort of how the <code>ubuntu-restricted-extras</code> package does?</p>
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33415 | 1 | 33442 | 2011-04-04T03:43:38.083 | 4 | 1115 | <p>I would like to know if dash supports rearranging the categories that appear when one starts writing something.</p>
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33416 | 1 | 33420 | 2011-04-04T03:45:38.683 | 111 | 294094 | <p>I'd like to be able to disable the Ubuntu splash screen that I see on boot with the indicator meter of progress, and replace that with a text-only readout of the boot up process (such as you can get by hitting the <code>esc</code> key during the splash screen). Is this possible?</p>
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33421 | 1 | 33422 | 2011-04-04T04:44:02.033 | 10 | 30196 | <p>I tried to give proftpd virtual users access to directories outside their home paths using symlinks I created as root through the console.</p>
<p><code>/var/ftp/users/test</code> is the home of the user named <code>test</code>.<br>
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33437 | 1 | 33441 | 2011-04-04T08:46:23.333 | 1 | 331 | <p>I just rebooted my computer, and now I have this menu on my Unity panel when no windows have focus. I have nautilus-elementary installed, and when I go to "About" in this menu it brings up a splash-info-thing for nautilus-elementary , leading me to believe that nautilus-elementary put it there. Here is a quick vid... | 133402 | 133402 | 2011-04-04T08:56:20.607 | 2011-04-28T19:23:58.957 | New menu in Unity panel | [
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33440 | 1 | 33446 | 2011-04-04T09:32:28.953 | 60 | 114202 | <p>I am trying to use tab completion for commands in Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 1, running all the latest updates, but it doesn't seem to work. (Though package bash-completion is installed)</p>
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33445 | 1 | 33456 | 2011-04-04T10:17:54.827 | 4 | 3234 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/11/how-do-i-install-adobe-flash-player">How do I install Adobe Flash player?</a> </p>
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33457 | 1 | 33463 | 2011-04-04T11:36:49.610 | 6 | 1141 | <p>When I'm using battery only - Ubuntu turns in some mode, when If I do not use my PC for about 5-10 seconds - the screeen becomes darker.</p>
<p>Where do turn this option off? Because I often need to read (without pressing keys and moving my mouse) and I can't see with dark screen.</p>
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33460 | 1 | null | 2011-04-04T12:08:14.890 | 4 | 5738 | <p>I was given a HP Probook 4720s as a work laptop, over the last 2 years I've predominantly used Ubuntu as my OS for work and home, but recently have needed to use Windows 7 as it controls the fans correctly. </p>
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33461 | 1 | null | 2011-04-04T12:35:34.613 | 9 | 11000 | <p>I want UltraCopier to manage the copy instead of Nautilus.<br>
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33464 | 1 | null | 2011-04-04T13:09:45.750 | 1 | 664 | <p>Why is in Natty old version of Transmission 2.13?</p>
<p>Current version in 2.22 released on March 4th.</p>
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33466 | 1 | null | 2011-04-04T13:49:05.873 | 4 | 4376 | <p>I like the default Ambiance theme but I spend a lot of time within Eclipse and there are portions that are unusable. The attached screenshot shows one example of this problem.</p>
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33469 | 1 | null | 2011-04-04T14:16:35.937 | 2 | 1507 | <p>I'm having a lot of issues with Samba and trying to connect it up with a MyWorldBook NAS drive.</p>
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33471 | 1 | null | 2011-04-04T15:38:53.467 | 1 | 7003 | <p>Sometimes, when logging into my PC, some or all of my Gnome panels fail to appear, so I'm left with a blank screen and no way to log out/shutdown or run any programs. Why haven't the panels appeared? How can I get them back? I can sometimes create a new panel and add a new launcher to it to reboot, but it's a bit of... | 1318 | null | null | 2011-06-10T04:46:52.780 | Gnome Panels not Visible | [
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33473 | 1 | 33695 | 2011-04-04T15:50:01.043 | 6 | 714 | <p>While doing some support audits I'd like to know what would be the most efficient/compact way to get a list of all extra reporitories being used on a given Ubuntu workstation using command line (not via the GUI tools). So far I am using:</p>
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33479 | 1 | null | 2011-04-04T16:33:02.893 | 1 | 875 | <p>Has anyone ever managed to make a DWA-160, or for that matter any usb wireless that relies on this driver, work without random disconnections that force you to reboot in order to regain access to your card? </p>
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33480 | 1 | 47671 | 2011-04-04T16:34:17.777 | 65 | 103679 | <p>Please note: I am two weeks old in Linux. I have found a lot of answers to this question on the internet, tried many, but all failed one way or another. Therefore I dare to ask once again in the hope that someone here could explain it simply :)</p>
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33482 | 1 | null | 2011-04-04T17:03:42.343 | 0 | 268 | <p>I have an Epson SX115. It used to work fine until I unplugged it and moved it upstairs. </p>
<p>When I plug it back in even if I delete it from the Printer list and re-install it every time I go to print I get a queue and no action from the printer?!?</p>
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33483 | 1 | 33484 | 2011-04-04T16:40:12.470 | -1 | 475 | <p>One of the ubuntu 10.10 servers present a weird terminal upon logon. It isn't bash. Even backspace does a weird thing. I have to manually enter bash to get my good old bash shell back. The server was installed from the stock CD and doesn't have any GUI.</p>
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33491 | 1 | 33493 | 2011-04-04T17:30:22.943 | 8 | 11829 | <p>I'm trying to sort out how to open a multi-page tiff. The sender swears it has more than one page, but in the default viewer I'm only able to see the first page. How do I view all pages?</p>
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33498 | 1 | 33510 | 2011-04-04T18:07:57.997 | 1 | 532 | <p>I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 on my 64-bit laptop, and I have Adobe Flash 10,2,161,22 installed. </p>
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33499 | 1 | null | 2011-04-04T18:23:40.053 | 10 | 5093 | <p>I hear that web-browsing is the most likely origin of malware on a computer these days. I also hear that one doesn't need to worry about viruses on Linux. So, should I use a browser extension that allows me to selectively enable javascript for favoured domains, such as No-Script or Not-Script?</p>
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33501 | 1 | 33511 | 2011-04-04T18:40:35.577 | 12 | 27663 | <p>On windows I have always used the "ALT+3" for creating a wonderful heart for expressing my love... </p>
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33503 | 1 | null | 2011-04-04T18:49:18.890 | 1 | 502 | <p>I have wifi on my 10.04 machine, but I have no use for it. This command will disable it on startup </p>
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33507 | 1 | null | 2011-04-04T19:20:33.747 | 9 | 6213 | <p>Neither firefox nor chromium have hardware acceleration enabled by default right now. Firefox 4 has an option its registry to force it: <code>layers.acceleration.force.enabled</code> , which is by default set to false. </p>
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33509 | 1 | 33621 | 2011-04-04T19:40:36.833 | -1 | 2700 | <p>I'm Developing QT and I want to know how to build static libraries.</p>
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33512 | 1 | 33515 | 2011-04-04T19:44:01.573 | 0 | 318 | <p>If I've got a gmail tab open and nothing else, running powertop shows </p>
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33514 | 1 | 33660 | 2011-04-04T19:57:43.840 | 16 | 12252 | <p>I am using an Apple keyboard. To get the default functionality of the function keys, I need to press <kbd>fn</kbd>+<kbd>Function key</kbd>.</p>
<p>This is quite annoying since I frequently use the function keys for debugging.</p>
<p>Is there any way I can get the default functionality out of the function keys, i.e.,... | null | 327339 | 2020-08-09T16:50:26.160 | 2020-08-10T19:53:39.930 | Use Function Keys without pressing the fn button in the mac keyboard? | [
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33516 | 1 | 33518 | 2011-04-04T20:03:11.143 | 2 | 1338 | <p>Hi i just read about Crossover Linux <a href="http://www.codeweavers.com/products/impersonator/" rel="nofollow">Crossover Impersonator</a> and wanted to try it out, however i read there is only a 32bit version. How can i run this on my 64 bit Ubuntu 11.04?
Thanks in advance</p>
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