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how do i go about taking a windows driver for a usb wireless card and use it on ubntu?	ndiswrapper
what is bt_metadata in ~/.opera/	at a guess, maybe someting to do with opera's bittorrent client?
can anyone help me get my broadcom wifi card working? it says enabled and in use but it isnt working	seen:
whats the desktop on feisty fawn?	gnome
hi guys, i downloaded ubuntu 8.10 alternate cd for my another pc which has no internet connection.. but when i try to upgrade it, i get a warning message 'the packages could not be authenticated' any solutions will be app	you need to add the gpg keys to the repository
is it necessary to create a seperate /boot partition (warty 4.10) ?	it's generally a good idea as a precaution because you can have it automaticly unmount after the boot process is done.
anybody running cedega under ubuntu ?	wine is running fine though
i have a laptop which dual boots ubuntu and xp. how can i create a restore dvd to install both in one go? like the restore dvd comes with laptop	try 'ghost for linux'
can someone tell me the name of the program used to edit gtk theme colours via right-clicking the desktop?	gnome-appearance-properties
hello everyone, quick question. i like using geany to edit .c .java .html, and pretty much all source files that i deal with. though currently i have to either open geany and then use that to open a file, or right click the file and choose geany to open it. if i just open the file on its own it opens up in gedit. how can i set it so all source files are opened with geany? i tried looking in 'preferred applications' under system>pre	i think you have to have nautilus scripts for that - the easiest way would be to install 'ubuntu tweak' and use their menu for doing that
how can i change the system tray icons?	tyhey reside in /usr/share/pixmaps
hi. i munged my sudousers file. i tried using the livecd as a rescue, but once there i can't find /etc on my hardrive ( as opposed to the disc ). i guess i need to mount my hard drive. any ideas how to do this or where to read about it?	during the boot, after the bios messages, you can get to the grub menu (may need to press esc). recovery is an option you can select from that menu.
what should i look for/avoid in selecting a new sound card??	that is probably a question better answered in the forums...
does anyone know an application that can merge multiple pdf files into one...	pdftk
what's the best java plug-in for ff???	official one
google + man pages are not helping me at all. how on earth do i grep for lines that don't start with 'somestring'?	man grep, see '-v'
anyone know how i can edit the nvidia settings by editing files rather than through the gui?	edit /etc/x11/xorg.conf, but read up on it before messing around
helo, i need to know where i can download oil rush game (full-free) for linujx	hopefully from the repos.
any way to get software 256-bit key aes encryption on ubuntu ?	you can use dm-crypt
for setting up a lamp server: apache2 mysql-server and which package for php?	php5
then i might learn it just to have sumn else under my belt.... what are most linux programs writeen in though... like firefox, vlc, pidgn...	the official preferred language for ubuntu development is python
is there a way to find out what was the last package installed?	have a look at the /var/log/atp/term.log file
hi, i am following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/binarydriverhowto/nvidia#head-20c0b7106f06055eed889efe3946f560c34a8b1a to install 3d of geforce 5200, but when i sudo nvidia-glx-config enable, it tells me 'error: your x configuration has been altered. this script cannot automatically. if you bellieve that this not correct, you can update the md5sum entry executing the following command: md5sum /etc/x11/xorg.conf \| sudo tee /var/lib/x11xorg.cong .	sudo nano /etc/x11/xorg.conf go to device where it says nv and change it to nvidia
hi, whats the command to renew ip ?	err with sudo: sudo dhclient eth0
any brave soul here get dapper working with a dual monitor setup?	it's no different than any other dual monitor setup in linux.
how can i turn off the beep in gnokii. i have the sound muted, but if i am in the terminal and hit tab for a dir that doesnt exist, i get this beep pc speaker beep that is annoying me	this should helpl http://strabes.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/how-to-remove-the-system-beep-in-ubuntu-dapper/
this is ancient unix knowledge (i'm a dinosaur :-) ) but some amount of the disk is held unused, that only 'root' processes can use. this is so that if you fill the drive, the system can still run.	20gb seems a bit much. is there any way to override this since the drive is only being used for storage?
hey guys - i want to write on the desktop - any application for it ?	there used to be gyache but i believe its dead
what is the name of the default windows manager used in ubuntu ? is it gnome ?	gnome
when does the new release come out?	8.10 = 10/2008 october.
hi! is there a log over installed applications somewhere?	do 'dpkg -l' in a terminal
has anybody lost sound with the 2.6.30-3 kernel ?	thats in the ubuntu+1 channel where i can see you asking
an alias is typically a bash alias and would thus only work in a bash terminal that calls on the .bashrc related files, trying to create a 'shortcut' to an alias probably won't work, as it's not calling on bash's configuration. why call the alias? just create the launcher with the full command instead. best of luck.	also the full command doesn't work the command is 'xset dpms force off && gnome-screensaver-command --lock' i need it to turn off the display completely and also lock the screen....why nothing appens...
any tools to convert chm to pdf?	apt-cache search chm pdf. there are several
whats the best ftp server in ubuntu? somethin easy and hopefully with a gui would be wonderful	anything doing ftp will be kinda arse, but vsftpd is one of the least bad
can anyone help me setup a network dell printer? i cannot locate the drivers after they have been installed.	check linuxprinting.org database
can ubuntu and kunbuntu co-habit on the same hd without trouble ?	apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
hi, what voip client phone software can i use with ubuntu ? (something like x-lite)	ekiga ?
i'm having problems installing ubuntu feisty - desktop cd (beta). the splash screen gives place to cli and shows the following message : 'busybox ... /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off.' is there a solution?	bad cd
hi, i have a nfts-partition on the beginning of my harddrive and i want to make that an ext3-partition. do i risk destroying anything important? like bios or anything used to boot? i know that linux doesn't use mbr but want to be sure :) thanks...	you shouldn't 'destroy anything' except for the data on the partition
i want to update screem from 0.12.1 to 0.16.1, how would i do that?	sudo apt-get upgrade screem
hmm, if to .deb files has dependence of each other how the hell do i install them?	if you use the gdebi installer it will take care of the dependencies for you
anyone here able to print to a windows printer on their network?	dunno, i have the opposite problem. i've been trying to get the win box to print to my samba printer :)
anyone have an idea what would cause my display running at 1280x800 to display gtk items large?	it has to do with the dpi setting, but i'm not sure where to configure that
do you guys know of any good websites to help with the learning of linux?	i would start with help.ubuntu.com, the !cli stuff is only if you like command line
hi - how do i edit grub 2's settings to make the menu delay shorter?	dnivra: if you install startupmanager its got a gui for most grub2 things
during the ubuntu install, the only res i can use is 640x480 - the bottom of the install window goes off the bottom of the screen, so i cant use the buttons. any ideas?	message me
whats the difference between sudo apt-get and sudo aptitude?	apt-get vs aptitude for installation is a moot point. for uninstallation though they act quite different
how do i configure my system so fsck never runs in interactive mode at boot? it's a headless server 1500 miles away from me.	you can use: sudo tune2fs -i 0 -c 0 /dev/sda1 (assuming your system partition is sda1) and it won't automatically fsck
can someone send me or pastebin a sources.list file .. i screwed mine up. (hardy 32bit)	hang on
when i do 'sudo apt-get upgrade', linux-image-386 linux-restricted-modules-386 are help back. are they safe to install through the update manager?	yeah, update them manually
anyone tell me how to find out if firefox has more than one process running? when i start ff it says choose another profile because default is already running. but its not.	'ps auwx \| grep firefox' will show any running processes, it could just be you need to remove the 'lock' file from your firefox profile
i have an ext3 partition on an lvm2 disk (hardware raid5 arrray) which is running out of free space, when i add another disk array to the lvm and grow the ext3 partition. will lvm first use the first array untill it is completely filled and then the second?	likely the first. you can tell it to do either, but it's a bit of a pain vs just letting it do whatever it wants for expanding
guys i downloaded xine to compile manually and i find out that my system dosen't even have gcc, how is that possible :/	sudo apt-get install build-essential
ubuntu has very nicely setup my dual monitors for me, but i'm not sure what it's actually using for it. how do i find out whether it's using xinerama or something specific to my graphics card/driver (or is it just always xinerama?) ?	the xrandr command can do that
is there any place other than 'startup applications' where startup programs could be listed? i have a weather indicator applet installed and i don't want it starting up anymore but it's not listed in 'startup applications.'	if you're trying to get your applets back with unity, you probably cant; it's not a real panel
hey guys, in ubuntu 8.04 i have several problems with mozilla firefox. 1) it doesnt play flash applications instantly, i have to click on each (there is a symbol of flash). and 2) - sometimes it doesn't play sound in youtube. i watch a few videos, and then i have to restart the computer :(	eg: flashblock puts a flash icon ..the one you described
are there any free voip software avaiable?	ekiga is a free voip. see also 'apt-cache search voip'
i've been having some trouble with my atheros wifi card. network manager seems to disable it when i suspend my computer, and doesn't 'forget' the ap's. therefor, if i move it tries to connect to an ap that isn't there.	i gave up on network manager and switched to wicd which does the job perfectly for me
anyone know why rhythmbox is giving me an end of stream error?	well that could have something to do with it
how do i find out what programs are accessing partition x?	i would use lsof output against df to see which files were where
you mean flashplugin-nonfree, right?!	flashplugin-nonfree will install flash for you
what's the name of the program ran after the reboot in a new installation... the one that configures everything?	base-config
what user/group does apache2 run as by default?	: www-data
anybody knows how to copy a directory and keep the permission of the files?	cp -a will work
ok i'm an idiot, i managed to change my home directory but without moving the files in it so now i can only login to a failsafe terminal or unprivilaged user and i need help. how from a terminal can set my user home dir back to what it should be?	boot into recovery mode and use usermod command (check it man page)
is omegall tempbanned or permbanned?	should be be permbanned?
can anyone tell me how to set domain name on this thing? i used the gui under network tools and it doesn't seem to have affected exim's call to debconfdomaindebconf	depending on what you want, edit /etc/mailname and /etc/hosts so that the first entry has the domain you want on the end
hey, i can't figure out how to open programs that i've installed. for example easyubuntu	press alt+f2 and type the name of the program you installed
anyone know if there's ubuntu/debian debs for the most recent versions of asterisk? i'm not finding much... might have to resort to using the .tar.gz	check getdeb.net
hey guys is there a way to remove the top panel from the second monitor on 11.04?	have a look at xrandr
i messed up my permissions of /var/cache/apt/archives .. what are the original settings ?	drwxr-xr-x 3 root root
in synaptic, what's the difference between 'remove' and 'complete removal' of packages? thanks	i don't use gnome but i presume you can do something like mv ~/.gnome2{,_old} && mv ~/.gnome{,_old}
can you recommend me a calendar/todo/organizer? i was using an app called chandler and it was just what i needed, but it does not work in 9.04 :(	sunbird?
does anyone know a low-ram file manager? naut whatever uses too much	pcmanfm? lxde filemanager
i'm looking for a lightweight bittorrent client that provides more statistics than the original bittorrent client (something similiar to utorrent on windows), anyone have any suggestions?	it's terminal-based, but i'm a big fan of rtorrent
how would you play a kvcd that is in bin and cue format without burning it?	mplayer foo.bin
i have a new hardy installation; is there a way to disable compiz? it is causing too much trouble	system>preferences>appearance last tab
so.. no useable gui for multihead setups, right?	it is a frontend for xrandr which replaced xinerama.
hello. can someone tell me where the configuration file for apache is if i installed it from the repository?	or /etc/apache/apache.conf if your not using apache2
i have pidgin installed, is there a way to remove 'chat' from the 'envelope menu'?	you'll need to log out/back in before it disappears
how do you make grep also show the next n lines after a match?	grep -a numberoflines
i can't install my ubuntu updates. i let it sit for four hours last night and nothing happened. i looked at the process and it said it is sleeping.	tried running 'sudo apt-get update' and making sure it's not your internet?
you can write to ntfs too with the new ntfs-3g	i think he was revering to plyp_pir8signul
i want to install gtk and all needed packages for gui programming with c and gtk+. what command should i use ? can i use apt-get?	of course you can use apt-get
i have ubuntu running on a usb stick. i want to copy it over to another usb. what command could i use that will make sure i get an exact copy with all hidden files and file permissions? thanks..	that can only be done if stick2 is at least as large as stick1
cli q: someone told me once about a program that would take two binary files and compare them and show the differences. anybody know what i'm talking about? like if i have two identical files but with slightly different metadata or encoded data,e tc	in general you are talking about a checksum
what is the difference between this channel irc.ubuntu.com and irc.freenode.net?	/msg nickserv help
is vmware gonna kill my computer, if i think it sucks how good is ubuntu at removing programs?	/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall.pl will do the trick
firefox 5 offers a service to complete entering a login name and password once you have agreed to. where can i delete 2 such entries of the past because they are typos?	edit preferences security saved passwords
hi, anyone know anything about encryption on linux>? i would likee to encrypt a couple of folders whats the best program to do such a thing>/?	only with decryption sorry.
sorry; could you point me to where sources.list is	/etc/apt/sources,list
i have intel hd integrated audio (snd-hda-intel) but i also have a soundblaster live! value (snd-emu10k1). which should i use?	sb live
when i type cc into bash, i get cc: command not found	install build-essential
how's a guy supposed to watch some smut without a codec?	aptitude install win32codecs perhaps?
hi, im trying to update ubuntu with apt-get update but i get an error when it tries to download certain sources, it stays stuck at 99% and can't finish...is it possible i don't have the good source adresses or something?	not a very good source
hi, i've installed ubuntu on single partitoin, how can i make another one for /boot to put there some iso to boot and make things working? i just need idea in how to proceed..	you can resize the ubuntu partition with the ubuntu live cd and then boot back into ubuntu, and make the new partition, get its uuid, copy over everything in boot with cp -p -r and then add it to your /etc/fstab
wie lasse ich mir die groupid einer bestimmten gruppe anzeigen?	grep group /etc/group ;-)
can anyone tell me what font this is? http://farm1.static.flickr.com/130/402807971_a6d0cbfd47_o.png	can't open it
hi. how do i set an animation effect for my right click menu on my desktop	right click on a panel and select about this panel

how do i go about taking a windows driver for a usb wireless card and use it on ubntu?

ndiswrapper

what is bt_metadata in ~/.opera/

at a guess, maybe someting to do with opera's bittorrent client?

can anyone help me get my broadcom wifi card working? it says enabled and in use but it isnt working

seen:

whats the desktop on feisty fawn?

gnome

hi guys, i downloaded ubuntu 8.10 alternate cd for my another pc which has no internet connection.. but when i try to upgrade it, i get a warning message 'the packages could not be authenticated' any solutions will be app

you need to add the gpg keys to the repository

is it necessary to create a seperate /boot partition (warty 4.10) ?

it's generally a good idea as a precaution because you can have it automaticly unmount after the boot process is done.

anybody running cedega under ubuntu ?

wine is running fine though

i have a laptop which dual boots ubuntu and xp. how can i create a restore dvd to install both in one go? like the restore dvd comes with laptop

try 'ghost for linux'

can someone tell me the name of the program used to edit gtk theme colours via right-clicking the desktop?

gnome-appearance-properties

hello everyone, quick question. i like using geany to edit .c .java .html, and pretty much all source files that i deal with. though currently i have to either open geany and then use that to open a file, or right click the file and choose geany to open it. if i just open the file on its own it opens up in gedit. how can i set it so all source files are opened with geany? i tried looking in 'preferred applications' under system>pre

i think you have to have nautilus scripts for that - the easiest way would be to install 'ubuntu tweak' and use their menu for doing that

how can i change the system tray icons?

tyhey reside in /usr/share/pixmaps

hi. i munged my sudousers file. i tried using the livecd as a rescue, but once there i can't find /etc on my hardrive ( as opposed to the disc ). i guess i need to mount my hard drive. any ideas how to do this or where to read about it?

during the boot, after the bios messages, you can get to the grub menu (may need to press esc). recovery is an option you can select from that menu.

what should i look for/avoid in selecting a new sound card??

that is probably a question better answered in the forums...

does anyone know an application that can merge multiple pdf files into one...

pdftk

what's the best java plug-in for ff???

official one

google + man pages are not helping me at all. how on earth do i grep for lines that don't start with 'somestring'?

man grep, see '-v'

anyone know how i can edit the nvidia settings by editing files rather than through the gui?

edit /etc/x11/xorg.conf, but read up on it before messing around

helo, i need to know where i can download oil rush game (full-free) for linujx

hopefully from the repos.

any way to get software 256-bit key aes encryption on ubuntu ?

you can use dm-crypt

for setting up a lamp server: apache2 mysql-server and which package for php?

php5

then i might learn it just to have sumn else under my belt.... what are most linux programs writeen in though... like firefox, vlc, pidgn...

the official preferred language for ubuntu development is python

is there a way to find out what was the last package installed?

have a look at the /var/log/atp/term.log file

hi, i am following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/binarydriverhowto/nvidia#head-20c0b7106f06055eed889efe3946f560c34a8b1a to install 3d of geforce 5200, but when i sudo nvidia-glx-config enable, it tells me 'error: your x configuration has been altered. this script cannot automatically. if you bellieve that this not correct, you can update the md5sum entry executing the following command: md5sum /etc/x11/xorg.conf | sudo tee /var/lib/x11xorg.cong .

sudo nano /etc/x11/xorg.conf go to device where it says nv and change it to nvidia

hi, whats the command to renew ip ?

err with sudo: sudo dhclient eth0

any brave soul here get dapper working with a dual monitor setup?

it's no different than any other dual monitor setup in linux.

how can i turn off the beep in gnokii. i have the sound muted, but if i am in the terminal and hit tab for a dir that doesnt exist, i get this beep pc speaker beep that is annoying me

this should helpl http://strabes.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/how-to-remove-the-system-beep-in-ubuntu-dapper/

this is ancient unix knowledge (i'm a dinosaur :-) ) but some amount of the disk is held unused, that only 'root' processes can use. this is so that if you fill the drive, the system can still run.

20gb seems a bit much. is there any way to override this since the drive is only being used for storage?

hey guys - i want to write on the desktop - any application for it ?

there used to be gyache but i believe its dead

what is the name of the default windows manager used in ubuntu ? is it gnome ?

gnome

when does the new release come out?

8.10 = 10/2008 october.

hi! is there a log over installed applications somewhere?

do 'dpkg -l' in a terminal

has anybody lost sound with the 2.6.30-3 kernel ?

thats in the ubuntu+1 channel where i can see you asking

an alias is typically a bash alias and would thus only work in a bash terminal that calls on the .bashrc related files, trying to create a 'shortcut' to an alias probably won't work, as it's not calling on bash's configuration. why call the alias? just create the launcher with the full command instead. best of luck.

also the full command doesn't work the command is 'xset dpms force off && gnome-screensaver-command --lock' i need it to turn off the display completely and also lock the screen....why nothing appens...

any tools to convert chm to pdf?

apt-cache search chm pdf. there are several

whats the best ftp server in ubuntu? somethin easy and hopefully with a gui would be wonderful

anything doing ftp will be kinda arse, but vsftpd is one of the least bad

can anyone help me setup a network dell printer? i cannot locate the drivers after they have been installed.

check linuxprinting.org database

can ubuntu and kunbuntu co-habit on the same hd without trouble ?

apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

hi, what voip client phone software can i use with ubuntu ? (something like x-lite)

ekiga ?

i'm having problems installing ubuntu feisty - desktop cd (beta). the splash screen gives place to cli and shows the following message : 'busybox ... /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off.' is there a solution?

bad cd

hi, i have a nfts-partition on the beginning of my harddrive and i want to make that an ext3-partition. do i risk destroying anything important? like bios or anything used to boot? i know that linux doesn't use mbr but want to be sure :) thanks...

you shouldn't 'destroy anything' except for the data on the partition

i want to update screem from 0.12.1 to 0.16.1, how would i do that?

sudo apt-get upgrade screem

hmm, if to .deb files has dependence of each other how the hell do i install them?

if you use the gdebi installer it will take care of the dependencies for you

anyone here able to print to a windows printer on their network?

dunno, i have the opposite problem. i've been trying to get the win box to print to my samba printer :)

anyone have an idea what would cause my display running at 1280x800 to display gtk items large?

it has to do with the dpi setting, but i'm not sure where to configure that

do you guys know of any good websites to help with the learning of linux?

i would start with help.ubuntu.com, the !cli stuff is only if you like command line

hi - how do i edit grub 2's settings to make the menu delay shorter?

dnivra: if you install startupmanager its got a gui for most grub2 things

during the ubuntu install, the only res i can use is 640x480 - the bottom of the install window goes off the bottom of the screen, so i cant use the buttons. any ideas?

message me

whats the difference between sudo apt-get and sudo aptitude?

apt-get vs aptitude for installation is a moot point. for uninstallation though they act quite different

how do i configure my system so fsck never runs in interactive mode at boot? it's a headless server 1500 miles away from me.

you can use: sudo tune2fs -i 0 -c 0 /dev/sda1 (assuming your system partition is sda1) and it won't automatically fsck

can someone send me or pastebin a sources.list file .. i screwed mine up. (hardy 32bit)

hang on

when i do 'sudo apt-get upgrade', linux-image-386 linux-restricted-modules-386 are help back. are they safe to install through the update manager?

yeah, update them manually

anyone tell me how to find out if firefox has more than one process running? when i start ff it says choose another profile because default is already running. but its not.

'ps auwx | grep firefox' will show any running processes, it could just be you need to remove the 'lock' file from your firefox profile

i have an ext3 partition on an lvm2 disk (hardware raid5 arrray) which is running out of free space, when i add another disk array to the lvm and grow the ext3 partition. will lvm first use the first array untill it is completely filled and then the second?

likely the first. you can tell it to do either, but it's a bit of a pain vs just letting it do whatever it wants for expanding

guys i downloaded xine to compile manually and i find out that my system dosen't even have gcc, how is that possible :/

sudo apt-get install build-essential

ubuntu has very nicely setup my dual monitors for me, but i'm not sure what it's actually using for it. how do i find out whether it's using xinerama or something specific to my graphics card/driver (or is it just always xinerama?) ?

the xrandr command can do that

is there any place other than 'startup applications' where startup programs could be listed? i have a weather indicator applet installed and i don't want it starting up anymore but it's not listed in 'startup applications.'

if you're trying to get your applets back with unity, you probably cant; it's not a real panel

hey guys, in ubuntu 8.04 i have several problems with mozilla firefox. 1) it doesnt play flash applications instantly, i have to click on each (there is a symbol of flash). and 2) - sometimes it doesn't play sound in youtube. i watch a few videos, and then i have to restart the computer :(

eg: flashblock puts a flash icon ..the one you described

are there any free voip software avaiable?

ekiga is a free voip. see also 'apt-cache search voip'

i've been having some trouble with my atheros wifi card. network manager seems to disable it when i suspend my computer, and doesn't 'forget' the ap's. therefor, if i move it tries to connect to an ap that isn't there.

i gave up on network manager and switched to wicd which does the job perfectly for me

anyone know why rhythmbox is giving me an end of stream error?

well that could have something to do with it

how do i find out what programs are accessing partition x?

i would use lsof output against df to see which files were where

you mean flashplugin-nonfree, right?!

flashplugin-nonfree will install flash for you

what's the name of the program ran after the reboot in a new installation... the one that configures everything?

base-config

what user/group does apache2 run as by default?

: www-data

anybody knows how to copy a directory and keep the permission of the files?

cp -a will work

ok i'm an idiot, i managed to change my home directory but without moving the files in it so now i can only login to a failsafe terminal or unprivilaged user and i need help. how from a terminal can set my user home dir back to what it should be?

boot into recovery mode and use usermod command (check it man page)

is omegall tempbanned or permbanned?

should be be permbanned?

can anyone tell me how to set domain name on this thing? i used the gui under network tools and it doesn't seem to have affected exim's call to debconfdomaindebconf

depending on what you want, edit /etc/mailname and /etc/hosts so that the first entry has the domain you want on the end

hey, i can't figure out how to open programs that i've installed. for example easyubuntu

press alt+f2 and type the name of the program you installed

anyone know if there's ubuntu/debian debs for the most recent versions of asterisk? i'm not finding much... might have to resort to using the .tar.gz

check getdeb.net

hey guys is there a way to remove the top panel from the second monitor on 11.04?

have a look at xrandr

i messed up my permissions of /var/cache/apt/archives .. what are the original settings ?

drwxr-xr-x 3 root root

in synaptic, what's the difference between 'remove' and 'complete removal' of packages? thanks

i don't use gnome but i presume you can do something like mv ~/.gnome2{,_old} && mv ~/.gnome{,_old}

can you recommend me a calendar/todo/organizer? i was using an app called chandler and it was just what i needed, but it does not work in 9.04 :(

sunbird?

does anyone know a low-ram file manager? naut whatever uses too much

pcmanfm? lxde filemanager

i'm looking for a lightweight bittorrent client that provides more statistics than the original bittorrent client (something similiar to utorrent on windows), anyone have any suggestions?

it's terminal-based, but i'm a big fan of rtorrent

how would you play a kvcd that is in bin and cue format without burning it?

mplayer foo.bin

i have a new hardy installation; is there a way to disable compiz? it is causing too much trouble

system>preferences>appearance last tab

so.. no useable gui for multihead setups, right?

it is a frontend for xrandr which replaced xinerama.

hello. can someone tell me where the configuration file for apache is if i installed it from the repository?

or /etc/apache/apache.conf if your not using apache2

i have pidgin installed, is there a way to remove 'chat' from the 'envelope menu'?

you'll need to log out/back in before it disappears

how do you make grep also show the next n lines after a match?

grep -a numberoflines

i can't install my ubuntu updates. i let it sit for four hours last night and nothing happened. i looked at the process and it said it is sleeping.

tried running 'sudo apt-get update' and making sure it's not your internet?

you can write to ntfs too with the new ntfs-3g

i think he was revering to plyp_pir8signul

i want to install gtk and all needed packages for gui programming with c and gtk+. what command should i use ? can i use apt-get?

of course you can use apt-get

i have ubuntu running on a usb stick. i want to copy it over to another usb. what command could i use that will make sure i get an exact copy with all hidden files and file permissions? thanks..

that can only be done if stick2 is at least as large as stick1

cli q: someone told me once about a program that would take two binary files and compare them and show the differences. anybody know what i'm talking about? like if i have two identical files but with slightly different metadata or encoded data,e tc

in general you are talking about a checksum

what is the difference between this channel irc.ubuntu.com and irc.freenode.net?

/msg nickserv help

is vmware gonna kill my computer, if i think it sucks how good is ubuntu at removing programs?

/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall.pl will do the trick

firefox 5 offers a service to complete entering a login name and password once you have agreed to. where can i delete 2 such entries of the past because they are typos?

edit preferences security saved passwords

hi, anyone know anything about encryption on linux>? i would likee to encrypt a couple of folders whats the best program to do such a thing>/?

only with decryption sorry.

sorry; could you point me to where sources.list is

/etc/apt/sources,list

i have intel hd integrated audio (snd-hda-intel) but i also have a soundblaster live! value (snd-emu10k1). which should i use?

sb live

when i type cc into bash, i get cc: command not found

install build-essential

how's a guy supposed to watch some smut without a codec?

aptitude install win32codecs perhaps?

hi, im trying to update ubuntu with apt-get update but i get an error when it tries to download certain sources, it stays stuck at 99% and can't finish...is it possible i don't have the good source adresses or something?

not a very good source

hi, i've installed ubuntu on single partitoin, how can i make another one for /boot to put there some iso to boot and make things working? i just need idea in how to proceed..

you can resize the ubuntu partition with the ubuntu live cd and then boot back into ubuntu, and make the new partition, get its uuid, copy over everything in boot with cp -p -r and then add it to your /etc/fstab

wie lasse ich mir die groupid einer bestimmten gruppe anzeigen?

grep group /etc/group ;-)

can anyone tell me what font this is? http://farm1.static.flickr.com/130/402807971_a6d0cbfd47_o.png

can't open it

hi. how do i set an animation effect for my right click menu on my desktop

right click on a panel and select about this panel