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quick question: does ubuntu use vanilla-soures as standard? and what version is the current stable?	no. it uses a patched kernel and dapper (the latest stable ubuntu release) uses 2.6.15
hey everyone. trying to make a custom distro cd of karmic, and trying to leave off a lot of packages. when i blow packages away, the no longer show up in the packages file, and aren't on the cd, but the 'ubuntu-desktop' task still selects them, and they download instead. how can i make the installer forget about them?	rebuild 'ubuntu-desktop' with changed dependencies
any simple way to disable system beep?	that's been covered in every online linux mag on linuxhomepage.com for a couple of months
hi, where is the hosts file in ubuntu? my computer is acting a bit strange, would you also recommend me a scanner for ubuntu?	host-file /etc/hosts
if i want to triple-boot ubuntu, xp, and os x, which should go furthest to the left in the partition table?	xp then linux but i dont know about the osx
in xchat, how do i specify a port number for a server?	like - chat.us.freenode.net/8001
i just learned of ubuntu, can anyone tell me how its related to debian?	ubuntu is based on debian, which install debian the easy way.
using gparted, i made some free space. now i want to add the free space to root partition. gparted does not allow. why?	livecd has gparted
question: i just installed kubuntu (8.04) on a shuttle pc... i get to the log in screen, but when i enter my username/password and try to login, the monitor goes black (says no signal) and then returns to the login screen!	boot into recovery mode and use the fix xserver option (or if you end up in a root console run 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg' )
hi. i just built a computer with 1 gig of ram, but the bios and ubuntu report only 883 megabytes. does anyone know what might have gone wrong?	do you have a onboard video card? it could be sharing your system memory.
can somebody help me with enabling/installing svn?	ubotu is a bot
how to open a .djvu file?	whats a djvu file
what's the best way to run a command on startup?	add it to /etc/rc.local
whenever i try to list the files in a tarball with 'tar -t file.tar.gz' the shell just stalls, why?	tar tfz ...
is there an alternative to iptables? (cant use iptables because its a vroot)	netfilter..
you can go for cs and dont get caught up in the programming classes, or go for mis	i recently heard about mis, but they don't have it at my school to my knowledge
in unity is there a way to add applets to the panel?	http://maketecheasier.com/unlock-gnome-panel-in-ubuntu-netbook-edition-une/2010/04/25
can someone point me in the direction of how to get maverick to recognize and use my laptop fingerprint reader?	libfprint
is there a terminal command to view your cpu usage?	top / htop
hi there is an applet in ubuntu which shows the current available wireless connections, do you know the name of this applet?	network manager.. or nm-applet
how do you get more wallpaper slideshows for ubuntu please? i've been on the gnome-art site but there's only individual pics	http://www.webupd8.org/2010/02/easily-create-xml-wallpapers-with-xml.html
is there a linux tool to rescale a pic?	imagemagick has a tool called 'convert'
what's the default root pw ?	- sudo su -
how do i install new packages with ubuntu? with apt-get?	apt-get or synaptic (gui)
how can i log off ubuntu w/ just keyboard?	alt f2 shutdown :)
1 more question that's bugging me then i'll leave you fine folks alone... what's the keyboard shortcut to shortcuts on my panel (in natty) http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1428870	check out this wallpaper. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/04/become-a-natty-power-user-in-no-time-using-this-unit-keyboard-shortcuts-wallpaper/
whats the command to mount a local folder to another local folder?	mount --bind olddir newdir
so how is it gnome can mount / umount things even though the user can't go into the command line and do a mount / umount?	er, maybe s/gvfs/fuse/
can someone tell me how to build a deb from a source?	of whatever little i know, extract the source, cd to it, './configure' 'make' 'make checkinstall', you would have a deb in that directory. but for that you may need this program do 'sudo apt-get install checkinstall'
could anyone suggest a good mp3 player?	xmms
which mysql package contains the headers for compiling against mysql?	libmysqlclient15-dev
what command do i enter to see what graphik card i have?	lspci
is there a way to use dpkg to search a package from one of it's files? for example dpkg -option /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 returns gcc-4.0	dpkg -s will work as well but apt-file let's you search packages that aren't installed too
is there a way to stop a service from auto starting on ubuntu server, like apache2 or mysql?	remove the symlink from /etc/rc2.d/
hi, with the command fdisk -l i can see all disks and their partitions. but how to know what kind of disk is it? how to know if it's pendrive, usb external disk, memory stick etc. ?	for usb you can also lsusb
hey all... why would a cdrom mount with noexec when fstab shows only 'user,noauto'	adding options after one antoher usually overrides, so 'user,exec' many make it executable, but still user mountable
can anyone tell me if they think this card would work well in ubuntu dapper?	should work
is there a ubuntu update for firefox 1.0.5?	no.. if you want it you have to compile it from the sources or build yourself a .deb package
with breezy, or hoary?	hoary
how do i rar enable fille-roller?	sudo apt-get install unrar
is there a general pc channel on here or can i ask a general pc question here?	this channel is for ubuntu support only
can anyone help me with 'no package 'gtk+-2.0' found'	libgtk2.0-dev
is there a video player besides totem that can resize the viseo when you resize the program window?	vlc
hey i have a file that fails to install when i run apt-get. so instead i installed it from source... but apt-get keeps trying to install it. how can i make it quit? where does apt-get store its 'to be installed' file?	thats my only thought on the subject
/bin/sh: /usr/bin/esd: not found <- what should i install for that? just apt-get install esd doesn't do it	enlightment sound daemon esd the sound server of gnome (originaly, eons ago of enlightment). now is being replaced by pulse audio iirc
re: ubuntu server 10.10 x86 -- how can i increase the framebuffer(?) size so that it fills my lcd screen (laptop)? thanks!	http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/lucidubuntu-10-04-high-resolution-plymouth-virtual-terminal-for-atinvidia-cards-with-proprietaryrestricted-driver/
how to use these smartmontools	http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki
what exactly is wine and where can i get it?	wine allows you to run windows programs on linux. you can get it from ubuntu repositories, or if you want the latest version go to http://winehq.com
how does one disable the insert key ?	press insert
i am trying to get the airport utility to run on ubuntu. i installed wine, downloaded the airport utility for windows, it installed nicely. but it doesn't find my little airport express when scanning. why doesn't it find it? what do i have to reconfigure?	so, well, you're unlikely to be capable to do this
hello, what is the best way to save settings of evolution, before a total reinstall?	back it up and put it back before you run it on the reinstall
has anyone downloaded the new version of opera? 9.5? i'm confused as to which version to get, you can see them all here; http://snapshot.opera.com/unix/9.50-alpha-1/	cat /proc/cpuinfo
hey people! i have a text file of 250mb, and i need to insert some text at the beginning of the file and the end. how would i do it, not opening the whole file? ) sorry for the noobness )	you can do this echo test \| cat - file > new file
hello, can i install grub under windows? in another word, are there any grub for windows?	windows uses its own boot loader, so i don't think so.
hello. everybody.. ive a question.. where do i find the key names for configuring hotkeys.. for example if i want hotkey the enter button its not called 'enter' bit something like [^4.. does anyone know a database for those keynames?!	also the quick answer is run 'xev' then watch its output when you give it input - it will spit out codes
is it possible to install packages from ubuntu 11.04 in ubuntu 10.10 via apt-get or something similar without compiling? or to download the .deb files?	what part of 'not a good idea' is confusing?
can anyone help me with this? i just hooked up my external usb hard drive that's formatted with ntfs, but i don't have the permissions to write because apparently it's a 'read-only disk.' i never set it this way and i just think it's because it's ntfs... how can i enable writing?	nope... ntfs cannot be written to from linux yet... so switch the file system to something friendly to both... fat
can someone tell me how it was to refresh apt?	: sudo apt-get update
is there a linux game where you're a ship at the bottom of the screen and lots of ships come from the top down, and you can shoot unlimited shots, and get upgrades, and acquire bombs...	chromium
how do i stop this pinging?	ctrl + c will cancel a command in the terminal.
has anyone had success setting up duel monitors in a debain base distro? not a mirror, but an extension?	i've been trying to too, but i know its possible.
can someone recommend me a good book for the oracle certified java associate exam with no background in programming	when it stops, open a terminal with ctrl+alt+t and run: dmesg \| tail it may give clues
hello. i am looking for a way to install ubuntu onto a laptop without a cd-rom drive, is this feasible please?	http://marc.herbert.free.fr/linux/win2linstall.html
is there a good mpg video editor?	pitivi or avidemux
what port\s does samba run on?	137-139,445
flannel, do i use sudo leafpad /etc/comadn here ?	lubuntu uses leafpad instead of gedit
which is the best torrent client for ubuntu?	i prefer the default one, i think it is bittorrent, depends on the flavor and your tastes.
if i have two hard disks on my machine and i only want to partition the second one, how would i go about doing this.	boot up the live cd , in menu > system > admin > gnome partition editor will let you change your partitons
is vncserver not in the default repositories?	then you probably need to enable universe
i have a binary file for an application that has no installer and is not packaged, i'm moving it to my /usr/bin directory, is there a way to add it to my 'applications' menu in gnome?	you can add any item you want to your menu. right click on the menu and select edit
anyone know how i remote connect to a computer that is behind a router? i know the internal 192.168.0.* ip of the computer, and also the external ip that the router gives it. my guess is that its somethin like connecting to '49.211.223.(hidden)//192.168.0.102'	the router has to be configured by its adminstrator to port-forward , or to do nat
thanks, kyle: of course. but that's not 'for human beings' <g> besides i need to use the live cd. guess no one with a dsl can connect via live cd.	gs -version
is adding another ip to nic possible without losing the current internet connection?	ifconfig eth0:1 1.1.1.1 up
just installed ubuntu server 10.04 lts. is sudu apt upgrade the correct cli command to make it get upgrades?	sudo apt-get update: sudo apt-get upgrade
what's everyone use to transfer music on and off the ipod? amarok doesn't have the capability any more	gtkpod
anyone knows some good ebook reader?	try calibre
can i make synaptic ignore a dependency? i need to ignore libc6, but can't figure out how. synaptic just want to 'fix' the problem uninstalling the package i need...	coulde use --force
is there something like ubuntu for servers?	ubuntu - there is a server edition - man i am going to have to quit irc or watch what i am doing :-/
i need a way to record the audio from a flash thing.	once or more often? and with what quality? i'd simply do it with a microphone for one-off thing :)
do you monitor your system temperature?	no i don't - worth trying?
i changed accepted 'modes' into 800x600 in screen subsection, hoping it would help. how can i restart x from the console without restarting computer?	what does it accept?
anyone knows a way to add a special key.. like for example.. i want pressing both right and left mouse buttons, to be treated as pressing alt+ctrl	maybe with xbindkeys but i'm not sure how well it works with mouse combos like that
hello everybody... i got a doubt... the command `top` returns a line like n running, n stopped and 1 zombie... i mean how can i figure out what is this zombie process? and what does zombie mean?	a zombie is a program that crashed, but is still running in memory
how do i install a .deb package all that depends on it like if there is anything it would be downloaded ?	install it with gdebi
i just installed ubuntu and am getting used to the commands, i forgot to make a fat32 partition so i want to do one now, the fat32 part. will be called 'shareddrive' and i want it to be 40gb, may i ask what the command for that would be?	use qtparted
what is a good program for writing cds on ubuntu?	and colorful too. kinda trippy, actually.
i'm considering installing x86 ubuntu on my amd64 box to avoid the trouble. how much would the performance degrade?	use the 686 kernel for best results (after the install, you can upgrade the kernel)
hey guys, i'm wondering if there is a way to set up my system '10.10' to change the bandwidh priority. meaning, which applications get highest internet priority. example: right now, if i am downloading or uploading on transmission it has top priority and i have trouble browsing the web or even checking e-mail. i would like to set up so that my browser and such have top priority and transmission gets what evers left. can anyone hel	you can do it, with something to mark traffic and tools like tc. i seem to even recall a 'wondershaper' script you might be able to adapt to what you want. can't handhold you through the entire thing though.
hey, is freecontrib down? (specifically the plf repo's?) caus i cant apt-get update with them :(	freecontrib isn't part of the official ubuntu repos.
how do i disable rhythymbox from opening automatically when i plug the ipod in	removable drives and media
what is that issue with audio you are talking about?	the sound won't work
is there an openvpn server that can be used with windows clients, and can someone point me to a tutorial on configuring it on ubuntu server?	: look for pptp
hi all, i'm running 12.04 and would like to know if it is possible to add a program to the unity bar on the left side, the program has to be started from the shell (it's name is 'ding', a dictionary) so when i start it it appears in the bar but after closing it i cant's start it again...	probably with gnome-extensions (ppa), but it was very broken when i tried to use any gnome-extension
my wubi installer crashes on windows xp sp3 : an error says : 'writelines() argument must be a sequence of strings'. it looks like python exception. any idea of where does that come from ?	https://bugs.launchpad.net/wubi/+bug/365642
hello #ubuntu. how do i add a launcher to the new menu>	put the launcher on the desktop. drag the launcher onto the unity bar on the left.
is there a way to force my eth0 to 10mbit instead of 100mbit?	try ethtool
what's the easiest way to create a chrooted (openssh) sftp user?	or to 'scponly'
is there some grafical frontend for installing packages that you downloaded manually coming? i can't imagine explaining friends they need to write dpkg... in commmand line	imho that's planned for later releases
hi, anyone know how to install the 6.06 beta live cd on a usb stick?	see if there's an installer on the live cd, fourm said it will be developed to final version
2 questions please: is it possible to run some kind of virtual machine ontop of osx 10.5 or 10.6 so i can have ubuntu and windows 7 on seperate monitors? if there is no such thing, how is mac version of ubuntu these days? last time i tried it the drivers were lagging	you could run virtualbox

quick question: does ubuntu use vanilla-soures as standard? and what version is the current stable?

no. it uses a patched kernel and dapper (the latest stable ubuntu release) uses 2.6.15

hey everyone. trying to make a custom distro cd of karmic, and trying to leave off a lot of packages. when i blow packages away, the no longer show up in the packages file, and aren't on the cd, but the 'ubuntu-desktop' task still selects them, and they download instead. how can i make the installer forget about them?

rebuild 'ubuntu-desktop' with changed dependencies

any simple way to disable system beep?

that's been covered in every online linux mag on linuxhomepage.com for a couple of months

hi, where is the hosts file in ubuntu? my computer is acting a bit strange, would you also recommend me a scanner for ubuntu?

host-file /etc/hosts

if i want to triple-boot ubuntu, xp, and os x, which should go furthest to the left in the partition table?

xp then linux but i dont know about the osx

in xchat, how do i specify a port number for a server?

like - chat.us.freenode.net/8001

i just learned of ubuntu, can anyone tell me how its related to debian?

ubuntu is based on debian, which install debian the easy way.

using gparted, i made some free space. now i want to add the free space to root partition. gparted does not allow. why?

livecd has gparted

question: i just installed kubuntu (8.04) on a shuttle pc... i get to the log in screen, but when i enter my username/password and try to login, the monitor goes black (says no signal) and then returns to the login screen!

boot into recovery mode and use the fix xserver option (or if you end up in a root console run 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg' )

hi. i just built a computer with 1 gig of ram, but the bios and ubuntu report only 883 megabytes. does anyone know what might have gone wrong?

do you have a onboard video card? it could be sharing your system memory.

can somebody help me with enabling/installing svn?

ubotu is a bot

how to open a .djvu file?

whats a djvu file

what's the best way to run a command on startup?

add it to /etc/rc.local

whenever i try to list the files in a tarball with 'tar -t file.tar.gz' the shell just stalls, why?

tar tfz ...

is there an alternative to iptables? (cant use iptables because its a vroot)

netfilter..

you can go for cs and dont get caught up in the programming classes, or go for mis

i recently heard about mis, but they don't have it at my school to my knowledge

in unity is there a way to add applets to the panel?

http://maketecheasier.com/unlock-gnome-panel-in-ubuntu-netbook-edition-une/2010/04/25

can someone point me in the direction of how to get maverick to recognize and use my laptop fingerprint reader?

libfprint

is there a terminal command to view your cpu usage?

top / htop

hi there is an applet in ubuntu which shows the current available wireless connections, do you know the name of this applet?

network manager.. or nm-applet

how do you get more wallpaper slideshows for ubuntu please? i've been on the gnome-art site but there's only individual pics

http://www.webupd8.org/2010/02/easily-create-xml-wallpapers-with-xml.html

is there a linux tool to rescale a pic?

imagemagick has a tool called 'convert'

what's the default root pw ?

- sudo su -

how do i install new packages with ubuntu? with apt-get?

apt-get or synaptic (gui)

how can i log off ubuntu w/ just keyboard?

alt f2 shutdown :)

1 more question that's bugging me then i'll leave you fine folks alone... what's the keyboard shortcut to shortcuts on my panel (in natty) http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1428870

check out this wallpaper. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/04/become-a-natty-power-user-in-no-time-using-this-unit-keyboard-shortcuts-wallpaper/

whats the command to mount a local folder to another local folder?

mount --bind olddir newdir

so how is it gnome can mount / umount things even though the user can't go into the command line and do a mount / umount?

er, maybe s/gvfs/fuse/

can someone tell me how to build a deb from a source?

of whatever little i know, extract the source, cd to it, './configure' 'make' 'make checkinstall', you would have a deb in that directory. but for that you may need this program do 'sudo apt-get install checkinstall'

could anyone suggest a good mp3 player?

xmms

which mysql package contains the headers for compiling against mysql?

libmysqlclient15-dev

what command do i enter to see what graphik card i have?

lspci

is there a way to use dpkg to search a package from one of it's files? for example dpkg -option /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 returns gcc-4.0

dpkg -s will work as well but apt-file let's you search packages that aren't installed too

is there a way to stop a service from auto starting on ubuntu server, like apache2 or mysql?

remove the symlink from /etc/rc2.d/

hi, with the command fdisk -l i can see all disks and their partitions. but how to know what kind of disk is it? how to know if it's pendrive, usb external disk, memory stick etc. ?

for usb you can also lsusb

hey all... why would a cdrom mount with noexec when fstab shows only 'user,noauto'

adding options after one antoher usually overrides, so 'user,exec' many make it executable, but still user mountable

can anyone tell me if they think this card would work well in ubuntu dapper?

should work

is there a ubuntu update for firefox 1.0.5?

no.. if you want it you have to compile it from the sources or build yourself a .deb package

with breezy, or hoary?

hoary

how do i rar enable fille-roller?

sudo apt-get install unrar

is there a general pc channel on here or can i ask a general pc question here?

this channel is for ubuntu support only

can anyone help me with 'no package 'gtk+-2.0' found'

libgtk2.0-dev

is there a video player besides totem that can resize the viseo when you resize the program window?

vlc

hey i have a file that fails to install when i run apt-get. so instead i installed it from source... but apt-get keeps trying to install it. how can i make it quit? where does apt-get store its 'to be installed' file?

thats my only thought on the subject

/bin/sh: /usr/bin/esd: not found <- what should i install for that? just apt-get install esd doesn't do it

enlightment sound daemon esd the sound server of gnome (originaly, eons ago of enlightment). now is being replaced by pulse audio iirc

re: ubuntu server 10.10 x86 -- how can i increase the framebuffer(?) size so that it fills my lcd screen (laptop)? thanks!

http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/lucidubuntu-10-04-high-resolution-plymouth-virtual-terminal-for-atinvidia-cards-with-proprietaryrestricted-driver/

how to use these smartmontools

http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki

what exactly is wine and where can i get it?

wine allows you to run windows programs on linux. you can get it from ubuntu repositories, or if you want the latest version go to http://winehq.com

how does one disable the insert key ?

press insert

i am trying to get the airport utility to run on ubuntu. i installed wine, downloaded the airport utility for windows, it installed nicely. but it doesn't find my little airport express when scanning. why doesn't it find it? what do i have to reconfigure?

so, well, you're unlikely to be capable to do this

hello, what is the best way to save settings of evolution, before a total reinstall?

back it up and put it back before you run it on the reinstall

has anyone downloaded the new version of opera? 9.5? i'm confused as to which version to get, you can see them all here; http://snapshot.opera.com/unix/9.50-alpha-1/

cat /proc/cpuinfo

hey people! i have a text file of 250mb, and i need to insert some text at the beginning of the file and the end. how would i do it, not opening the whole file? ) sorry for the noobness )

you can do this echo test | cat - file > new file

hello, can i install grub under windows? in another word, are there any grub for windows?

windows uses its own boot loader, so i don't think so.

hello. everybody.. ive a question.. where do i find the key names for configuring hotkeys.. for example if i want hotkey the enter button its not called 'enter' bit something like [^4.. does anyone know a database for those keynames?!

also the quick answer is run 'xev' then watch its output when you give it input - it will spit out codes

is it possible to install packages from ubuntu 11.04 in ubuntu 10.10 via apt-get or something similar without compiling? or to download the .deb files?

what part of 'not a good idea' is confusing?

can anyone help me with this? i just hooked up my external usb hard drive that's formatted with ntfs, but i don't have the permissions to write because apparently it's a 'read-only disk.' i never set it this way and i just think it's because it's ntfs... how can i enable writing?

nope... ntfs cannot be written to from linux yet... so switch the file system to something friendly to both... fat

can someone tell me how it was to refresh apt?

: sudo apt-get update

is there a linux game where you're a ship at the bottom of the screen and lots of ships come from the top down, and you can shoot unlimited shots, and get upgrades, and acquire bombs...

chromium

how do i stop this pinging?

ctrl + c will cancel a command in the terminal.

has anyone had success setting up duel monitors in a debain base distro? not a mirror, but an extension?

i've been trying to too, but i know its possible.

can someone recommend me a good book for the oracle certified java associate exam with no background in programming

when it stops, open a terminal with ctrl+alt+t and run: dmesg | tail it may give clues

hello. i am looking for a way to install ubuntu onto a laptop without a cd-rom drive, is this feasible please?

http://marc.herbert.free.fr/linux/win2linstall.html

is there a good mpg video editor?

pitivi or avidemux

what port\s does samba run on?

137-139,445

flannel, do i use sudo leafpad /etc/comadn here ?

lubuntu uses leafpad instead of gedit

which is the best torrent client for ubuntu?

i prefer the default one, i think it is bittorrent, depends on the flavor and your tastes.

if i have two hard disks on my machine and i only want to partition the second one, how would i go about doing this.

boot up the live cd , in menu > system > admin > gnome partition editor will let you change your partitons

is vncserver not in the default repositories?

then you probably need to enable universe

i have a binary file for an application that has no installer and is not packaged, i'm moving it to my /usr/bin directory, is there a way to add it to my 'applications' menu in gnome?

you can add any item you want to your menu. right click on the menu and select edit

anyone know how i remote connect to a computer that is behind a router? i know the internal 192.168.0.* ip of the computer, and also the external ip that the router gives it. my guess is that its somethin like connecting to '49.211.223.(hidden)//192.168.0.102'

the router has to be configured by its adminstrator to port-forward , or to do nat

thanks, kyle: of course. but that's not 'for human beings' <g> besides i need to use the live cd. guess no one with a dsl can connect via live cd.

gs -version

is adding another ip to nic possible without losing the current internet connection?

ifconfig eth0:1 1.1.1.1 up

just installed ubuntu server 10.04 lts. is sudu apt upgrade the correct cli command to make it get upgrades?

sudo apt-get update: sudo apt-get upgrade

what's everyone use to transfer music on and off the ipod? amarok doesn't have the capability any more

gtkpod

anyone knows some good ebook reader?

try calibre

can i make synaptic ignore a dependency? i need to ignore libc6, but can't figure out how. synaptic just want to 'fix' the problem uninstalling the package i need...

coulde use --force

is there something like ubuntu for servers?

ubuntu - there is a server edition - man i am going to have to quit irc or watch what i am doing :-/

i need a way to record the audio from a flash thing.

once or more often? and with what quality? i'd simply do it with a microphone for one-off thing :)

do you monitor your system temperature?

no i don't - worth trying?

i changed accepted 'modes' into 800x600 in screen subsection, hoping it would help. how can i restart x from the console without restarting computer?

what does it accept?

anyone knows a way to add a special key.. like for example.. i want pressing both right and left mouse buttons, to be treated as pressing alt+ctrl

maybe with xbindkeys but i'm not sure how well it works with mouse combos like that

hello everybody... i got a doubt... the command `top` returns a line like n running, n stopped and 1 zombie... i mean how can i figure out what is this zombie process? and what does zombie mean?

a zombie is a program that crashed, but is still running in memory

how do i install a .deb package all that depends on it like if there is anything it would be downloaded ?

install it with gdebi

i just installed ubuntu and am getting used to the commands, i forgot to make a fat32 partition so i want to do one now, the fat32 part. will be called 'shareddrive' and i want it to be 40gb, may i ask what the command for that would be?

use qtparted

what is a good program for writing cds on ubuntu?

and colorful too. kinda trippy, actually.

i'm considering installing x86 ubuntu on my amd64 box to avoid the trouble. how much would the performance degrade?

use the 686 kernel for best results (after the install, you can upgrade the kernel)

hey guys, i'm wondering if there is a way to set up my system '10.10' to change the bandwidh priority. meaning, which applications get highest internet priority. example: right now, if i am downloading or uploading on transmission it has top priority and i have trouble browsing the web or even checking e-mail. i would like to set up so that my browser and such have top priority and transmission gets what evers left. can anyone hel

you can do it, with something to mark traffic and tools like tc. i seem to even recall a 'wondershaper' script you might be able to adapt to what you want. can't handhold you through the entire thing though.

hey, is freecontrib down? (specifically the plf repo's?) caus i cant apt-get update with them :(

freecontrib isn't part of the official ubuntu repos.

how do i disable rhythymbox from opening automatically when i plug the ipod in

removable drives and media

what is that issue with audio you are talking about?

the sound won't work

is there an openvpn server that can be used with windows clients, and can someone point me to a tutorial on configuring it on ubuntu server?

: look for pptp

hi all, i'm running 12.04 and would like to know if it is possible to add a program to the unity bar on the left side, the program has to be started from the shell (it's name is 'ding', a dictionary) so when i start it it appears in the bar but after closing it i cant's start it again...

probably with gnome-extensions (ppa), but it was very broken when i tried to use any gnome-extension

my wubi installer crashes on windows xp sp3 : an error says : 'writelines() argument must be a sequence of strings'. it looks like python exception. any idea of where does that come from ?

https://bugs.launchpad.net/wubi/+bug/365642

hello #ubuntu. how do i add a launcher to the new menu>

put the launcher on the desktop. drag the launcher onto the unity bar on the left.

is there a way to force my eth0 to 10mbit instead of 100mbit?

try ethtool

what's the easiest way to create a chrooted (openssh) sftp user?

or to 'scponly'

is there some grafical frontend for installing packages that you downloaded manually coming? i can't imagine explaining friends they need to write dpkg... in commmand line

imho that's planned for later releases

hi, anyone know how to install the 6.06 beta live cd on a usb stick?

see if there's an installer on the live cd, fourm said it will be developed to final version

2 questions please: is it possible to run some kind of virtual machine ontop of osx 10.5 or 10.6 so i can have ubuntu and windows 7 on seperate monitors? if there is no such thing, how is mac version of ubuntu these days? last time i tried it the drivers were lagging

you could run virtualbox