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i just upgraded from hoary to breezy, and nautilus has no icons for folders. is this a common problem?	try to reset your desktop theme
is super the same as mod4?	yes, not sure why gnome doesn't just call it super
hi, how can i disable the splashscreen when booting from a live cd?	press e on the cd after selecting language, then delete: quiet splash
anyone know how to disable guest session logins?	remove gdm-guest-session
ive setup my machine so i can restart my apache without the root password using visudo....%jason all=/opt/lampp/lampp restart ....etc but it keeps asking me for sudo password?	you have prefix command with nopasswd: , dont remember exactly, see sudoers man page
hello i just installed breezy, but i can't start x due to a fatal server error, it seems it can't find the fonts... any ideas?	use the /topic command
hello, i can ping any ip address in internet, but can't ping any hostname, who can help? in /etc/resolv.conf i have nameserver <ipaddress> where it is verified working dns server	do 'nslookup', then 'server $ipaddress_of_working_dns_server' then type in a hostname to lookup
hellow! is there any program that sends my email everytime ip of computer changes?	script
hi ihave a kernel patch for 2.4.28 wich adds support for my sis i2c controllers on my motherboard.. can i apply this patch to my current ubuntu kernel?	hmm, i don't think ubuntu sues 2.4.x kernels, unles you're running something scarily old.
what kind of questions are we allowed to ask here?	anything related to ubuntu
which application should i download from software centre to make bootable pen drives	http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu
how do i make totem player, play a real media file? it doesn't pull up a codec list or anything. it just flat out, doesn't play.	or install the gstreamer packages
can you get a version history for a given package?	you may want to lookup the changelogs in /usr/share/doc/<package-name>/changelog.gz
i'm running ubuntu 12.04 server. i have a client using a windows file share where they save access database files. what would be the best approach to connect to the file share and run queries on the database? vpn to file share, grab database dump? ugg. wish they had a web server.	to me, vpn.
i need to find a pid of a process in a script and get the number so i can kill that particular process, i tried kill $! and that didn't work, any ideas??	ps -ax <process name>
hi, is it possible to show the recently installed packages from shell?	/var/log/dpkg.log ?
i installed a lamp environment with apt-get install lamp^ , but i want to see what version of apache i'm running, and no where is httpd installed as a binary... anyone know why? or how i can check the version w/out httpd binary?	or '/usr/sbin/apache2 -v', if you want to use the binary itself.
what you need to do is install the 'user agent switcher: this will alow firefox to spoof the server and pretend its ie	paloyme is the one with that problem
how can i check my prossesor speed?	cat /proc/cpuinfo
where is 'restricted drivers manager' in 9.04?	administrator->hardware drivers
hello .. i'm experiencing lots of trouble with firebox under ubuntu recently .. the browser window hangs (and turns grey) sometimes for seconds, sometimes minutes, sometimes indefinitely ... what can be the cause?	under security disable tell me about visiting an attack site or forgery, though it is not ideal to dissable this extra security
how do i install a .deb file?	sudo dpkg -i packagename
how do i remove the samba server and all configuration files?	sudo dpkg --purge samba
possible to lock firefox so that no one can close it?	r-kiosk might be what you're looking for
i have found a post http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8834757#post8834757 maybe you know where to find an answer?	ebay? :)
does file fragmentation in a fat32 file system only occur if a file size changes? or does file fragmentation in a fat32 file system occur other ways too? e.g. adding and deleting files?	consider what happens when writing a large file and there isn't a large enough chunk of contiguous space to store it
how do i upgrade firefox	best way is to upgrade your ubuntu. edgy has firefox 2.0 default. if you would rather install it manually, outside the repositories (and thus, you won't receive automatic security updates), you can type this: /msg ubotu firefox
hi people!is anyone available to solve together my little issue?	in firefox there is something to define what it does with files, you could look up 'chromium setting file uses' or something along those lines
how would one go about compiling x86 assembly? i have a test tomorrow and i need some practice ;)	check out nasm
anyone have recommendation for a good vpn service (pay) ?	ipredator
hi all, what is ssl port of freenode?	7000, 7070
can anyone point me to an article on how to .tar.gz your ubuntu installation a backup?	go here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=35087
how can i make my laptop's touchpad slower in ubuntu?	mouse settings
drake has xgl support right?	and your fglrx drivers.
anyone know what file / compression format is used for the ram disk image on the live isos? i.e. for initrd.lz?	i think you should have a look at cpio
hai ! can i open a .svg graphic in gimp via plugin !?	i am not sure gimp can do svg, but you can get inkscape than can read it from the repos
people, how to disable pc speaker beep?	depends on whats beeping also. 'xset b 0 0 0 ' or 'xset b off' disables it for most apps.
hi, is there any program for ubuntu that can download all pdf on a website automatically?	the download-them-all firefox ext.
hey guys, is it possible to remove kernel entries from the bootloader without having to create a script to do it? (using karmic)	look here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275
is there a better utility i can use to connect to wireless networks than networkmanager? nm doesn't work too well for me on networks without any security	there relly is no better or best, just use what you like
is it the b43 one?	my chip is bcm4315
i don't know if this file exist..	i suggest you read /usr/share/doc/wordpress* (especially if there is a readme.debian). there may be a special way to install those things because of the packaging. however, if you want to find php.ini, just use locate
is there a way of making the command 'head' list only the 12th line, rather than displaying all the first 12 lines of a file?	head -12 \| tail -1
i've got a terribly old computer i'm running ubuntu on, how can i get it to stop starting up x on boot. i'm used to init levels, but ubuntu does something different.	/etc/x11/default-manager
hi, i want to install ubuntu on intel core duo mac, should i use cd image for desktom (386) or cd image for apple macintosh powerpc based desktop and laptop?	you want 386 since powerpc has nothing to do with intel but i m not sure if ubuntu can run on a intel mac
when man says something like 'see mount(8)' what does that mean? man mount(8)?	man man for an explanation
will it be possible to upgrade directly from dapper to feisty?	maybe lts-->lts, but feisty is not lts
i was given an ipod touch... if i connect it to rhythmbox, will it sync and erase all the music on the ipod?	doubtful
how 'bad' is ndiswrapper?	bad morally? :-) it's functional but you have to supply your own windows driver.
the apps you run will spawn new processes and display on the client only, so no.why do you want to access the remote desktop?	to show my friend how to effectively use some linux stuff whilst talking over skype
and which java version is in question? :)	exactly.
what is the command to change write permissions for a directory?	chmod -r +rw foo
hey how do i remove animation of 'min-max'imize' in gnome?	in gconf-editor, set /apps/metacity/general/reduced_resources to true.
ok ctrl alt f1 got me into virtual terminal, now how do i get out?	sorry alt+f7
how do you use synaptic for ---> 'apt-get update' and 'apt-get dist-upgrade'?	reload and mark all updates
hello. where do ubuntu store default settings for firefox? firefox is aware of the apt:// protocol, so either it was compiled with support for this, it is read from somewhere, or it is defined in a 'defaults' configuration file	not really sure though
has anyone managed to setup a built in ricoh card reader yet ?	smp is only if you have dual-processors or hyperthreading. so linux-686.
what's the good program for stream radio player ?!	amarok
how do i check what time it is via cli	'date'
hello all. i have a doubt here. how do i get the source code of apt itself?	apt-get source apt
does kde stores de trash files in ~/.trash like gnome ?	no i believe it has a different directory like kdetrash
hi, how do i put something to load with my user	system->preferences->sessions then the add button
i had updates today, and one said: flashplugin-nonfree. what is flashplugin-nonfree? and is it (c) software and not free?	nonfree means its not open source, it has nothing to do with cost.
can anyone tell me how to do this 'execute make command as root'	use 'sudo make'
anybody know any good newsgroups client ?	pan
why cant i minimize openoffice word	try alt+space then n
backxored: i actually have clients pushing me to develop in flex, i keep pushing them away ... i don't want to learn yet another language	my bad thought was for general ubuntu talk too :d
how can i kill this newsleecher?? heh. it didnt load. and the force app is not killing it.? is there a terminal kill command?	alt-f2, type 'xkill' and click the window
does anyone know some gui video editing programs(not commandline such as mencoder / ffmpeg) for only cutting video and converting it to smaller format. also if im using wine, is there chance that video programs works on there such as videomatch?	( i use it and i like it )
what's the best way to run photoshop in ubuntu?	if you don't mind trying other stuff, you might perhaps want to experiment w/ cinepaint
i can't get the dang (x/u)buntu 7.04 to install, it freezes completely right after the installer starts x. is there a way to log to a file the install process so i can find out wtf driver is causing it to stall?	can you get to a terminal with ctrl+alt+f1 ( f7 to get back to x ) ?
how can i play a flash in epiphany?	install 'flashplugin-nonfree'
using 8.04 - update manager cannot start gtksu or install updates. update manager notifies when new updates are available. however, i right click on update manager > install updates causes, i assume, gtksu to appear in the task bar , but no pop up appears and it then times out.	try running update-manager from a terminal, don't use gksu
question, - in ubuntu is there a way to see the raw output of a serial input (connected via usb)	sure, use watch or cat on the raw device
ack. so, i'm new to ubuntu, but i want to reinstall screen (it's complaining about /var/run/screen not existing, and i'm hoping a reinstall will fix it). running 'sudo apt-get remove screen' tells me that it's going to remove ubuntu-desktop, boxee, byobu and screen. why is it trying to remove stuff i want?	why dont you just make the directory that screen is asking for?
when i run $path the output ends with 'no such file or directory.' is that in reference to the last path in the list? if so, i have this path, what's going wrong?	run? $path is a system variable..
since i installed compiz i am not able to see the window cross, maximize and minimize sign	try pressing alt+f2 and running gtk-window-decorator --replace
how can i remove a directory which is not empty?	rm -rf but be careful with it
hi, could anyone please direct me to how to boot an iso (live cd) in ubuntu's vmware player? or how do i create/circumvent the neeed for vmx file?	use the mount command with -o loop
how do i install programs outside of synaptic? i don't understand all this ./configure stuff	psychocats has an article on how to install anything, including from source; i don't have the link handy, but you should be able to find it
hi. could anyone please give me a quick hint on how to install the adobe flash pugin for firefox in hardy?	find out it's name (enter about:plugins as the url, it ends in .so)
i'm getting two devices for my one card: wlan0 and wmaster0. which should i use to connect to the wireless network?	wlan0
===> 8.04.1 <=== where? :/	http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
does anybody know if it is possible to install the server edition off of the desktop cd like 5.10?	directly, i think you need the alternatives cd; dapper's main cd is just a live cd, the installer on it runs from that
how do i enable mp3 encoding from sound-juicer?	you need gstreamer-lame.
i'm trying to disable monitor hotplug polling..but even with sudo, i'm getting permission denied....	echo 0 \| sudo tee /sys/module/drm_kms_helper/parameters/poll; > is captured by the shell and is run as your user, not root
if i upgrade to the next version of ubuntu will it delete/mess up any of my programs?	hopefully no
is that an app?	sorry no experience
guys, can someone go to computer->desktop preferences->theme manager and tell me what command that executes in gnome?	yes, that's it
i was a backtrack user, and liked the konsole....anything similar in ubuntu ?	i think konsole exists in kubuntu
um i get can't find package build-essential when i type in apt-get install build-essential	build-essentials i believe my mind is having a fart tonight :)
how do i set the timezone (non-graphically)?	if it isn't you can always run base-config, that should allow you to set it
hi i have a laptop with internet connection and want to conect another computer to the laptop. do i need two ethernet cards in the laptop?	but you can use two network card in the laptop yes
please help, ive installed ubuntu karmic, and everything worked perfectly. i updated through 'update manager' and after a restart, my cpu is being used constantly. it wasnt like that before the update. ive even reformated and reinstalled ubuntu thinking it was something i did, with the same results. any suggestions?	start ubuntu and press (and hold) the <shift>button at boot. then choose an olde kernel (not recovery)
how do i search with apt-get for packages already installed on my system?	you can use aptitude
is there a good place to ask about how to properly hock up a sata hard drive?	kubuntu
does anyone know of a free voip program that can make landline calls?	i don't know that such a program exists. telco companies normally charge for this kind of connectivity.
i'm working with a team on a free project that's unlikely to make the deadline for debian etch. does ubuntu accept apps that are not part of the last debian release?	of course it does
anyone else ever had the problem of the gui installer freezing while 'installing system'? this is rediculus	yes, it did the same thing to me, so i got the text based installer
why when i scrolled in ubuntu i lost everything opened? i have two workspaces and they both emptied?	keep scrolling you just switched desktops.

i just upgraded from hoary to breezy, and nautilus has no icons for folders. is this a common problem?

try to reset your desktop theme

is super the same as mod4?

yes, not sure why gnome doesn't just call it super

hi, how can i disable the splashscreen when booting from a live cd?

press e on the cd after selecting language, then delete: quiet splash

anyone know how to disable guest session logins?

remove gdm-guest-session

ive setup my machine so i can restart my apache without the root password using visudo....%jason all=/opt/lampp/lampp restart ....etc but it keeps asking me for sudo password?

you have prefix command with nopasswd: , dont remember exactly, see sudoers man page

hello i just installed breezy, but i can't start x due to a fatal server error, it seems it can't find the fonts... any ideas?

use the /topic command

hello, i can ping any ip address in internet, but can't ping any hostname, who can help? in /etc/resolv.conf i have nameserver <ipaddress> where it is verified working dns server

do 'nslookup', then 'server $ipaddress_of_working_dns_server' then type in a hostname to lookup

hellow! is there any program that sends my email everytime ip of computer changes?

script

hi ihave a kernel patch for 2.4.28 wich adds support for my sis i2c controllers on my motherboard.. can i apply this patch to my current ubuntu kernel?

hmm, i don't think ubuntu sues 2.4.x kernels, unles you're running something scarily old.

what kind of questions are we allowed to ask here?

anything related to ubuntu

which application should i download from software centre to make bootable pen drives

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu

how do i make totem player, play a real media file? it doesn't pull up a codec list or anything. it just flat out, doesn't play.

or install the gstreamer packages

can you get a version history for a given package?

you may want to lookup the changelogs in /usr/share/doc/<package-name>/changelog.gz

i'm running ubuntu 12.04 server. i have a client using a windows file share where they save access database files. what would be the best approach to connect to the file share and run queries on the database? vpn to file share, grab database dump? ugg. wish they had a web server.

to me, vpn.

i need to find a pid of a process in a script and get the number so i can kill that particular process, i tried kill $! and that didn't work, any ideas??

ps -ax <process name>

hi, is it possible to show the recently installed packages from shell?

/var/log/dpkg.log ?

i installed a lamp environment with apt-get install lamp^ , but i want to see what version of apache i'm running, and no where is httpd installed as a binary... anyone know why? or how i can check the version w/out httpd binary?

or '/usr/sbin/apache2 -v', if you want to use the binary itself.

what you need to do is install the 'user agent switcher: this will alow firefox to spoof the server and pretend its ie

paloyme is the one with that problem

how can i check my prossesor speed?

cat /proc/cpuinfo

where is 'restricted drivers manager' in 9.04?

administrator->hardware drivers

hello .. i'm experiencing lots of trouble with firebox under ubuntu recently .. the browser window hangs (and turns grey) sometimes for seconds, sometimes minutes, sometimes indefinitely ... what can be the cause?

under security disable tell me about visiting an attack site or forgery, though it is not ideal to dissable this extra security

how do i install a .deb file?

sudo dpkg -i packagename

how do i remove the samba server and all configuration files?

sudo dpkg --purge samba

possible to lock firefox so that no one can close it?

r-kiosk might be what you're looking for

i have found a post http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8834757#post8834757 maybe you know where to find an answer?

ebay? :)

does file fragmentation in a fat32 file system only occur if a file size changes? or does file fragmentation in a fat32 file system occur other ways too? e.g. adding and deleting files?

consider what happens when writing a large file and there isn't a large enough chunk of contiguous space to store it

how do i upgrade firefox

best way is to upgrade your ubuntu. edgy has firefox 2.0 default. if you would rather install it manually, outside the repositories (and thus, you won't receive automatic security updates), you can type this: /msg ubotu firefox

hi people!is anyone available to solve together my little issue?

in firefox there is something to define what it does with files, you could look up 'chromium setting file uses' or something along those lines

how would one go about compiling x86 assembly? i have a test tomorrow and i need some practice ;)

check out nasm

anyone have recommendation for a good vpn service (pay) ?

ipredator

hi all, what is ssl port of freenode?

7000, 7070

can anyone point me to an article on how to .tar.gz your ubuntu installation a backup?

go here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=35087

how can i make my laptop's touchpad slower in ubuntu?

mouse settings

drake has xgl support right?

and your fglrx drivers.

anyone know what file / compression format is used for the ram disk image on the live isos? i.e. for initrd.lz?

i think you should have a look at cpio

hai ! can i open a .svg graphic in gimp via plugin !?

i am not sure gimp can do svg, but you can get inkscape than can read it from the repos

people, how to disable pc speaker beep?

depends on whats beeping also. 'xset b 0 0 0 ' or 'xset b off' disables it for most apps.

hi, is there any program for ubuntu that can download all pdf on a website automatically?

the download-them-all firefox ext.

hey guys, is it possible to remove kernel entries from the bootloader without having to create a script to do it? (using karmic)

look here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275

is there a better utility i can use to connect to wireless networks than networkmanager? nm doesn't work too well for me on networks without any security

there relly is no better or best, just use what you like

is it the b43 one?

my chip is bcm4315

i don't know if this file exist..

i suggest you read /usr/share/doc/wordpress* (especially if there is a readme.debian). there may be a special way to install those things because of the packaging. however, if you want to find php.ini, just use locate

is there a way of making the command 'head' list only the 12th line, rather than displaying all the first 12 lines of a file?

head -12 | tail -1

i've got a terribly old computer i'm running ubuntu on, how can i get it to stop starting up x on boot. i'm used to init levels, but ubuntu does something different.

/etc/x11/default-*manager*

hi, i want to install ubuntu on intel core duo mac, should i use cd image for desktom (386) or cd image for apple macintosh powerpc based desktop and laptop?

you want 386 since powerpc has nothing to do with intel but i m not sure if ubuntu can run on a intel mac

when man says something like 'see mount(8)' what does that mean? man mount(8)?

man man for an explanation

will it be possible to upgrade directly from dapper to feisty?

maybe lts-->lts, but feisty is not lts

i was given an ipod touch... if i connect it to rhythmbox, will it sync and erase all the music on the ipod?

doubtful

how 'bad' is ndiswrapper?

bad morally? :-) it's functional but you have to supply your own windows driver.

the apps you run will spawn new processes and display on the client only, so no.why do you want to access the remote desktop?

to show my friend how to effectively use some linux stuff whilst talking over skype

and which java version is in question? :)

exactly.

what is the command to change write permissions for a directory?

chmod -r +rw foo

hey how do i remove animation of 'min-max'imize' in gnome?

in gconf-editor, set /apps/metacity/general/reduced_resources to true.

ok ctrl alt f1 got me into virtual terminal, now how do i get out?

sorry alt+f7

how do you use synaptic for ---> 'apt-get update' and 'apt-get dist-upgrade'?

reload and mark all updates

hello. where do ubuntu store default settings for firefox? firefox is aware of the apt:// protocol, so either it was compiled with support for this, it is read from somewhere, or it is defined in a 'defaults' configuration file

not really sure though

has anyone managed to setup a built in ricoh card reader yet ?

smp is only if you have dual-processors or hyperthreading. so linux-686.

what's the good program for stream radio player ?!

amarok

how do i check what time it is via cli

'date'

hello all. i have a doubt here. how do i get the source code of apt itself?

apt-get source apt

does kde stores de trash files in ~/.trash like gnome ?

no i believe it has a different directory like kdetrash

hi, how do i put something to load with my user

system->preferences->sessions then the add button

i had updates today, and one said: flashplugin-nonfree. what is flashplugin-nonfree? and is it (c) software and not free?

nonfree means its not open source, it has nothing to do with cost.

can anyone tell me how to do this 'execute make command as root'

use 'sudo make'

anybody know any good newsgroups client ?

pan

why cant i minimize openoffice word

try alt+space then n

backxored: i actually have clients pushing me to develop in flex, i keep pushing them away ... i don't want to learn yet another language

my bad thought was for general ubuntu talk too :d

how can i kill this newsleecher?? heh. it didnt load. and the force app is not killing it.? is there a terminal kill command?

alt-f2, type 'xkill' and click the window

does anyone know some gui video editing programs(not commandline such as mencoder / ffmpeg) for only cutting video and converting it to smaller format. also if im using wine, is there chance that video programs works on there such as videomatch?

( i use it and i like it )

what's the best way to run photoshop in ubuntu?

if you don't mind trying other stuff, you might perhaps want to experiment w/ cinepaint

i can't get the dang (x/u)buntu 7.04 to install, it freezes completely right after the installer starts x. is there a way to log to a file the install process so i can find out wtf driver is causing it to stall?

can you get to a terminal with ctrl+alt+f1 ( f7 to get back to x ) ?

how can i play a flash in epiphany?

install 'flashplugin-nonfree'

using 8.04 - update manager cannot start gtksu or install updates. update manager notifies when new updates are available. however, i right click on update manager > install updates causes, i assume, gtksu to appear in the task bar , but no pop up appears and it then times out.

try running update-manager from a terminal, don't use gksu

question, - in ubuntu is there a way to see the raw output of a serial input (connected via usb)

sure, use watch or cat on the raw device

ack. so, i'm new to ubuntu, but i want to reinstall screen (it's complaining about /var/run/screen not existing, and i'm hoping a reinstall will fix it). running 'sudo apt-get remove screen' tells me that it's going to remove ubuntu-desktop, boxee, byobu and screen. why is it trying to remove stuff i want?

why dont you just make the directory that screen is asking for?

when i run $path the output ends with 'no such file or directory.' is that in reference to the last path in the list? if so, i have this path, what's going wrong?

run? $path is a system variable..

since i installed compiz i am not able to see the window cross, maximize and minimize sign

try pressing alt+f2 and running gtk-window-decorator --replace

how can i remove a directory which is not empty?

rm -rf but be careful with it

hi, could anyone please direct me to how to boot an iso (live cd) in ubuntu's vmware player? or how do i create/circumvent the neeed for vmx file?

use the mount command with -o loop

how do i install programs outside of synaptic? i don't understand all this ./configure stuff

psychocats has an article on how to install anything, including from source; i don't have the link handy, but you should be able to find it

hi. could anyone please give me a quick hint on how to install the adobe flash pugin for firefox in hardy?

find out it's name (enter about:plugins as the url, it ends in .so)

i'm getting two devices for my one card: wlan0 and wmaster0. which should i use to connect to the wireless network?

wlan0

===> 8.04.1 <=== where? :/

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

does anybody know if it is possible to install the server edition off of the desktop cd like 5.10?

directly, i think you need the alternatives cd; dapper's main cd is just a live cd, the installer on it runs from that

how do i enable mp3 encoding from sound-juicer?

you need gstreamer-lame.

i'm trying to disable monitor hotplug polling..but even with sudo, i'm getting permission denied....

echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/module/drm_kms_helper/parameters/poll; > is captured by the shell and is run as your user, not root

if i upgrade to the next version of ubuntu will it delete/mess up any of my programs?

hopefully no

is that an app?

sorry no experience

guys, can someone go to computer->desktop preferences->theme manager and tell me what command that executes in gnome?

yes, that's it

i was a backtrack user, and liked the konsole....anything similar in ubuntu ?

i think konsole exists in kubuntu

um i get can't find package build-essential when i type in apt-get install build-essential

build-essentials i believe my mind is having a fart tonight :)

how do i set the timezone (non-graphically)?

if it isn't you can always run base-config, that should allow you to set it

hi i have a laptop with internet connection and want to conect another computer to the laptop. do i need two ethernet cards in the laptop?

but you can use two network card in the laptop yes

please help, ive installed ubuntu karmic, and everything worked perfectly. i updated through 'update manager' and after a restart, my cpu is being used constantly. it wasnt like that before the update. ive even reformated and reinstalled ubuntu thinking it was something i did, with the same results. any suggestions?

start ubuntu and press (and hold) the <shift>button at boot. then choose an olde kernel (not recovery)

how do i search with apt-get for packages already installed on my system?

you can use aptitude

is there a good place to ask about how to properly hock up a sata hard drive?

kubuntu

does anyone know of a free voip program that can make landline calls?

i don't know that such a program exists. telco companies normally charge for this kind of connectivity.

i'm working with a team on a free project that's unlikely to make the deadline for debian etch. does ubuntu accept apps that are not part of the last debian release?

of course it does

anyone else ever had the problem of the gui installer freezing while 'installing system'? this is rediculus

yes, it did the same thing to me, so i got the text based installer

why when i scrolled in ubuntu i lost everything opened? i have two workspaces and they both emptied?

keep scrolling you just switched desktops.