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how do i find the exact url of a package if i need to downgrade?	packages can be found at packages.ubuntu.com
is there a channel for 8.04 aka hardy heron?	this one
hi guys, this is kind of strange, my sound was working fine on my gnome but now i installed kde and i don't have sound...any ideas on what i can check? in the sound mixer everything is unmuted	does the sound come back when you run gnome again?
how do i connect to a folder with samba, i don't want to mount it permenatly, i can't figure out how to access it	using nautilus u can go to location smb:///
which environment variables does set gksudo correctly? i thought gksudo was just a graphical wrapper around sudo	and this http://archlinux.org/pipermail/arch/2006-february/008674.html
not according to this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=872197	thanks for the article. i was wondering since pysdm somehow manages to handle my fstab, which only contains uuid entries. so the wiki und forum info seems to be outdated?
does anyone have a clue on installing .pcf fonts?	i've never added pcf fonts, but this page describes how to do it ... http://osr507doc.sco.com/en/gecg/x_font_procaddfn.html
we've found a pretty serious memory leak in gnome-power-manager which we think has been tracked down to ubuntu-specific code. how can i get a ubuntu dev to look at this? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/569273	from what i can see the bug is already getting some attention in the bug report
anyone know the keyboard shortcut to switch between channels on xchat?	on irssi it's /window next or /window # maybe similar
phaesdrus44 - i had a system instability problem when i first built my machine. turned out to be settings in the bios that were incompatible with the video card.	the iso format for cd/dvds has stupid 8 character filename limits. there are two extensions to fix it, joliet and rockridge. joliet is for windows and rockridge is for unix. presumably the disc you have only has joliet extensions
hey people! in gnome, you can press f11 for fullscreen. is there also a key for maximise?	alt+f10
hi, i'm interested in dual booting winxp and ubuntu. my motherboard/bios are fairly new, so will i have to worry about the 1024 cylinder boundary when creating the /boot partition?	i put ubuntu at the end of my 2nd hard drive
guys, do you usually set up a box from scratch again, if only a user account was compromised?	i'm pretty sure apt-get autoremove get rid of those.
how would archive a folder to a tar.gz in the terminal?	if you want to use the terminal, you shouldn't be afraid to read the man page for tar, especially the examples section
hey, i just installed irssi under ubuntu 7.10 and i can't change my current windows with meta-number i just get these chars: ±²³´µ¶· how can i fix this?	alt 3 or whatever doesnt work? how about /window 3
how do i put my computer to sleep via command line? would it be sudo sleep now? kinda like sudo shutdown -p now?	sudo pm-suspend, or sudo pm-hibernate
how do i run a script from the terminal?	alternatively you can use sh [scriptname]
what's the command to install a .deb package? (sorry, i'm obviously very new to debian)	dpkg -i blah
hi guys, how can i print the full path of a directory using terminal?	for the current dir you can use 'pwd'
sorry for all the spaming, but if there's anyone out there who could help me with this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1694796#post1694796 i'd be very grateful. i really need help with this...	ls -l
where does ubuntu save global php.ini ?	maybe /etc/php/apache2/php.ini
has anyone noticed hard drive failure lately for external hard drives? i seem to randomly get i/o errors. i've even gone so far as to put in a replacement hard drive with the same err.	might be a connection problem, or a damaged enclosure.
hi all, i've problem with my eggdrop, if i type ./configure, output is: tcl cannot be found on this system. but i've tcl instaled, where is problem?	you probably need tcl-dev
anyone have a clue why i would be getting that garbled screen during installation. i would assume it is a driver issue. if anyone has a fix please let me know.	some recent cards require safe graphics mode, some require the text-mode installer. once you've installed ubuntu, you can add the proprietary nvidia driver, then it should all be fine.
hello, i have a few .c files i wish to print. is there some nice program out there that will let me print them all into the same file ?	just do something like `cat .h .c > printme && a2ps printme`
hi, how can i install man pages section 2 (system calls)?	sudo apt-get install manpages-dev
hello how do i install a sertan version of a program ? (con sol)	sudo apt-get install packagename=versionnumber
in which package does the gnome volume control applet come? after reinstalling alsa/pulse, mine's gone (lucid)	looks like the package is called indicator-applet as well
how do i open a file with admin privileges?	gksu applications /path/to/file
i cant get my broadcom wlan to work with wpa	terminal > wpa_passphrase 'your network ssid' [passphrase]
installed ubuntu 10.4.. usb keyboard works but the usb mouse does not work but the led under the mouse is on.	try unplug/pluging the mouse back in?
i've installed mdadm with mirroring, how can i check if it works?	there are instructions on how to simulate drive failure, or you could just swap a drive and let it rebuild.
has the process of choosing the screen resolution been changed in breezy?	what kind of vid card?
is it true that ubuntu is not adopting systemd? i'm looking for distros that aren't switching (or forcing users to switch to it).	last i heard. they are sticking with upstart for the time being
hi everyone - i am having some problems with screen resolution. i installed feisty with a radeon 9800 and a samsung syncmaster 243 (24-inch) and all i get is 1024x768. any ideas?	tried dpkg-reconfigure your xserver? if yes and it's still 1024, check your xorg.log
ouch.. i just discovered that i have two active mounted swap partitions.. if i unmount one will the system hic-up?	i think the safest method is to boot into a live-cd and remove one swap partition from fstab
is there an easy way of using also kde on my ubuntu without having to get rid of gnome?	you can set it up as a alternate
hi again. how to list the dependancies of a given paquet p ?	apt-cache depends <package>
is there any advice on fine tunning ubuntu to get smoother laptop performance? any link would do, i'm not sure what on the net is bullshit and what isnt	xfce is fast fast fast
hi all! i have installed pidgin with microblogging plugin, and after few days of using it stop connect to twitter... what happen?	not sure ... i dont use pidgin...however is something change on twitter?
im having an issue with my display. i have a nvidia gtx 260 with a vga resolution max of 2048x1536 , and my tv that its connected to has a max of 1,280 × 1,024, but 1280 x 1024 is not listed in my nvidia display settings. i've tried usign xrandr to set the display and it is not working, says 'configure crtc 0 failed' anyone have any ideas?	xrandr is a world of pain, the documentation isnt great, just to warn you and good luck
can people tell me their fav email client, so far evolution looks really good to me...	i use thunderbird
how to let archive manager support rar...?	install unrar or rar
ignoring bugs is there any compelling reason for me to not compile the 2.6.28-rc4 kernel? will it break my system or half the packages i have installed? my reason for wanting to upgrade/update is for increased hardware support.	2.6.28-rc4 works fine here
whats the easiest way to lock the kernel version so it doesnt update? i need to explain it to my brother so that i dont have to explain to him how to get his wireless and video working again	http://www.howtoforge.com/roll_a_kernel_debian_ubuntu_way
hi, got ubuntu installed into windows, added a sata drive and now ubuntu doesnt boot. errors out on detecting the sata drive, any way to avoid this? (ubuntu is not installed in the sata drive)	you might try to disable sata in bios but it might lose some benifits
i've seen recommendations for and against different brands of cd-r for burning livecds. but i'm not having much luck finding them right now. what cd-r brand should i buy to ensure a successful burn?	also a usb-drive is a good way
hello, i have a problem that i cannot find an answer for. please help me... i have a desktop that has a wlan0 interface (192.168.1.0/24), which connects to my isp's router and to the internet. i also have an eth0 interface (10.0.0.0/28) that connects to a cisco terminal access server (i have a small rack of routers and switches). the problem is that when i use the wired connection, even though the wireless connection does not go do	have you set the right gateway for cable connection?
how do i see all available packages in the repo named something with 'gpho' ?	apt-cache search gpho
hey does anyone know a good 'all-in-one' package to install that will setup apache, php, mysql, and phpmyadmin?	lamp = linux, apache, php (the p cann also mean python or perl, so look out)
is there a non-pidgin im client? it's full of typical amateur bugs	kopete (is for kde though)
looking for a quick way to enable/disable pppoe.	pon/poff ?
can anyone spare a second an pm me, asking the question in the chat isnt doing anything	don't know much about fdisk
hi , trying to u/g my xubuntu install, but the upgrade manager is only saying that there is an upgrade to 7.10 available. is there somthing i can add to sources.lst or whatever it is to get it to see 8.04? thanks	what version do you have? if 7.04, then you must first upgrae to 7.10
where is source files downloaded to? i am trying to edit wizard/main.c for bluez-gnome	if you used apt-get source, then your current directory.
hello, is gnome or kde more suitable for 256 mb ram?	i would suggest xfce or fluxbox with that little amount of ram honestly. xubuntu-desktop is the package to do that or just get the xubuntu cd :_
question: what is the library called that lets you put your text strings in separate, translated .po files?	gettext?
how does one get beryl on 7.10?	you don't, compiz is installed by default.
can someone please give me a hand ? i need someone to check their /etc/auth-client-config/profile.d directory for an 'example_local' profile within one of the files.. i need that entry to restore the authentication system back to its 'pre ldap/nss' glory	i don't have an /etc/auth-client-config/
ok, another approach: if i have 2 disks, one with that huge delay on grub loading and one which works fine (same disks, and almost the same partition layout (at least / and /boot)), what configs i should try to compare? (same kernel versions also)	also see if they are both ext3 or one is ext2 (which will be slightly slower)
what happened to open office? what is libre office?	some of the story behind it: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/libreoffice-a-fresh-page-for-openoffice-1097358.html
if i have a second harddrive for random files maybe games, is there a difference between what partition i would want to use? besides the obvious 'not ntfs'	its storage so doesnt matter
my package installer crashed. what process i should kill to close it?	package installer? software centre? synaptic? apt-get?
is there setting somewhere to have xchat start minimuzed to the system tray?	there is a command line switch...
hi guys, i just installed ubuntu but i couldn't connect to the internet through my router. it detected my nic card but it doesn't connect	there are a millions reasons why that might happen.
i wanted to become an ubuntu member. where do i begin?	get involved. easiest way to do that: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate and then once you're involved, to actually apply for membership: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes/newmember
whats the flag so that i can close terminal and have the program to continue to run? example: i open terminal and run xchat. i want to close terminal but have xchat to continue what flag do a add so it can stay on?	append & to command line or use ctrl+z and 'bg'
does anyone know what the command is to start a graphical interface from a tty? im stuck here and cant do anything	sudo service gdm start
is there a command to see all the ipś on my local network?	install nmap
what does it mean why i have a .desktop file on my desktop? what does .desktop file do?	its a text file. open it up and look at it.
what should i use to install ubuntu from windows onto a bootable usb drive without using any other boot media? i have tried putting the livecd image on a partition of the flash drive, but it then refuses to install to the remaining partition of that drive, as it cannot unmount the drive 'to finalize partitions' (despite me not making any new partitions except marking that one as /)	http://www.pendrivelinux.com/create-a-ubuntu-9-10-live-usb-in-windows/
hi, i just installed jaunty and stuff that was not yet working with intrepid is now working ootb (scroll-button, wireless (ath5k)). yay ;d. i would like to test the built-in camera too. does anyone know a program with which i could do that?	- search synaptic for 'cheese'
is openjdk runtime the same as jre ?	the sun java should be available from the canonical partners repository
hi, is there a way to upgrade from 6.06 or 8.04 to 12.04 or will we have to hop by all ltses (upgrade in lts steps) ?	lts to lts hop should work.
how do i disable the pc speaker? it's getting annoying	sudo rmmod pcspkr
how can i mount a .cue/.bin? also, gksudo network-admincan i have some real-people recomendations for vnc viewers and software?	1) not, convert it to iso with bchunk 2) freenx
is it me or is the nvidia support getting worse? my new karmic install doesn't even see my graphics card as needing proprietry drivers =(	its you.
hello. does anyone have the md5 hashes for the image ubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-i386.iso ?	http://releases.ubuntu.com/12.04.1/md5sums
is there a way to see a list of all running processes and such?	ps -eaf
nobody here are ibm thinkpad users?	yes. usually ctrl-alt-backspace will do it
hi! can i boot an ubuntu live cd on my mac?	ctrl+w followed by an arrow key
can i temporarily hide the gnome panel(s) and then get them back again after a while?	you could probably use a custom command with compiz magic to hide them temporarily, but that's a little playing.
i would like to install some 3d desktop on my ubuntu feisty. i tried before but it crashed my computer, i panicked and i deleted all the files related to it. now is there someone that could explain me how do i get that 3d desktop without killing my computer please?	3d desktop is buggy at best its still beta if your hardware didnt support it look around for how to make it work and if you cant find anything discussing your hardware then give it a while and wait for the next beta
is there any reason that i would have trouble using apt-get to install dhcpd on 8.04 server?	https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/c/dhcp.html
what would the command be to symlink ~/home/files/ to a link at ~/homes/links/files	ln -s /home/files /home/links/files
i have a question regarding invoking 'sed' - specifically on how to get it to find all .lua files in all subfolders (ie rather than using ./ which opens all text files in all subfolders). if someone can point me to a different channel where the question is more appropriate, that'd be fine as well :p.	how about something like: find /path/to/files -iname '*.lua' -exec sed s/whatever/whatever/ -i {}\;
is there a console graphical tool to manage users/groups?	i meant to say 'yes'
hi guys, i get a configure error when trying to build edb from enlightenment cvs : checking how to run the c++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp	install build-essential
how do i list all the packages installed on my machine?	dpkg -l\|grep ii
when i start my laptop, i have to run modprob b43 for wireless.. can i put it in startup?	just put b43 on a line by itself
a little confused. so theres this thing called gtk, and then metacity. i would like to change some themes around, but what is it that i'm looking for? whats the difference between them? some themes require gtk2, how can i find out what i have. this is off of ubuntu 9.10 minimal install. any help is apreciated.	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntueyecandy :> that may help
if i'm on intrepid, can i safely add the repos for later distros to my aptitude sources?	better not, because these might have dependencies for apps or libs for the next version
installed 8.10 server last night with the gnome desktop pkg. was wondering if it i attach an ntfs volume to the sata and pull data from that old drive to this one?	ubuntu should mount it for you
how do i proceed with this? 'sudo fdisk -l \| grep swap' gives me 'disk /dev/dm-0 does not contain a valid partition table'	i believe that hibernation is currently known not to work with encrypted swap.
am trying to get 8800 gt graphic card to be recognised in 7.10. have run 'nvidia-glx-config enable' as root, but xorg.conf reports board as vesa & runs at 800x600. my xorg.conf is at http://pastebin.com/d736ad90	none of the drivers in gutsy's repos support the 8800 gt
hi!, is there a way to make the borders on gnome-terminal thicker? i always struggle to get the mouse pointer on the border to resize it :)	with the middle button!
are you using vi? installing vim would probably be a good idea. for copy/paste highlighting with mouse, then using mouse 3rd button (typically rollers) to paste	i'm trying to pipe stdout straight to my clipboard to be retrieve with control-c. xclip stores it so i can retrieve it with mbutton, but not control-c. i could write stdout to a file and copy it with an editor, but that seems roundabout.
where is /tmp ?? i cant find it via konqueror	just type /tmp in the address bar
who knows any channel about wxwidgets?	reports a topic, i guess it exists
nobody here has dvd burner?	nautilus should burn dvds too if you need data dvd

how do i find the exact url of a package if i need to downgrade?

packages can be found at packages.ubuntu.com

is there a channel for 8.04 aka hardy heron?

this one

hi guys, this is kind of strange, my sound was working fine on my gnome but now i installed kde and i don't have sound...any ideas on what i can check? in the sound mixer everything is unmuted

does the sound come back when you run gnome again?

how do i connect to a folder with samba, i don't want to mount it permenatly, i can't figure out how to access it

using nautilus u can go to location smb:///

which environment variables does set gksudo correctly? i thought gksudo was just a graphical wrapper around sudo

and this http://archlinux.org/pipermail/arch/2006-february/008674.html

not according to this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=872197

thanks for the article. i was wondering since pysdm somehow manages to handle my fstab, which only contains uuid entries. so the wiki und forum info seems to be outdated?

does anyone have a clue on installing .pcf fonts?

i've never added pcf fonts, but this page describes how to do it ... http://osr507doc.sco.com/en/gecg/x_font_procaddfn.html

we've found a pretty serious memory leak in gnome-power-manager which we think has been tracked down to ubuntu-specific code. how can i get a ubuntu dev to look at this? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/569273

from what i can see the bug is already getting some attention in the bug report

anyone know the keyboard shortcut to switch between channels on xchat?

on irssi it's /window next or /window # maybe similar

phaesdrus44 - i had a system instability problem when i first built my machine. turned out to be settings in the bios that were incompatible with the video card.

the iso format for cd/dvds has stupid 8 character filename limits. there are two extensions to fix it, joliet and rockridge. joliet is for windows and rockridge is for unix. presumably the disc you have only has joliet extensions

hey people! in gnome, you can press f11 for fullscreen. is there also a key for maximise?

alt+f10

hi, i'm interested in dual booting winxp and ubuntu. my motherboard/bios are fairly new, so will i have to worry about the 1024 cylinder boundary when creating the /boot partition?

i put ubuntu at the end of my 2nd hard drive

guys, do you usually set up a box from scratch again, if only a user account was compromised?

i'm pretty sure apt-get autoremove get rid of those.

how would archive a folder to a tar.gz in the terminal?

if you want to use the terminal, you shouldn't be afraid to read the man page for tar, especially the examples section

hey, i just installed irssi under ubuntu 7.10 and i can't change my current windows with meta-number i just get these chars: ±²³´µ¶· how can i fix this?

alt 3 or whatever doesnt work? how about /window 3

how do i put my computer to sleep via command line? would it be sudo sleep now? kinda like sudo shutdown -p now?

sudo pm-suspend, or sudo pm-hibernate

how do i run a script from the terminal?

alternatively you can use sh [scriptname]

what's the command to install a .deb package? (sorry, i'm obviously very new to debian)

dpkg -i blah

hi guys, how can i print the full path of a directory using terminal?

for the current dir you can use 'pwd'

sorry for all the spaming, but if there's anyone out there who could help me with this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1694796#post1694796 i'd be very grateful. i really need help with this...

ls -l

where does ubuntu save global php.ini ?

maybe /etc/php/apache2/php.ini

has anyone noticed hard drive failure lately for external hard drives? i seem to randomly get i/o errors. i've even gone so far as to put in a replacement hard drive with the same err.

might be a connection problem, or a damaged enclosure.

hi all, i've problem with my eggdrop, if i type ./configure, output is: tcl cannot be found on this system. but i've tcl instaled, where is problem?

you probably need tcl-dev

anyone have a clue why i would be getting that garbled screen during installation. i would assume it is a driver issue. if anyone has a fix please let me know.

some recent cards require safe graphics mode, some require the text-mode installer. once you've installed ubuntu, you can add the proprietary nvidia driver, then it should all be fine.

hello, i have a few .c files i wish to print. is there some nice program out there that will let me print them all into the same file ?

just do something like `cat *.h *.c > printme && a2ps printme`

hi, how can i install man pages section 2 (system calls)?

sudo apt-get install manpages-dev

hello how do i install a sertan version of a program ? (con sol)

sudo apt-get install packagename=versionnumber

in which package does the gnome volume control applet come? after reinstalling alsa/pulse, mine's gone (lucid)

looks like the package is called indicator-applet as well

how do i open a file with admin privileges?

gksu applications /path/to/file

i cant get my broadcom wlan to work with wpa

terminal > wpa_passphrase 'your network ssid' [passphrase]

installed ubuntu 10.4.. usb keyboard works but the usb mouse does not work but the led under the mouse is on.

try unplug/pluging the mouse back in?

i've installed mdadm with mirroring, how can i check if it works?

there are instructions on how to simulate drive failure, or you could just swap a drive and let it rebuild.

has the process of choosing the screen resolution been changed in breezy?

what kind of vid card?

is it true that ubuntu is not adopting systemd? i'm looking for distros that aren't switching (or forcing users to switch to it).

last i heard. they are sticking with upstart for the time being

hi everyone - i am having some problems with screen resolution. i installed feisty with a radeon 9800 and a samsung syncmaster 243 (24-inch) and all i get is 1024x768. any ideas?

tried dpkg-reconfigure your xserver? if yes and it's still 1024, check your xorg.log

ouch.. i just discovered that i have two active mounted swap partitions.. if i unmount one will the system hic-up?

i think the safest method is to boot into a live-cd and remove one swap partition from fstab

is there an easy way of using also kde on my ubuntu without having to get rid of gnome?

you can set it up as a alternate

hi again. how to list the dependancies of a given paquet p ?

apt-cache depends <package>

is there any advice on fine tunning ubuntu to get smoother laptop performance? any link would do, i'm not sure what on the net is bullshit and what isnt

xfce is fast fast fast

hi all! i have installed pidgin with microblogging plugin, and after few days of using it stop connect to twitter... what happen?

not sure ... i dont use pidgin...however is something change on twitter?

im having an issue with my display. i have a nvidia gtx 260 with a vga resolution max of 2048x1536 , and my tv that its connected to has a max of 1,280 × 1,024, but 1280 x 1024 is not listed in my nvidia display settings. i've tried usign xrandr to set the display and it is not working, says 'configure crtc 0 failed' anyone have any ideas?

xrandr is a world of pain, the documentation isnt great, just to warn you and good luck

can people tell me their fav email client, so far evolution looks really good to me...

i use thunderbird

how to let archive manager support rar...?

install unrar or rar

ignoring bugs is there any compelling reason for me to not compile the 2.6.28-rc4 kernel? will it break my system or half the packages i have installed? my reason for wanting to upgrade/update is for increased hardware support.

2.6.28-rc4 works fine here

whats the easiest way to lock the kernel version so it doesnt update? i need to explain it to my brother so that i dont have to explain to him how to get his wireless and video working again

http://www.howtoforge.com/roll_a_kernel_debian_ubuntu_way

hi, got ubuntu installed into windows, added a sata drive and now ubuntu doesnt boot. errors out on detecting the sata drive, any way to avoid this? (ubuntu is *not* installed in the sata drive)

you might try to disable sata in bios but it might lose some benifits

i've seen recommendations for and against different brands of cd-r for burning livecds. but i'm not having much luck finding them right now. what cd-r brand should i buy to ensure a successful burn?

also a usb-drive is a good way

hello, i have a problem that i cannot find an answer for. please help me... i have a desktop that has a wlan0 interface (192.168.1.0/24), which connects to my isp's router and to the internet. i also have an eth0 interface (10.0.0.0/28) that connects to a cisco terminal access server (i have a small rack of routers and switches). the problem is that when i use the wired connection, even though the wireless connection does not go do

have you set the right gateway for cable connection?

how do i see all available packages in the repo named something with 'gpho' ?

apt-cache search gpho

hey does anyone know a good 'all-in-one' package to install that will setup apache, php, mysql, and phpmyadmin?

lamp = linux, apache, php (the p cann also mean python or perl, so look out)

is there a non-pidgin im client? it's full of typical amateur bugs

kopete (is for kde though)

looking for a quick way to enable/disable pppoe.

pon/poff ?

can anyone spare a second an pm me, asking the question in the chat isnt doing anything

don't know much about fdisk

hi , trying to u/g my xubuntu install, but the upgrade manager is only saying that there is an upgrade to 7.10 available. is there somthing i can add to sources.lst or whatever it is to get it to see 8.04? thanks

what version do you have? if 7.04, then you must first upgrae to 7.10

where is source files downloaded to? i am trying to edit wizard/main.c for bluez-gnome

if you used apt-get source, then your current directory.

hello, is gnome or kde more suitable for 256 mb ram?

i would suggest xfce or fluxbox with that little amount of ram honestly. xubuntu-desktop is the package to do that or just get the xubuntu cd :_

question: what is the library called that lets you put your text strings in separate, translated .po files?

gettext?

how does one get beryl on 7.10?

you don't, compiz is installed by default.

can someone please give me a hand ? i need someone to check their /etc/auth-client-config/profile.d directory for an 'example_local' profile within one of the files.. i need that entry to restore the authentication system back to its 'pre ldap/nss' glory

i don't have an /etc/auth-client-config/

ok, another approach: if i have 2 disks, one with that huge delay on grub loading and one which works fine (same disks, and almost the same partition layout (at least / and /boot)), what configs i should try to compare? (same kernel versions also)

also see if they are both ext3 or one is ext2 (which will be slightly slower)

what happened to open office? what is libre office?

some of the story behind it: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/libreoffice-a-fresh-page-for-openoffice-1097358.html

if i have a second harddrive for random files maybe games, is there a difference between what partition i would want to use? besides the obvious 'not ntfs'

its storage so doesnt matter

my package installer crashed. what process i should kill to close it?

package installer? software centre? synaptic? apt-get?

is there setting somewhere to have xchat start minimuzed to the system tray?

there is a command line switch...

hi guys, i just installed ubuntu but i couldn't connect to the internet through my router. it detected my nic card but it doesn't connect

there are a millions reasons why that might happen.

i wanted to become an ubuntu member. where do i begin?

get involved. easiest way to do that: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate and then once you're involved, to actually apply for membership: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes/newmember

whats the flag so that i can close terminal and have the program to continue to run? example: i open terminal and run xchat. i want to close terminal but have xchat to continue what flag do a add so it can stay on?

append & to command line or use ctrl+z and 'bg'

does anyone know what the command is to start a graphical interface from a tty? im stuck here and cant do anything

sudo service gdm start

is there a command to see all the ipś on my local network?

install nmap

what does it mean why i have a .desktop file on my desktop? what does .desktop file do?

its a text file. open it up and look at it.

what should i use to install ubuntu from windows onto a bootable usb drive without using any other boot media? i have tried putting the livecd image on a partition of the flash drive, but it then refuses to install to the remaining partition of that drive, as it cannot unmount the drive 'to finalize partitions' (despite me not making any new partitions except marking that one as /)

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/create-a-ubuntu-9-10-live-usb-in-windows/

hi, i just installed jaunty and stuff that was not yet working with intrepid is now working ootb (scroll-button, wireless (ath5k)). yay ;d. i would like to test the built-in camera too. does anyone know a program with which i could do that?

- search synaptic for 'cheese'

is openjdk runtime the same as jre ?

the sun java should be available from the canonical partners repository

hi, is there a way to upgrade from 6.06 or 8.04 to 12.04 or will we have to hop by all ltses (upgrade in lts steps) ?

lts to lts hop should work.

how do i disable the pc speaker? it's getting annoying

sudo rmmod pcspkr

how can i mount a .cue/.bin? also, gksudo network-admincan i have some real-people recomendations for vnc viewers and software?

1) not, convert it to iso with bchunk 2) freenx

is it me or is the nvidia support getting worse? my new karmic install doesn't even see my graphics card as needing proprietry drivers =(

its you.

hello. does anyone have the md5 hashes for the image ubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-i386.iso ?

http://releases.ubuntu.com/12.04.1/md5sums

is there a way to see a list of all running processes and such?

ps -eaf

nobody here are ibm thinkpad users?

yes. usually ctrl-alt-backspace will do it

hi! can i boot an ubuntu live cd on my mac?

ctrl+w followed by an arrow key

can i temporarily hide the gnome panel(s) and then get them back again after a while?

you could probably use a custom command with compiz magic to hide them temporarily, but that's a little playing.

i would like to install some 3d desktop on my ubuntu feisty. i tried before but it crashed my computer, i panicked and i deleted all the files related to it. now is there someone that could explain me how do i get that 3d desktop without killing my computer please?

3d desktop is buggy at best its still beta if your hardware didnt support it look around for how to make it work and if you cant find anything discussing your hardware then give it a while and wait for the next beta

is there any reason that i would have trouble using apt-get to install dhcpd on 8.04 server?

https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/c/dhcp.html

what would the command be to symlink ~/home/files/ to a link at ~/homes/links/files

ln -s /home/files /home/links/files

i have a question regarding invoking 'sed' - specifically on how to get it to find all *.lua files in all subfolders (ie rather than using ./* which opens all text files in all subfolders). if someone can point me to a different channel where the question is more appropriate, that'd be fine as well :p.

how about something like: find /path/to/files -iname '*.lua' -exec sed s/whatever/whatever/ -i {}\;

is there a console graphical tool to manage users/groups?

i meant to say 'yes'

hi guys, i get a configure error when trying to build edb from enlightenment cvs : checking how to run the c++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp

install build-essential

how do i list all the packages installed on my machine?

dpkg -l|grep ii

when i start my laptop, i have to run modprob b43 for wireless.. can i put it in startup?

just put b43 on a line by itself

a little confused. so theres this thing called gtk, and then metacity. i would like to change some themes around, but what is it that i'm looking for? whats the difference between them? some themes require gtk2, how can i find out what i have. this is off of ubuntu 9.10 minimal install. any help is apreciated.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntueyecandy :> that may help

if i'm on intrepid, can i safely add the repos for later distros to my aptitude sources?

better not, because these might have dependencies for apps or libs for the next version

installed 8.10 server last night with the gnome desktop pkg. was wondering if it i attach an ntfs volume to the sata and pull data from that old drive to this one?

ubuntu should mount it for you

how do i proceed with this? 'sudo fdisk -l | grep swap' gives me 'disk /dev/dm-0 does not contain a valid partition table'

i believe that hibernation is currently known not to work with encrypted swap.

am trying to get 8800 gt graphic card to be recognised in 7.10. have run 'nvidia-glx-config enable' as root, but xorg.conf reports board as vesa & runs at 800x600. my xorg.conf is at http://pastebin.com/d736ad90

none of the drivers in gutsy's repos support the 8800 gt

hi!, is there a way to make the borders on gnome-terminal thicker? i always struggle to get the mouse pointer on the border to resize it :)

with the middle button!

are you using vi? installing vim would probably be a good idea. for copy/paste highlighting with mouse, then using mouse 3rd button (typically rollers) to paste

i'm trying to pipe stdout straight to my clipboard to be retrieve with control-c. xclip stores it so i can retrieve it with mbutton, but not control-c. i could write stdout to a file and copy it with an editor, but that seems roundabout.

where is /tmp ?? i cant find it via konqueror

just type /tmp in the address bar

who knows any channel about wxwidgets?

reports a topic, i guess it exists

nobody here has dvd burner?

nautilus should burn dvds too if you need data dvd