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i am currently using kdm but would like to switch back to gdm how can i do this in dapper	udo dpkg-reconfigure gdm
i have a ssh connection to my remote server and i need to make some changes to my router settings, but unfortunately lynx doesn't support form buttons properly so i can't save them, any ideas what to try? is there a better cli browser or any other ways to do this?	elinks
hi everyone, i need to make a user account for work, i need to block programs like pidgin etc, and block sites like facebook etc, website i can do with iptables, but how about the reast?	use a combination of sabayon and pessulus to lockdown the system
can anyone tell me where to change the login in 10.04 from that user-chooser type to the enter username/pass type? the comp has too many users, lol	you can use gdm2setup for that
upgrade to hoarty asks me about upgrading new vesrion of /etc/udev/scripts/ide-devfs.sh. should i do it?	install new caused no problems for me.
any idea on a powerpoint viewer for linux to avoid using openoffice ?	i looked for something like that ages ago, but there isn't.
will apt-get automatically remove dependencies that an app installed?	not automatically, you have to tell it you want to.
who pays for this free stuff?	ubuntu have a sponsor canonical... at them moment they are getting plenty of free publicity so it's worth a few cds :-)
hi, i have an old pc, it's a p3 500, 256mb ram, can i run ubuntu server on it?	on servers, where you only use the command line, most linux distributions are about the same. but ubuntu has some nice features that help beginners - like saying which package a program is in if you try to execute it and it's not installed.
to login i have to replug-in the keyboard before it will type. and then the same is true once im logged in, again i first have to replug the keyboard. but i cant get the keyboard to work at all in gnome. any idea how to get gnome to work with the keyboard?	is it a bluetooth keyboard?
is there a command line app to see battery info?	acpi(1)
hey can anyone tell me if it is possible to mount and be able to write to an ntfs partition	create a fat32 that both windows/linucx can read /write is your best choice
is it possible to sync an ipod 6th gen with ubuntu yet? i've been searching the net for an answer but i can't find something conclusive.	why not try and find out? banshee has some ipod support.
i had put a 500 mb file for a download, it completed 220 mbs and my internet got disconnected, and now when i resume it , it starts from the beginning. any way to resume after 220mbs ? i used ' wget -c http://example.com/path/to/file.zip' but i get this error : http://privatepaste.com/f3opetaj1g	looks like the download link timed out.
hey guys, can anyone help me with this problem? sometimes when i plug in my usb flash drives, it won't unmount until i log out and in again	make sure you don't have any nautilus windows open inside the drive, or any shell either. or any program with files from the drive still open.
anyone know a good pack that can view connections being made to my computer?	depending on what you want you can use iptraf, wireshark, ethereal, netstat, (lsof can tell you about open connections) etc
pythondas: because you want a separate file system, you need swap and a separate home. that's why	why not just say 'stuff' instead of swearing (it's still swearing even if it's obfuscated)
what is a good microsoft visio type program for ubuntu	jude, umbrello, rational rose, eclipse + omundo
does anyone know where i can go to get some help with photoshop?	adobe.com
is there an option in xchat to not show joins/quits in the channel window?	/set irc_conf_mode 1
how are .py files made executable?	with chmod
does anyone know a way to move 1tb from a hard disk that stops responding ever 2-3 minutes and unmounts	torrent
hi what s the meaning of 'noatime recommend'. the google translater cant find the word noatime. is this a valid english word?	'no access times'
is there a difference between testicles and testes?	isn't testes the singular form of testicles?
edgy is stable folks	so is windows for complete newbies
anyone who knows if i can install ubuntu on my phone - htc g1 ?	you can't
i need to copy (preserving everything, including symlinks) the files on my root partition to another partition, so that it can be my new root partition. i've booted using the livecd, can i just mount both partitions and do a cp -p?	cp -apr
hey, edgy destroyed my xserver pretty bad, i get the no screens found error but the standard solution doesn't work :(	you can tell most irc clients to not show who joins and leaves
i see server, desktop and alternative as downloads. what's alternative?	uses a text installer & you can use it to install software
... you can mount an .iso file with mount? and have it completely uncompress and auto run all the info properly with full controls? if that works it's serious news to me	you can :-) iso, nrg, maybe cue, but i'm not sure about that last one
so pidgin at getdeb.net is clearly newer than gaim included in feisty, right?	you can download it there. it works on my fiesty laptop
quick question: is there a command that lets me open any document from a terminal window, similar to the windows 'start' command or the mac 'open' command?	shure, gedit filename
hey i am wondering what ubuntu/linux kernel does if bad memory is detected (eg if it puts data in memory then it turns out corrupt) do programs crash or kernel freezes or what?	although saying that the bad memory is 'detected' is a little innacurate in the crash case. if you have something like ecc ram where you can actually detect problems, it won't crash
if i install xubuntu, then later can i easily switch between two easily?	yes gdm allows you to change sessions
...is there a cd-writing program that is a little easier to understand and configure than xcdroast for gnome??	gnomebaker
is there any way to make a 'group' of panel icons in gnome?	try making a drawer. and add them into it
i downloaded the i386 iso from torrents, and im already running gutsy, is there a way to upgrade using this iso image? like the same way a dist-upgrade would?	you could burn the disk then put it in your gutsy install it will upgrade from that
when i start my computer i see a blinking cursor top-left for a few seconds and after that another blinking cursor some lines further down. (after that fullscreen bootlogo and so on) what are those?	the system booting up and then the splash screen from plymouth
could somebody please tell me what this command does? mknod mknod ttys0 c 4 64	if you don't know what it does, don't use it.
my network notification disappeared - what package can i install to make it come back?	that'd be 'networkmanager' (or something along the lines. might be 'nm-applet' or 'networkmanager-gnome' or somesuch)
in the package manager, what does the 'ubuntu' icon signify when it shows up next to a package?	it means it's maintained and supported by ubuntu.
hi, how can i empty the apt-get cache?	sudo apt-get clean
hello. where is the xorg.conf file located	sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
anybody know how to remove executeable permission on a file?	chmod -x <filename>
where are ubuntu installation floppy images?	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/installation/withfloppies
hi, guys. someone in this channel told me about a quake like console that wasn't tilda or yakuake. do any of you know another?	maybe guake?
hi guys... i'm trying to install ubuntu on another machine with an 80gig hdd. for some reason, when i try to partition it to have a primary / partition, a logical /home partition and a linux swap it won't allow me to do it. logical is greyed out and it gives me an error after it has created hda1	i would just use fdisk
how can i find out where is my cdrom driver?	dmesg \| grep cd <- should show you what device its on, and then mount it manually
is there anyway to use my netbook to control my linux computer in a way that just does what i type and mouse control without vnc?	ah, gui? synergy2
i am trying to compile a generic kernel . i have lucid but have been doing regular upgrades... i think now it is more like maverick over lucid. how can i know if i have maverick/lucid?	lsb_release -a
hi, i installed debian after installing karmic, but i skipped the step of installing grub in debian, how do i generate grub entries for debian now?	you need to edit the menu.lst file located in /boot/grub/ (that's about all the help i can be..
2 questions: anyone ever setup ubuntu on a compaq tc1000? and there's no make command in terminal, is there a replacement command or how can i add that in?	apt-get install build-essential
is there a way to send data from a program like hwinfo into a text file so it can more easily and leisurely be read?	command > foo.txt
hi all, i'm trying to upgrade to 8.10 from 8.04 with a 8.10 disc on hand, is it possible to use the disc to upgrade instead of letting the package manager fetch the packages from the internet?	only if its the alternate disc
guys where can i find adobe flash x64? i installed both from software center but got the same i386 crap	i am just curious why do you need x64 flash?
can somone tell me how i can do a wallpaper slideshow with my own pictueres?	http://www.webupd8.org/2010/02/easily-create-xml-wallpapers-with-xml.html
i need to format a drive partition (/media/sda3) what the command to use?	i think you have to unmount and give it the /dev
hm. maybe i was too unspecific. what i want to find out is, which apt-repository provides a certain package/program	ah... apt-cache policy foopackage
it seems i have 2 apache running...could someone help me find out wich one is reachable via wan ?	i don't think you can have two different apaches running, because they would conflict with each others' ports. are you sure it's not two children of a single instance?
checksum is correct. any idea? i'm working form a mac osx at the moment, but i don't see how this could make any difference	well i have no idea which filesystems mac os recognizes, but i assumed a cd filesystem would be recognized. why do you need to mount it anyway? can't just burn it?
anyone know where i can get a free shell account with a few gb of hdd space? i need it to do some open source testing, my home machine network is far to slow	yes, you are connected
sorry to insist. my screen is blinking (goes black for a second, turning back to normal) when viewing dvds on vlc and gxine, and forgot to mention, it hapens with more frequency with fullscreen.	does this happen in another userspace?
hi, sorry could not find answer for this. can i load from windows installer, multi instance of ubuntu... ie 11.10 and 12.04?	i dont think wubi can handle differnt installs of ubuntu on the windows side at teh same time
hmm to check open ports i could ' netstat -an \| grep 'listen' ' but that only sees for the machine correct?	nmap is very good at doing that
hi. is it possible to switch desktops in gnome using the scroll wheel in the desktop?	or you can set up a keyboard shortcut to do it
ok, kdevelop isn't in the repos?	try synaptic
if i have somethng i cache how do i tell ubuntus apt to install from cache only and not download?	--no-download does exactly what you want
when i see a window in nautilus, how do i get the path for that window?	press ctrl+l then copy and paste the adress
what iso image to choose for installing 6.10 on intel core duo processor?	core duo is 32 bit. core 2 duo is 64
how can i view subtitles in gnome-mplayer in my language?	why dont' you check your localized channel?
what command do i need to use to have awm start up with my ubuntu?	just add a custom launcher, with the command avant-window-manager
newbye question: is it possible to install ubuntu9.04 on a partition with windows millennium edition ? (with a dual boot) thanks	yes thats fine
i'm running gcc to install a gnome applet and it complains that package libpanelapplet-2.0 is missing.. i know that is is installed... what can i do to get this to work ... i also edit pkg_config_path to include the libpanelapplet file	you probably need the -dev package for that lib
hi!. where could i add the command that would mount cd image automaticlly on startup?	/etc/fstab
is there anything like vmware fusion for linux? i know that particular program is available on mac os x.	in case you missed it, vmware workstation works in ubuntu and has unity support and the likes.
what's the gui text editor that comes with ubuntu?	gedit
repeat mode does not work in totem why?	plays again once finished
how do i see what commands i can do with a phrase int he terminal?	the tab key
is there a gui ftp server?	yes its called gproftp
all i need to know is how to change my eff'ing places tab at the top i dont need more people making fun of me! or my name on irc	whatever you put in the left side pane in your file browser goes in there
hey guys, whats the resolution up from 1280x1024?	1280x1024 and 1600x1200 have different aspect ratios
hi. somehow, i managed to change my system wide keyboard setting to us, which is definetly wrong. i already changed the keyboard to de-de for my users, but still gdm, uses us-keyboard. is there a graphical interface to change the setting, or do i just have to edit xorg.conf? thx...	did you look in system admin login..?
how do you open a file that contains a & in it's name in terminal? the shell doesn't accept the &	how about \& ?
zcat[1] , package mozilla-psm is not available, ... :/	http://packages.ubuntu.com/breezy/web/mozilla-psm
i have the acer eee laptop but i prefer to run the desktop version of ubuntu over the notebook remix, unforuantely i can't get the desktop iso onto a usb stick correctly for installation but i can get the notebook remix disk .img file to install without issue, so i'm wondering if there is a disk img file of the desktop iso i can use. or where i can find a program that will use the iso file to be able to be installed via a usb stick.	have you tried useing unetbootin?
what does modprobe ndiswrapper do?	installes the module into the kernel, adding functional support
hi, what did happen with nvu web editor in repositories? if it's no more, what easy editor can i use?	any editor is good? i prefer mcedit and emacs
i can choose between 1074x768 800x600 640x480 with gnome's resolution management. what command can do it in the terminal?	xrandr
anyone with some idea about how to set partitions for hybrid ssd+hdd ? i have 20gb ssd + 320 gb hdd , and my q is should i use ssd only for / and dd for swap and /home , or some others solution for it ? swap is no good for ssd	that's a pretty good idea you've got already
how to suspend/resume?	you have to do apm --suspend , if that works you can make a keybinding for that somewhere in the gnome menu
how do i disable my machine trying to set the clock by internet when my computer starts up	remove init script of ntpdate from /etc/init.d/
hey, quickie here, i forgot for some reason how to chown, say i need to change to owner of dir 'foo' so that user 'bar' owns it	man chown -- chown -r [user] [dir]
hey i have a question that for once does not deal with a os issue	kino or cinelerra
how do i make a mounted partition made by 'mount -t vfat /dev/hdb6 /media/hdb6' stay mounted even after reboot?	add it to fstab.
anyone know a good program for audio editting / sound recording	audacity
hi, if i am going to install the sun-java jre and jdk should i first remove the default java packages installed by ubuntu?	you can. they can co-exist, though. java uses debian's alternatives system to select which jre/jdk to use.
everybody's time here is in 24 hour format?	don't worry about time. messages get by really fast.
hi, how do i start mysql?	/etc/init.d/mysql start, probably.
how do i make a file read-only	chmod -w filename
is there any way that i can alt-tab between workspaces the way i alt-tab between applications?	ctrl+alt+left or ctrl+alt+right arrows

i am currently using kdm but would like to switch back to gdm how can i do this in dapper

udo dpkg-reconfigure gdm

i have a ssh connection to my remote server and i need to make some changes to my router settings, but unfortunately lynx doesn't support form buttons properly so i can't save them, any ideas what to try? is there a better cli browser or any other ways to do this?

elinks

hi everyone, i need to make a user account for work, i need to block programs like pidgin etc, and block sites like facebook etc, website i can do with iptables, but how about the reast?

use a combination of sabayon and pessulus to lockdown the system

can anyone tell me where to change the login in 10.04 from that user-chooser type to the enter username/pass type? the comp has too many users, lol

you can use gdm2setup for that

upgrade to hoarty asks me about upgrading new vesrion of /etc/udev/scripts/ide-devfs.sh. should i do it?

install new caused no problems for me.

any idea on a powerpoint viewer for linux to avoid using openoffice ?

i looked for something like that ages ago, but there isn't.

will apt-get automatically remove dependencies that an app installed?

not automatically, you have to tell it you want to.

who pays for this free stuff?

ubuntu have a sponsor canonical... at them moment they are getting plenty of free publicity so it's worth a few cds :-)

hi, i have an old pc, it's a p3 500, 256mb ram, can i run ubuntu server on it?

on servers, where you only use the command line, most linux distributions are about the same. but ubuntu has some nice features that help beginners - like saying which package a program is in if you try to execute it and it's not installed.

to login i have to replug-in the keyboard before it will type. and then the same is true once im logged in, again i first have to replug the keyboard. but i cant get the keyboard to work at all in gnome. any idea how to get gnome to work with the keyboard?

is it a bluetooth keyboard?

is there a command line app to see battery info?

acpi(1)

hey can anyone tell me if it is possible to mount and be able to write to an ntfs partition

create a fat32 that both windows/linucx can read /write is your best choice

is it possible to sync an ipod 6th gen with ubuntu yet? i've been searching the net for an answer but i can't find something conclusive.

why not try and find out? banshee has some ipod support.

i had put a 500 mb file for a download, it completed 220 mbs and my internet got disconnected, and now when i resume it , it starts from the beginning. any way to resume after 220mbs ? i used ' wget -c http://example.com/path/to/file.zip' but i get this error : http://privatepaste.com/f3opetaj1g

looks like the download link timed out.

hey guys, can anyone help me with this problem? sometimes when i plug in my usb flash drives, it won't unmount until i log out and in again

make sure you don't have any nautilus windows open inside the drive, or any shell either. or any program with files from the drive still open.

anyone know a good pack that can view connections being made to my computer?

depending on what you want you can use iptraf, wireshark, ethereal, netstat, (lsof can tell you about open connections) etc

pythondas: because you want a separate file system, you need swap and a separate home. that's why

why not just say 'stuff' instead of swearing (it's still swearing even if it's obfuscated)

what is a good microsoft visio type program for ubuntu

jude, umbrello, rational rose, eclipse + omundo

does anyone know where i can go to get some help with photoshop?

adobe.com

is there an option in xchat to not show joins/quits in the channel window?

/set irc_conf_mode 1

how are .py files made executable?

with chmod

does anyone know a way to move 1tb from a hard disk that stops responding ever 2-3 minutes and unmounts

torrent

hi what s the meaning of 'noatime recommend'. the google translater cant find the word noatime. is this a valid english word?

'no access times'

is there a difference between testicles and testes?

isn't testes the singular form of testicles?

edgy is stable folks

so is windows for complete newbies

anyone who knows if i can install ubuntu on my phone - htc g1 ?

you can't

i need to copy (preserving everything, including symlinks) the files on my root partition to another partition, so that it can be my new root partition. i've booted using the livecd, can i just mount both partitions and do a cp -p?

cp -apr

hey, edgy destroyed my xserver pretty bad, i get the no screens found error but the standard solution doesn't work :(

you can tell most irc clients to not show who joins and leaves

i see server, desktop and alternative as downloads. what's alternative?

uses a text installer & you can use it to install software

... you can mount an .iso file with mount? and have it completely uncompress and auto run all the info properly with full controls? if that works it's serious news to me

you can :-) iso, nrg, maybe cue, but i'm not sure about that last one

so pidgin at getdeb.net is clearly newer than gaim included in feisty, right?

you can download it there. it works on my fiesty laptop

quick question: is there a command that lets me open any document from a terminal window, similar to the windows 'start' command or the mac 'open' command?

shure, gedit filename

hey i am wondering what ubuntu/linux kernel does if bad memory is detected (eg if it puts data in memory then it turns out corrupt) do programs crash or kernel freezes or what?

although saying that the bad memory is 'detected' is a little innacurate in the crash case. if you have something like ecc ram where you can actually detect problems, it won't crash

if i install xubuntu, then later can i easily switch between two easily?

yes gdm allows you to change sessions

...is there a cd-writing program that is a little easier to understand and configure than xcdroast for gnome??

gnomebaker

is there any way to make a 'group' of panel icons in gnome?

try making a drawer. and add them into it

i downloaded the i386 iso from torrents, and im already running gutsy, is there a way to upgrade using this iso image? like the same way a dist-upgrade would?

you could burn the disk then put it in your gutsy install it will upgrade from that

when i start my computer i see a blinking cursor top-left for a few seconds and after that another blinking cursor some lines further down. (after that fullscreen bootlogo and so on) what are those?

the system booting up and then the splash screen from plymouth

could somebody please tell me what this command does? mknod mknod ttys0 c 4 64

if you don't know what it does, don't use it.

my network notification disappeared - what package can i install to make it come back?

that'd be 'networkmanager' (or something along the lines. might be 'nm-applet' or 'networkmanager-gnome' or somesuch)

in the package manager, what does the 'ubuntu' icon signify when it shows up next to a package?

it means it's maintained and supported by ubuntu.

hi, how can i empty the apt-get cache?

sudo apt-get clean

hello. where is the xorg.conf file located

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

anybody know how to remove executeable permission on a file?

chmod -x <filename>

where are ubuntu installation floppy images?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/installation/withfloppies

hi, guys. someone in this channel told me about a quake like console that wasn't tilda or yakuake. do any of you know another?

maybe guake?

hi guys... i'm trying to install ubuntu on another machine with an 80gig hdd. for some reason, when i try to partition it to have a primary / partition, a logical /home partition and a linux swap it won't allow me to do it. logical is greyed out and it gives me an error after it has created hda1

i would just use fdisk

how can i find out where is my cdrom driver?

dmesg | grep cd <- should show you what device its on, and then mount it manually

is there anyway to use my netbook to control my linux computer in a way that just does what i type and mouse control without vnc?

ah, gui? synergy2

i am trying to compile a generic kernel . i have lucid but have been doing regular upgrades... i think now it is more like maverick over lucid. how can i know if i have maverick/lucid?

lsb_release -a

hi, i installed debian after installing karmic, but i skipped the step of installing grub in debian, how do i generate grub entries for debian now?

you need to edit the menu.lst file located in /boot/grub/ (that's about all the help i can be..

2 questions: anyone ever setup ubuntu on a compaq tc1000? and there's no make command in terminal, is there a replacement command or how can i add that in?

apt-get install build-essential

is there a way to send data from a program like hwinfo into a text file so it can more easily and leisurely be read?

command > foo.txt

hi all, i'm trying to upgrade to 8.10 from 8.04 with a 8.10 disc on hand, is it possible to use the disc to upgrade instead of letting the package manager fetch the packages from the internet?

only if its the alternate disc

guys where can i find adobe flash x64? i installed both from software center but got the same i386 crap

i am just curious why do you need x64 flash?

can somone tell me how i can do a wallpaper slideshow with my own pictueres?

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

i need to format a drive partition (/media/sda3) what the command to use?

i think you have to unmount and give it the /dev

hm. maybe i was too unspecific. what i want to find out is, which apt-repository provides a certain package/program

ah... apt-cache policy foopackage

it seems i have 2 apache running...could someone help me find out wich one is reachable via wan ?

i don't think you can have two different apaches running, because they would conflict with each others' ports. are you sure it's not two children of a single instance?

checksum is correct. any idea? i'm working form a mac osx at the moment, but i don't see how this could make any difference

well i have no idea which filesystems mac os recognizes, but i assumed a cd filesystem would be recognized. why do you need to mount it anyway? can't just burn it?

anyone know where i can get a free shell account with a few gb of hdd space? i need it to do some open source testing, my home machine network is far to slow

yes, you are connected

sorry to insist. my screen is blinking (goes black for a second, turning back to normal) when viewing dvds on vlc and gxine, and forgot to mention, it hapens with more frequency with fullscreen.

does this happen in another userspace?

hi, sorry could not find answer for this. can i load from windows installer, multi instance of ubuntu... ie 11.10 and 12.04?

i dont think wubi can handle differnt installs of ubuntu on the windows side at teh same time

hmm to check open ports i could ' netstat -an | grep 'listen' ' but that only sees for the machine correct?

nmap is very good at doing that

hi. is it possible to switch desktops in gnome using the scroll wheel in the desktop?

or you can set up a keyboard shortcut to do it

ok, kdevelop isn't in the repos?

try synaptic

if i have somethng i cache how do i tell ubuntus apt to install from cache only and not download?

--no-download does exactly what you want

when i see a window in nautilus, how do i get the path for that window?

press ctrl+l then copy and paste the adress

what iso image to choose for installing 6.10 on intel core duo processor?

core duo is 32 bit. core 2 duo is 64

how can i view subtitles in gnome-mplayer in my language?

why dont' you check your localized channel?

what command do i need to use to have awm start up with my ubuntu?

just add a custom launcher, with the command avant-window-manager

newbye question: is it possible to install ubuntu9.04 on a partition with windows millennium edition ? (with a dual boot) thanks

yes thats fine

i'm running gcc to install a gnome applet and it complains that package libpanelapplet-2.0 is missing.. i know that is is installed... what can i do to get this to work ... i also edit pkg_config_path to include the libpanelapplet file

you probably need the -dev package for that lib

hi!. where could i add the command that would mount cd image automaticlly on startup?

/etc/fstab

is there anything like vmware fusion for linux? i know that particular program is available on mac os x.

in case you missed it, vmware workstation works in ubuntu and has unity support and the likes.

what's the gui text editor that comes with ubuntu?

gedit

repeat mode does not work in totem why?

plays again once finished

how do i see what commands i can do with a phrase int he terminal?

the tab key

is there a gui ftp server?

yes its called gproftp

all i need to know is how to change my eff'ing places tab at the top i dont need more people making fun of me! or my name on irc

whatever you put in the left side pane in your file browser goes in there

hey guys, whats the resolution up from 1280x1024?

1280x1024 and 1600x1200 have different aspect ratios

hi. somehow, i managed to change my system wide keyboard setting to us, which is definetly wrong. i already changed the keyboard to de-de for my users, but still gdm, uses us-keyboard. is there a graphical interface to change the setting, or do i just have to edit xorg.conf? thx...

did you look in system admin login..?

how do you open a file that contains a & in it's name in terminal? the shell doesn't accept the &

how about \& ?

zcat[1] , package mozilla-psm is not available, ... :/

http://packages.ubuntu.com/breezy/web/mozilla-psm

i have the acer eee laptop but i prefer to run the desktop version of ubuntu over the notebook remix, unforuantely i can't get the desktop iso onto a usb stick correctly for installation but i can get the notebook remix disk .img file to install without issue, so i'm wondering if there is a disk img file of the desktop iso i can use. or where i can find a program that will use the iso file to be able to be installed via a usb stick.

have you tried useing unetbootin?

what does modprobe ndiswrapper do?

installes the module into the kernel, adding functional support

hi, what did happen with nvu web editor in repositories? if it's no more, what easy editor can i use?

any editor is good? i prefer mcedit and emacs

i can choose between 1074x768 800x600 640x480 with gnome's resolution management. what command can do it in the terminal?

xrandr

anyone with some idea about how to set partitions for hybrid ssd+hdd ? i have 20gb ssd + 320 gb hdd , and my q is should i use ssd only for / and dd for swap and /home , or some others solution for it ? swap is no good for ssd

that's a pretty good idea you've got already

how to suspend/resume?

you have to do apm --suspend , if that works you can make a keybinding for that somewhere in the gnome menu

how do i disable my machine trying to set the clock by internet when my computer starts up

remove init script of ntpdate from /etc/init.d/

hey, quickie here, i forgot for some reason how to chown, say i need to change to owner of dir 'foo' so that user 'bar' owns it

man chown -- chown -r [user] [dir]

hey i have a question that for once does not deal with a os issue

kino or cinelerra

how do i make a mounted partition made by 'mount -t vfat /dev/hdb6 /media/hdb6' stay mounted even after reboot?

add it to fstab.

anyone know a good program for audio editting / sound recording

audacity

hi, if i am going to install the sun-java jre and jdk should i first remove the default java packages installed by ubuntu?

you can. they can co-exist, though. java uses debian's alternatives system to select which jre/jdk to use.

everybody's time here is in 24 hour format?

don't worry about time. messages get by really fast.

hi, how do i start mysql?

/etc/init.d/mysql start, probably.

how do i make a file read-only

chmod -w filename

is there any way that i can alt-tab between workspaces the way i alt-tab between applications?

ctrl+alt+left or ctrl+alt+right arrows