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hi...is there a way to import working drivers from a previous kernel to a newer one?	no; you have to recompile them if you builded from source
anybody know what package contains html::tablecontentparser?	libhtml-tableextract-perl - perl module that simplifies extraction of information from html
is there anyway of showing the cpu temperature? or do i need to download/install something?	type 'sensors' and see if you have it installed
hi! is there any way to make nautilus have a split screen setup so i can drag/move data easily from one window to another?	i don't believe so, but you can have 2 nautilus windows open next to each other, and hide the places bar on the right, if that helps.
does anyone know of a cli screenshot program which can take screenshots of a true terminal? without x	er, sorry, no.. fbdump or somesuch
flash in google chrome stopped working for me out of the blue..and i don't have a clue what to do with it. any ideas, anyone?	is your ubuntu 64bit?
does anyone know if it is legal to resell openoffice under a different name? check out what appeared in gmail in my margins: http://www.officebestdeall.com/	it is legal but you have to state that it is derived from openoffice
what would someone recommend as a good c compiler?	sudo apt-get install build-essential
alright, i can't figure out what i need to use the crypt command... o_o there's no package named crypt that i can install, and the package search results are not helpful	the program 'crypt' is currently not installed. you can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install mcrypt
what is the best mp3... general audio player? hoping to find something along the lines of winamp....	audacious is nice
is there a way to simulate an x session to test a program from inside an existing x session? (a windowed 2nd x session essentially)	xephyr or xnest
how do i get a cronjob to start at say 6:30 and run once a minute until 14:00?	use crontab to kick off the script and handle the 1 minute waits with your script logic?
has anyone managed to run tremulous ?	i have in the past... that game makes me so dizzy i puke
some one can point me a good keyserver?	there's a small list of reliable keysevers here: http://www.rossde.com/pgp/pgp_keyserv.html
hey.. can anyone help me figure out which version of ubuntu is installed on a server i just inherited..	that's gutsy, but not updated to current
what on earth happened to unrar support in archive manager in hoary	haveyou apt-get install rar ? i think that unrar'ing works in hoary with that
how do i open .xlsx files in open office 3/karmic? double clicking doesn't work, neither does file>open in calc.	rename to .xls and pray
so i'm cruising my campus network, and i notice my friend's computer as a samba share. i can't access it, though. i know he has it password protected, so is there one extra syntax i have to use to acess his box? doing this thru nautilus with the uri smb://	try smb://username:password@hostname
hey, simple question--in these steps ( http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3851308&postcount=3 ), which way do i go about 'install fglrx closed source driver for ati video cards.'	sudo apt-get install fglrx
can someone give me an example of what a .sh file would look like to compile *.java?	that should be javac $file.java
if i make a partition and install ubuntu will windows still boot up or which has priority?	grub will let you switch
when booting up a new 9.04 server installation for the first time, one item in the boot sequence fails - setting up network hardware; and ifconfig returns nothing. what's going on?	what chipset is your network card?
how do i make sure i remove all of a package like ebox?	sudo apt-get remove ebox* --purge
can i umount a usb stick without using sudo?	pumount
hi, does anyone know how to download a whole public repository to a server?	wget will allow you recursively download a website, including a repo. check the man page first... it's got lots of options
i'm running a cli only version of ubuntu. i'm in the terminal and i can't scroll up to read some of the errors i'm getting. how can i make it so i can scroll up to read that, note pgup and pgdown don't do anything.	better way is to pipe to less
hi..got problems with a pxeboot /install: client tries to load pxelinux.cfg/default but finds no kernel - anyone got advice?	- is pxe a virtual machine?
when's the next version comming out?...august right?	june 1
what programs do u use with web cams? (v4l2)	vlc, amsn
does flash in firefox handle sound in a different way than other apps in ubuntu? it seems asoundconf set-default-card doesn't affect flash audio.. anyone know anything about this?	cant find easily given that flash is proprietary
hey, i'm looking for a desktop thing that i saw in a screen shot once and cant remember where or what. what it was, was just a simple bit of text on the right hand side of the desktop, sort of a ticker that told the time, date, cpu usage, weather, etc ? anybody know what that is?	conky or gkrellm
guys im trying to install itask but when i try and automake it says ./autogen.sh: 8: aclocal: not found	sudo aptitude install automake autoconf build-essential
- that looks like a kernel error - what version of ubuntu are you using?	2.6.35-28-generic
is there a way in nautilus to make a directory on top on all others? in windows i just named it !name, but it doesn't work here	does 1name work?
real quick... whats a good program like wine besides wine of course?	- there is cedega
is it just as easy to mount a external usb disk as a normal harddisk on edgy?	should be
hey all, trying to restart my networking interfaces thru terminal. tried using /etc/init.d/networking restart however it just seems to freeze and doesn't do anything…so does stop. any other ideas?	that command is deprecated. rather use 'sudo services network-manager restart'
i remember there was a cool app which showed graphs & statistics about laptop battery charge levels. but i can't find it again. do you know what's it's called?	run it with : gnome-power-statistics
hello. how do i tell which version of ubuntu im running?	lsb_release -r
what command do you write to get out of manuals in the terminal?	if you want out of man just press q
which package contains documentation (man pages) to functions related to glibc such as printf, scanf, etc? i tried glibc-docs but didn't work	manpages-dev i believe
i just realized ive never viewed an image in anything but gimp and firefox, anyone recommend an app for image viewing, not manipulation? maybe with an easy forward backward mode(fappable)	gthumb or eog - eog is included by default, but gthumb is nicer, imo
hi all, does anyone know if there will be a desktop version of 8.10 available?	yes, in october
i need help with user and group permisions, i have a directory owned by root, but i want to give members of the group 'mygroup' permission to write on that directory. how can i do this?	chgrp mygroup mydirectory; chmod g+rwx mydirectory
hello everyone. i'm new to ubuntu and haven't used debian in a while. it seems that my 'hoary hedgehog' install doesn't have some header files (stdarg.h, for example), and i can't seem to find a gcc-devel package. what package(s) should i be looking for to install these extra headers?	maybe build-essential
yeah gparted/ntfsprogs apparently - whats the best way to check if they are on the live cd?	cat /proc/cpuinfo, and if you see 'lm' in the flags, it's 64-bit
how can i change the keybord language that i type in? (i've installed greek and english)	- on the top or bottom taskbar right click and add to panel keyboard manager
but opera uses a lot of ram, depending of how many tabs you're using	i think you're confusing it with firefox.
so, is it possible to search packages descriptions for more than one keyword using packages.ubuntu.com ?	that never worked for me; maybe they fixed it
why is my fan on my laptop constantly going when using linux? any ideas?	what brand?
do you know how well the beta works?	i've been using it for about 2 weeks without glitches
is there a way to change the background that appears before the gdm login window comes up?	sys -> prefs -> login
how to change preferred dns server through terminal?!	edit /etc/resolv.conf
i can't get dhcp to work in ubuntu :(	dhclient
i installed an awesome gtk2 theme, but nautilus and gedit, among others, use the ugly default gnome theme! how do i make them pretty?	where did you get the theme from?
the installer dies while trying to fsck one of the windows partitions, how do i keep it from doing the fsck?	try hiren's boot disc, it has partition magic on it, set up your partitions then run the installer
hi, i am having an error with ubuntu 8.04 which installed by wubi. when i boot the error is : find --set-root --ignore-floppies /ubuntu/install/boot/grub/menu.lst error 15: file not found	grub installation failed.. just try an uninstall/reinstall of it
irssi question: when someone replies to you and the channel number turns pink, you go into the channel. is there a shortcut to see the last message with your name in it?	look at http://quadpoint.org/articles/irssi and you may want to add a 'hilight window'
what is eth0?	eth0 = default network card
question: is it possible to turn on specific desktop affects? i want one or two affects (blender doesn't agree with all of them, so i can't use them all), but i dont want the rest.	install the ccsm tool and tweak them all day long. :)
greetings. is mysql 5 in repositories? if, what is it called? if not, where can i get a package containing all i need ? - thanks ! :)	no it's not.
hi there, anyone noticed problems with connecting some apps with internet? e.g. kopete's jabber plugin does not work, kvpn does not works. im using kubuntu quantal	are you behind a firewall or something? sometimes those services use ports which can run on ports not allowed by the firewall
i know this is a elementary question but i dont know it so im asking-what is the difference in 'sudo' and gksudo'	llutz: should be 'gksudo' by the way
i just installed the .deb package file for ayttm and now i cant find it in the apps menu.	have you tried to exit out of your x and login again? may be it's there it just needs to be refreshed
could someone recommen a program for recording videos from webcam and saving them?	http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/motion/webhome
how do i check the boot log? the system doesn't start unless i use recovery mode.	they are on /var/log/messages /var/log/syslog if you want to see boot msgs press 'e' when in grub and edit the kernel line remove quiet and splash from it and press b to boot
[gnome, metacity] ich habe some configuration changes using gconf-edit. when do they become effective? do i have to ctrl+alt+backspace?	you could try that it should work or restart the system
is there a way to connect to beta distribution of ubuntu (just upgrade through apt-get)?	you can use the upgrader tool or follow the same directions as upgrading to breezy through apt except use dapper instead of breezy of course
is it better to do a fresh install of ibex or will an upgrade from a fresh install of hardy be the same? i just fresh installed hardy before i realize that theres 6 days left till ibex. i don't really want to download a whole new iso etc... if it would be the same as upgrading	i'd recommend doing a fresh install of ibex. theoretically, though, there won't be too much difference.
where does ubuntu start compiz at startup by default pls?	if its not there try in apperance under 'visual effects' and make it none.
can i split an existing partition into 2 seperate partitions?	you can shrink one partition to make room for another but you cant like actually make one into two... thats why i asked :0
i'm looking to replace my ms-mce with linuxmce and need a recommendation for an hdtv tuner for north america that does both ota and cable. what the best (not too expensive - < $150 us) options out there?	and check www.linuxtv.org
can i upgrade to the next ubuntu release (after gutsy gibbon, herdy heron or something) thru synaptic ?	you do it through update manager.
how do i edit the items in the notification area on the panel, right click and remove removes the entire notification area applet and not individual items	it's based on the apps your running; you can't do it for each icon
anyone has ralink rt2500 working after hibernate?	not that i suspend often but once i tried and it worked
hey, how can i find what model and brand is my wireless card?	iwconfig
i've just updated to the development branch (oneiric) and i can't get nvidia.ko to load, because nouveau.ko is always loaded instead, some thoughts? thank you.	blacklist?
if this channel is being logged? where to?	nm... ubuntu hosts the logs... http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/
how do you start a private chat with somebody?	/query nickname
hi, i just installed the new kernel update and my led is flashing like crazy now. it's pretty annoying. has anyone else had this problem with intel wireless cards?	i your system responsive? i am pretty sure you are experiencing a kernel panic. my system does hat too, i am very sure it has something to do with the new broadcom driver(i am assuming you are using it)
i dont see the kernel source for 2.6.12 in the beezy repos -- therfore i cannot build ndiswrapper	i believe its linux-source
anybody a telnet guru?	use netcat
hi folks. i just installed ubuntu 6.06 lts on my server. i need remote access. do i need to enable ssh or something?	apt-get install openssh-server
hello guys im runing a ppc, with breezy on it, console only how do i upgrade to dapper?	first change alll instances of 'breezy' to 'dapper' in /etc/apt/sources.list ... then run sudo apt-get update, then sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
is there a defrag and/or scandisk app in stock ubuntu? i didn't found. i bet its right under my nose.	nobody defrags reiser or ext3
i saw firefox 3.0 has already include in sources, but still not update yet. why??	cuz they're still testing it out on the pr0n sites
i accidentally formatted my home partition on my new install and switched from fat32 to ext4, is any of my data recoverable?	no - it's not
how does one edit the gui applications menu without using the gui editor? the gui editor doesn't work.	maybe gedit ~/.local/share/applications/name.desktop
ubuntu can see the windows partitions, and that is good. i was wondering if there is a way to make windows see the linux partitions as well (even if read-only)	ext3 or higher will not work
was there a magic sysrq combination to kill x?	alt+sysrk+k will kill whatever is running on the current tty.
is it possible to make a single installer that does x86 and x86-64 off one boot device without much difficulty?	http://prshah.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-create-ubuntu-all-in-one-dvd.html
when i enable 'desktop cube effects and deformation' in compiz-settings it unselects again after 1 second	i had the same issue, try this guide.... it may help http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/showthread.php?t=10273
does ubuntu hoary come with shfs builtin the kernel?	shfs?
hi all , the dvd playback on my laptop using totem is quite dark, is there anyway to adjust it?	totem menu -> edit - preferneces - display
once again ubuntu has given my hard drives names i can't find.	sudo fdisk -l
i decided to download ephiphany browser using the add/remove programs. i can't find it on my system though.	try right clicking applications at the top right and see if there is an option to edit menu? might be under system -> preferences -> edit menu also
when sshing into a server, my terminal kind of freezes up after a period of connectivity (i assume i've been dropped from the server). is there a way to avoid this?	tcpkeepalive setting can help
how can i reach the gnome menu without a mouse? (so some keyboard shortcuts, or something)	alt-f2 is run dialog too
!best \| demonspork	does it have a gnome version that doesn't require kde dependencies
is adobe flash player fixed yet?	think so otherwise it would have been in the topic for the channel. at least it was earlier

hi...is there a way to import working drivers from a previous kernel to a newer one?

no; you have to recompile them if you builded from source

anybody know what package contains html::tablecontentparser?

libhtml-tableextract-perl - perl module that simplifies extraction of information from html

is there anyway of showing the cpu temperature? or do i need to download/install something?

type 'sensors' and see if you have it installed

hi! is there any way to make nautilus have a split screen setup so i can drag/move data easily from one window to another?

i don't believe so, but you can have 2 nautilus windows open next to each other, and hide the places bar on the right, if that helps.

does anyone know of a cli screenshot program which can take screenshots of a true terminal? without x

er, sorry, no.. fbdump or somesuch

flash in google chrome stopped working for me out of the blue..and i don't have a clue what to do with it. any ideas, anyone?

is your ubuntu 64bit?

does anyone know if it is legal to resell openoffice under a different name? check out what appeared in gmail in my margins: http://www.officebestdeall.com/

it is legal but you have to state that it is derived from openoffice

what would someone recommend as a good c compiler?

sudo apt-get install build-essential

alright, i can't figure out what i need to use the crypt command... o_o there's no package named crypt that i can install, and the package search results are not helpful

the program 'crypt' is currently not installed. you can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install mcrypt

what is the best mp3... general audio player? hoping to find something along the lines of winamp....

audacious is nice

is there a way to simulate an x session to test a program from inside an existing x session? (a windowed 2nd x session essentially)

xephyr or xnest

how do i get a cronjob to start at say 6:30 and run once a minute until 14:00?

use crontab to kick off the script and handle the 1 minute waits with your script logic?

has anyone managed to run tremulous ?

i have in the past... that game makes me so dizzy i puke

some one can point me a good keyserver?

there's a small list of reliable keysevers here: http://www.rossde.com/pgp/pgp_keyserv.html

hey.. can anyone help me figure out which version of ubuntu is installed on a server i just inherited..

that's gutsy, but not updated to current

what on earth happened to unrar support in archive manager in hoary

haveyou apt-get install rar ? i *think* that unrar'ing works in hoary with that

how do i open .xlsx files in open office 3/karmic? double clicking doesn't work, neither does file>open in calc.

rename to .xls and pray

so i'm cruising my campus network, and i notice my friend's computer as a samba share. i can't access it, though. i know he has it password protected, so is there one extra syntax i have to use to acess his box? doing this thru nautilus with the uri smb://

try smb://username:password@hostname

hey, simple question--in these steps ( http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3851308&postcount=3 ), which way do i go about 'install fglrx closed source driver for ati video cards.'

sudo apt-get install fglrx

can someone give me an example of what a .sh file would look like to compile *.java?

that should be javac $file.java

if i make a partition and install ubuntu will windows still boot up or which has priority?

grub will let you switch

when booting up a new 9.04 server installation for the first time, one item in the boot sequence fails - setting up network hardware; and ifconfig returns nothing. what's going on?

what chipset is your network card?

how do i make sure i remove all of a package like ebox?

sudo apt-get remove ebox* --purge

can i umount a usb stick without using sudo?

pumount

hi, does anyone know how to download a whole public repository to a server?

wget will allow you recursively download a website, including a repo. check the man page first... it's got lots of options

i'm running a cli only version of ubuntu. i'm in the terminal and i can't scroll up to read some of the errors i'm getting. how can i make it so i can scroll up to read that, note pgup and pgdown don't do anything.

better way is to pipe to less

hi..got problems with a pxeboot /install: client tries to load pxelinux.cfg/default but finds no kernel - anyone got advice?

- is pxe a virtual machine?

when's the next version comming out?...august right?

june 1

what programs do u use with web cams? (v4l2)

vlc, amsn

does flash in firefox handle sound in a different way than other apps in ubuntu? it seems asoundconf set-default-card doesn't affect flash audio.. anyone know anything about this?

cant find easily given that flash is proprietary

hey, i'm looking for a desktop thing that i saw in a screen shot once and cant remember where or what. what it was, was just a simple bit of text on the right hand side of the desktop, sort of a ticker that told the time, date, cpu usage, weather, etc ? anybody know what that is?

conky or gkrellm

guys im trying to install itask but when i try and automake it says ./autogen.sh: 8: aclocal: not found

sudo aptitude install automake autoconf build-essential

- that looks like a kernel error - what version of ubuntu are you using?

2.6.35-28-generic

is there a way in nautilus to make a directory on top on all others? in windows i just named it !name, but it doesn't work here

does 1name work?

real quick... whats a good program like wine besides wine of course?

- there is cedega

is it just as easy to mount a external usb disk as a normal harddisk on edgy?

should be

hey all, trying to restart my networking interfaces thru terminal. tried using /etc/init.d/networking restart however it just seems to freeze and doesn't do anything…so does stop. any other ideas?

that command is deprecated. rather use 'sudo services network-manager restart'

i remember there was a cool app which showed graphs & statistics about laptop battery charge levels. but i can't find it again. do you know what's it's called?

run it with : gnome-power-statistics

hello. how do i tell which version of ubuntu im running?

lsb_release -r

what command do you write to get out of manuals in the terminal?

if you want out of man just press q

which package contains documentation (man pages) to functions related to glibc such as printf, scanf, etc? i tried glibc-docs but didn't work

manpages-dev i believe

i just realized ive never viewed an image in anything but gimp and firefox, anyone recommend an app for image viewing, not manipulation? maybe with an easy forward backward mode(fappable)

gthumb or eog - eog is included by default, but gthumb is nicer, imo

hi all, does anyone know if there will be a desktop version of 8.10 available?

yes, in october

i need help with user and group permisions, i have a directory owned by root, but i want to give members of the group 'mygroup' permission to write on that directory. how can i do this?

chgrp mygroup mydirectory; chmod g+rwx mydirectory

hello everyone. i'm new to ubuntu and haven't used debian in a while. it seems that my 'hoary hedgehog' install doesn't have some header files (stdarg.h, for example), and i can't seem to find a gcc-devel package. what package(s) should i be looking for to install these extra headers?

maybe build-essential

yeah gparted/ntfsprogs apparently - whats the best way to check if they are on the live cd?

cat /proc/cpuinfo, and if you see 'lm' in the flags, it's 64-bit

how can i change the keybord language that i type in? (i've installed greek and english)

- on the top or bottom taskbar right click and add to panel keyboard manager

but opera uses a lot of ram, depending of how many tabs you're using

i think you're confusing it with firefox.

so, is it possible to search packages descriptions for more than one keyword using packages.ubuntu.com ?

that never worked for me; maybe they fixed it

why is my fan on my laptop constantly going when using linux? any ideas?

what brand?

do you know how well the beta works?

i've been using it for about 2 weeks without glitches

is there a way to change the background that appears before the gdm login window comes up?

sys -> prefs -> login

how to change preferred dns server through terminal?!

edit /etc/resolv.conf

i can't get dhcp to work in ubuntu :(

dhclient

i installed an awesome gtk2 theme, but nautilus and gedit, among others, use the ugly default gnome theme! how do i make them pretty?

where did you get the theme from?

the installer dies while trying to fsck one of the windows partitions, how do i keep it from doing the fsck?

try hiren's boot disc, it has partition magic on it, set up your partitions then run the installer

hi, i am having an error with ubuntu 8.04 which installed by wubi. when i boot the error is : find --set-root --ignore-floppies /ubuntu/install/boot/grub/menu.lst error 15: file not found

grub installation failed.. just try an uninstall/reinstall of it

irssi question: when someone replies to you and the channel number turns pink, you go into the channel. is there a shortcut to see the last message with your name in it?

look at http://quadpoint.org/articles/irssi and you may want to add a 'hilight window'

what is eth0?

eth0 = default network card

question: is it possible to turn on specific desktop affects? i want one or two affects (blender doesn't agree with all of them, so i can't use them all), but i dont want the rest.

install the ccsm tool and tweak them all day long. :)

greetings. is mysql 5 in repositories? if, what is it called? if not, where can i get a package containing all i need ? - thanks ! :)

no it's not.

hi there, anyone noticed problems with connecting some apps with internet? e.g. kopete's jabber plugin does not work, kvpn does not works. im using kubuntu quantal

are you behind a firewall or something? sometimes those services use ports which can run on ports not allowed by the firewall

i know this is a elementary question but i dont know it so im asking-what is the difference in 'sudo' and gksudo'

llutz: should be 'gksudo' by the way

i just installed the .deb package file for ayttm and now i cant find it in the apps menu.

have you tried to exit out of your x and login again? may be it's there it just needs to be refreshed

could someone recommen a program for recording videos from webcam and saving them?

http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/motion/webhome

how do i check the boot log? the system doesn't start unless i use recovery mode.

they are on /var/log/messages /var/log/syslog if you want to see boot msgs press 'e' when in grub and edit the kernel line remove quiet and splash from it and press b to boot

[gnome, metacity] ich habe some configuration changes using gconf-edit. when do they become effective? do i have to ctrl+alt+backspace?

you could try that it should work or restart the system

is there a way to connect to beta distribution of ubuntu (just upgrade through apt-get)?

you can use the upgrader tool or follow the same directions as upgrading to breezy through apt except use dapper instead of breezy of course

is it better to do a fresh install of ibex or will an upgrade from a fresh install of hardy be the same? i just fresh installed hardy before i realize that theres 6 days left till ibex. i don't really want to download a whole new iso etc... if it would be the same as upgrading

i'd recommend doing a fresh install of ibex. theoretically, though, there won't be too much difference.

where does ubuntu start compiz at startup by default pls?

if its not there try in apperance under 'visual effects' and make it none.

can i split an existing partition into 2 seperate partitions?

you can shrink one partition to make room for another but you cant like actually make one into two... thats why i asked :0

i'm looking to replace my ms-mce with linuxmce and need a recommendation for an hdtv tuner for north america that does both ota and cable. what the best (not too expensive - < $150 us) options out there?

and check www.linuxtv.org

can i upgrade to the next ubuntu release (after gutsy gibbon, herdy heron or something) thru synaptic ?

you do it through update manager.

how do i edit the items in the notification area on the panel, right click and remove removes the entire notification area applet and not individual items

it's based on the apps your running; you can't do it for each icon

anyone has ralink rt2500 working after hibernate?

not that i suspend often but once i tried and it worked

hey, how can i find what model and brand is my wireless card?

iwconfig

i've just updated to the development branch (oneiric) and i can't get nvidia.ko to load, because nouveau.ko is always loaded instead, some thoughts? thank you.

blacklist?

if this channel is being logged? where to?

nm... ubuntu hosts the logs... http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/

how do you start a private chat with somebody?

/query nickname

hi, i just installed the new kernel update and my led is flashing like crazy now. it's pretty annoying. has anyone else had this problem with intel wireless cards?

i your system responsive? i am pretty sure you are experiencing a kernel panic. my system does hat too, i am very sure it has something to do with the new broadcom driver(i am assuming you are using it)

i dont see the kernel source for 2.6.12 in the beezy repos -- therfore i cannot build ndiswrapper

i believe its linux-source

anybody a telnet guru?

use netcat

hi folks. i just installed ubuntu 6.06 lts on my server. i need remote access. do i need to enable ssh or something?

apt-get install openssh-server

hello guys im runing a ppc, with breezy on it, console only how do i upgrade to dapper?

first change alll instances of 'breezy' to 'dapper' in /etc/apt/sources.list ... then run sudo apt-get update, then sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

is there a defrag and/or scandisk app in stock ubuntu? i didn't found. i bet its right under my nose.

nobody defrags reiser or ext3

i saw firefox 3.0 has already include in sources, but still not update yet. why??

cuz they're still testing it out on the pr0n sites

i accidentally formatted my home partition on my new install and switched from fat32 to ext4, is any of my data recoverable?

no - it's not

how does one edit the gui applications menu without using the gui editor? the gui editor doesn't work.

maybe gedit ~/.local/share/applications/name.desktop

ubuntu can see the windows partitions, and that is good. i was wondering if there is a way to make windows see the linux partitions as well (even if read-only)

ext3 or higher will not work

was there a magic sysrq combination to kill x?

alt+sysrk+k will kill whatever is running on the current tty.

is it possible to make a single installer that does x86 and x86-64 off one boot device without much difficulty?

http://prshah.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-create-ubuntu-all-in-one-dvd.html

when i enable 'desktop cube effects and deformation' in compiz-settings it unselects again after 1 second

i had the same issue, try this guide.... it may help http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/showthread.php?t=10273

does ubuntu hoary come with shfs builtin the kernel?

shfs?

hi all , the dvd playback on my laptop using totem is quite dark, is there anyway to adjust it?

totem menu -> edit - preferneces - display

once again ubuntu has given my hard drives names i can't find.

sudo fdisk -l

i decided to download ephiphany browser using the add/remove programs. i can't find it on my system though.

try right clicking applications at the top right and see if there is an option to edit menu? might be under system -> preferences -> edit menu also

when sshing into a server, my terminal kind of freezes up after a period of connectivity (i assume i've been dropped from the server). is there a way to avoid this?

tcpkeepalive setting can help

how can i reach the gnome menu without a mouse? (so some keyboard shortcuts, or something)

alt-f2 is run dialog too

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does it have a gnome version that doesn't require kde dependencies

is adobe flash player fixed yet?

think so otherwise it would have been in the topic for the channel. at least it was earlier