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is there any tool to convert mp3 to wav formats?	sox
after i compile omething from source, do i want to keep the source directory around to make it easy to deinstall?	if you have the deb package around you can hang onto that and just ditch the source
can anyone recomend me a set of tcp and udp ports alternative to the defaults, so that i can run two amule clients at the same time?	any random port >1000 should be fine
hi everybody. do anybody know any form to encrypt some files or an entire folder with a great encription security and storage it on a pendrive?	have a look at truecrypt, it will do what you want, i believe
how can i switch to runlevel3	2,3,4 &5 are same in ubuntu to change..telinit 3
what do i have to install to make ubuntu shutdown when i press the power btn? (its a minimal installation via debootstrap)	acpid ?
but you can script this by youself, since partimage is an gui for dd	okay, i have a (fair) understanding of how to do that, however i was looking for something more shrink-wrapped. no worries, thanks!
how do you save a session in firefox?	i think there is an extension that will do that; in iceweasel it seems to be turned on by default
guys using no_root_squash in /etc/exports for nfs is advisable or its considered a security problem	if you need to to access files on the share, it's highly advisable to use it.
do you know?	usually /usr/bin
what's the terminal command to make a list go 1 page at a time instead of big long list?	or any other pager, like more or most
hey guys, how can i stop iptables from command line?	you might also want to try firestarter, it's a nice gui to iptables
can somebody help me removing gaim? even after doing a complete remove in synaptic, gaim is still in my applications menu and works.	or d/l again, & then just 'make uninstall'
which bit of software is supposed to create /dev/scd0 ? udev? hotplug?	udev.
what package should i install to have the file /usr/lib/qt3/mkspecs?	http://packages.ubuntu.com/ has a search for packages by contained file thing, that might help you.
hey can anyone help with an ftp question? in a web browser i can load ftp://user:pass@host to have it connect without prompting for login info... i'd like to do the same with the command-line client, so i can just create a bash script to immediately drop me into a specific ftp account connection. does anyone know how to do that on the command line?	ncftp supports ftp:// url like that
where can we get the ubuntu torrent file ?	it has a cd and a dvd version
anyone can help me on configuring alsa step by step (new linux user) ????	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/soundtroubleshootingprocedure
does anyone know where i can find a package list for the 6.06 server iso?	packages.ubuntu.com
how can i tell what package provides an executable?	if you don't have it installed, you can either use apt-file, or http://packages.ubuntu.com
how the hell do i close emacs?	ctrl-x ctrl-c
what's the name of the program that handles all the back-end stuff of gnome again? not gnome-conf but.... arrgh...	that is in the mime database. i think it is /usr/share/shared-mime-info or something
how can i send an eof though a console with my keyboard?	ctrl-d may do it.
what dose it mean when an app has 2 versions gtk or qt? dose it matter witch i should use?	generally, if you're running gnome, you would use the gtk version, and if you're running kde you would use the qt version. but in practice you can probably use either. what program are you looking at?
i need to know, how can i stop web server daemon and mysql daemon ... please !!	ls /etc/init.d/ youll see many scripts there. just sudo /etc/init.d/scriptname stop or start or restart
hello i`m trying to decode some files from flac to wav, my command is [ for i in *.flac; do flac -d '$i'; done] but.. how can i do this recursivly down through folders?	or perhaps. find . -type f -iname '*.flac' -exec bash -c 'for i; do flac -d '$i'; done' _ {} +
can someone approve an iptables firewall tool? somethin in x for examble	firestarter
does anyone know where the xchat logs are kept?	check in ~/.xchat
i want inotify-tools installed on feisty, but it seems i need to install some backported versions? is there a repos i can add to handle dependencies? https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/feisty/i386/inotify-tools/3.11-1ubuntu1~feisty1	feisty-backports
can someone please help? my upper and lower panel is gone and i cannot open any programs or anything!	gnome-terminal
how do i run two programs at once?	on the command-line? firstprogram & then secondprogram
is there a simple apt command that would list all the packages that are currently installed on a system?	dpkg -l \*,but it's reaaaaaaaaaaaaaallly long
imperfect: why would you do make -j?	-j 2 would go almost twice faster on dual core
does anyone know the best place to ask packaging related questions?	irc.debian.org has channels for apt and dpkg iirc
i am trying to transfer a large number of files between two computers over a firewire cable. one is running ubuntu and the other is running vista (shudder). i looked at the wiki page for ethernet over firewire but am confused. is what i am attempting to do possible? my other method available to me is transferring via flash drive, but one computer does not have usb 2.0.	i haven't tried it but linux can ethernet-over-firewire
how do you get a list of daemons running and start & stop them?	ps ax
what is sksudo??	run 'whatis gksudo' in your terminal
you go into /etc/password and change the password string there from whatever it is to whatever it is that represents 'no password'	if you use /dev/false as shell in /etc/passwd you cant login
compiz seems to be trashing my screen. i think it is compiz. i am having difficulty finding information on the web about it. when i switch windows, the window is all garbled or blurred. can anyone help? how can i describe this problem better or how can i fix it?	irssi has largely replaced epic and bitchx
how to remove programs in ubuntu through	just create a file with a name starting with '.'
can i get some input please, if anyone here has a bluray player can they let me now if having libbluray installed, with xbmc compiled from source actually playbacks the bluray disc	build it your self so you can upload it via ppa ;) for other users.
is it a bad idea to mix package updating through apt-get, aptitude and/or synaptic package manager, or will they each know which packages the other(s) have installed?	they all use the same database, so you can use them all without worry
how do i change volume from the command line or something like that?	alsamixer
did you try the instructions here? http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~fine/tech/font-howto.html	i did have a few modifications to it though as i'm trying to install it as a system wide font. so i dropped it in /usr/share/fonts/bitmaps
i just installed the new 12.04... its kind of bugging.. im running on a dell notebook with nvidia optimus.. i mean... there are two graphic cards, onboard (intel) and nvidia (gt 540m).. is there anyone with the same problem?	look at bumblebee https://wiki.ubuntu.com/bumblebee
hi, why cant my windows pc print from my ubuntu pc?	you need to add the password to samba on the ubuntu server. use the 'smbpasswd' command
how can i now what is my processor in a terminal ?	cat /proc/cpuinfo
how do i mount windows partitions within the terminal¿? (i can do it in places and clicking the windows partition and then asks me password to mount)	ntfs3g
hif folks, tired- remind me what's that new wobbly window thing thats creating so much buzz?	xgl ?
guys, is ubuntu system v unix??	which is kind of similar but it's not sysv
in bash ... is there a character that i can use to continue the same command but on a new line?	that is, you escape the new-line with the escape char, which is \
how do i find the logs for this room on here? http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2012/06/30/ i just cant seem to figure it out.	http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2012/04/28/%23ubuntu.html
hello. livecd environment possible over http or not? just nfs?	you might want to rephrase that.. i can't make sense of your question
i wnat to link /media/cdorm to /cdrom0 is this by ln -s /media/cdrom /media/cdrom0 correct?	yes that's right
my maverick machine will not update. can anyone help? http://fpaste.org/i64j/	doesn't look like a problem
excuse me, but is there a way to disable the system bell (the annoying boop)?	preferences > sound
is there a way to remotely upgrade 9.04 to 9.10	ofc, change sources.list & aptitude update upgrade :)
quick nvidia ? i have a dual display nvidia 7600gs adapter, will that work with ubuntu 64bit?	well.. what do i know
i have just got one game and it's looks like blahblahblah.run how to install it? i tryed ./blah.run but says premision dinied... i try sudo ./blahblah.run but then- sudo: ./et-linux-2.60.x86.run: command not found so i don't get it... can enyone?	it's probably not executable. either chmod it to be executable, or use 'sudo sh ./blah.run'
synaptic question: how do i tell whether a package listed came from the universe rep or the multiverse rep? without digging into properties ... is there some way to make it visible in the list display?	or section :)
any reason why this small graphics tablet won't work in linux/ubuntu? http://tinyurl.com/5zy4fo	does it have a driver?
do you guys think it's possible to turn off pci slots in the bios?	hmm.. not sure thats possible.
hey all, i just fully converted over to ubuntu and i am unable to get compiz functioning so i can get the cube. i have a dell inspiron e1505 with ati x1400 card and i have the restricted driver enabled	ati the sux0rz when it comes to compiz
is there a quick and easy way to update the nvidia drivers in ubuntu. right now i'm not using them but when using them the screen starts flickering and messing up after about 15-20 minutes.	did you use additional drivers?
can anyone out there help a newbie with a partitioning question? how do i split an everything on a single partion install into /boot,/,/usr,/var partitions?	gparted
guys anyone experiencing really loud 'click' on new 9.10 when sound card awakes. for example if i was not using sound card (in any apps) for 1 minute, and then start watching movie on youtube is always starts with loud 'click' from speakers, and then goes to normal. same for other apps. anyone ?	that sounds like the power saving stuff kicking in on your hda audio card. (new in karmic.) comment out thelast line in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf with #
for some reason i cant set vlc as default so i want to remove movie player but it's not listed in synaptic	movie player is possibly totem
what's the shortcut to setting the screensaver to start?	ctrl+alt+l ??
hi all, im using vsftpd, a user can login and create a file fine, but the created file is drwx------, any idea why / how to change the default permissions?	see how to set umask for thse users/ftp
anyone know where eth0 and eth1 are defined ? not /etc/default/interfaces	maybe /etc/modules
anyone here possess knowledge to get an internet broadband card to work?	what?
any one knows linux c compilator ?	i believe it's gcc, which you get with the build-essentials package
hey, i'm running several ubuntu 8.10-server, on each one, when i connect with ssh, i need to wait 5-10 seconds between the login prompt and the password prompt, any idea ?	your ip can't be back-resolved by target host
hi, what is the best way to convert a 3g video to avi, mpeg etc	mencoder ?
do i get beryl from synaptic package manager??? if so where would it be, what category?	sudo apt-get install beryl-manager. did you try to find some howto yet?
going to install ubuntu and have an external harddrive to store backups .... how are we doing with the whole 'write to ntfs' thing, or should i format it fat32?	writing to ntfs works.
when i start my ubuntu-server my display goes to 'looking for signal' but i can ssh in. how do i make it so i can login from my server instead of having to ssh in everytime?	install regular ubuntu for a gui
fellows; i'm trying to use gparted livecd to partition my drive so i can install xp for dual-booting. however, the livecd always stops halfway, and i never end up seeing the gui. i doubt i have a bad burn, so i'm wondering if maybe gparted takes a long time to initialize? or is there an alternative to using the gparted livecd to partition my drive for xp?	you could try using fdisk via cli
how do i know which version of ubuntu i have?	cat /etc/issue
what software does ubuntu use to auto mount cdrom, usb external harddisk?	gnome has a mounter that does that
hi guys, how can i change the name of my computer? in the terminat it shows 'pavel@pavel-vaio:~$' and i wish 'pavel@sony-vaio:~$'	/etc/hostname
hey all. i just got another hand-me-down machine today with two identical hard drives. does anyone know of a working how-to for setting up a bootable raid array? hoary and breezy installers seem to choke on the boot manager.	ask ubotu about raid, if you have not yet.
how to find the uid and gid of a given user	id username
does /join #channelname not work in some irc clients?	no, it used xorg 6.8
what is the name they gave to 9.10?	cool name
any visual programing language for ubuntu?	doubt if that will work. you could 'dd' to image the iso to flash. or use the tools from pendrivelinux website
hi guys .. i bought a new harddisk and use it as external with enclosure .. the problem is linux did not detect the hdd ... what should i do?	try the enclosure in another computer to make sure that it acutally works first, beyond that i'm not sure. i do know that some kernels just don't play nice with interfaces on some enclosures.
hello all! i am using xampp for linux. php's mail function isn't working for me. didn't change any config file that may have connection with it. am i missing something? [sorry, if it's not the right place to ask the question.]	xammp is not an ubuntu supported application, as it is self conained platform.
how do i get a 'recursive directory listing with a full path for each file'? ('ls -alr' is not what i'm looking for)	how about tree -f
how do i clear my dns?	cat /dev/null > /etc/resolv.conf
hi everyone. is there a channel for ubuntu on ps3?	its an unofficial distro
what does the generic kernel do? someone said it provides optimizations on demand - can anyone elaborate?	you dont need to do it manually, its done automatically
i'm using ubuntu 9.10 and i guess my port 5432 is closed. i'd like to open it to a friend use my postgresql database. how can i do it? what is the firewall of ubuntu 9.10?	ufw is essentially a front-end for iptables
why is it allowed to anybody to execute the file /usr/sbin/s2disk?	because every user should be able to use the hibernate mode without typing their passwords
can someone please explain beryl to me?	it's a way of making your windows wobble when you move them, at the expense of performance and stability./
what does 'bashism' mean ?	syntax that only works in bash
hello guys can someone please name me a good download manager	my bot says the bestest download manager is aria2, because 2 people (67%) said so! follow in order, kget (1 votes, 33%), jigdo, gwget, slimrat, wmget, fatrat, d4x, slimrat-nox, tucan, multiget, uget
hi i'm looking for a guide to versioning filesystems that works with ubuntu. any ideas?	any time i hear people mention specilized filesystems.. i always think to look at the 'fuse' project and its fs's
how do i see if my server is 64 or 32 bit?	uname -a
hey folks - i am trying to setup vmware-server on fiesty but it dies building the kernel module - any idea how i get it to use the kernel mods i was able to apt-get?	http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_feisty_fawn_vmware_server_howto

is there any tool to convert mp3 to wav formats?

sox

after i compile omething from source, do i want to keep the source directory around to make it easy to deinstall?

if you have the deb package around you can hang onto that and just ditch the source

can anyone recomend me a set of tcp and udp ports alternative to the defaults, so that i can run two amule clients at the same time?

any random port >1000 should be fine

hi everybody. do anybody know any form to encrypt some files or an entire folder with a great encription security and storage it on a pendrive?

have a look at truecrypt, it will do what you want, i believe

how can i switch to runlevel3

2,3,4 &5 are same in ubuntu to change..telinit 3

what do i have to install to make ubuntu shutdown when i press the power btn? (its a minimal installation via debootstrap)

acpid ?

but you can script this by youself, since partimage is an gui for dd

okay, i have a (fair) understanding of how to do that, however i was looking for something more shrink-wrapped. no worries, thanks!

how do you save a session in firefox?

i think there is an extension that will do that; in iceweasel it seems to be turned on by default

guys using no_root_squash in /etc/exports for nfs is advisable or its considered a security problem

if you need to to access files on the share, it's highly advisable to use it.

do you know?

usually /usr/bin

what's the terminal command to make a list go 1 page at a time instead of big long list?

or any other pager, like more or most

hey guys, how can i stop iptables from command line?

you might also want to try firestarter, it's a nice gui to iptables

can somebody help me removing gaim? even after doing a complete remove in synaptic, gaim is still in my applications menu and works.

or d/l again, & then just 'make uninstall'

which bit of software is supposed to create /dev/scd0 ? udev? hotplug?

udev.

what package should i install to have the file /usr/lib/qt3/mkspecs?

http://packages.ubuntu.com/ has a search for packages by contained file thing, that might help you.

hey can anyone help with an ftp question? in a web browser i can load ftp://user:pass@host to have it connect without prompting for login info... i'd like to do the same with the command-line client, so i can just create a bash script to immediately drop me into a specific ftp account connection. does anyone know how to do that on the command line?

ncftp supports ftp:// url like that

where can we get the ubuntu torrent file ?

it has a cd and a dvd version

anyone can help me on configuring alsa step by step (new linux user) ????

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/soundtroubleshootingprocedure

does anyone know where i can find a package list for the 6.06 server iso?

packages.ubuntu.com

how can i tell what package provides an executable?

if you don't have it installed, you can either use apt-file, or http://packages.ubuntu.com

how the hell do i close emacs?

ctrl-x ctrl-c

what's the name of the program that handles all the back-end stuff of gnome again? not gnome-conf but.... arrgh...

that is in the mime database. i think it is /usr/share/shared-mime-info or something

how can i send an eof though a console with my keyboard?

ctrl-d may do it.

what dose it mean when an app has 2 versions gtk or qt? dose it matter witch i should use?

generally, if you're running gnome, you would use the gtk version, and if you're running kde you would use the qt version. but in practice you can probably use either. what program are you looking at?

i need to know, how can i stop web server daemon and mysql daemon ... please !!

ls /etc/init.d/ youll see many scripts there. just sudo /etc/init.d/scriptname stop or start or restart

hello i`m trying to decode some files from flac to wav, my command is [ for i in *.flac; do flac -d '$i'; done] but.. how can i do this recursivly down through folders?

or perhaps. find . -type f -iname '*.flac' -exec bash -c 'for i; do flac -d '$i'; done' _ {} +

can someone approve an iptables firewall tool? somethin in x for examble

firestarter

does anyone know where the xchat logs are kept?

check in ~/.xchat

i want inotify-tools installed on feisty, but it seems i need to install some backported versions? is there a repos i can add to handle dependencies? https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/feisty/i386/inotify-tools/3.11-1ubuntu1~feisty1

feisty-backports

can someone please help? my upper and lower panel is gone and i cannot open any programs or anything!

gnome-terminal

how do i run two programs at once?

on the command-line? firstprogram & then secondprogram

is there a simple apt command that would list all the packages that are currently installed on a system?

dpkg -l \*,but it's reaaaaaaaaaaaaaallly long

imperfect: why would you do make -j?

-j 2 would go almost twice faster on dual core

does anyone know the best place to ask packaging related questions?

irc.debian.org has channels for apt and dpkg iirc

i am trying to transfer a large number of files between two computers over a firewire cable. one is running ubuntu and the other is running vista (shudder). i looked at the wiki page for ethernet over firewire but am confused. is what i am attempting to do possible? my other method available to me is transferring via flash drive, but one computer does not have usb 2.0.

i haven't tried it but linux *can* ethernet-over-firewire

how do you get a list of daemons running and start & stop them?

ps ax

what is sksudo??

run 'whatis gksudo' in your terminal

you go into /etc/password and change the password string there from whatever it is to whatever it is that represents 'no password'

if you use /dev/false as shell in /etc/passwd you cant login

compiz seems to be trashing my screen. i think it is compiz. i am having difficulty finding information on the web about it. when i switch windows, the window is all garbled or blurred. can anyone help? how can i describe this problem better or how can i fix it?

irssi has largely replaced epic and bitchx

how to remove programs in ubuntu through

just create a file with a name starting with '.'

can i get some input please, if anyone here has a bluray player can they let me now if having libbluray installed, with xbmc compiled from source actually playbacks the bluray disc

build it your self so you can upload it via ppa ;) for other users.

is it a bad idea to mix package updating through apt-get, aptitude and/or synaptic package manager, or will they each know which packages the other(s) have installed?

they all use the same database, so you can use them all without worry

how do i change volume from the command line or something like that?

alsamixer

did you try the instructions here? http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~fine/tech/font-howto.html

i did have a few modifications to it though as i'm trying to install it as a system wide font. so i dropped it in /usr/share/fonts/bitmaps

i just installed the new 12.04... its kind of bugging.. im running on a dell notebook with nvidia optimus.. i mean... there are two graphic cards, onboard (intel) and nvidia (gt 540m).. is there anyone with the same problem?

look at bumblebee https://wiki.ubuntu.com/bumblebee

hi, why cant my windows pc print from my ubuntu pc?

you need to add the password to samba on the ubuntu server. use the 'smbpasswd' command

how can i now what is my processor in a terminal ?

cat /proc/cpuinfo

how do i mount windows partitions within the terminal¿? (i can do it in places and clicking the windows partition and then asks me password to mount)

ntfs3g

hif folks, tired- remind me what's that new wobbly window thing thats creating so much buzz?

xgl ?

guys, is ubuntu system v unix??

which is kind of similar but it's not sysv

in bash ... is there a character that i can use to continue the same command but on a new line?

that is, you escape the new-line with the escape char, which is \

how do i find the logs for this room on here? http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2012/06/30/ i just cant seem to figure it out.

http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2012/04/28/%23ubuntu.html

hello. livecd environment possible over http or not? just nfs?

you might want to rephrase that.. i can't make sense of your question

i wnat to link /media/cdorm to /cdrom0 is this by ln -s /media/cdrom /media/cdrom0 correct?

yes that's right

my maverick machine will not update. can anyone help? http://fpaste.org/i64j/

doesn't look like a problem

excuse me, but is there a way to disable the system bell (the annoying boop)?

preferences > sound

is there a way to remotely upgrade 9.04 to 9.10

ofc, change sources.list & aptitude update upgrade :)

quick nvidia ? i have a dual display nvidia 7600gs adapter, will that work with ubuntu 64bit?

well.. what do i know

i have just got one game and it's looks like blahblahblah.run how to install it? i tryed ./blah.run but says premision dinied... i try sudo ./blahblah.run but then- sudo: ./et-linux-2.60.x86.run: command not found so i don't get it... can enyone?

it's probably not executable. either chmod it to be executable, or use 'sudo sh ./blah.run'

synaptic question: how do i tell whether a package listed came from the universe rep or the multiverse rep? without digging into properties ... is there some way to make it visible in the list display?

or section :)

any reason why this small graphics tablet won't work in linux/ubuntu? http://tinyurl.com/5zy4fo

does it have a driver?

do you guys think it's possible to turn off pci slots in the bios?

hmm.. not sure thats possible.

hey all, i just fully converted over to ubuntu and i am unable to get compiz functioning so i can get the cube. i have a dell inspiron e1505 with ati x1400 card and i have the restricted driver enabled

ati the sux0rz when it comes to compiz

is there a quick and easy way to update the nvidia drivers in ubuntu. right now i'm not using them but when using them the screen starts flickering and messing up after about 15-20 minutes.

did you use additional drivers?

can anyone out there help a newbie with a partitioning question? how do i split an everything on a single partion install into /boot,/,/usr,/var partitions?

gparted

guys anyone experiencing really loud 'click' on new 9.10 when sound card awakes. for example if i was not using sound card (in any apps) for 1 minute, and then start watching movie on youtube is always starts with loud 'click' from speakers, and then goes to normal. same for other apps. anyone ?

that sounds like the power saving stuff kicking in on your hda audio card. (new in karmic.) comment out thelast line in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf with #

for some reason i cant set vlc as default so i want to remove movie player but it's not listed in synaptic

movie player is possibly totem

what's the shortcut to setting the screensaver to start?

ctrl+alt+l ??

hi all, im using vsftpd, a user can login and create a file fine, but the created file is drwx------, any idea why / how to change the default permissions?

see how to set umask for thse users/ftp

anyone know where eth0 and eth1 are defined ? not /etc/default/interfaces

maybe /etc/modules

anyone here possess knowledge to get an internet broadband card to work?

what?

any one knows linux c compilator ?

i believe it's gcc, which you get with the build-essentials package

hey, i'm running several ubuntu 8.10-server, on each one, when i connect with ssh, i need to wait 5-10 seconds between the login prompt and the password prompt, any idea ?

your ip can't be back-resolved by target host

hi, what is the best way to convert a 3g video to avi, mpeg etc

mencoder ?

do i get beryl from synaptic package manager??? if so where would it be, what category?

sudo apt-get install beryl-manager. did you try to find some howto yet?

going to install ubuntu and have an external harddrive to store backups .... how are we doing with the whole 'write to ntfs' thing, or should i format it fat32?

writing to ntfs works.

when i start my ubuntu-server my display goes to 'looking for signal' but i can ssh in. how do i make it so i can login from my server instead of having to ssh in everytime?

install regular ubuntu for a gui

fellows; i'm trying to use gparted livecd to partition my drive so i can install xp for dual-booting. however, the livecd always stops halfway, and i never end up seeing the gui. i doubt i have a bad burn, so i'm wondering if maybe gparted takes a long time to initialize? or is there an alternative to using the gparted livecd to partition my drive for xp?

you could try using fdisk via cli

how do i know which version of ubuntu i have?

cat /etc/issue

what software does ubuntu use to auto mount cdrom, usb external harddisk?

gnome has a mounter that does that

hi guys, how can i change the name of my computer? in the terminat it shows 'pavel@pavel-vaio:~$' and i wish 'pavel@sony-vaio:~$'

/etc/hostname

hey all. i just got another hand-me-down machine today with two identical hard drives. does anyone know of a *working* how-to for setting up a bootable raid array? hoary and breezy installers seem to choke on the boot manager.

ask ubotu about raid, if you have not yet.

how to find the uid and gid of a given user

id username

does /join #channelname not work in some irc clients?

no, it used xorg 6.8

what is the name they gave to 9.10?

cool name

any visual programing language for ubuntu?

doubt if that will work. you could 'dd' to image the iso to flash. or use the tools from pendrivelinux website

hi guys .. i bought a new harddisk and use it as external with enclosure .. the problem is linux did not detect the hdd ... what should i do?

try the enclosure in another computer to make sure that it acutally works first, beyond that i'm not sure. i do know that some kernels just don't play nice with interfaces on some enclosures.

hello all! i am using xampp for linux. php's mail function isn't working for me. didn't change any config file that may have connection with it. am i missing something? [sorry, if it's not the right place to ask the question.]

xammp is not an ubuntu supported application, as it is self conained platform.

how do i get a 'recursive directory listing with a full path for each file'? ('ls -alr' is not what i'm looking for)

how about tree -f

how do i clear my dns?

cat /dev/null > /etc/resolv.conf

hi everyone. is there a channel for ubuntu on ps3?

its an unofficial distro

what does the generic kernel do? someone said it provides optimizations on demand - can anyone elaborate?

you dont need to do it manually, its done automatically

i'm using ubuntu 9.10 and i guess my port 5432 is closed. i'd like to open it to a friend use my postgresql database. how can i do it? what is the firewall of ubuntu 9.10?

ufw is essentially a front-end for iptables

why is it allowed to anybody to execute the file /usr/sbin/s2disk?

because every user should be able to use the hibernate mode without typing their passwords

can someone please explain beryl to me?

it's a way of making your windows wobble when you move them, at the expense of performance and stability./

what does 'bashism' mean ?

syntax that only works in bash

hello guys can someone please name me a good download manager

my bot says the bestest download manager is aria2, because 2 people (67%) said so! follow in order, kget (1 votes, 33%), jigdo, gwget, slimrat, wmget, fatrat, d4x, slimrat-nox, tucan, multiget, uget

hi i'm looking for a guide to versioning filesystems that works with ubuntu. any ideas?

any time i hear people mention specilized filesystems.. i always think to look at the 'fuse' project and its fs's

how do i see if my server is 64 or 32 bit?

uname -a

hey folks - i am trying to setup vmware-server on fiesty but it dies building the kernel module - any idea how i get it to use the kernel mods i was able to apt-get?

http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_feisty_fawn_vmware_server_howto