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can i lookup my memory type and max mem from ubuntu or do i have to track down my mobo manual	motherboard manual, sorry
ok, quick question. i'm trying to switch to ubuntu from windows for the first time. every time i try to 'check disk for errors' or 'intall or start ubuntu', my monitor loses signal and nothing is displayed. i'm using an 8800gt with two dvi ports. any ideas how to get this installed?	get the alternate text install cd, your card needs drivers that aren't on the live cd
hi folks ! is there a way in 'command-line' to remove the lines starting with the char '' or containing the char'' at a fixed position ?	it sounds like you need grep or sed
hey, i have a problem. i just did a fresh install of ubuntu but i cant use sudo to run commands (its asking for a password even though i havent set one with `sudo passwd root`). what should i do?	it wants your user password
is there a way to find out which installed package owns a file on the filesystem?	i'm not aj_z0, but it is restricted to installed packages. i don't know the equivalent of 'yum whatprovides' for debian
hi, i've a problem: my desktop display the content of my ~/ instead of ~/desktop, how i change this ?	edit ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs and make sure xdg_desktop_dir='$home/desktop'
how do i install a .dmg app.?	those are for mac os x
hey, is there an openbox version of ubuntu?	just install regular ubuntu and then openbox
i'm guessing jack is busy.. so is anyone else willing to help me with the mouse configuration? it's all way above my skill set.. help a girl in need? :-)	i'm guessing most of us only have a plain mouse, the only fancy five button mouse i used just magically worked.
does xchat has some script editor ? so i can configure autojoin channel and auto identify nick ?	i don't know but irssi does.
can someone check a site for me	it resolves (to web20.assortedinternet.com) but no response
what would be the best way to re-write grub to my mbr after having installed xp into my other partition and forgot about it over-writing my mbr?	https://wiki.ubuntu.com/recoveringubuntuafterinstallingwindows
anyone else having a problem with no /dev/input/mice on the latest breezy?	no problems here
whats the command for changing the gnome menus again?	alacarte
hello i have a amilo laptop and have just freshly install ubuntu 10.4 however i can't enable wireless on it. does anyone have any suggestings on how i could fix this?	do you know what wirless card is in it ?
how to take screenshot using terminal command?	open the pacakge manager (synaptic) search for linux kernel and remove the uneeded kernels, it will do the rest
hi how do i stop my screen from auto dimming after a couple mins?	system -> prefs -> power mgmt
there's a graphical way?	yup :)
ahhhh. well, my question is: assuming i have the line: echo '<li type=circle><b>diameter:</b> <i>'.$diameter.'</i>'; --> how can i get quotation marks to appear around the 'circle' attribute?	you can do echo 'teste \' bla bla bla '
is there a way to find the length (in characters) of the longest line in a text file? (a very large text file, with lots of lines)	you can use a relatively simple awk script that does that.
does anyone know what those bars along the bottom of a mac are called?	the dock
how to create a smb user ?	smbpasswd
hey, why 'time -f '%s' find .' show me '-f: command not found'? how i can format the time command output in ubuntu?	my bad - but it looks like rww's solution works
any body could please suggest a program for running a virtual machine ? like vmware for ubuntu please	you could use vmware or virtualbox
hello. how i can get list of all packages in a ppa ?	one way is to just go to the website
somebody knows what does '/usr/bin/fakeroot: line 146: debian/rules: permission denied' means ?	looks like perhaps you unpacked a package not using dpkg-source -x
is the boot partition only accessed when you boot? i want to put it on an old disk, but the disk is noisy. so i want to unmount it when the boot is done...	if should be, yes, but i'm not guaranteeing that :-)
hello, how do i 'kill' an application that i don't think is shut down all the way?	you can try to do killall -9 app name
1) sometimes it's delayed, 2) if you're testing with a gmail account, gmail is weird and won't show you that it received a message through forward if you sent it from that account	i'm testing with a hotmail account. in the case that it's delayed, when can i test it again?
i bought a new router and i had to clone my pc's mac address to get the wan working. the only mac address i registered with my isp is my cable modem so why does it need my pc's mac? doesn't make sense to me, just wondering.	sorry that was for you
how do i see hidden files and folders in the gui folder explorer?	hit ctrl+h
how can i find out if i have ubuntu desktop or ubuntu server?	then click the system tab
anyone knows how to retrieve your password on freenode or how to change it?? i forgot my password	the default sshd_config allows authentication with rsa keys, so no
how can i force to close a gui window ?	system monitor?
http://www.winehq.org/ => how accurate this works?(how much .exe files will it load?)	keyboard fail, log out, and log back in.
okay, i'm going to attempt to install my nvidia drivers. but i need to know how to get out of x and then back into it first	ctrl+alt+backspace will kill x, and then probably restart it, if you want it to stay stopped you'll want to do: /etc/init.d/gdm stop, to start it back up when you're done installing the driver, do: /etc/init.d/gdm start
are there any programs that stream (servers) that convert any file format into a single format (maybe mpeg, or ogg if there is an ogg stream) ?	you can use liveice or a similar software
what is the unity 2d shortcut key for doing expose? in unity 3d it's super + w, but that doesn't work in unity 2d.	clicking the workspaces?
does the migrate documents and settings copy my documents and everything or does it create links?	it actually copies the files
anyone with experience of turning off webcam led? :)	i dont even want to know lol but if you search for cam in your package manager you should find some cool programs
question: how do i install radeon hd drivers for ubuntu so i have fast 3d opengl?	but first, check system > administration > hardware drivers
how do you change your actual name on your ubuntu account?	check your /etc/passwd file
what programs do people use for ipod sync	got that songbird?
can you suggest me a good and not expensive webcam compatible with ubuntu? i would prefer a model with led.	from past questions that i have asked i was given the suggestion that most webcams are compatible with ubuntu. not sure as i have yet to buy one myself. but that is what i have heard.
is there a way for me to tile the windows on my ubuntu gnome desktop?	but i don't recall how to do that. something simple like setting an environment variable such as title i think.
hi. anyone can tell me if there is a core install available for ubuntu?	ubuntu-minimal
can i update to edgyeft beta without using the gui manager?	i would advise against updating to edgy at this time.
hey, i'm installing the new ubuntu and i see something about a migration assistant, allowing me to choose stuff from my windows drive... could anyone tell me what is this and what it's suppossed to do, and if it's safe to do what it asks?	it will attempt to import settings from you're windows partition, like bookmarks and email settings.
hey, how i can increase the resolution screen when i am seeing a movie with mplayer?	use xv as the video output
what language?	bash
how can i make opera my default browser?	system > preferences > preferred applications
just had a question about ssh, if i'm on a ssh'ing into b, and from the terminal on b i can navigate to the file i want to scp over, is there an easy way to just scp the file over from the command line in b?	if you used kermit as your terminal (configuring it to communication over the ssh tunnel) than you could kermit the file across the ssh connection.
hello there. how to resolve dependencies automatically, when apt-get does not do that? e.g. im trying to install ubiquity and there are unmet dependencies. ubuntu 11.10	apt-get will resolve deps if they are available
how can i move a window off the top of the screen?	if you're using metacity, alt+drag works, i believe
when will 10.04 be available exactly?	sometime within the next 32 hours, but we can't be more specific than that.
robdid you md5 check your cd?	now do i do that :s
what happens if i am logged in with a guest account and the power cuts?	your computer will suffocate and go out.
hey, can anyone tell me how to add an 'administrator' user (with the same privileges as the first user that is created at install, ability to sudo etc) from the command-line? i've been searching but can't find. presumably it's a case of creating a user and then adding him to the right groups?	useradd -g admin name
hey channel: need some help with totem on a new installation: it keeps crashing right away after i try to get it to play a commercial dvd...have libdvdcss2 installed and tons of plugins, and totem does work with a flash video i downloaded for testing,...anyone available to help me test/troubleshoot/fix?	try vlc
hi all. i bought a laptop with a 4gb ram and i've downloaded one kernel source and compiled for enabling support for eap but sound doesn't work now. where is alsaconf? :)	try in /usr/share/alsa
anyone know a good way to 'tidy' an ubuntu installation, i installed an uninstalled a load of stuff and there are files left behind	dpkg -l \| grep rc \| cut -d ' ' -f2 \| xargs apt-get purge might work.
what happened to the firefox package in universe ?	yes, due to java bugs...
we are the knights who say... vista!	kde has superkaramba stuff, gnome has gdesklets, and there are a bunch of other kinds of widgets, so they already may
is it relatively simple to install ubuntu without an traces of x?	yes - use 'install a command-line system'
how can i tell what version im running through the cli?	lsb_release -a
how do i reconfigure a package that i just installed but it died during configuration?	dpkg-reconfigure <package>
hello is there a way to turn off the gui for the installer. i think it might solve my installation problem.	you can use the alternative install it is text.
how do i stop the waves? i hit some weird key combo and now there are waves all over the screen. (using compiz)	http://ulyssesonline.com/2007/10/25/compiz-fusion-keyboard-shortcuts/
hey i want to move stuff with mv but i don't want to overwrite things of the same name, is this the default behavior of mv? i don't really understand the manual	ill find out for you, one second
hmmm, this reminds me: is there a list of laptops that are known to work very well with ubuntu?	/msg ubotu hardware
can someone reccomend me a code editor to use that supports python, perl, php etc	but you might consider eclipse
i want to see what ports, sockets and whatever else i can find are running	use nmap to scan for open ports
anyone know a good network manager application ?	wicd isn't in the repos, but you can get it at http://wicd.net
how can i find out what package a particular file on my system belongs to?	'dpkg -s /path/to/file' might?
i'm trying to get my sound working, and i have to do some alsa work.. when i am compiling the files, i get this error 'configure: error: no acceptable c compiler found in $path'	sounds like you don't have the build-essentials package installed.
where is the files downloaded per apt-get?	do u want the package alone instead of installing?
what's the name of that irissi irc client? im misspelling it i think	irssi
what is the best gui program to make iso's??	best is hard to say, i use k3b fine for it
anyone could recommend me which book/s are good for command line in ubuntu?	http://subsignal.org/doc/aliensbashtutorial.html
i am doing 'su echo 'blacklist pcspkr' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf' and getting a 'permission denied' - is it file in use, or why is it rejecting me?	try using 'sudo -s' for a root shell.
hey guys if i am running a version of xubuntu, kubuntu or ubuntu, can i install the other windows managers on them for example -> kde in ubuntu?	you can install other wms too - fluxbox, wmaker, etc
i'm trying to find out if gutsy is using my swap partition, i can't tell, 'dmesg \| grep swap' showed nothing. the swap parition got created/found during install, but can't tell if the system is using it, can anyone give me some pointers?	top and free should tell you too
i am installing ubuntu 6.06 on my friends pc and i have updated my own system just an hour ago, can i copy all those packages from var/apt/cache to his pc's folder and update his system as well ?	yes you can.
does anyone have experience compiling kernels?	that's why they have trackpoint
what is the purpose of an 'ubuntu hug day'?	or untriaged bugs
whats the best way to install//uninstall aplications without breaking dependancies?	or via synaptic
hi, i'm running feisty/amd64. i want to install a sun java6 plugin for firefox, but couldn't find one. searched google and found reference to sun-java6-plugin, but i don't have this pkg in my cache. any suggestions?	there is no 64-bit java plugin for firefox. you can install a 32-bit chroot environment
is the 'preferred' way of installing g++ in ubuntu using the shell	apt-get install build-essential
hi, crowd, where can i find information about the alternate cd?	there's info on the ubuntu wiki
hi. i installed ubuntu through wubi. i understand that hibernation works by dumping the ram contents into swap. but with wubi, ubuntu uses a swapfile i think, which is 256mb in size. i have 4gb ram. will hibernation work by itself or do i need to tweak some settings?	it's not going to work at all, you need a real install or at least a real swap partition >= 4gb
is there a way to use apt-cache search but for packages you have installed only?	apt-cache search xxxxxxxx installed
could anyone tell me how i can get the main menu transparent?	i don't think that's possible with gnome (at least not without additional software)
does ubuntu/kubuntu support software suspend?	its gnu/linux
i'm setting up a dual boot of xp home and 10.04lts. any reason i should create a partion for xp when i put it on? or, should i just let it do it's thing and wait to partition when i add ubuntu?	do you have a drive 'map' for the partitions on paper or in your head?
hello, i have ubuntu, and i installed kubuntu with apt-get install kubuntu-desktop, now how do i remove that? apt-get remove kunbuntu-desktop says that it will free 40k, which doesn't seem like enough	try this http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/puregnome
would that also stop it from coming through the headphones?	xset b off # won't as that applies to the current user only - but hopefully if you've blacklisted the pcspkr module you won't have beeps at the login screen
how would i list the libraries a program loads?	'ldd [programe name]
how can i prevent a specific package from being upgraded?	you can make it so in synaptic, find the package , right cick properteis, there is an option somewhere in there
how can i have whole man pages ? not only from console, pdf prefable :) , i couldnt find it in google	i haven't found any pdf's but you can find man pages on line all over
does ubuntu come with the verdana font pre-installed?	maybe msttcorefonts (multiverse repo)

can i lookup my memory type and max mem from ubuntu or do i have to track down my mobo manual

motherboard manual, sorry

ok, quick question. i'm trying to switch to ubuntu from windows for the first time. every time i try to 'check disk for errors' or 'intall or start ubuntu', my monitor loses signal and nothing is displayed. i'm using an 8800gt with two dvi ports. any ideas how to get this installed?

get the alternate text install cd, your card needs drivers that aren't on the live cd

hi folks ! is there a way in 'command-line' to remove the lines starting with the char '*' or containing the char'*' at a fixed position ?

it sounds like you need grep or sed

hey, i have a problem. i just did a fresh install of ubuntu but i cant use sudo to run commands (its asking for a password even though i havent set one with `sudo passwd root`). what should i do?

it wants your user password

is there a way to find out which installed package owns a file on the filesystem?

i'm not aj_z0, but it is restricted to installed packages. i don't know the equivalent of 'yum whatprovides' for debian

hi, i've a problem: my desktop display the content of my ~/ instead of ~/desktop, how i change this ?

edit ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs and make sure xdg_desktop_dir='$home/desktop'

how do i install a .dmg app.?

those are for mac os x

hey, is there an openbox version of ubuntu?

just install regular ubuntu and then openbox

i'm guessing jack is busy.. so is anyone else willing to help me with the mouse configuration? it's all way above my skill set.. help a girl in need? :-)

i'm guessing most of us only have a plain mouse, the only fancy five button mouse i used just magically worked.

does xchat has some script editor ? so i can configure autojoin channel and auto identify nick ?

i don't know but irssi does.

can someone check a site for me

it resolves (to web20.assortedinternet.com) but no response

what would be the best way to re-write grub to my mbr after having installed xp into my other partition and forgot about it over-writing my mbr?

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/recoveringubuntuafterinstallingwindows

anyone else having a problem with no /dev/input/mice on the latest breezy?

no problems here

whats the command for changing the gnome menus again?

alacarte

hello i have a amilo laptop and have just freshly install ubuntu 10.4 however i can't enable wireless on it. does anyone have any suggestings on how i could fix this?

do you know what wirless card is in it ?

how to take screenshot using terminal command?

open the pacakge manager (synaptic) search for linux kernel and remove the uneeded kernels, it will do the rest

hi how do i stop my screen from auto dimming after a couple mins?

system -> prefs -> power mgmt

there's a graphical way?

yup :)

ahhhh. well, my question is: assuming i have the line: echo '<li type=circle><b>diameter:</b> <i>'.$diameter.'</i>'; --> how can i get quotation marks to appear around the 'circle' attribute?

you can do echo 'teste \' bla bla bla '

is there a way to find the length (in characters) of the longest line in a text file? (a very large text file, with lots of lines)

you can use a relatively simple awk script that does that.

does anyone know what those bars along the bottom of a mac are called?

the dock

how to create a smb user ?

smbpasswd

hey, why 'time -f '%s' find .' show me '-f: command not found'? how i can format the time command output in ubuntu?

my bad - but it looks like rww's solution works

any body could please suggest a program for running a virtual machine ? like vmware for ubuntu please

you could use vmware or virtualbox

hello. how i can get list of all packages in a ppa ?

one way is to just go to the website

somebody knows what does '/usr/bin/fakeroot: line 146: debian/rules: permission denied' means ?

looks like perhaps you unpacked a package not using dpkg-source -x

is the boot partition only accessed when you boot? i want to put it on an old disk, but the disk is noisy. so i want to unmount it when the boot is done...

if should be, yes, but i'm not guaranteeing that :-)

hello, how do i 'kill' an application that i don't think is shut down all the way?

you can try to do killall -9 app name

1) sometimes it's delayed, 2) if you're testing with a gmail account, gmail is weird and won't show you that it received a message through forward if you sent it from that account

i'm testing with a hotmail account. in the case that it's delayed, when can i test it again?

i bought a new router and i had to clone my pc's mac address to get the wan working. the only mac address i registered with my isp is my cable modem so why does it need my pc's mac? doesn't make sense to me, just wondering.

sorry that was for you

how do i see hidden files and folders in the gui folder explorer?

hit ctrl+h

how can i find out if i have ubuntu desktop or ubuntu server?

then click the system tab

anyone knows how to retrieve your password on freenode or how to change it?? i forgot my password

the default sshd_config allows authentication with rsa keys, so no

how can i force to close a gui window ?

system monitor?

http://www.winehq.org/ => how accurate this works?(how much .exe files will it load?)

keyboard fail, log out, and log back in.

okay, i'm going to attempt to install my nvidia drivers. but i need to know how to get out of x and then back into it first

ctrl+alt+backspace will kill x, and then probably restart it, if you want it to stay stopped you'll want to do: /etc/init.d/gdm stop, to start it back up when you're done installing the driver, do: /etc/init.d/gdm start

are there any programs that stream (servers) that convert any file format into a single format (maybe mpeg, or ogg if there is an ogg stream) ?

you can use liveice or a similar software

what is the unity 2d shortcut key for doing expose? in unity 3d it's super + w, but that doesn't work in unity 2d.

clicking the workspaces?

does the migrate documents and settings copy my documents and everything or does it create links?

it actually copies the files

anyone with experience of turning off webcam led? :)

i dont even want to know lol but if you search for cam in your package manager you should find some cool programs

question: how do i install radeon hd drivers for ubuntu so i have fast 3d opengl?

but first, check system > administration > hardware drivers

how do you change your actual name on your ubuntu account?

check your /etc/passwd file

what programs do people use for ipod sync

got that songbird?

can you suggest me a good and not expensive webcam compatible with ubuntu? i would prefer a model with led.

from past questions that i have asked i was given the suggestion that most webcams are compatible with ubuntu. not sure as i have yet to buy one myself. but that is what i have heard.

is there a way for me to tile the windows on my ubuntu gnome desktop?

but i don't recall how to do that. something simple like setting an environment variable such as title i think.

hi. anyone can tell me if there is a core install available for ubuntu?

ubuntu-minimal

can i update to edgyeft beta without using the gui manager?

i would advise against updating to edgy at this time.

hey, i'm installing the new ubuntu and i see something about a migration assistant, allowing me to choose stuff from my windows drive... could anyone tell me what is this and what it's suppossed to do, and if it's safe to do what it asks?

it will attempt to import settings from you're windows partition, like bookmarks and email settings.

hey, how i can increase the resolution screen when i am seeing a movie with mplayer?

use xv as the video output

what language?

bash

how can i make opera my default browser?

system > preferences > preferred applications

just had a question about ssh, if i'm on a ssh'ing into b, and from the terminal on b i can navigate to the file i want to scp over, is there an easy way to just scp the file over from the command line in b?

if you used kermit as your terminal (configuring it to communication over the ssh tunnel) than you could kermit the file across the ssh connection.

hello there. how to resolve dependencies automatically, when apt-get does not do that? e.g. im trying to install ubiquity and there are unmet dependencies. ubuntu 11.10

apt-get will resolve deps if they are available

how can i move a window off the top of the screen?

if you're using metacity, alt+drag works, i believe

when will 10.04 be available exactly?

sometime within the next 32 hours, but we can't be more specific than that.

robdid you md5 check your cd?

now do i do that :s

what happens if i am logged in with a guest account and the power cuts?

your computer will suffocate and go out.

hey, can anyone tell me how to add an 'administrator' user (with the same privileges as the first user that is created at install, ability to sudo etc) from the command-line? i've been searching but can't find. presumably it's a case of creating a user and then adding him to the right groups?

useradd -g admin name

hey channel: need some help with totem on a new installation: it keeps crashing right away after i try to get it to play a commercial dvd...have libdvdcss2 installed and tons of plugins, and totem does work with a flash video i downloaded for testing,...anyone available to help me test/troubleshoot/fix?

try vlc

hi all. i bought a laptop with a 4gb ram and i've downloaded one kernel source and compiled for enabling support for eap but sound doesn't work now. where is alsaconf? :)

try in /usr/share/alsa

anyone know a good way to 'tidy' an ubuntu installation, i installed an uninstalled a load of stuff and there are files left behind

dpkg -l | grep rc | cut -d ' ' -f2 | xargs apt-get purge might work.

what happened to the firefox package in universe ?

yes, due to java bugs...

we are the knights who say... vista!

kde has superkaramba stuff, gnome has gdesklets, and there are a bunch of other kinds of widgets, so they already may

is it relatively simple to install ubuntu without an traces of x?

yes - use 'install a command-line system'

how can i tell what version im running through the cli?

lsb_release -a

how do i reconfigure a package that i just installed but it died during configuration?

dpkg-reconfigure <package>

hello is there a way to turn off the gui for the installer. i think it might solve my installation problem.

you can use the alternative install it is text.

how do i stop the waves? i hit some weird key combo and now there are waves all over the screen. (using compiz)

http://ulyssesonline.com/2007/10/25/compiz-fusion-keyboard-shortcuts/

hey i want to move stuff with mv but i don't want to overwrite things of the same name, is this the default behavior of mv? i don't really understand the manual

ill find out for you, one second

hmmm, this reminds me: is there a list of laptops that are known to work very well with ubuntu?

/msg ubotu hardware

can someone reccomend me a code editor to use that supports python, perl, php etc

but you might consider eclipse

i want to see what ports, sockets and whatever else i can find are running

use nmap to scan for open ports

anyone know a good network manager application ?

wicd isn't in the repos, but you can get it at http://wicd.net

how can i find out what package a particular file on my system belongs to?

'dpkg -s /path/to/file' might?

i'm trying to get my sound working, and i have to do some alsa work.. when i am compiling the files, i get this error 'configure: error: no acceptable c compiler found in $path'

sounds like you don't have the build-essentials package installed.

where is the files downloaded per apt-get?

do u want the package alone instead of installing?

what's the name of that irissi irc client? im misspelling it i think

irssi

what is the best gui program to make iso's??

best is hard to say, i use k3b fine for it

anyone could recommend me which book/s are good for command line in ubuntu?

http://subsignal.org/doc/aliensbashtutorial.html

i am doing 'su echo 'blacklist pcspkr' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf' and getting a 'permission denied' - is it file in use, or why is it rejecting me?

try using 'sudo -s' for a root shell.

hey guys if i am running a version of xubuntu, kubuntu or ubuntu, can i install the other windows managers on them for example -> kde in ubuntu?

you can install other wms too - fluxbox, wmaker, etc

i'm trying to find out if gutsy is using my swap partition, i can't tell, 'dmesg | grep swap' showed nothing. the swap parition got created/found during install, but can't tell if the system is using it, can anyone give me some pointers?

top and free should tell you too

i am installing ubuntu 6.06 on my friends pc and i have updated my own system just an hour ago, can i copy all those packages from var/apt/cache to his pc's folder and update his system as well ?

yes you can.

does anyone have experience compiling kernels?

that's why they have trackpoint

what is the purpose of an 'ubuntu hug day'?

or untriaged bugs

whats the best way to install//uninstall aplications without breaking dependancies?

or via synaptic

hi, i'm running feisty/amd64. i want to install a sun java6 plugin for firefox, but couldn't find one. searched google and found reference to sun-java6-plugin, but i don't have this pkg in my cache. any suggestions?

there is no 64-bit java plugin for firefox. you can install a 32-bit chroot environment

is the 'preferred' way of installing g++ in ubuntu using the shell

apt-get install build-essential

hi, crowd, where can i find information about the alternate cd?

there's info on the ubuntu wiki

hi. i installed ubuntu through wubi. i understand that hibernation works by dumping the ram contents into swap. but with wubi, ubuntu uses a swapfile i think, which is 256mb in size. i have 4gb ram. will hibernation work by itself or do i need to tweak some settings?

it's not going to work at all, you need a real install or at least a real swap partition >= 4gb

is there a way to use apt-cache search but for packages you have installed only?

apt-cache search xxxxxxxx installed

could anyone tell me how i can get the main menu transparent?

i don't think that's possible with gnome (at least not without additional software)

does ubuntu/kubuntu support software suspend?

its gnu/linux

i'm setting up a dual boot of xp home and 10.04lts. any reason i should create a partion for xp when i put it on? or, should i just let it do it's thing and wait to partition when i add ubuntu?

do you have a drive 'map' for the partitions on paper or in your head?

hello, i have ubuntu, and i installed kubuntu with apt-get install kubuntu-desktop, now how do i remove that? apt-get remove kunbuntu-desktop says that it will free 40k, which doesn't seem like enough

try this http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/puregnome

would that also stop it from coming through the headphones?

xset b off # won't as that applies to the current user only - but hopefully if you've blacklisted the pcspkr module you won't have beeps at the login screen

how would i list the libraries a program loads?

'ldd [programe name]

how can i prevent a specific package from being upgraded?

you can make it so in synaptic, find the package , right cick properteis, there is an option somewhere in there

how can i have whole man pages ? not only from console, pdf prefable :) , i couldnt find it in google

i haven't found any pdf's but you can find man pages on line all over

does ubuntu come with the verdana font pre-installed?

maybe msttcorefonts (multiverse repo)