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hello.. does the normal ubuntu 8.04 iso has the windows installer thingy, or is it in another distribution ?	yes 8.04 has the wubi installer
is there a way to build apon a ubuntu cd like ad more packages to the dvd that auto install	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/livecdcustomization
can anyone recommend a good terabyte harddrive that's compatible with ubuntu?	i haven't ever heard of a harddrive being incompatible with an operating system, as long as your motherboard supports it
i tried to backup a dvd with k9 copy. it failed, and i cant seem to find the temp file so i can free up the 4 gigs i lost in the process. i checked root .trash and my user .trash	do a 'du -h' in the /tmp dir and look for big files
hi all. i want to test ubuntu at work but i can't install it and my pc doesn't have a cd drive. is it possible to make a boot floppy to load an .iso file on my hd?	https://wiki.ubuntu.com/smartbootmanagerhowto
dear ubuntu people, this is rather odd: whether i use totem, vlc or mplayer, the video always shows as a pink screen that doesn't change, while my video drivers are installed correctly. what could cause this	then it could be your video card or maybe your videos's cards memory
is it possible to change the 'behaviour' of a modifier key? i want to put ctrl on capslock	try xmodmap
how do i check which distro is installed on a box?	blackdown?
hi everyone, i have a lenovo x120e with a amd e-350 that has the built-in radeon 6310 graphics chip. how do i install a driver for it on ubuntu?	try running the 'additional drivers' application ...
anyone know how to find the constant rate of change that best approximates some data points? -- i know its kinda off topic :)	i think that's called 'linear regression'
hi, is there a meta package for all the development stuff?	build-essential
why is that?	sudo su runs su through sudo, so it is starting another process under sudo. sudo -i exists for the same functionality. i don't really know the technical details
why would someone want to run remote x sessions? only if the remote machine has more cpu power than the own one? i can not think of a useful application.	failure of imagination
is there any way to kill 'gdmgreeter' (and everything involving a gui/x for that matter, including gdm/x itself) so it doesn't restart again automatically?	sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
hey, i had rhythmbox automatically popup when i put in my ipod, now i want it to ask me what i want to open with again when i put in my ipod. how do i do this?	open a folder (any folder) and go edit->preferences->media->music player
is there a command i can run to delete all files older than todays date?	i have a feeling a script it going to be needed to do that, and with having the option with just rm could be dangerous.
how can i view a files permissions at the terminal?	ls -l
going to upgrade from lucid to maveric. have previously removed unneeded pacjages such as indicator-me and ubuntuone-stuff. are they going to be reinstalled automatically on upgrade? should i reinstall them before i upgrade to avoid any possible problems at upgrade?	no need
if i want to load module x on boot, where should i stick it?	/etc/modules
anyone point me in the direction of getting my laptop to work in clamshell mode? google'd to no avail	what is clamshell
what's the default fixed-width font in ubuntu?	in gnome? it's the bitstream one i think
can i have some help with screen resoulutions? ubuntu set the xorg conf up fine, all the modes are what they're supposed to be, but i can't select my native res 1280x800 from gnome :s	there is a nice faq on the ubuntu wiki about that iirc
is there a way to make an ini file (or whatever the ubuntu equiv. is) that loads a certain number of programs, and positions them in a certain place on the screen?	look here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=435073
when system reboot the grub show me menu to selection of os. i select ubuntu . then i press e for edit. now there is a tab root and kernel .. just tell me what is for root and kernel for what?	why are you asking me?
is there any remote admin program for linux that will work with radmin on windows?	i dont belive so, i think you have to use vnc or somesuch
which will be a good packet generator in ubuntu?	try hping
question - when i goto: system > admin > printing > then under my printer properties, under driver tab, i have what appears to be names of drivers (and one of it is gutenprint, which matches what was suggested at openprinting.org) my question is, would selecting that from the list okay? or do i need to install it manually by clicking on install driver button next to the list?	just selecting is fine, install is for if/when you have a custom driver.
question: have a wifi card (dlink dwa140 that only works when i use 'sudo rmmod rt2800usb') i have to do that every time i boot the computer. is there anyway of removing that completely so i don't have to manually do the removal every single time?	add the module name in /etc/modules
i'm on ubuntu but use a number of kde applications. how can i adjust the fonts in them?	start up kcontrol and adjust the settings in appearance and themes-->fonts
any suggestions how i can change my bit depth?	'defaultdepth 16' under 'screen' in /etc/x11/xorg.conf
a quick question... if i install ubuntu 10.04 beta now and install all updates from canonical till 10.04 final release is out...would my ubuntu installation be then equivalent to final release...	thats a top 10 faq.. and the answer is yes..
in order to register a nick in the irc what kind of valid email address is required?	any email account that you can access do not make one up
unless you have 2 or more core cpu and can afford 100% of one or more of them	well i've just figured out that there was unusable compiz --replace process running
anyhow, does anyone: looking for link for 'how to' videos in ubuntu linux. ideas? i saw a bunch were posted but forgot where	http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/
how do you do that 'personsname:' thing before every reply?	some irc clients have auto-complete, so you just type a few letters and hit tab, for instance
how do you disable javascript in firefox? when i click on 'tools' there is no 'options' in the menu???	look under edit -> preferences
hey. a friend managed to somehow disrupt an ongoing upgrade from ubuntu 10.04 to (i think) 11.04. now, do-release-upgrade fails.	have you tried --fix-missing?
hello , i would like to check my hdd from bad sectors , does ubuntu have some tool with gui ? i am new to ubuntu its hard for me to use fsck	what makes you think you have bad sectors?
how can i find how much video ram i have ?	/var/log/xorg.0.log will have info
i did an upgrade with do-release-upgrade and it got interrupted. now my system doesn't fully boot up (no xdm, no ssh daemon, etc). i tried to rerun do-release-upgrade but it failed. is there a way to force rerunning of whatever scripts should be run to get my system in a working state?	apt-get -f install
i've been away for a while, setting up new machines, 32 or 64 bit. major concern: how is flash with 64bit now? it was a mess a few years ago.	way better than years past
is there any way to issue a command remotely that looks like it has been issued locally? i tried appending & to the end of my command but it still attaches the process to my login.	`nohup commandname &` will not die when you close the terminal.
how to know my version of ubuntu please, hardy,intrepid etc.. ?	you can define one in system>preferences>keyboard ( layout options in the first tab iirc )
say, is it really normal that the debian marillat repository always annoys me with the gpg errors? aren't debian repositories gpged?	happens to me all the time. the amd64 repository is broken, too
i am upgrading from 7.10 to 8.04, if my internet coon get disconnected in the middle, would the updgrade manager resume from where it had to stop, or pick up from the beginning?	afaik, it resumes :)
hi guys. a few quick questions. my windows drives are read only. is there a way i can change that so that i can write files to them?	i can vouch for fuse, myself. i've been using it for 4 months now without issues.
hi, can you tell me can i set up irssi to autojoin some silly channels upon startup?	use /channel add
quick question... i'm thinking of upgrading my video card. given that the only graphic intensive things i'll be doing is playing wow, running mythtv frontend, and possibly running compiz fusion/beryl, which manufacturer's card/driver has the best support/performance on a linux machine? ati or nvidia?	the ati is a real pain to get working; trust me on this ;]
hi. does anyone know how to exit to shell_	instead of exting to gdm? i often hit ctrl+alt+f2 for tty2
can i prevent the livecd to start using a linux-swap partition it finds, so i can delete that partition before installing?	swapoff -a
i can't find gcc in the adept list - is there a different source for stuff like that?	try 'sudo apt-get install linux-essential' in a shell
i've installed command line system and want to read dmesg output, how can i scroll back?	if you just type dmesg \| less, you can use page up and page down to scroll up and down through the output
hi, is there a reason why i get 'permission denied' when i do 'sudo echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward' ?	you need root
anyone knows can help me?	i disabled join/part messages....less annoying
how do i unzip in bash?	apt-get install unzip
or you can always 'sudo su'	sudo -i
can someone point me in the direction to upgrade a new install of ubuntu 5.0 to ubuntu 6.0?	just up
how can you print a list of all the installed software?	you can further look at it a file called list if you do a redirect dpkg --list > list
hi... if i want to clone a bootable ntfs partition onto a new drive is there a way to do this with oss?	no but there are free apps to do it in windows
is it dangerous to share my home directory via ftp ?	sort of yes, most of your programs store there config files in your home dir, just make sure you set appropriate permissions
how does one resize the desktop icons?	right click on it and choose resize
is there a terminal command you can enter to determine the amount of memory in a pc?	whenever you want to find a command use apropos, for example 'apropos memory' will give you a list of commands pertaining to memory
ok, why can't i make a simple emaildot?	system -> preferences -> keyboard
what do i have to install to get the command 'repo'?	what about reading http://source.android.com/download/using-repo ^-^ ? there's an 'installing repo' section
can someone tell me where apps that i've downloaded are stored in the filesystem? i'm trying to open a file w/ a certain app, and i'm browsing endlessly looking for hte app's executable	eg: `which vim`
hi there, i have a problem, in dolphin, there's no more window decorator, may someone help me?	log out and log back in
i have multiple e-mail addresses and i like to use thunderbird to aggregate them, the checking, etc. sometimes i use windows though and like to check things there. sometimes i use ubuntu and check things here. anyone have suggestions as to how i can synchronize the data in thunderbird so i can see the same e-mails in both os (as well as deletes affecting both inboxes, etc.) ?	'/home/username/.mozilla-thunderbird', you'll see a folder with a random name like 'dja185jq.default'... that's the folder you'll need to symlink
hey guys, whats the easiest way to get the latest kernel (2.6.32) in karmic? is there any repo that has bleeding edge kernels?	http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.32/ use at your own risk =)
how do i use a .diff file to apply a patch? i'm trying to apply linux-source-2.6.20_2.6.20-16.28.diff, but when i use 'patch -p1' it doesnt seem to do anything	patch -p1 < patch-file
i am not finding the proper wording when i search, how do i switch the close, mini,ize, maximize buttons back to the right in ubuntu 10.04 ?	perhaps switching themes as well
can someone tell me howto get rid of google chrome? im not able to uninstall it...	sudo dpkg -l \|grep -i chrom ----> sudo apt-get remove 'on what appears'
btw, are there install cd's available without the live-part? so it immediatly starts installing without running from cd first ?	try the alternate cd
what was the command to check witch gfx-card you got?	lspci
how do i kill x-server so i can install my nvidia drivers? i have ctrl-alt-f1 done but it says x is still running.	are you on 9.10? sudo stop gdm; previous sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
hi, do you know about a app to record audio and video whit the webcam?	cheese will do for video
every time i reboot my desktop forgets to turn on swap? what is this and how can i auto-activate it on startup (atm i do #swapon /dev/hda6 every timei find out)	that's /etc/fstab
where is the gnome themes folder in my system?	~/.themes/ or /usr/share/themes/ for system-wide
how do i find out which device is my cd/dvd drive?	do a 'cat /etc/mtab' and see if anything in there uses a cd filesystem
is there a gui utility that will show the running services in details ?	gnome system monitor
mon9oose: 4x or less, does the trick	ok, i'll try again ... and for fun, 2x.
in configuring a bittorrent client, the option maximum number of connected peers. should that just be as high as possible or does making it too high hurt download speeds. it seems like if making it too high did not hurt download speeds that the option wouldn't be there at all.	it does indeed hurt speeds, keeping those connections open requires some maintenance data to be sent (both for bittorrent and tcp/ip itself)
hi folks. my audio seems to have stopped working. ubuntu hardy. is there anything i can do for diagnosing the problem?	stopped working after... ?
hey.. anyone know where i can find the kernel configs for stock ubuntu kernels?	when you install a kernel package its config is placed in /boot/
i just got a new computer and am now trying to figure out how to sync up my old files from my previous ubuntu install. to ssh from one box to the other, do i need to make firewall changes? i'm getting 'port 22: connection refused'	sudo apt-get install openssh-server on the comp you want to connedt to
if i was hypothetically intelligent enough to change my administrative account by accident so i've locked myself out of everything what would be the best option to get root access again? (other than format)	use a livecd to reset root pass
i miss the notification area the most! how can i easily see what am i playing in rhythmbox, if my dropbox is synced or everything else is happening? for this i must go back to ubuntu classic	that has instructions for adding back notification
whats the best filesystem for my flash drive, i want to use it with windows, i think ntfs is the best, but i'm not sur	fat32 is most common for flash drives, but it has file size limitations. if you are only going to be using your drive with windows systems ntfs is fine.
hi. in my synaptic list i have skype and skype-static. which is the best for me to install?	are you running ubuntu or kubuntu? skype-static for ubuntu, skype for kubuntu.
hello, i cant install anything (apt-get install), it tries to connect to http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com but always there is connection failed ....apt-get update also same failure, how to change server?	edit /etc/apt/sources.list
i am running jaunty and need to run windows xp for some software, i have tried virtualbox, but the performance is pretty bad, is their anything better? or is my machine just not beefy enough?	pay special attention to the pagefile/virtual memory settings ... since what the vm thinks is ram may not necessarily really ram
hi all, i have a problem with the eperl package on 10.04 it hangs on install forever and dpkg wont even kill -9. i now have an install of eperl that requires an install to remove, but the install hangs every time after unpacking. does anyone have a tip on how to remove the package?	you can edit the dpkg status file and remove it that way, backup the file before playing
are any of you able to help me get my sound working again?	depends on yoru question. please ask a technical question
when trying to install a program from source that is unavailible in the ubuntu repository, i get an error saying 'no package 'libxml-2.0' found'. i have the libxml2 package, so i'm not sure what could be generating the error, other than the name discrepancy.	wien compiling from source, you generally need the -dev packages also. so try libxml2-dev
does anyone know of a program that can quickly close and hide all open windows with a button push?	the show desktop button in the bottom left might help until someone can give you a better answer
i want to install the full lamp stack on my ubuntu desktop. some web tutorials show how to install apache, mysql etc separately, some just show apt-get install lamp-server^. which one is a better idea?	sudo apt-get install lamp-server phpmyadmin
i want to perform a command when i start my desktop manager, (in this case xfce) how do i do it please?	use .xsession
how do i enable overburning in nautilus-cd-burner?	in gconf-editor - go to apps -> nautilus-cd-burner. there is an option there to turn it on
how can i backup dvd chapters to individual avi files?	use the handbrake program. http://www.handbrake.fr/
im trying to burn an audio cd with brasero.. but when im adding songs to the list it says 'make sure the appropriate codec is installed.' and the song wont add.. how can i instrall the proper codecs?	you can find it here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/restrictedformats
hey everyone, i was wondering what would be to be the best way to install ubuntu on a 2nd hard drive when i already have windows 7 on one?	download ubuntu, and follow instructions on screen =)

hello.. does the normal ubuntu 8.04 iso has the windows installer thingy, or is it in another distribution ?

yes 8.04 has the wubi installer

is there a way to build apon a ubuntu cd like ad more packages to the dvd that auto install

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

can anyone recommend a good terabyte harddrive that's compatible with ubuntu?

i haven't ever heard of a harddrive being incompatible with an operating system, as long as your motherboard supports it

i tried to backup a dvd with k9 copy. it failed, and i cant seem to find the temp file so i can free up the 4 gigs i lost in the process. i checked root .trash and my user .trash

do a 'du -h' in the /tmp dir and look for big files

hi all. i want to test ubuntu at work but i can't install it and my pc doesn't have a cd drive. is it possible to make a boot floppy to load an .iso file on my hd?

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/smartbootmanagerhowto

dear ubuntu people, this is rather odd: whether i use totem, vlc or mplayer, the video always shows as a pink screen that doesn't change, while my video drivers are installed correctly. what could cause this

then it could be your video card or maybe your videos's cards memory

is it possible to change the 'behaviour' of a modifier key? i want to put ctrl on capslock

try xmodmap

how do i check which distro is installed on a box?

blackdown?

hi everyone, i have a lenovo x120e with a amd e-350 that has the built-in radeon 6310 graphics chip. how do i install a driver for it on ubuntu?

try running the 'additional drivers' application ...

anyone know how to find the constant rate of change that best approximates some data points? -- i know its kinda off topic :)

i think that's called 'linear regression'

hi, is there a meta package for all the development stuff?

build-essential

why is that?

sudo su runs su through sudo, so it is starting another process under sudo. sudo -i exists for the same functionality. i don't really know the technical details

why would someone want to run remote x sessions? only if the remote machine has more cpu power than the own one? i can not think of a useful application.

failure of imagination

is there any way to kill 'gdmgreeter' (and everything involving a gui/x for that matter, including gdm/x itself) so it doesn't restart again automatically?

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

hey, i had rhythmbox automatically popup when i put in my ipod, now i want it to ask me what i want to open with again when i put in my ipod. how do i do this?

open a folder (any folder) and go edit->preferences->media->music player

is there a command i can run to delete all files older than todays date?

i have a feeling a script it going to be needed to do that, and with having the option with just rm could be dangerous.

how can i view a files permissions at the terminal?

ls -l

going to upgrade from lucid to maveric. have previously removed unneeded pacjages such as indicator-me and ubuntuone-stuff. are they going to be reinstalled automatically on upgrade? should i reinstall them before i upgrade to avoid any possible problems at upgrade?

no need

if i want to load module x on boot, where should i stick it?

/etc/modules

anyone point me in the direction of getting my laptop to work in clamshell mode? google'd to no avail

what is clamshell

what's the default fixed-width font in ubuntu?

in gnome? it's the bitstream one i think

can i have some help with screen resoulutions? ubuntu set the xorg conf up fine, all the modes are what they're supposed to be, but i can't select my native res 1280x800 from gnome :s

there is a nice faq on the ubuntu wiki about that iirc

is there a way to make an ini file (or whatever the ubuntu equiv. is) that loads a certain number of programs, and positions them in a certain place on the screen?

look here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=435073

when system reboot the grub show me menu to selection of os. i select ubuntu . then i press e for edit. now there is a tab root and kernel .. just tell me what is for root and kernel for what?

why are you asking me?

is there any remote admin program for linux that will work with radmin on windows?

i dont belive so, i think you have to use vnc or somesuch

which will be a good packet generator in ubuntu?

try hping

question - when i goto: system > admin > printing > then under my printer properties, under driver tab, i have what appears to be names of drivers (and one of it is gutenprint, which matches what was suggested at openprinting.org) my question is, would selecting that from the list okay? or do i need to install it manually by clicking on install driver button next to the list?

just selecting is fine, install is for if/when you have a custom driver.

question: have a wifi card (dlink dwa140 that only works when i use 'sudo rmmod rt2800usb') i have to do that every time i boot the computer. is there anyway of removing that completely so i don't have to manually do the removal every single time?

add the module name in /etc/modules

i'm on ubuntu but use a number of kde applications. how can i adjust the fonts in them?

start up kcontrol and adjust the settings in appearance and themes-->fonts

any suggestions how i can change my bit depth?

'defaultdepth 16' under 'screen' in /etc/x11/xorg.conf

a quick question... if i install ubuntu 10.04 beta now and install all updates from canonical till 10.04 final release is out...would my ubuntu installation be then equivalent to final release...

thats a top 10 faq.. and the answer is yes..

in order to register a nick in the irc what kind of valid email address is required?

any email account that you can access do not make one up

unless you have 2 or more core cpu and can afford 100% of one or more of them

well i've just figured out that there was unusable compiz --replace process running

anyhow, does anyone: looking for link for 'how to' videos in ubuntu linux. ideas? i saw a bunch were posted but forgot where

http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/

how do you do that 'personsname:' thing before every reply?

some irc clients have auto-complete, so you just type a few letters and hit tab, for instance

how do you disable javascript in firefox? when i click on 'tools' there is no 'options' in the menu???

look under edit -> preferences

hey. a friend managed to somehow disrupt an ongoing upgrade from ubuntu 10.04 to (i think) 11.04. now, do-release-upgrade fails.

have you tried --fix-missing?

hello , i would like to check my hdd from bad sectors , does ubuntu have some tool with gui ? i am new to ubuntu its hard for me to use fsck

what makes you think you have bad sectors?

how can i find how much video ram i have ?

/var/log/xorg.0.log will have info

i did an upgrade with do-release-upgrade and it got interrupted. now my system doesn't fully boot up (no xdm, no ssh daemon, etc). i tried to rerun do-release-upgrade but it failed. is there a way to force rerunning of whatever scripts should be run to get my system in a working state?

apt-get -f install

i've been away for a while, setting up new machines, 32 or 64 bit. major concern: how is flash with 64bit now? it was a mess a few years ago.

way better than years past

is there any way to issue a command remotely that looks like it has been issued locally? i tried appending & to the end of my command but it still attaches the process to my login.

`nohup commandname &` will not die when you close the terminal.

how to know my version of ubuntu please, hardy,intrepid etc.. ?

you can define one in system>preferences>keyboard ( layout options in the first tab iirc )

say, is it really normal that the debian marillat repository always annoys me with the gpg errors? aren't debian repositories gpged?

happens to me all the time. the amd64 repository is broken, too

i am upgrading from 7.10 to 8.04, if my internet coon get disconnected in the middle, would the updgrade manager resume from where it had to stop, or pick up from the beginning?

afaik, it resumes :)

hi guys. a few quick questions. my windows drives are read only. is there a way i can change that so that i can write files to them?

i can vouch for fuse, myself. i've been using it for 4 months now without issues.

hi, can you tell me can i set up irssi to autojoin some silly channels upon startup?

use /channel add

quick question... i'm thinking of upgrading my video card. given that the only graphic intensive things i'll be doing is playing wow, running mythtv frontend, and possibly running compiz fusion/beryl, which manufacturer's card/driver has the best support/performance on a linux machine? ati or nvidia?

the ati is a real pain to get working; trust me on this ;]

hi. does anyone know how to exit to shell_

instead of exting to gdm? i often hit ctrl+alt+f2 for tty2

can i prevent the livecd to start using a linux-swap partition it finds, so i can delete that partition before installing?

swapoff -a

i can't find gcc in the adept list - is there a different source for stuff like that?

try 'sudo apt-get install linux-essential' in a shell

i've installed command line system and want to read dmesg output, how can i scroll back?

if you just type dmesg | less, you can use page up and page down to scroll up and down through the output

hi, is there a reason why i get 'permission denied' when i do 'sudo echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward' ?

you need root

anyone knows can help me?

i disabled join/part messages....less annoying

how do i unzip in bash?

apt-get install unzip

or you can always 'sudo su'

sudo -i

can someone point me in the direction to upgrade a new install of ubuntu 5.0 to ubuntu 6.0?

just up

how can you print a list of all the installed software?

you can further look at it a file called list if you do a redirect dpkg --list > list

hi... if i want to clone a bootable ntfs partition onto a new drive is there a way to do this with oss?

no but there are free apps to do it in windows

is it dangerous to share my home directory via ftp ?

sort of yes, most of your programs store there config files in your home dir, just make sure you set appropriate permissions

how does one resize the desktop icons?

right click on it and choose resize

is there a terminal command you can enter to determine the amount of memory in a pc?

whenever you want to find a command use apropos, for example 'apropos memory' will give you a list of commands pertaining to memory

ok, why can't i make a simple emaildot?

system -> preferences -> keyboard

what do i have to install to get the command 'repo'?

what about reading http://source.android.com/download/using-repo ^-^ ? there's an 'installing repo' section

can someone tell me where apps that i've downloaded are stored in the filesystem? i'm trying to open a file w/ a certain app, and i'm browsing endlessly looking for hte app's executable

eg: `which vim`

hi there, i have a problem, in dolphin, there's no more window decorator, may someone help me?

log out and log back in

i have multiple e-mail addresses and i like to use thunderbird to aggregate them, the checking, etc. sometimes i use windows though and like to check things there. sometimes i use ubuntu and check things here. anyone have suggestions as to how i can synchronize the data in thunderbird so i can see the same e-mails in both os (as well as deletes affecting both inboxes, etc.) ?

'/home/username/.mozilla-thunderbird', you'll see a folder with a random name like 'dja185jq.default'... that's the folder you'll need to symlink

hey guys, whats the easiest way to get the latest kernel (2.6.32) in karmic? is there any repo that has bleeding edge kernels?

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.32/ use at your own risk =)

how do i use a .diff file to apply a patch? i'm trying to apply linux-source-2.6.20_2.6.20-16.28.diff, but when i use 'patch -p1' it doesnt seem to do anything

patch -p1 < patch-file

i am not finding the proper wording when i search, how do i switch the close, mini,ize, maximize buttons back to the right in ubuntu 10.04 ?

perhaps switching themes as well

can someone tell me howto get rid of google chrome? im not able to uninstall it...

sudo dpkg -l |grep -i chrom ----> sudo apt-get remove 'on what appears'

btw, are there install cd's available without the live-part? so it immediatly starts installing without running from cd first ?

try the alternate cd

what was the command to check witch gfx-card you got?

lspci

how do i kill x-server so i can install my nvidia drivers? i have ctrl-alt-f1 done but it says x is still running.

are you on 9.10? sudo stop gdm; previous sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

hi, do you know about a app to record audio and video whit the webcam?

cheese will do for video

every time i reboot my desktop forgets to turn on swap? what is this and how can i auto-activate it on startup (atm i do #swapon /dev/hda6 every timei find out)

that's /etc/fstab

where is the gnome themes folder in my system?

~/.themes/ or /usr/share/themes/ for system-wide

how do i find out which device is my cd/dvd drive?

do a 'cat /etc/mtab' and see if anything in there uses a cd filesystem

is there a gui utility that will show the running services in details ?

gnome system monitor

mon9oose: 4x or less, does the trick

ok, i'll try again ... and for fun, 2x.

in configuring a bittorrent client, the option maximum number of connected peers. should that just be as high as possible or does making it too high hurt download speeds. it seems like if making it too high did not hurt download speeds that the option wouldn't be there at all.

it does indeed hurt speeds, keeping those connections open requires some maintenance data to be sent (both for bittorrent and tcp/ip itself)

hi folks. my audio seems to have stopped working. ubuntu hardy. is there anything i can do for diagnosing the problem?

stopped working after... ?

hey.. anyone know where i can find the kernel configs for stock ubuntu kernels?

when you install a kernel package its config is placed in /boot/

i just got a new computer and am now trying to figure out how to sync up my old files from my previous ubuntu install. to ssh from one box to the other, do i need to make firewall changes? i'm getting 'port 22: connection refused'

sudo apt-get install openssh-server on the comp you want to connedt to

if i was hypothetically intelligent enough to change my administrative account by accident so i've locked myself out of everything what would be the best option to get root access again? (other than format)

use a livecd to reset root pass

i miss the notification area the most! how can i easily see what am i playing in rhythmbox, if my dropbox is synced or everything else is happening? for this i must go back to ubuntu classic

that has instructions for adding back notification

whats the best filesystem for my flash drive, i want to use it with windows, i think ntfs is the best, but i'm not sur

fat32 is most common for flash drives, but it has file size limitations. if you are only going to be using your drive with windows systems ntfs is fine.

hi. in my synaptic list i have skype and skype-static. which is the best for me to install?

are you running ubuntu or kubuntu? skype-static for ubuntu, skype for kubuntu.

hello, i cant install anything (apt-get install), it tries to connect to http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com but always there is connection failed ....apt-get update also same failure, how to change server?

edit /etc/apt/sources.list

i am running jaunty and need to run windows xp for some software, i have tried virtualbox, but the performance is pretty bad, is their anything better? or is my machine just not beefy enough?

pay special attention to the pagefile/virtual memory settings ... since what the vm thinks is ram may not necessarily really ram

hi all, i have a problem with the eperl package on 10.04 it hangs on install forever and dpkg wont even kill -9. i now have an install of eperl that requires an install to remove, but the install hangs every time after unpacking. does anyone have a tip on how to remove the package?

you can edit the dpkg status file and remove it that way, backup the file before playing

are any of you able to help me get my sound working again?

depends on yoru question. please ask a technical question

when trying to install a program from source that is unavailible in the ubuntu repository, i get an error saying 'no package 'libxml-2.0' found'. i have the libxml2 package, so i'm not sure what could be generating the error, other than the name discrepancy.

wien compiling from source, you generally need the -dev packages also. so try libxml2-dev

does anyone know of a program that can quickly close and hide all open windows with a button push?

the show desktop button in the bottom left might help until someone can give you a better answer

i want to install the full lamp stack on my ubuntu desktop. some web tutorials show how to install apache, mysql etc separately, some just show apt-get install lamp-server^. which one is a better idea?

sudo apt-get install lamp-server phpmyadmin

i want to perform a command when i start my desktop manager, (in this case xfce) how do i do it please?

use .xsession

how do i enable overburning in nautilus-cd-burner?

in gconf-editor - go to apps -> nautilus-cd-burner. there is an option there to turn it on

how can i backup dvd chapters to individual avi files?

use the handbrake program. http://www.handbrake.fr/

im trying to burn an audio cd with brasero.. but when im adding songs to the list it says 'make sure the appropriate codec is installed.' and the song wont add.. how can i instrall the proper codecs?

you can find it here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/restrictedformats

hey everyone, i was wondering what would be to be the best way to install ubuntu on a 2nd hard drive when i already have windows 7 on one?

download ubuntu, and follow instructions on screen =)