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can i upgrade required packages only for vpnc?	sudo apt-get install vpnc
i'm moving myself over to using ubuntu on my main machine all the time and one think i have not figure out what to do about is that i do depend on gotomeeting of webex when giving sales presentations and the like to multiple potential clients, things like gotomeeting of webex are great. is there anything for group screen sharing that does work under ubuntu?	webex is avaiable for linux
at the point of partitioning when installing ubuntu, how do i tell where what partition gets mounted?	debian has screenshots of every single step of the install process - perhaps ubuntu has similar screenshots?
hello, how can i manually resolve domain name on the local machine, without it querying a dns server?	put it in /etc/hosts .. a line like 192.168.0.102 server ... then you can ssh with ssh server@server
argh, whenever a kernel is updated, it always sets my grub config to boot from (hd1,0) and not (hd0,0) like it should be.. (i can manually fix it, but i have to do this after every kernel update..)	among other things
how can i change the inactivity time that will bring to set screensaver + ask password?	my bad, system > preferences > screensaver
quick q: how can i change the default program to open a given file? eg .pls from shoutcast to open in vlc instead of banshee?	open system settings (cog on the left) then click system info>default applications :)
ok, to put it a different way, how can i set up random stuff to happen on boot in gutsy?	most people dont want random stuff to happen on boot
is sed and awk still popular or do people just use small ruby and python scripts for small text processing tasks?	i would die without sed
does anyone know a free dns hosting service that provides free mx records?	try sitelutions.com
can anyone tell me what i need to do to get ./configure to work?	you installed the 'build-essentials' package?
hi there, trying to use find command to find executable in my project. using find . -executable -name 'whatiamlooking' but it includes directories. how do i exclude directories	that is what comes off the top of my head.
hi, i installed ubuntu with 'safe graphic mode' is this still on? do i need to find a driver or something?	no its okay, you should be good
anyone know what server(s) will have dapper first?	just check it by hand, scripts will just load the servers un-necessarily
am i being annoying or being ignored? i'm not figuring that anyone knows the answer to my question i'm just suprised nobody's told me to shut up yet.	honestly i didn't see your question mate. :d i'm sorry, i'll scroll up now.
ops... who is the bot here?	ubotu :)
what is the command to set flags on a hard drive?	hdparm i think can do it
hi #ubuntu i am having some problems with my laptop's cdrom after feisty issues, wondering if anyone is familiar with related bugs/troubleshooting? ):	what kind of bugs?
hey all, i am having trouble with my dvd burner. i wrote a dvd+rw by copying the files to the dvd folder, and then right clicking in the folder and saying write to disc. now, the disc will unmount and mount, but not eject. i have an nec-3500ag burner. can anyone please help me??!?!?	try unmounting it, then use the 'sudo eject' command.
can anyone tell me how to make my extra internal hard drive automatically mount when i log in?	: try https://help.ubuntu.com/community/automaticallymountpartitions
soo...will i be flamed if i ask something about hoary? :-o	it should still be there and working...
hello. i've searched google but couldn't really find anything helpful. this is pretty much a n00b question --> is it possible to add an shortcut to a web address in a normal ubuntu folder?? for example, say i wanted to add an icon on the desktop which linked to 'www.ubuntu.com' ??	you could make a launcher that runs something like 'firefox www.website.com', not sure about the exact syntax though
how can i do a recursive find on all thumbs.db and remove them?	not sure about this, but you could try
i have a program on my system that outputs all its activity into a logfile, how can i view this logfile in 'real time', as in whatch whats being added as the program runs?	tail -f <yourlogfile>, when you are done <ctrl>c
did it suddenly stop working?	no this started to occur after the installation of xbmc 11.04
what is the easiest way to know where an executable is located? i'm trying to find where bmp is installed...	which execname
e: could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 resource temporarily unavailable)	the error message is the clue
heya guys! ummm what gui archive application can i use to open .rar files and to extract them	the archive manager can open any kind of archive but just needs the specific pkg installed. there's one for 7z files, rar files etc
whats the netbook version of ubuntu os called again?	netbook edition...
ugh, skype just messed up my sound, how do i restart my pulse audio daemon (if not that, what do i need to restart?)	/etc/init.d/pulseaudio restart
does anyone know a gnome version of kooka (ocr program)?	xsane is a gtk sane frontend, if that's what you want
they don't override dpkg the xecutable in /usr/local/bin is searched first than those in /usr/bin, that is correct though.	that`s what i meant
if i burn an ubuntu feisty desktop install cd image to a dvd it will work exactly the same as if i had used a cd, won't it? (my burner is behaving a bit temperamental about cds lately)	correction: it _should_. ive not tried it :)
anyone know to set up anti aliasing in hoary	aa fonts should be enabled by default
how do i shut off the slapping of the bongos @ login screen?	delete /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/desktop-login.ogg
my brain is 'fucked up' at the moment, can someone help me? what's the command for display your current workpath?	pwd?
how can i disable all of user's permission to connect to the server? and do not delete that user	remove the user from fuse group
can anyone suggest help as to why using ati drivers causes my system to freeze when, and only when, i open any webbrowser and access a webpage?	try installing the memtest86+ package, and rebooting, and choosing memtest86 from the grub menu.
hm, i'm using synergyc and i just lost connection on my linux system. i'm on windows now. is there anyway to start synergyc 192.168.0.4 and make it happen in x (via ssh)? so it can reconnect? thanks	try this... display=:0.0 synergyc blahblah
hi all! i will ask a question that probably was made for about a thousand times.... i changed my apt-get sources.list from hoary to breezy and my system is working almost well, and it look like its upd to date.... do i need to do more to get a breezy from my hoary distro?	yes: http://tinyurl.com/dkllj
how could you disable 'su' for everybody but root?	ubuntu doesn't have root
can i install 64bit ubuntu into 32bit windows xp via wubi? filesystem is ntfs.	im not sure if that will help
can anyone tell me the command to show the what driver my wireless card is using?	this is not the best answer but you should find it from 'dmesg' where system detects it the first time :)
what's the difference between the package totem and totem-xine	no, totem is in gtk
which file on main server should i edit?	if the second server would be accessed from outside the local network, well i know it's possible but i don't know how to do it
i find that a very large amount of space on my root partition is being used by /var/cache/apt/archives. does it make sense to try to delete some of this? if so, is there an apt-* tool that does the cleanup?	apt-get clean
iwconfig said nothing for him ie network manager will show nothing	i advised him, if not addressed to me, i miss messages..so i missed what was addressed to you and not me
ok how do i turn off process i dont kneed that may be running in background	run ps in terminal to find them then kill them.
does anyone know the short-cuts to switch desktops in kde?	isn't it <ctrl><alt>arrow left/right with all the desktops?
hi! i did a mv /var/log/messages /var/log/messages.1 and now rsyslogd writes to the new file. why is that? thank you in advance.	the file was still open
how can i see from which ppa i installed a particular package, please?	apt-cache policy packagename ...it'll list which repo you installed said package from
anyone else here who has heard of problems installing ubuntu breezy on a thinkpad t43? i got this computer 2 days ago but can't get ubuntu to install.	http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=104238&highlight=thinkpad+t43
>_< i can't live with out the forums!!	they will be back up soon
can edubuntu be installed w/ the kubuntu package?	yup
hi. does anybody knows of major problems in dapper atm?	take a look at bugzilla
how do i start dbus?	invoke-rc.d dbus start
how much integration is there between pidgin and unity's indicator-applet?	none at all the last i checked
i have ubuntu working on this computer, im trying to install network drivers on another computer that succussfully installed from the live cd. is there an easy way to take the files from an apt-get and move them via sneeker net?	after installing, look at /var/apt/cache/archive
a specific version of kernel will try to find corresponding driver under /lib/modules directory, in order to distinguish, so ubuntu, fedora add a number after the kerner versio like this 2.6.15-28-686, the 28-686 be add to, when i try compile kernel by myself, how can i add a string like 28-686 to the end of the kernel version ?	look for extraversion in your .config
is there a utility or script i can use to benchmark how long my battery will last? it is not supported by acpi and so i can't monitor its charge directly, but would like to run the system until it powers off and have a time recorded on my hard drive.	i see in /var/log/messages a '--- mark ---' message every ten minutes -- maybe you could use that (just look at the log file after you reboot)
i'm having major nfs issues with my ubuntu server. anyknow know where i can get quality nfs advice?	http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/nfs-howto/ <-- quite helpful
creating a bootable usb key but ubunut.com downloads .img file not .iso. can you help me?	sudo dd if=file.img of=/dev/sdx
does anyone know of any good parental controls for linux	dansguardian and ff plugin
how can i scp the output of a program to a remote host without saving to the disk?	pipe it to ssh and run cat on the other end
hey guys when ever i sudo apt-get i recieve http://pastebin.com/m31903373	sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com d739676f7613768d
i'm installing solr, but i need it in an older release (1.4) so i'm installing it via tarball and not via apt-get. if i installed it via apt-get it would go somewhere nice off of root, i presume. if i do it via tarball, do i have to drop it somewhere into my home (~) directory? seems slightly awkward	generally if you install from source, you extract the tarball, cd to the directory and run ./configure, make, and sudo make install (the last command is what puts the files in the correct places and 'installs' it. when you extract the tarball there should be more specific instructions either in the readme or the install file. you may need to install certain dependencies before it will compile and install, sudo apt-get install b
what version? hardy? if hardy, then it will work.	is there any guide for that?
how do i add a new admin user from bash while still making sure that it behaves just as if i had created it from the gui?	use the command 'adduser' or 'useradd', add this user to the desired groups (/etc/groups) and give him sudo privileges (visudo)
what is the best c++ compiler for ubuntu?	gcc is the c++ compiler for gnu/linux
what are you having trouble installing?	i kinda like having an os that just 'works', so i've kinda begun to appreciate windows. but ubuntu definately has visuals and security out way before vista
hey - i am having some stability and crashing problems with the gnome desktop that i installed on my ubuntu-server 8.04 installation. i am looking to add a faster and more stable gui. after research - xfce seems like what i will be going with. however, does anyone have recommendations for faster and more stable guis?	icewm
hey i need a little help here plz. firewall what's better gufw vs firestarter plz ... i'm a noob	gufw. firestarter is a little buggy on newer versions of ubuntu.
is there a program for ubnutu (linux) thats like filemaker pro?	kexi does something like that, the kompany had another tool (rekall i think), but nothing that's as powerful or stable as filemaker
whats a good music player thats more like foobar/winamp instead of itunes organizing crap	amarok
virtualbox is great when you need to run programs while logged into your desktop, but not so great if you want to use it as a server	i just want it for my development
hello, is there a ubuntu ppa for firefox 4 beta ?	there's a ppa search box
is there a program that can tell me what is currently running? i tried to open a program and think it might be running in the background.	top
can someone help please, my ubuntu keeps crashing, i thikn its x related, something about ati cards not liking 3d acceleratgion or something	i would try a reinstall
hey there, will removing this software break my system? http://pastebin.com/xkhc8azx	you're going to lose a lot if you proceed... jockey gstreamer kde libreoffice...
hello, i have 2 gigs of ram, how big should i make my swap partition? should it really be 4 gig as the rule of thumb goes?	it's 1.5x the ram so make it 3gb
my wireless monitor applet is shows a constant download road of ~200kbps when i am doing nothing. is there any way to see why process is drawing on my network connection?	in a term, netstat -tunap see what port/process is listening/receiving/transmitting
hi all is there a way of uninstalling a dualboot one with kubuntu?	what's a 'dualboot one'? can you be more specific?
guys have you tried to install ubunt using wubi? have you experienced any serious problems?	: i used it that way for about a month with no issues
how do i open system preferences in th terminal? like if i'm not the administrator and got that way on accident	2d = no dumb compiz glitches
how do you completely remove a package with apt?	apt-get remove --purge
hi everyone. is it possible to 'put' two or more iso images of distros in the same usb stick so to have them ready to install?	check http://www.pendrivelinux.com/
how can i figure out which device i need to change permissions on so i can use wireshark to analyze communications?	sure, you can chroot from the livecd and fix grub on the installed os
ergh. is the md5sum for hardy desktop x86 not posted, or am i just looking in the wrong place?	it is
there's http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/apt-get-apticron-send-email-upgrades-available/ .. might be just the thing you're looking for	thanks
how do i watch you tube videos? what do i need to download and how?	your favourite web browser perhaps and adobe's flash?
don't you know an editor more user friendly? :-)	sorry; i only use vi :$
is there a way via ssh to findout what video card i have?	lspci \| grep vga
can i get help installing a lamp server?	tasksel
hi guys, dir /opt is presently owned by user and group root. can i change it to my user without any problems? thanks.	as long as no one else needs to use it, should be fine
hi guys.. im just installed ubuntu 11.04 from using windows 7, i suceeded to get drivers and configure them right, but the issue i have is that i can only use one grafic card. but both exists..	you have ran that 'monitors' tool? i dont use ati. so no idea if theres special ati only config tools.
can anyone suggest me a good web-camera software?	cheese
how do you trick a website into thinking you're running windows or ie?	usr the 'user agent switcher' plugin for firefox
i am looking for an app like quicksilver for mac and or launchy for pc...what is the best solution for a program like this for ubuntu	gnome-do i think is what you looking for, for kde3 katapult does it, kde4 has it built in
hello, what are the tools needed if i want to create programs for ubuntu	- automake for 1, gcc, some development environment, or at least a decent text editor.
hey guys, quick question. where are the apps installed? i need to get the path for vlc.. and i cant find it	'dpkg -l packagename' will tell you where everything in the package is installed. 'which programname' will tell you where the executable is

can i upgrade required packages only for vpnc?

sudo apt-get install vpnc

i'm moving myself over to using ubuntu on my main machine all the time and one think i have not figure out what to do about is that i do depend on gotomeeting of webex when giving sales presentations and the like to multiple potential clients, things like gotomeeting of webex are great. is there anything for group screen sharing that does work under ubuntu?

webex is avaiable for linux

at the point of partitioning when installing ubuntu, how do i tell where what partition gets mounted?

debian has screenshots of every single step of the install process - perhaps ubuntu has similar screenshots?

hello, how can i manually resolve domain name on the local machine, without it querying a dns server?

put it in /etc/hosts .. a line like 192.168.0.102 server ... then you can ssh with ssh server@server

argh, whenever a kernel is updated, it always sets my grub config to boot from (hd1,0) and not (hd0,0) like it should be.. (i can manually fix it, but i have to do this after every kernel update..)

among other things

how can i change the inactivity time that will bring to set screensaver + ask password?

my bad, system > preferences > screensaver

quick q: how can i change the default program to open a given file? eg .pls from shoutcast to open in vlc instead of banshee?

open system settings (cog on the left) then click system info>default applications :)

ok, to put it a different way, how can i set up random stuff to happen on boot in gutsy?

most people *dont* want random stuff to happen on boot

is sed and awk still popular or do people just use small ruby and python scripts for small text processing tasks?

i would die without sed

does anyone know a free dns hosting service that provides free mx records?

try sitelutions.com

can anyone tell me what i need to do to get ./configure to work?

you installed the 'build-essentials' package?

hi there, trying to use find command to find executable in my project. using find . -executable -name 'whatiamlooking' but it includes directories. how do i exclude directories

that is what comes off the top of my head.

hi, i installed ubuntu with 'safe graphic mode' is this still on? do i need to find a driver or something?

no its okay, you should be good

anyone know what server(s) will have dapper first?

just check it by hand, scripts will just load the servers un-necessarily

am i being annoying or being ignored? i'm not figuring that anyone knows the answer to my question i'm just suprised nobody's told me to shut up yet.

honestly i didn't see your question mate. :d i'm sorry, i'll scroll up now.

ops... who is the bot here?

ubotu :)

what is the command to set flags on a hard drive?

hdparm i think can do it

hi #ubuntu i am having some problems with my laptop's cdrom after feisty issues, wondering if anyone is familiar with related bugs/troubleshooting? ):

what kind of bugs?

hey all, i am having trouble with my dvd burner. i wrote a dvd+rw by copying the files to the dvd folder, and then right clicking in the folder and saying write to disc. now, the disc will unmount and mount, but not eject. i have an nec-3500ag burner. can anyone please help me??!?!?

try unmounting it, then use the 'sudo eject' command.

can anyone tell me how to make my extra internal hard drive automatically mount when i log in?

: try https://help.ubuntu.com/community/automaticallymountpartitions

soo...will i be flamed if i ask something about hoary? :-o

it should still be there and working...

hello. i've searched google but couldn't really find anything helpful. this is pretty much a n00b question --> is it possible to add an shortcut to a web address in a normal ubuntu folder?? for example, say i wanted to add an icon on the desktop which linked to 'www.ubuntu.com' ??

you could make a launcher that runs something like 'firefox www.website.com', not sure about the exact syntax though

how can i do a recursive find on all thumbs.db and remove them?

not sure about this, but you could try

i have a program on my system that outputs all its activity into a logfile, how can i view this logfile in 'real time', as in whatch whats being added as the program runs?

tail -f <yourlogfile>, when you are done <ctrl>c

did it suddenly stop working?

no this started to occur after the installation of xbmc 11.04

what is the easiest way to know where an executable is located? i'm trying to find where bmp is installed...

which execname

e: could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 resource temporarily unavailable)

the error message is the clue

heya guys! ummm what gui archive application can i use to open .rar files and to extract them

the archive manager can open any kind of archive but just needs the specific pkg installed. there's one for 7z files, rar files etc

whats the netbook version of ubuntu os called again?

netbook edition...

ugh, skype just messed up my sound, how do i restart my pulse audio daemon (if not that, what do i need to restart?)

/etc/init.d/pulseaudio restart

does anyone know a gnome version of kooka (ocr program)?

xsane is a gtk sane frontend, if that's what you want

they don't override dpkg the xecutable in /usr/local/bin is searched first than those in /usr/bin, that is correct though.

that`s what i meant

if i burn an ubuntu feisty desktop install cd image to a dvd it will work exactly the same as if i had used a cd, won't it? (my burner is behaving a bit temperamental about cds lately)

correction: it _should_. ive not tried it :)

anyone know to set up anti aliasing in hoary

aa fonts should be enabled by default

how do i shut off the slapping of the bongos @ login screen?

delete /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/desktop-login.ogg

my brain is 'fucked up' at the moment, can someone help me? what's the command for display your current workpath?

pwd?

how can i disable all of user's permission to connect to the server? and do not delete that user

remove the user from fuse group

can anyone suggest help as to why using ati drivers causes my system to freeze when, and only when, i open *any* webbrowser and access a webpage?

try installing the memtest86+ package, and rebooting, and choosing memtest86 from the grub menu.

hm, i'm using synergyc and i just lost connection on my linux system. i'm on windows now. is there anyway to start synergyc 192.168.0.4 and make it happen in x (via ssh)? so it can reconnect? thanks

try this... display=:0.0 synergyc blahblah

hi all! i will ask a question that probably was made for about a thousand times.... i changed my apt-get sources.list from hoary to breezy and my system is working almost well, and it look like its upd to date.... do i need to do more to get a breezy from my hoary distro?

yes: http://tinyurl.com/dkllj

how could you disable 'su' for everybody but root?

ubuntu doesn't have root

can i install 64bit ubuntu into 32bit windows xp via wubi? filesystem is ntfs.

im not sure if that will help

can anyone tell me the command to show the what driver my wireless card is using?

this is not the best answer but you should find it from 'dmesg' where system detects it the first time :)

what's the difference between the package totem and totem-xine

no, totem is in gtk

which file on main server should i edit?

if the second server would be accessed from outside the local network, well i know it's possible but i don't know how to do it

i find that a very large amount of space on my root partition is being used by /var/cache/apt/archives. does it make sense to try to delete some of this? if so, is there an apt-* tool that does the cleanup?

apt-get clean

iwconfig said nothing for him ie network manager will show nothing

i advised him, if not addressed to me, i miss messages..so i missed what was addressed to you and not me

ok how do i turn off process i dont kneed that may be running in background

run ps in terminal to find them then kill them.

does anyone know the short-cuts to switch desktops in kde?

isn't it <ctrl><alt>arrow left/right with all the desktops?

hi! i did a mv /var/log/messages /var/log/messages.1 and now rsyslogd writes to the new file. why is that? thank you in advance.

the file was still open

how can i see from which ppa i installed a particular package, please?

apt-cache policy packagename ...it'll list which repo you installed said package from

anyone else here who has heard of problems installing ubuntu breezy on a thinkpad t43? i got this computer 2 days ago but can't get ubuntu to install.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=104238&highlight=thinkpad+t43

>_< i can't live with out the forums!!

they will be back up soon

can edubuntu be installed w/ the kubuntu package?

yup

hi. does anybody knows of major problems in dapper atm?

take a look at bugzilla

how do i start dbus?

invoke-rc.d dbus start

how much integration is there between pidgin and unity's indicator-applet?

none at all the last i checked

i have ubuntu working on this computer, im trying to install network drivers on another computer that succussfully installed from the live cd. is there an easy way to take the files from an apt-get and move them via sneeker net?

after installing, look at /var/apt/cache/archive

a specific version of kernel will try to find corresponding driver under /lib/modules directory, in order to distinguish, so ubuntu, fedora add a number after the kerner versio like this 2.6.15-28-686, the 28-686 be add to, when i try compile kernel by myself, how can i add a string like 28-686 to the end of the kernel version ?

look for extraversion in your .config

is there a utility or script i can use to benchmark how long my battery will last? it is not supported by acpi and so i can't monitor its charge directly, but would like to run the system until it powers off and have a time recorded on my hard drive.

i see in /var/log/messages a '--- mark ---' message every ten minutes -- maybe you could use that (just look at the log file after you reboot)

i'm having major nfs issues with my ubuntu server. anyknow know where i can get quality nfs advice?

http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/nfs-howto/ <-- quite helpful

creating a bootable usb key but ubunut.com downloads .img file not .iso. can you help me?

sudo dd if=file.img of=/dev/sdx

does anyone know of any good parental controls for linux

dansguardian and ff plugin

how can i scp the output of a program to a remote host without saving to the disk?

pipe it to ssh and run cat on the other end

hey guys when ever i sudo apt-get i recieve http://pastebin.com/m31903373

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com d739676f7613768d

i'm installing solr, but i need it in an older release (1.4) so i'm installing it via tarball and not via apt-get. if i installed it via apt-get it would go somewhere nice off of root, i presume. if i do it via tarball, do i have to drop it somewhere into my home (~) directory? seems slightly awkward

generally if you install from source, you extract the tarball, cd to the directory and run ./configure, make, and sudo make install (the last command is what puts the files in the correct places and 'installs' it. when you extract the tarball there should be more specific instructions either in the readme or the install file. you may need to install certain dependencies before it will compile and install, sudo apt-get install b

what version? hardy? if hardy, then it will work.

is there any guide for that?

how do i add a new admin user from bash while still making sure that it behaves just as if i had created it from the gui?

use the command 'adduser' or 'useradd', add this user to the desired groups (/etc/groups) and give him sudo privileges (visudo)

what is the best c++ compiler for ubuntu?

gcc is the c++ compiler for gnu/linux

what are you having trouble installing?

i kinda like having an os that just 'works', so i've kinda begun to appreciate windows. but ubuntu definately has visuals and security out way before vista

hey - i am having some stability and crashing problems with the gnome desktop that i installed on my ubuntu-server 8.04 installation. i am looking to add a faster and more stable gui. after research - xfce seems like what i will be going with. however, does anyone have recommendations for faster and more stable guis?

icewm

hey i need a little help here plz. firewall what's better gufw vs firestarter plz ... i'm a noob

gufw. firestarter is a little buggy on newer versions of ubuntu.

is there a program for ubnutu (linux) thats like filemaker pro?

kexi does something like that, the kompany had another tool (rekall i think), but nothing that's as powerful or stable as filemaker

whats a good music player thats more like foobar/winamp instead of itunes organizing crap

amarok

virtualbox is great when you need to run programs while logged into your desktop, but not so great if you want to use it as a server

i just want it for my development

hello, is there a ubuntu ppa for firefox 4 beta ?

there's a ppa search box

is there a program that can tell me what is currently running? i tried to open a program and think it might be running in the background.

top

can someone help please, my ubuntu keeps crashing, i thikn its x related, something about ati cards not liking 3d acceleratgion or something

i would try a reinstall

hey there, will removing this software break my system? http://pastebin.com/xkhc8azx

you're going to lose a lot if you proceed... jockey gstreamer kde libreoffice...

hello, i have 2 gigs of ram, how big should i make my swap partition? should it really be 4 gig as the rule of thumb goes?

it's 1.5x the ram so make it 3gb

my wireless monitor applet is shows a constant download road of ~200kbps when i am doing nothing. is there any way to see why process is drawing on my network connection?

in a term, netstat -tunap see what port/process is listening/receiving/transmitting

hi all is there a way of uninstalling a dualboot one with kubuntu?

what's a 'dualboot one'? can you be more specific?

guys have you tried to install ubunt using wubi? have you experienced any serious problems?

: i used it that way for about a month with no issues

how do i open system preferences in th terminal? like if i'm not the administrator and got that way on accident

2d = no dumb compiz glitches

how do you completely remove a package with apt?

apt-get remove --purge

hi everyone. is it possible to 'put' two or more iso images of distros in the same usb stick so to have them ready to install?

check http://www.pendrivelinux.com/

how can i figure out which device i need to change permissions on so i can use wireshark to analyze communications?

sure, you can chroot from the livecd and fix grub on the installed os

ergh. is the md5sum for hardy desktop x86 not posted, or am i just looking in the wrong place?

it is

there's http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/apt-get-apticron-send-email-upgrades-available/ .. might be just the thing you're looking for

thanks

how do i watch you tube videos? what do i need to download and how?

your favourite web browser perhaps and adobe's flash?

don't you know an editor more user friendly? :-)

sorry; i only use vi :$

is there a way via ssh to findout what video card i have?

lspci | grep vga

can i get help installing a lamp server?

tasksel

hi guys, dir /opt is presently owned by user and group root. can i change it to my user without any problems? thanks.

as long as no one else needs to use it, should be fine

hi guys.. im just installed ubuntu 11.04 from using windows 7, i suceeded to get drivers and configure them right, but the issue i have is that i can only use one grafic card. but both exists..

you have ran that 'monitors' tool? i dont use ati. so no idea if theres special ati only config tools.

can anyone suggest me a good web-camera software?

cheese

how do you trick a website into thinking you're running windows or ie?

usr the 'user agent switcher' plugin for firefox

i am looking for an app like quicksilver for mac and or launchy for pc...what is the best solution for a program like this for ubuntu

gnome-do i think is what you looking for, for kde3 katapult does it, kde4 has it built in

hello, what are the tools needed if i want to create programs for ubuntu

- automake for 1, gcc, some development environment, or at least a decent text editor.

hey guys, quick question. where are the apps installed? i need to get the path for vlc.. and i cant find it

'dpkg -l packagename' will tell you where everything in the package is installed. 'which programname' will tell you where the executable is