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is there a better program than picasa? it's confusing the hell out of me. it's hard to navigate.	i think that fspot is pretty cool
this is odd, does anyone know if the pentium d's were ever available in single core models?	nevermind
whats the best tool in ubuntu for rar files? 7z?	unrar i think. look in repos for rar
is there a graphical front-end to generating live ubuntu images?	yes, usb-creator, standard installed in your ubuntu
i share a connection by nat, just so the computer in the living room can have internet too, there is no router, its just one machine connected to another. the thing is, the connection in the living room downloads too slow, while the connection in the 'server' downloads fine, but i am not doing anything there in the computer in my room, if i could get all the connection speed from the server(room) to the client(living room) that would be great. i can't just	you can setup qos (quality over service)
anyone? suggestion for a ubuntu-compatible and recent ati card?	there are hardware compatability lists on ubuntu's site (hcl)
hello, have a linux question: how do i test if a text file has unix or dos formating (line break)?	open in it in any linux text editor...
why does apt tell me packages are held back and i need to do a dist-upgrade to get them? i thought dist-upgrade was meant to move to the next release? ie: when unstable is moved to stable ...	dist-upgrade is used when to update certain packages other packages must be installed or removed (rather than just updated). this normall means that something is somewhat broken if you're not using a development release (also common if you use poorly managed ppas)
network-manager and network-manager-gnome are installed on my system, however the only applet i have is the 'network monitor' and not the one that can manage my connections	couldn't tell you, then.
is there a .deb package of thudnerbird 1.0.6 available anywhere?	pitti from ubuntu-devel says that he has prepared one for hoary-security. it should be available shortly
how do i a complete update of my system ?	'sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get upgrade'
trying to build a kernel from the linux-source-2.6.12 package but can't even get to configuration: http://pastebin.com/682136	you can have both versions installed without problems
how do i add an internal ntfs sata drive so i can see the files on ubuntu?	mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /mnt/ntfs
i have a presario r3000 laptop, suspend and hibiernate work; however, when re-starting xwindows does not load, any ideas how to address this?	switch to console with alt-f1, then switch back after wakeup. helps sometimes.
i am looking to use kvm in ubuntu 12.04 instead of virtualbox / vmware workstation. can someone suggest some good management tools (either gui or robust cli) to manage the application & vms?	the one i mentioned is
is it possible to turn on remote desktop using the command line?	remote desktop is a service, so likely there is a /etc/init.d script that can be run once the config file says 'enable me'
does gnomebaker support dvd iso images for burning?	just right-click the iso > burn to whatever
what package do i need to install for 'make'?	build-essential
can someone help me use a use a linux-installer.bin?	open a terminal and issue chmod a+x linux-installer.bin
i just installed another linux distro, but i unchecked 'install boot loader', because i want to keep the one i installed with gutsy gibbon, but, the new distro is not showing at the boot menu.is there a way i can eddit grub and add the new distro to the grub boot menu?	edit /boot/grub/menu.lst
how do i make grub use my actual resolution (1280x800) instead of 4:3 ratio ones?	http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-119696.html
anyone know how to install styles under fluxbox? the wiki has dead links... :(	in your home folder :)
is there any way to list all of my installed packages on an ubuntu install, from a live disc?	you have to chroot then you can use any normal method of listing out stuff
hey, is there any quick way to disable pidgin's integration with ubuntu gnome?	that works through dbus so probably disable dbus in pidgin would work
where can i find the downloads from ubuntu software center?	select faster or closer mirror to you
that basically tells open calc to interpret the value as a string.	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/synapticstouchpad
what player do i need to play dvds?	mplayer or totem
anyone: how do you apply changes to iptables after you edit it?	this is a guess, but ifdown <inferface>&&ifconfig <interface> down&&ifup <interface>
hi, netstat shows me an	netstat -alp
there's no ubuntu for sparc huh? ^_^	you got me there
is there any reason one couldnt ssh into a server, and then ssh back into their own ssh server running on the same computer they were working from?	why the hell do that?
just curious: there used to be hoary test cds available, but i haven't been able to remember where i got my last one	http://cdimage.ubuntulinux.org
hey, i'm on a friends system. totally confused at why using vi from console is totally different to how it is on my machine.. it's hard to explain, but for example, if i press 'i' to start inserting text, then try and move the caret cursor, it starts inserting random letters...	the arroe keys are spitting out escape codes.. install the vim-full package
is it possible for me to download teamspeak using the terminal?	sudo apt-get install teamspeak-client
how do i start chrome from the terminal	'chromium-browser' if you are using chromium
can someone tell if there are buildin snmp tools in ubuntu ? if not, can you recommend one, gui preferably	tried apt-cache search snmp ?
hey guys, i am getting this error : failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu/dists/natty/release unable to find expected entry 'restricted/binary-i386/packages' in release file (wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)	remove the ppa - it looks like it's dead
whats a good wysiwyg web devel tool?	pretty much everything else is going to be tailored to hand coded html/etc.
how do i sign stuff in ooo? pgp/gpg (i get confused) - that sorta thing?	your pm should have thte info
is there any easy way to update to 8.10 version from insaid a earlyer version of ubuntu, or should i just reinstall over last os? i donät have much t lose here so i can just clean the root partition without worries.	http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading
by mistake i deleted all the applications and system->settings in the menu panel in gnome. i already tried to reset the panel which brought back the applications but not the 'system->settings'. how bring back the settings?	works here...
i want to automate ubuntu install using pxe for my company, roll out about 50 or so machines. does anyone know of a good step by step article that may help me with this? i am no ubuntu expert but i have a couple of years support experience so i am not a newbie either.	there are some docs i was just reading to try to help a friend about it: https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/installation-guide/powerpc/preseed-contents.html
is it possible to forward / intercept ports with iptables? ex, can you forward an incoming connection from port 27080 to port 80?	yes i belive it can
can anyone tell me when herd 6 is getting released?	https://wiki.ubuntu.com/feistyreleaseschedule
hey everytime i try to reboot it says policykit is not responding. what is that???	there is a pulseaudio equalizer. aviable in a ppa for lucid
anyone has idea bout iptables ? can save the iptables-save to etc/iptables.up.rules with this command / both wont work, 'iptables-save > /etc/iptables.up.rules' and 'sudo iptables-save > /etc/iptables.up.rules'; why not ??	do this: sudo sh -c 'sudo iptables-save > /etc/iptables.up.rule'
what's the easiest way to set up email and webmail on a lamp installation?	http://help.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/serverguide/c/email-services.html may help
when i go to http://www.xchat.org/download/ it shows xchat for fedora, will that work on ubuntu ?	no. use the xchat from the repositories
any glaring problems with upgrading to breezy?	also in case it breaks its always a good idea to have a live cd that you have tested to hand and not a bad idea to have an install cd but as i said it should just work
why does the open files dialog always show hidden files for me	you enable it. right click the files listing.
is gnomenu in the repositories?	apt-cache search gnomenu
how do i get the count of the number of files in a directory through tty?	ls -l \| wc -l
in lucid i need to redirect a url to a local html doc ,,, is there a file such as the win hosts file & where might it be	/etc/hosts
so after i load ndiswrapper, how do i create the device?	do you have the ndis driver for your card?
does ubuntu 7.04 have live cd capability built into the iso's like 6.06 did?	yes it does
does the 8.10 live cd for i386 really need 384mb ram?	yes, however the alternate cd needs less
hi, i have a problem with my screen resolution, its seems that the xorg server from breezy doesn't support 1600x1024 very well. http://vern.chem.tu-berlin.de/~stephan/images/ubuntu-cinemadisplay.jpg	xserver-xorg would probably be the best place to report a bug against...xorg is being updated pretty much daily though
what files do i need to change to chagne a machines hostname, just /etc/hostname ?	see also /etc/hosts
how can i tell if ubuntu 7.10 will work with my wireless care?	try the live cd
quick question, i want to install ubuntu desktop, but using the desktop install cd, i see no way to partition the disk to my liking. i want an encrypted partition with lvm and custom virtual partitions, etc. with the alternate install cd i know how (manual partitioning has way more options.) when i use the alternate cd i always use the cli mode. if i use normal will it install ubuntu desktop?	yeah you can
ok b4 i thrash my new cpu, can someone confirm again that i can transfer a hdd with an ubuntu install to a completely different pc?	usually that should be fine
question: can i use kvm from ubuntu server without an x server? can i connect to machines via vnc or similar?	try nxserver
hey guys, how do i go about installing the kde environment for my ubuntu installation? i presume it will make a seperate login available at the login screen as xfce did when i was on dapper	sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
hello, i have 6.10 and for example i don't find x-chat using synaptic..where can i find a full software sources.list? i don't like the original one..not to much soft..(sorry my english)	you can get a basic one with lots of stuff in http://www.ubuntuguide.org
hi, for some reason x won't start - it says fatal server error: no screens found. i have copied my xorg log into the pastebin here: http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/21461 can someone please help??	its a bug on a update
how can i install the nvidia graphic driver?	read it's description too, there's in important instruction there
whats the command to list the drives connected to a computer?	'sudo fdisk -l' is one i use
'lo everyone. i have a toshiba satellite m70 that won't use 1280x800 resolution. i've tried using the wiki guide, but it's still not supporting the right resolution. any suggestions?	same they use 1280x786
my .avi is not playing on vlc or 'movie player'. can someone help?	sudo apt-get install mplayer
has anyone had any success in running gnome shell off a base xubuntu install? it's a long story....	you could have a dozen de's installed if you wanted. but you can get a lot of extra apps that way. but they should all work
i'm trying to figure out the name of the vnc server installed in ubuntu by default. i've tried googling vinagre, the client, and ps ax with various greps. no luck. anybody know?	vino
how do i change default encoding from utf-8 to iso-8859-15?	dpkg-reconfigure locales
in my bios under video options i've got 'primary video adapter <auto>', is that what i'm looking for? (to switch video from intel graphics to new card)	ok. auto should do what you need (turn it off if another is present), but personally i'd install the new card and then go back in the bios and set the on board video to off.
greppy: what about x forwarding is that secure? i.e no back tunneling.	i think so
anyone knows of an mp3 player app like amarok but for gnome, i want to be able to create playlists and burn them and with a nice gui like amarok but i want the app for gnome	like this? http://www.listen-project.org/
asdfasdfa: where did you and pythonsnake go? - want to know hwo the story ends	/query nick message here
anyone know how to access a udf format dvd on feisty?	mount -t udf doesn't work?
how do you see the amount of free space on your partitions?	df -h
does the ubuntu installation disk use grub for booting?	it does use grub to boot the hard disk
hi. people, please, tell me, what exists system manage project on ubuntu, such as ms project on windows	- there is a package called planner...supposed to be a project management tool. not sure how good it is though ...
hi. i really need help. i need to make a bash script that will fire up one file as a root. sudo is set to nopasswd so authorization is not an issue, however, the 'sudo su;programname -p' does not work. any suggestions?	sudo su -c 'programname -p'
hey what's with autogen.sh - what is it?	autogen.sh doesn't need to be run if the ./configure and makefile.in files are there
is there a gui for gpg?	look at kgpg
what's the shortcut in xchat to go through people's nicks and auto insert them?	just type mobi <tab>
is there a way to run a program but have it ignore the system theme?	maybe it also needs 'env' in front of it, anyway, it runs the app with the specified theme
hey everyone! guys, i'm about to install 9.04 and can't choose between ext3 & ext4.	use ext3 for now
how to encode chinese in rhythmbox music player	i'm not trying to be rude, i'm just letting you know there are channels dedicated to other languages where you may find better help
can anyone recommend a wireless pcmcia card for hoary?	atheros based card.
hi, i've just upgraded from (ubuntu 9.04) to (ubuntu 9.10) and i have exactly the same problems with firefox, mentioned here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1344501).	im not sure about the firefox problem, but doing a clean install usually fixes alot of common updgrade issues.... if that helps
how do i make a video tutorial ?	https://wiki.ubuntu.com/screencastteam http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/
hi, how can i add the bottom menu (in picture) to my linux : http://www.linuxmint-art.org/content/content-pre1/92774-1.jpg	you'd need a dock such as awn. its the avant-window-navigator package in the repos.
humanrage^: are you following a tutorial?	im using wine
can anyone suggest a good torrent client for ubuntu? (but not azureus - with least cpu/mem usage)	maybe http://rufus.sf.net suits you needs... read through the forums ther's an ubuntu package available
what do i need to set up a scanner? it's supported (hp psc 1610), but i'm not sure what libs, utils, etc	sane
why in gods name did ubuntu go from a tried and true (stable) installer to gentoos gui installer (unstable) which is only just out of alpha?	install using the alternative cd
hey. it appears that i can't install php on my ubuntu 11.04. i get this error : the following packages have unmet dependencies: libapache2-mod-php5 : depends: php5-common (= 5.3.5-1ubuntu7) but 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.4 is to be installed. e:broken packages.	try: sudo apt-get -f install
what is a good binary download for newsgroups, for ubuntu?	thunderbird
anybody know the location of the folder to adjust the resolution for ubuntu?	sudo dpkg-reconfigure xorg-xserver
hello everyone, does anyone know for any zune mp3 player support?	install banshee. read their mtp guide on their website, and know that the implementation isn't perfect, and it currently suffers from memory leaks, but it's functional enough.
hi everyone, i've installed a new kernel from a debian package however the grub menu never pops up to allow me to choose from both of my kernels... how do i get the grub menu to come up?	keep the shift key pressed when you turn on your pc

is there a better program than picasa? it's confusing the hell out of me. it's hard to navigate.

i think that fspot is pretty cool

this is odd, does anyone know if the pentium d's were ever available in single core models?

nevermind

whats the best tool in ubuntu for rar files? 7z?

unrar i think. look in repos for rar

is there a graphical front-end to generating live ubuntu images?

yes, usb-creator, standard installed in your ubuntu

i share a connection by nat, just so the computer in the living room can have internet too, there is no router, its just one machine connected to another. the thing is, the connection in the living room downloads too slow, while the connection in the 'server' downloads fine, but i am not doing anything there in the computer in my room, if i could get all the connection speed from the server(room) to the client(living room) that would be great. i can't just

you can setup qos (quality over service)

anyone? suggestion for a ubuntu-compatible and recent ati card?

there are hardware compatability lists on ubuntu's site (hcl)

hello, have a linux question: how do i test if a text file has unix or dos formating (line break)?

open in it in any linux text editor...

why does apt tell me packages are held back and i need to do a dist-upgrade to get them? i thought dist-upgrade was meant to move to the next release? ie: when unstable is moved to stable ...

dist-upgrade is used when to update certain packages other packages must be installed or removed (rather than just updated). this normall means that something is somewhat broken if you're not using a development release (also common if you use poorly managed ppas)

network-manager and network-manager-gnome are installed on my system, however the only applet i have is the 'network monitor' and not the one that can manage my connections

couldn't tell you, then.

is there a .deb package of thudnerbird 1.0.6 available anywhere?

pitti from ubuntu-devel says that he has prepared one for hoary-security. it should be available shortly

how do i a complete update of my system ?

'sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get upgrade'

trying to build a kernel from the linux-source-2.6.12 package but can't even get to configuration: http://pastebin.com/682136

you can have both versions installed without problems

how do i add an internal ntfs sata drive so i can see the files on ubuntu?

mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /mnt/ntfs

i have a presario r3000 laptop, suspend and hibiernate work; however, when re-starting xwindows does not load, any ideas how to address this?

switch to console with alt-f1, then switch back after wakeup. helps sometimes.

i am looking to use kvm in ubuntu 12.04 instead of virtualbox / vmware workstation. can someone suggest some good management tools (either gui or robust cli) to manage the application & vms?

the one i mentioned is

is it possible to turn on remote desktop using the command line?

remote desktop is a service, so likely there is a /etc/init.d script that can be run once the config file says 'enable me'

does gnomebaker support dvd iso images for burning?

just right-click the iso > burn to whatever

what package do i need to install for 'make'?

build-essential

can someone help me use a use a linux-installer.bin?

open a terminal and issue chmod a+x linux-installer.bin

i just installed another linux distro, but i unchecked 'install boot loader', because i want to keep the one i installed with gutsy gibbon, but, the new distro is not showing at the boot menu.is there a way i can eddit grub and add the new distro to the grub boot menu?

edit /boot/grub/menu.lst

how do i make grub use my actual resolution (1280x800) instead of 4:3 ratio ones?

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-119696.html

anyone know how to install styles under fluxbox? the wiki has dead links... :(

in your home folder :)

is there any way to list all of my installed packages on an ubuntu install, from a live disc?

you have to chroot then you can use any normal method of listing out stuff

hey, is there any quick way to disable pidgin's integration with ubuntu gnome?

that works through dbus so probably disable dbus in pidgin would work

where can i find the downloads from ubuntu software center?

select faster or closer mirror to you

that basically tells open calc to interpret the value as a string.

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

what player do i need to play dvds?

mplayer or totem

anyone: how do you apply changes to iptables after you edit it?

this is a guess, but ifdown <inferface>&&ifconfig <interface> down&&ifup <interface>

hi, netstat shows me an

netstat -alp

there's no ubuntu for sparc huh? ^_^

you got me there

is there any reason one couldnt ssh into a server, and then ssh back into their own ssh server running on the same computer they were working from?

why the hell do that?

just curious: there used to be hoary test cds available, but i haven't been able to remember where i got my last one

http://cdimage.ubuntulinux.org

hey, i'm on a friends system. totally confused at why using vi from console is totally different to how it is on my machine.. it's hard to explain, but for example, if i press 'i' to start inserting text, then try and move the caret cursor, it starts inserting random letters...

the arroe keys are spitting out escape codes.. install the vim-full package

is it possible for me to download teamspeak using the terminal?

sudo apt-get install teamspeak-client

how do i start chrome from the terminal

'chromium-browser' if you are using chromium

can someone tell if there are buildin snmp tools in ubuntu ? if not, can you recommend one, gui preferably

tried apt-cache search snmp ?

hey guys, i am getting this error : failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu/dists/natty/release unable to find expected entry 'restricted/binary-i386/packages' in release file (wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)

remove the ppa - it looks like it's dead

whats a good wysiwyg web devel tool?

pretty much everything else is going to be tailored to hand coded html/etc.

how do i sign stuff in ooo? pgp/gpg (i get confused) - that sorta thing?

your pm should have thte info

is there any easy way to update to 8.10 version from insaid a earlyer version of ubuntu, or should i just reinstall over last os? i donät have much t lose here so i can just clean the root partition without worries.

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading

by mistake i deleted all the applications and system->settings in the menu panel in gnome. i already tried to reset the panel which brought back the applications but not the 'system->settings'. how bring back the settings?

works here...

i want to automate ubuntu install using pxe for my company, roll out about 50 or so machines. does anyone know of a good step by step article that may help me with this? i am no ubuntu expert but i have a couple of years support experience so i am not a newbie either.

there are some docs i was just reading to try to help a friend about it: https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/installation-guide/powerpc/preseed-contents.html

is it possible to forward / intercept ports with iptables? ex, can you forward an incoming connection from port 27080 to port 80?

yes i belive it can

can anyone tell me when herd 6 is getting released?

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/feistyreleaseschedule

hey everytime i try to reboot it says policykit is not responding. what is that???

there is a pulseaudio equalizer. aviable in a ppa for lucid

anyone has idea bout iptables ? can save the iptables-save to etc/iptables.up.rules with this command / both wont work, 'iptables-save > /etc/iptables.up.rules' and 'sudo iptables-save > /etc/iptables.up.rules'; why not ??

do this: sudo sh -c 'sudo iptables-save > /etc/iptables.up.rule'

what's the easiest way to set up email and webmail on a lamp installation?

http://help.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/serverguide/c/email-services.html may help

when i go to http://www.xchat.org/download/ it shows xchat for fedora, will that work on ubuntu ?

no. use the xchat from the repositories

any glaring problems with upgrading to breezy?

also in case it breaks its always a good idea to have a live cd that you have tested to hand and not a bad idea to have an install cd but as i said it should just work

why does the open files dialog always show hidden files for me

you enable it. right click the files listing.

is gnomenu in the repositories?

apt-cache search gnomenu

how do i get the count of the number of files in a directory through tty?

ls -l | wc -l

in lucid i need to redirect a url to a local html doc ,,, is there a file such as the win hosts file & where might it be

/etc/hosts

so after i load ndiswrapper, how do i create the device?

do you have the ndis driver for your card?

does ubuntu 7.04 have live cd capability built into the iso's like 6.06 did?

yes it does

does the 8.10 live cd for i386 really need 384mb ram?

yes, however the alternate cd needs less

hi, i have a problem with my screen resolution, its seems that the xorg server from breezy doesn't support 1600x1024 very well. http://vern.chem.tu-berlin.de/~stephan/images/ubuntu-cinemadisplay.jpg

xserver-xorg would probably be the best place to report a bug against...xorg is being updated pretty much daily though

what files do i need to change to chagne a machines hostname, just /etc/hostname ?