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does anyone know how to copy files from windows, using a linux live cd, but preserving the windows permissions?	ntfs are biund to a unique uuid per machine, you would be unable to copy them from another system withiut removing them
hey all. i just got another hand-me-down machine today with two identical hard drives. does anyone know of a working how-to for setting up a bootable raid array? hoary and breezy installers seem to choke on the boot manager.	ask ubotu about raid, if you have not yet.
and that means?	it means that if you encounter a crash, your files are more likely to be recovered.
hey guys, im installing ubuntu on a 40gb solid state drive. i really only want to install the core system and a handful of applications onto the ssd however. whats the best way to go about this (ie which directories would be a must on the ssd), thanks.	best solution is to put /home/ /var/ /usr/ and /opt/ somewhere else and the rest on your ssd
what is better to learn python or perl?	then learn perl
i'm rebuilding my kubuntu installation, what was the procedure to get the various shady video codecs etc. installed?	w32codecs
on ubuntu with apache2 installed where is it installed to? more specifically where can i find the vhosts file?	/etc/apache2/
if i remove my wine package will it also remove my program files or do they stay?	they stay
what other irc client is there other than xchat-gnome? for some reason i like more kvirc or mirc in windowsland	my pick is irssi, but that's just me
hi, would you recommend me some tool to download/upload speed of my internet connection?	i like trickle
blacksh33p: i can use either then yes?	try both out for different things - you'll get a feel for the difference
i need to know whats the different with ubuntu 32bit and 64bit. i got amd turion 64x2 in my laptop. why in the ubuntu download page 64bit in not recommended for daily desktop usage?	personally i think the 'not recommended' on the web site is a bug - and look it's already filed as one ;) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website-content/+bug/585940
in ubuntu do we have any proxy cache package and does it have any web interface?	there are tons of proxies, but why do they need web interfaces?
anyone know how to install photoshop on ubunut ... i tried using wine but i get a executable error	winehq.org forums as well.
hello dear nice guys, i need some help to set up a ssh-server (default would be sufficient for me) on my ubuntu machine (fresh installed ubuntu 10.11). i can ssh to a machine let's call it b but i can not connect back per ssh from machine b to my machine. it always tells me: 'host blubb port 22: connection timed out' where blubb is the hostname of my machine.	try ssh localhost
the way dapper uses the dns servers is very inefficient. the first two dns servers that come from my isp via the dhcp lookup are very slow compared to the 3rd. from what i can tell it takes forever to timeout to the first two and then finally gets to the third. if i delete the first two everything is fast, however it re-populates the list every few hours. is there any way to fix this behavior?	chattr +i to reverse the no edit effect
can anyone point me in the direction of a how to install firefox 2. i can't find the directions on the mozilla site anywhere. they just tell you what its going to do.	right, same steps though, just different filenames
what is a good x11 server for windows?	hummingbird or goglobal
does anyone know why the desktop version is always sending network traffic out?	you could get wireshark and find out
when i open up a program in terminal, how can i make it stay open when the term is closed?	use screen, or nohup. or disown the job
i'm trying to run: ' $find . -depth -print0 \| cpio null sparse -pvd /mnt/newhome/' but i'm receiving an error message in terminal. the message is 'cpio: you must specify one of -oipt options.' any suggestions?	you have to specify what you want cpio to do, create, extract, print, etc
why would firefox and all other browsers start displaying websites improperly? it almost looks as if it's a css issue, ie: there is no page styles	as a test try making a new user. see if it affects them? (faster then reinstalling)
is there away to find out what the last program i installed on the system?	somewhere in /var/log
what was the name of the mp3 player in kde. the one with the wolf looking logo. 're-experience your music'	amarok
can i install dapper onto an ext3 hdd, without losing the existing data, as long as there is space?	you'd need to repartition the drive, first.
how do i search text file for a word?	use grep in a console.... ie: grep what_you_want_to_find filename.txt
how 'bad' is ndiswrapper?	bad morally? :-) it's functional but you have to supply your own windows driver.
hello. i'm having a problem mounting a hard drive. i'm working on a friend's computer and trying to recover his data. i boot ubuntu live from a disk and go into the command line. i try 'sudo fdisk -l' and nothing happens. i tried sfdisk as well and still nothing. when i try 'sudo cfdisk -p r' it says 'fatal error: cannot open disk drive.' any idea what the problem is?	if you're trying to recover a failed disk, start by making a bitwise copy of it with ddrescue. otherwise you might destroy what's left of the data with your recovery attempts.
how can i check what partition i got ubuntu in?	gparted will show you mount points
how do i create a new group?	adduser -m
hello, who know how to control audio-volume with the console	alsamixer
have you somebody good experience with anyone?	your last post..is a metaphysical question ;)
anybody know how to resolve this error message from doing a ./configure : 'checking for x... configure: error: can't find x includes. please check your installation and add the correct paths!'	make sure you've got the x dev package installed
how do i display a list of what i installed, i need to see the last 5 things	dpkg -l shows the installed packages... but not by install date
good evening everyone! could somebody give me little help with wlan usb-device? little brothers zonet zew2502 usb can be found on 'device manager', but i cannot locate it with 'iwconfig'. howcome?	usb wlan devices are the bane of users everywere. i recomend a pci card.
is there a bash command to grab all the pdf files in a directory and send them to the printer?	ls *.pdf \| xargs lpr
installing jaunty - installer has been stuck at 82% - scanning the mirror... for over 10 minutes now. any ideas?	unplug your ethernet until it gets to next stage
can anyone tell me why sound doesnt work in firefox?	what kind of sound? media files? flash?
what is the diff between 'safely remove drive' and 'eject' ?	essentially no difference i think.
how good is ubuntu at automatically configuring for dual montiors?	it doesn't
what did you do to fix the tracker problem?	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tracker/+bug/361560
okay, i'm going to attempt to install my nvidia drivers. but i need to know how to get out of x and then back into it first	ctrl+alt+backspace will kill x, and then probably restart it, if you want it to stay stopped you'll want to do: /etc/init.d/gdm stop, to start it back up when you're done installing the driver, do: /etc/init.d/gdm start
how to browse from terminal ?	how about lynx
any ideas anyone on why ubuntu fails to format a drive?	download gparted livecd
anyone know how to bring back the 'other user' option in lightdm?	in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf add: greeter-show-manual-login=true
what is the package called that let's you ./configure make & make install packages?	build-essential
how can i have whole man pages ? not only from console, pdf prefable :) , i couldnt find it in google	i haven't found any pdf's but you can find man pages on line all over
any idea why compiz stopped working after i did 'dist-upgrade' and restarted?	gutsy to hardy?
can someone tell me how to see the version a repository app?	apt-cache showpkg packagename
i am going to be using the instructions here: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome.html to make a /home partition. how much space should i leave for / ?	that's probably way too much but better safe than sorry
i have a load of html files in a hierachical group of folders. i wish to convert the .html to text. i can do this for a single folder with; find . -name *.html -exec textutil -convert txt '{}' \;	maybe with a -r switch someplace in that line.. like... find -r . -name etc etc etc
please where is the localhost on my machine ?	if you've got apache et al installed, you're probably serving stuff from /var/www
can someone enlighten me? firefox displays 'if you do not currently have a java virtual machine (jvm) installed on your computer, you will need to download and install one from sun microsystems.' when i try to access site can this be installed on my kubuntu 8.10?	that should sort out the java issues with your browser
hi guys, i have a .tgz file but i cant seem to install it	tgz is an archive file, not something that gets installed
hello guys...well, when i was installing i put my winxp partition to be mount on /winxp but for sure its not been mounted..so anyone know how can i resolve this?	have you tried `sudo mount /winxp` ?
does anyone know if there's a way to connect to a cisco vpn?	^^^^
ist there a way to see if a package is installed?	apt-cache policy
my desktop has changed appearance to a default gnome look - how can this have happened or how can i get the slick ubuntu look back?	log out and choose your user, do not enter password and choose 'ubuntu' in the bar at the bottom
ok, i'll try something else. is there any ubuntu howto for installing the 8178 nvidia drivers??? maybe doing that and then doing the nvidia-xconfig will fix my problem	see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/binarydriverhowto/nvidia
how to see which disk has /dev/sda* ?	you can get some info by running 'sudo blkid' in a terminal.. or 'cat /etc/mtab'
hello do you guys know some command line video tool which would copy part of a video into new one? i'd like something like 'copyvideo --from 1:01 --to 1:35 video.avi 30secondsvideo.avi'	ffmpeg will do that
hey. pseudo-transparency doesn't work in any app. nor konsole, nor crystal (kwin theme) wants to display pseudo-transparency. if i try to enable it and i click ok, when i check back, transparency is still not on... it's annoying. i want proper pseudo-transparency. anyone?	a) proper pseudo-transparency, eh? b) how are you trying to enable it?
hi! is there a way to synchronise the system clock with the internet?	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntutime
hello, my autocomplete does not work well with natty anymore. if i press tab with a letter for a directory it does not stop with the directoryname and a slash it completes the directoryname and a space, how can i fix it?	you installed acroreader? http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/bash-completion-devel/2011-february/003350.html
hm, how can i find out what there is the best driver for my elsa victory erazor pci graphicadapter?	you'll want the nvidia drivers
where do the packages from apt-get get downloaded to? i want to back them up	they get cleaned out whenever you run apt-get clean tho
in nautilus i closed the 'folder explorer' on the left side by accident. how do i renable it ?	click on view in nutulus and click the button side pane
another question i think you might have the answrt to. with kde i use katapult as a quick app launcher. i understand gnome has a similar quick app launcher. what is it called?	gnome-do
where can i see opengl version?	/opt/ is usually empty
when i was installing the kde desktop it asked me to pick either gdm or kdm. what are those?	use gdm
hey any idea about mint 10 as an os?	i have all ssorts of different distri running from suse to mint and all are running fine )
hello, is it possible to change mountpoint of /tmp ? during instalation i pointed /tmp to special partition and now i need that partition for something else	edit /etc/fstab, remove the tmp line. that's it
hi! i have a question regarding the update of ubuntu. every now and then it upgrades the kernel version. however my bootup list from grub is starting to get quite full. do i really need all the old versions on my startuplist or can i delete them. in that case... how do i do it?	simple kernel remove how too: http://www.foogazi.com/2008/07/02/quickzi-how-to-remove-older-kernels-from-ubuntu/
does wine work with office 2003?	http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iversionid=3214
i'm rather unused to irc, are there shortcuts for addressing individual nicks in conversations and such?	> !tab
anyone know how i might find the code behind the 'show desktop' applet in awn?? i want to hotkey it in compiz commands	may help
aptoncd doesn't work on any of my ubuntu 9.04 desktops. is there any way to replicate the function of aptoncd without using aptoncd?	you could simply copy the debs from /var/cache/apt/archive to the other system and run: sudo dpkg -i ./*.deb
is it straightforward to make a .deb from a tar.gz?	better not , what package ?
what package do i need to install for 'make'?	build-essential
i installed mirc with wine. i runned sudo apt-get remove wine --purge. is mirc also erased now? cause that's what i want.	nope - remove ~/.wine as well
how do you add folders to the places menu?	go to da folder of your choice and click on add ookmark
stupid question - when i apt-get stuff, sometimes it asks me to insert the install cd. how can i stop this?	go to settings > repostories, and disable the cdrom repository
what's the best, simplest backup solution for ubuntu to local nas?	rsync?
anyone have any idea why `mogrify` (from imagemagick) would run sooo much slower on my g4 1.67ghz than it runs on an old x86 box? is it just the g4 processor?	probably
you can try www.shoutcast.com but i dunno if rhtymbox is compatible with those streams	so i basically add this url in rythmbox
how do i format a partition? and what is the equivalent of scandisk in ubuntu?	scandisk=checkdisk but not the same or neccessary.. your sys will self check every 30 days.
i have a gf 6200 (agp).. should i install nvidia-glx or nvidia-glx-new?	i suggest using envy, it will pick the best driver
what options are normally passed to the mount of /home? (anybody with /home in a separate partition can show me the fstab line?)	http://pastebin.ca/493098
it would probably also be nice if he could easily reinstall all the packages he has installed. i've wondered, is there an easy way to export that?	yep, sure is. just a sec...
anyone know why i get a blank screen on the install cd?	your graphics card isn't supported so well. try the safe graphics boot option.
howto display a unicode character in gedit if the the number is given i.e. u+03b5?	ctrl+shift+u 03b5
maybe someone else could help me here...: i want to burn a cdrom but im currently on the a ubuntu live-cd and i cant open the tray..	type 'eject'.
trying to 'killall' in a shell script, but sometimes there is nothing to kill and it causes the script to exit because it things there is an error. any ideas?	killall \| echo $?
are there any apps anyone can think of off the top of their head that will serve a directory of mp3s over daap?	firefly
what's the name of the program to capture screen videos?	istanbul is one
<gsommer> : which ubuntu version are you using ?	11.04 i think it was calles..
how do i set a static default gateway from the command line?	man route
the wifi in this computer was working perfectly in gentoo yesterday, but i managed to bork my gentoo install and i can't afford the time to re-build it, so i installed ubuntu... and now i've got a beautiful new system with no wi-fi. it detects the card, but the card doesn't find any wifi networks.	have you tried installing ndis-wrapper i think... haven't used wireless in awhile... it may see your card, but firmware for it may not be installed.. i believe the wrapper package will auto get the firmware and install it.. if not, you may need to get the window firmware file and install in the proper place
sup guys. does anyone use linux mint?	many people do
how do i grab the srouce packages from the repos?	apt-get source pkg

does anyone know how to copy files from windows, using a linux live cd, but preserving the windows permissions?

ntfs are biund to a unique uuid per machine, you would be unable to copy them from another system withiut removing them

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

ask ubotu about raid, if you have not yet.

and that means?

it means that if you encounter a crash, your files are more likely to be recovered.

hey guys, im installing ubuntu on a 40gb solid state drive. i really only want to install the core system and a handful of applications onto the ssd however. whats the best way to go about this (ie which directories would be a must on the ssd), thanks.

best solution is to put /home/ /var/ /usr/ and /opt/ somewhere else and the rest on your ssd

what is better to learn python or perl?

then learn perl

i'm rebuilding my kubuntu installation, what was the procedure to get the various shady video codecs etc. installed?

w32codecs

on ubuntu with apache2 installed where is it installed to? more specifically where can i find the vhosts file?

/etc/apache2/

if i remove my wine package will it also remove my program files or do they stay?

they stay

what other irc client is there other than xchat-gnome? for some reason i like more kvirc or mirc in windowsland

my pick is irssi, but that's just me

hi, would you recommend me some tool to download/upload speed of my internet connection?

i like trickle

blacksh33p: i can use either then yes?

try both out for different things - you'll get a feel for the difference

i need to know whats the different with ubuntu 32bit and 64bit. i got amd turion 64x2 in my laptop. why in the ubuntu download page 64bit in not recommended for daily desktop usage?

personally i think the 'not recommended' on the web site is a bug - and look it's already filed as one ;) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website-content/+bug/585940

in ubuntu do we have any proxy cache package and does it have any web interface?

there are tons of proxies, but why do they need web interfaces?

anyone know how to install photoshop on ubunut ... i tried using wine but i get a executable error

winehq.org forums as well.

hello dear nice guys, i need some help to set up a ssh-server (default would be sufficient for me) on my ubuntu machine (fresh installed ubuntu 10.11). i can ssh to a machine let's call it b but i can not connect back per ssh from machine b to my machine. it always tells me: 'host blubb port 22: connection timed out' where blubb is the hostname of my machine.

try ssh localhost

the way dapper uses the dns servers is very inefficient. the first two dns servers that come from my isp via the dhcp lookup are very slow compared to the 3rd. from what i can tell it takes forever to timeout to the first two and then finally gets to the third. if i delete the first two everything is fast, however it re-populates the list every few hours. is there any way to fix this behavior?

chattr +i to reverse the no edit effect

can anyone point me in the direction of a how to install firefox 2. i can't find the directions on the mozilla site anywhere. they just tell you what its going to do.

right, same steps though, just different filenames

what is a good x11 server for windows?

hummingbird or goglobal

does anyone know why the desktop version is always sending network traffic out?

you could get wireshark and find out

when i open up a program in terminal, how can i make it stay open when the term is closed?

use screen, or nohup. or disown the job

i'm trying to run: ' $find . -depth -print0 | cpio null sparse -pvd /mnt/newhome/' but i'm receiving an error message in terminal. the message is 'cpio: you must specify one of -oipt options.' any suggestions?

you have to specify what you want cpio to do, create, extract, print, etc

why would firefox and all other browsers start displaying websites improperly? it almost looks as if it's a css issue, ie: there is no page styles

as a test try making a new user. see if it affects them? (faster then reinstalling)

is there away to find out what the last program i installed on the system?

somewhere in /var/log

what was the name of the mp3 player in kde. the one with the wolf looking logo. 're-experience your music'

amarok

can i install dapper onto an ext3 hdd, without losing the existing data, as long as there is space?

you'd need to repartition the drive, first.

how do i search text file for a word?

use grep in a console.... ie: grep what_you_want_to_find filename.txt

how 'bad' is ndiswrapper?

bad morally? :-) it's functional but you have to supply your own windows driver.

hello. i'm having a problem mounting a hard drive. i'm working on a friend's computer and trying to recover his data. i boot ubuntu live from a disk and go into the command line. i try 'sudo fdisk -l' and nothing happens. i tried sfdisk as well and still nothing. when i try 'sudo cfdisk -p r' it says 'fatal error: cannot open disk drive.' any idea what the problem is?

if you're trying to recover a failed disk, start by making a bitwise copy of it with ddrescue. otherwise you might destroy what's left of the data with your recovery attempts.

how can i check what partition i got ubuntu in?

gparted will show you mount points

how do i create a new group?

adduser -m

hello, who know how to control audio-volume with the console

alsamixer

have you somebody good experience with anyone?

your last post..is a metaphysical question ;)

anybody know how to resolve this error message from doing a ./configure : 'checking for x... configure: error: can't find x includes. please check your installation and add the correct paths!'

make sure you've got the x dev package installed

how do i display a list of what i installed, i need to see the last 5 things

dpkg -l shows the installed packages... but not by install date

good evening everyone! could somebody give me little help with wlan usb-device? little brothers zonet zew2502 usb can be found on 'device manager', but i cannot locate it with 'iwconfig'. howcome?

usb wlan devices are the bane of users everywere. i recomend a pci card.

is there a bash command to grab all the pdf files in a directory and send them to the printer?

ls *.pdf | xargs lpr

installing jaunty - installer has been stuck at 82% - scanning the mirror... for over 10 minutes now. any ideas?

unplug your ethernet until it gets to next stage

can anyone tell me why sound doesnt work in firefox?

what kind of sound? media files? flash?

what is the diff between 'safely remove drive' and 'eject' ?

essentially no difference i think.

how good is ubuntu at automatically configuring for dual montiors?

it doesn't

what did you do to fix the tracker problem?

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tracker/+bug/361560

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

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

how to browse from terminal ?

how about lynx

any ideas anyone on why ubuntu fails to format a drive?

download gparted livecd

anyone know how to bring back the 'other user' option in lightdm?

in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf add: greeter-show-manual-login=true

what is the package called that let's you ./configure make & make install packages?

build-essential

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

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

any idea why compiz stopped working after i did 'dist-upgrade' and restarted?

gutsy to hardy?

can someone tell me how to see the version a repository app?

apt-cache showpkg packagename

i am going to be using the instructions here: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome.html to make a /home partition. how much space should i leave for / ?

that's probably way too much but better safe than sorry

i have a load of html files in a hierachical group of folders. i wish to convert the .html to text. i can do this for a single folder with; find . -name *.html -exec textutil -convert txt '{}' \;

maybe with a -r switch someplace in that line.. like... find -r . -name etc etc etc

please where is the localhost on my machine ?

if you've got apache et al installed, you're probably serving stuff from /var/www

can someone enlighten me? firefox displays 'if you do not currently have a java virtual machine (jvm) installed on your computer, you will need to download and install one from sun microsystems.' when i try to access site can this be installed on my kubuntu 8.10?

that should sort out the java issues with your browser

hi guys, i have a .tgz file but i cant seem to install it

tgz is an archive file, not something that gets installed

hello guys...well, when i was installing i put my winxp partition to be mount on /winxp but for sure its not been mounted..so anyone know how can i resolve this?

have you tried `sudo mount /winxp` ?

does anyone know if there's a way to connect to a cisco vpn?

^^^^

ist there a way to see if a package is installed?

apt-cache policy

my desktop has changed appearance to a default gnome look - how can this have happened or how can i get the slick ubuntu look back?

log out and choose your user, do not enter password and choose 'ubuntu' in the bar at the bottom

ok, i'll try something else. is there any ubuntu howto for installing the 8178 nvidia drivers??? maybe doing that and then doing the nvidia-xconfig will fix my problem

see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/binarydriverhowto/nvidia

how to see which disk has /dev/sda* ?

you can get some info by running 'sudo blkid' in a terminal.. or 'cat /etc/mtab'

hello do you guys know some command line video tool which would copy part of a video into new one? i'd like something like 'copyvideo --from 1:01 --to 1:35 video.avi 30secondsvideo.avi'

ffmpeg will do that

hey. pseudo-transparency doesn't work in any app. nor konsole, nor crystal (kwin theme) wants to display pseudo-transparency. if i try to enable it and i click ok, when i check back, transparency is still not on... it's annoying. i want proper pseudo-transparency. anyone?

a) proper pseudo-transparency, eh? b) how are you trying to enable it?

hi! is there a way to synchronise the system clock with the internet?

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

hello, my autocomplete does not work well with natty anymore. if i press tab with a letter for a directory it does not stop with the directoryname and a slash it completes the directoryname and a space, how can i fix it?

you installed acroreader? http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/bash-completion-devel/2011-february/003350.html

hm, how can i find out what there is the best driver for my elsa victory erazor pci graphicadapter?

you'll want the nvidia drivers

where do the packages from apt-get get downloaded to? i want to back them up

they get cleaned out whenever you run apt-get clean tho

in nautilus i closed the 'folder explorer' on the left side by accident. how do i renable it ?

click on view in nutulus and click the button side pane

another question i think you might have the answrt to. with kde i use katapult as a quick app launcher. i understand gnome has a similar quick app launcher. what is it called?

gnome-do

where can i see opengl version?

/opt/ is usually empty

when i was installing the kde desktop it asked me to pick either gdm or kdm. what are those?

use gdm

hey any idea about mint 10 as an os?

i have all ssorts of different distri running from suse to mint and all are running fine )

hello, is it possible to change mountpoint of /tmp ? during instalation i pointed /tmp to special partition and now i need that partition for something else

edit /etc/fstab, remove the tmp line. that's it

hi! i have a question regarding the update of ubuntu. every now and then it upgrades the kernel version. however my bootup list from grub is starting to get quite full. do i really need all the old versions on my startuplist or can i delete them. in that case... how do i do it?

simple kernel remove how too: http://www.foogazi.com/2008/07/02/quickzi-how-to-remove-older-kernels-from-ubuntu/

does wine work with office 2003?

http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iversionid=3214

i'm rather unused to irc, are there shortcuts for addressing individual nicks in conversations and such?

> !tab

anyone know how i might find the code behind the 'show desktop' applet in awn?? i want to hotkey it in compiz commands

may help

aptoncd doesn't work on any of my ubuntu 9.04 desktops. is there any way to replicate the function of aptoncd without using aptoncd?

you could simply copy the debs from /var/cache/apt/archive to the other system and run: sudo dpkg -i ./*.deb

is it straightforward to make a .deb from a tar.gz?

better not , what package ?

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

build-essential

i installed mirc with wine. i runned sudo apt-get remove wine --purge. is mirc also erased now? cause that's what i want.

nope - remove ~/.wine as well

how do you add folders to the places menu?

go to da folder of your choice and click on add ookmark

stupid question - when i apt-get stuff, sometimes it asks me to insert the install cd. how can i stop this?

go to settings > repostories, and disable the cdrom repository

what's the best, simplest backup solution for ubuntu to local nas?

rsync?

anyone have any idea why `mogrify` (from imagemagick) would run sooo much slower on my g4 1.67ghz than it runs on an old x86 box? is it just the g4 processor?

probably

you can try www.shoutcast.com but i dunno if rhtymbox is compatible with those streams

so i basically add this url in rythmbox

how do i format a partition? and what is the equivalent of scandisk in ubuntu?

scandisk=checkdisk but not the same or neccessary.. your sys will self check every 30 days.

i have a gf 6200 (agp).. should i install nvidia-glx or nvidia-glx-new?

i suggest using envy, it will pick the best driver

what options are normally passed to the mount of /home? (anybody with /home in a separate partition can show me the fstab line?)

http://pastebin.ca/493098

it would probably also be nice if he could easily reinstall all the packages he has installed. i've wondered, is there an easy way to export that?

yep, sure is. just a sec...

anyone know why i get a blank screen on the install cd?

your graphics card isn't supported so well. try the safe graphics boot option.

howto display a unicode character in gedit if the the number is given i.e. u+03b5?

ctrl+shift+u 03b5

maybe someone else could help me here...: i want to burn a cdrom but im currently on the a ubuntu live-cd and i cant open the tray..

type 'eject'.

trying to 'killall' in a shell script, but sometimes there is nothing to kill and it causes the script to exit because it things there is an error. any ideas?

killall | echo $?

are there any apps anyone can think of off the top of their head that will serve a directory of mp3s over daap?

firefly

what's the name of the program to capture screen videos?

istanbul is one

<gsommer> : which ubuntu version are you using ?

11.04 i think it was calles..

how do i set a static default gateway from the command line?

man route

the wifi in this computer was working perfectly in gentoo yesterday, but i managed to bork my gentoo install and i can't afford the time to re-build it, so i installed ubuntu... and now i've got a beautiful new system with no wi-fi. it detects the card, but the card doesn't find any wifi networks.

have you tried installing ndis-wrapper i think... haven't used wireless in awhile... it may see your card, but firmware for it may not be installed.. i believe the wrapper package will auto get the firmware and install it.. if not, you may need to get the window firmware file and install in the proper place

sup guys. does anyone use linux mint?

many people do

how do i grab the srouce packages from the repos?

apt-get source pkg