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am i missing java here ? exec: 26: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java: not found ? if yes what is the package i have to download ?	sun-java-6
when does ubuntu jaunty support last?	~ 6 months from now.
can anybody name me a binary file editor?	and there are some 'hex' editors in the repos
but ubuntu doesnt come with a root account,. right?	ubuntu comes with sudo
anyone else problem with audio clipping related to pulseaudio?	what makes you think it's related to pulseaudio?
uhmm.. i've found ubuntuguide.org, and i issue a 'sudo apt-get install sun-j2rel-5' but it simply complains with 'e: couldn't find package sun-j2rel.5' what are my options ?	don't use ubuntuguide. it's old and unsafe
what is the best way to clone my harddrive? so i can put it in to another pc?	partimage would be one way, you'll need room to store the copy though...
is there an easy way to get xorg 7.1 install on 6.06? i'm hoping it will fix my ati driver issue here... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=189651	what is your card name
is there a good scp gui for ubuntu... like winscp?	gftp - awesome
quick question: adobe flash swf player, swfdec swf player, or gnash swf player?	flash is evil, adobe flash player issues are the best documented (https://support.mozilla.com/en-us/kb/managing+the+flash+plugin )
guys, i am looking for a cd/dvd burning application in gnome. can someone tell me some of the best applications for that.	gnomebaker
hi guys ! i have a problem. i'm installing a lamp (linux/apache/mysql/php), but when i go to firefox and try to execute my test script, an error message 'call to undefined function mysql_connect() appears', what configuration file do i need to touch ?	try: # apt-get install apache2 php5 php5-mysql mysql-client mysql-server mysql-admin phpmyadmin
what is the command on cli to list so to check if file is 'ln' or not file ? thx	ls -la
isn't 11.10 alpha 2 coming out today?	alpha 2 july 7th https://wiki.ubuntu.com/oneiricreleaseschedule
please, help: i was trying to recover the windows mbr through ubuntu with ms-sys --mbr /dev/sda1 instead of /dev/sda, and now my windows partition is unbootable...	not so bad, it could be worse, k so what you did was enter some mumbel jumbel insto the boot loader, now try doing the same thing you did using hd0 instead
hi all! does anyone know a good download manager that doesn't trash the partial file in case connection fails?	the firefox extension 'downthemall'
i've a problem with jaunty 64b, pulse audio and flash, i don't found how to get sound with flash	http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=843012 start here
is anyone able to make me an xorg.conf?	i had to buy a nvidia card because tv out with my radeon 9600 wouldnt work in jaunty with the open source drivers
anyone know how to get teamspeak2 client working under ubuntu edgy eft?	the forums (ubuntuforums.org) have some walkthroughs
ok. so about virtualbox, i've been trying that too :) is there a known problem with fullscreen mode? whenever i turn on fullscreen mode, my windows don't seem to have proper focus and my keyboard doesn't seem to send characters to the terminals/apps.	you can also play 'musical hard drives' if your bios supports it. just change the boot order in the bios every time you want to swtich os's...
anyone know how to add the gnome menu to avant window navigator?	right-click on the channel tab 'hide join/part messages'
what is nohup for?	it prevents the launched program from terminating when you log out
how do i force close a application that is not working	there's also a panel applet you can add
hi, does anyone know how to increase my refresh rate i'm using kde and xgl on nvidia graphics card?	where screen resoltuion option is there
what is the current state of intel graphics drivers for linux (free/proprietary)?	xserver-xorg-video-intel and libva-driver-i965 for accelleration. for precise it is i965-va-driver
how do i get partitions mounted when the system boots up?	add to your /etc/fstab
hey there, does anybody know an easy way to flip the video from a dvd from left to right?	use vlc
hey all, anyone know if it's possible to turn thunderbird into a system tray icon?	there might be an addon
blender's interface takes a lot of getting used to (but i hear that it is very powerful when you master it, which i haven't yet)	yes, it's insane at first, but insanely awesome if you keep at it ;)
so whats the coolest irc client for ubuntu	xchat
hi all, how can i find out my mac adress on ubuntu?	it's called hwaddr in the output
how do i delete the first line of a csv file in the command line?	sed '1d' data.file > mynewdata.file
does installing the ssh package include sshd? where should this daemon be?	install openssh-server
after i log onto my computer there is a screen that is brown and says ubuntu, nautilus loads, other apps load and i want to what thtat screen is called so i can change the shit brown window ... anyone help?	you're looking for the splash screen
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
cevan ... yeah im using 9.04 now but the auto upgrade from 8.10 did something evil to the drivers for ati and no amount on reinstalling the drivers seemed to help ... had something to do with the conf file and the way the new kernel used the drivers	sounds like you might have one of those ati cards that ati excluded from the new drivers that are needed with the new xorg7
i put the updatedb command into a cronjob. was this necessary or does ubuntu run updatedb on its own?	correction... not a symlink... an actual script!
hi, any hint about the best way to sesize partitions (ext3)?	remember that you want to unmount the partition before resizing.. if it is your / then might be easier to use livecd or remount ro maybe
hi! fellow ubuntuers! what is the best tool for managing bootup scrits and runlevels in ubuntu? i have tried rcconf, but it has trouble with some of the startupscripts in breezy...	you can try webmin for that
how do i list processes in terminal	ps -aux
how do you compile multiple .cc and a .h files together?	gcc name.c name.c name.c
howdy, all the default fonts in ubuntu blow. anyone know any good font packages/	msttcorefonts
when is the next release of ubuntu live cd? please	10.10 refers to the date... oct of 2010
hello. my system freezes for around 10-20 seconds at the start of bootup. does anyone know why? it dramatically increases my boot time. i have an nforce 430 motherboard.	check /var/log/messages and 'dmesg' around the freeze
i was upgrading to kernel 2.6.17-11 , but the electricity down while unpacking , now i'm unable to use this new kernel. what should i do	'sudo apt-get install -reinstall linux-image-2.6.17-11-generic' i think
how can i reach the gnome menu without a mouse? (so some keyboard shortcuts, or something)	alt-f2 is run dialog too
when i share a folder via samba by right clicking the folder, goign to properties, and share tab. where is that information stored? it's not in /etc/samba/smb.conf	looks like its using the 'net usershare' command to add the share, try checking out the man page for that to get some hint
is there an open-source 'quicken-like' program?	gnucash, kmymoney2
in firefox, is there any way to move a tab from one window to another, or open a tab in a new window? other than copy/paste the url	tried to drag and drop the tab from one firefox window to another? :)
what does the command #!/bin/sh ?	5900, i think
no printer gurus out here?	i hate the damn things
is there something in bash similar to windows' ipconfig?	ifconfig
how can i uncompress .tar.gz file in terminal ?	tar xvf filename.tar.gz
how do i run ./autogen.sh?	to execute a shell script, 'chmod +x filename.sh && ./filename.sh'
how do i watch all opened sockets with processes that own them?	there are also some top-like apps, but i haven't used any of them recentnly.
is there a big difference between ubuntu and xubuntu?	xubuntu uses xfce instead of gnome, its more for low power machines, or people that don't want gnome
hi, can someone please tell me how to open .deb file under terminal ?	'open' deb file? install with dpkg -i name.deb
to execute a .bin with spaces in its name, is it './name of bin'?	yes, but you may have to type 'chmod 755 whatever.bin' first
is there a way for apt-get to install older versions of applications?	in the synaptic preferances you tell it to use older versions
anyone know what server(s) will have dapper first?	just check it by hand, scripts will just load the servers un-necessarily
can anyone give me a reason not to shoot myself in the head right now?	this channel is for ubuntu support only
anyone know how to configure 10.04 to wake on lan from suspend? wake on lan works when the system is powered off.	the os has nothing to do with wol
hey guys, i'm trying to walk my dad through opening up a terminal prompt so i can run ifconfig to see why he has no net connection..	applications -> terminal
is there any soft for driver finding ? ??	system administration hardware drivers
hello? i need envelope printing	refer to http://ubuntuliving.blogspot.com/2008/06/printing-envelopes.html
how do i install software	with synaptics or add/remove software in the application menu
with all the improvements made in hardware, faster cars, faster computers, faster cellphones... you'd think they'd find a way to make a pot of coffee in less than 6 minutes.	it's called a kuereg brewer.
anyone know how to turn off opening things with a single click...its driving me crazy and i want to go back to doubleclicking	open a file browser, go to edit\|preferences \| behavious, and change double to single
can ne one help me? when trying to put desktop effects on it says 'the composite extension is not available' how can i fix that	have you installed the restricted hardware drivers for your card?
what repository is skype located in?	www.skype.com and they have their own repo
how many cd's does the 7.10 release use? is there a way to download all the iso's for a complete 7.10 release so that a network is not needed?	but be aware, a lot of packages have been updated, you'll still need a net to be up to date
do i need the 64bit version of ubuntu in order to see all 8gb of ram in my machine?	with 32 bits only 2^32 = 4 gb are adressable. so yes
is there a way to monitor what's being loaded on boot-up without having to hit a key combination? i'm running ubuntu 9.04	in /boot/grub/menu.lst, remove quiet from the kernel options
\whois nalioth	look in the tab called 'ubuntu servers' there is the whois
i've set up a lamp server. how do i connect my windows box to a hostname in stead of an ip-address?	you need a dns server for that
hi. i just built a computer with 1 gig of ram, but the bios and ubuntu report only 883 megabytes. does anyone know what might have gone wrong?	do you have a onboard video card? it could be sharing your system memory.
what is the difference between ubuntu live cd and alternative cd?	the alternative is the debian installer
hello all, i'm trying to run 'sudo apt-get install ndisgtk' but a message: please insert the disc labeled please insert the disc labeled please insert the disc labeled... so, what can i do to resolve it?	gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list and put a # in front of line which is for the cdrom installation disc. save and then try install again normally
hi, when someone responds with a '!something', what does that mean?	http://www.gnome.org/learn/ if you want to edit stuff, just right click on the ubuntu icon and 'edit menu'
can i get some help with my webcam ?	does it work in cheese? that's all the help i got - best of luck.
does anybody know how stable breezy is?	i'll give you that ;) i do use php :)
if i have some iptables rules i want to take effect every time i boot, where's the 'ubuntu standard' place to store them ?	place the script in /etc/init.d/
hi, in 9.10, is there a system usage monitor for the system-tray area?	system monitor applet
how can i kill the network manager process?	ps -faux \| grep network , find pid, kill them
hi guys. i've been getting 'perl: warning: setting locale failed.' messages on jaunty. googling didnt help, cant seem to fix the problem. any suggestions, please? btw, this started when i tried to install some packages from the karmic repos.	give 'sudo locale-gen en_us en_us.utf-8' a shot, see if that helps :)
so .... does anyone know anything about this ?	see if this if of some help http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1460394
i can't disable gdm using 'update-rc.d -f gdm remove' in ubuntu 11 why is it so?	sudo service gdm stop.
should i install mplayer-386 or mplayer-586 if my system is 685?	m586
is there a way to make the unity sidebar not show up every single time i drag something in firefox?	you are gonna have to wait for 11.10 for those features
problem : i got ubuntu 8.10 (fully updated) installed on my machine, when i reboot, i have to login at the machine to get wlan. this is no problem if im at the machine, but if im not there and i reboot it over ssh or if there is a power failure and someone has to start it for me, then i won't be able to ssh to the machine again, because i have to login first before getting wlan, which gives inet. so i'm looking for a solution that will gi	try wicd
hello i'd like to know how to make the mouse left click every 3 minutes? can i do it easily?	you can use xvkbd or xmacro (packaged), or you can find a simple c program called 'click' that is floating around somewhere
where in gnome can i manage my desktop/workplace?	you can just drag and drop icons
can anyone give me the name of the package for ati radeon drivers ?	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/binarydriverhowto/ati
quick question: is there a standard ubuntu cli way of altering what services run at the different runlevels? i.e. fedora uses chkconfig.	sysv-rc-conf
so everything to alsa?	thats what i did... all fo my apps are set to alsa, and i have all preferences set to alsa in my system sound prefs.
is there a guide for setting up bridged networking using virt-manager? i have virt-install working already, but virt-manager won't let me use the bridge	that's probably the biggest advantage virtualbox has over kvm right now - bridge networking is just a click away in vbox -- and a big pain under kvm. i did it a couple years ago - don't remember the steps at all sorry
is there a command that can give me the pid of the process of a certain program, for example lets say id want to find out the pid of pidgin, how would i do it?	sorry pgrep pidgin
hi, whats the application that shows popups in the upper right corner?	notify-osd
how to create a custom repository on dvds using a bunch of debs?	i think there is info about that on debian.org
does ubuntu 10.04 tls desktop still contain hald ? i had run 10.04 lts server, and hald was not present, i was amazed how fast it loaded. my desktop version does not load much faster than my previous build.	yes still it has it:

am i missing java here ? exec: 26: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java: not found ? if yes what is the package i have to download ?

sun-java-6

when does ubuntu jaunty support last?

~ 6 months from now.

can anybody name me a binary file editor?

and there are some 'hex' editors in the repos

but ubuntu doesnt come with a root account,. right?

ubuntu comes with sudo

anyone else problem with audio clipping related to pulseaudio?

what makes you think it's related to pulseaudio?

uhmm.. i've found ubuntuguide.org, and i issue a 'sudo apt-get install sun-j2rel-5' but it simply complains with 'e: couldn't find package sun-j2rel.5' what are my options ?

don't use ubuntuguide. it's old and unsafe

what is the best way to clone my harddrive? so i can put it in to another pc?

partimage would be one way, you'll need room to store the copy though...

is there an easy way to get xorg 7.1 install on 6.06? i'm hoping it will fix my ati driver issue here... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=189651

what is your card name

is there a good scp gui for ubuntu... like winscp?

gftp - awesome

quick question: adobe flash swf player, swfdec swf player, or gnash swf player?

flash is evil, adobe flash player issues are the best documented (https://support.mozilla.com/en-us/kb/managing+the+flash+plugin )

guys, i am looking for a cd/dvd burning application in gnome. can someone tell me some of the best applications for that.

gnomebaker

hi guys ! i have a problem. i'm installing a lamp (linux/apache/mysql/php), but when i go to firefox and try to execute my test script, an error message 'call to undefined function mysql_connect() appears', what configuration file do i need to touch ?

try: # apt-get install apache2 php5 php5-mysql mysql-client mysql-server mysql-admin phpmyadmin

what is the command on cli to list so to check if file is 'ln' or not file ? thx

ls -la

isn't 11.10 alpha 2 coming out today?

alpha 2 july 7th https://wiki.ubuntu.com/oneiricreleaseschedule

please, help: i was trying to recover the windows mbr through ubuntu with ms-sys --mbr /dev/sda1 instead of /dev/sda, and now my windows partition is unbootable...

not so bad, it could be worse, k so what you did was enter some mumbel jumbel insto the boot loader, now try doing the same thing you did using hd0 instead

hi all! does anyone know a good download manager that doesn't trash the partial file in case connection fails?

the firefox extension 'downthemall'

i've a problem with jaunty 64b, pulse audio and flash, i don't found how to get sound with flash

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=843012 start here

is anyone able to make me an xorg.conf?

i had to buy a nvidia card because tv out with my radeon 9600 wouldnt work in jaunty with the open source drivers

anyone know how to get teamspeak2 client working under ubuntu edgy eft?

the forums (ubuntuforums.org) have some walkthroughs

ok. so about virtualbox, i've been trying that too :) is there a known problem with fullscreen mode? whenever i turn on fullscreen mode, my windows don't seem to have proper focus and my keyboard doesn't seem to send characters to the terminals/apps.

you can also play 'musical hard drives' if your bios supports it. just change the boot order in the bios every time you want to swtich os's...

anyone know how to add the gnome menu to avant window navigator?

right-click on the channel tab 'hide join/part messages'

what is nohup for?

it prevents the launched program from terminating when you log out

how do i force close a application that is not working

there's also a panel applet you can add

hi, does anyone know how to increase my refresh rate i'm using kde and xgl on nvidia graphics card?

where screen resoltuion option is there

what is the current state of intel graphics drivers for linux (free/proprietary)?

xserver-xorg-video-intel and libva-driver-i965 for accelleration. for precise it is i965-va-driver

how do i get partitions mounted when the system boots up?

add to your /etc/fstab

hey there, does anybody know an easy way to flip the video from a dvd from left to right?

use vlc

hey all, anyone know if it's possible to turn thunderbird into a system tray icon?

there might be an addon

blender's interface takes a lot of getting used to (but i hear that it is very powerful when you master it, which i haven't yet)

yes, it's insane at first, but insanely awesome if you keep at it ;)

so whats the coolest irc client for ubuntu

xchat

hi all, how can i find out my mac adress on ubuntu?

it's called hwaddr in the output

how do i delete the first line of a csv file in the command line?

sed '1d' data.file > mynewdata.file

does installing the ssh package include sshd? where should this daemon be?

install openssh-server

after i log onto my computer there is a screen that is brown and says ubuntu, nautilus loads, other apps load and i want to what thtat screen is called so i can change the shit brown window ... anyone help?

you're looking for the splash screen

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

cevan ... yeah im using 9.04 now but the auto upgrade from 8.10 did something evil to the drivers for ati and no amount on reinstalling the drivers seemed to help ... had something to do with the conf file and the way the new kernel used the drivers

sounds like you might have one of those ati cards that ati excluded from the new drivers that are needed with the new xorg7

i put the updatedb command into a cronjob. was this necessary or does ubuntu run updatedb on its own?

correction... not a symlink... an actual script!

hi, any hint about the best way to sesize partitions (ext3)?

remember that you want to unmount the partition before resizing.. if it is your / then might be easier to use livecd or remount ro maybe

hi! fellow ubuntuers! what is the best tool for managing bootup scrits and runlevels in ubuntu? i have tried rcconf, but it has trouble with some of the startupscripts in breezy...

you can try webmin for that

how do i list processes in terminal

ps -aux

how do you compile multiple .cc and a .h files together?

gcc name.c name.c name.c

howdy, all the default fonts in ubuntu blow. anyone know any good font packages/

msttcorefonts

when is the next release of ubuntu live cd? please

10.10 refers to the date... oct of 2010

hello. my system freezes for around 10-20 seconds at the start of bootup. does anyone know why? it dramatically increases my boot time. i have an nforce 430 motherboard.

check /var/log/messages and 'dmesg' around the freeze

i was upgrading to kernel 2.6.17-11 , but the electricity down while unpacking , now i'm unable to use this new kernel. what should i do

'sudo apt-get install -reinstall linux-image-2.6.17-11-generic' i think

how can i reach the gnome menu without a mouse? (so some keyboard shortcuts, or something)

alt-f2 is run dialog too

when i share a folder via samba by right clicking the folder, goign to properties, and share tab. where is that information stored? it's not in /etc/samba/smb.conf

looks like its using the 'net usershare' command to add the share, try checking out the man page for that to get some hint

is there an open-source 'quicken-like' program?

gnucash, kmymoney2

in firefox, is there any way to move a tab from one window to another, or open a tab in a new window? other than copy/paste the url

tried to drag and drop the tab from one firefox window to another? :)

what does the command #!/bin/sh ?

5900, i think

no printer gurus out here?

i hate the damn things

is there something in bash similar to windows' ipconfig?

ifconfig

how can i uncompress .tar.gz file in terminal ?

tar xvf filename.tar.gz

how do i run ./autogen.sh?

to execute a shell script, 'chmod +x filename.sh && ./filename.sh'

how do i watch all opened sockets with processes that own them?

there are also some top-like apps, but i haven't used any of them recentnly.

is there a big difference between ubuntu and xubuntu?

xubuntu uses xfce instead of gnome, its more for low power machines, or people that don't want gnome

hi, can someone please tell me how to open .deb file under terminal ?

'open' deb file? install with dpkg -i name.deb

to execute a .bin with spaces in its name, is it './name of bin'?

yes, but you may have to type 'chmod 755 whatever.bin' first

is there a way for apt-get to install older versions of applications?

in the synaptic preferances you tell it to use older versions

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

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

can anyone give me a reason not to shoot myself in the head right now?

this channel is for ubuntu support only

anyone know how to configure 10.04 to wake on lan from suspend? wake on lan works when the system is powered off.

the os has nothing to do with wol

hey guys, i'm trying to walk my dad through opening up a terminal prompt so i can run ifconfig to see why he has no net connection..

applications -> terminal

is there any soft for driver finding ? ??

system administration hardware drivers

hello? i need envelope printing

refer to http://ubuntuliving.blogspot.com/2008/06/printing-envelopes.html

how do i install software

with synaptics or add/remove software in the application menu

with all the improvements made in hardware, faster cars, faster computers, faster cellphones... you'd think they'd find a way to make a pot of coffee in less than 6 minutes.

it's called a kuereg brewer.

anyone know how to turn off opening things with a single click...its driving me crazy and i want to go back to doubleclicking

open a file browser, go to edit|preferences | behavious, and change double to single

can ne one help me? when trying to put desktop effects on it says 'the composite extension is not available' how can i fix that

have you installed the restricted hardware drivers for your card?

what repository is skype located in?

www.skype.com and they have their own repo

how many cd's does the 7.10 release use? is there a way to download all the iso's for a complete 7.10 release so that a network is not needed?

but be aware, a lot of packages have been updated, you'll still need a net to be up to date

do i need the 64bit version of ubuntu in order to see all 8gb of ram in my machine?

with 32 bits only 2^32 = 4 gb are adressable. so yes

is there a way to monitor what's being loaded on boot-up without having to hit a key combination? i'm running ubuntu 9.04

in /boot/grub/menu.lst, remove quiet from the kernel options

\whois nalioth

look in the tab called 'ubuntu servers' there is the whois

i've set up a lamp server. how do i connect my windows box to a hostname in stead of an ip-address?

you need a dns server for that

hi. i just built a computer with 1 gig of ram, but the bios and ubuntu report only 883 megabytes. does anyone know what might have gone wrong?

do you have a onboard video card? it could be sharing your system memory.

what is the difference between ubuntu live cd and alternative cd?

the alternative is the debian installer

hello all, i'm trying to run 'sudo apt-get install ndisgtk' but a message: please insert the disc labeled please insert the disc labeled please insert the disc labeled... so, what can i do to resolve it?

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list and put a # in front of line which is for the cdrom installation disc. save and then try install again normally

hi, when someone responds with a '!something', what does that mean?

http://www.gnome.org/learn/ if you want to edit stuff, just right click on the ubuntu icon and 'edit menu'

can i get some help with my webcam ?

does it work in cheese? that's all the help i got - best of luck.

does anybody know how stable breezy is?

i'll give you that ;) i do use php :)

if i have some iptables rules i want to take effect every time i boot, where's the 'ubuntu standard' place to store them ?

place the script in /etc/init.d/

hi, in 9.10, is there a system usage monitor for the system-tray area?

system monitor applet

how can i kill the network manager process?

ps -faux | grep network , find pid, kill them

hi guys. i've been getting 'perl: warning: setting locale failed.' messages on jaunty. googling didnt help, cant seem to fix the problem. any suggestions, please? btw, this started when i tried to install some packages from the karmic repos.

give 'sudo locale-gen en_us en_us.utf-8' a shot, see if that helps :)

so .... does anyone know anything about this ?

see if this if of some help http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1460394

i can't disable gdm using 'update-rc.d -f gdm remove' in ubuntu 11 why is it so?

sudo service gdm stop.

should i install mplayer-386 or mplayer-586 if my system is 685?

m586

is there a way to make the unity sidebar not show up every single time i drag something in firefox?

you are gonna have to wait for 11.10 for those features

problem : i got ubuntu 8.10 (fully updated) installed on my machine, when i reboot, i have to login at the machine to get wlan. this is no problem if im at the machine, but if im not there and i reboot it over ssh or if there is a power failure and someone has to start it for me, then i won't be able to ssh to the machine again, because i have to login first before getting wlan, which gives inet. so i'm looking for a solution that will gi

try wicd

hello i'd like to know how to make the mouse left click every 3 minutes? can i do it easily?

you can use xvkbd or xmacro (packaged), or you can find a simple c program called 'click' that is floating around somewhere

where in gnome can i manage my desktop/workplace?

you can just drag and drop icons

can anyone give me the name of the package for ati radeon drivers ?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/binarydriverhowto/ati

quick question: is there a standard ubuntu cli way of altering what services run at the different runlevels? i.e. fedora uses chkconfig.

sysv-rc-conf

so everything to alsa?

thats what i did... all fo my apps are set to alsa, and i have all preferences set to alsa in my system sound prefs.

is there a guide for setting up bridged networking using virt-manager? i have virt-install working already, but virt-manager won't let me use the bridge

that's probably the biggest advantage virtualbox has over kvm right now - bridge networking is just a click away in vbox -- and a big pain under kvm. i did it a couple years ago - don't remember the steps at all sorry

is there a command that can give me the pid of the process of a certain program, for example lets say id want to find out the pid of pidgin, how would i do it?

sorry pgrep pidgin

hi, whats the application that shows popups in the upper right corner?

notify-osd

how to create a custom repository on dvds using a bunch of debs?

i think there is info about that on debian.org

does ubuntu 10.04 tls desktop still contain hald ? i had run 10.04 lts server, and hald was not present, i was amazed how fast it loaded. my desktop version does not load much faster than my previous build.

yes still it has it: