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: just be aware than when you assign = you must have no spaces :-)	right, it will see a seperate argument
come on people! there must be a way to tell ubuntu to retry the upgrade?	'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade'?
i want to apache to serve files from some place other than /var/www - need i create a symbolic link?	but leaving it alone and putting some symlinks in that dir works just fine too
if i want to create a package from a darcs repository and put it in a ppa, will the ppa handle the darcs updates, or do i have to do that manually and upload new sources to the ppa every now and then?	the maintainer is responsible for it
what is the default font to applications in ubuntu??	sans
anyone know and of those macosx style tool bars for linux? osnews.com did an article comparing 4 a whie back but can't find the article	avant window navagator is one: http://awn.wetpaint.com/ theyve got ubuntu repositories too
interesting.... i thought ubuntu was at 10.10... i upgraded from 10.04 and it put me at 11.04 -- natty narwhal. err... is this right?	run 'lsb_release -a' to be sure.
i have a pdf with incredibly terrible, grainy fonts, yet when i select text in evince, i can see decent fonts (example: http://imagebin.org/88261). is there a way to make evince simply render the whole thing in decent fonts instead of having to manually select the text? (or is there maybe a better pdf reader out there?)	you could install the adobe reader
whats a good known dock program?	but chances are, it won't be easy :)
running karmic on a tablet pc. screen is 1024x600, but xorg is driving it at 800x600. how to fix?	driver doesnt support that res.
hello , how to install mp3 codec in ubuntu ?	sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
i lost my root's password. how to find it :(	you can't retrieve it... do 'sudo passwd root' and re-set it.
got a recommendation between using ubuntu-restricted versus medibuntu?	not a choice between them, restricted has tons of stuff medibuntu does not
hi, anyone know how to take screenshot during installation of ubuntu distro ? thanks	alt+f2, gnome-screenshot
hey can someone tell me how to install a .jar	java blabla.jar
can someone please tell, is there any application in the ubuntu which uses the phonet protocol?	never heard of that.. wtf is that?
i'm trying to install ubuntu on a toshiba portege - external cd drive. boot from cd, opt to install, find myself at a command prompt (busybox, ash). is this a known problem?	to get live cd to run this often helps..at start or install press f6 and remove quiet and splash from the command line. if it still fails.. repeat and after removing quiet and splash add noapic acpi=off before the '--'
how can i merge my 'applications', 'places' and 'system' menu's into one menu that drops down when i click the ubuntu logo?	there's main menu, which is one icon, and menu bar, which is [img]applications places system
does anyone know if virtual box offers anything similar to the full screen or quick switch modes like what vmware has. also is there any way to make it so that i dont have to release my courser every time i want to move from my vm to my host? similar to the vmwaretools in vmware?	yes, get that
how i do to change emerald to metacity?	try in terminal metacity --replace
anyone give any advice on the ntfs-3g driver? is it stable enough to use it to mount my home directories with something fstab like /dev/sda1 /home/ ntfs-3g defaults 0 0 ?	i doubt if you find a work around for that. its just because the 2 filesstems are so different
or do you know a simple network ports scanner?	gnome-nettool knows how to scan for open ports..
whats the primary group for users with administrative rights? admin, adm, lpadmin?	i think its admin
does anybody have any recommendations of tracking downloads and uploads over a month?	vnstat is nice.
hey does anyone know of an rss reader for the gnome panel?	check yassr
is there any disadvantage to apt-get?	it doesn't handle dependencies when uninstalling as well as aptitude.
i have installed sun java6 jre. i want it to be default. what command was it i had to run to be able to choose with java i want to use?	sudo update-alternatives --config j.....ava? jre?
so, what program should i use to play dvd on ubuntu?	xine is nice
how can i change alsa not to have separate sounds for master and headphones?	i had that exact problem, and i can help you, but i'd prefer a pm
how can i make ubuntu start in text/command line mode only at each system start (i think it's called runlevel 2)?	ubuntu (like debian) doesn't use runlevels (they're all the same), what you'll want to do is stop gdm from starting at boot.
hmm, if to .deb files has dependence of each other how the hell do i install them?	if you use the gdebi installer it will take care of the dependencies for you
how do i disable rhythymbox from opening automatically when i plug the ipod in	removable drives and media
does ubuntu come with the verdana font pre-installed?	maybe msttcorefonts (multiverse repo)
how do i automatically have a command execute on startup?	add it to /etc/rc.local (will run as root)
nobody here are ibm thinkpad users?	yes. usually ctrl-alt-backspace will do it
is there a way to make gaim open links in my firefox 1.5 beta 2 instead of the normal firefox 1.0.7?	system -> preferences -> preferred applications
one question though: what are those things called that allow you to click on it and go to another folder? (equivelant of a windows shortcut) like symbols or something?	symbolic links
i need some serious help with bluetooth keyboard setup. i've tried all the ubuntu documentation on the net, and nothing is working. can anyone help?	common problem. solution is : use a cable
which ubuntu version should i use for a laptop... ?	the latest stable version, 7.04 'feisty fawn'
i tried to install java6.0-doc in synaptic. now, this required me to be in root during installation. changed my mind, don't want to install it anymore etc. so i choose abort in the option it gives me. however, whenever i install something in synaptic now, it brings up the sun java install as well. how do i stop synaptic from doing this each time? it is a great annoyance.	just select the package for removal then.
hi all, i've just get my upgrade to 11.04 and the desktop switcher in the panel is showing only 1 workspace.. have you ever experience that? is it because of new compiz?	just add another workspace...
anyone successfully using tor/privoxy in ubuntu hardy?	i have. i just followed the !tor factoid
how can i get x to reload .xdefaults without logging out and back in?	xrdb -merge ~/.xdefaults
hey all- xorg seems to have forgotten my resolution settings- what's the reconfig command?	sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
which gcc is being used in edgy?	gcc version 4.1.2 20060928 (prerelease) (ubuntu 4.1.1-13ubuntu5)
hello everyone, i just upgraded and am stuck because gnome doesn't show the bar on top correctly http://i.imgur.com/pebjc.png	thers only one fix that i know of, reinstall, and dont upgrade always do a full install
i cannot find grub's menu.lst in nutty narwhal: need to modify kernel command line. any pointers how i can set the kernel command line in nutty?	you can add items to the kernel command line in /etc/default/grub grub_cmdline_linux_default, and then running sudo update-grub; natty uses grub2 which has no menu.lst
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
what is a troll?	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/internet_troll
is there some way to find out my processors architecture?	cat /proc/cpuinfo
damn, gnome2 cannot be installed at all anymore ? :[	there's mate, but it's in the mint repo's, try it in test environment, first, it works, i tried it
hello, how can i copy multiple files from a folder to another without chaginf the properties such as last date modified ans stuff like that	i think the -a switch is the one you're looking for.
how do you change your workspaces in 12.04?	ccsm
does anyone know when/if pidgin will be added to the official repos?	nope. i did it on my laptop and it worked just fine.
how can i see what service is running on a certain port?	netstat -tpan \|grep :port_number
question: running 'wget -c http://www.debian-multimedia.org/pool/main/w/w32codecs/w32codecs_20060611-0.0_i386.deb' downloads debian.org's index.html file instead of w32codecs... any way to correct this?	check the link - that should work
anyone got a decent tutorial on selecting the proper kernel for your machine? i'm on an athlon xp but running linux-image-386 for some reason?	the old one will be left alone...so you can choose at boot
hi can i know what the md5 hash for ubuntu-11.10-desktop-amd64.iso, it still not list in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntuhashes	see http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/cds/11.10/md5sums
i know it's a bad to repeat messasges, but i want to cleanly disconnect my ssh session. i'm on my cli laptop, and have an ssh session into screen on my server at home. how do i close the ssh session without closing the screen session? should i just kill the ssh process on the laptop?	capital ds
is there a way in nautilus to make a directory on top on all others? in windows i just named it !name, but it doesn't work here	does 1name work?
was i universal or univers or else what was it i needed to get in the apt-source list?	see ubuntuguide.org
something akin to 'yum provides xxx.h' is what i'm looking for	usage: iniitially you must 'sudo apt-file update', then just do 'apt-file search name_of_file_i_looking_for'
what's the command used to compile a piece of software as a debian package? not make-kpkg...	checkinstall
so after a day i converted from the buggy ext4 to ext3... but it wont boot up because the uuid of the parttion is wrong so i overrode the grub boot with root=/dev/sda7 and it works, but how can i have grub update the uuid so i dont have to modify the root at boot?	sudo blkid will give you the uuid.. just manually enter them
help! ubuntu gdm is zoomed in and i dont know what to do!	hold the 'super' key (the one with windows logo, usually) and use your mouse wheel.
how do i rar enable fille-roller?	sudo apt-get install unrar
is there a gui which i can configure samba through? i remember having one under fc but i can't find one in ubuntu	system>admin>shared folders ?
how can i get the kernel sources for ubuntu? (universe is on)	apt-cache searc linux-source
hello, can someone please recommend me on good server adminstration panel for ubuntu? so i can manage all my domains, bandwidth etc...	webmin
should i maybe delete that file?	i have a bit of experience with your type of problem. how painful would it be for you to boot from edgy live, backup your data and do a fresh install? ime this can be done in under an hour, saving you net time in many instances.
in the ubuntu cli, is there a way to view all files on the system by size, sorted by largest, or view all files larger than, say, 50mb, in an easy to read format and/or text file output?	man find
is there support for unraring files or do i have to install some package?	apy-get install unrar
are there commands to disable/enable and/or prioritize network interfaces? i.e. eth1 and wlan0	disable/enable? 'ip link set face up' (replace face with eth1, wlan0, etc). i'm sure there's some way to prioritize, but that's beyond me
hi, i have 2 lucid lynx boxes that seem to hang at fsck during startup - is there any way i can disable it/ find out what is wrong with it?	do you edit the grub boot command and remove the 'quiet' from it? or try booting in 'single' (or recovery? can't remember what it's called)
how do i keep xscreensaver from locking my screen everytime i shut my laptop?	it is an option of the screensaver. probably alterable in system>prefs>screensaver.
any ideas on how i can filter all other lines except #22 (for example) in a oneliner?	pipe to head, then grep
hi, im dual booting with windows and windows is at the bottom in grub.. how do i make windows as default start?	sudo vim /boot/grub/menu.lst
i should check but is 10.04.3 not supported anymore with it's repo's?	10.04 is lts, supported until sometime in 2013
hey! if i have win7 and ubuntu dual-boot, can i access my win7 stuff when on ubuntu? how? e.g., can you give me an absolute path i can copy&paste which will let me access my c: drive?	mount /dev/to/disk /path/to/mountpoint
need to ask! i have windows7 and ubuntu 32-bit... i download ubuntu 64-bit coz my processor work on 64-bit, if i install ubuntu 64-bit, does the boot loader remove the windows 7 loader?	it should be done automatically.
hey everyone. what package contains dhclient?	sorry.
any reason you just didn't use one of the chopped down distros of debian?	no specific reason. i just had ubuntu at hand and decided to get something working.!
look at what i wrote	i see, though i don't see the point of it. the point of /proc/version is to report the kernel version....
what is the advantage to using kubuntu over ubuntu?	kubuntu is kde, ubuntu gnome
what's the command to see if i have a packaged installed or not?	aptitude show {package name}
hi guys, could you help me with this regular expression/command ls \| grep *\.h$ ? i'd like listed all the files with .h extension.	ls \| grep -e '*\.h$'
hi folks, i have a fresh installation of 10.4 and no longer have a terminal beep, i.e. when autocomplete fails to find a unique match or when i get an email in tbird.	i would assume you would have to pop some code in to the blacklist files
hi everyone. is there a channel for ubuntu on ps3?	its an unofficial distro
hey, everyone. i need to repair old ubuntu server. i think it's breezy badger, it has very old kernel, and apt-get ins't working, what should i do?	back up everything. you're pretty way behind for a server.
i have a new interesting problem! yesterday i added the cpu scaling applet to the gnome taskbar - and it worked, it scaled according to demand and everything - but when i boot up today it says 'cpu scaling is not suppoorted' and sticks to 100%	see what 'sudo /etc/init.d/powernowd restart' does
how is it hmm?	in 9.04, because they don't have a proper kernel for it, and so people can for example get a lockup issue when deleting big files, and so on
i have a dilemma where i need a name for my program	what kinda ?
how to identify which video card is installed in my pcd	lspci \| grep vga
hi, i have an old pc, it's a p3 500, 256mb ram, can i run ubuntu server on it?	on servers, where you only use the command line, most linux distributions are about the same. but ubuntu has some nice features that help beginners - like saying which package a program is in if you try to execute it and it's not installed.
[ubuntu 8.04 and firefox 3.0b5] sound is working on all applications i've tried in ubuntu except for firefox. this comes in when at youtube, etc. i've searched ubuntuforums, but the prospects look bleak. is there anything anyone can recommend? thanks!	you should probably use 'gnash' for flash. you can search for it in synaptic. don't forget to remove other flash plugins.
can someone help me with my external usb hd i cannot write to it	is it write protected?
is there a way to install itouch for logitech media keyboard ?	hotkeys
hi people! i know it's not the right place to ask, but please if you know how to edit the firefox config settings, help me out here	about:config
hello how to burn an iso? im using ubuntu 8.04 kde :)	use k3b
how do i install older version kernel?	can you explain a bit more ? at first i understood that you have ubuntu running and so forth, but now you gave me impression you aren't in ubuntu cuz mouse doesn't work o.o

: just be aware than when you assign = you must have no spaces :-)

right, it will see a seperate argument

come on people! there must be a way to tell ubuntu to retry the upgrade?

'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade'?

i want to apache to serve files from some place other than /var/www - need i create a symbolic link?

but leaving it alone and putting some symlinks in that dir works just fine too

if i want to create a package from a darcs repository and put it in a ppa, will the ppa handle the darcs updates, or do i have to do that manually and upload new sources to the ppa every now and then?

the maintainer is responsible for it

what is the default font to applications in ubuntu??

sans

anyone know and of those macosx style tool bars for linux? osnews.com did an article comparing 4 a whie back but can't find the article

avant window navagator is one: http://awn.wetpaint.com/ theyve got ubuntu repositories too

interesting.... i thought ubuntu was at 10.10... i upgraded from 10.04 and it put me at 11.04 -- natty narwhal. err... is this right?

run 'lsb_release -a' to be sure.

i have a pdf with incredibly terrible, grainy fonts, yet when i select text in evince, i can see decent fonts (example: http://imagebin.org/88261). is there a way to make evince simply render the whole thing in decent fonts instead of having to manually select the text? (or is there maybe a better pdf reader out there?)

you could install the adobe reader

whats a good known dock program?

but chances are, it won't be easy :)

running karmic on a tablet pc. screen is 1024x600, but xorg is driving it at 800x600. how to fix?

driver doesnt support that res.

hello , how to install mp3 codec in ubuntu ?

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

i lost my root's password. how to find it :(

you can't retrieve it... do 'sudo passwd root' and re-set it.

got a recommendation between using ubuntu-restricted versus medibuntu?

not a choice between them, restricted has tons of stuff medibuntu does not

hi, anyone know how to take screenshot during installation of ubuntu distro ? thanks

alt+f2, gnome-screenshot

hey can someone tell me how to install a .jar

java blabla.jar

can someone please tell, is there any application in the ubuntu which uses the phonet protocol?

never heard of that.. wtf is that?

i'm trying to install ubuntu on a toshiba portege - external cd drive. boot from cd, opt to install, find myself at a command prompt (busybox, ash). is this a known problem?

to get live cd to run this often helps..at start or install press f6 and remove quiet and splash from the command line. if it still fails.. repeat and after removing quiet and splash add noapic acpi=off before the '--'

how can i merge my 'applications', 'places' and 'system' menu's into one menu that drops down when i click the ubuntu logo?

there's main menu, which is one icon, and menu bar, which is [img]applications places system

does anyone know if virtual box offers anything similar to the full screen or quick switch modes like what vmware has. also is there any way to make it so that i dont have to release my courser every time i want to move from my vm to my host? similar to the vmwaretools in vmware?

yes, get that

how i do to change emerald to metacity?

try in terminal metacity --replace

anyone give any advice on the ntfs-3g driver? is it stable enough to use it to mount my home directories with something fstab like /dev/sda1 /home/ ntfs-3g defaults 0 0 ?

i doubt if you find a work around for that. its just because the 2 filesstems are so different

or do you know a simple network ports scanner?

gnome-nettool knows how to scan for open ports..

whats the primary group for users with administrative rights? admin, adm, lpadmin?

i think its admin

does anybody have any recommendations of tracking downloads and uploads over a month?

vnstat is nice.

hey does anyone know of an rss reader for the gnome panel?

check yassr

is there any disadvantage to apt-get?

it doesn't handle dependencies when uninstalling as well as aptitude.

i have installed sun java6 jre. i want it to be default. what command was it i had to run to be able to choose with java i want to use?

sudo update-alternatives --config j.....ava? jre?

so, what program should i use to play dvd on ubuntu?

xine is nice

how can i change alsa not to have separate sounds for master and headphones?

i had that exact problem, and i can help you, but i'd prefer a pm

how can i make ubuntu start in text/command line mode only at each system start (i think it's called runlevel 2)?

ubuntu (like debian) doesn't use runlevels (they're all the same), what you'll want to do is stop gdm from starting at boot.

hmm, if to .deb files has dependence of each other how the hell do i install them?

if you use the gdebi installer it will take care of the dependencies for you

how do i disable rhythymbox from opening automatically when i plug the ipod in

removable drives and media

does ubuntu come with the verdana font pre-installed?

maybe msttcorefonts (multiverse repo)

how do i automatically have a command execute on startup?

add it to /etc/rc.local (will run as root)

nobody here are ibm thinkpad users?

yes. usually ctrl-alt-backspace will do it

is there a way to make gaim open links in my firefox 1.5 beta 2 instead of the normal firefox 1.0.7?

system -> preferences -> preferred applications

one question though: what are those things called that allow you to click on it and go to another folder? (equivelant of a windows shortcut) like symbols or something?

symbolic links

i need some serious help with bluetooth keyboard setup. i've tried all the ubuntu documentation on the net, and nothing is working. can anyone help?

common problem. solution is : use a cable

which ubuntu version should i use for a laptop... ?

the latest stable version, 7.04 'feisty fawn'

i tried to install java6.0-doc in synaptic. now, this required me to be in root during installation. changed my mind, don't want to install it anymore etc. so i choose abort in the option it gives me. however, whenever i install something in synaptic now, it brings up the sun java install as well. how do i stop synaptic from doing this each time? it is a great annoyance.

just select the package for removal then.

hi all, i've just get my upgrade to 11.04 and the desktop switcher in the panel is showing only 1 workspace.. have you ever experience that? is it because of new compiz?

just add another workspace...

anyone successfully using tor/privoxy in ubuntu hardy?

i have. i just followed the !tor factoid

how can i get x to reload .xdefaults without logging out and back in?

xrdb -merge ~/.xdefaults

hey all- xorg seems to have forgotten my resolution settings- what's the reconfig command?

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

which gcc is being used in edgy?

gcc version 4.1.2 20060928 (prerelease) (ubuntu 4.1.1-13ubuntu5)

hello everyone, i just upgraded and am stuck because gnome doesn't show the bar on top correctly http://i.imgur.com/pebjc.png

thers only one fix that i know of, reinstall, and dont upgrade always do a full install

i cannot find grub's menu.lst in nutty narwhal: need to modify kernel command line. any pointers how i can set the kernel command line in nutty?

you can add items to the kernel command line in /etc/default/grub grub_cmdline_linux_default, and then running sudo update-grub; natty uses grub2 which has no menu.lst

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

what is a troll?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/internet_troll

is there some way to find out my processors architecture?

cat /proc/cpuinfo

damn, gnome2 cannot be installed at all anymore ? :[

there's mate, but it's in the mint repo's, try it in test environment, first, it works, i tried it

hello, how can i copy multiple files from a folder to another without chaginf the properties such as last date modified ans stuff like that

i think the -a switch is the one you're looking for.

how do you change your workspaces in 12.04?

ccsm

does anyone know when/if pidgin will be added to the official repos?

nope. i did it on my laptop and it worked just fine.

how can i see what service is running on a certain port?

netstat -tpan |grep :port_number

question: running 'wget -c http://www.debian-multimedia.org/pool/main/w/w32codecs/w32codecs_20060611-0.0_i386.deb' downloads debian.org's index.html file instead of w32codecs... any way to correct this?

check the link - that should work

anyone got a decent tutorial on selecting the proper kernel for your machine? i'm on an athlon xp but running linux-image-386 for some reason?

the old one will be left alone...so you can choose at boot

hi can i know what the md5 hash for ubuntu-11.10-desktop-amd64.iso, it still not list in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntuhashes

see http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/cds/11.10/md5sums

i know it's a bad to repeat messasges, but i want to cleanly disconnect my ssh session. i'm on my cli laptop, and have an ssh session into screen on my server at home. how do i close the ssh session without closing the screen session? should i just kill the ssh process on the laptop?

capital ds

is there a way in nautilus to make a directory on top on all others? in windows i just named it !name, but it doesn't work here

does 1name work?

was i universal or univers or else what was it i needed to get in the apt-source list?

see ubuntuguide.org

something akin to 'yum provides xxx.h' is what i'm looking for

usage: iniitially you must 'sudo apt-file update', then just do 'apt-file search name_of_file_i_looking_for'

what's the command used to compile a piece of software as a debian package? not make-kpkg...

checkinstall

so after a day i converted from the buggy ext4 to ext3... but it wont boot up because the uuid of the parttion is wrong so i overrode the grub boot with root=/dev/sda7 and it works, but how can i have grub update the uuid so i dont have to modify the root at boot?

sudo blkid will give you the uuid.. just manually enter them

help! ubuntu gdm is zoomed in and i dont know what to do!

hold the 'super' key (the one with windows logo, usually) and use your mouse wheel.

how do i rar enable fille-roller?

sudo apt-get install unrar

is there a gui which i can configure samba through? i remember having one under fc but i can't find one in ubuntu

system>admin>shared folders ?

how can i get the kernel sources for ubuntu? (universe is on)

apt-cache searc linux-source

hello, can someone please recommend me on good server adminstration panel for ubuntu? so i can manage all my domains, bandwidth etc...

webmin

should i maybe delete that file?

i have a bit of experience with your type of problem. how painful would it be for you to boot from edgy live, backup your data and do a fresh install? ime this can be done in under an hour, saving you net time in many instances.

in the ubuntu cli, is there a way to view all files on the system by size, sorted by largest, or view all files larger than, say, 50mb, in an easy to read format and/or text file output?

man find

is there support for unraring files or do i have to install some package?

apy-get install unrar

are there commands to disable/enable and/or prioritize network interfaces? i.e. eth1 and wlan0

disable/enable? 'ip link set face up' (replace face with eth1, wlan0, etc). i'm sure there's some way to prioritize, but that's beyond me

hi, i have 2 lucid lynx boxes that seem to hang at fsck during startup - is there any way i can disable it/ find out what is wrong with it?

do you edit the grub boot command and remove the 'quiet' from it? or try booting in 'single' (or recovery? can't remember what it's called)

how do i keep xscreensaver from locking my screen everytime i shut my laptop?

it is an option of the screensaver. probably alterable in system>prefs>screensaver.

any ideas on how i can filter all other lines except #22 (for example) in a oneliner?

pipe to head, then grep

hi, im dual booting with windows and windows is at the bottom in grub.. how do i make windows as default start?

sudo vim /boot/grub/menu.lst

i should check but is 10.04.3 not supported anymore with it's repo's?

10.04 is lts, supported until sometime in 2013

hey! if i have win7 and ubuntu dual-boot, can i access my win7 stuff when on ubuntu? how? e.g., can you give me an absolute path i can copy&paste which will let me access my c: drive?

mount /dev/to/disk /path/to/mountpoint

need to ask! i have windows7 and ubuntu 32-bit... i download ubuntu 64-bit coz my processor work on 64-bit, if i install ubuntu 64-bit, does the boot loader remove the windows 7 loader?

it should be done automatically.

hey everyone. what package contains dhclient?

sorry.

any reason you just didn't use one of the chopped down distros of debian?

no specific reason. i just had ubuntu at hand and decided to get something working.!

look at what i wrote

i see, though i don't see the point of it. the point of /proc/version is to report the kernel version....

what is the advantage to using kubuntu over ubuntu?

kubuntu is kde, ubuntu gnome

what's the command to see if i have a packaged installed or not?

aptitude show {package name}

hi guys, could you help me with this regular expression/command ls | grep *\.h$ ? i'd like listed all the files with .h extension.

ls | grep -e '*\.h$'

hi folks, i have a fresh installation of 10.4 and no longer have a terminal beep, i.e. when autocomplete fails to find a unique match or when i get an email in tbird.

i would assume you would have to pop some code in to the blacklist files

hi everyone. is there a channel for ubuntu on ps3?

its an unofficial distro

hey, everyone. i need to repair old ubuntu server. i think it's breezy badger, it has very old kernel, and apt-get ins't working, what should i do?

back up everything. you're pretty way behind for a server.

i have a new interesting problem! yesterday i added the cpu scaling applet to the gnome taskbar - and it worked, it scaled according to demand and everything - but when i boot up today it says 'cpu scaling is not suppoorted' and sticks to 100%

see what 'sudo /etc/init.d/powernowd restart' does

how is it hmm?

in 9.04, because they don't have a proper kernel for it, and so people can for example get a lockup issue when deleting big files, and so on

i have a dilemma where i need a name for my program

what kinda ?

how to identify which video card is installed in my pcd

lspci | grep vga

hi, i have an old pc, it's a p3 500, 256mb ram, can i run ubuntu server on it?

on servers, where you only use the command line, most linux distributions are about the same. but ubuntu has some nice features that help beginners - like saying which package a program is in if you try to execute it and it's not installed.

[ubuntu 8.04 and firefox 3.0b5] sound is working on all applications i've tried in ubuntu except for firefox. this comes in when at youtube, etc. i've searched ubuntuforums, but the prospects look bleak. is there anything anyone can recommend? thanks!

you should probably use 'gnash' for flash. you can search for it in synaptic. don't forget to remove other flash plugins.

can someone help me with my external usb hd i cannot write to it

is it write protected?

is there a way to install itouch for logitech media keyboard ?

hotkeys

hi people! i know it's not the right place to ask, but please if you know how to edit the firefox config settings, help me out here

about:config

hello how to burn an iso? im using ubuntu 8.04 kde :)

use k3b

how do i install older version kernel?

can you explain a bit more ? at first i understood that you have ubuntu running and so forth, but now you gave me impression you aren't in ubuntu cuz mouse doesn't work o.o