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how to list the file size and word count of each file	wc --help
hello. i am trying to import cliparts from ocal in an inkscape document. after installing gnomevfs2-extra i got all cliparts listed, but the preview results ( and importing too) i the error 'could not find the file in open clip art library). i am using natty, any ideas or hints?	can you just point inkscape at the disk location for the ocal clipart?
hi, i am having an error with ubuntu 8.04 which installed by wubi. when i boot the error is : find --set-root --ignore-floppies /ubuntu/install/boot/grub/menu.lst error 15: file not found	grub installation failed.. just try an uninstall/reinstall of it
anyone in here pretty good with xampp??	im kind, shoot
hello - would someone recommend an rpg they like to play on ubuntu, please??	planeshif is an alright opensource mmorpg
where does the deb files go when i install a package using sudo apt-get install	/var/cache/apt/archives
which is the better bittorrent client? using bittorrent now, but it seems very slow	are you into command line or gui? if gui, i'd suggest deluge
barry: i believe i am using the repository version?	system->admin->language support , choose the languages. when you log in, under options you can choose the language you want. for the keyboard you'll want system->prefs->keyboard, choose the layout type for changing languages.
how do i kill something in 'top' within the terminal?	kill -11 $pid
what is the difference between the php-mode and php-elisp packages?	elisp is the name of the programming language used for the *-mode files
i think the tidiest is to create a new script in /etc/profile.d/ (the top half of /etc/profile will show you how they're invoked)	how about putting them into the /etc/profile directly?
hey peeps, how do i change fonts in ubuntu 11.10?	[_mit_] check omgubuntu and webupd8 blogs to pimp oneiric ;)
how can i detect the values of joystick buttons?	hmm.. i didn't find it when i searched in synaptic.. but there are lots of other joystick utils available
argh, lmao. i can't figure out how to move this drirc file to my /etc/ folder. says i've no permission to do so lol	sudo mv <file> <folder>
hi all. when i export a variable it is only available in the current shell. is there any why to export a variable to all shells?	just restart the gnome-terminal
my mute button doesnt mute anything...even when i go to preferences in the volume thing and select every channel	does it do anything at all
i know the architecture. i don't remember the version of ubuntu :d	lsb_release -a will show you release. but you have a 64-bit system running, not 32-bit, just for clarification.
how come the skype icon doesn't show up in the panel in 11.10. does anyone know how to debug this?	i can't recall what it is
anybody has set up sftp?	no, but maybe have a look at the scponly package?
hi all. i like unistall samba and reinstall cause dont work well. i would like restart. it's possible with synapticpackagemanager? thank you.	you could try 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure samba' and see if that does it
how can i install a custom ubuntu warty (ie, openoffice,gimp,gaim,xchat,firefox,evolution,gnome) thats all. how do i update to the lastest versions of these apps or update to (hoary). this is only thing keeping me from switching from fedora core 3	boot with 'custom'.
just upgraded to 10.04, how to i move the close/minimize/maximize buttons to the right side of my windows?	use any theme besides ambiance n radiance. ;-)
hi. are there any ocr systems i can use in ubuntu?	yes, just search for 'ocr' on the package manager, there are some ocr apps
hi. i use first time irc, so i don't know how to use it. but... i have question. can i install linux on extended partition?	as for irc it's pretty simple check out guides and howtos on the web, as for extended partitions, linux is perfect installable on them. whatever your distro is you usually have to choose the customize partitions option or the advanced installation.
has anyone had trouble with their keyboard, where the numberpad keys just wont work?	try hitting shift+num lock
how can i install windows 98 on my dual booted ubuntu dapper and windows mce computer? i know windows has a habbit of wiping the mbr.	change /etc/hostname & update /etc/hosts
what's the easiest way to set up email and webmail on a lamp installation?	http://help.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/serverguide/c/email-services.html may help
hey i'm having issues editing xorg.conf. it seems that it is read only. how can i change it?	chmod from terminal
anyone know why, when i try to open file with other application, set it as the default application, it goes back to toetem(avi)	system > preferences > preferred applications
which program can i install to set the general volume of audio? (i'm under xubuntu, and i don't find the program the set the volumes..	you can open up a terminal and do sudo alsamixer then do sudo alsactl store
should .ko files typically reside somewhere under /lib/modules?	the ko file needs to go into the directory /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/misc
how stable is today's hoary gnome?	i'm staring at my desktop, looks fine to me.
so has the flash issue been resolved?	yes... for most people
please does someone know the command line to remove all newly downloaded packages from the apt cache ? thanks	look in the manual.
how do i get an hdparm command to run at boot each time	/etc/hdparm.conf i think
hello. i installed the typo3 cms from debs. it has several folders in /usr/share now. one of them is the testsite one. i wanna run (view) it. it's in php. should i move this testsite to apache's dir and view it through http://localhost/?	copy :)
hi. where can i can change the compiz options in gutsy gibon? i dont see any option...	sudo aptitude install compizconfig-settings-manager i think
i'm setting up ircd-hybrid for a internal irc server, but chanserv and nickserv aren't there. is there any settings that need to be changed to get them working?	you need a separate services package for that, such as anope or atheme
when i dual boot from fedora to ubuntu i have to fix permissions everytime i switch back and forth , how do i do it automagically ?	it's a place for you to put your own scripts, that run after the system scripts.
hws transmission's latest version. i used couple of older versions found them corrupting themselves and hell of instable. now using ktorrent.	yeah i can't even get the thing installed so i guess it ends there
hi does unetbootin usb creator support karmic koala alpha 5? all i get after giving it the iso i downloaded is the bootmanager ... and no koala contents on usb drive.. any ideas?	can you try it with something a little less bleeding edge than karmic alpha?
anyone know what qmgr is??	you have more context than we do
is there a firefox channel? how do i make the audio work in firefox flash?	you should iniclude your ubuntu version in your question
hi. whats an irc client that handles file sharing that works on ubuntu? thanks	as in dcc?
hi what is ubuntu live cd root password	type sudo su
what do i have to apt-get install so i can uncompress a gtar file?	nothing. just: tar -zxvf thefilename.tar.gz
am i doing something wrong? i'm running ubuntu 10.10 through vm virtualbox. the internet works fine and all, but i can't seem to connect to the internal network and connect to my win7 (not virtualized)	are you bridging or nating try bridging see if problem goes away also check your firewalls
where is the 32-bit i386 md5sum for 12.04.1? it is not listed at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/12.04.1/release/md5sums	why would it be, look at the files there. the i386 iso is on releases.ubuntu.com, not cdimage
hey guys, whats the easiest way to get the latest kernel (2.6.32) in karmic? is there any repo that has bleeding edge kernels?	http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.32/ use at your own risk =)
can anyone help? ekiga is showing my picture upside down	try turning your camera upside down
does anyone know of a good flowcharting program?	kivio ?
does anyone knows about any application for windows similar to netmeeting (but open source if possible)?	there's something called gnome-meeting i think
if i want to edit an existing gtk theme, where are the files located?	/usr/share/themes/ but copy it to ~/.themes/ and edit it there. see the tutorial at art.gnome.org
anyone knows what causes an ipod to mount automatically? mine isn't getting mounted anymore.	i would search the forums...
philk:how to get the cube to appear?	you need to get a driver, and beryl installed
can you use kde programs in gnome?	of course.. you just have to install kdelibs, which synaptic will do w/o issue
why do people add underscores to their names? serious question...	i think $$ is the standard way to get the pid
if a package has the same name in two repositories, which one will it choose to install?	it will take the highest version number
hi, i'm trying to cut down a command i run 'find /var/qmail/queue/ -type f -exec grep -l [[email protected]] {} \;' the [[email protected] is variable everytime, does anyone know a way i could automate it so i could just name a script eg script [email protected] so it would input that value inplace of [[email protected]] and run it?	that is going to be quite slow too. anyhow it is pretty easy to turn that into a script. there are many shell scripting tutorials and the first few pages of any will show you how to do what you want.
hi guys! what is there in ubuntu to make panorama photos?	ale. don't expect anything fancy, though.
hiya. i wonder: is env 'path' used anywhere but the shell when it needs to autocomplete a file name ?	if you hit alt+f2 in gnome and type in uxterm, gnome will look through all directories in path for a file named uxterm, and run the first one it finds.
what do you do in compiz to get the cube to display? it's scroll button on mouse for beryl, how about for compiz??	hold ctrl+alt and then click and drag with the left mouse button.
hello! does anyone know if ubuntu works with old world machines with a g3 upgrade card?	it works on old world machines
how do i invert this regex: grep '.someword.' > file2 (ie, that prints every line that contains somework, i want the ones that don't	grep with -v
so, i'm a complete newbie ubuntu user and am liable to ask stupid questions. my first one is, is there any way to change the default size of all new program windows to something that fits on my 600-pixel-tall screen?	some apps are badly written and hate 'short' screens. a trick is to hold down the 'alt key' and click in the window then drag it up/down so you can get to controlls past the bottom of the screen
does anybody knows how to send msgs throughout my lan using the terminal?	check 'man smbclient' for the syntax
how do i find out the button number of a specific button on my mouse?	go into the terminal, type 'xev' it should say what keycode it gets
i have dual boot notebook and when i am in windows i'd like to acesses linux files with explore2fs, but my ubuntu has got raiserfs with is not supported by explore2fs. so, is it possible to change my fs from raiserfs to ext4 without losing my data mainly my /home with gparted?	i meant reformat, just like ohir said
can someone tell me why ./configure doesnt work? i installed build-essential	is there a configure file in the package? i don't know if that matters or not.
how do i turn off compiz-fusion and just go back to gnome ?	system>preferences>appearance>visual effect>none
gents - i am attempting to install ubuntu's font libraries - does anyone know if the bytecode interpreter in the freetype library is enabled or disabled in ubuntu	not %100 though
hey all, im looking for something equivalent to macromedia fireworks, but for linux.....any suggestions? i have gimp but havent done much graphics on linux before	gimp has just about all functionality that photoshop has
i installd linux/ubuntu for the first time yesterday and trying to learn som shit now. and i'm woundering if someone know how i can change the standard terminal in ubuntu/gnome...	prefered apps/terminal on the system/settings menu
is it possible to access my wubi files from within windows? ubuntu isn't starting up after ati driver installs and i want to back things up first.	assuming you are using ext2 or ext3 filesystem you can install ext2ifs in windows to gain access to your linux partitions from within windows
hey guys... does anybody knows why when i try to compile a helloworld.c it says 'world.c:1:19: error: stdio.h: no such file or directory' ??	did you install build-essential?
whats the problem nick_meister?	change the shell settings to some different colours on the server ? or select which env parameters get passed with the sendenv and pattern functions in your ssh_config (must be supported by server). or alias your ssh client to a shell file that spawns a new shell in different colours and passes on the input paramters.
hi - is there a 'preferred' place to download .bin files before executing, im a linux n00b here and ive downloaded realplayer and am not sure whether to execute it in my home directory ??	try the wiki for realplayer
hi guys , what is the best theme for ubuntu?	http://www.gnome-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=100&phpsessid=d380ca901ceccdc1c4a2682faa14421d
is it a bad idea to mix package updating through apt-get, aptitude and/or synaptic package manager, or will they each know which packages the other(s) have installed?	they all use the same database, so you can use them all without worry
anyone know how to reneable the save tabs open feature in firefox if it's accidentally disabled with the checkbox?	edit > preferences > when firefox starts: show my windows and tabs from last time
what would be the easiest method about which i could go to install a .rpm? is there a package i should download that does it all for me?	alien.
i have frostwire installed, but suddently it just stopped working. now i can't open it anymore! does anybody else have the same problem?	pkill java and try again
i've been away for a while, setting up new machines, 32 or 64 bit. major concern: how is flash with 64bit now? it was a mess a few years ago.	way better than years past
hi. is there a way to just download the .deb files (instead of installing the package) with apt-get? i want to transfer a couple of programs via dvd to a computer that does not have an internet connection.	just make sure the arch (architecture of the package match your system ...i386 for 32-bit ...and amd64 for 64-bit) ...and remember to look up dependencies...you might need to transfer additional packages with your dvd
if i just copy a buntu partition on an external drive and boot from it, will booting from usb work?	i'm gonna go out on a limb and say highly unlikely.
i'll write about my problem again so anyone can help me. i'm on a server-install and the terminal is not using the whole height of my screen. it only uses half, positioned in the middle. i was told to press 'e' at boot prompt and add 'vga=normal' but when clicking 'e' i'm given a list of choices first (root, kernel, initrd, savedefault, boot) what should i edit?	df -h
is there a log that shows what packages were recently updated?	/var/log/apt/history.log should show recent changes from apt.
how do i connect to a folder with samba, i don't want to mount it permenatly, i can't figure out how to access it	using nautilus u can go to location smb:///
is there a command to combine two .wav files into one?	cat file1 >> file2 , backup first, i am not sure it works or not
is there an apt-get equivalent of the a 'yum provides' command?	apt-file search <pattern>
i've installed java 6, but 'java -version' still comes up with 4.1.2.4; how can i fix this?	sudo update-alternatives --config java
hi. can someone assist me in getting samba working again please?	just fix the lines that don't work and it should work fine :)
hey, how do i find out which ubuntu version im running?	try cat /etc/issue
what is the simplest way to set up a caching dns server on my system, which is only available locally?	dnsmasq is a caching dns forwarder, if that's all you want
how to update nokia phone in ubuntu?	wine maybe and nokia pc suite
is there an ubuntu help channel?	it is here
hey, in xchat, what is that bar that appears to the right of the message box	fyrestrtr is correct, it's a lag meter
how do i see my processor temp?	for cli install lm-sensors then type sensors , for gui install xsensors
so, you al sysadmins in here, how can a web developer with all the web jargon to learn find time to learn of all bash commands as well lol	http://tldp.org/ldp/abs/html/
did you try the instructions here? http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~fine/tech/font-howto.html	i did have a few modifications to it though as i'm trying to install it as a system wide font. so i dropped it in /usr/share/fonts/bitmaps

how to list the file size and word count of each file

wc --help

hello. i am trying to import cliparts from ocal in an inkscape document. after installing gnomevfs2-extra i got all cliparts listed, but the preview results ( and importing too) i the error 'could not find the file in open clip art library). i am using natty, any ideas or hints?

can you just point inkscape at the disk location for the ocal clipart?

hi, i am having an error with ubuntu 8.04 which installed by wubi. when i boot the error is : find --set-root --ignore-floppies /ubuntu/install/boot/grub/menu.lst error 15: file not found

grub installation failed.. just try an uninstall/reinstall of it

anyone in here pretty good with xampp??

im kind, shoot

hello - would someone recommend an rpg they like to play on ubuntu, please??

planeshif is an alright opensource mmorpg

where does the deb files go when i install a package using sudo apt-get install

/var/cache/apt/archives

which is the better bittorrent client? using bittorrent now, but it seems very slow

are you into command line or gui? if gui, i'd suggest deluge

barry: i believe i am using the repository version?

system->admin->language support , choose the languages. when you log in, under options you can choose the language you want. for the keyboard you'll want system->prefs->keyboard, choose the layout type for changing languages.

how do i kill something in 'top' within the terminal?

kill -11 $pid

what is the difference between the php-mode and php-elisp packages?

elisp is the name of the programming language used for the *-mode files

i think the tidiest is to create a new script in /etc/profile.d/ (the top half of /etc/profile will show you how they're invoked)

how about putting them into the /etc/profile directly?

hey peeps, how do i change fonts in ubuntu 11.10?

[_mit_] check omgubuntu and webupd8 blogs to pimp oneiric ;)

how can i detect the values of joystick buttons?

hmm.. i didn't find it when i searched in synaptic.. but there are lots of other joystick utils available

argh, lmao. i can't figure out how to move this drirc file to my /etc/ folder. says i've no permission to do so lol

sudo mv <file> <folder>

hi all. when i export a variable it is only available in the current shell. is there any why to export a variable to all shells?

just restart the gnome-terminal

my mute button doesnt mute anything...even when i go to preferences in the volume thing and select every channel

does it do anything at all

i know the architecture. i don't remember the version of ubuntu :d

lsb_release -a will show you release. but you have a 64-bit system running, not 32-bit, just for clarification.

how come the skype icon doesn't show up in the panel in 11.10. does anyone know how to debug this?

i can't recall what it is

anybody has set up sftp?

no, but maybe have a look at the scponly package?

hi all. i like unistall samba and reinstall cause dont work well. i would like restart. it's possible with synapticpackagemanager? thank you.

you could try 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure samba' and see if that does it

how can i install a custom ubuntu warty (ie, openoffice,gimp,gaim,xchat,firefox,evolution,gnome) thats all. how do i update to the lastest versions of these apps or update to (hoary). this is only thing keeping me from switching from fedora core 3

boot with 'custom'.

just upgraded to 10.04, how to i move the close/minimize/maximize buttons to the right side of my windows?

use any theme besides ambiance n radiance. ;-)

hi. are there any ocr systems i can use in ubuntu?

yes, just search for 'ocr' on the package manager, there are some ocr apps

hi. i use first time irc, so i don't know how to use it. but... i have question. can i install linux on extended partition?

as for irc it's pretty simple check out guides and howtos on the web, as for extended partitions, linux is perfect installable on them. whatever your distro is you usually have to choose the customize partitions option or the advanced installation.

has anyone had trouble with their keyboard, where the numberpad keys just wont work?

try hitting shift+num lock

how can i install windows 98 on my dual booted ubuntu dapper and windows mce computer? i know windows has a habbit of wiping the mbr.

change /etc/hostname & update /etc/hosts

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

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

hey i'm having issues editing xorg.conf. it seems that it is read only. how can i change it?

chmod from terminal

anyone know why, when i try to open file with other application, set it as the default application, it goes back to toetem(avi)

system > preferences > preferred applications

which program can i install to set the general volume of audio? (i'm under xubuntu, and i don't find the program the set the volumes..

you can open up a terminal and do sudo alsamixer then do sudo alsactl store

should .ko files typically reside somewhere under /lib/modules?

the ko file needs to go into the directory /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/misc

how stable is today's hoary gnome?

i'm staring at my desktop, looks fine to me.

so has the flash issue been resolved?

yes... for most people

please does someone know the command line to remove all newly downloaded packages from the apt cache ? thanks

look in the manual.

how do i get an hdparm command to run at boot each time

/etc/hdparm.conf i think

hello. i installed the typo3 cms from debs. it has several folders in /usr/share now. one of them is the testsite one. i wanna run (view) it. it's in php. should i move this testsite to apache's dir and view it through http://localhost/?

copy :)

hi. where can i can change the compiz options in gutsy gibon? i dont see any option...

sudo aptitude install compizconfig-settings-manager i think

i'm setting up ircd-hybrid for a internal irc server, but chanserv and nickserv aren't there. is there any settings that need to be changed to get them working?

you need a separate services package for that, such as anope or atheme

when i dual boot from fedora to ubuntu i have to fix permissions everytime i switch back and forth , how do i do it automagically ?

it's a place for you to put your own scripts, that run after the system scripts.

hws transmission's latest version. i used couple of older versions found them corrupting themselves and hell of instable. now using ktorrent.

yeah i can't even get the thing installed so i guess it ends there

hi does unetbootin usb creator support karmic koala alpha 5? all i get after giving it the iso i downloaded is the bootmanager ... and no koala contents on usb drive.. any ideas?

can you try it with something a little less bleeding edge than karmic alpha?

anyone know what qmgr is??

you have more context than we do

is there a firefox channel? how do i make the audio work in firefox flash?

you should iniclude your ubuntu version in your question

hi. whats an irc client that handles file sharing that works on ubuntu? thanks

as in dcc?

hi what is ubuntu live cd root password

type sudo su

what do i have to apt-get install so i can uncompress a gtar file?

nothing. just: tar -zxvf thefilename.tar.gz

am i doing something wrong? i'm running ubuntu 10.10 through vm virtualbox. the internet works fine and all, but i can't seem to connect to the internal network and connect to my win7 (not virtualized)

are you bridging or nating try bridging see if problem goes away also check your firewalls

where is the 32-bit i386 md5sum for 12.04.1? it is not listed at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/12.04.1/release/md5sums

why would it be, look at the files there. the i386 iso is on releases.ubuntu.com, not cdimage

hey guys, whats the easiest way to get the latest kernel (2.6.32) in karmic? is there any repo that has bleeding edge kernels?

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.32/ use at your own risk =)

can anyone help? ekiga is showing my picture upside down

try turning your camera upside down

does anyone know of a good flowcharting program?

kivio ?

does anyone knows about any application for windows similar to netmeeting (but open source if possible)?

there's something called gnome-meeting i think

if i want to edit an existing gtk theme, where are the files located?

/usr/share/themes/ but copy it to ~/.themes/ and edit it there. see the tutorial at art.gnome.org

anyone knows what causes an ipod to mount automatically? mine isn't getting mounted anymore.

i would search the forums...

philk:how to get the cube to appear?

you need to get a driver, and beryl installed

can you use kde programs in gnome?

of course.. you just have to install kdelibs, which synaptic will do w/o issue

why do people add underscores to their names? serious question...

i think $$ is the standard way to get the pid

if a package has the same name in two repositories, which one will it choose to install?

it will take the highest version number

hi, i'm trying to cut down a command i run 'find /var/qmail/queue/ -type f -exec grep -l [[email protected]] {} \;' the [[email protected] is variable everytime, does anyone know a way i could automate it so i could just name a script eg script [email protected] so it would input that value inplace of [[email protected]] and run it?

that is going to be quite slow too. anyhow it is pretty easy to turn that into a script. there are many shell scripting tutorials and the first few pages of any will show you how to do what you want.

hi guys! what is there in ubuntu to make panorama photos?

ale. don't expect anything fancy, though.

hiya. i wonder: is env 'path' used anywhere but the shell when it needs to autocomplete a file name ?

if you hit alt+f2 in gnome and type in uxterm, gnome will look through all directories in path for a file named uxterm, and run the first one it finds.

what do you do in compiz to get the cube to display? it's scroll button on mouse for beryl, how about for compiz??

hold ctrl+alt and then click and drag with the left mouse button.

hello! does anyone know if ubuntu works with old world machines with a g3 upgrade card?

it works on old world machines

how do i invert this regex: grep '.*someword.*' > file2 (ie, that prints every line that contains somework, i want the ones that don't

grep with -v

so, i'm a complete newbie ubuntu user and am liable to ask stupid questions. my first one is, is there any way to change the default size of all new program windows to something that fits on my 600-pixel-tall screen?

some apps are badly written and hate 'short' screens. a trick is to hold down the 'alt key' and click in the window then drag it up/down so you can get to controlls past the bottom of the screen

does anybody knows how to send msgs throughout my lan using the terminal?

check 'man smbclient' for the syntax

how do i find out the button number of a specific button on my mouse?

go into the terminal, type 'xev' it should say what keycode it gets

i have dual boot notebook and when i am in windows i'd like to acesses linux files with explore2fs, but my ubuntu has got raiserfs with is not supported by explore2fs. so, is it possible to change my fs from raiserfs to ext4 without losing my data mainly my /home with gparted?

i meant reformat, just like ohir said

can someone tell me why ./configure doesnt work? i installed build-essential

is there a configure file in the package? i don't know if that matters or not.

how do i turn off compiz-fusion and just go back to gnome ?

system>preferences>appearance>visual effect>none

gents - i am attempting to install ubuntu's font libraries - does anyone know if the bytecode interpreter in the freetype library is enabled or disabled in ubuntu

not %100 though

hey all, im looking for something equivalent to macromedia fireworks, but for linux.....any suggestions? i have gimp but havent done much graphics on linux before

gimp has just about all functionality that photoshop has

i installd linux/ubuntu for the first time yesterday and trying to learn som shit now. and i'm woundering if someone know how i can change the standard terminal in ubuntu/gnome...

prefered apps/terminal on the system/settings menu

is it possible to access my wubi files from within windows? ubuntu isn't starting up after ati driver installs and i want to back things up first.

assuming you are using ext2 or ext3 filesystem you can install ext2ifs in windows to gain access to your linux partitions from within windows

hey guys... does anybody knows why when i try to compile a helloworld.c it says 'world.c:1:19: error: stdio.h: no such file or directory' ??

did you install build-essential?

whats the problem nick_meister?

change the shell settings to some different colours on the server ? or select which env parameters get passed with the sendenv and pattern functions in your ssh_config (must be supported by server). or alias your ssh client to a shell file that spawns a new shell in different colours and passes on the input paramters.

hi - is there a 'preferred' place to download .bin files before executing, im a linux n00b here and ive downloaded realplayer and am not sure whether to execute it in my home directory ??

try the wiki for realplayer

hi guys , what is the best theme for ubuntu?

http://www.gnome-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=100&phpsessid=d380ca901ceccdc1c4a2682faa14421d

is it a bad idea to mix package updating through apt-get, aptitude and/or synaptic package manager, or will they each know which packages the other(s) have installed?

they all use the same database, so you can use them all without worry

anyone know how to reneable the save tabs open feature in firefox if it's accidentally disabled with the checkbox?

edit > preferences > when firefox starts: show my windows and tabs from last time

what would be the easiest method about which i could go to install a .rpm? is there a package i should download that does it all for me?

alien.

i have frostwire installed, but suddently it just stopped working. now i can't open it anymore! does anybody else have the same problem?

pkill java and try again

i've been away for a while, setting up new machines, 32 or 64 bit. major concern: how is flash with 64bit now? it was a mess a few years ago.

way better than years past

hi. is there a way to just download the .deb files (instead of installing the package) with apt-get? i want to transfer a couple of programs via dvd to a computer that does not have an internet connection.

just make sure the arch (architecture of the package match your system ...i386 for 32-bit ...and amd64 for 64-bit) ...and remember to look up dependencies...you might need to transfer additional packages with your dvd

if i just copy a buntu partition on an external drive and boot from it, will booting from usb work?

i'm gonna go out on a limb and say highly unlikely.

i'll write about my problem again so anyone can help me. i'm on a server-install and the terminal is not using the whole height of my screen. it only uses half, positioned in the middle. i was told to press 'e' at boot prompt and add 'vga=normal' but when clicking 'e' i'm given a list of choices first (root, kernel, initrd, savedefault, boot) what should i edit?

df -h

is there a log that shows what packages were recently updated?

/var/log/apt/history.log should show recent changes from apt.

how do i connect to a folder with samba, i don't want to mount it permenatly, i can't figure out how to access it

using nautilus u can go to location smb:///

is there a command to combine two .wav files into one?

cat file1 >> file2 , backup first, i am not sure it works or not

is there an apt-get equivalent of the a 'yum provides' command?

apt-file search <pattern>

i've installed java 6, but 'java -version' still comes up with 4.1.2.4; how can i fix this?

sudo update-alternatives --config java

hi. can someone assist me in getting samba working again please?

just fix the lines that don't work and it should work fine :)

hey, how do i find out which ubuntu version im running?

try cat /etc/issue

what is the simplest way to set up a caching dns server on my system, which is only available locally?

dnsmasq is a caching dns forwarder, if that's all you want

how to update nokia phone in ubuntu?

wine maybe and nokia pc suite

is there an ubuntu help channel?

it is here

hey, in xchat, what is that bar that appears to the right of the message box

fyrestrtr is correct, it's a lag meter

how do i see my processor temp?

for cli install lm-sensors then type sensors , for gui install xsensors

so, you al sysadmins in here, how can a web developer with all the web jargon to learn find time to learn of all bash commands as well lol

http://tldp.org/ldp/abs/html/

did you try the instructions here? http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~fine/tech/font-howto.html

i did have a few modifications to it though as i'm trying to install it as a system wide font. so i dropped it in /usr/share/fonts/bitmaps