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annyone knows how to glue two pdf documents to one?	pdftk, i can't remember the syntax though
fast question: warty supposedly somewhat corresponds to sarge, but what is hoary?	until march, it will be the development branch
hey guys, how do i know if ubuntu is currently running any type of firewall?	why not install firestarter , it has a nice stop start button
question to bash-scripting: how can i make an echo that writes its output to the screen and to a logfile?	out=`echo hello' ; echo $out ; echo $out >> logfile
anyone that can help me with changing the hz in ubuntu? i can only choose 85hz but my monitor does onlu support 50/60hz.	i think you have to see: etc/x11/xf86config-4
how to install a .deb file with apt-get from a local directory?	sorry, i meant: sudo dpkg -i file.deb
: unfortunately i tried what we talked about and even tried replacing other seemingly relevant packages with those used in jaunty, but it didn't work	:( sorry
hi, i like to know how to find out what packages depend on a particular package (ubuntu 10.10)	apt-cache show 'packagename' will tell you
how do you view multiple pages side by side in open office?	dannel: the internet seems to think that as of 3.0 you can, by just reducing the zoom percentage of the document.
best php book is 'php and mysql web develoopment'	thanks for kind opinion :)
how would i run a php program stand alone? some thing like 'php program.php' and it runs program.php?	you need to install php5-cli
the 64 bit ubuntu is only for amd processors?	the amd64 version works just as well on intel too, it's not just for amd chips
i am missing gtk python modules... pygtk2 and pygtk2-libglade where can i find these?	i think you can sudo apt-get install python
hi everyone, i have a question: i'm using ubuntu dapper beta2 on a hp laptop, i want to use vga output for projector, how can i activate it?	that is a function of your laptop fn f8 maybe - can differ
hello, i want to install ubuntu on a aaspire one, but i've read that ubuntu 8.04 have some problems with the wifi and sound, there's a chance that the intrepid version solve this?	i have an acer aspire 8920g, my sound works - for the most part - fine, pm for further discussion
hey all, trying to restart my networking interfaces thru terminal. tried using /etc/init.d/networking restart however it just seems to freeze and doesn't do anything…so does stop. any other ideas?	that command is deprecated. rather use 'sudo services network-manager restart'
when is 8.10 due?	fifteen days, and counting :)
what package should i reconfigure to change list of available video modes for x server?	xserver-xorg?
can someone help me out?i need to save something in /etc/apt/sources.list but is telling me i dont have permission, do i really have to login as root?	u can use sudo command
hey guys, im wanting to know a decent app for voip over lan, basically i just want to be able to talk to my brother on our local network with mics	or you could run a teamspeak server
is ubuntu ever going to support the linksys wireless cards that it currently doesn't support?	is linksys ever going to support ubuntu like they support windows?
hey, does ubuntu karmic server have pcmcia support built in? i can see a pcmcia card via lspci. does that mean pcmcia support works?	i don't see why it wouldn't though.
it can't seem to find aalib or pretty much anything whatsoever when trying to configure even if its installed	devel packages?
does anyone know how to convert a .3gp (an mpeg audio container) to .wav in ubuntu?	will mplayer play it? if so 'mplayer -ao pcm $foo_file.3gp' will output to a wav file
what's the proper way to manage the java classpath in ubuntu?	you can set your classpath in your .profile or .bashrc_profile or any of the profile related configs..but key is the classpath
i don't know if it actually matters but my ntfs partitions are hdb# and not hda#.	gnome ore kde ??
is there a good c++ editor for gnome?	or if you want an ide there's anjuta
can i restrict an ssh user to only its homefolder?	you can restrict them to a secure bash shell, which won't let them leave their home folder.
is there any application for controlling a laptops touchpad settings?	acctually theres setting in the mouse preferences
whats the problem when 'add/remove programs' is not loading the content? the window stays empty	slow laptop
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
what is the shortcut for the run command dialog box	alt f2
can someone tell me howto get rid of google chrome? im not able to uninstall it...	sudo dpkg -l \|grep -i chrom ----> sudo apt-get remove 'on what appears'
holy crap. is this a right place to come and say just how awesome ubuntu is? the last time i used ubuntu was 6.04. boy have the improvements been awesome. practically everything works !!!	yeah i like it, i think it really encourages desktop users to get into the open source community
what user do jobs in /etc/cron.daily/ run as?	root
hi, my samba is screwed and i need to add a network printer by hand in the following format: smb://[workgroup/]server[:port]/printer... anybody know what port windows printers are shared on? thanks	because [:port] is in [ ], it means its optional and you do not need to specify it.
hey, i'm having an issue where 1 out of 3 boots it crashes in the middle of booting and i can't figure out how to debug the problem. if i boot in recovery mode it always seems to boot fine, but sometimes it just crashes about 1/4 of the way on the progress bar without any error or display. it just stops doing anything. could anyone point me as to where i could find logs or something to help debug the problem? i tried looking online but couldn't find anythi	boot it up normally, except change the boot line: get rid of splash and quiet
if i have a program running, say burning or ripping a cd, on one account and then switch accounts (without logging off) will that continue or will it stop?	it will continue.
when i run sudo gedit xorg.conf , i get gedit but its blank. i know the file exists as everyone has it, and without it i wouldnt see any windows. what am i doing wrong?	you have to be in the right directory or use the absolute path. and you should use gksudo with gui apps: gksudo gedit /etc/x11/xorg.conf
where can i download the latest dapper ?	linuxtracker.org
does anybody know how to open a .wps file?	sounds like wordperfect ... openoffice?
how do i show the current unix timestamp in a terminal?	date +'%s'
how can i check how much ram my video card has? :)	lshw or lspci 'might' help with that
i know to remove all the tags we do sed 's/<[^>]*>//g .. what if i had two characters following ^(not) ? [^ab] would be or.. how to do negate+and	and: for handling data like xml and html, there often are better ways.
how can i get support here?	ask your question
any idea why ubuntu.com is not reachable from here? tracepath shows it ends in ae-2-52.edge4.london1.level3.net	looks like canonical has been moving its servers to a new datacenter https://twitter.com/launchpadstatus
does anybody know an irc client that allows you to ignore user joins and quits	all of them?
hi, how do i unmount swap?	but, um, be careful.
###hello all,### the program that i'm compiling asked me: 'checking for libxml-2.0 gtk+-2.0... configure: error: cannot find gtk modules, stopping build! please install gtk+ package to continue. see www.gtk.org.	install libxml2-dev and libgtk2.0-dev
does anyone know is alsa-something works with m-audio c400?	http://www.mentby.com/group/alsa-list/m-audio-fasttrack-c400.html it appears so... perhaps with some work.
in ubuntu my login sound works, and music works if i'm using oss. if i run the command 'sudo alsa force-reload', i can use alsa for playback. what can i do to use alsa without running this command?	i use alsa for everything is there a reason why you pick oss?
any one using the docky beta?	i write docky if that helps any
got a recommendation between using ubuntu-restricted versus medibuntu?	not a choice between them, restricted has tons of stuff medibuntu does not
how do i force a reinstall with apt-get?	apt-get install --reinstall foobar
sorry; could you point me to where sources.list is	/etc/apt/sources,list
is there a place i can check for suggestions of what to do on a newly installed system?	sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart ?
could someone please tell me how to copy a group of directories from a cd to my hd?	cp -r /media/cdrom /somewhere/else/
ok, i just apt-got upgraded to breezy and not xorg hates me. fixed font issue... anyone had that one?	everyone has said to wait before it goes final
is grub normally installed on drives, rather than partitions?	yes, it's usually installed on drives
i used startup manager to tell grub to log into windows with 0 countdown. how do i access grub in bootup to go back into ubuntu	holding shift while booting will pop up the grub menu
hi all! anyone with ubuntu ppc?	i had ubuntu ppc until my fbt faile
questopn: when i turn on the pc ubuntu shows the loading screen that after about a minute it sitches to a black screen that shows lots of lines of text including 'bug: unable to handle kernel paging request at f8c84848'	can you get to a terminal? press ctrl-alt-f2 or ctrl-alt-f3
can someone tell me how i can get these little widget things for my ubuntu? http://www.ubuntux.org/latest-ubuntu?size=_original	gdesklets
hi. is it possible to switch desktops in gnome using the scroll wheel in the desktop?	or you can set up a keyboard shortcut to do it
power cut when installing rpm package, now its broken! how to fix it?	using an rpm is even less proper
quick installation question: is it possible to install the server version of ubuntu 6.06 from the packaged live cd? i proceeded with the installation but it appears to have been the desktop and i don't recall it asking me.	also i dont remember any server installation options, maybe there is a server cd.
how can i get to my desktop with a keyboard combo?	you need to set up a key combo in keyboard shortcuts.
what is the path to the main python library in ubuntu 10.4?	whereis python tells you
is there a 'do not disturb' quick link to disable notifications if i am busy?	in gnome shell, sure, but the ubuntu notifications are already non-intrusive.
if i install a program using synaptics package manager, what directory will it install to?	right click the installed package in synaptic>properties, installed files tab
anyone know how to force an ntp update?	https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/serverguide/c/ntp.html i suggest ntpd over ntpdate (and cron)
if i put everything from my home folder on a cd and then reinstall ubuntu... can i just copy it back? :3	of course
is there a free text editor with ftp support available for ubuntu - something like pspad or htmlkit	search for filezilla in software centre
hi there. can anyone tell me what happened to devil's pie ? i just upgraded to gutsy and it's gone, and it's page seems offline as well	i see devilspie in the gutsy universe repos.
how do i see hidden files and folders in the gui folder explorer?	hit ctrl+h
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 =)
does that mean i just need to add the rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other stuff	it is but i won't remove you ;-)
is there any way to change volumes of different speakers or to change from 2 to 5.1 standard with gnome tools? when using oss	dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
hello.. anyone have time to give me a hand here.. need help to install an konica minlota 2300w laser printer??	your printer appears on a list as supported, but it dosen't have the same name. i don't know if that is correct.
hey guys does ubuntu 11.10 have obex opp support for bluetooth transfers	see this http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man1/obextool.1.html
did you get it?	yes. maybe there is something that could help... lemme try
is there some kind of drop down terminal like in fps games?? that would be cool to have	either tilda for gnome-like environments or yakuake for kde
hello folks, i'm looking for a (decent) dvd authoring application. any tips?	devede fulfills my simple needs when it comes to creating video-dvd's
how do i update all?	your sources.list looks fine to me
howto copy/paste text from links2 to bash (no desktop)? gpm works, but i'm unable to copy text from different programs (such as finch, links2 or nano) to bash so far.	for links2 specifically use shift + highlight text, then middle mouse click to paste. for other terminal apps, just highlight and middle click will work.
i think i figured out how to solve my problem: remove then add the ipw2200 kernel module	/etc/acpi/resume.*
oh.. i have a dual boot, how do i get ubuntu to stop tampering with the system clock, i don't use utc but don't find this option in the administration of time	you set utc='no' somewhere - give me a moment and i'll try to find the file
where does the deb files go when i install a package using sudo apt-get install	/var/cache/apt/archives
what program do i need to make a thumb drive be able to boot an iso?	usbcreator or unetbootin
i plugged in my usb headset, everything works fine but when i use the volume control on my headset..... it changes the microphone volume rather than the speaker volume (since it's listed first in gnome volume control)	in gnome, choose it in system> preferences> sound> devices> default mixer tracks
how to install compiz-fusion 7.2 on gutsy	it is install by default, just needs to be enabled.. and the video drivers / card need to be comp with it
hi, is there an application that change the mouse behaviour depending on which application window has the focus ?	maybe imwheel depending on what you want exactly
i'm having a problem trying to reinstall xchat. i keep getting the error message 'configure: error: 'cannot find glib' and i've tried searching for it in the repos and i can't find it. i'm running off intrepid and aren't sure what the name of the library is that i would need.	install libglib2.0-dev and see if that fixes it
kind of off topic, and perhaps not for this chan, but which desktop environment is going to give me the best performance? ( brnd new to ubuntu/deb)	try lubuntu
hmm, does anyone know how i can see if a device with a specific mac addr has been given an ip when using dhcpd?	sorry - arping
just upgraded to 11.10, but there seems to be no way to set up the screensavers anymore... where did it go?	http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/things-to-tweak-after-installing-ubuntu.html might help, it talks about no screen savers in gnome, although i'm not sure if that also applies to unity
how do i do something similar to a 'scandisk' in windows, in ubuntu? just to scan my disk for errors and make sure it's ok..	fsck for filesystem, badblocks for the disk itself
i miss the 'extract to folder' option of winzip when i right-click an archive in nautilus	there's a script for it, you might want to take a look at http://g-scripts.sourceforge.net
how can i dump to terminal all flags the present kernel was compiled with?	cat /boot/config-`uname -r`
is gimp2.8 in repos yet?	no, there's a ppa

annyone knows how to glue two pdf documents to one?

pdftk, i can't remember the syntax though

fast question: warty supposedly somewhat corresponds to sarge, but what is hoary?

until march, it will be the development branch

hey guys, how do i know if ubuntu is currently running any type of firewall?

why not install firestarter , it has a nice stop start button

question to bash-scripting: how can i make an echo that writes its output to the screen and to a logfile?

out=`echo hello' ; echo $out ; echo $out >> logfile

anyone that can help me with changing the hz in ubuntu? i can only choose 85hz but my monitor does onlu support 50/60hz.

i think you have to see: etc/x11/xf86config-4

how to install a .deb file with apt-get from a local directory?

sorry, i meant: sudo dpkg -i file.deb

: unfortunately i tried what we talked about and even tried replacing other seemingly relevant packages with those used in jaunty, but it didn't work

:( sorry

hi, i like to know how to find out what packages depend on a particular package (ubuntu 10.10)

apt-cache show 'packagename' will tell you

how do you view multiple pages side by side in open office?

dannel: the internet seems to think that as of 3.0 you can, by just reducing the zoom percentage of the document.

best php book is 'php and mysql web develoopment'

thanks for kind opinion :)

how would i run a php program stand alone? some thing like 'php program.php' and it runs program.php?

you need to install php5-cli

the 64 bit ubuntu is only for amd processors?

the amd64 version works just as well on intel too, it's not just for amd chips

i am missing gtk python modules... pygtk2 and pygtk2-libglade where can i find these?

i think you can sudo apt-get install python

hi everyone, i have a question: i'm using ubuntu dapper beta2 on a hp laptop, i want to use vga output for projector, how can i activate it?

that is a function of your laptop fn f8 maybe - can differ

hello, i want to install ubuntu on a aaspire one, but i've read that ubuntu 8.04 have some problems with the wifi and sound, there's a chance that the intrepid version solve this?

i have an acer aspire 8920g, my sound works - for the most part - fine, pm for further discussion

hey all, trying to restart my networking interfaces thru terminal. tried using /etc/init.d/networking restart however it just seems to freeze and doesn't do anything…so does stop. any other ideas?

that command is deprecated. rather use 'sudo services network-manager restart'

when is 8.10 due?

fifteen days, and counting :)

what package should i reconfigure to change list of available video modes for x server?

xserver-xorg?

can someone help me out?i need to save something in /etc/apt/sources.list but is telling me i dont have permission, do i really have to login as root?

u can use sudo command

hey guys, im wanting to know a decent app for voip over lan, basically i just want to be able to talk to my brother on our local network with mics

or you could run a teamspeak server

is ubuntu ever going to support the linksys wireless cards that it currently doesn't support?

is linksys ever going to support ubuntu like they support windows?

hey, does ubuntu karmic server have pcmcia support built in? i can see a pcmcia card via lspci. does that mean pcmcia support works?

i don't see why it wouldn't though.

it can't seem to find aalib or pretty much anything whatsoever when trying to configure even if its installed

devel packages?

does anyone know how to convert a .3gp (an mpeg audio container) to .wav in ubuntu?

will mplayer play it? if so 'mplayer -ao pcm $foo_file.3gp' will output to a wav file

what's the proper way to manage the java classpath in ubuntu?

you can set your classpath in your .profile or .bashrc_profile or any of the profile related configs..but key is the classpath

i don't know if it actually matters but my ntfs partitions are hdb# and not hda#.

gnome ore kde ??

is there a good c++ editor for gnome?

or if you want an ide there's anjuta

can i restrict an ssh user to only its homefolder?

you can restrict them to a secure bash shell, which won't let them leave their home folder.

is there any application for controlling a laptops touchpad settings?

acctually theres setting in the mouse preferences

whats the problem when 'add/remove programs' is not loading the content? the window stays empty

slow laptop

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

what is the shortcut for the run command dialog box

alt f2

can someone tell me howto get rid of google chrome? im not able to uninstall it...

sudo dpkg -l |grep -i chrom ----> sudo apt-get remove 'on what appears'

holy crap. is this a right place to come and say just how awesome ubuntu is? the last time i used ubuntu was 6.04. boy have the improvements been awesome. practically everything works !!!

yeah i like it, i think it really encourages desktop users to get into the open source community

what user do jobs in /etc/cron.daily/ run as?

root

hi, my samba is screwed and i need to add a network printer by hand in the following format: smb://[workgroup/]server[:port]/printer... anybody know what port windows printers are shared on? thanks

because [:port] is in [ ], it means its optional and you do not need to specify it.

hey, i'm having an issue where 1 out of 3 boots it crashes in the middle of booting and i can't figure out how to debug the problem. if i boot in recovery mode it always seems to boot fine, but sometimes it just crashes about 1/4 of the way on the progress bar without any error or display. it just stops doing anything. could anyone point me as to where i could find logs or something to help debug the problem? i tried looking online but couldn't find anythi

boot it up normally, except change the boot line: get rid of splash and quiet

if i have a program running, say burning or ripping a cd, on one account and then switch accounts (without logging off) will that continue or will it stop?

it will continue.

when i run sudo gedit xorg.conf , i get gedit but its blank. i know the file exists as everyone has it, and without it i wouldnt see any windows. what am i doing wrong?

you have to be in the right directory or use the absolute path. and you should use gksudo with gui apps: gksudo gedit /etc/x11/xorg.conf

where can i download the latest dapper ?

linuxtracker.org

does anybody know how to open a .wps file?

sounds like wordperfect ... openoffice?

how do i show the current unix timestamp in a terminal?

date +'%s'

how can i check how much ram my video card has? :)

lshw or lspci 'might' help with that

i know to remove all the tags we do sed 's/<[^>]*>//g .. what if i had two characters following ^(not) ? [^ab] would be or.. how to do negate+and

and: for handling data like xml and html, there often are better ways.

how can i get support here?

ask your question

any idea why ubuntu.com is not reachable from here? tracepath shows it ends in ae-2-52.edge4.london1.level3.net

looks like canonical has been moving its servers to a new datacenter https://twitter.com/launchpadstatus

does anybody know an irc client that allows you to ignore user joins and quits

all of them?

hi, how do i unmount swap?

but, um, be careful.

###hello all,### the program that i'm compiling asked me: 'checking for libxml-2.0 gtk+-2.0... configure: error: cannot find gtk modules, stopping build! please install gtk+ package to continue. see www.gtk.org.

install libxml2-dev and libgtk2.0-dev

does anyone know is alsa-something works with m-audio c400?

http://www.mentby.com/group/alsa-list/m-audio-fasttrack-c400.html it appears so... perhaps with some work.

in ubuntu my login sound works, and music works if i'm using oss. if i run the command 'sudo alsa force-reload', i can use alsa for playback. what can i do to use alsa without running this command?

i use alsa for everything is there a reason why you pick oss?

any one using the docky beta?

i write docky if that helps any

got a recommendation between using ubuntu-restricted versus medibuntu?

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

how do i force a reinstall with apt-get?

apt-get install --reinstall foobar

sorry; could you point me to where sources.list is

/etc/apt/sources,list

is there a place i can check for suggestions of what to do on a newly installed system?

sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart ?

could someone please tell me how to copy a group of directories from a cd to my hd?

cp -r /media/cdrom /somewhere/else/

ok, i just apt-got upgraded to breezy and not xorg hates me. fixed font issue... anyone had that one?

everyone has said to wait before it goes final

is grub normally installed on drives, rather than partitions?

yes, it's usually installed on drives

i used startup manager to tell grub to log into windows with 0 countdown. how do i access grub in bootup to go back into ubuntu

holding shift while booting will pop up the grub menu

hi all! anyone with ubuntu ppc?

i had ubuntu ppc until my fbt faile

questopn: when i turn on the pc ubuntu shows the loading screen that after about a minute it sitches to a black screen that shows lots of lines of text including 'bug: unable to handle kernel paging request at f8c84848'

can you get to a terminal? press ctrl-alt-f2 or ctrl-alt-f3

can someone tell me how i can get these little widget things for my ubuntu? http://www.ubuntux.org/latest-ubuntu?size=_original

gdesklets

hi. is it possible to switch desktops in gnome using the scroll wheel in the desktop?

or you can set up a keyboard shortcut to do it

power cut when installing rpm package, now its broken! how to fix it?

using an rpm is even less proper

quick installation question: is it possible to install the server version of ubuntu 6.06 from the packaged live cd? i proceeded with the installation but it appears to have been the desktop and i don't recall it asking me.

also i dont remember any server installation options, maybe there is a server cd.

how can i get to my desktop with a keyboard combo?

you need to set up a key combo in keyboard shortcuts.

what is the path to the main python library in ubuntu 10.4?

whereis python tells you

is there a 'do not disturb' quick link to disable notifications if i am busy?

in gnome shell, sure, but the ubuntu notifications are already non-intrusive.

if i install a program using synaptics package manager, what directory will it install to?

right click the installed package in synaptic>properties, installed files tab

anyone know how to force an ntp update?

https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/serverguide/c/ntp.html i suggest ntpd over ntpdate (and cron)

if i put everything from my home folder on a cd and then reinstall ubuntu... can i just copy it back? :3

of course

is there a free text editor with ftp support available for ubuntu - something like pspad or htmlkit

search for filezilla in software centre

hi there. can anyone tell me what happened to devil's pie ? i just upgraded to gutsy and it's gone, and it's page seems offline as well

i see devilspie in the gutsy universe repos.

how do i see hidden files and folders in the gui folder explorer?

hit ctrl+h

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 =)

does that mean i just need to add the rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other stuff

it is but i won't remove you ;-)

is there any way to change volumes of different speakers or to change from 2 to 5.1 standard with gnome tools? when using oss

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

hello.. anyone have time to give me a hand here.. need help to install an konica minlota 2300w laser printer??

your printer appears on a list as supported, but it dosen't have the same name. i don't know if that is correct.

hey guys does ubuntu 11.10 have obex opp support for bluetooth transfers

see this http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man1/obextool.1.html

did you get it?

yes. maybe there is something that could help... lemme try

is there some kind of drop down terminal like in fps games?? that would be cool to have

either tilda for gnome-like environments or yakuake for kde

hello folks, i'm looking for a (decent) dvd authoring application. any tips?

devede fulfills my simple needs when it comes to creating video-dvd's

how do i update all?

your sources.list looks fine to me

howto copy/paste text from links2 to bash (no desktop)? gpm works, but i'm unable to copy text from different programs (such as finch, links2 or nano) to bash so far.

for links2 specifically use shift + highlight text, then middle mouse click to paste. for other terminal apps, just highlight and middle click will work.

i think i figured out how to solve my problem: remove then add the ipw2200 kernel module

/etc/acpi/resume.*

oh.. i have a dual boot, how do i get ubuntu to stop tampering with the system clock, i don't use utc but don't find this option in the administration of time

you set utc='no' somewhere - give me a moment and i'll try to find the file

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

/var/cache/apt/archives

what program do i need to make a thumb drive be able to boot an iso?

usbcreator or unetbootin

i plugged in my usb headset, everything works fine but when i use the volume control on my headset..... it changes the microphone volume rather than the speaker volume (since it's listed first in gnome volume control)

in gnome, choose it in system> preferences> sound> devices> default mixer tracks

how to install compiz-fusion 7.2 on gutsy

it is install by default, just needs to be enabled.. and the video drivers / card need to be comp with it

hi, is there an application that change the mouse behaviour depending on which application window has the focus ?

maybe imwheel depending on what you want exactly

i'm having a problem trying to reinstall xchat. i keep getting the error message 'configure: error: 'cannot find glib' and i've tried searching for it in the repos and i can't find it. i'm running off intrepid and aren't sure what the name of the library is that i would need.

install libglib2.0-dev and see if that fixes it

kind of off topic, and perhaps not for this chan, but which desktop environment is going to give me the best performance? ( brnd new to ubuntu/deb)

try lubuntu

hmm, does anyone know how i can see if a device with a specific mac addr has been given an ip when using dhcpd?

sorry - arping

just upgraded to 11.10, but there seems to be no way to set up the screensavers anymore... where did it go?

http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/things-to-tweak-after-installing-ubuntu.html might help, it talks about no screen savers in gnome, although i'm not sure if that also applies to unity

how do i do something similar to a 'scandisk' in windows, in ubuntu? just to scan my disk for errors and make sure it's ok..

fsck for filesystem, badblocks for the disk itself

i miss the 'extract to folder' option of winzip when i right-click an archive in nautilus

there's a script for it, you might want to take a look at http://g-scripts.sourceforge.net

how can i dump to terminal all flags the present kernel was compiled with?

cat /boot/config-`uname -r`

is gimp2.8 in repos yet?

no, there's a ppa