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is there a way for me to permanently resize the terminal in ubuntu? i use it fullscreen all the time, and i have to resize it every time..	edit > profile preferences > general on 12.04 with gnome-terminal
hey does anyone know which is better ubuntu version 6.10 or 7.04	beryl is dead. compiz is what you want :)
i used to use kdiff3 for comparing file hierarchies. however, that's not available in the repositories anymore. anybody recommend an alternative?	kdiff3 is in repos for karmic
anyone knows a good app for cataloguing (music) cds?	'apt-cache search cd catalog'. shows a few interesting packages
does firefox ever gray out for you guys when your having latency issues?	the 'greying out' is compiz telling you the program is being slow to respond. ive seen it befor (rarely)
hi! question! how can i force the refresh rate in ubuntu? it's stuck at 1024x768 - 60hz when obviously my 17' lg crt can do up to 80	edit xorg.conf perhaps?
hi, is there an easy way to download the gutsy updates for another architecture? my machine is on a 14.4 dialup, but i can use a usb key at a cafe to get everything	apt-zip for example
does anyone know how to keep the sudo command on for the whole temrinal session instead of having to type it out in front of every command?	you might try sudo -i, but be carefull on what you type!
suppose i were to boot from a live cd and i needed to find out what motherboard the pc has... is there a command that would give me that info?	lshw \| more
can someone on ubuntu do an apt-cache search xvidcap please.	nothing
how do i kill firefox when not responding.. i have closed the window but when i try to start a new firefox i get a error saying that firefox is already running	alt+f2, run 'killall firefox'
how do i get a cronjob to start at say 6:30 and run once a minute until 14:00?	use crontab to kick off the script and handle the 1 minute waits with your script logic?
i want to start contributing to open source projects. i am interested in shell scripting part, can any one suggest me how to start	debian packaging often involves a lot of shell scripting.
where is the gnome-screensavers info saved? so i can fudge with it i mean... like the screensavers that come with jaunty	/usr/share/applications/screensavers ?
does someone know where all the icons are stored? i'm looking for the kde shutdown icon....	/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg
is there a media client for linux which can seek back and fourth in real media (.rm) streams? the realplayer client on windows can, but it doesn't seem possible for realplayer on linux..	mplayer includes the frontend
how speedup the time it takes to display a character when i hold a key for a few seconds?	system>preferences>keyboard
does anybody use a usb modem? if yes, does he use a ueagle chipset modem (like sagem f@st 800)? i ask that, because i want to know if these instructions work flawlessly: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/usbadslmodem/ueagle-atm	from what i understand, all modems are iffy under any linux lol
someone please help me =p my taskbar is showing stuff from all the desktops.. how do i make it so that it only shows the applications running on that specific desktop?	then select 'show windows from current workspace'
right ,anyone know if there's a problem with the old dell latitude 266mhzs with ubuntu server?	uhhhh... how much ram has it?
can someone please explain to me why if sound works in flash with firefox it doesn't with chrome and vice/versa?	can you explain further?
why when i scrolled in ubuntu i lost everything opened? i have two workspaces and they both emptied?	keep scrolling you just switched desktops.
should i install skype from canonical partner or should i install it directly from skype.com?	the last update was ages ago, but if you install it from the repository, you will get update in case they ever arrive. :)
hi all, i had one question in sleep xx what is the type (ms or sec)?	sec
hi all - gaim question - only when using aol/aim the imput box is all black and i can't see what im typing. any ideas?	change the background color?
hi all, i've been trying to download b0146b3d658d2471c7d4e9e43d32f24431d5a9bf ubuntu-9.10-desktop-powerpc+ps3.iso torrent for 2 days now, and nothing happens. i've got the normal 9.10 32 and 64bit cd's to download via bittorrent, but the ps3 one does not want to budge, not one bit.	do you have any peers that are seeding it?
is there a way to input multiple commands in terminal? i'm coverting a bunch of .mp4 files to .wav files, and i'm getting tired of doing it one at a time..	yes type && between commands.
hi all. something's constantly accessing my hard disk and slowing things down to a crawl. any idea how to identify what's going on? i suspect it's a hardware problem since it started quite suddenly, but the smart tools don't identify anything too strange...	you can try to find it using ps aux
hi all. do i need the virtualbox-ose-modules, if ubuntu is the host system? or is that package required to provide certain host capabilites for ubuntu?	- is required. must match kernel version. maybe you will want to keep older kernels, because the modules arent always available for the newest kernel (you can still compile them yourself)
hey guys, anyone know what powers pastebin.ubuntu.com ?	i do not sorry
hi, how can i manually enforce a readout of ~/.profile (so i won't have to restart or anything)?	but don't make a habit of using it too many times or you'll end up with a $path the length of the amazon.
hi all. quick question from a linux noob...?	in your case, the command to enter is cd 'media/freeagent drive'. if you put quotes around the entire path you can have spaces.
ahh, im in a bind... i have a project that i commited to at the beginning of the semester for my history class and i said i was going to make a computer game. i was planning on using vb because its very easy to make a decent looking gui in a few minutes, but now i don't have windows on my comp at all which makes development a tad difficult. anybody know of any language that i can develop in linux with a quick and easy gui tool?	anjuta
good day. i installed gsnes9x but have no idea what the binary is... how do i see which files were installed, if you please?	dpkg -l gsnes9x; will list all the files installed
anyone with a synaptics touchpad and on dapper?	yes, in the past..... why?
can anyone recommend any good free ebooks on ubuntu?	http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/download_main.html
how would i install a program (a simple apt-get) on my ubuntu machine downstairs through the laptop that i'm currently using?	something like this? for i in $(seq 1 254); do ping -c 1 192.168.0.$i; done <--- note: very very basic
what are the others using then?	with dapper the default is to use the new desktop cd
i can't remove a nvidia broken package with apt-get install -f can someone tell me how to do it? http://paste.ubuntu.com/574148/	maybe sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq <package name>
i was planning to install both ubuntu and kubuntu to see which version i perfer but from what i heard, te application menu would get cluttred with applications from both versions no matter what session you use. is there a way to prevent this from happening? like only show gnome apps under gnome and kubuntu apps under kubuntu?	another machine may allready have the ip.
what is the deb line for extras?	its not official yet as maverick has not been released, webupd8 has the info let me get it
how do i get grub2 to boot a liveusb? i dont want 'from a liveusb' i want it configured to boot a system off the liveusb by selecting it in my grub menu when i boot up.	i've tried running a system off of usb. it doesn't work very well. you're only going to give yourself headaches
so i can remote to my computer and work on it through ssh and such (which is where my xchat is running)	yes, simply connect with: ssh -x -c username@server
is there a way to stop a service from auto starting on ubuntu server, like apache2 or mysql?	remove the symlink from /etc/rc2.d/
is vlc no longer in apt-get ? apt-cache search vlc turns up nothing for me :o	have you enabled universe and multiverse repositories?
youtube videos tend to lag behind the audio, and its gotten a bit annoying, how can this be fixed? google chromium	tried youtube with html5? www.youtube.com/html5 to turn feature on/off
hey could someone tell me how to replace every space in a file with a period using the command line	do you need it in bash, or would python be fine?
how do you compile multiple .cc and a .h files together?	gcc name.c name.c name.c
istarnes: why does 'chmod -r 777 *' answer 'no such file or directory'	there is no -r option to chmod, only -r ... and are you sure you really want to do that???
hello everyone. question about ubutnu 10.04 and the integrated im applet. how does one get a buddy list to see whos online?	set up your account then change your status to online. you should then be able to see people in your area.
hello. i've made it far coming here. my journey has been long. i am new to ubuntu, as you might understand. now, i am wondering what i need to do in order to update my alpha 11.04 to the full version - any clues?	go into update manager and you will find it
is there a website where i can get these news (server problems and so on...)?	it will probably be solved in two dozens of minutes.
hey guys, how can i make n indefinitely, in this command: find . -links n? i would like to search for file with more than 2 links	+2 ?
hi.. nautilus has somehow managed to size itself larger than the current screen .. gui resize options appear out of the question.. how may i reset nautilus window size settings (or in fact general nautilius settings) to reset the window size??	gconf-editor
hi guys...how do i unload a driver? thanks	if the driver is implemented as a kernel module (and if the kernel was compiled with module unloading support) you can use rmmod to unload a driver.
hi all! which driver from nvidia site is best for geforce 2 mx400?	see if it came with uninstall instructions. it should have made a backup of xorg.conf, check ls -lrt /etc/x11
can somebody help me? i already have this problem longer time... all my videoplayers just show bluescreen, but i can hear the sound... what the heck is wrong?	that's cause the codecs might be missing
is there any other source to download ubuntu 12.04 lts other than ubuntu.com ? it's not getting downloaded ... :(	here: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/alternative-downloads
hi, is okay to ask a question how to detect and/or clean a file from dos/windows linefeeds ?	be a real man and use sed :)
how does one setup pulseaudio if he is using fluxbox instead of gnome. is there a command to start it up?	man pulseaudio
my wife had 10x copies of her vacation pictures all in nested subdirs.. does that count? :)	...heh...i'd choose a different strategy, but i get worried if my pics are only on 2 mediums...i like to have 3 or more...
quick question: how do you disconnect from an ssh session? (aside from closing terminal)	exit
is there a requirement for a computer to go to sleep?	yes you need it
hmm, not that i think irssi is hard to learn, you just need to know how to look for help :)	/help ;-)
hi all, how do i install kubuntu alongside ubuntu?	install it like any other package
this is a great community, this channel is the only reason why i would set a noob up with linux	this is why i picked ubuntu over all the other versions when i picked a linux distro to try.
what is envy?	a script that tries to install your drivers, we reworked a version of it for your repos, but the original can mess you up and keep the real drivers from working
hey all, is there a way to switch to 64 bit post install?	re-install
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 folks... i have an ip address that repeatedly tries to hack into a ftp server. how do i block or deny this ip? is it done through proftpd?	iptables -i eth0 -s xx.xx.xx.xx -j drop
is there an ubuntu help channel?	it is here
any hoary user can try : 'apt-get install nautilus-media' ? does that work ?	fails
i need to install an older version of perl. i can only see 5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2 and .10.0-11.1ubuntu2.2, but i need 5.8.7-10ubuntu1.2 it's ubuntu server 8.10. i get the version numbers i can see from apt-get showpkg perl	http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/
what app replace photoshop in linux?	gimp, or 'gnu image manipulation program'
hi folks. i've just installed ubuntu on my laptop as well as my desktop. my linux and windows machines talk to each other, slowly, with samba. if i want fast and secure file sharing between my ubuntu machines, should i keep using samba, or should i install something else alongside? (and if so, what would you recommend?)	secure uh? go with ssh
does anyone know of a good linux distro which could as a caching server for http, etc, and offer some 'auditing' as to monitor which user uses more adsl cap?	'sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig' or 'sudo fc-cache -f -v'
sburwood:uninstall and reinstall thunderbird? will just start a new profile	(re)installing an application _never_ touches user's settings.
ok, i dont know here to ask, but anways: i have a small c-program that runs system('script.sh'); and script.sh runs whoami; the c-program i chmodded +s and owned by me. if i do sudo -u www-data ./c-program i get 'www-data' not my username	you might want to look into the c programming channel
do my compiz settings suck resources even if i am playing a full screen game? that is, if i turn on all these effects, will they slow down other programs even when you can't see the desktop?	proberly to some degree yes.
how do i use my desktop as a server to host a small personal website ?	use lampp
can someone pop-up their totem and see if the bbc plug-in works for them or if it fails to connect?	are you on lucid? if so, i know there was a bug filed against it
hi folks. where does synaptic / apt-get keep the cached files it downloads .... i have all the files, and rather than download them again, i thought id load them in manually	/var/apt/cache/ i think
if i get an optimized kernel for my processor will i see performance increase?	not so much extra performance that you'll notice, or would make the exercise worthwhile
does anyone know if opera's private browsing function writes anything (cookies, history etc) to the hard drive, then deletes it when you quit the session, or is everything kept in ram?	you could always use iotop or lsof and test.
is there a way to copy and rename a directory?	provided that you are in that folder.
while on this topic, does anyone know a good torrent client for ubuntu, i am currently using utorrent on wine ?	transmission is good
can anyone tell me if the latex komascript is still available in edgy? in dapper it was included in tetex-extra but although this package is installed latex cannot finde the file scrrport.cls	: try installing apt-file, updating it and then do an 'apt-file search scrrport.cls'
does anyone know how to make a program start with a nice level you want like for me to start tremulous with a nice level of -4	nice -4 <program>
what is the command to completely remove a package? i did sudo apt-get remove pure-ftpd, but pure-ftpd configs and stuff still exist under /etc	usually you do 'apt-get --purge remove <package>' to remove all confs... you can remove confs after a package is removed is 'dpkg --purge package' to remove conf files
i am looking for an app that can bring up to terminal sessions and echo the commands on both terminal sessions	screen
heh.. is it possible to send a message to someone else logged in via ssh on a linux bx?	yes, if the proper programs are installed on that machine. i think one of them is 'talk' but i'm not sure.
waht is the best way to remove pulseaudio completely from my 9.10 system	sudo apt-get purge pulseaudio
hi, i want to add a keyboard shortcut to change keyboard mapping. what do i do ? i am using xubuntu	you have to look into xmodmap
where can i configure software sources ?	/etc/apt/sources.list
what is the camand to find out what kind of a file a file is?	mean file some_file_name.ext
trying to figure out the best way to clone an ubuntu box	partimage.
is ubuntu 8.10 hardy heron?	uname -r
excuse me, which is better for ubuntu... ext3 or 4?	believe so
what's the best way for a bash script to pick up variables from /etc/environment? should i just use source?	if not, parse it
hi, i just installed windows 7 pro in virtualbox 3.0.8_ose in ubuntu 9.10. windows detects no audio device. the vm is setup using pulse audio. how can i get audio to work?	install the guest additions

is there a way for me to permanently resize the terminal in ubuntu? i use it fullscreen all the time, and i have to resize it every time..

edit > profile preferences > general on 12.04 with gnome-terminal

hey does anyone know which is better ubuntu version 6.10 or 7.04

beryl is dead. compiz is what you want :)

i used to use kdiff3 for comparing file hierarchies. however, that's not available in the repositories anymore. anybody recommend an alternative?

kdiff3 is in repos for karmic

anyone knows a good app for cataloguing (music) cds?

'apt-cache search cd catalog'. shows a few interesting packages

does firefox ever gray out for you guys when your having latency issues?

the 'greying out' is compiz telling you the program is being slow to respond. ive seen it befor (rarely)

hi! question! how can i force the refresh rate in ubuntu? it's stuck at 1024x768 - 60hz when obviously my 17' lg crt can do up to 80

edit xorg.conf perhaps?

hi, is there an easy way to download the gutsy updates for another architecture? my machine is on a 14.4 dialup, but i can use a usb key at a cafe to get everything

apt-zip for example

does anyone know how to keep the sudo command on for the whole temrinal session instead of having to type it out in front of every command?

you might try sudo -i, but be carefull on what you type!

suppose i were to boot from a live cd and i needed to find out what motherboard the pc has... is there a command that would give me that info?

lshw | more

can someone on ubuntu do an apt-cache search xvidcap please.

nothing

how do i kill firefox when not responding.. i have closed the window but when i try to start a new firefox i get a error saying that firefox is already running

alt+f2, run 'killall firefox'

how do i get a cronjob to start at say 6:30 and run once a minute until 14:00?

use crontab to kick off the script and handle the 1 minute waits with your script logic?

i want to start contributing to open source projects. i am interested in shell scripting part, can any one suggest me how to start

debian packaging often involves a lot of shell scripting.

where is the gnome-screensavers info saved? so i can fudge with it i mean... like the screensavers that come with jaunty

/usr/share/applications/screensavers ?

does someone know where all the icons are stored? i'm looking for the kde shutdown icon....

/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg

is there a media client for linux which can seek back and fourth in real media (.rm) streams? the realplayer client on windows can, but it doesn't seem possible for realplayer on linux..

mplayer includes the frontend

how speedup the time it takes to display a character when i hold a key for a few seconds?

system>preferences>keyboard

does anybody use a usb modem? if yes, does he use a ueagle chipset modem (like sagem f@st 800)? i ask that, because i want to know if these instructions work flawlessly: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/usbadslmodem/ueagle-atm

from what i understand, all modems are iffy under any linux lol

someone please help me =p my taskbar is showing stuff from all the desktops.. how do i make it so that it only shows the applications running on that specific desktop?

then select 'show windows from current workspace'

right ,anyone know if there's a problem with the old dell latitude 266mhzs with ubuntu server?

uhhhh... how much ram has it?

can someone please explain to me why if sound works in flash with firefox it doesn't with chrome and vice/versa?

can you explain further?

why when i scrolled in ubuntu i lost everything opened? i have two workspaces and they both emptied?

keep scrolling you just switched desktops.

should i install skype from canonical partner or should i install it directly from skype.com?

the last update was ages ago, but if you install it from the repository, you will get update in case they ever arrive. :)

hi all, i had one question in sleep xx what is the type (ms or sec)?

sec

hi all - gaim question - only when using aol/aim the imput box is all black and i can't see what im typing. any ideas?

change the background color?

hi all, i've been trying to download b0146b3d658d2471c7d4e9e43d32f24431d5a9bf ubuntu-9.10-desktop-powerpc+ps3.iso torrent for 2 days now, and nothing happens. i've got the normal 9.10 32 and 64bit cd's to download via bittorrent, but the ps3 one does not want to budge, not one bit.

do you have any peers that are seeding it?

is there a way to input multiple commands in terminal? i'm coverting a bunch of .mp4 files to .wav files, and i'm getting tired of doing it one at a time..

yes type && between commands.

hi all. something's constantly accessing my hard disk and slowing things down to a crawl. any idea how to identify what's going on? i suspect it's a hardware problem since it started quite suddenly, but the smart tools don't identify anything too strange...

you can try to find it using ps aux

hi all. do i need the virtualbox-ose-modules, if ubuntu is the host system? or is that package required to provide certain host capabilites for ubuntu?

- is required. must match kernel version. maybe you will want to keep older kernels, because the modules arent always available for the newest kernel (you can still compile them yourself)

hey guys, anyone know what powers pastebin.ubuntu.com ?

i do not sorry

hi, how can i manually enforce a readout of ~/.profile (so i won't have to restart or anything)?

but don't make a habit of using it too many times or you'll end up with a $path the length of the amazon.

hi all. quick question from a linux noob...?

in your case, the command to enter is cd 'media/freeagent drive'. if you put quotes around the entire path you can have spaces.

ahh, im in a bind... i have a project that i commited to at the beginning of the semester for my history class and i said i was going to make a computer game. i was planning on using vb because its very easy to make a decent looking gui in a few minutes, but now i don't have windows on my comp at all which makes development a tad difficult. anybody know of any language that i can develop in linux with a quick and easy gui tool?

anjuta

good day. i installed gsnes9x but have no idea what the binary is... how do i see which files were installed, if you please?

dpkg -l gsnes9x; will list all the files installed

anyone with a synaptics touchpad and on dapper?

yes, in the past..... why?

can anyone recommend any good free ebooks on ubuntu?

http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/download_main.html

how would i install a program (a simple apt-get) on my ubuntu machine downstairs through the laptop that i'm currently using?

something like this? for i in $(seq 1 254); do ping -c 1 192.168.0.$i; done <--- note: very very basic

what are the others using then?

with dapper the default is to use the new desktop cd

i can't remove a nvidia broken package with apt-get install -f can someone tell me how to do it? http://paste.ubuntu.com/574148/

maybe sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq <package name>

i was planning to install both ubuntu and kubuntu to see which version i perfer but from what i heard, te application menu would get cluttred with applications from both versions no matter what session you use. is there a way to prevent this from happening? like only show gnome apps under gnome and kubuntu apps under kubuntu?

another machine may allready have the ip.

what is the deb line for extras?

its not official yet as maverick has not been released, webupd8 has the info let me get it

how do i get grub2 to boot a liveusb? i dont want 'from a liveusb' i want it configured to boot a system off the liveusb by selecting it in my grub menu when i boot up.

i've tried running a system off of usb. it doesn't work very well. you're only going to give yourself headaches

so i can remote to my computer and work on it through ssh and such (which is where my xchat is running)

yes, simply connect with: ssh -x -c username@server

is there a way to stop a service from auto starting on ubuntu server, like apache2 or mysql?

remove the symlink from /etc/rc2.d/

is vlc no longer in apt-get ? apt-cache search vlc turns up nothing for me :o

have you enabled universe and multiverse repositories?

youtube videos tend to lag behind the audio, and its gotten a bit annoying, how can this be fixed? google chromium

tried youtube with html5? www.youtube.com/html5 to turn feature on/off

hey could someone tell me how to replace every space in a file with a period using the command line

do you need it in bash, or would python be fine?

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

gcc name.c name.c name.c

istarnes: why does 'chmod -r 777 *' answer 'no such file or directory'

there is no -r option to chmod, only -r ... and are you *sure* you really want to do that???

hello everyone. question about ubutnu 10.04 and the integrated im applet. how does one get a buddy list to see whos online?

set up your account then change your status to online. you should then be able to see people in your area.

hello. i've made it far coming here. my journey has been long. i am new to ubuntu, as you might understand. now, i am wondering what i need to do in order to update my alpha 11.04 to the full version - any clues?

go into update manager and you will find it

is there a website where i can get these news (server problems and so on...)?

it will probably be solved in two dozens of minutes.

hey guys, how can i make n indefinitely, in this command: find . -links n? i would like to search for file with more than 2 links

+2 ?

hi.. nautilus has somehow managed to size itself larger than the current screen .. gui resize options appear out of the question.. how may i reset nautilus window size settings (or in fact general nautilius settings) to reset the window size??

gconf-editor

hi guys...how do i unload a driver? thanks

if the driver is implemented as a kernel module (and if the kernel was compiled with module unloading support) you can use rmmod to unload a driver.

hi all! which driver from nvidia site is best for geforce 2 mx400?

see if it came with uninstall instructions. it should have made a backup of xorg.conf, check ls -lrt /etc/x11

can somebody help me? i already have this problem longer time... all my videoplayers just show bluescreen, but i can hear the sound... what the heck is wrong?

that's cause the codecs might be missing

is there any other source to download ubuntu 12.04 lts other than ubuntu.com ? it's not getting downloaded ... :(

here: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/alternative-downloads

hi, is okay to ask a question how to detect and/or clean a file from dos/windows linefeeds ?

be a real man and use sed :)

how does one setup pulseaudio if he is using fluxbox instead of gnome. is there a command to start it up?

man pulseaudio

my wife had 10x copies of her vacation pictures all in nested subdirs.. does that count? :)

...heh...i'd choose a different strategy, but i get worried if my pics are only on 2 mediums...i like to have 3 or more...

quick question: how do you disconnect from an ssh session? (aside from closing terminal)

exit

is there a requirement for a computer to go to sleep?

yes you need it

hmm, not that i think irssi is hard to learn, you just need to know how to look for help :)

/help ;-)

hi all, how do i install kubuntu alongside ubuntu?

install it like any other package

this is a great community, this channel is the only reason why i would set a noob up with linux

this is why i picked ubuntu over all the other versions when i picked a linux distro to try.

what is envy?

a script that tries to install your drivers, we reworked a version of it for your repos, but the original can mess you up and keep the real drivers from working

hey all, is there a way to switch to 64 bit post install?

re-install

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 folks... i have an ip address that repeatedly tries to hack into a ftp server. how do i block or deny this ip? is it done through proftpd?

iptables -i eth0 -s xx.xx.xx.xx -j drop

is there an ubuntu help channel?

it is here

any hoary user can try : 'apt-get install nautilus-media' ? does that work ?

fails

i need to install an older version of perl. i can only see 5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2 and .10.0-11.1ubuntu2.2, but i need 5.8.7-10ubuntu1.2 it's ubuntu server 8.10. i get the version numbers i can see from apt-get showpkg perl

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/

what app replace photoshop in linux?

gimp, or 'gnu image manipulation program'

hi folks. i've just installed ubuntu on my laptop as well as my desktop. my linux and windows machines talk to each other, slowly, with samba. if i want fast and secure file sharing between my ubuntu machines, should i keep using samba, or should i install something else alongside? (and if so, what would you recommend?)

secure uh? go with ssh

does anyone know of a good linux distro which could as a caching server for http, etc, and offer some 'auditing' as to monitor which user uses more adsl cap?

'sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig' or 'sudo fc-cache -f -v'

sburwood:uninstall and reinstall thunderbird? will just start a new profile

(re)installing an application _never_ touches user's settings.

ok, i dont know here to ask, but anways: i have a small c-program that runs system('script.sh'); and script.sh runs whoami; the c-program i chmodded +s and owned by me. if i do sudo -u www-data ./c-program i get 'www-data' not my username

you might want to look into the c programming channel

do my compiz settings suck resources even if i am playing a full screen game? that is, if i turn on all these effects, will they slow down other programs even when you can't see the desktop?

proberly to some degree yes.

how do i use my desktop as a server to host a small personal website ?

use lampp

can someone pop-up their totem and see if the bbc plug-in works for them or if it fails to connect?

are you on lucid? if so, i know there was a bug filed against it

hi folks. where does synaptic / apt-get keep the cached files it downloads .... i have all the files, and rather than download them again, i thought id load them in manually

/var/apt/cache/ i think

if i get an optimized kernel for my processor will i see performance increase?

not so much extra performance that you'll notice, or would make the exercise worthwhile

does anyone know if opera's private browsing function writes anything (cookies, history etc) to the hard drive, then deletes it when you quit the session, or is everything kept in ram?

you could always use iotop or lsof and test.

is there a way to copy and rename a directory?

provided that you are in that folder.

while on this topic, does anyone know a good torrent client for ubuntu, i am currently using utorrent on wine ?

transmission is good

can anyone tell me if the latex komascript is still available in edgy? in dapper it was included in tetex-extra but although this package is installed latex cannot finde the file scrrport.cls

: try installing apt-file, updating it and then do an 'apt-file search scrrport.cls'

does anyone know how to make a program start with a nice level you want like for me to start tremulous with a nice level of -4

nice -4 <program>

what is the command to completely remove a package? i did sudo apt-get remove pure-ftpd, but pure-ftpd configs and stuff still exist under /etc

usually you do 'apt-get --purge remove <package>' to remove all confs... you can remove confs after a package is removed is 'dpkg --purge package' to remove conf files

i am looking for an app that can bring up to terminal sessions and echo the commands on both terminal sessions

screen

heh.. is it possible to send a message to someone else logged in via ssh on a linux bx?

yes, if the proper programs are installed on that machine. i think one of them is 'talk' but i'm not sure.

waht is the best way to remove pulseaudio completely from my 9.10 system

sudo apt-get purge pulseaudio

hi, i want to add a keyboard shortcut to change keyboard mapping. what do i do ? i am using xubuntu

you have to look into xmodmap

where can i configure software sources ?

/etc/apt/sources.list

what is the camand to find out what kind of a file a file is?

mean file some_file_name.ext

trying to figure out the best way to clone an ubuntu box

partimage.

is ubuntu 8.10 hardy heron?

uname -r

excuse me, which is better for ubuntu... ext3 or 4?

believe so

what's the best way for a bash script to pick up variables from /etc/environment? should i just use source?

if not, parse it

hi, i just installed windows 7 pro in virtualbox 3.0.8_ose in ubuntu 9.10. windows detects no audio device. the vm is setup using pulse audio. how can i get audio to work?

install the guest additions