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need to ask! i have windows7 and ubuntu 32-bit... i download ubuntu 64-bit coz my processor work on 64-bit, if i install ubuntu 64-bit, does the boot loader remove the windows 7 loader?	it should be done automatically.
do someone know how i can find out which distrib i have installed?	right click on desktop
http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/58036/ <-- someone please tell me ... why??	man: invalid option -- f
hi, does anyone know if you can hilight and copy/paste text in a tty? i'd like to stay away from gpm and stick with the keyboard.	if you use byobu, alt+a [ can be replaced with f7
what do i need to be able to run make menuconfig for building a new kernel	apt-get install libncurses5-dev
how stable/usable is 5.10 for amd64? is it true 64bit?	none of the amd processors are true 64 bit they still got a 32 bit compatibilty mode, if you want true 64bit you need something like a sparc or similiar
hey guys, what command can i use to find the uuid of one of my hard drives?	'vol_id'
hi! how can i access another computer on the network in the same way as i write \\192.168.1.10\music in windows?	in nautilus -- smb://ip.add.re.ss
is there a gui like taskmgr.exe. i know i could use ps or top from command line	'htop' is what you want
hi, how can i change the label of my usb driver without formating it?	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/renameusbdrive
im deciding which email client to use for ubuntu. choice is between thunderbird, or evolution. anyone have a better suggestion? or opinion	evolution is like ms outlook, contact , calendar, task , email, thunderbird is more like outlook express , just email and contact
hi , i have a bunch of ubuntu-hardys behind a router- all on the same subnet, i was wondering if there is an easy wayto communicate between them , without having to set up accouns (a la msn, skype etc)?	see if http://directory.fsf.org/project/ejabberd/ suits your need.
what to do when my nvidia driver is borked and i have no x11.. i.e. how do i reinstall by console?	sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
does guntbert know vpn?	when helping stay helpful please
how do i use command line for apt-get searching for a package then apt-get install it?	use 'apt-cache search' for keyword searches; then 'apt-get install' to install
is there a torrent link to 12.04 32 bit?	all the torrents are there
silly question.... start x to start gui... to stop gui???	server gdm stop
hey guys! im about to install ubuntu 9.1 on a thinkpad with a intel core 2 duo processor. when i switch to 64-bit version on ubintu download page, the file name when downloading is: ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64. does this mean its wrong version ( for amd processors ) or is it just a confusing file name? thx in advance.	it's the right disk
if i wanted to install a program, would i use the .deb version or the rpm version?	the deb
what do i need to download to be able to play mp3s on music player?	ubuntu-restricted-extras? depends
should the word 'for' be capitalized in a title? i know 'and' is not capitalized	no, the word 'for' should not be capitalized.
we are the knights who say... vista!	kde has superkaramba stuff, gnome has gdesklets, and there are a bunch of other kinds of widgets, so they already may
hi, if i copy some files via a cp -rvp /myfiles* /destination, how can i see the mbit/s of this copy command? is there a tool i can pipe the command through?	pv can measure the data through a pipe. but you will have to use a more convoluted command
how do you run an application from the terminal so it returns the terminal to you when the app is started ???	put a & afterwards
does anyone a way to track make install?	yeah... install 'checkinstall'
i run gnome on a 1.2ghz with 512mb, and that runs fine, so with that spec, you shouldn't have any problems where speed is concerned	thanks for the tips.
how can i synchronise date/time of my unix box with an ntp like ntp.ubuntu.com	http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/sync-your-system-clock-with-internet-time-servers-in-ubuntu/
hi can u guys help me , i cant see the minimize maximize quit bar neither i can move windows around, they all stuck	have you been playing with beryl/compiz ?
where can i see what kind of gfx card i have?	open a shell console and type lspci \| grep vga
guys, i have mac mini powerpc 1.2ghz and 256 ram... can anybody please help how to dual boot with 8.10? please? been searching for it on google but i can't find a perfect howto ... please	i'm not at all a mac user, but general :
can i pass variables in an alias? i.e. alias acs='apt-cache search $1' where 'acs gnome' will work?	just do alias acs='sudo apt-cache search'
what is the best irc client for terminal in ubuntu? irssi?	imho yes, def
good evening. how does back up skype contacts on ubuntu 10.04 skype 2.2.0.35 ? thanks	as long as you don't delete all your contacts before you uninstall
or you can always 'sudo su'	sudo -i
uh, quick question. whats the difference between unix and linux? i'm looking at a list of software and what os	unix was and still is a commercial os developed by at&t. linux is a unix-like os but no lineage to it. freebsd or netbsd et al are more of a unix heritage
whats the command to make a copy of a file?	is bitstream vera sans in the list? because that's what sans links to
so i need some help, just installed ubuntu server on my system and when i turn it on it gets to a blinking _ prompt then after a second i get a red screen flash and my monitor says no signal. i have ssh access, but cant figure out why the local console isn't displaying anything. any ideas on what to look at/try?	kernel framebuffer settings
running ubuntu 9.10 on a macbook pro, can't get audio to work. internal mic, internal speakers, and plugged in headphones, but still no sound. anyone, is there a way to fix this?	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/macpro
is there a way i can disable bluetooth from running on startup	sure. head to /etc/rc2.d/. move the file 's25bluetooth' to 'k25bluetooth'.
hello. is it possible to download source of packege with synaptic? how?	sudo apt-get source <package> should work
are there any good guides on the learning linux and bash?	i'm reading running linux (oreilly).
hello! i just noticed some insanity while trying mint and wonder if this also happens in ubuntu now: when you choose germany as your location during install, it creates german directory names. so 'desktop' isnt called 'desktop' but 'arbeitsfläche'. does this come from the latest debian release or is it an invention of ubuntu or mint?	echo $shell
a cd burner for linux?	lots of them
guys i'm trying to be as patient as one can be but i would at least like some acknowledge of my question regarding help with my bluetooth desktop set and linux	i see it but never messed with bluetooth on linux
is there any sort of bleeding-edge nvidia driver i can try ?	try the 'xorg edgers ppa' under your own risk
also where is all my apache stuff located, like htdocs etc.	did you install it? check its docs.
is there some magic to booting from the netbook remix on an sd card in an eee pc 900?	yes u must configure the bios
does gnome uses some sound daemon in the way kde uses arts? or just plays using alsa?	installing amarok-xine is your best bet
quick question. does the default ubuntu x64 kernel support ntfs writing?	none of the default ubuntu kernels do
what is the term to fix a package so that it is not update/upgraded etc ?	you can pin in synaptic if you have it.
asdfasdfa: where did you and pythonsnake go? - want to know hwo the story ends	/query nick message here
hey.. is there a way for me to change the defaults so that when i open movies via the gui, it opens with another movie player (ex. vlc)	right click and go to properties
hi , is there any program to find duplicate file ?	there's many, fdupes, kleansweep, perforate... or just plain diff with a little script
why isn't thunderbird in the feisty-repos ???	try mozilla-thunderbird
i'm moving myself over to using ubuntu on my main machine all the time and one think i have not figure out what to do about is that i do depend on gotomeeting of webex when giving sales presentations and the like to multiple potential clients, things like gotomeeting of webex are great. is there anything for group screen sharing that does work under ubuntu?	webex is avaiable for linux
any1 know how to move close, min, max buttons from left to right?	http://alturl.com/x5d6
ok, i just tried to install apache and pear + mysql, to do a test website, and i cant figure out what i missed.. when i go to http localhost it simply asks if i want to download the php-file	follow the troubleshooting steps there
what to click there : http://winehq.org/site/download ?	open a terminal (applications>accessories>terminal) type this into the terminal sudo apt-get install wine you will then see wine installed under applications
have installed ubuntu in 'cli' and have installed build-essential. i also need linux-headers to be able to build virtualbox's guest additions. what linux-headers should i install?	sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
hey guys, i need to reinstall my windows boot loader, i've just removed the linux partition (and ext partition) and now grubs broken and i cant boot into windows, any ideas on how to reinstall the windows boot loader with out reinstalling windows	and at prompt type a 'y' for yes and it will overwrite the mbr
how can i run wine as root? when i try, i get the error '~/.wine is not owned by you'.	why do you want to run it as root?
is there any change to classic gnome desktop from 10.10 in 11.04 ?	once you got classic set as default, you can have auto log in set up, and should go into that by default :)
what is the simplest and best way to encrypt my second harddrive? i love truecrypt in windows but it seems that it doesnt support ext3 filesystem in linux? there are so many different encrypt-ways and howto :(	best can't be simplest
has anyone had problems signing files with the latest seahorse update?	no, but evolution stopped wanting to sign my emails recently :-/
is there a page that i can go in download software for ubuntu?	use synaptic
ndiswrapper let's u use windows drivers for networkcards. is there something similar for webcamdrivers?	if you hhave a winxp disk you could try sun's virtualbox and use your webcam that way, may or may not work but maybe worth a try...
why isn't network-manager-gnome working with my intel-based laptop? it just shows the button for 'wired network' but doesn't show any wireless networks...	uhm, have you right or left clicked on the applet?
oh that reminds me is there an apt-get option to search what's available if you don't know the exact name (i realize it's easy in synaptic but wondered if it was command line friendly as well)	or 'sudo apt-cache search namehere' and you can just guess the name, or the first few letters and use the * command
hi all, i realise that this is incredibly unsupported and all that. but what are the technical possibilities of moving my home directory onto a new partition without reinstalling ubuntu?	very easy... just mv /home /home2, mkdir /home, mount the new drive as /home and cp -r /home2/* /home
hi everybody. do anybody know any form to encrypt some files or an entire folder with a great encription security and storage it on a pendrive?	have a look at truecrypt, it will do what you want, i believe
where do i find lndir?	doesn't appear in a package. i see the man page for lndir, for it and ja, but nothing else
how many zero fills do u think is enough to totally wipe a hd?	and then disassemble the drive, and run a powerful magnet over it a few times, too ;)
has anyone else noticed that though ubuntu 9.10 is the late, great ver., it has a lot of bugs that 9.04 didn't? or is it just me?	a new version is usually going to have bugs that the prior release didnt
is it possible to print the individual chart in gnumeric by selecting it (excel has the capability)?	you can save it as an image? and print that
im cracking my ubuntu password 22 hours already, how i know when it will be done if will?	why crack it, when you can just boot linux with init=/bin/bash and set a new password?
is there a cli based services editor ?	sysconfrc ;)
can i choose which kernel to download and install during installation - on the alternate / minimal cd image perhaps?	you can always install a custom kernel when the default install finishes before you reboot
please help, i accidently removed trash bin from panel - lower right corner. how do i put it back there ?	its under desktop and windows
is visudo preferred now over gksudo?	all visudo does is edit /etc/sudoers
is there a dummies guide on creating ubuntu packages?	look at debian developer docs, or maybe there's something in the wiki
anyone know why a2ensite works but i can't seem to a2dissite	you must have at least one site enabled to act as default, how many are enabled when you try to disable the site
i want to configure a programm but i get following error on ./configure : configure: error: installation or configuration problem: c++ compiler cannot create executables.	sudo apt-get install g++
when i see a window in nautilus, how do i get the path for that window?	press ctrl+l then copy and paste the adress
in unity is there a way to add applets to the panel?	http://maketecheasier.com/unlock-gnome-panel-in-ubuntu-netbook-edition-une/2010/04/25
ubuntu livecd doesn't support efi?	you might take a look here notice the links as well. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mactelsupportteam/efi-boot-mactel
hey guys, does any1 know if ubuntu 10.10 has good support for atir radeon hd cards?	there is a proprietary driver installer for them
why isn't firefox 1.5 available in the repos?	no i think you have to do that in a vm session
does anyone how to restore my sound it's just randomly stopped working	sure, let me just get out my psychic powers to find out what you've recently done that could break it and what sound system, inputs and outputs you're using.
hi a quick question - i have ubuntu on a laptop....looking to buy a wireless mouse keyboard.........will i need to do any messing around or will it work ? (usb) thanks	usb should work fine.
how do i reset/restart the top bar in unity? you can see what it looks like here.. http://min.us/msc4dk23q	try unity --reset in terminal
how do i change my login window via text?	baobab is a nice graphical disk space usage display; it shows up in the accessories menu as disk usage analyzer
hey guys... why is my update keeping some back? http://pastebin.com/unjqwnkx	you need to: sudo apt-get dist-upgrade; (the ubuntu-wallpapers were split out into ubuntu-wallpapers-precise, so it needs to install a new package)
hi. i have two pc's of a similar ilk and performance. i want to test which is best before choosing one as my main pc. i have ubuntu installed on both currently. are there any tests that ship with ubuntu that i could run on them both in order to compare the results like for like?	lmbench, tiobench, dbench (i just search for packages with bench in their names).
hello! i'm new to irc chat and i am looking to gather information on how to access a windows active directory domain remotely from a laptop running ubuntu 6.0.6. can anyone point me in the right direction?	there is probley trobbel in connect to a domain using linux i don't know if it even can be done ;)
hello there, anybody know what is pgp key and for what purpose this is used? any website to learn abt this feautre in ubuntu 8.10 ? thanks	it's used for encryption.
hi. i just installed ubuntu. everything looks good except there is a black x in the middle of my screen. anyone know how to fix this?	>> http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/faq/hwcursor
can latest ati drivers work in 7.10?	what ati card do you have?
which is best gtk frontend for torrent?	try utorrent in wine which is what i do
hi, can someone please tell me how to open .deb file under terminal ?	'open' deb file? install with dpkg -i name.deb
anyone know how i can have nautilus give me the path instead of the stupid folder buttons?	ctrl+l (only works temporarily)

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

it should be done automatically.

do someone know how i can find out which distrib i have installed?

right click on desktop

http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/58036/ <-- someone please tell me ... why??

man: invalid option -- f

hi, does anyone know if you can hilight and copy/paste text in a tty? i'd like to stay away from gpm and stick with the keyboard.

if you use byobu, alt+a [ can be replaced with f7

what do i need to be able to run make menuconfig for building a new kernel

apt-get install libncurses5-dev

how stable/usable is 5.10 for amd64? is it true 64bit?

none of the amd processors are true 64 bit they still got a 32 bit compatibilty mode, if you want true 64bit you need something like a sparc or similiar

hey guys, what command can i use to find the uuid of one of my hard drives?

'vol_id'

hi! how can i access another computer on the network in the same way as i write \\192.168.1.10\music in windows?

in nautilus -- smb://ip.add.re.ss

is there a gui like taskmgr.exe. i know i could use ps or top from command line

'htop' is what you want

hi, how can i change the label of my usb driver without formating it?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/renameusbdrive

im deciding which email client to use for ubuntu. choice is between thunderbird, or evolution. anyone have a better suggestion? or opinion

evolution is like ms outlook, contact , calendar, task , email, thunderbird is more like outlook express , just email and contact

hi , i have a bunch of ubuntu-hardys behind a router- all on the same subnet, i was wondering if there is an easy wayto communicate between them , without having to set up accouns (a la msn, skype etc)?

see if http://directory.fsf.org/project/ejabberd/ suits your need.

what to do when my nvidia driver is borked and i have no x11.. i.e. how do i reinstall by console?

sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

does guntbert know vpn?

when helping stay helpful please

how do i use command line for apt-get searching for a package then apt-get install it?

use 'apt-cache search' for keyword searches; then 'apt-get install' to install

is there a torrent link to 12.04 32 bit?

all the torrents are there

silly question.... start x to start gui... to stop gui???

server gdm stop

hey guys! im about to install ubuntu 9.1 on a thinkpad with a intel core 2 duo processor. when i switch to 64-bit version on ubintu download page, the file name when downloading is: ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64. does this mean its wrong version ( for amd processors ) or is it just a confusing file name? thx in advance.

it's the right disk

if i wanted to install a program, would i use the .deb version or the rpm version?

the deb

what do i need to download to be able to play mp3s on music player?

ubuntu-restricted-extras? depends

should the word 'for' be capitalized in a title? i know 'and' is not capitalized

no, the word 'for' should not be capitalized.

we are the knights who say... vista!

kde has superkaramba stuff, gnome has gdesklets, and there are a bunch of other kinds of widgets, so they already may

hi, if i copy some files via a cp -rvp /myfiles* /destination, how can i see the mbit/s of this copy command? is there a tool i can pipe the command through?

pv can measure the data through a pipe. but you will have to use a more convoluted command

how do you run an application from the terminal so it returns the terminal to you when the app is started ???

put a & afterwards

does anyone a way to track make install?

yeah... install 'checkinstall'

i run gnome on a 1.2ghz with 512mb, and that runs fine, so with that spec, you shouldn't have any problems where speed is concerned

thanks for the tips.

how can i synchronise date/time of my unix box with an ntp like ntp.ubuntu.com

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/sync-your-system-clock-with-internet-time-servers-in-ubuntu/

hi can u guys help me , i cant see the minimize maximize quit bar neither i can move windows around, they all stuck

have you been playing with beryl/compiz ?

where can i see what kind of gfx card i have?

open a shell console and type lspci | grep vga

guys, i have mac mini powerpc 1.2ghz and 256 ram... can anybody please help how to dual boot with 8.10? please? been searching for it on google but i can't find a perfect howto ... please

i'm not at all a mac user, but general :

can i pass variables in an alias? i.e. alias acs='apt-cache search $1' where 'acs gnome' will work?

just do alias acs='sudo apt-cache search'

what is the best irc client for terminal in ubuntu? irssi?

imho yes, def

good evening. how does back up skype contacts on ubuntu 10.04 skype 2.2.0.35 ? thanks

as long as you don't delete all your contacts before you uninstall

or you can always 'sudo su'

sudo -i

uh, quick question. whats the difference between unix and linux? i'm looking at a list of software and what os

unix was and still is a commercial os developed by at&t. linux is a unix-like os but no lineage to it. freebsd or netbsd et al are more of a unix heritage

whats the command to make a copy of a file?

is bitstream vera sans in the list? because that's what sans links to

so i need some help, just installed ubuntu server on my system and when i turn it on it gets to a blinking _ prompt then after a second i get a red screen flash and my monitor says no signal. i have ssh access, but cant figure out why the local console isn't displaying anything. any ideas on what to look at/try?

kernel framebuffer settings

running ubuntu 9.10 on a macbook pro, can't get audio to work. internal mic, internal speakers, and plugged in headphones, but still no sound. anyone, is there a way to fix this?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/macpro

is there a way i can disable bluetooth from running on startup

sure. head to /etc/rc2.d/. move the file 's25bluetooth' to 'k25bluetooth'.

hello. is it possible to download source of packege with synaptic? how?

sudo apt-get source <package> should work

are there any good guides on the learning linux and bash?

i'm reading running linux (oreilly).

hello! i just noticed some insanity while trying mint and wonder if this also happens in ubuntu now: when you choose germany as your location during install, it creates german directory names. so 'desktop' isnt called 'desktop' but 'arbeitsfläche'. does this come from the latest debian release or is it an invention of ubuntu or mint?

echo $shell

a cd burner for linux?

lots of them

guys i'm trying to be as patient as one can be but i would at least like some acknowledge of my question regarding help with my bluetooth desktop set and linux

i see it but never messed with bluetooth on linux

is there any sort of bleeding-edge nvidia driver i can try ?

try the 'xorg edgers ppa' under your own risk

also where is all my apache stuff located, like htdocs etc.

did you install it? check its docs.

is there some magic to booting from the netbook remix on an sd card in an eee pc 900?

yes u must configure the bios

does gnome uses some sound daemon in the way kde uses arts? or just plays using alsa?

installing amarok-xine is your best bet

quick question. does the default ubuntu x64 kernel support ntfs writing?

none of the default ubuntu kernels do

what is the term to fix a package so that it is not update/upgraded etc ?

you can pin in synaptic if you have it.

asdfasdfa: where did you and pythonsnake go? - want to know hwo the story ends

/query nick message here

hey.. is there a way for me to change the defaults so that when i open movies via the gui, it opens with another movie player (ex. vlc)

right click and go to properties

hi , is there any program to find duplicate file ?

there's many, fdupes, kleansweep, perforate... or just plain diff with a little script

why isn't thunderbird in the feisty-repos ???

try mozilla-thunderbird

i'm moving myself over to using ubuntu on my main machine all the time and one think i have not figure out what to do about is that i do depend on gotomeeting of webex when giving sales presentations and the like to multiple potential clients, things like gotomeeting of webex are great. is there anything for group screen sharing that does work under ubuntu?

webex is avaiable for linux

any1 know how to move close, min, max buttons from left to right?

http://alturl.com/x5d6

ok, i just tried to install apache and pear + mysql, to do a test website, and i cant figure out what i missed.. when i go to http localhost it simply asks if i want to download the php-file

follow the troubleshooting steps there

what to click there : http://winehq.org/site/download ?

open a terminal (applications>accessories>terminal) type this into the terminal sudo apt-get install wine you will then see wine installed under applications

have installed ubuntu in 'cli' and have installed build-essential. i also need linux-headers to be able to build virtualbox's guest additions. what linux-headers should i install?

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

hey guys, i need to reinstall my windows boot loader, i've just removed the linux partition (and ext partition) and now grubs broken and i cant boot into windows, any ideas on how to reinstall the windows boot loader with out reinstalling windows

and at prompt type a 'y' for yes and it will overwrite the mbr

how can i run wine as root? when i try, i get the error '~/.wine is not owned by you'.

why do you want to run it as root?

is there any change to classic gnome desktop from 10.10 in 11.04 ?

once you got classic set as default, you can have auto log in set up, and should go into that by default :)

what is the simplest and best way to encrypt my second harddrive? i love truecrypt in windows but it seems that it doesnt support ext3 filesystem in linux? there are so many different encrypt-ways and howto :(

best can't be simplest

has anyone had problems signing files with the latest seahorse update?

no, but evolution stopped wanting to sign my emails recently :-/

is there a page that i can go in download software for ubuntu?

use synaptic

ndiswrapper let's u use windows drivers for networkcards. is there something similar for webcamdrivers?

if you hhave a winxp disk you could try sun's virtualbox and use your webcam that way, may or may not work but maybe worth a try...

why isn't network-manager-gnome working with my intel-based laptop? it just shows the button for 'wired network' but doesn't show any wireless networks...

uhm, have you right or left clicked on the applet?

oh that reminds me is there an apt-get option to search what's available if you don't know the exact name (i realize it's easy in synaptic but wondered if it was command line friendly as well)

or 'sudo apt-cache search namehere' and you can just guess the name, or the first few letters and use the * command

hi all, i realise that this is incredibly unsupported and all that. but what are the technical possibilities of moving my home directory onto a new partition without reinstalling ubuntu?

very easy... just mv /home /home2, mkdir /home, mount the new drive as /home and cp -r /home2/* /home

hi everybody. do anybody know any form to encrypt some files or an entire folder with a great encription security and storage it on a pendrive?

have a look at truecrypt, it will do what you want, i believe

where do i find lndir?

doesn't appear in a package. i see the man page for lndir, for it and ja, but nothing else

how many zero fills do u think is enough to totally wipe a hd?

and then disassemble the drive, and run a powerful magnet over it a few times, too ;)

has anyone else noticed that though ubuntu 9.10 is the late, great ver., it has a lot of bugs that 9.04 didn't? or is it just me?

a new version is usually going to have bugs that the prior release didnt

is it possible to print the individual chart in gnumeric by selecting it (excel has the capability)?

you can save it as an image? and print that

im cracking my ubuntu password 22 hours already, how i know when it will be done if will?

why crack it, when you can just boot linux with init=/bin/bash and set a new password?

is there a cli based services editor ?

sysconfrc ;)

can i choose which kernel to download and install during installation - on the alternate / minimal cd image perhaps?

you can always install a custom kernel when the default install finishes before you reboot

please help, i accidently removed trash bin from panel - lower right corner. how do i put it back there ?

its under desktop and windows

is visudo preferred now over gksudo?

all visudo does is edit /etc/sudoers

is there a dummies guide on creating ubuntu packages?

look at debian developer docs, or maybe there's something in the wiki

anyone know why a2ensite works but i can't seem to a2dissite

you must have at least one site enabled to act as default, how many are enabled when you try to disable the site

i want to configure a programm but i get following error on ./configure : configure: error: installation or configuration problem: c++ compiler cannot create executables.

sudo apt-get install g++

when i see a window in nautilus, how do i get the path for that window?

press ctrl+l then copy and paste the adress

in unity is there a way to add applets to the panel?

http://maketecheasier.com/unlock-gnome-panel-in-ubuntu-netbook-edition-une/2010/04/25

ubuntu livecd doesn't support efi?

you might take a look here notice the links as well. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mactelsupportteam/efi-boot-mactel

hey guys, does any1 know if ubuntu 10.10 has good support for atir radeon hd cards?

there is a proprietary driver installer for them

why isn't firefox 1.5 available in the repos?

no i think you have to do that in a vm session

does anyone how to restore my sound it's just randomly stopped working

sure, let me just get out my psychic powers to find out what you've recently done that could break it and what sound system, inputs and outputs you're using.

hi a quick question - i have ubuntu on a laptop....looking to buy a wireless mouse keyboard.........will i need to do any messing around or will it work ? (usb) thanks

usb should work fine.

how do i reset/restart the top bar in unity? you can see what it looks like here.. http://min.us/msc4dk23q

try unity --reset in terminal

how do i change my login window via text?

baobab is a nice graphical disk space usage display; it shows up in the accessories menu as disk usage analyzer

hey guys... why is my update keeping some back? http://pastebin.com/unjqwnkx

you need to: sudo apt-get dist-upgrade; (the ubuntu-wallpapers were split out into ubuntu-wallpapers-precise, so it needs to install a new package)

hi. i have two pc's of a similar ilk and performance. i want to test which is best before choosing one as my main pc. i have ubuntu installed on both currently. are there any tests that ship with ubuntu that i could run on them both in order to compare the results like for like?

lmbench, tiobench, dbench (i just search for packages with bench in their names).

hello! i'm new to irc chat and i am looking to gather information on how to access a windows active directory domain remotely from a laptop running ubuntu 6.0.6. can anyone point me in the right direction?

there is probley trobbel in connect to a domain using linux i don't know if it even can be done ;)

hello there, anybody know what is pgp key and for what purpose this is used? any website to learn abt this feautre in ubuntu 8.10 ? thanks

it's used for encryption.

hi. i just installed ubuntu. everything looks good except there is a black x in the middle of my screen. anyone know how to fix this?

>> http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/faq/hwcursor

can latest ati drivers work in 7.10?

what ati card do you have?

which is best gtk frontend for torrent?

try utorrent in wine which is what i do

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

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

anyone know how i can have nautilus give me the path instead of the stupid folder buttons?

ctrl+l (only works temporarily)