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can anybody prompt me an kickass app in kde?	always loved that
what programs do u use with web cams? (v4l2)	vlc, amsn
how to i open a port on my ubuntu machine ?	you can always do a, nc -l -p <port #>
i can't find 'adobe flash plugin' in my software of ubuntu 11.10... there's only a specific one for firefox, not for all the other browsers...	they should use the one firefox uses.
if i install python 3.1 will it overwrite python 2.6?	11.04 is shipping with both 2.6 and... hmm either 3.1 or 3.2, i forget
is it possible to let mailx pick gmail ?	gmail supports pop3 and imap, if mailx supports one of those, yes
hi. how do i make ssh server listen on non-default port?	sudo gedit /etc/ssh/sshd_config
hey can someone help me with some compiz problems?	if you need to compile something against compiz' libs, you need its development package. try installing compiz-dev
question - when i goto: system > admin > printing > then under my printer properties, under driver tab, i have what appears to be names of drivers (and one of it is gutenprint, which matches what was suggested at openprinting.org) my question is, would selecting that from the list okay? or do i need to install it manually by clicking on install driver button next to the list?	just selecting is fine, install is for if/when you have a custom driver.
just had a question about ssh, if i'm on a ssh'ing into b, and from the terminal on b i can navigate to the file i want to scp over, is there an easy way to just scp the file over from the command line in b?	if you used kermit as your terminal (configuring it to communication over the ssh tunnel) than you could kermit the file across the ssh connection.
quick question: is there an easy way to convert an ubuntu desktop installation into an ubuntu server installation?	and of course uninstall ubuntu-desktop...apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop
what is the diff between 'safely remove drive' and 'eject' ?	essentially no difference i think.
any way to check recently installed packages?	/var/log/dpkg.log should contain that information for you
has anyone used wine with photoshop and/or word?	try openoffice.org/ writer
how can i find the uuid of my ipod touch	maybe ls /dev/disk/by-id/ ...but thats just a guess
if i was hypothetically intelligent enough to change my administrative account by accident so i've locked myself out of everything what would be the best option to get root access again? (other than format)	use a livecd to reset root pass
will it be possible to upgrade directly from dapper to feisty?	maybe lts-->lts, but feisty is not lts
is there any sense in roundcube webmail on dchp-internet box?	static ip would be preferred but if you hold your dns uptodate, dhcp shouldn't matter
how do i disconnect a usb bluetooth device. i need to disconnect it so my virtualbox windows installation can claim it	blacklist the bluetooth module
when you are messaging something to ubottu, what does the piping do? as in '!virtualbox \| <user name>'	redirects in the channel
can someone help me ??	maybe!
last shot :) anyone knowledgable of usb-to-serial cables or checking ttyusb0 settings?	whats is the issue
hey guys how do i make a launcher for the trash can???	right click and choose make launcher, and then use 'nautilus ~/.trash' for the command
does anybody know if there is a utf8 latex-package for ubuntu? should be named tetex-unicode, latex-unicode or similar	apt-cache search latex unicode, turns up latex-ucs and latex-ucs-uninames
why does my cube only have two sides!? the workspace switcher has four slots	set the virtual desktop size in ccsm to 4 horizontal, 1 vertical
in older versions of ubuntu you were able to see preferences for specific screen savers, but now i no longer see them. how can i pull them up?	your using gnome-screensaver which is confusingly simple :)
do you think it's worth switching to 64 bit version of ubuntu, for everyday use, even if i got less than 4gb, by everyday use i mean that i'm not using any other os only linux for everything. is there any cons i should be aware except flash and java ?	media codecs? if you use the win32 codecs with mplayer i don't think you'll be able to use them under 64bit
hi all :) apt-get is telling me that 'it is not going to be installed' (packages include lsb-{core,graphics,cxx,desktop.printing}) does that mean i should not install them?	that just means their not going to be includeed in the update or w/e you can install them if you wish, but they are either not requried or not supported or they are restricted repositories
anyone knows how to successfully change the low-res bootsplash in ubuntu 10.10? i think i have to edit the /lib/plymouth/ubuntu-text.so however that doesn't do it. i just edited it with ghex and tried it but i broke something by doing so. so now i'm back to scratch :-/	go to system-> administration ->start up manager
what i can use to delete all folder named cvs?	find . -name cvs -print0 \| xargs -0 rm -rf
yes, that helped! there's the ubuntu font now. :) i wonder how it's been used by gnome before, without the package...	:d i have no idea
hello what is the cammand to change label to a partition?	e2label will work for ext3 partitions
when i went to 'add/remove...' in the applications menu it said that the program list was out-of-date, so then i clicked 'update' and it said another synaptic was open so it didn't update. the other synaptic finished and now i am opening add/remove again but it isn't giving me the update dialogue, how do i get my add/remove list to update?	hit ctrl-f2 and then type: sudo apt-get update
anyone know where i might find the .config used for kernels from apt?	/boot/config-$(uname -r)
hi. can someone assist me in getting samba working again please?	just fix the lines that don't work and it should work fine :)
how can i see what uses port 5060? i need to close the connection	i guess 'netstat' lists all the services running
without using kubuntu, how easy is it to switch from gnome to kde?	very.
howdy! anyone aware of any documentation for ubuntu unity?	also system > about ubuntu
===> 8.04.1 <=== where? :/	http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
anyone know a really huge debian repository?	try the debian home page
anyone here knows about openssh packages?	yes. what do you need help with?
what is a quick, easy, simple wm i can install on my server so i can manipulate windows over vnc?	icewm works well
what would it take to get xmonad 0.5 in the ubuntu repositories before hardy is released? do they generally wait for a debian package and use that?	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=upgrade
how can i play shockwave within ubuntu	you can't
sometimes my harddrive activity raises a lot without me doing anything? what is going on? is there a way to check what it is doing?	open terminal run ---> top
hi #ubuntu i am having some problems with my laptop's cdrom after feisty issues, wondering if anyone is familiar with related bugs/troubleshooting? ):	what kind of bugs?
hey, do you think that regular ubuntu would run fine on this computer? 1.4 ghz cpu, 256 mb of memory, riva tnt 64 mb video card.	regular ubuntu will run just fine too
what i dont understand is why anyone would run ubuntu on their mac when they got osx :)	my mac has os-9 :)
i just installed ubuntu and i'm trying to connect to my wireless network using wpa tkip, are there any howto's for this?	read message from bot please
is there a different minimal install disk for ubuntu 11.04 server edition? or will https://help.ubuntu.com/community/installation/minimalcd cover both desktop and server?	covers both
how can one customize the menu bar like so: http://www.alazanto.org/wrvisuals/screenshots/070811.png so that the application men is part of gnome-panel?	install avant window manager
how can i run terminal as root? when i do 'su' and type my password 'su: authentication failure', when i 'sudo cmd' my password is accepted	sudo -i
hi, which init script would i edit if i wanted to run a command at boot?	/etc/rc.local (if it's to be run as root)
hi, i've updated ubuntu feisty kernel from 2.6.20-11 to 2.6.20-13 and if i'll try to boot it with root=/dev/hda2 it stops at the root filesystem's mount, i've to use root=uuid=4e1d1001-cd85-440b-9f2d-4e3ddea88a13 but now if i'll try to type 'mount' root is on /dev/sda1 and not on hda1, someone know why?	you want feisty support.... this is support for dapper and edgy
what was the command to check witch gfx-card you got?	lspci
is the latest kernel version 2.6.32-22?	yes, if you have lucid updates enabled.
hello everyone :) can anyone tell me how to write an external harddrive formatted with ntfs?	ntfs3g might help you
does anyone know around what time dapper will be released tomorrow? :-)	when its done. :p
ooh, fusion. the 2nd best webcam available :p~	which one is the best? and you have a solution?
i've a problem - i'm on complete cli, -- on a very low memory laptop. i had all sorts of things on it before.. openoffice, things not really needed -- anyone know how i could have it list the major things with apt-get? would like to remove some now	you can list all the packages with dpkg -l and if you want you can add a pattern so dpkg -l mplayer for example
how can i make karmic use the notify-osd for volume like jaunty did without using pulseaudio?	open synaptic and then file → history
did you md4 check the image you downloaded?	no i haven't but i should, thanks for reminding me
can someone tell me how to build a deb from a source?	of whatever little i know, extract the source, cd to it, './configure' 'make' 'make checkinstall', you would have a deb in that directory. but for that you may need this program do 'sudo apt-get install checkinstall'
how can i install php pear in ubuntu?	package is 'php-pear'
uh, everytime i spin my mouse wheel my desktop changes workstations and it's annoying the crap out of me cause i can't scroll through pages. how do i disable this binding in compiz?	disable viewport switcher in ccsm
which environment variables does set gksudo correctly? i thought gksudo was just a graphical wrapper around sudo	and this http://archlinux.org/pipermail/arch/2006-february/008674.html
in the default gnome/compiz environment, how to i get windows to stack from right to left instead of the default left to right?	that isnt installed by default
what number is rw, rw, rw permissions?	666
i m new with irc would you have a webpage with the most important command ???	http://www.irchelp.org/ for help on irc.
how does one go about booting into runstate 3 on ubuntu?	'sudo init 3' should do it
hi please can any one help me with this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8922754	will see what i can do
hi, i found that the memory in use reported by 'top' and 'system monitor' is different, can anyone tell me why?	look at the output of free -m specifically, what is being used +/- buffers/cache
how do i switch to metacity (that's the default wm right?) i typed metacity --replace in the console and it switched but when i closed the console it switched back or something and froze	type metacity --replace & exit (it will close the terminal)
what's the easiest way to type 'abc' in a terminal & have it display contents of the text file 'abc' and then wait at command prompt?prompt	'cat' is the command to display contents of the file
how do you install the kernel source so i can build the cisco vpn client?	you probably only need the headers: sudo aptitude install linux-headers-`uname -r`
hi guys... can anyone tell me how i restart the config phase of an install... for some reason tomcat installed without depending on a jre and the post install failed... i've installed the jdk now so i want to restart the config phase	if it's an ubuntu server, run that command on the server
i installed 10.04 and have kept it up-to-date. does this mean it should now be at 10.04.2, or do i have to download the 10.04.2 cd and run that?	don't worry about it, the .2 is just that the installer image has been updated with new packages, as soon as you dist-upgrade you always get latest of everything.
i ran clamav on my windows partition from ubuntu. it caught some viruses that i suspected being there (some kind of rootkit thing and a couple others) i was wondering is there anything else i should run/try before starting back up the windows partition. i've heard of viruses reinstalling themselves once windows boots up... also my clamav said that the engine was outdated but i couldn't find out where/how to update it can anyone hel	you need to boot into windows safe mode, download a rootkit uninstaller, and take it from there.
whats the lightest on memory ubuntu based distro?	fluxbuntu i think, but it's not official. for official xubuntu is it
hello, i know this might've been asked many times today, but at what time lucid will be released?	in about ~24 hours
hi guys .... where do i get unistd.h from ?	libc6-dev, most likely
this is not a linux/ubuntu q, but most ppl that i know that use pgp encryption are linux users..so ill ask it here if its alright	the key is all you need. the adress is just for making things easier
hey i want to move stuff with mv but i don't want to overwrite things of the same name, is this the default behavior of mv? i don't really understand the manual	ill find out for you, one second
hi, i am newbie .. can anyone tell me an application to view powerpoint files ?	you could use the ms powerpoint viewer under wine
how would onelist the processes (in the terminal)?	kill -9 [proc #]
not sure what my question is. i want to restrict access to the internet for my users. i want them to only be able to go to wikipedia.org, and all their class websites in domain tamu.edu. any suggestions?	http://dansguardian.org/ see if that's it
'theme' is missing from my system->preferences menu bar, how do i get it back ?	right click the bar, then edit menus
i am trying to erase one directory on my desktop but still doesnt work...the problem is that i dont have permission to erase as owner shows that is the root...	use the deb link
hi - is there an avi to mp4 converter for ubuntu?	you might look at mencoder
does anyone know how to blacklist a wireless ap? i keep connecting to an unprotected network when mine goes down and id rather not...	if you want to remove the unprotected network from that list, right-click the networkmanager icon (the one near the clock that shows your wireless signal strength) and pick 'edit wireless networks'
i'm switching 30 student laptops to ubuntu. we are switching from fedora. i was wondering if anybody can suggest a decent _advanced_ user book? i need to harden these boxes before we hand them out to students. tia.	take a look at the free downloads for phptr (prentice hall technical reference)
anyone here know what program creates the /dev/dvd symlink dynamically?	udev does :)
how can i tell which version of ubuntu i have installed?	lsb _release -a
can i use gconf to change the behavior of gnome archiev manager? coz i been looking for it in gconf?	look at apps/file-roller
hey everyone i need help i installed ubuntu 11.10 64 bit on my friends computer and for some reason we are unable to open the default unity, only the 2d unity session	always update and upigrade first.
how do u print a pdf using both sides?	i think kpdf can do that
does anyone know what the exclamation mark (!) does in a rule in iptables?	! = not
hi... how do i disable that stupid 'auto dhcp' connection in the network-manager ?	got to network-manager and select manual
anyone want to help me with this bug 'bug #154010'... or am i in the wrong place? a bit of direction will be much apreciated	rather than tossing out a bug #, elaborating on the problem might do a world of good to have somebody respond
hi, i just recovered my server (over ssh) from a horrible failure: it was starting networkmanager, which trampled on its static ip configuration. i only had a few seconds in the shell each boot, so i ran some diagnostics and rm'ed the networkmanager binary. now: how can i absolutely forbid the network-manager package from ever being installed again on the server?	sudo aptitude purge network-manager; sudo aptitude forbid-version network-manager

can anybody prompt me an kickass app in kde?

always loved that

what programs do u use with web cams? (v4l2)

vlc, amsn

how to i open a port on my ubuntu machine ?

you can always do a, nc -l -p <port #>

i can't find 'adobe flash plugin' in my software of ubuntu 11.10... there's only a specific one for firefox, not for all the other browsers...

they should use the one firefox uses.

if i install python 3.1 will it overwrite python 2.6?

11.04 is shipping with both 2.6 and... hmm either 3.1 or 3.2, i forget

is it possible to let mailx pick gmail ?

gmail supports pop3 and imap, if mailx supports one of those, yes

hi. how do i make ssh server listen on non-default port?

sudo gedit /etc/ssh/sshd_config

hey can someone help me with some compiz problems?

if you need to compile something against compiz' libs, you need its development package. try installing compiz-dev

question - when i goto: system > admin > printing > then under my printer properties, under driver tab, i have what appears to be names of drivers (and one of it is gutenprint, which matches what was suggested at openprinting.org) my question is, would selecting that from the list okay? or do i need to install it manually by clicking on install driver button next to the list?

just selecting is fine, install is for if/when you have a custom driver.

just had a question about ssh, if i'm on a ssh'ing into b, and from the terminal on b i can navigate to the file i want to scp over, is there an easy way to just scp the file over from the command line in b?

if you used kermit as your terminal (configuring it to communication over the ssh tunnel) than you could kermit the file across the ssh connection.

quick question: is there an easy way to convert an ubuntu desktop installation into an ubuntu server installation?

and of course uninstall ubuntu-desktop...apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop

what is the diff between 'safely remove drive' and 'eject' ?

essentially no difference i think.

any way to check recently installed packages?

/var/log/dpkg.log should contain that information for you

has anyone used wine with photoshop and/or word?

try openoffice.org/ writer

how can i find the uuid of my ipod touch

maybe ls /dev/disk/by-id/ ...but thats just a guess

if i was hypothetically intelligent enough to change my administrative account by accident so i've locked myself out of everything what would be the best option to get root access again? (other than format)

use a livecd to reset root pass

will it be possible to upgrade directly from dapper to feisty?

maybe lts-->lts, but feisty is not lts

is there any sense in roundcube webmail on dchp-internet box?

static ip would be preferred but if you hold your dns uptodate, dhcp shouldn't matter

how do i disconnect a usb bluetooth device. i need to disconnect it so my virtualbox windows installation can claim it

blacklist the bluetooth module

when you are messaging something to ubottu, what does the piping do? as in '!virtualbox | <user name>'

redirects in the channel

can someone help me ??

maybe!

last shot :) anyone knowledgable of usb-to-serial cables or checking ttyusb0 settings?

whats is the issue

hey guys how do i make a launcher for the trash can???

right click and choose make launcher, and then use 'nautilus ~/.trash' for the command

does anybody know if there is a utf8 latex-package for ubuntu? should be named tetex-unicode, latex-unicode or similar

apt-cache search latex unicode, turns up latex-ucs and latex-ucs-uninames

why does my cube only have two sides!? the workspace switcher has four slots

set the virtual desktop size in ccsm to 4 horizontal, 1 vertical

in older versions of ubuntu you were able to see preferences for specific screen savers, but now i no longer see them. how can i pull them up?

your using gnome-screensaver which is confusingly simple :)

do you think it's worth switching to 64 bit version of ubuntu, for everyday use, even if i got less than 4gb, by everyday use i mean that i'm not using any other os only linux for everything. is there any cons i should be aware except flash and java ?

media codecs? if you use the win32 codecs with mplayer i don't think you'll be able to use them under 64bit

hi all :) apt-get is telling me that 'it is not going to be installed' (packages include lsb-{core,graphics,cxx,desktop.printing}) does that mean i should not install them?

that just means their not going to be includeed in the update or w/e you can install them if you wish, but they are either not requried or not supported or they are restricted repositories

anyone knows how to successfully change the low-res bootsplash in ubuntu 10.10? i think i have to edit the /lib/plymouth/ubuntu-text.so however that doesn't do it. i just edited it with ghex and tried it but i broke something by doing so. so now i'm back to scratch :-/

go to system-> administration ->start up manager

what i can use to delete all folder named cvs?

find . -name cvs -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf

yes, that helped! there's the ubuntu font now. :) i wonder how it's been used by gnome before, without the package...

:d i have no idea

hello what is the cammand to change label to a partition?

e2label will work for ext3 partitions

when i went to 'add/remove...' in the applications menu it said that the program list was out-of-date, so then i clicked 'update' and it said another synaptic was open so it didn't update. the other synaptic finished and now i am opening add/remove again but it isn't giving me the update dialogue, how do i get my add/remove list to update?

hit ctrl-f2 and then type: sudo apt-get update

anyone know where i might find the .config used for kernels from apt?

/boot/config-$(uname -r)

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

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

how can i see what uses port 5060? i need to close the connection

i guess 'netstat' lists all the services running

without using kubuntu, how easy is it to switch from gnome to kde?

very.

howdy! anyone aware of any documentation for ubuntu unity?

also system > about ubuntu

===> 8.04.1 <=== where? :/

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

anyone know a really huge debian repository?

try the debian home page

anyone here knows about openssh packages?

yes. what do you need help with?

what is a quick, easy, simple wm i can install on my server so i can manipulate windows over vnc?

icewm works well

what would it take to get xmonad 0.5 in the ubuntu repositories before hardy is released? do they generally wait for a debian package and use that?

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=upgrade

how can i play shockwave within ubuntu

you can't

sometimes my harddrive activity raises a lot without me doing anything? what is going on? is there a way to check what it is doing?

open terminal run ---> top

hi #ubuntu i am having some problems with my laptop's cdrom after feisty issues, wondering if anyone is familiar with related bugs/troubleshooting? ):

what kind of bugs?

hey, do you think that regular ubuntu would run fine on this computer? 1.4 ghz cpu, 256 mb of memory, riva tnt 64 mb video card.

regular ubuntu will run just fine too

what i dont understand is why anyone would run ubuntu on their mac when they got osx :)

my mac has os-9 :)

i just installed ubuntu and i'm trying to connect to my wireless network using wpa tkip, are there any howto's for this?

read message from bot please

is there a different minimal install disk for ubuntu 11.04 server edition? or will https://help.ubuntu.com/community/installation/minimalcd cover both desktop and server?

covers both

how can one customize the menu bar like so: http://www.alazanto.org/wrvisuals/screenshots/070811.png so that the application men is part of gnome-panel?

install avant window manager

how can i run terminal as root? when i do 'su' and type my password 'su: authentication failure', when i 'sudo cmd' my password is accepted

sudo -i

hi, which init script would i edit if i wanted to run a command at boot?

/etc/rc.local (if it's to be run as root)

hi, i've updated ubuntu feisty kernel from 2.6.20-11 to 2.6.20-13 and if i'll try to boot it with root=/dev/hda2 it stops at the root filesystem's mount, i've to use root=uuid=4e1d1001-cd85-440b-9f2d-4e3ddea88a13 but now if i'll try to type 'mount' root is on /dev/sda1 and not on hda1, someone know why?

you want feisty support.... this is support for dapper and edgy

what was the command to check witch gfx-card you got?

lspci

is the latest kernel version 2.6.32-22?

yes, if you have lucid updates enabled.

hello everyone :) can anyone tell me how to write an external harddrive formatted with ntfs?

ntfs3g might help you

does anyone know around what time dapper will be released tomorrow? :-)

when its done. :p

ooh, fusion. the 2nd best webcam available :p~

which one is the best? and you have a solution?

i've a problem - i'm on complete cli, -- on a very low memory laptop. i had all sorts of things on it before.. openoffice, things not really needed -- anyone know how i could have it list the major things with apt-get? would like to remove some now

you can list all the packages with dpkg -l and if you want you can add a pattern so dpkg -l *mplayer* for example

how can i make karmic use the notify-osd for volume like jaunty did without using pulseaudio?

open synaptic and then file → history

did you md4 check the image you downloaded?

no i haven't but i should, thanks for reminding me

can someone tell me how to build a deb from a source?

of whatever little i know, extract the source, cd to it, './configure' 'make' 'make checkinstall', you would have a deb in that directory. but for that you may need this program do 'sudo apt-get install checkinstall'

how can i install php pear in ubuntu?

package is 'php-pear'

uh, everytime i spin my mouse wheel my desktop changes workstations and it's annoying the crap out of me cause i can't scroll through pages. how do i disable this binding in compiz?

disable viewport switcher in ccsm

which environment variables does set gksudo correctly? i thought gksudo was just a graphical wrapper around sudo

and this http://archlinux.org/pipermail/arch/2006-february/008674.html

in the default gnome/compiz environment, how to i get windows to stack from right to left instead of the default left to right?

that isnt installed by default

what number is rw, rw, rw permissions?

666

i m new with irc would you have a webpage with the most important command ???

http://www.irchelp.org/ for help on irc.

how does one go about booting into runstate 3 on ubuntu?

'sudo init 3' should do it

hi please can any one help me with this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8922754

will see what i can do

hi, i found that the memory in use reported by 'top' and 'system monitor' is different, can anyone tell me why?

look at the output of free -m specifically, what is being used +/- buffers/cache

how do i switch to metacity (that's the default wm right?) i typed metacity --replace in the console and it switched but when i closed the console it switched back or something and froze

type metacity --replace & exit (it will close the terminal)

what's the easiest way to type 'abc' in a terminal & have it display contents of the text file 'abc' and then wait at command prompt?prompt

'cat' is the command to display contents of the file

how do you install the kernel source so i can build the cisco vpn client?

you probably only need the headers: sudo aptitude install linux-headers-`uname -r`

hi guys... can anyone tell me how i restart the config phase of an install... for some reason tomcat installed without depending on a jre and the post install failed... i've installed the jdk now so i want to restart the config phase

if it's an ubuntu server, run that command on the server

i installed 10.04 and have kept it up-to-date. does this mean it should now be at 10.04.2, or do i have to download the 10.04.2 cd and run that?

don't worry about it, the .2 is just that the installer image has been updated with new packages, as soon as you dist-upgrade you always get latest of everything.

i ran clamav on my windows partition from ubuntu. it caught some viruses that i suspected being there (some kind of rootkit thing and a couple others) i was wondering is there anything else i should run/try before starting back up the windows partition. i've heard of viruses reinstalling themselves once windows boots up... also my clamav said that the engine was outdated but i couldn't find out where/how to update it can anyone hel

you need to boot into windows safe mode, download a rootkit uninstaller, and take it from there.

whats the lightest on memory ubuntu based distro?

fluxbuntu i think, but it's not official. for official xubuntu is it

hello, i know this might've been asked many times today, but at what time lucid will be released?

in about ~24 hours

hi guys .... where do i get unistd.h from ?

libc6-dev, most likely

this is not a linux/ubuntu q, but most ppl that i know that use pgp encryption are linux users..so ill ask it here if its alright

the key is all you need. the adress is just for making things easier

hey i want to move stuff with mv but i don't want to overwrite things of the same name, is this the default behavior of mv? i don't really understand the manual

ill find out for you, one second

hi, i am newbie .. can anyone tell me an application to *view* powerpoint files ?

you could use the ms powerpoint viewer under wine

how would onelist the processes (in the terminal)?

kill -9 [proc #]

not sure what my question is. i want to restrict access to the internet for my users. i want them to only be able to go to wikipedia.org, and all their class websites in domain tamu.edu. any suggestions?

http://dansguardian.org/ see if that's it

'theme' is missing from my system->preferences menu bar, how do i get it back ?

right click the bar, then edit menus

i am trying to erase one directory on my desktop but still doesnt work...the problem is that i dont have permission to erase as owner shows that is the root...

use the deb link

hi - is there an avi to mp4 converter for ubuntu?

you might look at mencoder

does anyone know how to blacklist a wireless ap? i keep connecting to an unprotected network when mine goes down and id rather not...

if you want to remove the unprotected network from that list, right-click the networkmanager icon (the one near the clock that shows your wireless signal strength) and pick 'edit wireless networks'

i'm switching 30 student laptops to ubuntu. we are switching from fedora. i was wondering if anybody can suggest a decent _advanced_ user book? i need to harden these boxes before we hand them out to students. tia.

take a look at the free downloads for phptr (prentice hall technical reference)

anyone here know what program creates the /dev/dvd symlink dynamically?

udev does :)

how can i tell which version of ubuntu i have installed?

lsb _release -a

can i use gconf to change the behavior of gnome archiev manager? coz i been looking for it in gconf?

look at apps/file-roller

hey everyone i need help i installed ubuntu 11.10 64 bit on my friends computer and for some reason we are unable to open the default unity, only the 2d unity session

always update and upigrade first.

how do u print a pdf using both sides?

i think kpdf can do that

does anyone know what the exclamation mark (!) does in a rule in iptables?

! = not

hi... how do i disable that stupid 'auto dhcp' connection in the network-manager ?

got to network-manager and select manual

anyone want to help me with this bug 'bug #154010'... or am i in the wrong place? a bit of direction will be much apreciated

rather than tossing out a bug #, elaborating on the problem might do a world of good to have somebody respond

hi, i just recovered my server (over ssh) from a horrible failure: it was starting networkmanager, which trampled on its static ip configuration. i only had a few seconds in the shell each boot, so i ran some diagnostics and rm'ed the networkmanager binary. now: how can i absolutely forbid the network-manager package from ever being installed again on the server?

sudo aptitude purge network-manager; sudo aptitude forbid-version network-manager