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is ASF format, a movie file?
asf is a MS format, mpeg is more open
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{"user_question": "vmlinuz`", "user_answer": "jonasj"}
hi, I know the name of a binary and like to find out in what package it is included...
dpkg-query -S /path/to/file
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{"user_question": "axel_s", "user_answer": "jonasj"}
how do I connect via RDP to my windows computer at work??
using grdesktop (or rdesktop from command line)
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{"user_question": "vdayal", "user_answer": "jelly-home"}
which file do i edit to 'blacklist' a usb device so that it doesnt try and automatically load the kernel modules for it so the device is not in use and can be connected to a virtual machine?
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist ??
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{"user_question": "iclebyte", "user_answer": "erUSUL"}
Whats the tar statement to unzip and untar a .bz2 file?
tar -xjf
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{"user_question": "Whitor", "user_answer": "qmax"}
Does anyone know of a way to get GEdit to do line numbering along the side?
its an option in preferences
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{"user_question": "swamptin", "user_answer": "ssam"}
Are TV Tuner cards configurable on Ubuntu 7.10 I have a techCom Internal one ? Please note I'm a total newbie with Linux
you can depends on what you want usually youll just be selecting the top title entry when grub boots though
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{"user_question": "Biju", "user_answer": "pike_"}
how can I turn list [[1,2], [2,3]] to [1,2,2,3] in python?
you have to be registered and identified
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{"user_question": "yue", "user_answer": "jrib"}
my pointer preferences is not showing up under my mouse preferences like it's supposed to. is there something i need to install additionally?
it is in Preferences>Appeaerence>Themes>Customize>Pointers
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{"user_question": "footy", "user_answer": "gOLdenHaWK3D"}
quick question only semi-related to Ubuntu, is there any obvious way of making wget perform a command upon completing a download i'm missing?
you can always put in at the end of your terminal command line.. wget bla bla bla bla ; echo Finished
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{"user_question": "wobblywu", "user_answer": "Slart"}
anyone know the name of any software in ubuntu i can run to find and remove duplicate tracks in a music library?
sourceforge has something along those lines, batch id3 tag finder, duplicates finder, etc., i'm sure of it
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{"user_question": "Chamunks", "user_answer": "jangari"}
hello. How can you add your wireless connections (bars icon) to the panel?
there's a notification area applet or something similarly named
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{"user_question": "threexk", "user_answer": "StevenR"}
how is the correct procedure to get somebody's attention??
type their name before text and it will get their attention
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{"user_question": "peeta", "user_answer": "High_Altitude"}
is mangler no longer in the repos?
have a look at apt-cache search or packages.ubuntu.com
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{"user_question": "Nobgul", "user_answer": "iceroot"}
how do i run a script?
./scriptname or sh scriptname but you may need to do `chmod +x scriptname` first
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{"user_question": "Veei", "user_answer": "guru"}
can anyone tell me what I need to install KDE instead of gnome on ubuntu please
kde4 still isnt ready some bugs yet first release sched for july
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{"user_question": "Minty", "user_answer": "spideyman"}
Hi, is there anyway to determine what type of ram modules i have via terminal?
does: cat /proc/meminfo give you the info you are looking for?
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{"user_question": "JoeThomas", "user_answer": "MasterShrek"}
Hello! Is there some tool, that listen for mouse events and prints them to the console, in the same style as acpi_listen does?
xev?
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{"user_question": "lordofthepigs", "user_answer": "MilhousePunkRock"}
I think my network card is bad - do I have to do anything special to replace it ? Also any recomendation on a good wireless card to replace it?
you don't it will 'just work'
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{"user_question": "galve1", "user_answer": "dystopianray"}
Hello.. quick question are there any good iso burners for linux? like nero for windows?
i like k3b
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{"user_question": "CyberAgeVoodoo", "user_answer": "fluffman"}
Please point me to a web page describing the purpose of SCSI emulation of IDE hard disks. I've looked for a long time now but can't find any explanation for this (plenty reasons for CD/DVD drives, but not hard drives).
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LibAtaForAtaDisks
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{"user_question": "blargg", "user_answer": "stefg"}
I have a USB flash drive that I want to rename the volume. Is there a way I can do that?
I believe with: parted <partition> name 'whatyouwantthepartitiontobecalled'
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{"user_question": "Geekomancer1", "user_answer": "Jordan_U"}
For some reason nothing in Gutsy will automount for me via USB (ipod, flash drives, etc). Anyone know the problem?
i have the same problem, not sure of the solution
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{"user_question": "joshjosh", "user_answer": "commo"}
Hello World, how i can install .rpm's on ubuntu?
why are you installing rpm files anyways? chances are it's already in the repositories
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{"user_question": "A99", "user_answer": "Ademan"}
hey folks, how can i enable sound in flashplugin? I dont have sound on youtube, for example?
that will enable flash support for pulse audio
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{"user_question": "ubutom", "user_answer": "cleaton"}
can anyone tell me what font this is? http://farm1.static.flickr.com/130/402807971_a6d0cbfd47_o.png
can't open it
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{"user_question": "changelog", "user_answer": "LinuxInsid1"}
I have a 400GB HD that's failing. I want to copy the contents over to a 500GB HD so it's a duplicate. Can I use dd even though the sizes are not the same?
yes, if you don't mind wasting the surplus space. you'll have an exact copy of the filesystem (as opposed to partition)
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{"user_question": "pcglue", "user_answer": "stefg"}
is there a opensource free invoicing software for ubuntu?
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=invoic&searchon=all&suite=gutsy&section=all maybe
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{"user_question": "kuta", "user_answer": "tonyyarusso"}
is there a way to only play the audio from a video file (in a terminal)?
i think you can do -vo null and mplayer won't play the video
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{"user_question": "sharpie", "user_answer": "mcquaid"}
anyone know how to start several Xvnc servers with upstart?
you'd have to create event scrpts in /etc/event.d
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{"user_question": "gulled0ndervan", "user_answer": "stefg"}
Does anyone know what port to forward if I want to use vncviewer?
first you have to finde out what the server name is. maby you are running tightvnc? any way ---> ps aux | grep vnc or something should figure out of that. then you do ---> netstat -anp|grep name-of-ap, and then you can se the port. you could also reconfigure the pory (that's prob. the easyes way)
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{"user_question": "brian_", "user_answer": "sjovan"}
Do I dare using a NTFS-partition for sharing data between Linux and Windows?
that shouldn't be a problem... linux handels NTFS nicely
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{"user_question": "nlindblad", "user_answer": "sjovan"}
hey guys, when i try to logg in to my useraccount all i get is the skin collord background and my mouse. any sugestions on what i should try restarting?
are you new to GNU/Linux?
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{"user_question": "sjovan", "user_answer": "donny"}
hi how do i mount cue/bin files?
iso
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{"user_question": "chris0101", "user_answer": "scunizi"}
So, does anyone know how i can specify options for modules to be applied at boot?
Ubuntu users /etc/modules by default, IFAIK. You can just use that if the functionality is the same
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{"user_question": "Amon_Re", "user_answer": "fantum13"}
im not sure where else to ask for help with this issue but can someone tell me what they think is going wrong here: http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/46333/
not that I know anything about the protocol, but the remote host is sending a TermReq (termination request) after you send a packet (ll. 57-8). The packet which causes it doesn't seem to have valid ip addresses in it. My bet is that that's the cause.
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{"user_question": "Profanephobia", "user_answer": "Mortice"}
I'm on Ubuntu but use a number of KDE applications. How can I adjust the fonts in them?
start up kcontrol and adjust the settings in Appearance and Themes-->Fonts
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{"user_question": "Ayabara", "user_answer": "Profanephobia"}
how do I turn off compiz-fusion and just go back to gnome ?
System>Preferences>Appearance>Visual Effect>None
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{"user_question": "qbert", "user_answer": "achadwick"}
How do I install java packages on ubuntu? I have a .jar-file, but where do I put it?
/usr/share/java
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{"user_question": "Arsanerit", "user_answer": "Sharpie"}
how do you make windows 3D and sit off the desktop in rotate cube mode?
Okay, np...
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{"user_question": "inversekinetix", "user_answer": "phaedra"}
I get random between 5 and 30% while idling on both CPU's. i have no idea why
is it something to do with indexing service?
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{"user_question": "Flynsarmy", "user_answer": "inversekinetix"}
what's the shortcut to setting the screensaver to start?
Ctrl+Alt+L ??
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{"user_question": "jacquesmerd1", "user_answer": "Atomic_UE"}
Hello I need to manually delete two lines in sources.list in ubuntu 10.10., how I do that?
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
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{"user_question": "blackcatnekonegr", "user_answer": "bazhang"}
anyone get very slow boot-up after selecting ubuntu in grub? sits there for 5 minutes for me...
mine hung for a while until a turned off my wireless card on my laptop
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{"user_question": "drew", "user_answer": "psyk0sis"}
i'm running Ubuntu 64-bit and for some reason i can't get my java apps to work anymore
You said your java wasn't working, right? Isn't Azureus Java based?
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{"user_question": "DisabledDuck", "user_answer": "Ebiggs"}
anyone know the keyboard shortcut for switching workspaces?
ctl-alt-> left right
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{"user_question": "kevin0Oo0", "user_answer": "nickrud"}
i can't find gcc in the Adept list - is there a different source for stuff like that?
try 'sudo apt-get install linux-essential' in a shell
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{"user_question": "pcooper", "user_answer": "sammyF"}
What is the command to delete a folder, non-recursively in the terminal?
rmdir
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{"user_question": "Vad", "user_answer": "jrib"}
Hi, i added myself to the vboxusers group and i guess i deleted myself from the root group :/ The Users and Groups menu is gone, and i cant use sudo etc. Any change i can re-add myself in another way? Adduser wont work since i cant use sudo.
you need to be mamaber of 'admin' not 'root'
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{"user_question": "DaanU", "user_answer": "stefg"}
excuse me, how can I run an ubuntu live cd from grub? What parameters should I pass? Can I make it loading the isolinux.cfg file in the ubuntu live cd? Thanks
u dont run it from grub, you chane your system bios's boot order to boot cd's before hard drives
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{"user_question": "sidelil", "user_answer": "bod_"}
excuse me, is it possible to download ubuntu netbook remix already or it will be shipped with new computers only (or neither, but it's not out yet)?
I've heard taht it won't be downloadable
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{"user_question": "sidelil", "user_answer": "soundray"}
i am using drapper...how to connect internet with my cellphone N93..?? iam using vodafone and in NZ country!!
perhaps this might help https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothDialup
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{"user_question": "worm_screw", "user_answer": "LjL"}
does anyone know how to mix the devilspie transparent background with the xscreensaver matrix screensaver background?
mix in what way?
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{"user_question": "SuicideSalmon", "user_answer": "gordonjcp"}
i need a simple text editor, coz i dont know how to work with vi
try nano
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{"user_question": "snkmad", "user_answer": "mudfly"}
Is there a way via ssh to findout what video card I have?
lspci | grep VGA
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{"user_question": "samIam122", "user_answer": "heguru"}
Greetings all, I feel like I'm not getting as many updates as I should. I beta tested 7.10, and I never had to do an 'upgrade' on release day. Is there a difference between 7.10 and 7.10 beta, and if so, how can I tell them apart?
there is a difference between 7.10 final and 7.10 beta, but not between 7.10 final and the stuff that was in the repositories a couple of days before final.
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{"user_question": "funkyFlash", "user_answer": "LjL"}
Is there a way to find out which process is consuming my bandwidth?
netstat
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{"user_question": "Druif", "user_answer": "fmauro"}
hey is anyone famliar with denyhosts? or better yet is Marco Bertorello here?
denyhosts may be parsing /var/log/auth.log again, thereby blocking your friend's ip
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{"user_question": "Guiri", "user_answer": "mcphail"}
interesting when I type sudo sh -c 'md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf > /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum' I get permission denied
sudo -i, then do it.
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{"user_question": "knighthawk", "user_answer": "fyrestrtr"}
i need help with the keyboard shortcut settings of gnome-terminal. I want to disable a shortcut, but I can't figure out how.
iirc backspace removes the accelerator
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{"user_question": "peeps[work]", "user_answer": "Pici"}
does it not matter where the -phigh goes? thought it was in the middle
i have tried it both ways
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{"user_question": "bazhang", "user_answer": "wirechief_"}
Dear ubuntu people, this is rather odd: Whether I use totem, vlc or mplayer, the video always shows as a pink screen that doesn't change, while my video drivers are installed correctly. What could cause this
then it could be your video card or maybe your videos's cards memory
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{"user_question": "Tobias92", "user_answer": "Flare183"}
Would it pose necessary to add 'main restricted universe multiverse' to the six ubuntu gutsy repositories that I have?
Its whats gets used if you try to download source packages, you really dont need this unless you are planning on installing stuff from source
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{"user_question": "curi0", "user_answer": "Pici"}
Is there a 'launchbar', such that a textbox appears on the desktop panel and you can execute commands of your choice (I have this at my office, using Solaris)...
try alt+f2
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{"user_question": "suweid", "user_answer": "robdig"}
in which release?
sorry for the delay... my hda-intel isn't working in 11.04
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{"user_question": "ActionParsnip", "user_answer": "H3aDsHot"}
IF i want OSX and ubuntu in a dual boot, which do i install first?
i would install OSX first, once you have installed ubuntu you should then get the option to boot to either
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{"user_question": "nicholaspaul", "user_answer": "troyoz"}
Hello all! How do I get DHCP networking to work with my standard integrated ethernet controller in gutsy? I can't get an address from my router in Gutsy but it works perfectly fine when I reboot to my edgy install or windows. Help please!
try sudo dhclient eth0
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{"user_question": "Tamale", "user_answer": "Cornishman"}
With the Jaunty UNR, is there a way to have a normal desktop?
explore the settings/control panel area.. theres an icon for that.
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{"user_question": "Auslegung", "user_answer": "dr_willis"}
hi, can anybody help me? my firefox locks before it starts and it dont start at all. how can i fix this?
if you don't have any important profile information, you can first try deleting .mozilla/ in your home folder
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{"user_question": "guest45", "user_answer": "blue42"}
Hey does anyone know which is better ubuntu version 6.10 or 7.04
Beryl is dead. Compiz is what you want :)
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{"user_question": "BlackTech", "user_answer": "Tamale"}
anyone know where on my system I can find the thunderbird icon?
try /usr/share/pixmaps or something like that
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{"user_question": "monkeyspasm", "user_answer": "musashi1"}
Hello, someone knows how to switch between 2 graphics 'cards'? One is Nvidia Gforce and other is the intel-i3 graphics processor
some laptops have a manual switch, sorry I have no experience with that on ubuntu...guess I shouldn't have answered
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{"user_question": "Guest39284", "user_answer": "BluesKaj"}
does anyone in here think that they could help me out getting my radeon x1600 working?
we can try
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{"user_question": "tomlarkin", "user_answer": "wirchief1"}
how do i force apt-get to reinstall a package?
that is not a great thing to do - you can break a system beyond the point where irc can help - try this first, sudo apt-get remove --purge PackageName; sudo apt-get install PackageName ; rm .LocalConfigFileDirectoryInHomeUsersDirectory
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{"user_question": "snkmad", "user_answer": "ompaul"}
Update Manager is telling me a new version of compiz is out, is it ok to update it? will i have to reboot after the update?
i updated last night and didnt have to reboot
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{"user_question": "snkmad", "user_answer": "raintheory"}
when can i update to meerkat? :>
The toolchain drops on ~ May 6th.
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{"user_question": "knittl", "user_answer": "Pici"}
hello, im having tough timer mapping samba server share on mine ubuntu machine via cifs, cant anyone check this error http://wklej.org/id/606686/
seems like a very good reason -> NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
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{"user_question": "sajimon", "user_answer": "phlak_user"}
hey, what's the quickest way to mass encode a bunch of m4a songs to mp3?
http://linux.togaware.com/survivor/m4a_mp3.html
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{"user_question": "jatz", "user_answer": "jdd"}
Any good MCE for ubuntu?
mythtv or linuxmce
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{"user_question": "Bonster", "user_answer": "dystopianray"}
how to change directory?
you shouldn't need sudo to cd, where are you trying to cd to?
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{"user_question": "CHMEarl", "user_answer": "qman"}
Question is there anyway to install vmware in ubuntu? 7.10 ??
answer: yes
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{"user_question": "n-iCe", "user_answer": "jbroome__"}
where do you get that
sudo apt-get install ubuntustudio-desktop
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{"user_question": "paulistall", "user_answer": "erichj"}
Hi guys! Haven't installed hardy yet. Can someone tell me whether python comes installed?
at any rate, its as easy as a single command, or a few clicks
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{"user_question": "qwerty121", "user_answer": "cyclonut"}
how can i install splash screens?
for grub install apt-get install startupmanager
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{"user_question": "qwerty121", "user_answer": "spiderfire"}
What's the easiest way to to install Ubuntu onto a USB drive (not the same as making a bottable usb drive for installing ubuntu on a hdd)
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/a-much-easier-way-to-install-ubuntu-on-a-usb-device-stick-or-hd.html :) ?
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{"user_question": "endip", "user_answer": "stephenh"}
easy question for anyone...I compiled compiz fusion from GIT....how do I check what version I'm running?
compiz --version , or compiz.real --version
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{"user_question": "isaacj87", "user_answer": "nickrud"}
My Linux experience is vast, I'm quite experienced in Debian releases. However, I cannot figure out what the hell is going on here. Someone tell me in the next two minutes what the hell is modifying my CPU speeds. It is *NOT* bios, it is *NOT* powernowd. Cpufreq is *not* installed. It is *something else*. What is it? Failure to inform of what is modyfing my CPU speeds will not only see Ubuntu removed from this computer, but will
I have had some problems with that, and got it solved. COuld you specify more? Have you a laptop or desktop pc?
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{"user_question": "Clinton__", "user_answer": "Tranto1"}
what is the proper way to get java working on firefox on a 64 bit 8.10?
GIJ might, but my experience with GIJ has been that it's incomplete and not really something I'd want to use (particularly since Java 7 will be GPL, and reportedly will have a 64-bit plugin)
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{"user_question": "phishie", "user_answer": "Wyzard"}
i have two directories named 'gadmin-s (1)' & 'gadmin-s (2)' and I want to 'cd' into the 2nd one. I type 'cd gadmin-s ' and then when I press TAB i can not go to the 2nd folder? how can I go into it? i think the problem is the space between 's' and '('??????
try like this: cd gadmin-s\ \(2\)/
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{"user_question": "MozoO", "user_answer": "ovb"}
Does anyone know how I can disable xgl on startup??
appearance in preferences
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{"user_question": "momdad", "user_answer": "troxor"}
How can I have an app (say VirtualBox, start in workspace #2 ?
Here is it http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/07/25/how-to-set-default-workspace-size-and-window-effects-in-gnome/
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{"user_question": "matelot", "user_answer": "ranjan"}
hi all, is it possible to have the manpages (from the man command) in plaintext so I can process them?
i belive theres other ways to get the man pages in other formats as well. i recall using troff, or nroff years ago to make nice printable versions
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{"user_question": "fengshaun__", "user_answer": "dr_willis"}
in my laptop SMART is giving error at boot time. how do scan for hdd errors from ubuntu
try the smartmontools package
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{"user_question": "pkundu", "user_answer": "ZionPsyfer"}
isn't there a virtual package to install most commonly used development tools?
build-essential
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{"user_question": "chronic1", "user_answer": "robdig"}
This may sound dumb ,but how to you find out file /dev/ is your dvd drive ? is as simple as being dvd. The reason I am asking is I am trying dvd with vlc
sudo lshw|grep -i dvd
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{"user_question": "tarelerulz", "user_answer": "robdig"}
hello, is this the proper channel to ask questions regarding xen and ubuntu?
If its just a textfile you can use http://paste.ubuntu.com
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{"user_question": "ldr", "user_answer": "Pici"}
whats a quick cmdline that will tell someone if they are using dash or bash as sh?
ls -l $(which sh)
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{"user_question": "tharvey", "user_answer": "unop"}
But Opera uses a lot of ram, depending of how many tabs you're using
I think you're confusing it with Firefox.
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{"user_question": "italoxp", "user_answer": "theadmin"}
how to grep a command?
suffic > suffix
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{"user_question": "Andycasss", "user_answer": "bullgard4"}
How to scroll in terminal?
shift-pageup/down
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{"user_question": "Andycasss", "user_answer": "Flannel"}