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Ubunteros: I hear there is a new version of Skype (finally) available on Linux. Is the version in Ubuntu-Software the latest version or bet to dl directly from Skype's website? and who is 'precise-partner source' ?
not completely sure about this, but i read that skype in the canonical repository is a version 2.12, so i guess you are better off downloading from skype directly
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{"user_question": "livingdaylight", "user_answer": "c3f59"}
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
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{"user_question": "itrebal", "user_answer": "nickhs"}
Hello! Somebody knows when Firefox 1.5 will be put in Universe or Multiverse repositories?
it's way faster than the one in the repos
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{"user_question": "HighHopes", "user_answer": "byteshack"}
hello. How do I tell which version of ubuntu im running?
lsb_release -r
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{"user_question": "SmokeTheDank", "user_answer": "_jason"}
if X crashes and doesn't come back or hangs do 'ctrl+alt+f1' login to your account then do 'sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart'
ctrl+alt+backspace is just as good isn't it?
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{"user_question": "Liothen", "user_answer": "funkyHat"}
Hey Guys, Could you recommend a good reader to read .epub files?
calibre
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{"user_question": "junius", "user_answer": "rww"}
i'm @ the terminal and want to launch and executable, but return to the terminal and keep using it rather than locking it up ... i can't remember what that is called or how to do it =\
i.e. somecommand &
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{"user_question": "starpause", "user_answer": "sproingie"}
Any of you know how to modify NotifyOSD?
i am sure there is a guide for that in webupd8 blog
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{"user_question": "Him", "user_answer": "xangua"}
I can't believe this, I always can never remember how to change permissions on a directory
: 1 for x, 2 for w and 4 for r... and they add up for u, g and o respectively.
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{"user_question": "Eleaf", "user_answer": "clem_yeats"}
can someone recommend me a light image editor. I want something simple, kinda like mspaint
tuxpaint?
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{"user_question": "BxL", "user_answer": "cafuego"}
i need java for linux, what to download, is blackdown still ok?
I guess so
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{"user_question": "oxigen", "user_answer": "coNP"}
my ubuntu server, running apf firewall is blocking my IP, even though it's in the allow/whitelists, i can connect if i stop the firewall. anyone know how i could fix this?
connect with what?
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{"user_question": "angguss", "user_answer": "compdoc"}
hello, i'm attempting my maiden install of ubuntu (first linux user), I burned breezy badger, booted from it, finished the first part of the installation and then reboot to continue installing packages, everything was going fine then it switched from the progress bar screen to a screen filled with weird configuration values, i can't tell if it's still installing packages or if its waiting for input, is this normal?
insert ur ubuntu CD for it to finish installing the OS
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{"user_question": "silentj", "user_answer": "ala"}
what's everyone's favourite music player for Ubuntu?
you don't want to know *everyone's* favorite, we're 924 here right now
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{"user_question": "davidwinter", "user_answer": "LjL"}
hello how can i print in my screen the name of the partitions i currently have in my harddrive im not sure if they are hda or sda
df -h
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{"user_question": "tico", "user_answer": "puff"}
how do i configure ubuntu to use dhcp ?
in the Connections tab of 'Network settings' select an interface, click on Properties, and set Configuration to DHCP
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{"user_question": "pappan", "user_answer": "fangorious"}
No one is responding on the Xubuntu channel so I will ask here. How do you disable touchpad tapping while typing on Xubuntu?
its in the ubunutu repositories
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{"user_question": "livewire", "user_answer": "cowlicks"}
got a recommendation between using ubuntu-restricted versus medibuntu?
not a choice between them, restricted has tons of stuff medibuntu does not
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{"user_question": "watermains", "user_answer": "bazhang"}
what is a good program for torrents in ubuntu?
I've had most luck using Azereus
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{"user_question": "linuxboy", "user_answer": "rosendahl_"}
This is odd: I'm on Intrepid, trying to install packages python-feedparser and hddtemp, but apt and synaptic say no such package. On ubuntu package search, they both show up as being in intrepid. Ideas?
have you run the update command I gave you yet?
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{"user_question": "maximumbob", "user_answer": "nickrud"}
anyone got negative experience with ubuntu 64 bits?
but in general I am quite happy with 64bit Ubuntu
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{"user_question": "naddar", "user_answer": "JDahl"}
what's the terminal command to display network information?
ifconfig
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{"user_question": "mordof", "user_answer": "IcarianHeights"}
With acpi disabled, will I be able to use a pmcia slot?
I don't see how acpi would affect pcmcia.
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{"user_question": "Cerin", "user_answer": "theblue"}
I am sure this question has been asked many times but I am trying to install the most rencently released ATI drivers in linux is there a page or howto do telll me how to go about doing this? thanks in advace
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BinaryDriverHowto
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{"user_question": "pagefault", "user_answer": "SweetestSavage"}
i got a question, how do you add users in terminal? i tried user useradd but i think i got the syntax wrong, an example would be greatly appreciated
adduser or useradd
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{"user_question": "Dattas", "user_answer": "bz0b"}
If I put everything from my home folder on a CD and then reinstall Ubuntu... can I just copy it back? :3
of course
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{"user_question": "BoukenPink", "user_answer": "skon"}
Who do I talk to for channel admin?
'sup?
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{"user_question": "Knowerror", "user_answer": "Seveas"}
Is there a way I can play a .iso file as if it was a DVD?
: feed it to mplayer
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{"user_question": "soundray", "user_answer": "Jell-O-Fishi"}
why is that?
sudo su runs su through sudo, so it is starting another process under sudo. sudo -i exists for the same functionality. I don't really know the technical details
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{"user_question": "cartesian1984", "user_answer": "_jason"}
can anyone here help me figure out my notification problem? I'm not getting notifications with notify-send unless I specify -u critical
libnotify-bin installed¿
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{"user_question": "xil", "user_answer": "xangua"}
Ah this is fucking annoying. How can the default be that you can't access the grub menu?!
you've tried shift-key?
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{"user_question": "Timmmm", "user_answer": "Myrtti"}
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
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{"user_question": "ndlovu_", "user_answer": "gnomefreak"}
What should i use to format a disk i need to boot from usb and wipe the disk
gparted.
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{"user_question": "LekeFly", "user_answer": "Kromgol"}
ehm.. a basic question.. How do I 'cd' into a directory that has spaces in name?
or cd put\ a\ slash\ in\ front\ of\ spaces
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{"user_question": "kane77", "user_answer": "linxeh"}
how do I remove all files with a certain extension but leave one of them? (I have 1000+ pdf's and I want to merge them into one and remove them, but leave the merged file..)
when you merge the one you want move it to a anothe directiry then rm -f *.pdg
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{"user_question": "kane77", "user_answer": "codecaine"}
hello... does anyone know how to make torrent client go after minimize up on the right corner... next to dropbox,mail,connection icon
if you are using transmission there is an option in preferences > desktop to 'show transmission in the notification area'
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{"user_question": "benassi_", "user_answer": "bwat47"}
Please help me with this: I installed fluxbox from source and I don't know how to add it to the GDM sessions. Thanks
why from source?
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{"user_question": "RaisedFist", "user_answer": "trappist"}
How do I use/run wine? I used Synaptic to install it.
wine nameofwindowsexecutable.exe
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{"user_question": "okih", "user_answer": "funkyHat"}
hmm...how can I reinstall a package? (for examplke, if I've damaged some of the files from it) using apt-get ?
apt-get install --reinstall PKG
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{"user_question": "ptlo", "user_answer": "Davey`"}
hi everyone. i just installed ubuntu, and my first problem is that i can't right click or scroll with two fingers. can anyone help?
does it work with one finger?
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{"user_question": "deicidus", "user_answer": "Blippe"}
where I can find if ubuntu supports my wlan card?
can also check https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCards
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{"user_question": "steri", "user_answer": "ndlovu"}
is it possible, to resize an existing EXT3 partitioned drive? it's 250gb and I want to make it smaller to 242gb
you can resize ext3 non-destructively with gparted
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{"user_question": "Moodles", "user_answer": "mp3guy"}
i can't seem to find the cpu temperature anywhere
apt-get install mbmon && mbmon
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{"user_question": "Moodles", "user_answer": "shawnz"}
folks, isn't there a way to install Ubuntu from console?
alternate CD has the text-mode installer
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{"user_question": "shay", "user_answer": "bimberi"}
i've a file that i want run at boot but by user not root.. can this be done in /etc/init.d/
you could put a line in /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh like : su [user] -c [command] to have the command run at boot time as a specific non uid 0 user...
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{"user_question": "tuv", "user_answer": "bshumate"}
what is that wysiwyg editor for linux?
nvu ?
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{"user_question": "Linuturk", "user_answer": "oxez"}
hmmm, this reminds me: is there a list of laptops that are known to work very well with ubuntu?
/msg ubotu hardware
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{"user_question": "whaley_work", "user_answer": "apokryphos"}
I'm dual booting ubuntu and win7. If I mount the windows partition under ubuntu and delete some files will windows know that those files have been deleted when it boots next time, or will the OS not recognize that the files were deleted and still reserve space on disk for them
windows will notice the files were deleted. i do it all the time.
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{"user_question": "madsailor", "user_answer": "rad_sci_guy"}
good evening, how do I make dvd playback work on my new laptop, have installed libdvdcss2 but no luck
I think there's a new package now, libdvdread3, that replaces it. And depending on where you are, maybe regionset.
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{"user_question": "none", "user_answer": "tonyyarusso"}
is there a way to not have hotplug start during booting? like a lilo/grub argument you can add?
i think you can pass 'nothotplug' to grub. not sure if that's the option though
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{"user_question": "SyL", "user_answer": "brenner"}
i just installed xfce4 through synaptic... how do I enable it?
when you login, select session, then xfce
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{"user_question": "grassh", "user_answer": "cdubya"}
once youve installed a .deb package, where does it install to? for example ive installed conkers but cant find it anywhere
it installs to /usr/bin
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{"user_question": "war-totem", "user_answer": "{alejandro}"}
does anyone know what those bars along the bottom of a mac are called?
the dock
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{"user_question": "Luke", "user_answer": "LadyNikon"}
Anyone know how/where to install libwx on Breezy5.10
which one
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{"user_question": "L33Hambley", "user_answer": "Kyral"}
How can I find a log/record of what apt-get or adept has upgraded? E.g. I just finished auto-upgrading some packages on my Feisty. Is there a log of what has changed?
/var/log/dpkg.log
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{"user_question": "kwtm", "user_answer": "Seveas"}
Can somebody please tell me how can I install libxaw6 and libgtk1.2 ? I can't apt-get them.
apt-cache search libgtk1.2
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{"user_question": "aeger", "user_answer": "erUSUL"}
hi! i just booted my well working 11.4, 64bit, lvm2-root-on-sda5 system with a system that is basically the same just 32bit and sdb.... how can i access my lvm partitions?
does the decies pop up if you type lvdisplay
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{"user_question": "sven_", "user_answer": "tomodachi"}
hey guys, how can i access Windows Server Domain shared folders?
in the home folder , press ctrl+l , in the adress field type smb://pathtoserver/pathofshare/
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{"user_question": "g0tcha", "user_answer": "tomodachi"}
is it fairly simple to switch from ubuntu to kubuntu? do you just sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop && sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop?
you dont need to remove ubuntu
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{"user_question": "jtd", "user_answer": "Jaymac"}
how do i open opt folder with root rights?
I don't know if there's a menu item for it, but I bet you could do gksu -c nautilus
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{"user_question": "zulfiqar", "user_answer": "jnc"}
is 15 gb enough to partition / ??
even 10G will be enough
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{"user_question": "bashelina", "user_answer": "stefg"}
hello, I want to transfer all my Ubuntu OS to another disk AND make that disk bootable, so, besides the 'copy' operation how do I make the 2nd disk bootable? (that is, how do I reinstall grub on it)
you will need the --root-directory option to point to the new root. man grub-install
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{"user_question": "wildman", "user_answer": "soundray"}
can anyone point me to a non-gui torrent client?
bittorrent will. never heard of rtorrent so can't say
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{"user_question": "Kuyaedz", "user_answer": "dooglus"}
upgrade downloads & installs to the latest version available
-- does it install latest version of apps if you've added them from sources yourself, w/o synapteic
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{"user_question": "Kuyaedz", "user_answer": "phil_"}
automatix is a sweet prog. i don't know why everyone in here says it's not. it auto installs everything for you.
it also breaks installs.
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{"user_question": "lysis", "user_answer": "ElitePete"}
I finally figured out how to get Ubuntu 6.06 booting reliably with my new computer. The auto notification thing is telling me that 8.0.4.1 is available. How safe is it for me to jump from 6.06 to 8.04.1?
should be safe
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{"user_question": "Plugh", "user_answer": "dean"}
if you had 30gb hdd with P3 1gb ram (laptop for hibernation) how much would you allocate for '/' 'swap' and 'home' - planning on installing Lubuntu - for now i was going to keep 2gb for swap / can't decide on the home vs / sizes - this will be a single boot OS laptop. also was planning on using ext4 filesystem *very new to linux / 1st time install
i would do 7 gigs for / and one gig for swap and the rest as your /home
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{"user_question": "sirscrubsalot", "user_answer": "thiefy"}
have you filed a bug?
because noone listens to Nielsen (www.useit.com) <G>
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{"user_question": "bob2", "user_answer": "bcl"}
any body could please suggest a program for running a virtual machine ? like vmware for ubuntu please
you could use VMware or VirtualBox
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{"user_question": "glaceman", "user_answer": "sazhen86"}
what is happening?
netsplit, an irc server delinked from the irc net.
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{"user_question": "ejofee", "user_answer": "zooted"}
is it possible to install from the LiveCD?
they say it is, but i still can't figure it out how
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{"user_question": "DarthShrine", "user_answer": "ejofee"}
are any of you able to help me get my sound working again?
depends on yoru question. please ask a technical question
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{"user_question": "itouchedpussy", "user_answer": "holycow"}
hey guys, two questions. 1) what 'service' and 'port' does irc run on? 2) how do i get a non-repository executable file to run? (it seems to be blocked by default) thnx
the service is usually ircd and the port is 6667
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{"user_question": "user___", "user_answer": "sta7ic"}
If I CTRL+Z, 'bg' a process and the load up 'byobu' how do I bring that process to the foreground in 'byobu'?
You can't. You have to have started the shell in screen initially.
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{"user_question": "iSkin", "user_answer": "Jordan_U"}
Does NTFS read write work in 6.06 ?
yes, use gparted
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{"user_question": "wietz0r", "user_answer": "soundray"}
how do i get vim to stop autoindenting ?
echo 'set noai' >> ~/.vimrc
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{"user_question": "can-o-wo1ms", "user_answer": "trappist"}
does anybody know an easy way to get amsn to have antialiasing?
no, amsn never seems to have it, if you want a half decent msn client, try Mercury ( http://mercury.to )
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{"user_question": "marshall_", "user_answer": "Subhuman"}
so does anyone know how you get screen shots of a linux install process?
vmware
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{"user_question": "boabsta", "user_answer": "Subhuman"}
hi, this isnt really specific ubuntu, but its only happened to me in ubuntu, I'm using mplayer-plugin to watch videos in firefox, they work fine, BUT i cant seem to go fullscreen, it just keeps it 1:1 and adds a big black border, same thing in mplayer standalone, any ideas??
make sure you are using 'xv' as the video output
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{"user_question": "Subhuman", "user_answer": "_jason"}
Hey guys I don't know what that applet is but the little mailbox looking icon in the top right on the bar in ubuntu 10.10 is there a way to change the Empathy chat button to pidgin ?
you can remove the empathy chat item, but you can't change pidgin to chat (well, not easily anyway, empathy is hardcoded in the indicator code). Just uninstall empathy or delete /usr/share/indicators/messages/applications/empathy (which is just a text file that has the path to the empathy .desktop file)
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{"user_question": "Drainix", "user_answer": "trism"}
Hello. Question time! Anyone know the 'proper' way to change the hostname? I always thought it was editing /etc/hosts, but apparently I was incredibly wrong, and I don't wanna just blindly tinker around with stuff and break sudo again. >.<
system-admin-networking
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{"user_question": "GreySim", "user_answer": "Subhuman"}
i have gnome and im using ubuntu how can I switch to kde
you can run a kde program under gnome and vice versa, just some of the 'desktop integration' stuff will break
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{"user_question": "lewix", "user_answer": "amphi"}
how would I go about sharing a folder with a user in the same group, and having all the files/folders created in it receiving the same permissions by default?.. I just need pointing in the right direction, I guess.
man umask
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{"user_question": "Kindred", "user_answer": "sethk"}
who maintains ubotu?
cafuego maintains ubotu
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{"user_question": "kameron", "user_answer": "Kindred"}
with a chroot do you have to install x & gnome.. etc, to use gui based stuff? I am installing one so I can run wine so I can run dvdshrink. lol, this is probably more hassle than it's worth.
unless you use some xauth magic, then you don't have to
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{"user_question": "Kindred", "user_answer": "crimsun"}
does anybody here now how to make a command run at boot-time?
put it in /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh
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{"user_question": "windowmaker", "user_answer": "JDahl"}
i have ubuntu server, and installed ubuntu-desktop, but the desktop runs automatically when i turn the pc on. How can I set it so I have to manually start it?
try BUM
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{"user_question": "mejobloggs", "user_answer": "fr500_"}
is there any way to remove the startup sound event? i tried setting it to none in the Sound Events settings, but it doesn't seem to work
try configuring gdm and check accessbility tab
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{"user_question": "gonza|es", "user_answer": "optish"}
Is anybody else having problem with 'apt-get update' on the us.archive.ubuntu.com repository?
remove the us. part from sources.list and try again
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{"user_question": "siab9000", "user_answer": "Kyral"}
Anyone tell me if I have to do anything special after I mark myself away to show as being back active? X-Chat
> /back
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{"user_question": "Zugwrack", "user_answer": "HymnToLife"}
hi... silly question: how do I find out my CPUs frequency?
cat /proc/cpuinso | grep MHz
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{"user_question": "muszek", "user_answer": "HymnToLife"}
does anyone know if there's a netinst or minimal ubuntu install image?
there is no netinst of Ubuntu - that I know of
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{"user_question": "v", "user_answer": "HymnToLife"}
how instal kde desktop for ubuntu 10.2?
> yes
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{"user_question": "adrian_", "user_answer": "HymnToLife"}
Hiya how can I create the shortcut that allows me to type 'oowriter' to the Run Application menu (ALT+F2) and have that launch openoffice.org2.2 -writer ?
sudo ln -s $(which openoffice.org2.2-writer) /usr/local/bin/oowriter
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{"user_question": "imc_", "user_answer": "HymnToLife"}
have you checked out the thinkwiki? www.thinkwiki.org
- yeah I did, i just wanted to know if people liked their T30 :)
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{"user_question": "mrkoje", "user_answer": "siriusnova"}
how do I check my version of Ubuntu?
I think 'cat /proc/version'
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{"user_question": "AIV", "user_answer": "evian"}
im attempting to apply a theme to a program, but can not find where i should unzip the theme, the archive has .fluxbox as a folder inside, where would this be on the system?
mainly under usr
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{"user_question": "brand0n", "user_answer": "erUSUL"}
Anyone here that knowes, where i can finde the fonts?
there's a section on fonts there that takes you step by step
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{"user_question": "MWettendorff", "user_answer": "yaaar"}
Is there anyway to make that folders in Nautilus appear different than the default icon? For example, if I have 3 folders with music, and I want the to show the cover of each album...
open a properties window for the folder in question, click on the icon in the upper left and select a new one
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{"user_question": "dbugger", "user_answer": "Chipzzz"}
anyone know how to disable a firefox media plugin? I want to remove the totem mozilla plugin, so mplayer can take over, i dont want to remove all of totem though.
remove totemrelated plugins from /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins
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{"user_question": "viscount", "user_answer": "deFrysk"}