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How to log as root/
sudo su or sudo passwd (and set password)
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{"user_question": "lohn", "user_answer": "michuk"}
is the ogm format supported by xine/mplayer etc by default?
haven't had any problem playing OGM in mplayer with default options :)
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{"user_question": "Toma-", "user_answer": "Khisanth"}
Any idea if external USB discs support hdd > 2TB? (10.04LTS)
i think so.
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{"user_question": "yacc", "user_answer": "dr_willis"}
what's the inverse of pidof ?
you could try htop
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{"user_question": "spetrea", "user_answer": "Chipzzz"}
If I want to learn and understand how linux works and how debian works, can you then recommend a book or somewhat?
the ubuntu wiki is a great place to start
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{"user_question": "meepy", "user_answer": "shadeofgrey"}
what exactly are these ips for ?? can i use them in my /etc/resolv.conf 4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2
those are DNS root A servers which are master DNS servers for the internet
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{"user_question": "learnfromscratch", "user_answer": "StarKruzr"}
I am in telinit 1.. how do I start sshd?
/etc/init.d/ssh start
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{"user_question": "lesshaste", "user_answer": "frogz"}
hi, umm, i don't want my hard drives to show up on the desktop. how do i get rid of them?
it's in the gnome editor options, for nautilus 'show volumes on desktop'
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{"user_question": "wi1", "user_answer": "frogz"}
Hi, I have a notebook without a cd-rom drive. I need to install ubuntu from a tftp or such. Could someone please point me to a documentation about this? I already have several ubuntu hosts in the net - if this helps ;)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Installation/LocalNet
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{"user_question": "wam", "user_answer": "CarlFK"}
I'm trying to build an apache2 module, but I have no idea what to point --with-apache-dir=* at, anyone know?
have you tried just ./configure without setting --with-apache ?
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{"user_question": "rowanjl", "user_answer": "frogz00"}
does everyone else immediately relink /bin/sh to /bin/bash when dash screws them over?
no we just run 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash'
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{"user_question": "joedj", "user_answer": "erUSUL"}
how can I increase the amount ov video memory in my X config file?
only way i knoe.. or wait til someone else answers
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{"user_question": "ndee", "user_answer": "insomnd"}
want to ask a silly question please. I recieved many tabs stating nazi in them what was that about? were they refered to me
then he came back again. so he was shooting at everybody, not just you.
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{"user_question": "mango", "user_answer": "sethk"}
can anybody of you point me a good website or a book for learing subnetting
check out also: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/701/3.html
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{"user_question": "xukun", "user_answer": "bshumate"}
How do I commit my disk cache to disk (ext3) ?
sync
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{"user_question": "PMantis", "user_answer": "bshumate"}
how do i get azereus working?
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=75272
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{"user_question": "JyZ|", "user_answer": "frogz02"}
anyone know why rhythmbox is giving me an end of stream error?
well that could have something to do with it
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{"user_question": "r0xoR", "user_answer": "eobanb_"}
How are you able to be in sudo perpetually?
sudo echo 1 && sudo echo 2
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{"user_question": "Bholzi", "user_answer": "shcherbak"}
is there a program that will put up a dialog with a short message that can be triggered from a script?
Yes, zenity can do that and it's quite configurable.
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{"user_question": "nrdb", "user_answer": "ardchoille"}
is it possible to get thunderbird email to label all emails as junk if they the sender isn't in my address book ?
i suppose you can make a filter rule to do it (but i'm not a TB user)
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{"user_question": "nrdb", "user_answer": "erUSUL"}
Hello, Can i install grub under Windows? In another word, are there any grub for windows?
Windows uses its own boot loader, so I don't think so.
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{"user_question": "TraceGreen", "user_answer": "nrdb"}
howdy, is there a fast (not involving vanilla kernel sources) way to keep modules I don't need from starting up (rmmod -f has had some unstable consequences).
blacklist them
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{"user_question": "translocatedfetu", "user_answer": "tritium"}
Whats the lightest on memory Ubuntu based distro?
fluxbuntu I think, but it's not official. For official Xubuntu is it
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{"user_question": "Toma-", "user_answer": "taxman"}
how can i figure what package a file belongs to ?!
dpkg -S $file
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{"user_question": "ronny", "user_answer": "user_"}
Stupid me... 'top' gives just what I wanted.
look at top, ps and have a rummage through the /proc filesystem
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{"user_question": "TD|Gaute", "user_answer": "soundray"}
hey, i'm trying to install a custom rom on my android phone, and I'm finding a lot of guides for windows but none for ubuntu. can anyone point me in the right direction?
I would assume it'll be similar for your phone, possibly with a differnt udev rule
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{"user_question": "johzephine", "user_answer": "Aginor"}
What is the equivalent for /etc/rc.local in ubuntu?
man update-rc.d
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{"user_question": "m0wax", "user_answer": "crimsun"}
hrm does Ubuntu write 'Ubuntu' anywhere on the distribution? I'm trying to figure out exactly what distribution of linux this machine is...
cat /etc/issue
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{"user_question": "Gambit--", "user_answer": "thoreauputic"}
Hey all ,I want to keep the same home folder with all my files from gentoo linux, but some of the hidden config files make it a little messy. Should I just delete all the hidden folders and THEN install ubuntu? Will that work?
yes that will work......but i think just deleting .kde should suffice..
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{"user_question": "vblanton", "user_answer": "freelove"}
Hey, I'm rather new to linux and I really like it. I would like to change over completely but because of my ipod is there an ipod program or something that can run ituns?
Try gtkpod
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{"user_question": "Shady", "user_answer": "Broam"}
anyone free? please help me fix this 7 line bash code: http://pastebin.com/Rs1sQtDK . I run './runmount.sh u' to unmount but it gives error
http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
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{"user_question": "ndxtg", "user_answer": "Aginor"}
hi! How do you remove and insert modules?
rmmod, insmod.
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{"user_question": "alberaan", "user_answer": "macd"}
do any1 know how many official dev are in Ubuntu?
there are about 50 paid developers and many volunteers
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{"user_question": "ravi_", "user_answer": "r3m0t"}
i'm looking for a site that is for those new to Linux and with (obviously) quality info... Linux.com's home page says it's for those new to Linux, but then thier list of good, free distributions doesnt' include UBUNTU and the general tone seemed to imply it's just a front door for sales
try linux.org
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{"user_question": "david_m_e", "user_answer": "nalioth"}
Hi there! Does anyone know where I could find a list of linuy compatible USB numpads for laptops?
USB numpads that uses stardard USB hid driver must all work
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{"user_question": "ackbahr", "user_answer": "ZeroA4"}
Hi! Is there a way command lien way to find out a video file's resolution and intended playback aspect? Thanks!
mplayer will tell you that when run from a terminal
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{"user_question": "ackbahr", "user_answer": "Boohbah"}
Hello! :) I just installed a new motherboard and Ubuntu 5.10 refuses to boot entirely. I receive an error stating that the XServer cannot be loaded. I believe that this is the graphical environment. How can I 'repair' my installation without losing my current configuration.. so that my new motherboard functions?
reinstall it from the original Ubuntu install disk
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{"user_question": "vilefridge", "user_answer": "skon"}
hie everybody, my samsung x30 notebook can wake up after suspend or hibernate. anybody has a clue what to do about it?
unfortunately the Samsung folk don't let Linux developers know about how their ACPI stuff works at a bios level so it's a bit tricky. try to make sure that the package acpi-support is installed.
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{"user_question": "Sebastian", "user_answer": "delire"}
which port in /dev is the serial port?
/dev/ttyS# where # is often 1 through 4
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{"user_question": "KomiaPoika", "user_answer": "Dr_Willis"}
is there a stable version of dapper drake out yeat?
no. june 1
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{"user_question": "Opinie", "user_answer": "Hobbsee"}
System > Preferences > Startup Applications shows 20 applications asserted. Why does ~/.config/autostart list only 7?
that's a good question. the startup apps work very weirdly
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{"user_question": "bullgard4", "user_answer": "WaltherFI"}
i have a strange problem here since I installed a few updates today, generally the problem is that the 'enter key' doesn't work anymore under X. it does work when logging in via GDM, but not after i have logged into gnome. The the enter key on the numeric keypad still works. Any ideas? (dapper )
read you /var/log/Xorg.0.log
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{"user_question": "andax", "user_answer": "dli"}
I need to get the command 'modprobe snd-seq' to be run automatically every time I boot, with root privileges. They told me to put it in the init script, how do I do that?
/etc/modules
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{"user_question": "Zalbor", "user_answer": "dli"}
any idea about encore usb wireless support in linux?
I would look over the wireless hardware page
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{"user_question": "dli", "user_answer": "mustard5"}
when is Dapper to be final?
there is a new ubuntu version each april and october
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{"user_question": "steve_laptop", "user_answer": "nalioth"}
can someone help with grub please?
what i'd try to do is let grub use hda1 and merge the relevant sections from (hda3)/path/to/menu.lst to (hda1)/path/to/menu.lst. but that's me.
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{"user_question": "tk401", "user_answer": "hlen"}
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
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{"user_question": "shachaf", "user_answer": "poningru"}
Hi guys! Please help me! I want to install a program from source, but it says: bash: make: command not found. What to do?
sudo apt-get install build-essentials
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{"user_question": "ltibor65", "user_answer": "Anusien"}
Who can me help by mounting floppy drive?
sudo mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy might work.
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{"user_question": "ltibor65", "user_answer": "aTypical"}
hi..has anyone tried the livecd/installer and found getting livecd enviornment was a vvvvery long boot ?? ( want to make sure its not my cdrom drive)
yes, it's a long process
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{"user_question": "neighborlee", "user_answer": "BlueDevil"}
How I disable/remove the root password if its been created?
passwd -l root
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{"user_question": "Knowerrors", "user_answer": "BlueDevil"}
sorry, one more time: will running ktorrent in ubuntu make it look ugly?
it shouldn't
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{"user_question": "jorge__", "user_answer": "dribble"}
hey all - if I were looking to setup a box as a primary file server, hosting music and apps and such for the other boxes in the network, what would the proper protocol be...? NFS? Samba?
If you have mixed environment, you're probably better off going samba
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{"user_question": "dribble", "user_answer": "tmccrary"}
I am having issues accessing an ntfs partition with partition manager/initial installer; freezes immediately after attempting to recognize partitions in live install; I can access data on and mount both partitions in jaunty live, though the moment I try to use Gparted to access them while unmounted, partitions become unmountable (through automated Gnome mounting) and gparted locks
what are you doing on gparted live or what is you want
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{"user_question": "jonah", "user_answer": "Like"}
In the hosts file if I want to specify a ip range to allow instead of adding each host name and ip how would this look? Would it just be 192.168.1.XXX or 192.168.1.254?
i dont think the hosts file can do a range like that.
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{"user_question": "mellin", "user_answer": "Dr_Willis"}
hi all , the dvd playback on my laptop using totem is quite dark, is there anyway to adjust it?
totem menu -> edit - preferneces - display
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{"user_question": "windmill", "user_answer": "thegladiator"}
Is there anyway to back up or copy specific packages that I have downloaded through synaptic?
try out /var/cache/apt
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{"user_question": "e_machinist", "user_answer": "thegladiator"}
Is there a particular command in bash to select all the files and not folders? Wildcards *.* selects only those files which have extensions, but files without extensions are selected with *, but folders are also selected. :(
in zsh, I would do... *(.)
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{"user_question": "YouKay", "user_answer": "jrib"}
I need to find a way to backup my data from ubuntu LVM volume on a broken system, any idea ?
dl RIP
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{"user_question": "lachesis", "user_answer": "frogzoo"}
is there a command to see how much free space there is left?
df -h
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{"user_question": "existance", "user_answer": "Seveas"}
To upgrade from Hoary to Breezy, can I just change 'hoary' to 'breezy' in /etc/apt/sources.list, or do I actually have to install from the CD?
That will update you to breezy
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{"user_question": "Amy_", "user_answer": "Stormx2"}
hmm totem nor amarok can play mp3:s or movies but tut vlc can? How do i fix this? I have tried to run easyUbuntu :/
> I am not yet able to install vlc....but xmms plays mp3s...which I installed !
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{"user_question": "dadde", "user_answer": "allison"}
how do i SEARCH packages via console not via adept...
apt-cache search
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{"user_question": "u|qos", "user_answer": "kent"}
someone know when Edgy Eft will be released ??
i heard it was going to be around next week.
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{"user_question": "nvy", "user_answer": "Haz"}
Hi. What shout I apt-get to do dns querries from the command line? I mean, to get dig, or nslookup etc to work...
host
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{"user_question": "prxq", "user_answer": "trappist"}
Hi all, I'm having great difficulty getting ubuntu with a number of things. First off I cannot get it on the net. using network-admin I cannot add a new connection for my wireless. there is no 'Add' button to add a connection
install network-manager
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{"user_question": "bain", "user_answer": "robotgeek"}
Anyone??? Any support ppl in here ???
just ask
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{"user_question": "raid01", "user_answer": "_jason"}
I know it bugs the hell out of me every time I try to find a gnome option and it isn't there...
A 386 kernel wouldn't use 3dnow, that's right. On the other hand, I don't think there's very much code in the kernel that uses 3dnow anyway. Even if you run a 386 kernel you can still run userspace programs compiled for k7.
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{"user_question": "mitrovarr", "user_answer": "johanbr"}
Hi, i have a exectuable in a folder in my home folder, and i was wondering if i could get it to show up in bash or w/e so that i didnt have to specify the path every time i want to run it
bash looks there IF it exists
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{"user_question": "dashoffen", "user_answer": "Kyral"}
is there still a limit for primary partitions in modern hard drives?
- I dont think so - I just setup my new machine today with a 250gb partition
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{"user_question": "frank_b", "user_answer": "cpare"}
where is the source.list repositary file found?
/etc/apt
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{"user_question": "divineomega", "user_answer": "RQ"}
how do i get wlan work?
which one do you use?
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{"user_question": "zariz", "user_answer": "sam-_-"}
anyone know how to get ubuntu to offer me kde at login (I installed kubuntu-desktop, but I still get gnome only)
kde should be an option in the Sessions menu of the login screen
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{"user_question": "mintonman", "user_answer": "bimberi"}
What is a good midi player for ubuntu?
yes, for Breezy and Dapper, don't know about Hoary
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{"user_question": "The_Isle_of_Mark", "user_answer": "KumaSan"}
how can I find out which Ubuntu I have?
lsb_release -a
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{"user_question": "biella", "user_answer": "_jason"}
Hi, I want to batch convert a lot of movies to 320x240 on ubuntu server. what's the best way to do that?
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Applications_GUI_Multimedia/Batch_convert_MPEG_files_to_AVI_0
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{"user_question": "PeterNL", "user_answer": "schnuffle"}
Anyone know of a better GNOME based video player than totem?
gmplayer
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{"user_question": "infamus", "user_answer": "b_e_n_z"}
Hey... how do I get dapper to set num lock on by default?
and richard_ - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NumLock
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{"user_question": "Fangz", "user_answer": "weedar"}
Setting up ubuntu on home network. How do I share printer? Connected printer on primary machine (direct usb connection). Then 'Detect LAN Printers' on other machines. Printer does no appear on other machines.
system>admin>printing than in there you want to select it as a network printer if its not connected to the pc your setting than walk through the proccess but remember you want to connect through the routers ip address
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{"user_question": "mike_g", "user_answer": "gnomefreak"}
When SSHing into a server, my terminal kind of freezes up after a period of connectivity (I assume I've been dropped from the server). Is there a way to avoid this?
TCPKeepAlive setting can help
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{"user_question": "anth0ny", "user_answer": "schnuffle"}
anyone know if wacom makes a driver for the graphire 2?
I have looked with no luck
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{"user_question": "tyrelsouza", "user_answer": "mrkoje"}
is there not a torrent for the ubuntu iso's?
http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/5.10/ubuntu-5.10-install-i386.iso.torrent
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{"user_question": "crash3m_", "user_answer": "dooglus"}
what is the cmd to show your ip address from shell ?
ip a
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{"user_question": "matrice64", "user_answer": "bimberi"}
is it possible to mount *.nrg iso-images, as generated by (windows-)nero?
http://gregory.kokanosky.free.fr/v4/linux/nrg2iso.en.html
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{"user_question": "maffju", "user_answer": "Toma-"}
can someone tell me how to upgrade from hoary to breezy using the iso image without burning a CD-rom
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BreezyUpgrade
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{"user_question": "dumbhead", "user_answer": "bob_4_a_day"}
does anyone know of a daemon similar to gnome-volume-manager
ivman
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{"user_question": "Projext", "user_answer": "crimsun"}
on Ubuntu, in which file is /usr/local/bin added to the PATH?
maybe /etc/environment ?
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{"user_question": "dan64", "user_answer": "dooglus"}
if linux were to be nearly as popular as windows, would that mean there would be more linux viruses? would linux be less secure?
more attempts definitely, but whether they would be successful? I doubt it
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{"user_question": "rmbrain", "user_answer": "Seveas"}
how can i find out how much ram i have?
system Monitor
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{"user_question": "IRC_", "user_answer": "snoop"}
what is the name of winamp-look mp3 player for linux?
xmms i guess
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{"user_question": "Firen", "user_answer": "topyli"}
how can i login as root in livecd ver :/?
sudo -i, I think
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{"user_question": "Firen", "user_answer": "jenda"}
i accedently formatted my boot partition can some one help me?
lmao, touh luck
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{"user_question": "infidel", "user_answer": "aridese"}
is there a linux MS publisher - type program?
for desktop publishing, see scribus
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{"user_question": "aridese", "user_answer": "Xenguy"}
hi guys how do i convert from asf to mp3
leave if you won't be helping
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{"user_question": "aridese", "user_answer": "blanky"}
how to open user and group from terminal
gksudo users-admin
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{"user_question": "newbiee", "user_answer": "nickrud"}
so after i load ndiswrapper, how do i create the device?
do you have the ndis driver for your card?
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{"user_question": "bassinboy", "user_answer": "encompass"}
hello all, what boot loader is used in Ubuntu?
grub
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{"user_question": "ILyuha", "user_answer": "borup"}
i do not need the source repo's in my sources.list do i? they arn't anything important right?
not really no.
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{"user_question": "nameeate1", "user_answer": "nickrud"}
reading up on iptables...if i wanted to block port 113, would this command do it?
do DROP instead of REJECT if you don't want to respond to that port at all.
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{"user_question": "bob832", "user_answer": "pbransford"}
How would I go about excluding a user from the main login screen when I create a user for the system
not sure about the path as I`m on Suse right now
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{"user_question": "stevecam", "user_answer": "schnuffle"}