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hi, i need a tool for ripping my audio-cds to mp3 (mp3 cause of my mp3-player, which doesn't support ogg). also i need it to 'overread' damaged parts instead of braking down my pc (which happened to me with some tools)
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grip or sound juicer
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "albert", "user_answer": "erUSUL"}
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when i plug in an USB device (it's a dj-interface) where can i find it's physical location inside ubuntu? /dev/something?
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do « tail -f /var/log/messages » then plug the device
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "zth", "user_answer": "erUSUL"}
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Re: Ubuntu Server 10.10 x86 -- How can I increase the framebuffer(?) size so that it fills my LCD screen (laptop)? Thanks!
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http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/lucidubuntu-10-04-high-resolution-plymouth-virtual-terminal-for-atinvidia-cards-with-proprietaryrestricted-driver/
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "nedhead", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}
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hey could you tel me how can i have the same dimension of my terminal all the time ? when i close or reboot my cmputer, the terminal open small again :/
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you can pass --geometry GEOMETRY to gnome-terminal
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "intick", "user_answer": "jrib"}
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i'm looking for an application for gnome which will let me arrange and have notes, which can be accessed by a keyboard shortcut. anyone know of anything like that?
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tomboy should have a keyboard shortcut to open it
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "zth", "user_answer": "maco"}
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Hey #ubuntu, is there a utility that will tell me the integer value of a key combination? I'm trying to configure my trackpad to handle three-finger swiping correctly
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xev maybe?
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "cndiv", "user_answer": "maplebed"}
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Where can I find a repository or older versions of Ubuntu Desktop and Server?
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try here; http://releases.ubuntu.com/
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "Stuart__", "user_answer": "JoeMaverickSett"}
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Hye, quick question. I cannot view gmail.com because it asks me to install PSM. But I cannot find it in the package list lol
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what browser?
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "misfit", "user_answer": "lampshade"}
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was wondering what the w32codecs are called in the breezy release
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just get them from the source
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "ramblingturtle23", "user_answer": "macewan"}
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hi, I like to know how to find out what packages depend on a particular package (ubuntu 10.10)
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apt-cache show 'packagename' will tell you
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "muixirt", "user_answer": "willemb"}
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How to make a partition mount automatically ?
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/etc/fstab
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "n00byd00by", "user_answer": "willemb"}
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How can I create an ISO file from a directory full of files?
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mkisofs
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "DarthShrine", "user_answer": "dragoon"}
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hello, can anyone recommend any dark gtk3 theme that has readable text on the white background (like in Software Center)?
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try gnome-look
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "dr0p|rb", "user_answer": "bazhang"}
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how do I change the date display method? Right now it's dd/mm/YY, I want to make it YYYY-mm-dd.
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select it from GDM languaje options at log in
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "gizban", "user_answer": "prego"}
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Sent for ubuntu and haven't received in 2 months. Worry?
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they take a while
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "ox-{", "user_answer": "Marble2"}
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How can I check my prossesor speed?
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cat /proc/cpuinfo
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "ghostless", "user_answer": "cavediver"}
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how would I prevent snd_seq_opl from loading, ever? I don't have an opl3 card
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put it in the blacklist, /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "qwe", "user_answer": "uniq"}
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uhm, I have a small problem. My linux partition has died. Running the Live cd now. Is there a way to save the data on the drive?
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'died' = ?
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "Xabbu852", "user_answer": "bob2"}
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does anyone know of a fruityloops type program with 808 beats to make music on ubuntu?
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http://lmms.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php i don't know anything about it but it looks cool
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "rentistoodamhigh", "user_answer": "Dan48p"}
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hi. can you recommend me some skype replacement?
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ekiga, but skype does fine here, too
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "randomnik", "user_answer": "DasEi"}
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what's a utility that tells the id3 and bitrate etc. info for an mp3 file that people use?
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also, mplayer
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "mpm", "user_answer": "sinope"}
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is anyone here familar with VMware?
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either/or
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "gusto5", "user_answer": "disasm"}
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whats the best way to upgrade sarge to ubuntu with only 1 reboot? I was thinking of removing almost all packages from sarge, changing repositories update; dist-upgrade, install ubuntu-desktop, run bash script to add any custom packages and make any custom changes, but hardest part with that is removing all the packages I possibly can without breaking apt
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you don't upgrade from debian to ubuntu, just install ubuntu
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "disasm", "user_answer": "kyncani"}
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hey, anyone dual boot ubuntu with ubuntu? I was wondering if anyone have any suggestions for renaming a kernel without having to do a custom kernel compile. If a custom kernel is needed, that's not a problem, I've done it before, but would prefer to not have to maintain custom kernels for all of my ubuntu partitions. I share a /boot across all my linux partition
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I'm not certain, but I would think you can just rename the file as long as grub (or whatever) knows what kernel to boot
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "disasm", "user_answer": "mikere"}
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how do enable mp3 support in k3b?
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I just gave you what to install
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "Guest77890", "user_answer": "bazhang"}
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How do I see what processes are running?
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e.g., ps -ef | grep chetic
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "Chetic", "user_answer": "JDahl"}
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right now i have a wifi card plugged into my pcmcia slot -- ubuntu is loading orinoco drivers for it, which is not what i want -- i have compiled and installed the hostap drivers, how do i instruct ubuntu to load them, and not load the orinoco drivers?
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easiest: ermove the orinoco drivers :)
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "merc", "user_answer": "hramrach"}
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Is there a way to take my current Ubuntu system, and generate a CD that will produce a clone of it- install all of the same packages, and install my startup scripts?
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here's a start: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptMoveHowto
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "TheDracle", "user_answer": "jimcooncat"}
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what exactly is in the initrd files? i build kernels from kernel.org before, but didn't need those initrd
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you don't unless you're packaging kernels fir distributions
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "nxv_", "user_answer": "bob2"}
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I need to find out if my wireless adapter (internal) is a wireless-g device or not, how can I get this information in ubuntu?
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in terminal, sudo iwconfig
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "tortoise", "user_answer": "lock_"}
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Where are boot-time configurations for Alsa stored?
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: alsamixer up the volume, then alsactl store to store it for reboots
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "gverig", "user_answer": "lsuactiafner"}
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What is a good torrent client for Ubuntu?
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Transmission
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "Grav", "user_answer": "CrusaderAD"}
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hey guys, does ubuntu come loaded with CD Burning Software?
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but of course
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "Kingmilo", "user_answer": "bob2"}
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Hi, I want to only download a certain range of bytes of a remote file, how to do this?
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curl
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "blashtoise", "user_answer": "juk"}
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maybe a bit off topic - but anybody know if it is possible to use the 'watch now' on demand feature of netflix with ubuntu? netflix says only Win XP / IE combo will work
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it probably has some drm that screws stuff up. You can install windows media player in wine I think along with IE 6 and it might work (worth a shot)
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "vanberge", "user_answer": "Falstius"}
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is it possible to get color markings in a console text editor like vim?
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vim has syntax hilighting built in. just put 'syntax enable' as the first line in your .vimrc, and start vim as vim, not vi
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "daan", "user_answer": "sproingie"}
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what directory should I install an application that I'm installing manually?
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i think
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "Giddeon", "user_answer": "grendal"}
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I finally got dvd's to play in xine.. anyone know how to get xine to play when a dvd is loaded rather then totem?
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Yeah, I'd remove the totem package anyway... I can't remember where to set the default, however having totem installed....
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "inc595", "user_answer": "Stew2"}
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does anyone have the command to reconfigure xorg handy?
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$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "Niomi", "user_answer": "adaran"}
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What do the values when you see the load average mean? For example when you see 1.56 what does the 1.56 represent?
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Average number of running processes.
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "Harnak", "user_answer": "shawarma"}
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i need some help . i installed sdl .. the latest version ..but still this game gives me an error , Cannot initialise sdl: video not found.
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give it a few minutes tween askings
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "J0el", "user_answer": "nalioth"}
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does anyone here know how I can batch encode several .wav files to FLAC? In windows, FLAC had several 'front end' GUI's that made batch encoding a drag & drop affair... From the command line in Ubuntu, however, I cannot figure out how to batch anything; only one file at a time
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for file in *.wav ; do flacenc -o '`basename $file .wav`.flac' $file ; done , or something along those lines
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "uc50ic4more", "user_answer": "mjr"}
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what the difference between multiverse and normal variants?
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also https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "gst-newb", "user_answer": "burhan"}
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does anyone know if there's a way to connect to a cisco vpn?
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^^^^
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "foxpaul", "user_answer": "djs"}
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any news on getting a conexant capture card to play SOUND yet in ubuntu? I get the TV picture clear as day but no soun - let alone the radio features of the card
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no specific ideas, but maybe you're card has the same trouble as a lot of other things with ESD?
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "shido", "user_answer": "mcphail"}
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I just did a dist-upgrade to breezy, the power icon says that my system is running on battery power, but I think it really is running on ac power, anyway to get it to display correctly?
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acpi is prob having problems
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "lunarknight", "user_answer": "Mez"}
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Resume from suspend works before I login to my laptop, but not after. I'm guessing some hardware driver isn't resuming correctly. I'd like to figure out which hardware drivers are loaded before login and which are loaded after so I can compare the two lists and come up with a list of suspect drivers. What's the best way of doing this?
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/var/log/syslog
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "CountDown", "user_answer": "Funzo"}
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I've just found a directory /.Trash-root. du reports it eats up 6GB of space... can I delete it?
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sure. its basically the trash bin for the root account.
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "slawek", "user_answer": "jdodson"}
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someone knows how to fix the speed problem i have when i'm ripping cd's using grip? it rips at 1.2x now, i belive its not possible to enable scsi emulation support in kernel 2.6x?
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try enabling dma
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "robert__", "user_answer": "Seveas"}
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Are there any good places to get gnome themes?
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http://www.gnome-look.org
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "DekaPink", "user_answer": "Quest-Master"}
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Is there something wrong with the repositories? I keep getting 403 errors. :3
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us.archive.ubuntu.com is down. remove the 'us.' bits from /etc/apt/sources.list
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "DekaPink", "user_answer": "dooglus"}
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how can I view windows partitions in linux
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beside you there is one windows machine switch on...hahah
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "nagesh", "user_answer": "raghu"}
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while I'm here, is there a way to disable some of the things that start on boot? e.g. bluetooth, since I don't even have bluetooth?
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sudo apt-get install rcconf; sudo rcconf
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "jeremywhiting", "user_answer": "cafuego"}
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Howto check exit code of the last bash command?
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well, $? --- echo $? will just show it
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "lcore", "user_answer": "HappyFool"}
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hello, if totem-gstreamer can play avi + srt subtitle movies? I am using totem-xine now. and want change to gstreamer
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mine can't play anything, so stay at xine
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "SJChung", "user_answer": "medkit_"}
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guys, what do I need to change in X11/xorg.conf so I can use a lower resolution at default?
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in e.g.:
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "fabio", "user_answer": "teebones"}
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How to remove folders from Places?
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open Nautilus (File Browser), right-click them in the left Places pane, and select Remove
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "karthick87", "user_answer": "rww"}
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Hi, I've a second harddrive with an ntfs filesystem, i can't access it because of 'permission denied'. I tried with chmod 555 /media/hdc2 but it didn't help. any tip ?
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you can add these to the options in your fstab file. Alternatively, you could become root while browsing it using the 'sudo -s' command
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "limaunion", "user_answer": "tiglionabbit"}
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that basically tells open calc to interpret the value as a string.
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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "adsworth", "user_answer": "OY1R"}
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how do i print all users on a system in console? and how do i delete a user?
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deluser or userdel
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "slask3n", "user_answer": "tiglionabbit"}
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something has a severe memory leak. i start the day with a fairly peppy system, and end the day waiting 10 seconds for the text cursor to appear where I click. Any guess as to ubuntu, gnome, apache, mysql, chrome, netbeans or vbox?
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netbeans
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "j_ayen_green", "user_answer": "kpoorman"}
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I want to upgrade to 11.10 from 11.04, but I closed my upgrade notification. How doI make it reappear?
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alt-f2 .. update-manager -d
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "Travis-42", "user_answer": "Luci4n0"}
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hey all .. is upgrading to 11.10 from 11.04 an option right now? or is reinstalling the only option?
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there is an option to Upgrade even after you boot from CD/USB
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "Luci4n0", "user_answer": "phlak_user"}
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uhm can anyone recomend me a sound control program?
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alsamixer
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "cristi", "user_answer": "Boohbah"}
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Anyone know how to install Hoary to the hard drive from the Live CD?
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not supported yet
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "perrygeo", "user_answer": "thoreauputic"}
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how compatible is the X.org and XFree86 configuration files? will something work in X.org if it works in XFree86?
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should do
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "Davey", "user_answer": "goldfish"}
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anyone know an application for encoding avi files into divx ?
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http://www.transcoding.org
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "yonil", "user_answer": "ck2"}
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ok. another question. Is there a French Ubuntu channel here for my friend. he can't speak english
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ubuntu-fr
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "jamel", "user_answer": "othernoob"}
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any reason not to use ALSA?
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trust me, esound is the best thing totry first
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "GnuKemist", "user_answer": "bystander"}
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did anyone else install ubuntu to see that gcc wasnt installed?
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that's right. sudo aptitude install build-essential
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "xb", "user_answer": "tritium"}
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how to convert videos for Iphones or Android phones?
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Arista transcoder is nice, install it from Applications > Ubuntu Software Center
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "phoenixsampras", "user_answer": "Jordan_U"}
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Hello everyone. I have used VLC and MPlayer but neither of these tools have an option for watching a video in slow motion... Is there a player that have this feature?
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mplayer -fps 5 movie.avi
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "joel", "user_answer": "sid"}
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I have suddenly lost the new gnome notifications, how can I enable them?
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I had a customer turn it off somehow. Go to System/Preferences/Startup Applications and turn it back on.
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "stimpie", "user_answer": "Severian"}
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cna someone point me to a ubuntu wiki on HD size requirements for ubuntu?
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if you trust the packagin, yes :)
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "neoliminal", "user_answer": "reka"}
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i am getting a command prompt after booting, its not showing the gui anymore. what did i do?
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reboot your pc and hold down the shift key during boot to get to the grub2 menu
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "okaycool", "user_answer": "mbroeker"}
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I want to setup a LAMP box. with webmin. 12.x server work ok for this?
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webmin has been removed from the debian repos due to it's many security and support issues
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "castu", "user_answer": "ikonia"}
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How would one begin to port windows drivers to a linux one? Anyone have any clue where to begin?
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what are you trying to get to work?
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "neiz", "user_answer": "GeekSquid"}
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How do you list the installed apps in a terminal?
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dpkg -l
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "raz", "user_answer": "cthulfuego"}
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trying to edit xorg.conf w/ gedit.. appears to only be read-only.. any ideas on how to change that?
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press alt and f2 (at the same time), then type 'gksudo gedit' (without quotes)
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "toshiba_", "user_answer": "jeroen_"}
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Hi how can I add Firestarter to my menu+icon, so it run with root privilege ?
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or whatever it is to run it, for command put gksudo <thatcommand>
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "N17R0", "user_answer": "Amaranth"}
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Hey guys, can anyone know how I can mount my OSX partition into ubuntu?
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did you check ubuntuguide.org?
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "mdipi", "user_answer": "Ed_Gein"}
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Anyone know of a torrent site that had Ubuntu 5.10?
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i used the one on slashdot and it downloaded in about 30 minutes
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "Xyc0", "user_answer": "hajiki"}
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can i change to kde ?
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apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "mbd", "user_answer": "kimo"}
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wha tis wrong with Firefox?
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there's a longish thread on ubuntuforums about it
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "konrad", "user_answer": "HappyFool"}
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does Gnome uses some sound daemon in the way kde uses arts? or just plays using ALSA?
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installing amarok-xine is your best bet
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "toonX", "user_answer": "Riddell"}
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I am going to install clamAV. I do not use any additional repositories (backports or marillat), does that affect to the security of the program?
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or enable backports/marillat JUST FOR clamav
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "alkuovi", "user_answer": "nalioth"}
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Question about find: how can I get -exec to run a pipe? I want to do something to every file for which file spits out 'ASCII text file, with CRLF line terminators'.
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I tend not to use -exec much
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "ApesMa", "user_answer": "dooglus"}
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what's the command that tells you how much of each swap device is in use?
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free -m ?
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "dooglus", "user_answer": "j-rock_"}
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Does an ext4 partition need to be defragmentated?
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it was more a deal in the msdos days.. when filesystems sucked.. no need to worry about this..
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "vampirna1a", "user_answer": "jagginess"}
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whats the command to see info about my ram?
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'free'?
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "pepsi", "user_answer": "dooglus"}
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ok. So if I removed myself from the sudoers file, and my boot doesn't stop at grub, am I simply SOL?
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Hold shift during boot.
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "gdoteof_home", "user_answer": "Jordan_U"}
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is there anything like Dreamweaver that I can get on my Linux machine here for free?
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lookup bluefish
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "veritas_rho", "user_answer": "gurpreet"}
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Hey, does anyone know if utouch has been ported to 10.04?
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perhaps a ppa might have it.. but nothing official afaik
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "ceno3x", "user_answer": "Paddy_NI"}
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how can i know if ssh start or not ? on redhat service sshd status how can i do that on ubuntu ?
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ps -A | grep sshd
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "nayif", "user_answer": "Fator_Dee"}
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Quick question, in a shell script, how do I assign 1.1 for $version?
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umm, just 'version=1.1' (omit the $ from var.name)
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "rixth", "user_answer": "pfp"}
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hey, i'm writing a small script to copy pictures from my camera, and i'd like it to show a simple progress bar (X, maybe even GTK) when it's copying. any suggestions on how to create the 'bar?
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zenity
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "pfp", "user_answer": "justin"}
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duh - how do I reset my password in hoary?
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boot from livecd, chroot to your system (as root), then 'passwd yourlogin'
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "CarlFK", "user_answer": "pfp"}
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is there a tool to see the harddrive temperature?
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sudo apt-get install hddtemp
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "xukun", "user_answer": "robotgeek"}
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where do i get daily dappers from? i think i'm going to do it today. i've already started data backup :)
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cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "robotgeek", "user_answer": "Riddell"}
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hello. I keep getting a Connection Failed error between my laptop and my Sony Ericsson T637. They were working fine, I got a wireless headset (now turned off) and things went to hell. The laptop can send and receive files from the phone, but Multisync stopped working.
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sorry i meant the T 637 :)
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ubuntu-dialogue
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{"user_question": "LeeColleton", "user_answer": "robotgeek"}
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