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How do I verify the authenticity of a linux system executable?

I'm aware of md5sum and gpg but I have no idea if there are recorded checksums for whatever current version of ubuntu is installed. Do these get recorded somewhere? Specifically I'm suspicious that ...
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Merge two Foldes (Backups from my Files) on Windows 7 or Ubuntu 12.04

I have yearly backups of all my files on the harddrive. The problem is that the Backup from 2007 contains files which don't exist in 2008. And I need both Versions of the Files, when they are ...
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Cannot open an encrypted file on OS X

I cannot decrypt files on OS X (10.6.8 and 10.8.2) which I have encrypted on Ubuntu (10.04) using ccrypt. As a similar problem, I have a password file created with KeePassX. I just cannot open it on ...
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recursive file/directory verification on linux

What would be a command structure or simple bash script to run to compare all files in one directory with all files in another directory, verifying their data are identical, or not, down to the bit? ...
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rsyncing - ignoring checksums

Trying to copy a bunch of data over and time, unfortunately, is of the essence. I'd like to do an rsync of all the data in one direction, pretty much rsync just clobbers what's over on the ...
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Is there anything like HashTab for Linux?

I've recently installed Linux, and I know that you can use "md5sum filename" in terminal, but on Windows there is an AMAZING software called HashTab that incorporates it into the shell. Its awesome, ...