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Should I install Grub2 to /sda or /sdb?
I have Windows 7 (default OS) on my internal hard drive which is /sda.
I have Linux Mint 14 on my external hard drive, which is /sdb
I'm going to install grub2 using a command, but I'm not sure ...
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How can I run mogrify, but prefix the filename?
I have 300k+ jpg files in the same directory. Files are like:
/covers
0788862281217.jpg
0788863155104.jpg
7888311516341.jpg
7888370920479.jpg
7888497074277.jpg
I need to batch resize saving the ...
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Linux Won't Boot From Option in Windows Boot Manager
I have a pre-existing option to boot from (Windows 7), and a also made a Linux option which was made from Easy BCD.
I'm able to load Linux when I click on Windows 7 (When my external HDD with it is ...
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xfrun4 alternative for Linux Mint Cinnamon
I just switched from Xubuntu to Linux mint cinnamon and am trying to find an application launcher to replace xfrun4. What are the options that exist these days?
Ideally, it would be a text box with ...
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setting system time at startup from ext4 filesystem
I have a pc with no battery backup and using ubuntu 12.04 with ext4 it will constantly ask me to handle the situation by saying that my superblocks last write is in the future.
So I wonder - can I ...
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Substituting a multi-line pattern in an HTML file
I have a series of HTML files that contain two lines like this:
<body>
<h1>Title</h1><p>
<a href="url">Description</a><br>
I want to replace this text with ...
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Linux compatable graphics tablets [closed]
I'm looking for an inexpensive graphics tablet that will be compatible with my ubuntu laptop. Is there any that I should avoid? Are there any which are brilliant?
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Can't connect to internet on Linux after installing Windows 8 [closed]
I just installed Windows 8 on my new SSD but since then I can't connect to internet from OpenSUSE 12.3. I've had issues with my grub after installing windows 8 so I had to reinstall the grub. I am now ...
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How to display file details (size, date, etc.) from Linux “locate” command?
The (slow) Linux “find” command has an option, “-ls”, to display size, date, etc. like the “ls -l” command. But the “locate” command doesn’t seem to have that. So how can I get the equivalent ...
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Linux network audit
I have a server with Linux Red-hat Enterprise Edition 5.4 installed.
and a client/server application that permits connection at the port 6000, but it doesn't offer connections log.
I want to know ...
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Configuring postfix for virtual host using specific smtp (gmail)
i've configured using gmail as for my server for sending out email "globally" like the following tutorial
http://mhawthorne.net/posts/postfix-configuring-gmail-as-relay.html
But my server is hosting ...
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How do you remove nested empty directories using a Bash script on Linux?
I want to be able to run a script that will remove all my empty directories. The problem is some of them are nested, i.e. directories that only have empty directories in them, so the script needs to ...
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Curly braces with LCtrl+LShift+LAlt+è - how?
I'm using Linux Mint 15 x64, and I want to add a new key mapping for curly braces. I'm using italian keyboard layout. On Windows I'm used to creating curly braces by pressing
(Left Ctrl && ...
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XFCE/ligtdm startup configuration files
Have recently installing Debian Wheezy and using XFCE 4.8.0.3 with lighdm.
After logging in with lightdm, my ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile are no longer sourced.
I have previously used these startup ...
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Status display after boot on Debian
I run some VM's and some of them are dedicated to several jobs. For example lets say that one machine is running samba and ftp services and another is running Apache and some database.
Now what I ...
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Fix Overlapping Partitions
Today I went to resize one of my drivers partitions as I am currently switching from Ubuntu to ArchLinux as my main OS.
However when I go into Gparted I get the error "Cant have overlapping ...
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Replace only a specified font in Chrome - revisited
I'm trying to get the answer over here to work, and later on to add some GUI to maintain some input and output lists: Replace only a specified font in Chrome
Since it doesn't really work here I first ...
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What causes windows 7 activation requests?
The statement: "You must activate windows within 3 days to continue using all windows features." often pops up in my notifification area on Windows 7.
My windows are legal and I have activated them ...
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What is the best filesystem for an external USB drive - 2 - 3 TB shared between OSX/Windows/Linux?
I have been using NTFS, but I recently took a drive which is normally attached to a Mac mini running Lion (using Paragon NTFS) and attached it to Windows 7 because the drive was disconnecting ...
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linux arecord: capture sound card output rather than microphone input
I am trying to capture sound card output and encode it in Vorbis ogg format using the following command:
arecord -f cd -t raw | oggenc - -r -o file.ogg
However, the computer's microphone input is ...
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Why Ubuntu has a so large number of available packages if compared to other Linux distros? [closed]
According to the Wikipedia comparison tables, Ubuntu has ~47K available packages, while other major distros, under this particular aspect, have a smaller number.
I.E. openSUSE has ~40K, Debian ~37K, ...
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Shoutcast or icecast stream to Justin.TV/UStream with Video
I am currently streaming a radio show to both a Shoutcast(aac) and IceCast(mp3) server running Debian. I would like to combine my audio stream with a looping video to be able to stream out to ...
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Linux won't boot
I just installed my new SSD, and I put Windows 8 on it. Previously I had a hard drive with both Windows and Linux partitions. After finishing the installation of Windows 8 on the SSD I formatted the ...
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total disk usage for a particular user
I would like to see the total disk usage for myself on a particular file system. I execute the command
`du -h ~my_user_name`
However, this lists every directory owned by my_user_name. I would like ...
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Windows 8 partitions - Create and Delete
I'm less than a beginner in this. I want to make a partition so I can dual boot my Windows 8 (pre-installed with my laptop) with a Linux distro.
I don't know how to make a partition, but what worries ...
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Managing Linux Machines
I have a bunch (hundreds) of low-end machines running Linux (mostly Ubuntu and CentOS distributions) spread out all over the world that I don't like to SSH into very often. I would like, however, to ...
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Installing only what I need for Slackware on VMware Player
I am trying to install Slackware 14 on VMware using as little space as possible but still be able to access any features I need. I do okay until I get to the part where it asks for the packages I ...
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How can I restore the man page for ls (/usr/share/man/man1/ls.1.gz)?
I was messing around with the man page files whereupon I accidentally deleted ls.1.gz, which describes the man page for ls.
Is there somewhere where I can download a copy of this file which I can ...
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What are the differences between “enterprise” and “home” Linux distributions?
Simply as the title says, what are the main differences between these two kind of distributions?
Being Linux basically suited to be tailored to each own preferences and fully customizable in every ...
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How to switch to application, or create new instance if there isn't one?
I want to have keyboard shortcuts for opening firefox, nautilus, etc. The problem is that this will always open a new window, instead of using the existing one when there is one. So what can I do ...
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How to get the Monaco font for Linux
I'm interested in getting the following font, which is called Monaco. This user says that it is Monaco, and so as confirmed by slhck.
But still I don't know where I can get this font (or something ...
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GTK+ 3 Menu configuration for Emacs
I don't like the GTK based emacs (Screenshot #1) and still prefer the tradition emacs (Screenshot #2), which I get from Ubuntu PPA.
The fundamental difference is that the tradition emacs looks ...
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Replacing a dot with an underscore in a file using sed
I was trying to edit the output of a file using sed. The contents of file are
cat /tmp/Group_RM
t.p@k.p
t.m@k.k
I was trying to get the output as:
cat /tmp/Group_RM
t_p@k_p
t_m@k_k
I tried the ...
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How to set different window managers to different users under Linux
I want to restrict different users to different sets of window managers. For example,
user A: openbox, fluxbox
user B: openbox
user C: openbox, fluxbox, metacity
How can I do it?
Additional ...
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How to execute bash script without password?
I need to execute the script after system boot. For example:
(sleep 5 && (sudo dhcpcd wlp4s0))
What I need: Executing the script. What I have: [sudo] password for eugene: I has been edited ...
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Use Caps Lock for special chars on Linux
Here is what I want to do:
Rebind the Caps Lock key so that I can use it for convenient access to special characters for programming.
So, for example:
Caps Lock + j = (
Caps Lock + k = )
Caps ...
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Crunchbang Linux on Mac Mini 6,1
I have a Mac Mini (6,1) and I want to dual boot OSX with crunchbang (chose this distro because Wi-fi works out of the box).
First, I installed rEFIt and put crunchbang on a flashdrive.
Next, I ...
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How to save module configuration in Linux Terminal
I'm following a tutorial to boot Linux from usb3.0.
I stumbled across this tutorial:
http://evilshit.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/how-to-install-ubuntu-server-on-a-usb-3-0-stick-and-boot-that-stick/
In ...
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Is my top statement saying my asterisk server is using too much resources?
I installed an asterisk server on my VPS with linode. I have 1 GB of ram. I'm not sure what kind of CPU is in use.
I decided to test the number of concurrent calls my system can handle. So I used ...
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Booting Linux from USB 3.0 External Hard Drive
When I boot my computer, in the boot manager, I have the option to click "Windows 7" (my default OS).
When my External Hard Drive is plugged in to USB 2.0, it boots Linux (when I click on "Windows ...
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Python 3 on ChromeOS
I just got a chromebook ( Acer C7 ) and would like to do very minimal local development on it. I would like to have Python 3.x at a minimum, and pygame would be even better, but I'm not banking on ...
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Task-Mechanistic-Firefox now running on port localhost:52074 - doable?
i tried to install Task-Mechanistic-Firefox-0.01.tar.gz
unfortunalty without generating a report for all the processes
but let me tell you - some investigations
during the tests sevral new brwoser ...
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Clonezilla backup from a running operating system?
I often use Clonezilla to backup my system. I have a few different partitions on my main boot drive and have an additional disk array to which I perform the backups. Essentially, I have a EFI drive, a ...
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Accessing DLNA over VPN [duplicate]
I have set up a VPN server using OpenVPN on my home Ubuntu 10 box as a means to access my home network drives and media drives whilst at work and on the move. I get a valid connection, can ping and ...
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Linux boots when I click “Windows 7” in boot manager
I've been trying to dual boot, which has pretty much been successful. I have Linux installed on an external Hard Drive. In the boot manager when I click on Windows 7:
(with the hard drive plugged ...
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Recommended way of installing PHP 5.4
PHP 5.4 is stable for quite some time now. However, when I type
apt-get install php5
PHP 5.3 gets installed.
Question: Why? And what is the preferred way of installing PHP 5.4? Should I choose a ...
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setting up linux routing table for mutliple wifi connections
I would like to increase the speed when downloading large files on a public hotspot by using both a built-in wifi-adapter (wlan0) and a wifi-usb-stick (wlan1).
As bonding wifi-devices does not seem ...
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How to enable sudo commands over SSH without asking password?
I have server A and server B (both Ubuntu 10.04 LTS) doing different tasks. Server A needs to poke Server B, which generates a file and scp's it back to server A when done. This is all in-house and I ...
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File last changed time earlier than it was last opened
Why is the file last changed time dated earlier than time shown by the previous date command?
$ date
Fri May 17 13:41:11 MDT 2013
$ touch other.rst
$ ll other.rst
-rw-r--r-- 1 ondrej cnls 59261 May ...
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limitations of Apache2 mod_mono
I run a small web application development shop. On a very limited basis, we do on occasion host some of our customers' apps and sites (I am not really set up for hosting, from a hardware stance). I am ...
