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Open file in local text editor from within an SSH connection

I'm not a vim guy. I'd like to be able to open log files in Sublime Text when in an SSH connection from within Terminal. Is there a way I could do this? I'm thinking there must be a command or ...
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Persistent DHCP Reservation Timing Out

I have 2 machine inside my home LAN (Netgear WNR2000v2 wifi). One of them is a laptop ("client machine") that will always be assigned random IPs in the 192.168.1.1 through 192.168.1.50 range. The ...
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How to repair a shot hfs+ partition?

I have a Macbookpro with a 450GB HFS+ partition and a 50GB Ubuntu 13.04 setup. I started Ubuntu and wanted to mount the HFS+ partition rw - and did it all wrong: I wrote (from my memory) sudo hpmount ...
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Installing libevent via PECL fails on Ubuntu 12.04

I have Ubuntu 12.04 built with Moodle Stack installed. I'm trying to install this: $ sudo pecl install libevent I get this error: Failed to download pecl/libevent within preferred state "stable", ...
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How to install both windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.4 on a brand new blank hard drive?

I know there is some trickery with boot partitions for win 7/8 and I'm not sure which one to install first so it doesnt "overwrite" the other so to speak. Is it as simple as partitioning the disk and ...
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UEFI and RAID1 Nightmare

1 CPU: AMD FX-8150 Zambezi 3.6Ghz Socket AM3+ 125W 8-core RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance LP 16Gb (4x4Gb) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 1866 CML16GX3M4A1866C9B Mobo: ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AMD 970 PSU: Thermaltake TR2 ...
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Is there a way to automatically get track of installed packages and dependencies?

There are packages I installed using 'apt-get install', that installed also all its dependencies. If I want to remove it after some time, I would remove its dependencies as well. Now I do not trust ...
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Apache2 init.d script (configuration issue)

So I downloaded & installed Apache 2.4 from sources, it pretty much works, but then it occurred to me that there was no service-like control built-in, so I took this httpd.init from Ubuntu reps. I ...
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Bridging Wifi to Ethernet on Ubuntu not working

When running Windows I was able to bridge my wifi connect through my laptops Ethernet connection so a range of ethernet only devices could piggy back off my wifi (Raspberry Pi, Xbox etc etc). I am ...
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Linux bcm43224 wifi adapter slows down a couple minutes after boot

I just installed Ubuntu on my mid 2012 MacBook Air. Everything worked out of the box, but the wifi is showing some weird behavior. When I first login it's really fast, loading google.com is near ...
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Install Sublime Text 2 KDE (Kubuntu-desktop)

I would like to know how to install sublime text 2 in my Kubuntu VM. I used this guide when I was still using Unity, but I like the UI of KDE much more so I have converted. What do I need to do to get ...
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Merging two folders with the same or different names

How can I merge two folders with the same or different names with subdirectories, using shell script or terminal. Also, if there is a file with the same name, then it should skip.
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Ping Ubuntu by hostname in a Windows machine

I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a Virtual Machine (Virtualbox). The network adapter is attached using bridged adapter. I can ping the guest OS by IP but I can't ping it via hostname. I already installed ...
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what does “cd //” do in linux? [duplicate]

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and in bash, when I type cd // I get to what looks like root. However, the pwd command yields //. I can create files, and everything seems to behave like normal bash, just ...
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Ubuntu group permission how to change

How do I change the permissions for a specific group that I have created? Say for example I create four new users named Anna, David, Carl and Eva and I also create two different groups which I name ...
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Syncing google drive in linux

I use Dropbox client for syncing files to the web, and it works reasonably well. Now I want to purchase additional storage, but Dropbox is currently twice the price of google drive space! That's ...
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How to install JDK 6 from a bin file on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64 bit

The Android Open Source project requires JDK 6. From posts I have read all over, the Open Source JDk will not work. I have tried many things from numerous posts here and on other webs to no avail. ...
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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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Apache package in cygwin does not seem to work. Error logs are also empty

I installed cygwin in a Windows pc. All ok. Then I tried to install apache package. I selected all relevant packages and installed them as well. The problem: In /usr/sbin I can see apachectl2 and ...
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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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Penetration testing with WMAP, only for my domain, not the others with the same IP?

My domain got massively hacked, so I'm doing some penetration testing with it using WMAP and NMAP etc. However, I believe it's on shared hosting, so running tests on 182.34.xx.xxx (the IP address for ...
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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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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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How can I open an application using the command line and then close the terminal without closing the opened application?

If I open an application from the command line, say Firefox, the application runs as long as the terminal stays open. Closing the terminal's tab will close the application. Is there a way to open an ...
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What's the type of my Ubuntu kernel?

Four commands on my pc: $ dpkg -l |grep linux-image Linux kernel image for version 3.4.0 on 32 bit x86 SM It means my Ubuntu kernel is 32 bits? $ uname -a Linux ny 3.4.0-030400-generic ...
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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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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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MySQL access denied after reboot due to named error?

Every two weeks or something my MySQL root pw is magically reset after reboot. I'm running a virtual server (Ubuntu 12.04) and it's running fine for approx. 2 weeks. Every two weeks (approx.) i'm ...
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Delete operating systems and start from scratch

I am on a Dell XPS 200 desktop computer. The computer originally came with Windows XP, but I upgraded it to Windows 7. I also installed Ubuntu 12.10 on here so whenever the computer starts up, you can ...
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Setting up Apache + PHP web server in Virtualbox on Win 7

Running Apache and PHP on Windows with XAMPP or WAMP sucks, because installing new PHP extensions on Windows is very hard. Most binary releases for Windows don't work :( So I was thinking to run ...
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Ubuntu dependency problems after `do-release-upgrade`

I recently performed do-release-upgrade, and it appears to have broken some of my packages. I can't properly apt-get autoremove or apt-get upgrade any more. $ sudo apt-get install -f ... Errors ...
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Unknown Filesystem Error with my live USB Ubuntu after suspension

There are a lot of posts concerning the nasty "unknown filesystem" error and the grub rescue prompt, but mine is rather peculiar. My Ubuntu 13.04 is installed entirely on my flash drive, and by ...
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Installing Ubuntu on a GPT partitioned drive

I have changed my system to boot from UEFI instead of BIOS and have installed Windows 7 on my internal SSD which has GPT partition type. I am trying to install Ubuntu 13.04 on my external HDD. My ...
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How to solve “the system is running in low graphics mode” in ubuntu 12.04? [closed]

I have ubuntu 12.04 installed and it was working fine. But today suddenly it stopped responding, then I restart it and gives a window The System is running in low graphics mode, Your Screen, ...
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non-root man pages with Linux-Ubuntu

I'm working on a Linux-Ubuntu server as non-root user. I created a small application and because I'm not a privileged user I'm going to install it under $HOME/bin directory (this directory is in the ...
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I have a dual-boot Win 7/Ubuntu 12 machine, when in Ubuntu can I run the Win 7 partition as a VM?

I have a working dual-boot configuration with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS as the primary OS, and Win7 x64 Ultimate as the secondary. Most of the time, rebooting to run Windows programs is just fine, as I want ...
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Ubuntu/apt-get: redownload all extra/suggested packages dependencies

I have two computers: one's online and fully updated, the other's offline. I want to download specific .deb files to deploy them on offline computers manually. For instance I want to install ...
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what is the best way to setup SSL for amazon ec2 Lamp Structure [closed]

I have setup my EC2 instance with LAMP structure based on php/mysql. I have my web directory www ready and running my php files. I also have a static IP for this. I wanted to know how I can install ...
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paravirtualization using xen in debian wheezy

i have been trying to run av virtual machine using xen but in the end i always get the error chroot: failed to run command `/sbin/shadowconfig': Exec format error hook 05-shadowconfig-on: done. ...
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how can one setup a bandwidth control on a local network? [closed]

I want to setup bandwidth control for our network, by using a 'main' computer as the hub to manage bandwidths of other computers connected to the same network. Also, I have a dedicated IP with my ...
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Kubuntu - Are there 'workspaces' in Kubuntu and how can I switch between them with shortcuts?

I used Ubuntu before and now I migrated to Kubuntu. And I'd like to know if there are 'workspaces' in Kubuntu and how I can switch between them with shortcuts.
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How can I restore Ubuntu Unity 3D functionality and get back my crisp graphics?

I removed some Intel graphics drivers and updated the grub. Now I have low resolution graphics and my computer takes forever to boot. Please help me out here. I am running Ubuntu 12.04.02.
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Upgraded Ubuntu Server to 13.04, but still announces new release

I upgraded my Ubuntu Server 12.10 to 13.04 a couple of days ago, using "do-release-upgrade" But every time I log in, I still get this message: Welcome to Ubuntu 13.04 (GNU/Linux 3.8.0-19-generic ...
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Virtual Box Router - Windows Host, Linux Guest

I currently have Ubuntu Server running as the Guest OS in Virtual Box on a Windows 7 Host. The Ubuntu Server gets its IP from DHCP and is Bridged to the my Network Adapter. I've disabled Internet ...
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Condensing into multiple pdf pages per sheet, via command line

Let us say I want slides.pdf to contain 4 slides per page instead of one. I can easily open a slides.pdf document under evince (the default Ubuntu document viewer) evince slides.pdf-->Print-->Page ...
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lsusb -v does not show the Descriptors for iManufactuer and iProduct

I have an embedded device thats running the usb gadget serial drivers. when I connect it to a windows host I can see for iManufacturer and iProduct the correct Strings that I passed as module ...
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Keep computer name the same over LAN and VPN

I have a small home network and a OPENVPN server on one of them. The VPN is working but instead of keeping the same computer name over VPN they change to their ip like 10.8.1.4 etc. Is there a way so ...
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Windows 8 login not working on shared folder using Ubuntu with SAMBA

I have a computer acting as a local web development server using Ubuntu 12 with the desktop GUI. I am using SAMBA to share a folder in /var/www (i know this is not advised but it is sharing and this ...
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Error Rake while Redmine upgrade

I'm upgrading redmine from 1.3 to 2.3 System Evnviorment is Ubuntu, redmine 1.3 installed by package 2.3 is checked-out manually via svn in another folder then in migrating database.. # rake ...

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