Ubuntu is a free open source operating system based on the Debian GNU/Linux distribution.
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disable cd/dvd button on linux laptop (ubuntu)
My todler is continuosly pushing the cd/dvd button and trying to destroy the tray. I know it should be possible to let her life harder, disabling the eject button. How to do that? This is ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu - changing another users file permissions
I have setup Ubuntu as a development web server - however I am experiencing problems with file permissions. I have 2 users, user1 and user2, and they both have been put into the group www-data.
I ...
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Security and data backup for Ubuntu usb installation
Due to encryption on my corporate laptop I opted to install Ubuntu 9.10 on a flash drive and just use it as my hard drive. I tried the vmware but it crashed my xp a couple of times. Now I have a ...
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How to disable screen locking after sleep on Ubuntu 9.10?
When the computer enters sleep it locks itself and I would like to avoid that. (Ubuntu 9.10)
Please don't upvote answers that don't work!
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In Ubuntu, how do I change my default Greek font?
I'm taking a course in ancient Greek, and I store notes and flash cards on my computer. However, by default Ubuntu uses a modern Greek font. This changes some noticable things--for example, a ...
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Why SuperGrubDisk won't boot up anything?
I burned a SuperGrubDisk by going to
http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group%5Fid=10921
and downloading
grub-rescue-cdrom.iso
which is
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Sync Iphone in Windows XP running as Virtualbox guest under Ubuntu 9.10
I run (K)Ubuntu 9.10 as my main operating system, but I still have a valid XP license, so I've been running Windows XP as a guest operating system with Virtualbox 3.10. I cannot get Itunes (running ...
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Uninstall ubuntu - leave grub
I've been dual booting Ubuntu 9.10 x64 and Ubuntu 9.04 x86 for a while now. I'm satisfied that there are no detriments to me for the switch to 64 bit. So I'm going to remove the 32 bit version from my ...
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Is there a GUI in Ubuntu for folder based find and replace?
Is there a GUI in Ubuntu for directory based mass find and replace? Preferrably one that works similar to Adobe Dreamweaver's find and replace system.
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Linux partition deleted, GRUB no longer boots
My notebook computer came with Vista and I installed Ubuntu on 2 partitions and kubuntu on another partition.
After a while, I wanted to delete one of the Ubuntu partition, so I did it in Vista's ...
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How to copy something to Apache's www-directory using a GUI?
i am using ubuntu 9.10 and when i copy a folder from the desktop to the www directory from lamp it says permission denied. im not doing it through terminal but how can i make myself root level to copy ...
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How to enable 3D Cube and other effects in ubuntu?
How to enable 3D Cube and other effects in ubuntu?
I'm using Ubuntu 9.10
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my sound doesnt work on ubuntu 9.10
i have a hp pavilion s7320n Slimeline pc with onboard audio. how do i get audio to work? i went to youtube to do a test run on audio. i installed the flash player and the video plays but no audio. i ...
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What could cause a huge packet loss in Ubuntu 9.10, for both wired and wireless?
I was previously using 9.04 fine (and in fact, I am posting this from my old 9.04 live cd). I tested the following install steps in a virtualbox vm prior to following the sames ones to upgrade my ...
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Difference in performance, if any, in 32 and 64-bit versions of Ubuntu?
I have an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz, and as far as I remember I installed the 32-bit version of Ubtuntu 8.04. I have been upgrading since.
I was just wondering if 64-bit Linux provides any performance ...
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How to set my Ubuntu account to super user at all times?
I have the latest Ubuntu installed and I'll be the only one using it off the network. My question is: how can I make myself super user at all times?
Because when I try to delete a file it says I ...
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Soft link to external drive not visible in apache directory listing
I am on Ubuntu 8.10, and generally share my content with ppl on LAN by creating soft links in Apache2 document root to the intended directory. So if I want to share my Videos directory I will
CD ...
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T61, NVidia, Ubuntu 9.10 == Video problems
Upgraded to latest Ubuntu, currently 9.10. Videos used to work fine. Now, playing videos using VLC or any other media player shows them 'sepia' tinged when playing. This is annoying. I remember this ...
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Viewing PDF in browser (Firefox) on Ubuntu 9.04
How can I view pdfs in the browser in Ubuntu? I've found a solution to use
apt-get install acroread mozilla-acroread acroread-plugins
but that doesn't seem to work anymore, it says "couldn't find ...
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Linux Ubuntu Vim - navigate to symlink/link directory?
Hey guys can you help me with some issues on how to navigate through links to the directory or file it points to through the command line?
If i try to 'cd' into them it says they are not directories ...
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Installing Open Suse11.2 on a PC with Windows 7 and Ubuntu
Currently I have installed in a dual-boot setup, Windows 7 and Ubuntu. Grub2 is the loader.
I want to install openSUSE 11.2 without wrecking havoc on my Windows 7 installation and getting rid of ...
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Router on Ubuntu
My system is an Ubuntu 9.10. I want to use my new router but it can't get access to the internet at all. It works with all my Windows machines so the router seems to work.
My /etc/network/interfaces ...
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What is the difference between Recommended and Suggested packages (Ubuntu)
On Ubuntu when you install a package, there can be dependencies, recommendations and suggestions. For example: virtualbox-ose has adduser as dependency, libgl1 as recommendation and libpulse0 as ...
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Smokeping monitoring IP address and port
I have successfully install smokeping on my Ubuntu Karmic machine and am monitoring servers.
I need to be able to monitor an IP address and a port, can someone tell me how I do that?
I looked into ...
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Booting into a Virtual Machine from a physical installation
In Mac OSX, you can create a Boot Camp partition, install Windows on it, and then later by using Parallels you can boot into that OS virtually in OS X! Its awesome, I've been using it on my macbook.
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How do I set up my Ubuntu desktop as a media server/stereo system?
I have a laptop. I carry it around to different places and use it.
I have nice speakers. I do not carry them around to different places.
I have a desktop computer. I do not carry it around to ...
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“No space left on device” after resizing partition
I decided to resize the partition on my storage drive (with gparted), all seemed to go well but now when I try to create directories or copy files to the drive I get a "No space left on device" error.
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Run office 2007 pptview.exe on ubuntu 9.10
I am setting up an old PC on which I have installed Ubuntu 9.10. For viewing powerpoint slides, I first installed the pptview package . This doesn't always seem to work well; in the first example I ...
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How to Clear your browsing history
How do I clear my browsing history?
Windows and Ubuntu please.
Update: Already do all use ccleaner, clear my flash cookies, etc... Everything minus the sandboxie thing.
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Mac OS X Remote/Shared Directory full path
I have an Ubuntu server and a Mac running Snow Leopard on the same network.
From the Mac, I see the a shared directory "Server Name" that automatically shows up in my Finder with the Screen Sharing. ...
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How to determine whether I run a 32bit or 64bit Ubuntu install
How to determine whether I run a 32bit or 64bit Ubuntu install?
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How to share Internet between two computers via USB?
How can I share Internet access between two computers via USB?
I have a single wired network connection via Ethernet, and two laptops (one Windows XP, the other Ubuntu). Either the Windows or Linux ...
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ubuntu 9.10 installer doesn't recognize the hard drive
I downloaded Ubuntu 9.10 x86_64 and am trying to install it on a fairly modern system with a Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 motherboard. Ubuntu 9.04 installed fine and still will when I stick that disc in, ...
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How do I automatically cycle through backgrounds in Ubuntu 9.10?
I heard this is a new feature in 9.10, but I can't figure out how to use it. If it isn't a default feature, what's the best way to go about setting it up?
I prefer to have something invisible--no ...
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Ubuntu 9.10, login screen error
Recently I installed Ubuntu 9.10.. I was trying to install some java runtime, and after the installation was done, I did a reboot.. Ubuntu booted normally but the normal Ubuntu 9.10 login screen is ...
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CD Drive Error - Ubuntu
I have just installed Ubuntu on my mom's three year old HP system. I am having an issue with the cd drive. I have two: CD and DVDR/CDR.
Only one drive is showing on the computer
When I put a CD ...
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Sharing an encrypted home folder between Ubuntu and Kubuntu 9.10
I have a drive partitioned into three sections: two small ones and one large one. (Let's call them partitions A, B, C).
Partition A has Ubuntu 9.10 installed on it, with partition C mounted as /home.
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Installing Ubuntu 9.10 on an encrypted disk
Is it possible to install Ubuntu on a laptop running Windows XP on an encrypted disk? My company encrypts all laptops before distributing them. When I try to install Ubuntu the installer reports ...
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In Ubuntu 9.10, how do I check my color depth?
xdpyinfo | grep depth gives me many answers, I'm not sure which one I want. Google says to look at my xorg.conf, but Ubuntu 9.10 has no xorg.conf.
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How do I get the default configuration from a .deb file?
I recently installed Samba and I messed up the /etc/samba/smb.conf file. How do I get the original configuration back?
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How to uninstall linux in dual boot installed with windows xp
I have Windows XP installed in dualboot with Ubuntu, how can i remove the ubuntu installation and go back to only XP
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Backup software in Ubuntu that can limit chunk size
I'm trying to find a backup software for Ubuntu that will create backups in chunks for specified limit.
Think of it like splitting a RAR into multiple 50mb files.
I've tried Back In Time and Simple ...
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Linux DC++ command line app
I am looking for a command line dc++ client for Ubuntu 9.10 server 32bit.
Apps I have tried so far:
nanodc - Can't compile
microdc2 - Installs but users can't download from me when using this
ldcc ...
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“Your WMP is an old version” on Ubuntu
On my Ubuntu 8.10, I am trying to view a video on this website (http://www.nmnathletics.com/newMediaPlayer/consolewmp.htm?oemid=23020&type=live). I have mplayer and VLC players on my Ubuntu 8.10. ...
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Make Regular User automatically Root on Ubuntu (i.e., make Ubuntu behave like Windows XP)
I'm getting annoyed by having to use sudo on my Ubuntu machine. The following are some of the reasons why:
I open some file owned by root, but I forget to open it with sudo. Now, I make a bunch of ...
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Update broke apache
I just updated from Ubuntu 8.04 to the newest version and all of a sudden my virtual hosts don't work anymore. I'm not sure what changed, but I know when I type in localhost it doesn't go to the ...
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Differences between Ubuntu Linux and CentOS?
I'd like to know what are the difference between Ubuntu and CentOS. I'm new to the Linux
world. Please help me understand which one is good for me to start out.
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Gnome-DO: Difference between “Locate files” and “Files and folders” plugins?
The question is pretty straight forward. I don't understand the difference between these two plugins, should I install both, or is one better than the other?
