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1 | 1 | 2 | 2010-07-28T19:04:21.300 | 62 | 4556 | <p>Every time I turn on my computer, I see a message saying something like:</p>
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</code></pre>
<p>I am already aware that my battery is bad. How do I suppress this message?</p>
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3 | 1 | 258 | 2010-07-28T19:21:50.653 | 51 | 15799 | <p>How can I set the Software Center to allow non-root users to install stuff from the Ubuntu repos without having to type in their password?</p>
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5 | 1 | null | 2010-07-28T19:23:40.273 | 23 | 717 | <p>What are some alternatives to upgrading without using the standard upgrade system? Suppose for example that I wanted to upgrade an Ubuntu installation on a machine with a poor Internet connection. What would my options be? Could I just use a standard Ubuntu disk to upgrade this machine? If I already have a standard ... | 10 | 10581 | 2014-02-18T13:34:25.793 | 2014-02-18T13:34:25.793 | What are some alternatives to upgrading without using the standard upgrade system? | [
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6 | 1 | 12 | 2010-07-28T19:23:41.227 | 44 | 31936 | <p>I have a ubuntu development server at work. It is an old rack server that is located somewhere in the company's dungeon, where nobody ever goes. The only way it can work is as a so-called headless server (i.e. with no monitor/keyboard connected and only accepting network connections).</p>
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7 | 1 | 3764 | 2010-07-28T19:24:22.550 | 27 | 1910 | <p>I'm taking my be-stickered laptop to a coffee shop tonight for an Ubuntu Hour. I've let a bunch of local LUG people know about it. How can I ensure people come away from it feeling like the experience was valuable? Is there something you've done that was particularly successful?</p>
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8 | 1 | 240 | 2010-07-28T19:24:41.037 | 19 | 3255 | <p>I started with Ubuntu Karmic, and wanted to try KDE. So I installed <code>kubuntu-desktop</code>. Then I wanted to see how XFCE progressed, so I installed <code>xfce4</code>. I now have Kubuntu with an XFCE splash and login.</p>
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9 | 1 | 35 | 2010-07-28T19:26:46.273 | 158 | 129077 | <p>Update Manager is constantly offering me updates (e.g. security fixes, updates from PPAs).</p>
<p>How can I tell my Ubuntu installation to automatically download and install updates whenever they become available?</p>
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11 | 1 | 21 | 2010-07-28T19:27:09.843 | 108 | 480056 | <p>I have had significant problems with watching flash video in 64-bit Ubuntu. Does anyone know of a good way to get flash running on the platform?</p>
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14 | 1 | 31 | 2010-07-28T19:29:16.907 | 35 | 1817 | <p>I'd like to have Ubuntu not check for updates as often. How do I accomplish this?</p>
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15 | 1 | null | 2010-07-28T19:29:17.233 | 9 | 1834 | <p>I've followed the steps outlined in this <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1493143" rel="noreferrer">HowTo</a>.</p>
<p>Right after I log in to Gnome I can move the mouse back and forth but as soon as the task bar loads, the mouse becomes jailed in the screen its in (can't move between screens).</p>
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16 | 1 | 79 | 2010-07-28T19:30:10.117 | 17 | 1235 | <p><a href="http://sagemath.org/download-linux.html" rel="nofollow">Sage's installation instructions</a> basically tell me to just untar it and run it from wherever I'd like. Not being experienced with the Linux way of where things should go in the filesystem, I'm kind of at a loss where I should best put it. Putting i... | 20 | 367165 | 2015-12-14T14:12:11.340 | 2015-12-14T14:12:11.340 | Where should I install sagemath? | [
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24 | 1 | 65 | 2010-07-28T19:32:26.087 | 15 | 1169 | <p>In the upper right panel there is by default a drop down menu where you can set your online status, interact with Ubuntu One, etc. It is placed right next to the drop down menu which lets you logout, reboot, shutdown etc.</p>
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28 | 1 | 39 | 2010-07-28T19:35:09.530 | 16 | 265 | <p>I'm using Hardy (server) on quite a few machines and I'd like to upgrade to the latest LTS. Is it safe to edit my <code>sources.list</code> file to just point to the new LTS, or should I do a succession of dist upgrades until I reach the latest LTS?</p>
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33 | 1 | 44 | 2010-07-28T19:37:07.560 | 24 | 9076 | <p>We have installed Ubuntu desktop edition on our development server. Now that we have it in a data center we would like to strip it down to a server edition.</p>
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34 | 1 | 45 | 2010-07-28T19:37:14.843 | 132 | 64883 | <p>I set up a new VPS instance of Ubuntu and am wondering what the easiest way is to get up and running with a basic LAMP stack (i.e. which packages are required, which configuration options need to be tweaked, if any, etc.).</p>
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36 | 1 | 68 | 2010-07-28T19:39:43.310 | 21 | 23377 | <p>We have installed Ubuntu desktop edition on our dev server.</p>
<p>I was wondering if there is any noticeable performance loss compared to the server edition.</p>
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37 | 1 | 62 | 2010-07-28T19:39:48.457 | 107 | 88509 | <ul>
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38 | 1 | null | 2010-07-28T19:40:19.907 | 11 | 2288 | <p>I have a VPS set up with Ubuntu 10.04 <em>Lucid</em> running exim4 as the MTA. The machine name itself is something easily recognizable to us (in this case, 'Fermat'), but the machine itself is responsible for serving up one of our domains (i.e. <a href="http://www.example.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">www.example... | 68 | 1460940 | 2022-03-03T12:20:40.860 | 2022-03-03T12:20:40.860 | How to configure mail server to report a hostname distinct from server name | [
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47 | 1 | 1454 | 2010-07-28T19:42:11.867 | 7 | 547 | <p>I'm using Kubuntu (Karmic) and KATE is my favorite editor. I don't enable many plug-ins, but I really like the inline shell. </p>
<p>The problem is, across re-starts, KATE seems to forget that I enabled this plug-in. I've checked across all sessions and the behavior is the same. </p>
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50 | 1 | 89 | 2010-07-28T19:43:35.123 | 26 | 9875 | <p>Is there a way to change how long the libnotify notifications last? I've googled around for this for months and no still no luck. </p>
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51 | 1 | 55 | 2010-07-28T19:44:59.943 | 11 | 3760 | <p>For some reason, sometimes when I log in the top panel applets appear garbled. For instance the session applet is missing its icon, and the current username is repeated twice. This doesn't happen very often, but when it does the session applet is not responsive so I can't get to the log out menu option.</p>
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53 | 1 | 64 | 2010-07-28T19:46:27.363 | 23 | 1238 | <p>I take photos from time to time, and if I take an exceptionally beautiful one, I'd like to submit it for inclusion in Ubuntu. Where do I send/upload it?</p>
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56 | 1 | 302 | 2010-07-28T19:48:03.070 | 8 | 2021 | <p>I recently deployed about a dozen Ubuntu (Karmic) desktops in a small office. Everything was going great, but storage became an issue. I then moved /home to an NFS mount which solved the immediate problem.</p>
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58 | 1 | 73 | 2010-07-28T19:48:54.753 | 10 | 1107 | <p>There are currently 2 clocks on my panel: one in the "Indicator Applet" and one in the "Clock". The one in the "Indicator Applet" is redundant and isn't as good as the "Clock". </p>
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61 | 1 | 528 | 2010-07-28T19:50:08.977 | 10 | 615 | <p>I have added Empathy to the list of applications that open by default, and it's configured to auto-connect to MSN when started, but when I login to my laptop the wifi connection takes a few seconds to be ready. Before the net is up, Empathy has already started, tried to login to MSN and failed, and I can't get it t... | 94 | null | null | 2012-11-12T14:06:05.913 | How can I make Empathy retry connecting when it has a network problem | [
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66 | 1 | 75 | 2010-07-28T19:53:15.540 | 12 | 1246 | <p>I am running 8.04 desktop as a server and hosting my own web server, has anyone experienced any issues with upgrade from 8.04 to 10.04?</p>
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67 | 1 | 126 | 2010-07-28T19:53:51.137 | 101 | 112481 | <p>I have a lovely Vim colorscheme (<a href="http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2140">xoria256</a>) and it looks brilliant in GVim, but when I use normal <code>vim</code> in Terminal, the colorscheme is only partially supported -- for example, the default semi-transparent aubergine background color is used... | 56 | 2355 | 2014-02-21T10:46:02.213 | 2017-12-13T16:11:45.847 | How do I enable full-color support in Vim? | [
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72 | 1 | 76791 | 2010-07-28T19:57:32.173 | 9 | 311 | <p>I am using my machine with multiple accounts logged in at the same time. I am using KDM desktop manager and KDE desktop. Ever since I upgraded to Karmic, when using one user the second user, who is active on another virtual terminal, gets logged out automatically. I have looked through the logs and can't find anythi... | 103 | 527764 | 2021-05-16T07:17:07.440 | 2021-05-16T07:17:07.440 | How can I prevent myself from getting logged out automatically in a multi-user setup? | [
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76 | 1 | 129 | 2010-07-28T20:00:15.083 | 134 | 30948 | <p>What are the differences between <code>apt-get</code>, <code>aptitude</code>, and <code>synaptic</code>, and which one is the recommended choice for normal day-to-day package management?</p>
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86 | 1 | null | 2010-07-28T20:06:56.113 | 69 | 148412 | <p>I'd like to create an Ubuntu live USB stick on a Mac to use to install Ubuntu on another machine. How do I accomplish this?</p>
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94 | 1 | null | 2010-07-28T20:11:03.717 | 8 | 2139 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/72679/is-there-any-sound-enhancers-equalizer">Is there any Sound enhancers/equalizer?</a> </p>
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95 | 1 | 106 | 2010-07-28T20:11:14.030 | 31 | 72699 | <p>I have messed up my Ruby dev environment on Ubuntu 10.04.</p>
<p>What is the best possible way to remove these packages from my system?</p>
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<li>Ruby</li>
<li>All Gems</li>
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100 | 1 | 137 | 2010-07-28T20:16:58.197 | 16 | 15588 | <p>I was playing music with my headphones plugged in. The music was coming out of the headphones, but I also noticed that my speakers were playing the same music.</p>
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108 | 1 | 114 | 2010-07-28T20:23:56.213 | 11 | 229 | <p>I have reported a bug that occurs in Karmic on launchpad, and I have been asked to re-test it on lucid or maverick. How can I do this best? </p>
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112 | 1 | 202 | 2010-07-28T20:32:30.123 | 8 | 1376 | <p>Of those identd daemons available in Ubuntu 10.04, can any of them be made to work with IPv6?</p>
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116 | 1 | 119 | 2010-07-28T20:36:56.557 | 25 | 30386 | <p>I've downloaded some nice themes, icon packages, and pointers from sites like gnome-look. Now what do I do? Where else can I get these kinds of things?</p>
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120 | 1 | 589 | 2010-07-28T20:42:08.370 | 62 | 77541 | <p>After upgrading my laptop from karmic to lucid, my fat32 partition won't mount automatically. I get the message:</p>
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127 | 1 | 260 | 2010-07-28T20:56:38.163 | 20 | 686 | <p>I'd like to get involved with Ubuntu QA by creating automated tests. Is there an ongoing effort to create these tests? Where can I learn more?</p>
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128 | 1 | null | 2010-07-28T20:57:41.563 | 11 | 3488 | <p>I will be going to University soon and am looking for a tablet/netbook on which I can use a stylus to write notes (Chinese characters mostly). I have only found 2 netbooks (with swivel screens and full keyboards) that might work for me. One is the ASUS Eee PC T101MT, and the other is a Gigabyte Touchnote. </p>
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131 | 1 | 133 | 2010-07-28T21:00:34.410 | 58 | 7856 | <p>Before I buy my next laptop, I'd like to make sure that it will work perfectly with Ubuntu. Is there a list of <em>completely</em> supported computers anywhere?</p>
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134 | 1 | 140 | 2010-07-28T21:07:03.257 | 228 | 212343 | <p>How do I create a desktop wallpaper slideshow with my own set of images?</p>
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142 | 1 | 144 | 2010-07-28T21:12:20.670 | 58 | 41539 | <p>Does anyone know of a simple Image Editor, with functionality comparable to <a href="http://www.getpaint.net/screenshots.html">Paint.NET</a>, for Ubuntu? I've always found GIMP to be overkill and too complicated for what I want to do.</p>
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154 | 1 | 1586 | 2010-07-28T21:33:45.533 | 8 | 2352 | <p>In the spirit of <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/80/how-can-i-get-gmail-notification-in-my-indicator-applet-without-leaving-evolutio">this</a> question...</p>
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158 | 1 | 176 | 2010-07-28T21:38:22.633 | 2 | 323 | <p>I would like to be able to demo a UEC cloud at a presentation. Is there a simple guide regarding the hardware I need, and how I need to configure the UEC in order to create a nice presentation?</p>
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164 | 1 | 171 | 2010-07-28T21:49:10.060 | 312 | 107102 | <p>When you install certain updates (e.g. a new kernel) in Ubuntu Desktop, you get an indication that a reboot is required (in Lucid, the logout icon turns red).</p>
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167 | 1 | null | 2010-07-28T21:54:15.207 | 15 | 747 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/16446/how-to-get-my-software-into-ubuntu">How to get my software into Ubuntu?</a> </p>
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174 | 1 | null | 2010-07-28T22:14:34.583 | 12 | 941 | <p>I'm currently install F# manually by downloading the binary distribution from Microsoft, downloading the Mono key, running the Mono installer, then fiddling with my path. Is there a PPA with F# packages that can make my life easier?</p>
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193 | 1 | 980 | 2010-07-28T22:48:14.973 | 29 | 56406 | <p>How can I change the Login screen theme? Is there a graphical way or no?</p>
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194 | 1 | 412 | 2010-07-28T22:50:02.303 | 402 | 446611 | <p><code>sudo apt-get upgrade</code> installs all updates, not just security updates. I know that I can use Update Manager to select only important security updates, but is there a way to do this from the command line?</p>
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198 | 1 | null | 2010-07-28T22:57:24.587 | 30 | 1747 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/42532/what-media-players-are-there">What Media Players Are there?</a> </p>
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205 | 1 | 214 | 2010-07-28T23:13:32.517 | 18 | 7620 | <p>From <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables#System-wide%20environment%20variables">System-wide environment variables</a>:</p>
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209 | 1 | 795 | 2010-07-28T23:15:32.293 | 15 | 11413 | <p>For example: Avant Window Navigator, Docky, DockBarX and Cairo dock.</p>
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212 | 1 | 17994 | 2010-07-28T23:22:00.537 | 4 | 2030 | <p>I'm looking to install drivers for my "Brother HL-2170W" network printer. I can't seem to find the correct driver on the Brother site. Any help would be appreciated. I'm running on Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS x86_64.</p>
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218 | 1 | 6649 | 2010-07-28T23:40:18.977 | 199 | 461177 | <p>Is there a command to list services that run on startup? I imagine it would involve parsing <code>/etc/init.d/</code>, and the various <code>/etc/rc.*</code> directories.</p>
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219 | 1 | 223 | 2010-07-28T23:43:50.343 | 36 | 28298 | <p>What <strong>license</strong> does Ubuntu fall into (GPL, MIT, a mix)? Would it be legal to <strong>modify it and redistribute</strong> my modified version?</p>
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221 | 1 | 232 | 2010-07-28T23:48:45.060 | 39 | 85362 | <p>To update my server I use <code>apt-get upgrade</code>.</p>
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<p>Is there a way I can tell it to install those too? I tried -f but it does not work.</p>
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224 | 1 | 411 | 2010-07-28T23:56:24.733 | 28 | 46299 | <p>I have my hard drive partitioned with two partitions, so I can easily re-install Ubuntu and try out different versions without losing my home directory data.
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226 | 1 | 399 | 2010-07-28T23:58:59.143 | 59 | 40322 | <p>I'm presently running Firefox 3.6.8 on Ubuntu 9.04. My Firefox extensions include Ubuntu Firefox Modifications 0.9rc2. I've upgraded Firefox on this install a few times; as far as I can recall, some version of this extension was present when I initially installed Ubuntu 9.04. I have disabled it, mostly because I did... | 179 | 169736 | 2014-03-15T02:54:29.930 | 2014-03-15T02:54:29.930 | What does the Ubuntu Firefox Modifications extension to firefox do? | [
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228 | 1 | 236 | 2010-07-29T00:01:08.827 | 26 | 63337 | <p>I would like Ubuntu to automatically synchronize my system clock with a timeserver at startup.</p>
<p>However, my PC isn't connected to the Internet until after I've logged in (plus 5 - 10 seconds for good measure).</p>
<p>How can I set it to do this?</p>
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230 | 1 | 268 | 2010-07-29T00:02:32.820 | 5 | 1730 | <p>I want to install <strong>adblock</strong> for Firefox and I see it is in Synaptic.</p>
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248 | 1 | 289 | 2010-07-29T02:03:25.973 | 114 | 231844 | <p>Is there a way to easily turn on/off showing the <strong>boot messages</strong> (loading the services) when Ubuntu starts? Is it something in Grub2?</p>
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253 | 1 | 485 | 2010-07-29T02:13:09.193 | 4 | 4701 | <p>I have videos stored on one machine; I'd like to watch them on another machine. Both are running Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit.</p>
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256 | 1 | 263 | 2010-07-29T02:25:00.180 | 34 | 24757 | <p>SSD drives need to be "cleared/reset" after the drive fills up to maintain performance. This is done through the TRIM command for new SSD drives. Does Ubuntu support the TRIM command (through hdparm etc) for clearing/resetting of these drives?</p>
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261 | 1 | 275 | 2010-07-29T02:54:35.537 | 11 | 328 | <p>Whenever I install Ubuntu there are certain applications I automatically install, instead of using Ubuntu's default (VLC comes to mind).</p>
<p>My question is about how some software is chosen over others to a . Is it by the community? Is there a committee?</p>
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270 | 1 | 274 | 2010-07-29T04:05:02.773 | 5 | 465 | <p>I know of bugs where there is a fix available, which has been posted upstream. However, the upstream maintainer hasn't responded to the patch, or applied it to the project's source code.</p>
<p>Would it be suitable to submit the fix for inclusion in Ubuntu, and if so, would I go about doing this?</p>
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276 | 1 | 316 | 2010-07-29T04:22:09.747 | 6 | 406 | <p>I have a <strong>Dell XPS M1330</strong> running <strong>Kubuntu 10.04</strong>. </p>
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277 | 1 | 2089 | 2010-07-29T04:51:11.450 | 1 | 101 | <p>Using lucid Kubunu Network Release, every time I reboot some of my favourites are missing. Do I have to log out in order to save them? How can I do that without logging out?</p>
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278 | 1 | 288 | 2010-07-29T05:18:55.553 | 10 | 4714 | <p>(This might not be an Ubuntu-specific question?)</p>
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279 | 1 | 281 | 2010-07-29T05:47:44.947 | 6 | 174 | <p>In the past, I've gone hog wild customizing my Ubuntu installation, only to be unable to upgrade it once the time came. So how does one go about customizing their install without running into issues upgrading? Is it possible to do so without relying solely on the Ubuntu repositories for software?</p>
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280 | 1 | 928 | 2010-07-29T05:49:08.717 | 2 | 733 | <p>I have a dual screen setup. I have a notebook LCD and a 17" monitor plugged into the VGA port on the notebook.</p>
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282 | 1 | 3296 | 2010-07-29T06:09:02.750 | 6 | 2816 | <p>I've been running UNR on my eee 1000 pretty much since it came out over a year ago (I was using easy-peasy before that), but I'm curious about the new Kubuntu netbook edition.
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283 | 1 | 286 | 2010-07-29T06:11:53.680 | 14 | 1387 | <p>I manage a private network which has no internet connectivity due to the security policy of the customer. This network has a single Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server installation (soon to be several more) and I've been trying to customise it with software - however, I'm having to manually install packages with dpkg because of... | null | 48864 | 2012-06-25T22:39:45.940 | 2012-06-25T22:39:45.940 | Does installing packages manually with dpkg prevent a future upgrade path? | [
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292 | 1 | 309 | 2010-07-29T08:23:13.523 | 37 | 18800 | <p>If I'm editing two files with vim, changing to the other file ( :bnext, :bprev ) seems to drop the undo history from the open file - hitting the 'u' key reports "Already at oldest change".</p>
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297 | 1 | 300 | 2010-07-29T08:40:25.820 | 4 | 532 | <p>I have a bash script that runs as a cron to backup files on the server.</p>
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304 | 1 | 379 | 2010-07-29T08:55:51.777 | 6 | 1320 | <p>F-spot is great, but does not have video support. Picasa is arguably even better, but although mov support is possible, avi and mpeg support is unavailable.</p>
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305 | 1 | 340 | 2010-07-29T08:57:05.437 | 10 | 2011 | <p>What are the advantages of using Shotwell? What are the disadvantages?</p>
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307 | 1 | 310 | 2010-07-29T09:09:42.257 | 1625 | 1969186 | <p>I've added many PPAs using the <code>add-apt-repository</code> command. Is there a simple way to remove these PPAs? I've checked in <code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code> for the appropriate deb lines but they aren't there. </p>
<p>This is on a server system so a command line solution would be great!</p>
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"body": "<p>There are a number of options:</p>\n<ol>\n<li><p>Use the <code>--remove</code> flag, similar to how the PPA was added:</p>\n<pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:whatever/ppa\n</code></pre>\n</li>\n<li><p>You can also remove PPAs by deleting the <code>.list</code> files fro... | [
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312 | 1 | 318 | 2010-07-29T09:18:35.330 | 7 | 604 | <p>A quick Google found <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-upgrade-ubuntu-9.10-karmic-koala-to-10.04-lucid-lynx-desktop-and-server" rel="noreferrer">this page</a> about how to upgrade but my question is how do I make sure all configurations remain intact (Samba, Apache, SVN) and also, is it worth it to upgrade? ... | 166 | null | null | 2021-11-03T03:16:34.427 | Upgrading Ubuntu Server 9.10 to 10.04 | [
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315 | 1 | 3495 | 2010-07-29T09:28:49.860 | 3 | 1589 | <p>In an effort to keep things consistent, I've been slowly but surely replacing CentOS and *BSD servers with Ubuntu Lucid. I've come across a few that I'll have problems migrating, in particular several Trixbox CE servers that are based on CentOS.</p>
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320 | 1 | 323 | 2010-07-29T09:55:43.153 | 6 | 1117 | <p>I really would like to create a package for php 5.3.3 and then make a ppa for it (I would like the php-fpm support but inside the newest release), however this question goes further than this.</p>
<p>I would like to be hand walked through the whole process of compiling and packaging for ubuntu as I do have an intre... | 224 | null | null | 2010-07-29T17:31:16.067 | How do i create my own php 5.3.3 package/ppa? | [
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324 | 1 | 441 | 2010-07-29T10:13:33.220 | 7 | 3056 | <p>I have the last version of Chrome 5.0.xx. and my Ubuntu is also of the last version 10.04.
What I usually do is to open two instances of Chrome and divide the screen into two parts. In one part my son watches cartoons in Youtube and in the other part I just read some news. </p>
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326 | 1 | 330 | 2010-07-29T10:35:58.037 | 5 | 303 | <p>To be honest I didn't like how keyrings work in Ubuntu and removed them completely. </p>
<p>Is my action safe and won't it harm any part of the system?</p>
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"body": "<p><strong>Keyrings</strong> are only made to <strong>store passwords</strong> so that you don't have to always type them. It will do <strong>no harm</strong> to delete them except for the hassle of typing them all again.</p>\n",
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327 | 1 | 366 | 2010-07-29T10:39:24.630 | 19 | 1076 | <blockquote>
<p>This question is not deleted because it has historical significance, but it is
not considered a good, on-topic question for this site, so please do
not use it as evidence that you can ask similar questions here.</p>
<p>More information: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/faq">https://askubuntu.co... | 161 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:30.463 | 2016-08-22T21:02:35.253 | What do windows' users like most after migrating into Ubuntu? | [
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"body": "<p>Personally:</p>\n\n<p>It's free.</p>\n\n<p>Way faster on my machine than Windows ever was.</p>\n\n<p>Finding, installing and most importantly uninstalling software, is so much easier.</p>\n\n<p>No pesky pre-installed trial software.</p>\n\n<p>I don't have to worry about viruses.</p>\... | [
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339 | 1 | 350 | 2010-07-29T11:17:13.653 | 215 | 391830 | <p>I have <strong>no root access</strong> on this machine.</p>
<p>I would like to know if there is a way I <strong>can download Ubuntu packages and install them as non-root?</strong></p>
<p>Probably in my <code>~/bin</code> or <code>~/usr/share</code> or something like that? Would that work?</p>
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"body": "<p>Apt doesn't support it directly, but there are ways to do it:</p>\n<h2><code>.deb</code> Approach</h2>\n<pre class=\"lang-bash prettyprint-override\"><code>apt-get download package_name # replace `package_name` with the name of the package.\n\ndpkg -x package.deb dir\n</code></pre>\... | [
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343 | 1 | 346 | 2010-07-29T11:32:18.137 | 19 | 14467 | <p>I once tested Mac OS X and something that called my atention was Automator, a software to visually create scripts to automatize tasks on the desktop. Is there any Linux alternative for this software?</p>
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