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754 | 1 | 782 | 2010-08-04T00:35:52.213 | 7 | 671 | <p>Some programs can only be run from within their own directories. If I go to <code>System --> Preferences --> Main Menu --> Add Item</code> and select the file, it will not work. Similarly, if I right click on the Panel and choose "Add to Panel...", choose "Custom Application Launcher," and then point to the... | 109 | 59676 | 2012-08-13T10:52:41.970 | 2016-08-19T19:03:19.700 | How do I add a program that must be run from within its own directory to the panel or main menu? | [
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756 | 1 | 758 | 2010-08-04T01:27:52.173 | 7 | 13905 | <p>I was under the impression there was a GUI app for changing the Xorg video driver. If so, where is it? I don't see it in 10.04.</p>
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760 | 1 | 761 | 2010-08-04T01:53:29.300 | 8 | 5323 | <p>I've setup Ubuntu via Wubi recently for a friend and he came back with a complaint: On reboots the Windows partition is always selected by default, figured this was just a need to update Grub but realized that Wubi writes to the Windows Boot Manager and does not use Grub.</p>
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765 | 1 | 771 | 2010-08-04T04:06:16.070 | 5 | 272 | <p>When I log into my computer, networking is disabled. I always have to enable it so I can connect to the internet. Does anyone know how to set it to enabled by default?</p>
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766 | 1 | 768 | 2010-08-04T04:30:49.817 | 9 | 1368 | <p>I have a media computer which I recently reformatted to Ubuntu 10.04. I am probably just missing something obvious but I can't figure out how to share folders and files, so that I can browse to them on my Windows computers in order to copy files to/from the computer.</p>
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767 | 1 | 769 | 2010-08-04T05:08:39.627 | 1 | 2446 | <p>As many of you know by now, I'm building a package :)</p>
<p>I am so close to getting it finished so I can upload it to my PPA, but there is still one slight problem: the shared library (.so file) doesn't want to go into the package.</p>
<p>Okay, here is what I have in my control file:</p>
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772 | 1 | 785 | 2010-08-04T07:35:07.433 | 3 | 10026 | <p>I'm trying to move to grub2 and while chainloading from legacy grub works fine, I'm not sure how to move completely. Old grub was installed in boot sector of swap partition, /dev/sda3, and was working fine there. I want new grub to be installed there as well but during <code>upgrade-from-grub-legacy</code> it sugges... | 329 | null | null | 2015-07-23T19:15:22.647 | How do I update grub to grub2 if legacy grub is installed in boot partition sector, not MBR? | [
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773 | 1 | null | 2010-08-04T07:48:43.567 | 14 | 830 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/48535/how-to-customize-live-ubuntu-cd">How to customize live Ubuntu CD?</a> </p>
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<p>Is there any GUI tool for that?</p>
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774 | 1 | 775 | 2010-08-04T08:03:11.510 | 10 | 1642 | <p>Why would one move from Grub to Grub2?</p>
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776 | 1 | 780 | 2010-08-04T08:41:40.390 | 89 | 95859 | <p>How I can limit Download/Upload bandwidth for:</p>
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781 | 1 | null | 2010-08-04T10:32:56.117 | 5 | 2310 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/155679/how-to-enable-numlock-at-boot-time-for-login-screen">How to enable numlock at boot time for login screen?</a> </p>
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784 | 1 | 794 | 2010-08-04T11:22:03.123 | 64 | 118332 | <p>I want to keep Ubuntu but remove Windows.</p>
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787 | 1 | null | 2010-08-04T12:35:52.550 | 6 | 1534 | <p>About once a day my gnome-panel freezes.</p>
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797 | 1 | null | 2010-08-04T18:04:03.010 | 19 | 16788 | <p>When my computer is suspended, the GPU, CPU and power supply fans all continue to run.</p>
<p>I don't think I've ever been able to get them to turn off, short of hibernating or turning the computer off. I have some theories as to where to begin, but what I'd like are some more solid ideas.</p>
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798 | 1 | 799 | 2010-08-04T18:31:40.053 | 29 | 15429 | <p>What is Ubuntu Advantage and how can it help my business?</p>
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800 | 1 | 802 | 2010-08-04T19:03:19.647 | 84 | 439429 | <p>I have a script that needs to be run every five seconds. I know that <code>cron</code> can do tasks by the minute, but is there a way to run something every second?</p>
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804 | 1 | 807 | 2010-08-04T19:23:38.377 | 65 | 127770 | <p>I was wondering the difference between these text editors and which is best used with Ubuntu?</p>
<p>What are each of them good for? Are there better ones?</p>
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813 | 1 | 869 | 2010-08-04T19:46:38.270 | 8 | 8398 | <p>I have GPS tracks (in gpx format) that I usually use to geotag photos. Is there a simple software to view these tracks (i.e.: not use Google Earth)? A bonus would be simple modification, like deleting waypoints. TangoGPS seems to offer GPS track import only in connection with geotagging for pictures.</p>
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814 | 1 | 910 | 2010-08-04T19:54:17.300 | 760 | 1584252 | <p>How can I run scripts <em>automatically</em> when Ubuntu starts up so I don't have to run them manually after startup?</p>
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831 | 1 | 836 | 2010-08-04T20:29:27.107 | 140 | 81752 | <p>When packages are already installed and I run an <code>apt-get install <package-name></code>, sometimes it will print a line <code><package-name> is set to manually installed</code>.</p>
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834 | 1 | 872 | 2010-08-04T20:34:19.423 | 5 | 1472 | <p>I am unable to get the weather notification that comes with the clock applet to work.</p>
<p>I have it set to Ottawa, Canada. What seems to be the problem.</p>
<p>Canada jokes to the minimum please :)</p>
<p>Please and thank you.</p>
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842 | 1 | null | 2010-08-04T20:48:03.170 | 3 | 1019 | <p>Is there a way to avoid entering a password in the process of booting up?
I am using a new and latest installation of Ubuntu, with Gnome desktop in it.</p>
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847 | 1 | 862 | 2010-08-04T20:55:53.233 | 3 | 940 | <p>I would like to have information on my desktop in a very simple text mod or memory usage and processor activity and daily to do lists.</p>
<p>I was wondering what kind of applications are available on Ubuntu for that?</p>
<p>Please and thank you.</p>
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849 | 1 | 853 | 2010-08-04T20:58:09.110 | 5 | 1073 | <p>I'm rather familiar with portage and USE flags in Gentoo. After a quick google search, I didn't see any way to setup Portage in Ubuntu. Is there a way? Is there an equivalent to USE flags in Ubuntu?</p>
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852 | 1 | 865 | 2010-08-04T21:01:52.707 | 35 | 17935 | <p>I've noticed that Flash applications tend to be more sluggish under Ubuntu than they do under Windows on the same machine. This is particularly noticeable when watching HD video or playing graphics/physics-heavy games. Are there any ways of improving the performance of Flash under Ubuntu, or is this just an issue wi... | 10 | 169736 | 2014-01-12T23:29:32.577 | 2014-01-13T00:28:14.373 | Why are Flash applications so sluggish/crashy? | [
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855 | 1 | 880 | 2010-08-04T21:07:43.040 | 3 | 642 | <p>I like the <a href="http://www.getsongbird.com/" rel="nofollow">songbird</a> player very much, and it used to be my only choice for all plataforms, but they have discontinued GNU/linux support for some time now, due to lack of people to help with the linux port.</p>
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856 | 1 | 892 | 2010-08-04T21:08:46.173 | 22 | 1281 | <p>Talking towards Ubuntu 10.04, server edition, what tools/practices would you recommend to secure the server?</p>
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860 | 1 | 882 | 2010-08-04T21:18:17.443 | 15 | 864 | <p>How would you explain that Ubuntu if fine for most people who just want to browse the web, write e-mail, and so on?</p>
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863 | 1 | 33753 | 2010-08-04T21:22:07.410 | 40 | 184401 | <p>How do I change my primary monitor without using the command line?</p>
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867 | 1 | 875 | 2010-08-04T21:28:07.330 | 409 | 672469 | <p>Whenever Ubuntu boots up, a dialogue pops up asking me to unlock my default keyring.</p>
<p>Is there some way this can unlock automatically through PAM or some other magical way?</p>
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868 | 1 | 900 | 2010-08-04T21:29:16.037 | 30 | 4905 | <p>How would you set up Ubuntu on a computer that will be used as public computer in a library?</p>
<p>I need the following features and user restrictions:</p>
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889 | 1 | 905 | 2010-08-04T22:27:19.783 | 4 | 3396 | <p>I accidentally deleted the default <strong>top panel</strong> in ubuntu 10.04. </p>
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894 | 1 | 895 | 2010-08-04T22:38:58.410 | 3 | 641 | <p>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansa_Fuze" rel="nofollow">Sansa Fuze</a> mp3 player can only play videos in its own special format, how can I convert videos to this format using Ubuntu?</p>
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897 | 1 | 3836 | 2010-08-04T22:42:51.290 | 58 | 76270 | <p>Fonts look bad and blurry in Ubuntu. When I compare a site in Ubuntu and Windows the Windows font look much more readable even after I import all of my Windows fonts. How can I change this?</p>
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906 | 1 | 913 | 2010-08-04T23:14:11.160 | 5 | 1867 | <p>I have recently installed VLC. I have found that when I play videos on VLC, the hue of the color of the video is off. I have to constantly readjust it. </p>
<p>Also how can I make VLC my default player for <code>*.avi</code> files?</p>
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908 | 1 | 911 | 2010-08-04T23:24:04.143 | 101 | 60516 | <p>How can I get the middle mouse button to behave correctly in Ubuntu? Clicking the middle button does not show the arrow which allows me to scroll the page by moving the mouse.</p>
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915 | 1 | null | 2010-08-04T23:46:54.573 | 11 | 2752 | <p>I've got a friend who wants to try Ubuntu on his netbook, but doesn't have a USB drive he can use, and of course the netbook doesn't have a CD drive. Is it possible for him to install Ubuntu?</p>
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916 | 1 | 921 | 2010-08-04T23:49:14.540 | 5 | 703 | <p>One of the reasons we use Windows in the office at work is Active Directory. It makes it a piece of cake to bring up a new workstation and have a new or existing user login and do their work. Once all the Applications are installed, a user can login on any workstation and have all their documents and settings availa... | 176 | 4 | 2010-08-05T00:02:35.813 | 2010-08-05T01:26:58.627 | Common Desktop Login via Network (like AD for Windows) | [
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933 | 1 | 944 | 2010-08-05T00:32:01.607 | 42 | 23380 | <p>Having installed various Linux distros for tinkering, I'm puzzled by the installers offering partition layouts - for an easy way out I just use the whole available disk space.</p>
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935 | 1 | 939 | 2010-08-05T00:39:37.877 | 3 | 1286 | <p>I want to clear all the history that I can scroll to, so that I start with a terminal without anything in it exempt the prompt. clear only creates a clear screen, but does not delete the scroll history.</p>
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943 | 1 | null | 2010-08-05T01:05:25.643 | 4 | 1596 | <p>I've installed the Server on a desktop with two network cards.
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<p>how do I get this device to talk to DSL modem and my network (through my router)</p>
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953 | 1 | null | 2010-08-05T02:44:23.763 | 2 | 1785 | <p>I'm setting up a transparent proxy/filter server, I've encountered many issues.</p>
<p>My Question. With a PPPOE DSL modem how do I negotiate a connection from my server.
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959 | 1 | 960 | 2010-08-05T04:11:31.853 | 4 | 1815 | <p>Please explain to me why it was choosen,</p>
<p>was it due to ubuntu copying Mac OS X or some other factor(s)?</p>
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962 | 1 | 964 | 2010-08-05T04:27:00.763 | 5 | 1056 | <p>are there any paid subscriptions available for Ubuntu One?</p>
<p>What additional features does it have?</p>
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970 | 1 | 973 | 2010-08-05T06:01:44.310 | 12 | 536 | <p>I heard that it was some sort of emergency fund or something.</p>
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974 | 1 | 1002 | 2010-08-05T06:12:25.523 | 304 | 660041 | <p>I have a friend who has got a computer that is not connected to the Internet. Is there any way to install software offline easily?</p>
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982 | 1 | 983 | 2010-08-05T06:45:09.747 | 26 | 2487 | <p>What criteria is used to select an Ubuntu release codename, and who is ultimately responsible for the decision?</p>
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988 | 1 | 989 | 2010-08-05T07:18:19.497 | 110 | 288971 | <p>Can <code>.exe</code> and <code>.msi</code> files (Windows software) be installed in Ubuntu?</p>
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991 | 1 | 997 | 2010-08-05T07:35:50.147 | 3 | 617 | <p>I want to start developing for it. I could <code>easy_install</code> or <code>pip install</code> but I'd prefer a proper repo.</p>
<p>Is there a PPA that's up to date?</p>
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992 | 1 | 995 | 2010-08-05T07:51:59.587 | 19 | 1172 | <p>Also,how can I become one? </p>
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993 | 1 | 1010 | 2010-08-05T07:54:12.780 | 2 | 4180 | <p>Since GParted does not support RAID, what tools can we use to create a RAID drive (0,1,5 etc) and then install Ubuntu onto that drive? Assume we are starting on fresh system with no OS.</p>
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1004 | 1 | 1008 | 2010-08-05T08:35:47.613 | 4 | 1494 | <p>What does it do?</p>
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1006 | 1 | 1009 | 2010-08-05T08:37:58.903 | 21 | 1969 | <p>The One Hundred Paper Cuts project says it will fix 100 'paper cuts' in each release cycle. What is the definition of a paper cut?</p>
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1007 | 1 | 1011 | 2010-08-05T08:41:02.843 | 0 | 740 | <p>I downloaded the latest Netbeans installer (6.9) which is not yet available on 10.04. </p>
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1012 | 1 | 1017 | 2010-08-05T08:55:11.147 | 18 | 9404 | <p>I have Ubuntu 10.04 installed with encrypted home directory. <code>/home</code> is on a a separate partition. Can I just boot from a 10.10 CD, reformat <code>/</code> and install as usual? Should it work if I use the same password? Is there anything else to keep in mind?</p>
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1020 | 1 | 1021 | 2010-08-05T09:17:10.643 | 22 | 2911 | <p>what is the meaning of SABDFL?</p>
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1026 | 1 | null | 2010-08-05T09:32:20.420 | 4 | 552 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/25961/how-to-install-a-tar-gz-file">How to install a .tar.gz file?</a> </p>
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<p>please explain in an easy way.</p>
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1028 | 1 | 1046 | 2010-08-05T09:36:29.370 | 11 | 14488 | <p>I'm working with many GIS applications under Gnome. It sometimes is very convenient to place one map over another to quickly spot differences.</p>
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1039 | 1 | 1047 | 2010-08-05T10:33:09.160 | 6 | 304 | <p>Gwibber and Empathy constantly scrolls to a new message as soon as they arrive, making it hard to read older messages, especially on IRC.</p>
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1042 | 1 | 1058 | 2010-08-05T10:38:31.633 | 1 | 199 | <p>I fiddled about with pulseaudio, I think in my config files. Now i can't play 2 things one after each other from 1 window ton another. E.g. on Rhythmbox when i listen to a song then switch to youtube, youtube won't have any sound, and when i do it the otherway round rhythmbox won't play at all, its playback slider d... | 633 | 41 | 2010-10-15T15:54:22.577 | 2010-10-15T15:54:22.577 | Sound, stopping between multiple programs | [
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1044 | 1 | 1053 | 2010-08-05T10:42:00.957 | 7 | 1563 | <p>I heard that Kernel 2.6.35 will have btrfs and that Ubuntu 10.10 could have btrfs by default.</p>
<p>What will be its features?</p>
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1050 | 1 | 1592 | 2010-08-05T11:14:06.307 | 2 | 688 | <p>Using an arbitrary web browser, e.g. firefox, you can save a web page (complete web page), for which it saves the html file, say n.html, and web page elements in a corresponding directory, n_files.</p>
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1057 | 1 | 20122 | 2010-08-05T11:24:43.030 | 47 | 33030 | <p>How does one refresh thumbnails in nautilus? In my videos folder I have some MKVs and only half of them have the movie border and a excerpt from the movie and the others (also MKVs encoded in the same way) just have the ordinary film icon.</p>
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1059 | 1 | 1201 | 2010-08-05T11:30:22.240 | 2 | 10427 | <p>I've been messing around with <a href="http://uck.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">Ubuntu Customization Kit</a> recently and I would like to create my own bash scripts to customize Ubuntu ISOs. How would I use SquashFS to edit mount and edit the iso?</p>
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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/615/whats-the-difference-between-wubi-and-a-regular-installation">What's the difference between Wubi and a regular installation?</a> </p>
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1066 | 1 | 1075 | 2010-08-05T11:47:33.320 | 4 | 4462 | <p>How is it better than Windows and Mac system of downloading and installing applications from the Web?</p>
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1068 | 1 | null | 2010-08-05T11:49:16.733 | 4 | 2390 | <p>I'm not sure how to get the OEM install mode working with my Ubuntu remaster. I'm using Remastersys to make the remastered Ubuntu 10.04 distro and I don't know how to make sure OEMs can use it. I have tried running sudo oem-config-prepare after installing the remaster (with oem-config, oem-config-gtk, oem-config-rem... | 648 | 453 | 2010-08-31T03:50:04.837 | 2011-10-25T21:45:33.527 | Wondering how to get OEM Config to work with my custom distro | [
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1069 | 1 | 1085 | 2010-08-05T11:51:39.587 | 54 | 50366 | <p>Please give some solid reasons.</p>
<hr>
<p>Linked Question</p>
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<li><a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/30032/how-safe-is-ubuntu">How safe is Ubuntu?</a></li>
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1080 | 1 | 1133 | 2010-08-05T12:13:25.010 | 0 | 11743 | <p>What happens when KMS fails?</p>
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1081 | 1 | 1115 | 2010-08-05T12:14:41.670 | 9 | 2979 | <p>With Ubuntu 9.10 I did not have any encrypted partitions set up, I have since installed a fresh Ubuntu 10.04. </p>
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1082 | 1 | null | 2010-08-05T12:20:09.727 | 4 | 586 | <p>How can one get more than 12 comands in Compiz->Comands?</p>
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1083 | 1 | 1122 | 2010-08-05T12:24:17.067 | 29 | 42230 | <p>Which operating systems besides Ubuntu use it?</p>
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1084 | 1 | 1137 | 2010-08-05T12:26:34.397 | 9 | 11646 | <p>Some models only or all models?</p>
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1086 | 1 | 1119 | 2010-08-05T12:28:33.753 | 15 | 4152 | <p>I use both GNOME and KDE SC. In GNOME, I use Docky but I do not use it with KDE. So, I would like Docky to start up only when I login into GNOME not KDE. In KDE, there is an option to make a program autostart only in KDE. But I cannot find any such option in GNOME. </p>
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1087 | 1 | 1521 | 2010-08-05T12:32:05.383 | 8 | 9339 | <p>I have a Ubuntu 10.04 running Oracle VirtualBox 3.2.6 with a Windows XP guest.
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1090 | 1 | 1092 | 2010-08-05T12:34:17.483 | 115 | 77586 | <p>Why is defragmenting unnecessary in Ubuntu?</p>
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1095 | 1 | null | 2010-08-05T12:46:40.270 | 7 | 4473 | <p>Ok, So I’ve always had trouble with enabling 5.1 in Ubuntu.
Running <code>alsamixer</code>:</p>
<p>I have: Master, Headphones, PCM, Front, Front Mi, Front Mi, Surround, Center.
All are at 100%</p>
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1097 | 1 | 1434 | 2010-08-05T12:54:27.540 | 3 | 10702 | <p>I have a DAAP server with multiple VLAN interfaces. I would like to get traffic forwarded on all of the VLANs. Forwarded from eth0 to eth1.010* I've got the switch configured to be a trunk port with the correct VLANs, and I enabled <strong>/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward</strong></p>
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1099 | 1 | 1111 | 2010-08-05T12:56:27.223 | 6 | 15263 | <p>I am working to get Mongodb running on a Ubuntu server install. In reviewing the <a href="http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Quickstart+Unix" rel="nofollow">instructions</a> I needed to create a "\data\db" directory in the root drive. At which point I needed to alter the owner using the CHOWN command as follows:<... | 659 | 367165 | 2015-06-25T18:38:23.307 | 2015-06-25T18:39:15.147 | CHOWN: What does "id -u" represent | [
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1102 | 1 | 1108 | 2010-08-05T12:57:38.173 | 5 | 495 | <p>Since years there are rumours that Rhythmbox will be replaced by Banshee as default application in the next Distribution-Release. Are there any plans for it to be replaced? The information that I have found is ambiguous.</p>
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1109 | 1 | 1118 | 2010-08-05T13:04:43.383 | 3 | 455 | <p>If I am using the proprietary driver, I don't get a good boot screen.</p>
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1110 | 1 | null | 2010-08-05T13:05:30.247 | 2 | 477 | <p>My laptop is a "Lenovo T60p" with an ATI video card and it used to work fine on 9.10.</p>
<p>The external monitor works after full cycle of <kbd>Function</kbd>+<kbd>Monitor</kbd>keys pressing, but the extended is not working properly.</p>
<p>Anything I should try?</p>
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1132 | 1 | 1240 | 2010-08-05T13:57:23.703 | 11 | 5130 | <p>I would like to set up a home network with the various Ubuntu machines I have at my home. They are all running 10.04. It would have to be able to share files and maybe even chat. :)</p>
<p>Any information on how to set this up would be beneficial.</p>
<p>Please and thank you.</p>
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1136 | 1 | 1140 | 2010-08-05T14:06:17.833 | 6 | 439 | <p>I want to record a radio webcast which does not offer MP3. The easiest way to do it seems to be recording all system sounds, playing the webcast and saving as MP3.</p>
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1142 | 1 | 27466 | 2010-08-05T14:13:30.863 | 9 | 2114 | <p>I use <code>xmodmap</code> to alter my keyboard layout during session startup.
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1145 | 1 | 3493 | 2010-08-05T14:30:55.367 | 17 | 58579 | <p>Is there a After Effects like software for Ubuntu (or for free)</p>
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1147 | 1 | 1153 | 2010-08-05T14:38:19.363 | 14 | 5190 | <p>which of the two it is?</p>
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"body": "<p>Both.</p>\n\n<p>In every Ubuntu release, there's an initial import from Debian unstable for many packages in <code>main</code>. After 9 weeks or so, that process is frozen and the versions are <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebianImportFreeze\" rel=\"noreferrer\">locked down</a>.<... | [
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"body": "<p>Neither, but it resembles Unstable more of the two.</p>\n\n<p>Ubuntu syncs packages during the development cycle from unstable and those packages then get stabilized and/or modified before release. At the time of the release, Ubuntu has fallen behind of Unstable quite a bit, ... | null | null | null | null | null |
1148 | 1 | 1157 | 2010-08-05T14:42:44.097 | 276 | 195961 | <p>Occasionally I install applications manually, rather than using <code>apt</code> or another package manager. </p>
<p>What location (<code>/usr/</code>, <code>/usr/local/</code>, <code>/opt/</code>, <code>/home/</code>, etc.) is suggested by "best practices" for the installation of user applications?</p>
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"text": "Liking to install things from source every so often, I wrote [a little tool to do it](https://github.com/adamnew123456/USM) which does the changes to your shell startup file on its own (and also... | {
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"body": "<p>That depends, really. If the application has a makefile, or for example for Python apps if the application uses <a href=\"https://docs.python.org/3/library/distutils.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\">distutils</a> (e.g., has a <code>setup.py</code> file), or a similar build/install system, y... | [
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"body": "<p>The Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard indicates <code>/usr/local</code>.</p>\n\n<p>From <a href=\"http://tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/usr.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http://tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/usr.html</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Th... | null | null | null | null | null |
1158 | 1 | null | 2010-08-05T14:54:52.620 | 57 | 57320 | <p>I want to tell compiz, metacity, the gnome-terminal or whoever is in charge to open the terminal window maximized by default.</p>
<p>How can I do that?</p>
<p>EDIT for the future: most of the answers were upvoted in older ubuntu versions, since 17.10 and on the most upvoted solutions do not work.</p>
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"body": "<p>Launch gnome-terminal as such:</p>\n\n<pre><code>gnome-terminal --window --maximize\n</code></pre>\n",
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