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why headphones just doesn't work?	they should generally just work, if they don't sometimes you have to use some kind of little workaround, depends on computer model. have you tried googling your modem + headphones don't work etc..?
anyone know of a better gnome based video player than totem?	gmplayer
which kernel version does ubuntu lite use?	give uname -a
how do you log out other users on your system from the root account?	sudo or root 'skill -u (username)'
hello. how can i, from the command line, tell ubuntu feisty to use metacity instead of beryl next time i reboot? thanks in advance for your time	can't you run metacity from another terminal? (ctrl+alt+f1 for example)
how do i upgrade openoffice.org to the 3rd version?	http://news.softpedia.com/news/how-to-install-openoffice-org-3-0-in-ubuntu-8-10-96449.shtml
why does the windows channel have 2 #'s in the name...?	two hash marks indicate a non-official channel.
where are firefox favorites stored??? what folder, etc?	on your home in .mozilla (control+h to show hidden directories)
so i just plugged an old canon i550 printer but lsusb doesnt show anything	check linuxprinting.org for that printer
hi. what command can i run in the terminal to see how much ram im using?	free
you are running lucid? maybe it's kernel is too old; i mean there were tons of changes since then and loads of new drivers were added. can you boot your system with a new oneiric live-cd or something to see if it works there?	oh ok i will try. cant i download the particular driver for this cam? instead of upgrading everything? i like lts :) thanks
what's the link for browsing throught the repositories online?	http://packages.ubuntu.com/
are you sure? rumour has it nautilus is involved in automounting too (rumour being the readme or the like that comes with recent gnome-volume-manager)	gnome-volume-control, not manager
hello. is there a bash-command to find out the version of a given command? something like 'version vim' to give me the version number of the app.	very often: 'command --version'
when i try to use irc client on emacs, i got this error'*** no identd (auth) response'. this means i have to install identd on my ubuntu??	some servers might want one.. but ive not seen any in ages that did.
if i allocate partition space on two separate hard drives to '/home' will that cause anything weird to happen, or will linux write the data between the drives?	it won't do what you want. you need lvm to combine two physical partitions into one virtual one, and it's more trouble than it's worth. name one of them /home and the other /backup and just copy stuff between them manually...
hi, any alternative for whereisit? catalogue app for ubuntu?	i think i'd just use a... directory structure, though
anyone knows how to get rhythmbox to play mp3 when you double click on file in nautilus? it only works if rhythmbox is already running	i never figured it out myself
how long did it take you go get up to speed with dvorak?	a week to get usable speeds, 3 weeks to be as fast as i was on qwerty, a month and a half and i was 20wpm faster than on qwerty
is 31 c good for cpu?	good for what? it's low and nice for normal operating temperature.
hey will gnome volume manager auto mount a hard drive i'm about to add to my computer? as that's gonna annoy me as it needs formatting...	probably not. you will need to add it to fstab .
!tell iron about iron	just install that, and then run a 'sudo aptitude dist-upgrade', it will catch any errors.
ok, editra is not running in my system. what to do?	you can try gnu-smalltalk
is there a video codec pack that includes xvid? apt-get doesnt find xvid codec	consult your media player's site for codec documentation.. try vlc
hi. i'm using ubuntu 10.04.3 lts 64bit with eclipse indigo sr1. when i quit from eclipse by file->exit it really doesn't quits - i still can see it running (ps ax). anyone occurred this problem?	are there bugs reported?
is there a way to tell if a package has been updated recently? i.e. if i wanted to find out if the package management system had updated banshee recently, could i find that out?	you can check the dpkg log in /var/log/dpkg.log
what are file browser alternatives to nautilus, other than thunar and pcmanfm? any ?	there are many mc, konqueror(kde), roxie
can someone tell me how to burn an .img to a hard disk? i'm trying to install freenas on another disk for another computer. it's an .img file.	a .img is normally a raw disk image; it can be dumped to a harddisk using zcat and dd
when i apt-get install deluge, in which directory is the deluge command actually located?	normally in /usr/bin but you can check with the dpkg -l deluge command
does lucid consume more memory than karmic after startup?	yes, but it shouldn't matter unless karmic is already swapping. (eg: 128 mb)
how is everyone doing today?	so what was the original question about denial of service attacks?
your d drive is where ubuntu is? thats claled filesystem now and d:\ is only in winows ubutnu works differently	yea i know that, but i can't access my d drive, even though its called something else.
hello, do i need lvm to run a desktop?	no......lvm = a new kind of partiotioning
when i do apt-get remove mysql-server-5.0 and then reinstall it, it still is pulling config from somewhere, cause i get access denied when trying to log onto the db	apt-get remove --purge package
hi all! i have installed pidgin with microblogging plugin, and after few days of using it stop connect to twitter... what happen?	not sure ... i dont use pidgin...however is something change on twitter?
is there something wrong with the repositories? i keep getting 403 errors. :3	us.archive.ubuntu.com is down. remove the 'us.' bits from /etc/apt/sources.list
does anyone know how to convert x264 format .mkv files into .avi or .mp4	the bot is down for now
how do i open grub's 'menu.lst' so that i'm allowed to save it?	sudo <favorite-text-editor> /boot/grub/menu.lst
how can see who connected with my wireless??except using kismet that make my wireless turn into monitor mode :(	you can't really set you're own mac address...
anyone know a good console app i can use in a cron job that reports cpu usage?	iostat
hey guys, is there any way to adjust the resolution of the server teminal? the font is just amazingly large and i'd like to be able to view more information at once without scrolling the screen all around.	fbset
i'm getting fed up with ubuntu support. i've only had 5 problems/questions over the last two years that i've had to post to support forums or irc channels. it seems that anything not quickly solvable by searching google gets ignored. a simple, 'i'm stumped' would suffice, but when i say i've tried their solution already or that it didn't work, i'm met by silence. it's unprofessional and off putting.	if it were simple, you wouldnt be here
what is eth0?	eth0 = default network card
i have a directory i created as a different user on this system called /share. when i look at it as this user i see locks on the folders inside. i want to make /share so that everyone can access add delete and do whatever sionce its a total share for everyone. i am not worried about security this is a home network basically sharing music, videos documents etc.. so how would i properly change the permissions so everyone can add and	chmod -r 777 dir/
if you want to go super-geek, you can have another linux os running inside of windows via a virtual machine... that should be able to see your other partition, no?	a vm cant see what the host cant see
is there final work being done to prepare the final iso?	compiz
hi all new to ubuntu server edition, im running lucid. how do i install packages like the one found here? http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/libevent-dev	or setup your own ppa
how can i set a cron to open a webpage then after the page finishes loading it ends the cron?	or.. you want to open it in a browser? not just download it?
how do i adjust vim to get colors ?	':syntax on'
can someone help me, opera no longer remembers passswords or usernames on my computer.	your best bet would be the opera forums
very stupid question: how do i display kernel information from the command line? like what version i'm using?	uname -r
i am getting a command prompt after booting, its not showing the gui anymore. what did i do?	reboot your pc and hold down the shift key during boot to get to the grub2 menu
im trying to install ubuntu-minimal and i just get a kernel panic o_o it cant read the file system of the previous installation i want to write over	you should have a package manger also to install what you want
what's everyone's favourite music player for ubuntu?	you don't want to know everyone's favorite, we're 924 here right now
can anyone please tell me how to set read permissions on an ntfs mounted hdd	pass -o umask=022 to mount
hi! i noticed the info on launchpad for nbd is horribly incorrect. who do i contact to get it fixed?	good question
i accidently removed the top panel in gnome. i got the panel back, and most of the stuff on it, but i don't see the system tray in the applets list. how do i get it back?	i think you're looking for the notification applet
where can i check for linux/ubuntu hardware compatibility (for webcam) before buying one? thanks	https://wiki.ubuntu.com/hardwaresupportcomponentsmultimediawebcameras
question: is it possible to turn on specific desktop affects? i want one or two affects (blender doesn't agree with all of them, so i can't use them all), but i dont want the rest.	install the ccsm tool and tweak them all day long. :)
hi all..does anyone know how to enable sshd on ubuntu so i can remote login to my pc?	look below
how do i unzip a *.bz	it it's just .bz2 or .bz, bunzip2 file.bz2, but if it has .tar.bz or .tar.bz2, use tar xjf file.tar.bz2
has anyone had the problem with the livecd - as to when you go to click install, it doesn't do anything?	maybe it doesnt want to install
why for example i do 'useradd -g cacti cactiuser' i just have '$' when i log on ? i would like something like 'cactiuser@ubuntu:' any idea ?	copy the contents of /etc/skel/ into that user's home directory
are all torrents considered illegal? i use it to download ubuntu all the time.	no, but new moon torrents are...
hello, what is that command that lets you identify what process is responsible for a given x window again? it's driving me crazy.	xwininfo
what package do i apt-get if i want the kernel source and configuration files that were used to buil dmy version of ubuntu?	config file should be in /boot
can't connect to 64bit wep network. am able to connect when i turn off encryption. using a wg311v3 via ndiswrapper, but i believe the problem is that network connections gui menu doesn't offer a 64bit wep option. is there a work around or an alternative that i can use?	don't use wep, it can be hacked in less than a minute
is there p2p software for ubuntu like limewire,soulseek,etc?	use bittorrent
hello! somebody knows when firefox 1.5 will be put in universe or multiverse repositories?	it's way faster than the one in the repos
can someone explain how to use azureus to search for torrents?	all it does is manage the torrents once you find them in firefox.
hello, i have a question regarding file permissions. i have 2 groups on my system, with various users in them. how can i have files where 1 group has full read/write and the other has read only	you can't. use acls if you really need that kind of control. your other option is to just give everyone read permissions and 1 specific group write permissions
hey all .. is upgrading to 11.10 from 11.04 an option right now? or is reinstalling the only option?	there is an option to upgrade even after you boot from cd/usb
when i start my computer i can't switch the wifi on and off with the wifi button.	is it an hp?
hi all, i have the new 8.10 cd how do i upgrade using my cd. internet very slow. thank's	put the cd in, go to system -> admin -> software sources and it should be in there
if you install an application from source, will it update when you use the update manager?	no it won't
what is the best 3d modeling tool available? blender or is there something else?	blender is the best open source, but you can also get maya for linux
so, my sound is busted on ubuntu, but it works fine on the livecd anyway i can take the sound information from the livecd and replace it on my current ubuntu install because i cant figure out why its not working	have you checked alsamixer to make sure its not muted?
anyone know how to configure 10.04 to wake on lan from suspend? wake on lan works when the system is powered off.	the os has nothing to do with wol
what is alternative cd (?) and i'm looking for *buntu with no desktop	use the alternate cd when you have problems installing with the normal cd.
i am thinking about geting a laptop and i want to beable to run ubuntu on it fine. what are some guide lines i should go by for looking for laptops?	https://wiki.ubuntu.com/hardwaresupportmachineslaptops
hi all ... i have a wireless card that need rt73.ko. how to install it in ubuntu ?	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/wifidocs/driver/ralinkrt73
has anyone ever installed grub on the secondary harddrive and it worked?	that doesn't sound encouraging
how do you know the .bin file is actually a shell script? that's silly and could be dangerous	it could be a missnamed .tar.gz also..
does anyone here have a logitech wireless keyboard/mouse? i'd like to get one, but i don't know how well it'll work with linux.	3 of them, they work seamlessly
how to copy a string from xterm to clipboard?	although it'll end up in the 'middle-click' keyboard, so you can paste with middle button click
does gnome-volume-manager have a configuration gui?	i think not, its all in gconf-editor :(
my computer has stopped booting at 'loading modules' with the error message 'buffer i/o error on devicd sdb, logical block 0' i have no scsi drive can anyone help?	what kind of disks do u have?
how do i undelete contents of a folder?	did you accidentally delete something permanently, aka not in the trash?
is it possible to check physical size of ram available?	cat /proc/meminfo
how would one go about compiling x86 assembly? i have a test tomorrow and i need some practice ;)	check out nasm
hey guys, new to ubuntu, and have been tasked with creating a script to install either 32 or 64 but ubuntu with specified versions of a few applications (gcc, java, postgresql, and a couple others)..can anyone point me in the right direction?	is that what you want?
how can i mount a .cue/.bin? also, gksudo network-admincan i have some real-people recomendations for vnc viewers and software?	1) not, convert it to iso with bchunk 2) freenx
how exactly can i create a direct connection from a windows to and ubuntu pc?	use samba
hi all! i've written a python script. can i execute it at the boot time?	system--> preferences--> sessions
is it possible for me to download teamspeak using the terminal?	sudo apt-get install teamspeak-client
i have installed ubuntu 12.04 in dual boot with w7. now i want to make the ubuntu partition larger, and thw w7 one much smaller (than i originally selected when installung u). can i do this from within ubuntu?	you'll need to do this from live media (a live cd) as the partitions will be in use
whats the difference between server install cd and desktop install cd?	i normally do a server install then apt-get a different kernel then apt-get install xserver-xorg fluxbox as my starting point
what is a good application to run on ubuntu that is similar to microsoft money?	gnucah
firefox leaked everywhere and now my system hangs and the hard drive clicks when i do anything, does anyone know a way i can clean up my system?	the problem you're describing is unreleated to firefox.
hey, how do you open an rar file with ubuntu?	get the rar package in synaptic.

why headphones just doesn't work?

they should generally just work, if they don't sometimes you have to use some kind of little workaround, depends on computer model. have you tried googling your modem + headphones don't work etc..?

anyone know of a better gnome based video player than totem?

gmplayer

which kernel version does ubuntu lite use?

give uname -a

how do you log out other users on your system from the root account?

sudo or root 'skill -u (username)'

hello. how can i, from the command line, tell ubuntu feisty to use metacity instead of beryl next time i reboot? thanks in advance for your time

can't you run metacity from another terminal? (ctrl+alt+f1 for example)

how do i upgrade openoffice.org to the 3rd version?

http://news.softpedia.com/news/how-to-install-openoffice-org-3-0-in-ubuntu-8-10-96449.shtml

why does the windows channel have 2 #'s in the name...?

two hash marks indicate a non-official channel.

where are firefox favorites stored??? what folder, etc?

on your home in .mozilla (control+h to show hidden directories)

so i just plugged an old canon i550 printer but lsusb doesnt show anything

check linuxprinting.org for that printer

hi. what command can i run in the terminal to see how much ram im using?

free

you are running lucid? maybe it's kernel is too old; i mean there were tons of changes since then and loads of new drivers were added. can you boot your system with a new oneiric live-cd or something to see if it works there?

oh ok i will try. cant i download the particular driver for this cam? instead of upgrading everything? i like lts :) thanks

what's the link for browsing throught the repositories online?

http://packages.ubuntu.com/

are you sure? rumour has it nautilus is involved in automounting too (rumour being the readme or the like that comes with recent gnome-volume-manager)

gnome-volume-control, not manager

hello. is there a bash-command to find out the version of a given command? something like 'version vim' to give me the version number of the app.

very often: 'command --version'

when i try to use irc client on emacs, i got this error'*** no identd (auth) response'. this means i have to install identd on my ubuntu??

some servers might want one.. but ive not seen any in ages that did.

if i allocate partition space on two separate hard drives to '/home' will that cause anything weird to happen, or will linux write the data between the drives?

it won't do what you want. you need lvm to combine two physical partitions into one virtual one, and it's more trouble than it's worth. name one of them /home and the other /backup and just copy stuff between them manually...

hi, any alternative for whereisit? catalogue app for ubuntu?

i think i'd just use a... directory structure, though

anyone knows how to get rhythmbox to play mp3 when you double click on file in nautilus? it only works if rhythmbox is already running

i never figured it out myself

how long did it take you go get up to speed with dvorak?

a week to get usable speeds, 3 weeks to be as fast as i was on qwerty, a month and a half and i was 20wpm faster than on qwerty

is 31 c good for cpu?

good for what? it's low and nice for normal operating temperature.

hey will gnome volume manager auto mount a hard drive i'm about to add to my computer? as that's gonna annoy me as it needs formatting...

probably not. you will need to add it to fstab .

!tell iron about iron

just install that, and then run a 'sudo aptitude dist-upgrade', it will catch any errors.

ok, editra is not running in my system. what to do?

you can try gnu-smalltalk

is there a video codec pack that includes xvid? apt-get doesnt find xvid codec

consult your media player's site for codec documentation.. try vlc

hi. i'm using ubuntu 10.04.3 lts 64bit with eclipse indigo sr1. when i quit from eclipse by file->exit it really doesn't quits - i still can see it running (ps ax). anyone occurred this problem?

are there bugs reported?

is there a way to tell if a package has been updated recently? i.e. if i wanted to find out if the package management system had updated banshee recently, could i find that out?

you can check the dpkg log in /var/log/dpkg.log

what are file browser alternatives to nautilus, other than thunar and pcmanfm? any ?

there are many mc, konqueror(kde), roxie

can someone tell me how to burn an .img to a hard disk? i'm trying to install freenas on another disk for another computer. it's an .img file.

a .img is normally a raw disk image; it can be dumped to a harddisk using zcat and dd

when i apt-get install deluge, in which directory is the deluge command actually located?

normally in /usr/bin but you can check with the dpkg -l deluge command

does lucid consume more memory than karmic after startup?

yes, but it shouldn't matter unless karmic is already swapping. (eg: 128 mb)

how is everyone doing today?

so what was the original question about denial of service attacks?

your d drive is where ubuntu is? thats claled filesystem now and d:\ is only in winows ubutnu works differently

yea i know that, but i can't access my d drive, even though its called something else.

hello, do i need lvm to run a desktop?

no......lvm = a new kind of partiotioning

when i do apt-get remove mysql-server-5.0 and then reinstall it, it still is pulling config from somewhere, cause i get access denied when trying to log onto the db

apt-get remove --purge package

hi all! i have installed pidgin with microblogging plugin, and after few days of using it stop connect to twitter... what happen?

not sure ... i dont use pidgin...however is something change on twitter?

is there something wrong with the repositories? i keep getting 403 errors. :3

us.archive.ubuntu.com is down. remove the 'us.' bits from /etc/apt/sources.list

does anyone know how to convert x264 format .mkv files into .avi or .mp4

the bot is down for now

how do i open grub's 'menu.lst' so that i'm allowed to save it?

sudo <favorite-text-editor> /boot/grub/menu.lst

how can see who connected with my wireless??except using kismet that make my wireless turn into monitor mode :(

you can't really set you're own mac address...

anyone know a good console app i can use in a cron job that reports cpu usage?

iostat

hey guys, is there any way to adjust the resolution of the server teminal? the font is just amazingly large and i'd like to be able to view more information at once without scrolling the screen all around.

fbset

i'm getting fed up with ubuntu support. i've only had 5 problems/questions over the last two years that i've had to post to support forums or irc channels. it seems that anything not quickly solvable by searching google gets ignored. a simple, 'i'm stumped' would suffice, but when i say i've tried their solution already or that it didn't work, i'm met by silence. it's unprofessional and off putting.

if it were simple, you wouldnt be here

what is eth0?

eth0 = default network card

i have a directory i created as a different user on this system called /share. when i look at it as this user i see locks on the folders inside. i want to make /share so that everyone can access add delete and do whatever sionce its a total share for everyone. i am not worried about security this is a home network basically sharing music, videos documents etc.. so how would i properly change the permissions so everyone can add and

chmod -r 777 dir/

if you want to go super-geek, you can have another linux os running inside of windows via a virtual machine... that should be able to see your other partition, no?

a vm cant see what the host cant see

is there final work being done to prepare the final iso?

compiz

hi all new to ubuntu server edition, im running lucid. how do i install packages like the one found here? http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/libevent-dev

or setup your own ppa

how can i set a cron to open a webpage then after the page finishes loading it ends the cron?

or.. you want to open it in a browser? not just download it?

how do i adjust vim to get colors ?

':syntax on'

can someone help me, opera no longer remembers passswords or usernames on my computer.

your best bet would be the opera forums

very stupid question: how do i display kernel information from the command line? like what version i'm using?

uname -r

i am getting a command prompt after booting, its not showing the gui anymore. what did i do?

reboot your pc and hold down the shift key during boot to get to the grub2 menu

im trying to install ubuntu-minimal and i just get a kernel panic o_o it cant read the file system of the previous installation i want to write over

you should have a package manger also to install what you want

what's everyone's favourite music player for ubuntu?

you don't want to know *everyone's* favorite, we're 924 here right now

can anyone please tell me how to set read permissions on an ntfs mounted hdd

pass -o umask=022 to mount

hi! i noticed the info on launchpad for nbd is horribly incorrect. who do i contact to get it fixed?

good question

i accidently removed the top panel in gnome. i got the panel back, and most of the stuff on it, but i don't see the system tray in the applets list. how do i get it back?

i think you're looking for the notification applet

where can i check for linux/ubuntu hardware compatibility (for webcam) before buying one? thanks

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/hardwaresupportcomponentsmultimediawebcameras

question: is it possible to turn on specific desktop affects? i want one or two affects (blender doesn't agree with all of them, so i can't use them all), but i dont want the rest.

install the ccsm tool and tweak them all day long. :)

hi all..does anyone know how to enable sshd on ubuntu so i can remote login to my pc?

look below

how do i unzip a *.bz

it it's just .bz2 or .bz, bunzip2 file.bz2, but if it has .tar.bz or .tar.bz2, use tar xjf file.tar.bz2

has anyone had the problem with the livecd - as to when you go to click install, it doesn't do anything?

maybe it doesnt want to install

why for example i do 'useradd -g cacti cactiuser' i just have '$' when i log on ? i would like something like 'cactiuser@ubuntu:' any idea ?

copy the contents of /etc/skel/ into that user's home directory

are all torrents considered illegal? i use it to download ubuntu all the time.

no, but new moon torrents are...

hello, what is that command that lets you identify what process is responsible for a given x window again? it's driving me crazy.

xwininfo

what package do i apt-get if i want the kernel source and configuration files that were used to buil dmy version of ubuntu?

config file should be in /boot

can't connect to 64bit wep network. am able to connect when i turn off encryption. using a wg311v3 via ndiswrapper, but i believe the problem is that network connections gui menu doesn't offer a 64bit wep option. is there a work around or an alternative that i can use?

don't use wep, it can be hacked in less than a minute

is there p2p software for ubuntu like limewire,soulseek,etc?

use bittorrent

hello! somebody knows when firefox 1.5 will be put in universe or multiverse repositories?

it's way faster than the one in the repos

can someone explain how to use azureus to search for torrents?

all it does is manage the torrents once you find them in firefox.

hello, i have a question regarding file permissions. i have 2 groups on my system, with various users in them. how can i have files where 1 group has full read/write and the other has read only

you can't. use acls if you really need that kind of control. your other option is to just give everyone read permissions and 1 specific group write permissions

hey all .. is upgrading to 11.10 from 11.04 an option right now? or is reinstalling the only option?

there is an option to upgrade even after you boot from cd/usb

when i start my computer i can't switch the wifi on and off with the wifi button.

is it an hp?

hi all, i have the new 8.10 cd how do i upgrade using my cd. internet very slow. thank's

put the cd in, go to system -> admin -> software sources and it should be in there

if you install an application from source, will it update when you use the update manager?

no it won't

what is the best 3d modeling tool available? blender or is there something else?

blender is the best open source, but you can also get maya for linux

so, my sound is busted on ubuntu, but it works fine on the livecd anyway i can take the sound information from the livecd and replace it on my current ubuntu install because i cant figure out why its not working

have you checked alsamixer to make sure its not muted?

anyone know how to configure 10.04 to wake on lan from suspend? wake on lan works when the system is powered off.

the os has nothing to do with wol

what is alternative cd (?) and i'm looking for *buntu with no desktop

use the alternate cd when you have problems installing with the normal cd.

i am thinking about geting a laptop and i want to beable to run ubuntu on it fine. what are some guide lines i should go by for looking for laptops?

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/hardwaresupportmachineslaptops

hi all ... i have a wireless card that need rt73.ko. how to install it in ubuntu ?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/wifidocs/driver/ralinkrt73

has anyone ever installed grub on the secondary harddrive and it worked?

that doesn't sound encouraging

how do you know the .bin file is actually a shell script? that's silly and could be dangerous

it could be a missnamed .tar.gz also..

does anyone here have a logitech wireless keyboard/mouse? i'd like to get one, but i don't know how well it'll work with linux.

3 of them, they work seamlessly

how to copy a string from xterm to clipboard?

although it'll end up in the 'middle-click' keyboard, so you can paste with middle button click

does gnome-volume-manager have a configuration gui?

i think not, its all in gconf-editor :(

my computer has stopped booting at 'loading modules' with the error message 'buffer i/o error on devicd sdb, logical block 0' i have no scsi drive can anyone help?

what kind of disks do u have?

how do i undelete contents of a folder?

did you accidentally delete something permanently, aka not in the trash?

is it possible to check physical size of ram available?

cat /proc/meminfo

how would one go about compiling x86 assembly? i have a test tomorrow and i need some practice ;)

check out nasm

hey guys, new to ubuntu, and have been tasked with creating a script to install either 32 or 64 but ubuntu with specified versions of a few applications (gcc, java, postgresql, and a couple others)..can anyone point me in the right direction?

is that what you want?

how can i mount a .cue/.bin? also, gksudo network-admincan i have some real-people recomendations for vnc viewers and software?

1) not, convert it to iso with bchunk 2) freenx

how exactly can i create a direct connection from a windows to and ubuntu pc?

use samba

hi all! i've written a python script. can i execute it at the boot time?

system--> preferences--> sessions

is it possible for me to download teamspeak using the terminal?

sudo apt-get install teamspeak-client

i have installed ubuntu 12.04 in dual boot with w7. now i want to make the ubuntu partition larger, and thw w7 one much smaller (than i originally selected when installung u). can i do this from within ubuntu?

you'll need to do this from live media (a live cd) as the partitions will be in use

whats the difference between server install cd and desktop install cd?

i normally do a server install then apt-get a different kernel then apt-get install xserver-xorg fluxbox as my starting point

what is a good application to run on ubuntu that is similar to microsoft money?

gnucah

firefox leaked everywhere and now my system hangs and the hard drive clicks when i do anything, does anyone know a way i can clean up my system?

the problem you're describing is unreleated to firefox.

hey, how do you open an rar file with ubuntu?

get the rar package in synaptic.