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so how can i emulate mounting an iso, to behave same as i insert a cd?	you can still do whatever you need to do though
can i make a cronjob using sudo crontab +e that opens a gnome-terminal? then runs shutdown 10. i want this to display the shutdown message in the recently open gnome-terminal. since the users probably don't have a terminal open they would not see the shutdown message unless i do it like this?	easier to look at gtk message popup tools,
hello all.. any ide which package contains 'send' command? or how to find that out?	apt-file search foobar is searching all packages from the repo containing the file 'foobar'
anyone know how i can set the x11 background to a .jpeg ? (i'm not running gnome or anything, just wmii, so i need the raw command)	feh comes with aterm, i believe
whats the easiest way to get firefox to install shockwave flash in ubuntu	u mean a flash viewer? the easiest way would be just to visit youtube and click on the 'install missing plugins' button
hey was wondering if theres a place i can find some codecs to play newer movies,	pretty much the ultimate movie player. knows nearly every single format. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
another quick question, how would you change a folders permission + every file in the folder?	do it with -r option
hei, can anyone help me? i can not copy files from a ntfs partition in my hard driver where the ubuntu is installed and running	use ntfs-3g
whats the package name for install the c man-pages with apt-get? when i type man qsort my ubuntu dont find the man page.	install manpages-dev
is there an application for linux where i am able to download full websites?.. i've heard wget is bad at doing this	httrack
hmm.. is the ubuntu keyserver down? (keyserver.ubuntu.com)	just keep trying. it'll eventually go thru
hey guys, my ubuntu 12.04 is not booting. how can i recover it? i know what changes need to be made. but i want to know how to boot existing ubuntu from live cd	and mount your hard drive from livecd terminal
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-install-virtualbox-16-in-ubuntu-804hardy-heron-including-usb-support.html#more-553 you might look here	i'll give that a try, thanks
can anyone help how can i install traceroute package for terminal	sudo aptitude install traceroute
are there any free voip software avaiable?	ekiga is a free voip. see also 'apt-cache search voip'
is there a program for linux (preferably packaged for ubuntu) that will let me rotate my desktop backgrounds automatically, the way i can do in os x? i've apt-cache search'd and googled, but i can't find anything relevant. am i just missing it, or does such a program not exist?	http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=random+background&section=projects&go.x=0&go.y=0
can i install dapper onto an ext3 hdd, without losing the existing data, as long as there is space?	you'd need to repartition the drive, first.
can anyone please give me some help getting my remotes to work with a commandir in mythbuntu? i've been asking for hours in the mythbuntu room without a single response...	is there some reason its not working with lirc? i thought that was supported better
is there any way to install the .net framework 3.0 in wine? i can't find it via google, because of .net domains.	check appdb
did someone know how to make two different graphic profile for two different session into ubuntu	you can, with some slight difficulty, making xorg dump a conf file, duplicate that and edit the second one for the second session and whenever needed either hack up a script to start the second session of xorg in that fashion or switch by closing xorg with script and making it start on an alternate profile
can anyone give me the default ubuntu xorg.conf? i screwed up mine	no such thing exists
how can i change my hostname?	system--->administration--->networking
i once read about a program, that could make you handle your hand-compiled apps through dpkg. does anyone know what i am talking about?	it's either checkinstall or dh_make
hey, is freecontrib down? (specifically the plf repo's?) caus i cant apt-get update with them :(	freecontrib isn't part of the official ubuntu repos.
hello #ubuntu. how do i add a launcher to the new menu>	put the launcher on the desktop. drag the launcher onto the unity bar on the left.
anyone working with cr.yp.to/daemontools, let me know.	why would you want to use that?
anyone know how to stop empathy from auto scrolling, i'm trying to go up but every time there's a new post it goes back to the bottom again?	use a real irc client, i would say.
hi, how can i block dcc spam? or deactivate dcc?	/ignore !@* dcc
hi guys is it possible to install ubuntu over the internet?? with a few floppies	try googling for ubuntu netinstall andread through those
so after installing 11.04, i get a popup saying that my hardware is not good for unity. what it should probably say instead is that ubuntu hasn't gotten around to installing my nvidia drivers yet...	if you aren't seeing the grub menu at all then the problem is that your bios isn't booting from the right drive. has nothing to do with guids
curious, does ubuntu server 10.04lts come with lvm by standard>	yes, lvm is part of the install
i have my mouse scroll wheel scrolling backwards... do you know if it's possible to configure that behaviour ?	use ur mouse upside down
i remember there was a cool app which showed graphs & statistics about laptop battery charge levels. but i can't find it again. do you know what's it's called?	run it with : gnome-power-statistics
what is a good text/cli web browser?	lynx
does anyone know of a program/script that can help in tagging and organizing music with lookups to cddb, gracenote, etc?	easytag does cddb lookups, not sure about other web-based song services.
when was dapper released?	sorry, i meant (year)month)
how i can install source of some package? synaptic added src in apt/sources.list, but i don't see any src packages in a list from synaptic (i also did reload).	'apt-get source package' note that you do not need to run as root and the source package will be downloaded to the current directory
are there any lightweight rss readers (hell, preferably all it has is a tray icon that notifies me of new entries) for gnome? i don't feel like grabbing a couple hundred megs of kde libs along with akregator	opera has it built-in, and also there's liferea, which seems to be good.
hey all, hardy is detecting my pata drive as a sda, in gutsy it was had is this something to be concerned about?	no nothing to be concerned about
i'm planning on reinstalling ubuntu. i have a 64 bit processor and i know in the past i have gotten frusterated at the difficulty of finding working packages for amd64 machines. so i've always installed 32 bit ubuntu instead. would you recommend installing 64 bit ubuntu this time? explain.	no, don't install the 64-bit unless you really know what your are doing. i've read it is recommended for headless machines, or servers, not for desktop, everyday users.
i have a ssh connection to my remote server and i need to make some changes to my router settings, but unfortunately lynx doesn't support form buttons properly so i can't save them, any ideas what to try? is there a better cli browser or any other ways to do this?	elinks
does anyone know the sudo apt-get install command to install alsaplayer-jack\|	use apt-cache to search for it
anyone knows a way to add a special key.. like for example.. i want pressing both right and left mouse buttons, to be treated as pressing alt+ctrl	maybe with xbindkeys but i'm not sure how well it works with mouse combos like that
hello. where do i put a .so file i want to add to firefox? i downloaded 64 bit version of adobe flash, got .so file and don't know what to do next with it	cp <file.so> ~/.mozilla/plugins; killall firefox; firefox &
w: failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xorg-server/xserver-xorg-core_1.3.0.0.dfsg-12ubuntu8.1_i386.deb 403 forbidden <---- this showed up in the update manager. lol help?	yeah, it is happening to many folks now just be patient for a fix
what graphical disk utility is used during the live cd boot and install?	probably gparted
sometimes when i boot, my harddisk is checked for errors. is there a way to see the log for this or to force it to do it again?	man fsck
autoload failed for: /home/barney/.xchat2/audacious-show-1.2.0.so libaudacious.so.3.0.0: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory <-- when trying to run an xchat plugin. the file is located here: /usr/local/lib/libaudacious.so.3.0.0 <-- how do i make it look for it there?	you have to add /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf and then sudo ldconfig
is there a way to install for example the latest version of wine via aptitude?	theres a unoffical repo that has the latest wine.
how can i determine the install path of an application? (i seek the directory of zsnes installed via resository)	check the man pages for the app.
im having a brain fart, what are those buttons on top called? minimize, maximize, close?	would you accept window buttons?
is there anyway to activate my back/forward button with the new ubuntu? or its a crazy mess like before? :p	i saw the tools here -> http://www.ollisalonen.com/btnx/ for doing a lot of neat tricks with mice buttons.. not sure about the forward.back - i never use that feature. :)
hey guys, just updated my ubuntu 11.10 system to 12.04, and now all the font is white ... any quick fixes?	i had that issue. i went to the appearance tab of the control center
what irc channel you use? i'm tired of xchat	is very nice
hello, what is the kernel version shipped with ubuntu 6.10?	2.6.17
does anyone have the md5 checksum value for feisty, or can someone give me a link? i'm having no luck accessing anything but the homepage on the main site.	look here http://ubuntu.virginmedia.com/releases/7.04/
if i change settings in my samba configuration file, is there something i need to do to restart the service for the changes to take effect?	not normally, but you can do /etc/init.d/smb restart
anybody uses gnomad here?	there is e.g. gdesklets for gnome, superkaramba for kde, and also others, like e.g. cairo-clock for compiz/beryl etc.
http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=slick1jy.jpg	thats a nice desktop :o
hi. how do i extract one single page from a big pdf file?	you can print the page you want to a separate pdf, if that's what you're looking for.
is there a way to mount any and all hdds on boot?	ya look int /etc/fstab
uh, i clicked properties on a desktop file, and accidentally cancelled. now my desktop hung. how do i reset the desktop?	you can switch users and then switch back
is my patience worth it (or should i resend my question or search for help somewhere else?)	dpkg -i /media/disk/where/it/is
hello, bittorrent and edonkey is blocked by my isp, what is some possible alternatives for p2p file sharing?	direct connect?
hi everybody. i've got this peculiar problem on ubuntu. today i've created a partition on another harddrive using gparted and i placed all my user files in there. music etc, also pics for wallpaper. i've set a wallpaper to something in the menu/appearance. when i reboot the system, the background image doesn't set	check /etc/fstab and see where its mounting the drive
am i missing java here ? exec: 26: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java: not found ? if yes what is the package i have to download ?	sun-java-6
[q] what can i use to locate a file in terminal?	locate or find
does turning the visual effects from 'extra' to 'normal' disable compiz?	anything other than none, and compiz will be enabled
hello there. well i have the following problem: when i download subtitles, i can see only some strange symbols when i open them. what do i need to see them correctly? codecs?	probably fonts
how to change gnome's gui language	gnome-language-selector
is the ppc version of ubuntu a bootable cd image? or is it painful to set up like most ppc distros?	it's a bootable cd image
is it possible to call terminal commands from python? for example, get a string, send it to terminal, print output?	http://bytes.com/topic/python/answers/457798-how-run-shell-commands-within-python does this help?
is there anyway to open a new terminal shell in a tab of an existing terminal window, rather than opening a new window everytime.?	check gnome-terminal --help. it suggests --tab
how do you open a file that contains a & in it's name in terminal? the shell doesn't accept the &	how about \& ?
hey guys i just got out of windows, and im really used to 'win+e' to open my computer, could anyone help me out set hot key for opening my home folder ? ..or refer me to a howto :d	ctrl+alt+home is default. otherwise, go to system, preferences, keyboard shortcuts and change it
hi all. firstly hapy new year! ok, when is the next release of ubuntu and whats it called??	btw, releases are always planned for 04 (april) and 10 (oct)
i'm trying to get my tv-out working (nvidia fx 5200), setting up modes like '1600x1200,640x480' does not make the computer display in 1600x1200 and the tv in the other, but instead changes the computer to display 2240x1200 so it extends the desktop in such a way that the tv displays something out of the (to the computer) visible desktop range.	what with
how do you take a screen shot when your useing someing like lynx or bitchx ?	i believe bitchx does logging, and i think you can save pages with lynx
hello. when i want to burn an .iso file in doesn't work. i wanted to create a file image with cd/dvd creator but when i'm copy the file and click 'write to disc' it'll open a dialog with 'from image' and 'file' and when i hit from image i don't get nothing	just right-click the actual iso file, select 'burn to disc' - no need to use the cd/dvd creator
how do i read a certain number of bytes from a file (from the terminal)?	i think theres numerous ways. check out man page for 'head'
is there a very reliable download manager with excellent resume support?	downthemall
hi... i added 'computer' to my desktop (like a shortcut) and i want to get rid of it, how do i do that?	somewhere in gconf editor ... untick something that i don't remember to make icons on desktop disappear
could anyone tell me if there's any shell command to play a sound without showing a gui?	play
do i want lpr or cups drivers?	cups
is there anyway to make that folders in nautilus appear different than the default icon? for example, if i have 3 folders with music, and i want the to show the cover of each album...	open a properties window for the folder in question, click on the icon in the upper left and select a new one
what is the apt-get name to get beep media player skins?	you could use 'apt-cache search beep ' to find possible targets
hi guys, need help on cpufreq. intel e2160 cpu, ubuntu 6.10 with 2.6.17-10-generic kernel (shipped with iso), cpufreq seems not working. modprobe either speedstep-centrino or acpi-cpufreq fails with 'no such device'. any one has an idea? thanks.	i don't think edgy is supported any more, which means nothing but security updates i believe. you may have better results with 7.10
does anybody here know much about virtual box?	check if you 've the guest additions and upgrade them if necessary , for e.g. from 1.4.xxx to 1.5 ...
hi i have just set up my external data drive in fstab to mouny in ~/data. is there a way to mount in without rebooting	sudo mount -a
another thing i would like to ask is, is anti virus necessary on ubuntu? i always heard that linux os won't get viruses but how true is that?	i dont think chrome is available for any other os but windows
quick question, i want to install ubuntu desktop, but using the desktop install cd, i see no way to partition the disk to my liking. i want an encrypted partition with lvm and custom virtual partitions, etc. with the alternate install cd i know how (manual partitioning has way more options.) when i use the alternate cd i always use the cli mode. if i use normal will it install ubuntu desktop?	yeah you can
hi there, where i can find the 'howto' to upgrade ubuntu to unstable	just change warty line to hoary then run apt-get update;apt-get dist-upgrade
just upgraded to 10.04, how to i move the close/minimize/maximize buttons to the right side of my windows?	use any theme besides ambiance n radiance. ;-)
is there a way to stop gnome from opening rhythmbox when i put if a cd?	go to nautilus' preferences
hi.. how can i install emacs? but offline. (which packages should i download and take them on another computer (jaunty) to install it)?	look into aptoncd
is there a 'task manager' in ubuntu, where i can see all running applications and close them if necessary?	it is under administration tools, system monitor
hey guys, a question: i want to suppress updates for the openoffice package included in hardy as i have installed ooo3.0, how would i go about doing that?	in synaptic, you can lock version on it
anybody know how i can completely remove crossover office? i installed it but now i dont want it anymore since wine seems to work better	if you used .deb synaptic can see it most likely
does anyone know to which bug frogzoo was referring? or how to 'reregister schemes', as he put it?	perhaps https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf2/+bug/50150
here's what powertop currently says http://img6.imagebanana.com/img/upqlxd50/mykrobideapadz570_029.png	i had this exact question. powertop settings are designed _not_ to stick. this was a programming decision. they do not survive reboot. you have to manually apply them each time you boot.

so how can i emulate mounting an iso, to behave same as i insert a cd?

you can still do whatever you need to do though

can i make a cronjob using sudo crontab +e that opens a gnome-terminal? then runs shutdown 10. i want this to display the shutdown message in the recently open gnome-terminal. since the users probably don't have a terminal open they would not see the shutdown message unless i do it like this?

easier to look at gtk message popup tools,

hello all.. any ide which package contains 'send' command? or how to find that out?

apt-file search foobar is searching all packages from the repo containing the file 'foobar'

anyone know how i can set the x11 background to a .jpeg ? (i'm not running gnome or anything, just wmii, so i need the raw command)

feh comes with aterm, i believe

whats the easiest way to get firefox to install shockwave flash in ubuntu

u mean a flash viewer? the easiest way would be just to visit youtube and click on the 'install missing plugins' button

hey was wondering if theres a place i can find some codecs to play newer movies,

pretty much the ultimate movie player. knows nearly every single format. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

another quick question, how would you change a folders permission + every file in the folder?

do it with -r option

hei, can anyone help me? i can not copy files from a ntfs partition in my hard driver where the ubuntu is installed and running

use ntfs-3g

whats the package name for install the c man-pages with apt-get? when i type man qsort my ubuntu dont find the man page.

install manpages-dev

is there an application for linux where i am able to download full websites?.. i've heard wget is bad at doing this

httrack

hmm.. is the ubuntu keyserver down? (keyserver.ubuntu.com)

just keep trying. it'll eventually go thru

hey guys, my ubuntu 12.04 is not booting. how can i recover it? i know what changes need to be made. but i want to know how to boot existing ubuntu from live cd

and mount your hard drive from livecd terminal

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-install-virtualbox-16-in-ubuntu-804hardy-heron-including-usb-support.html#more-553 you might look here

i'll give that a try, thanks

can anyone help how can i install traceroute package for terminal

sudo aptitude install traceroute

are there any free voip software avaiable?

ekiga is a free voip. see also 'apt-cache search voip'

is there a program for linux (preferably packaged for ubuntu) that will let me rotate my desktop backgrounds automatically, the way i can do in os x? i've apt-cache search'd and googled, but i can't find anything relevant. am i just missing it, or does such a program not exist?

http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=random+background&section=projects&go.x=0&go.y=0

can i install dapper onto an ext3 hdd, without losing the existing data, as long as there is space?

you'd need to repartition the drive, first.

can anyone please give me some help getting my remotes to work with a commandir in mythbuntu? i've been asking for hours in the mythbuntu room without a single response...

is there some reason its not working with lirc? i thought that was supported better

is there any way to install the .net framework 3.0 in wine? i can't find it via google, because of .net domains.

check appdb

did someone know how to make two different graphic profile for two different session into ubuntu

you can, with some slight difficulty, making xorg dump a conf file, duplicate that and edit the second one for the second session and whenever needed either hack up a script to start the second session of xorg in that fashion or switch by closing xorg with script and making it start on an alternate profile

can anyone give me the default ubuntu xorg.conf? i screwed up mine

no such thing exists

how can i change my hostname?

system--->administration--->networking

i once read about a program, that could make you handle your hand-compiled apps through dpkg. does anyone know what i am talking about?

it's either checkinstall or dh_make

hey, is freecontrib down? (specifically the plf repo's?) caus i cant apt-get update with them :(

freecontrib isn't part of the official ubuntu repos.

hello #ubuntu. how do i add a launcher to the new menu>

put the launcher on the desktop. drag the launcher onto the unity bar on the left.

anyone working with cr.yp.to/daemontools, let me know.

why would you want to use that?

anyone know how to stop empathy from auto scrolling, i'm trying to go up but every time there's a new post it goes back to the bottom again?

use a real irc client, i would say.

hi, how can i block dcc spam? or deactivate dcc?

/ignore *!*@* dcc

hi guys is it possible to install ubuntu over the internet?? with a few floppies

try googling for ubuntu netinstall andread through those

so after installing 11.04, i get a popup saying that my hardware is not good for unity. what it should probably say instead is that ubuntu hasn't gotten around to installing my nvidia drivers yet...

if you aren't seeing the grub menu at all then the problem is that your bios isn't booting from the right drive. has nothing to do with guids

curious, does ubuntu server 10.04lts come with lvm by standard>

yes, lvm is part of the install

i have my mouse scroll wheel scrolling backwards... do you know if it's possible to configure that behaviour ?

use ur mouse upside down

i remember there was a cool app which showed graphs & statistics about laptop battery charge levels. but i can't find it again. do you know what's it's called?

run it with : gnome-power-statistics

what is a good text/cli web browser?

lynx

does anyone know of a program/script that can help in tagging and organizing music with lookups to cddb, gracenote, etc?

easytag does cddb lookups, not sure about other web-based song services.

when was dapper released?

sorry, i meant (year)month)

how i can install source of some package? synaptic added src in apt/sources.list, but i don't see any src packages in a list from synaptic (i also did reload).

'apt-get source package' note that you do *not* need to run as root and the source package will be downloaded to the current directory

are there any lightweight rss readers (hell, preferably all it has is a tray icon that notifies me of new entries) for gnome? i don't feel like grabbing a couple hundred megs of kde libs along with akregator

opera has it built-in, and also there's liferea, which seems to be good.

hey all, hardy is detecting my pata drive as a sda, in gutsy it was had is this something to be concerned about?

no nothing to be concerned about

i'm planning on reinstalling ubuntu. i have a 64 bit processor and i know in the past i have gotten frusterated at the difficulty of finding working packages for amd64 machines. so i've always installed 32 bit ubuntu instead. would you recommend installing 64 bit ubuntu this time? explain.

no, don't install the 64-bit unless you really know what your are doing. i've read it is recommended for headless machines, or servers, not for desktop, everyday users.

i have a ssh connection to my remote server and i need to make some changes to my router settings, but unfortunately lynx doesn't support form buttons properly so i can't save them, any ideas what to try? is there a better cli browser or any other ways to do this?

elinks

does anyone know the sudo apt-get install command to install alsaplayer-jack|

use apt-cache to search for it

anyone knows a way to add a special key.. like for example.. i want pressing both right and left mouse buttons, to be treated as pressing alt+ctrl

maybe with xbindkeys but i'm not sure how well it works with mouse combos like that

hello. where do i put a .so file i want to add to firefox? i downloaded 64 bit version of adobe flash, got .so file and don't know what to do next with it

cp <file.so> ~/.mozilla/plugins; killall firefox; firefox &

w: failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xorg-server/xserver-xorg-core_1.3.0.0.dfsg-12ubuntu8.1_i386.deb 403 forbidden <---- this showed up in the update manager. lol help?

yeah, it is happening to many folks now just be patient for a fix

what graphical disk utility is used during the live cd boot and install?

probably gparted

sometimes when i boot, my harddisk is checked for errors. is there a way to see the log for this or to force it to do it again?

man fsck

autoload failed for: /home/barney/.xchat2/audacious-show-1.2.0.so libaudacious.so.3.0.0: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory <-- when trying to run an xchat plugin. the file is located here: /usr/local/lib/libaudacious.so.3.0.0 <-- how do i make it look for it there?

you have to add /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf and then sudo ldconfig

is there a way to install for example the latest version of wine via aptitude?

theres a unoffical repo that has the latest wine.

how can i determine the install path of an application? (i seek the directory of zsnes installed via resository)

check the man pages for the app.

im having a brain fart, what are those buttons on top called? minimize, maximize, close?

would you accept window buttons?

is there anyway to activate my back/forward button with the new ubuntu? or its a crazy mess like before? :p

i saw the tools here -> http://www.ollisalonen.com/btnx/ for doing a lot of neat tricks with mice buttons.. not sure about the forward.back - i never use that feature. :)

hey guys, just updated my ubuntu 11.10 system to 12.04, and now all the font is white ... any quick fixes?

i had that issue. i went to the appearance tab of the control center

what irc channel you use? i'm tired of xchat

is very nice

hello, what is the kernel version shipped with ubuntu 6.10?

2.6.17

does anyone have the md5 checksum value for feisty, or can someone give me a link? i'm having no luck accessing anything but the homepage on the main site.

look here http://ubuntu.virginmedia.com/releases/7.04/

if i change settings in my samba configuration file, is there something i need to do to restart the service for the changes to take effect?

not normally, but you can do /etc/init.d/smb restart

anybody uses gnomad here?

there is e.g. gdesklets for gnome, superkaramba for kde, and also others, like e.g. cairo-clock for compiz/beryl etc.

http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=slick1jy.jpg

thats a nice desktop :o

hi. how do i extract one single page from a big pdf file?

you can print the page you want to a separate pdf, if that's what you're looking for.

is there a way to mount any and all hdds on boot?

ya look int /etc/fstab

uh, i clicked properties on a desktop file, and accidentally cancelled. now my desktop hung. how do i reset the desktop?

you can switch users and then switch back

is my patience worth it (or should i resend my question or search for help somewhere else?)

dpkg -i /media/disk/where/it/is

hello, bittorrent and edonkey is blocked by my isp, what is some possible alternatives for p2p file sharing?

direct connect?

hi everybody. i've got this peculiar problem on ubuntu. today i've created a partition on another harddrive using gparted and i placed all my user files in there. music etc, also pics for wallpaper. i've set a wallpaper to something in the menu/appearance. when i reboot the system, the background image doesn't set

check /etc/fstab and see where its mounting the drive

am i missing java here ? exec: 26: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java: not found ? if yes what is the package i have to download ?

sun-java-6

[q] what can i use to locate a file in terminal?

locate or find

does turning the visual effects from 'extra' to 'normal' disable compiz?

anything other than none, and compiz will be enabled

hello there. well i have the following problem: when i download subtitles, i can see only some strange symbols when i open them. what do i need to see them correctly? codecs?

probably fonts

how to change gnome's gui language

gnome-language-selector

is the ppc version of ubuntu a bootable cd image? or is it painful to set up like most ppc distros?

it's a bootable cd image

is it possible to call terminal commands from python? for example, get a string, send it to terminal, print output?

http://bytes.com/topic/python/answers/457798-how-run-shell-commands-within-python does this help?

is there anyway to open a new terminal shell in a tab of an existing terminal window, rather than opening a new window everytime.?

check gnome-terminal --help. it suggests --tab

how do you open a file that contains a & in it's name in terminal? the shell doesn't accept the &

how about \& ?

hey guys i just got out of windows, and im really used to 'win+e' to open my computer, could anyone help me out set hot key for opening my home folder ? ..or refer me to a howto :d

ctrl+alt+home is default. otherwise, go to system, preferences, keyboard shortcuts and change it

hi all. firstly hapy new year! ok, when is the next release of ubuntu and whats it called??

btw, releases are always planned for 04 (april) and 10 (oct)

i'm trying to get my tv-out working (nvidia fx 5200), setting up modes like '1600x1200,640x480' does not make the computer display in 1600x1200 and the tv in the other, but instead changes the computer to display 2240x1200 so it extends the desktop in such a way that the tv displays something out of the (to the computer) visible desktop range.

what with

how do you take a screen shot when your useing someing like lynx or bitchx ?

i believe bitchx does logging, and i think you can save pages with lynx

hello. when i want to burn an .iso file in doesn't work. i wanted to create a file image with cd/dvd creator but when i'm copy the file and click 'write to disc' it'll open a dialog with 'from image' and 'file' and when i hit from image i don't get nothing

just right-click the actual iso file, select 'burn to disc' - no need to use the cd/dvd creator

how do i read a certain number of bytes from a file (from the terminal)?

i think theres numerous ways. check out man page for 'head'

is there a very reliable download manager with excellent resume support?

downthemall

hi... i added 'computer' to my desktop (like a shortcut) and i want to get rid of it, how do i do that?

somewhere in gconf editor ... untick something that i don't remember to make icons on desktop disappear

could anyone tell me if there's any shell command to play a sound without showing a gui?

play

do i want lpr or cups drivers?

cups

is there anyway to make that folders in nautilus appear different than the default icon? for example, if i have 3 folders with music, and i want the to show the cover of each album...

open a properties window for the folder in question, click on the icon in the upper left and select a new one

what is the apt-get name to get beep media player skins?

you could use 'apt-cache search beep ' to find possible targets

hi guys, need help on cpufreq. intel e2160 cpu, ubuntu 6.10 with 2.6.17-10-generic kernel (shipped with iso), cpufreq seems not working. modprobe either speedstep-centrino or acpi-cpufreq fails with 'no such device'. any one has an idea? thanks.

i don't think edgy is supported any more, which means nothing but security updates i believe. you may have better results with 7.10

does anybody here know much about virtual box?

check if you 've the guest additions and upgrade them if necessary , for e.g. from 1.4.xxx to 1.5 ...

hi i have just set up my external data drive in fstab to mouny in ~/data. is there a way to mount in without rebooting

sudo mount -a

another thing i would like to ask is, is anti virus necessary on ubuntu? i always heard that linux os won't get viruses but how true is that?

i dont think chrome is available for any other os but windows

quick question, i want to install ubuntu desktop, but using the desktop install cd, i see no way to partition the disk to my liking. i want an encrypted partition with lvm and custom virtual partitions, etc. with the alternate install cd i know how (manual partitioning has way more options.) when i use the alternate cd i always use the cli mode. if i use normal will it install ubuntu desktop?

yeah you can

hi there, where i can find the 'howto' to upgrade ubuntu to unstable

just change warty line to hoary then run apt-get update;apt-get dist-upgrade

just upgraded to 10.04, how to i move the close/minimize/maximize buttons to the right side of my windows?

use any theme besides ambiance n radiance. ;-)

is there a way to stop gnome from opening rhythmbox when i put if a cd?

go to nautilus' preferences

hi.. how can i install emacs? but offline. (which packages should i download and take them on another computer (jaunty) to install it)?

look into aptoncd

is there a 'task manager' in ubuntu, where i can see all running applications and close them if necessary?

it is under administration tools, system monitor

hey guys, a question: i want to suppress updates for the openoffice package included in hardy as i have installed ooo3.0, how would i go about doing that?

in synaptic, you can lock version on it

anybody know how i can completely remove crossover office? i installed it but now i dont want it anymore since wine seems to work better

if you used .deb synaptic can see it most likely

does anyone know to which bug frogzoo was referring? or how to 'reregister schemes', as he put it?

perhaps https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf2/+bug/50150

here's what powertop currently says http://img6.imagebanana.com/img/upqlxd50/mykrobideapadz570_029.png

i had this exact question. powertop settings are designed _not_ to stick. this was a programming decision. they do not survive reboot. you have to manually apply them each time you boot.