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hi...i nedd to send some compressed files to a windows user. this may be a silly question, but does anyone know if windows can easily open a tar archive? | winzip can open tars |
can anyone recommend a good linux alternative to dreamweaver? or are linux users too hardcore for wysiwyg editors? i know html, of course, but coding elaborate css based web sites in kate can be a nuisance | nvu or bluefish |
hi people!is anyone available to solve together my little issue? | in firefox there is something to define what it does with files, you could look up 'chromium setting file uses' or something along those lines |
hello, is there a repository where i can get updated versions of some packages? (for example krita) dapper x86_64 here | edgy is very unstable |
where do i set the options that i see in the 'right mouse'-menu in nautilus? | in the file manager, edit > preferences, behavior tab, check 'include a delete command that bypasses trash' ;) |
how do i make an iso file from folder? | i use isomaster for all that stuff |
ok, but does it keep the procesor at 100% ? that would be cool to test a new computer for 24 h to see any flows, temperature at full load etc... | if you want to burn in your sever, one way to peg the processor is to use the 'yes' command, it will keep it busy for awhile |
hey folks i have a 'waiting for lock on localhost:xxx' type issue with a program i'm trying to run on the cmd line. what command can i use to list which processes and bound to which ports? | and netstat |
http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html has only up to kernel 6.11 where can i find one for 6.20 ? | works with 2.6.20 as well |
is apt-get experiencing major slowdowns? because 500k packages are taking up to 10 minutes to get | some mirrrors yes - they're experiencing overload |
i meant if you could please just look at the site and tell me if it is not unmoral to remake ubuntu like that and distribute it like that... | sorry |
anything i need to know when adding free space on hd to my ubuntu partition? im dual booting. should it be fine to add 40gb with gparted or do i need to do something else as well? i plan on keeping my windows partition for work. please help | make sure you have everything backed up first. that's all |
any lawyer here? | what branch, which jurisdiction? |
hi!! people, can you tell me, if 1.7gb ram ids enough for ubuntu 11.10-64-bit???? | yes it is |
what's the console command to list a directories contents, but not files....like to make it only list the subdirectories of the current directory | what andi5 said but with -maxdepth 1 i think, maybe 0? |
hi all, have a prob with upgrading from karmic to lucid...the update manager is refusing to say there is an upgrade available - anyone help pse?! | do-release-upgrade? |
i know i can mount it but i have about 7tb's of images i would like to be able to script something to convert 1 iso at a time and dump it into a new dir. | you can't convert isos because it is an image, not a format for media |
there's a ton of these for windows, but that doesn't help me alot ;-) | try dia |
is there a speech recognition app? | my mistake, festival is text to speech |
can someone tell me what the meta pkg is called for develpers... i.e. contains c c++ svn | you probably want build-essential. subversion for svn |
should i download compiz fusion? | compiz fusion is built into the next ubuntu which is out in 6 weeks anyway |
would anyone mind helping me with pam and ssh? i just set up google two factor authentication, and it asks for the 2-factor code when i try password auth, but i'd like it to prompt when using a pre-shared key too. is that possible? | not possible i think. pam doesnt get hit for keys |
hi, anyone know anything about encryption on linux>? i would likee to encrypt a couple of folders whats the best program to do such a thing>/? | only with decryption sorry. |
is there an ubuntu bootsplash howto somewhere ? | ubuntuforum search splashy |
hey - trying to install postgresql via package manager and also tried apt via command line. finds the package ok but get a 404 error saying it cant find server. all other packages installed ok and internet connection is ok. any ideas? | do an sudo apt-get update first, the package may have been superceeded |
has anyone had trouble with their keyboard, where the numberpad keys just wont work? | try hitting shift+num lock |
what command can i use for traceroute? | no you have to install it |
whats selinux? | security enhanced linux, modifications that give you mandatory access control and restrictions |
i'm trying to configure some source and when checking for gcc i get 'c compiler cannot create executables.' i currently have gcc v4:4.0.1-3 installed. how can i get more info on what is going wrong? or does anyone know the problem? | install the package build-essential |
are packages for the upcoming ubuntu release freezed? | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/maverickreleaseschedule |
when i try to run xflock4 without xscreensaver installed, xflock4 reports that it is missing xlock and xscreensaver-command | i don't know what xflock4 is |
quick question... does ubuntu come with a command-line program that will let me grab a single image (or a segment of video) from a webcam? i can use programs like cheese (using gstreamer for configuration) and they work fine, but i need something that i can script. | not by default, but you can install it: came |
hi, i know the name of a binary and like to find out in what package it is included... | dpkg-query -s /path/to/file |
hi all! i was wondering: what handles the loading bar/image after the grub2 selection screen and before the login screen? | plymouth? |
apologies to those who've seen this earlier: ok, in gnome/metacity i can go to system, log off... and then choose hibernate. question is, how can i hibernate from the command line? the 'hibernate' command doesn't seem to be the thing. | i can do it with /etc/acpi/hibernate.sh, but there's gotta be a better way. my keyboard shortcut's busted. |
i don't know if this is the case for server, but for xubuntu i just had to add vga=791 to the kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst | i think i'll have to install vesa-tng and nvidia drivers first |
how can i install the basic java sdk so i can use the command javac? | sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk |
how much of a bad idea is it to run 64bit ubuntu on a 32bit cpu? | except that it won't work? |
guys how can i make a link to a ntfs mounted partition? the option is greyed out | ln -s also works fine |
i just deliberately ran a windows virus exe with wine; should i be concerned? | probably not. |
hi. i wanted to try the livedvd of 12.10 beta 1. but i can't even boot it. after the first splashscreen (black, with the keyboard icon and the 'man in the circle' icon, graphics gets messed up. i don't see a boot-options menu or anything, just scrambled graphical artifacts. already had the same effect with the 10.04 livedvd. what to do? | man in circle = hit space and try the nomodeset option yet? |
oh and one last thing i'll annoy you all with, where does x keep its config file? | or at least back it up first, so you're only a little bit screwed. |
hey all, does anyone here know of a cli utility that measures the play time of mp3 files? | ok, file doens't work, but mplayer did write that stuff - and you can pass commands to it, like so it'll quit right away leaving the info |
what is the terminal command to restart x? | sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start (or 'sudo start gdm') |
um,,, how to change group of file or dir | chgrp newgroup file |
isn't there a virtual package to install most commonly used development tools? | build-essential |
i've installed all the packages for mint's mate environment, but how do i actually quit unity and start mate? | mate-session --replace |
which one is better, totem-xine or totem-gstreamer, and why? if you install all the gstreamer plugins, isn't gstreamer just as good? what are the benefits of using totem-xine? | gstreamer is still work in progress and relatively buggy |
idk what i'd do without ubuntu -- easy for the family, which makes things easy on me :) | yep. exactly my thinking on the topic also. |
is there a command i can use to see the contents of a .deb file? or more to the point, to ask apt about the contents of a package in its db? i just installed something but now i cant find the program | try dpkg -l packagename - only works when it's already installed, though |
how do i test out my #d acceleration? i know there is a command to show some animated gears, but i don't remember it. | glxgears |
hey i've installed lamp with apt-get install lamp-server^, . anyone know how to enable url rewriting?? the tutorials i found online seem to apply to a different version of apache | this will work on apache2: http://corz.org/serv/tricks/htaccess2.php |
ubuntu how i love you... but you don't love me... my mouse constantly freezes... so while we have had good times in the past... nobody on irc or the forum knows why this is happening... | because it is not ubuntu, it is your hw |
shadi but then, when it doesn't work so _anything_ in life sucks | what? |
hello, i have 2 gigs of ram, how big should i make my swap partition? should it really be 4 gig as the rule of thumb goes? | it's 1.5x the ram so make it 3gb |
help: anyone know how to copy a file from one ubuntu to another with rate limiting and resume? | wget |
sorry to ask my question again. does anyone have pointers for stable apt-get repositories for | repositories for unsupported old versions of ubuntu are located at http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ |
can i use dosbox to run windows 95 games? | some reuire windows to run. you can install win95 in dosbox |
how do i see the system statistics for my cpu and video card? i need to know how fast it thinks my video card and cpu are | cat /proc/cpuinfo for cpu, not sure what gfx card would be |
hello. can anybody tell me if it's possible to connect to an ftp server in nautilus running in active mode? | ftp://<server address> ? |
does the 'ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso' count as a live cd too? | yep, no gui though |
i can't connect to packages.ubuntu.com from firefox. is it down currently? | doesn't work for me either, so i guess so |
hi all, can some bash wizard help me out? i want to recursively remove all files, except for the .svn folder, and except for one particular subfolder. someone did this for me before using find, but i don't remember how to do it now. thanks. | find . -prune .svn | xargs rm -f |
can i upgrade required packages only for vpnc? | sudo apt-get install vpnc |
what is the equilivant to dos's start command? (start file.pdf would open the file with the default pdf viewer (same as double clicking the file)) | -- not that i know of. |
what's the traceroute tool in ubuntu | try 'mtr' |
is there any example what sources should be in sources.list? | that has some backports stuff at the bottom too |
which picture file format would be best to chose as ubuntu background image? | png probably |
hi. during the install of phpmyadmin, it asks to 'configure database with dbconfig-common?'. i already have some databases setup in mysql. should i just skip this? | it will not affect existing databases. |
i cant output /dev/mem to file via dd as root | you typically don't patch it. you flash a newer version. |
hey guys when we save a webpage then with .html it also saves a folder containg some images or refernce files. any way to avoid this folder ??? | you need to save the file as 'web archive.' you should see the '.mht' extension. |
what's the best screencasting package for ubuntu? | istanbul |
anybody know why ubuntu still does that 'drum roll' sound when i login, even though i've disabled all system sounds...? | system - administration - login window |
guys i run ubuntu,and i need a workable driver for my pc camera '0c45:627b microdia pc camera (sn9c201)' any idea wherecan i download?i tried some before but they didnt work | i didint read through this but check here http://www.64bitjungle.com/tech/microdia-webcam-0c54-experimental-drivers-installation-and-testing-part-1/ |
is it relatively simple to install ubuntu without an traces of x? | yes - use 'install a command-line system' |
how many hours till i can download natty? | read my quote |
do you know? | usually /usr/bin |
hi ! what does replace microsoft frontpage 2003 in ubuntu that can make the same work ? | nvu is a good replacement |
where can i get an official feisty torrent file? i can't seem to find any on the download page | http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ |
i can't believe this, i always can never remember how to change permissions on a directory | : 1 for x, 2 for w and 4 for r... and they add up for u, g and o respectively. |
thunderbird uses too space of my hd, then i've removed all accounts and completely removed thunderbird, but i didn't get free space. how do i completely delete thunderbird files and the files it've downloaded ? | ^^ that will delete all your email & settings etc |
in last time doky began to crash many times. may be someone knows the issue? | began to crash ... how did it crash? did it go funky? did you do something special? did you edit the config file? |
is anyone using edgy in the amd64 version? i am experiencing graphics problems on bootup. the ubuntu-logo is b/w and the throbber is screwed up. everything is fine once gdm kicks in, though. | hmm |
does anyone know how i can use .so libraries that are located in my home directory (server)? | ld_library_path? |
guys what does this mean: 'sigint signal' | sigint is the interrupt signal, aka ctrl-c |
what is the best way to lock down a user ssh session? | if you want to spend a lot of time doing it, look up hardening and jailed ssh. |
interesting.... i thought ubuntu was at 10.10... i upgraded from 10.04 and it put me at 11.04 -- natty narwhal. err... is this right? | run 'lsb_release -a' to be sure. |
am trying this virtualbox, i already added my user to the vboxusers, but when i launch virtualbox it says still to add the user to vboxuserrs | forgive me if i already shared this with you, but you might get better help about virtualbox on one of their irc channels: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/community |
does tor protect all my traffic over the internet? web browsing, irc, email, etc? | you should 'carefully' read the faq of tor. |
where can i edit my boot optoins | /boot/grub |
hey what is the best client for bittorrent downloads? transmission isn't my favorite. | try azureus |
anyone know where on my system i can find the thunderbird icon? | try /usr/share/pixmaps or something like that |
is rc.local the typical place to lay out iptables rules, or is there a more preferred way to define them in a debian/ubuntu environment? | use iptables-save and iptables-restore |
hello how to burn an iso? im using ubuntu 8.04 kde :) | use k3b |
whats the proper way to set extra kernel args in grub for 10.10? there is no menu.lst on grub2 | add them in /etc/default/grub in the quotes next to: quiet splash save the new file and run: sudo update-grub |
hello guys, i have a question, does linux support intel possessors as good as nvidia + ati ones? by saying it, i meant the feature (shadows, shaders, and so on) support. | if so intel has better (open) support than nvidia / ati, although the intel cards are not often as powerful |
what's the open source alternative of skipe ? | www.osalt.com lists open source alternatives to proprietary software |
how can i list all my partitions? i wanna check if i created a swap or not when i instaled this linux some months ago | sudo fdisk -l |
guys using no_root_squash in /etc/exports for nfs is advisable or its considered a security problem | if you need to to access files on the share, it's highly advisable to use it. |
pardon my ignorance but either my grep is broken or my head is broken but why wont my grep work anymore lol is try ls -la /etc | grep yum and it shows listings with yum then i try to enter a regex and it wont work. for example i tried ls -la /etc | grep /^yum/ didnt work also /yum/ didnt work also /yum+/ didnt work | don't put // around the expression |
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