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is there a way to install skype without it messing up my ubuntu?	install the .deb file from skype.com
where can i find the downloads from ubuntu software center?	select faster or closer mirror to you
how i know the amount of memory ram?	free
anyone wanna help me with a printer question?	once you hit print, the print dialogue that comes up usually has an option section for your printer. you can choose black and white usually. if it's an image, you can open it and remove all the color with an image editor
hya: i'm trying to resize my ubuntu 11.10 server buffer size window. right now, it is set with the default, which, i believe it is 80x25. where do i go to modify this? i found something in the ubuntu community, but it looks like that article is outdated	you can edit resolution in grub's boot line...
how can i determine which package owns a file?	dpkg -s /path/to/file
ok, well maybe it gives me some more info on why it's failing	do-release-upgrade is what you want
got a difficault question, anyone know a full featured linux version that can be installed and run from a fat 32 'dos' system ...	yes, go browse distrowatch.org
is karmic out?	yes and no, you can get a daily build, but its not ofically released for public consumption till the 29th
argh, lmao. i can't figure out how to move this drirc file to my /etc/ folder. says i've no permission to do so lol	sudo mv <file> <folder>
if i get an error when doing ./configure that it can not find zlib, what package do i need?	fire up synaptic look for 'zlib' and it will have -dev at the end of the name.
hi , i am using ubuntu 8.10 the is it normal that update manager try to download kde?	nope they work pretty well together
anyone know of a package like skype, but i just need it for text messages	text message on what cell phone ?
anybody experience users-admin and login window setting 'unlock' button not working?	yes, update your (karmic) system
if i reinstall ubuntu but do not format /home all my files will still be on the hdd right?	if /home is on a separate partition, yes
lookin to see what all the fuss about compiz fusion is-- in synaptic i don't see compiz-fusion; closest i see is compiz and compiz-fusion-bcop; which am i lookin for please?	same thing
hi ilost my icons for controling sound and others on new release 9.10 can someone help me with this?	the icon for control the sounds is still there on the up right
can someone help me getting flash working on my 64bit machine running 7.04?????	check this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=341727
is it possible to use dos programs in ubuntu?	try dosbox or dosemu
how can i get iptables to run iptables-restore on boot? also, i have to keep echo '1' > ip_forward on boot as well.. how can i make that permanent?	make a 'firewall' script and add it to startup
does anyone where i can find kernel sources to v. '2.6.15-23-386'?	you want the source of it? just apt-get source linux-386
my computer's xorg crashed with this setting as well, but way later on. i saw some text but it was gone in a jiffey. thatnks for helping yesterday though. its now almost usable :=)	i'm on 9.10! sorry, can't help
upgrade downloads & installs to the latest version available	-- does it install latest version of apps if you've added them from sources yourself, w/o synapteic
is there a quick tutorial to create a lan network between my linux and windows machines?	^^^
hello. i keep getting a connection failed error between my laptop and my sony ericsson t637. they were working fine, i got a wireless headset (now turned off) and things went to hell. the laptop can send and receive files from the phone, but multisync stopped working.	sorry i meant the t 637 :)
could someone pastebin /usr/share/x11/xkb/symbols/us please? i forgot to make a backup and... well.. you know.	http://pastebin.com/m4a6eac03
i am trying to understand the details of what happens when i plug a usb drive in in ubuntu... the details of what makes it appear automatically for me to mount.	start with udev, i think. (and hal, though it's getting slowly removed.) in gnome, the mounting itself is handled by nautilus and gnome-volume-manager, but i think it is possible to make udev do it.
im using gnome irc-chat and i cant see who is in the channel, is it right?	click on '1238 users'
how do i disable, say 'mysql' in ubuntu? i don't mean 'stop', i mean 'disable'.	look in /etc/init/ find teh mysql service name and rename it to foo.disabled
what is the smallest possible, portable, long life storage medium to install ubuntu on? usb thumbs aren't 'write oriented' but then portable external magnetic hard-drives are, imo, bulky.	what about external 1.8' hdd?
if you want i linux distro other than ubuntu i recommend fedora	i tried fedora i i coukldnt get it online without some decent networking nknowledge. which i dont have
does anyone know of an alternative gui mysql administrator program to mysql-administrator?	dbdesigner
can anyone tell me how to change the refresh rate grub sets?	grub settings are in /etc/grub.d but i don't recomened editing them unless you know what your doing
what's the process for suggesting software for ubuntu? my game - anagramarama - is a good fit for edubuntu i'd imagine... just email the dev list? or is there perhaps a website	click on 'getting new or updated..'
i'm looking for a good app to do gnutella filesharing, does someon have a tip?	sudo apt-cache search gnutella
i'm new to irc. i just got xchat. anyone got some tips (besides normal talking like i'm doing now) i can use?	also, try not to paste large dumps of code, you'll get booted. use a pastedump site.
how do i change the name of my computer?	`hostname'
hello guys, i just used 'svn checkout' to check out a bunch of source files, but where can i find them?	in*
hey guys. so im running ubuntu 10.04 (love it) and need to have a certain app (sip phone) run everytime i log in. how can i do this, is there a gui? thanks	- preferences -> start up applications
wgat package do i need to be able to 'make' ?	all those that the build-essential package depends on
isn't there a simple app (with gui) in linux to convert video files to the h264 file format?	avidrip and dvd::rip can do it
hey guys what is this file used for mt86plus??	that's the memory test program
ok ++ so i get the part about the cache. but, i experience a large amount of swapping occuring, sapping io. does linux really swap the cache to disk? what would be the point in that?	there is a way to tweak that. modify the /etc/sysctl.conf add a value for vm.swappiness it will improve swapping and avoid it if you set the value low -- i suggest '10'\
how to quit ubuntu-unregge channel only?	/part 'channel name'
anyone know what command starts ati control panel	type in these commands: sudo updatedb; locate ati \| grep bin
if i run 'sudo synaptic' then the password works fine, but if i select synaptic from the gui menu then the password is not accepted... any help?	strange, what about running `gksudo synaptic` from the cli?
is anyone here who can help me with php, i know this is ubuntu server and have nothing to do with programming, but the channel of php it's always full, so if any could help me would be great	you need to register
my flash firefox plugin suddenly isn't working, has anyone else experienced similar?	define 'not working'
hi guys can anyone tell me how can i check what is the partition number of my current booted os?????	df will tell you the currently mounted filesystems
hi guys. i was wondering, is there any way to make filenames shorter in ubuntu [gutsy]? they seem too long for me, 2-3 lines. something with (...) just like on xp would be awsome.	what filenames?
heya everyone... i'm a new ubuntu user just installed it... and was trying to install e17 but it asks for jpeglib.h but i can't find any jpeg package in synaptic other than jpegpixi and jpeginfo... and they ain't the right one's :s	sudo apt-cache search libjpeg
hey i need help i want to search for everything expect *.gz how i can do it with find command or other? thx	`find -name \*.gz -o -print`, i think
i went to firefox.com, clicked 'get firefox'. and got a tar.gz ... safe to install from there?	did you get my response?
is gnomenu in the repositories?	apt-cache search gnomenu
where are downlaoded apt-get packages stored?	/var/cache/apt/archives
how do i unpack a rarset? got a file packed over multiple files here	check out 7zip
hi everyone, if, in a new clean ubuntu install, i select the existing home folder to be the default home of the new install without formating it, is there any danger for my data there ?	just use the same filesystem
can i configure wpa with networking? i only have wep-key there	then left-clicking on the network icon in the tray and picking the network i wanted to connect to
hello to everyone i am having problem in installing java 6 on ubuntu 10.4 is there anyone who can tell me what need to be done	enable partner repo and the run 'aptitude update'
ok, did anyone install google gadgets? my friends here is loosing patience in ubuntu because of this...	he can download a deb package from getdeb.com
is there something like imovie for linux, maybe a little more robust- sorta like adobe premier?	cinelerra or kino
i just renamed my .gconf file to .gconf-old, and if i want to replace my new .gconf with the old one, what would the command be?	yea
can someone help me fix my ubuntu install, think kdm got messed up somehow and i dont know how to either switch to gdm or to re-install kdm	have you checked to see what type of seesion you have selected?
ok, my nvidia drivers got fragged again after an update, was trying to reinstalled the driver but the nvidia installer cant seem to find my linux-headers , where would they be on my hd?	sudo apt-get install linux-headers i think.
what would be a good way to keep an auto.home directory mounted? presently it it mounted when i log in and unmounts when i log out. this is messing with some cronjobs that are running out of my home directory. moving them to a directory other than my home directory is not an option.	have an auto mount script
i can't disable gdm using 'update-rc.d -f gdm remove' in ubuntu 11 why is it so?	sudo service gdm stop.
why is it that libreoffice has base greyed out for me? the libreoffice channel says it's not a lo problem	because you don't have it installed, perhaps? try installing the libreoffice-base package.
which firewall do you recommend (for ubuntu 5.04)?	for ease-of-use, firestarter
i have had a lot of good luck with spinrite. i have used it to recover data on everthing from zip disks to hard drives. it gives a real good indicator on the health of the drive as well. i have ruled out hard drive problems that were actually controller problems using it as well. it is pricey at $90, but when it works, it is worth it. if it doesn't help, they have a 100% money back guarantee, i think.	i'm not interested in recovering the data. i just erased the partition table :p. i just want to check the drive for defects to see if it's useable.
hi, everybody. could someone check a point for me? i've updated to dapper and my palm devices configuration icon has disappeared from the menu - could someone check the name of the gnome-pilot configuration utility so i can call it from the command line? for the life of me i can't find it, not through locate or hand-scanning through the binary folders!	works?
does anyone know the release date (probable) for the next ubuntu lts?	the say around april.
hi , how can i download all 'ubuntu studio' packages on 9.4, as a bundle ?	ubuntustudio-desktop is the package
why can't bittornado remember the previous download it was doing after closing and reopening the download?	www.deluge-torrent.org
hi all. can i on my gutsy disabling cpu frequency scaling? how to? i want to use my notebook as a desktop. i want to disable all energy policy	usually you can set that in the bios.
is there a way to force a gigabit card to only use gigabit?	that seems like there another interface on the network that is forcing it to 100 mode
dudes... any site that has a good howto on wpa wireless security with ubuntu? i have a 2200 intel chipset card...	wiki.ubuntu.com
damn, gnome2 cannot be installed at all anymore ? :[	there's mate, but it's in the mint repo's, try it in test environment, first, it works, i tried it
i locked keyboard input in gnome with a shortcut key, didn't know i hit it. anyone know the key to unlock keyboard input with out restarting?	not sure if its a shortcut that locks kb input
hey guys ive known how to use and love using the man pages for command line tool usage syntax and such. but i just read online by accident that someone said to use man followed by the name of a system file rather than a command. does this also apply to ubuntu man pages can tell you about certain system config files etc? if so, are probably all config files listed in man pages if you know? im gonna have to experiment a bit if this is so.	many system files have man pages documenting their format etc. often there will be a 'see also' section at the end of a man page pointing you to other man entries. also try 'man -k <keyword>' to find stuff..
i opened 'sudo nautilus' . how do i get to my home dir?	better gksudo nautilus
hey guys i have the cube setup for switching workspaces but i'd like to know how i can see the bottom or top of the cube while i switch around the workspaces any help?	hold down the wheel and move your mouse up and down..
what's the easy way to switch screen refresh rate?	preferences -> screen resolution or the xrandr program in a terminal
hi, can i run a 64bit linux kernel in a virtual machine on a 32bit kernel using kvm (or virtualbox etc.) ?	the host os must be 64bit
i want to theme ubuntu, can somebody please explain me what is the difference between gtk2 metacity compiz gdm themes colour schemes etc.?	metacity themes are your window decorations, gdm themes are login screen themes
is there anyone using wine in ubuntu here? :(	what are you trying to run?
anyone else having a problem with no /dev/input/mice on the latest breezy?	no problems here
how do you save in that one text editor?	in vi? :w and :q to quit
how can i make a dir/partation user mountable?	tuxtype is a bit childish but its effective.
where in gnome is it possible to change the file associations (mime) ?	rightclick file , > properties > open with
anyone know when the final ff3 is coming out?	sometime in june
hi all, could anyone tell me what's the difference between the update-manager and aptitude dist-upgrade/apt-get dist-upgrade?	update-manager has a gui
hello! what is the easiest way to check the version of ubuntu that is installed on a machine to which i only have access through ssh? thanks :)	lsb_release -a
how can one increase the text sixe, in xchat?	settings, preference, font size
if i am looking at a folder with symbolic links in it, what is the command to find the path that those links are to...? i'm not explaining this very well - it's something like >read libjavaplugin_oji.so	ls -l
video driver problems with ati radeon xpress 200m series video card..... all sound and video is very very choppy and slow, and obv not working properly.... what do i do? i'm a noob as of 8.04 and hardly figured that out	have you read that site?
i've installed command line system and want to read dmesg output, how can i scroll back?	if you just type dmesg \| less, you can use page up and page down to scroll up and down through the output
what sort of 'remote' folder?	on another machine/computer
argh, whenever a kernel is updated, it always sets my grub config to boot from (hd1,0) and not (hd0,0) like it should be.. (i can manually fix it, but i have to do this after every kernel update..)	among other things
where exactly does 3dchess install to? i was assuming the .deb package would put an entry in applications>games...	dpkg -l packagename
hi, any changelog for ubuntu 8.04.1 ?	try this https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2008-july/000112.html

is there a way to install skype without it messing up my ubuntu?

install the .deb file from skype.com

where can i find the downloads from ubuntu software center?

select faster or closer mirror to you

how i know the amount of memory ram?

free

anyone wanna help me with a printer question?

once you hit print, the print dialogue that comes up usually has an option section for your printer. you can choose black and white usually. if it's an image, you can open it and remove all the color with an image editor

hya: i'm trying to resize my ubuntu 11.10 server buffer size window. right now, it is set with the default, which, i believe it is 80x25. where do i go to modify this? i found something in the ubuntu community, but it looks like that article is outdated

you can edit resolution in grub's boot line...

how can i determine which package owns a file?

dpkg -s /path/to/file

ok, well maybe it gives me some more info on why it's failing

do-release-upgrade is what you want

got a difficault question, anyone know a full featured linux version that can be installed and run from a fat 32 'dos' system ...

yes, go browse distrowatch.org

is karmic out?

yes and no, you can get a daily build, but its not ofically released for public consumption till the 29th

argh, lmao. i can't figure out how to move this drirc file to my /etc/ folder. says i've no permission to do so lol

sudo mv <file> <folder>

if i get an error when doing ./configure that it can not find zlib, what package do i need?

fire up synaptic look for 'zlib' and it will have -dev at the end of the name.

hi , i am using ubuntu 8.10 the is it normal that update manager try to download kde?

nope they work pretty well together

anyone know of a package like skype, but i just need it for text messages

text message on what cell phone ?

anybody experience users-admin and login window setting 'unlock' button not working?

yes, update your (karmic) system

if i reinstall ubuntu but do not format /home all my files will still be on the hdd right?

if /home is on a separate partition, yes

lookin to see what all the fuss about compiz fusion is-- in synaptic i don't see compiz-fusion; closest i see is compiz and compiz-fusion-bcop; which am i lookin for please?

same thing

hi ilost my icons for controling sound and others on new release 9.10 can someone help me with this?

the icon for control the sounds is still there on the up right

can someone help me getting flash working on my 64bit machine running 7.04?????

check this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=341727

is it possible to use dos programs in ubuntu?

try dosbox or dosemu

how can i get iptables to run iptables-restore on boot? also, i have to keep echo '1' > ip_forward on boot as well.. how can i make that permanent?

make a 'firewall' script and add it to startup

does anyone where i can find kernel sources to v. '2.6.15-23-386'?

you want the source of it? just apt-get source linux-386

my computer's xorg crashed with this setting as well, but way later on. i saw some text but it was gone in a jiffey. thatnks for helping yesterday though. its now almost usable :=)

i'm on 9.10! sorry, can't help

upgrade downloads & installs to the latest version available

-- does it install latest version of apps if you've added them from sources yourself, w/o synapteic

is there a quick tutorial to create a lan network between my linux and windows machines?

^^^

hello. i keep getting a connection failed error between my laptop and my sony ericsson t637. they were working fine, i got a wireless headset (now turned off) and things went to hell. the laptop can send and receive files from the phone, but multisync stopped working.

sorry i meant the t 637 :)

could someone pastebin /usr/share/x11/xkb/symbols/us please? i forgot to make a backup and... well.. you know.

http://pastebin.com/m4a6eac03

i am trying to understand the details of what happens when i plug a usb drive in in ubuntu... the details of what makes it appear automatically for me to mount.

start with udev, i think. (and hal, though it's getting slowly removed.) in gnome, the mounting itself is handled by nautilus and gnome-volume-manager, but i think it is possible to make udev do it.

im using gnome irc-chat and i cant see who is in the channel, is it right?

click on '1238 users'

how do i disable, say 'mysql' in ubuntu? i don't mean 'stop', i mean 'disable'.

look in /etc/init/ find teh mysql service name and rename it to foo.disabled

what is the smallest possible, portable, long life storage medium to install ubuntu on? usb thumbs aren't 'write oriented' but then portable external magnetic hard-drives are, imo, bulky.

what about external 1.8' hdd?

if you want i linux distro other than ubuntu i recommend fedora

i tried fedora i i coukldnt get it online without some decent networking nknowledge. which i dont have

does anyone know of an alternative gui mysql administrator program to mysql-administrator?

dbdesigner

can anyone tell me how to change the refresh rate grub sets?

grub settings are in /etc/grub.d but i don't recomened editing them unless you know what your doing

what's the process for suggesting software for ubuntu? my game - anagramarama - is a good fit for edubuntu i'd imagine... just email the dev list? or is there perhaps a website

click on 'getting new or updated..'

i'm looking for a good app to do gnutella filesharing, does someon have a tip?

sudo apt-cache search gnutella

i'm new to irc. i just got xchat. anyone got some tips (besides normal talking like i'm doing now) i can use?

also, try not to paste large dumps of code, you'll get booted. use a pastedump site.

how do i change the name of my computer?

`hostname'

hello guys, i just used 'svn checkout' to check out a bunch of source files, but where can i find them?

in*

hey guys. so im running ubuntu 10.04 (love it) and need to have a certain app (sip phone) run everytime i log in. how can i do this, is there a gui? thanks

- preferences -> start up applications

wgat package do i need to be able to 'make' ?

all those that the build-essential package depends on

isn't there a simple app (with gui) in linux to convert video files to the h264 file format?

avidrip and dvd::rip can do it

hey guys what is this file used for mt86plus??

that's the memory test program

ok ++ so i get the part about the cache. but, i experience a large amount of swapping occuring, sapping io. does linux really swap the cache to disk? what would be the point in that?

there is a way to tweak that. modify the /etc/sysctl.conf add a value for vm.swappiness it will improve swapping and avoid it if you set the value low -- i suggest '10'\

how to quit ubuntu-unregge channel only?

/part 'channel name'

anyone know what command starts ati control panel

type in these commands: sudo updatedb; locate ati | grep bin

if i run 'sudo synaptic' then the password works fine, but if i select synaptic from the gui menu then the password is not accepted... any help?

strange, what about running `gksudo synaptic` from the cli?

is anyone here who can help me with php, i know this is ubuntu server and have nothing to do with programming, but the channel of php it's always full, so if any could help me would be great

you need to register

my flash firefox plugin suddenly isn't working, has anyone else experienced similar?

define 'not working'

hi guys can anyone tell me how can i check what is the partition number of my current booted os?????

df will tell you the currently mounted filesystems

hi guys. i was wondering, is there any way to make filenames shorter in ubuntu [gutsy]? they seem too long for me, 2-3 lines. something with (...) just like on xp would be awsome.

what filenames?

heya everyone... i'm a new ubuntu user just installed it... and was trying to install e17 but it asks for jpeglib.h but i can't find any jpeg package in synaptic other than jpegpixi and jpeginfo... and they ain't the right one's :s

sudo apt-cache search libjpeg

hey i need help i want to search for everything expect *.gz how i can do it with find command or other? thx

`find -name \*.gz -o -print`, i think

i went to firefox.com, clicked 'get firefox'. and got a tar.gz ... safe to install from there?

did you get my response?

is gnomenu in the repositories?

apt-cache search gnomenu

where are downlaoded apt-get packages stored?

/var/cache/apt/archives

how do i unpack a rarset? got a file packed over multiple files here

check out 7zip

hi everyone, if, in a new clean ubuntu install, i select the existing home folder to be the default home of the new install without formating it, is there any danger for my data there ?

just use the same filesystem

can i configure wpa with networking? i only have wep-key there

then left-clicking on the network icon in the tray and picking the network i wanted to connect to

hello to everyone i am having problem in installing java 6 on ubuntu 10.4 is there anyone who can tell me what need to be done

enable partner repo and the run 'aptitude update'

ok, did anyone install google gadgets? my friends here is loosing patience in ubuntu because of this...

he can download a deb package from getdeb.com

is there something like imovie for linux, maybe a little more robust- sorta like adobe premier?

cinelerra or kino

i just renamed my .gconf file to .gconf-old, and if i want to replace my new .gconf with the old one, what would the command be?

yea

can someone help me fix my ubuntu install, think kdm got messed up somehow and i dont know how to either switch to gdm or to re-install kdm

have you checked to see what type of seesion you have selected?

ok, my nvidia drivers got fragged again after an update, was trying to reinstalled the driver but the nvidia installer cant seem to find my linux-headers , where would they be on my hd?

sudo apt-get install linux-headers i think.

what would be a good way to keep an auto.home directory mounted? presently it it mounted when i log in and unmounts when i log out. this is messing with some cronjobs that are running out of my home directory. moving them to a directory other than my home directory is not an option.

have an auto mount script

i can't disable gdm using 'update-rc.d -f gdm remove' in ubuntu 11 why is it so?

sudo service gdm stop.

why is it that libreoffice has base greyed out for me? the libreoffice channel says it's not a lo problem

because you don't have it installed, perhaps? try installing the libreoffice-base package.

which firewall do you recommend (for ubuntu 5.04)?

for ease-of-use, firestarter

i have had a lot of good luck with spinrite. i have used it to recover data on everthing from zip disks to hard drives. it gives a real good indicator on the health of the drive as well. i have ruled out hard drive problems that were actually controller problems using it as well. it is pricey at $90, but when it works, it is worth it. if it doesn't help, they have a 100% money back guarantee, i think.

i'm not interested in recovering the data. i just erased the partition table :p. i just want to check the drive for defects to see if it's useable.

hi, everybody. could someone check a point for me? i've updated to dapper and my palm devices configuration icon has disappeared from the menu - could someone check the name of the gnome-pilot configuration utility so i can call it from the command line? for the life of me i can't find it, not through locate or hand-scanning through the binary folders!

works?

does anyone know the release date (probable) for the next ubuntu lts?

the say around april.

hi , how can i download all 'ubuntu studio' packages on 9.4, as a bundle ?

ubuntustudio-desktop is the package

why can't bittornado remember the previous download it was doing after closing and reopening the download?

www.deluge-torrent.org

hi all. can i on my gutsy disabling cpu frequency scaling? how to? i want to use my notebook as a desktop. i want to disable all energy policy

usually you can set that in the bios.

is there a way to force a gigabit card to only use gigabit?

that seems like there another interface on the network that is forcing it to 100 mode

dudes... any site that has a good howto on wpa wireless security with ubuntu? i have a 2200 intel chipset card...

wiki.ubuntu.com

damn, gnome2 cannot be installed at all anymore ? :[

there's mate, but it's in the mint repo's, try it in test environment, first, it works, i tried it

i locked keyboard input in gnome with a shortcut key, didn't know i hit it. anyone know the key to unlock keyboard input with out restarting?

not sure if its a shortcut that locks kb input

hey guys ive known how to use and love using the man pages for command line tool usage syntax and such. but i just read online by accident that someone said to use man followed by the name of a system file rather than a command. does this also apply to ubuntu man pages can tell you about certain system config files etc? if so, are probably all config files listed in man pages if you know? im gonna have to experiment a bit if this is so.

many system files have man pages documenting their format etc. often there will be a 'see also' section at the end of a man page pointing you to other man entries. also try 'man -k <keyword>' to find stuff..

i opened 'sudo nautilus' . how do i get to my home dir?

better gksudo nautilus

hey guys i have the cube setup for switching workspaces but i'd like to know how i can see the bottom or top of the cube while i switch around the workspaces any help?

hold down the wheel and move your mouse up and down..

what's the easy way to switch screen refresh rate?

preferences -> screen resolution or the xrandr program in a terminal

hi, can i run a 64bit linux kernel in a virtual machine on a 32bit kernel using kvm (or virtualbox etc.) ?

the host os must be 64bit

i want to theme ubuntu, can somebody please explain me what is the difference between gtk2 metacity compiz gdm themes colour schemes etc.?

metacity themes are your window decorations, gdm themes are login screen themes

is there anyone using wine in ubuntu here? :(

what are you trying to run?

anyone else having a problem with no /dev/input/mice on the latest breezy?

no problems here

how do you save in that one text editor?

in vi? :w and :q to quit

how can i make a dir/partation user mountable?

tuxtype is a bit childish but its effective.

where in gnome is it possible to change the file associations (mime) ?

rightclick file , > properties > open with

anyone know when the final ff3 is coming out?

sometime in june

hi all, could anyone tell me what's the difference between the update-manager and aptitude dist-upgrade/apt-get dist-upgrade?

update-manager has a gui

hello! what is the easiest way to check the version of ubuntu that is installed on a machine to which i only have access through ssh? thanks :)

lsb_release -a

how can one increase the text sixe, in xchat?

settings, preference, font size

if i am looking at a folder with symbolic links in it, what is the command to find the path that those links are to...? i'm not explaining this very well - it's something like >read libjavaplugin_oji.so

ls -l

video driver problems with ati radeon xpress 200m series video card..... all sound and video is very very choppy and slow, and obv not working properly.... what do i do? i'm a noob as of 8.04 and hardly figured that out

have you read that site?

i've installed command line system and want to read dmesg output, how can i scroll back?

if you just type dmesg | less, you can use page up and page down to scroll up and down through the output

what sort of 'remote' folder?

on another machine/computer

argh, whenever a kernel is updated, it always sets my grub config to boot from (hd1,0) and not (hd0,0) like it should be.. (i can manually fix it, but i have to do this after every kernel update..)

among other things

where exactly does 3dchess install to? i was assuming the .deb package would put an entry in applications>games...

dpkg -l packagename

hi, any changelog for ubuntu 8.04.1 ?

try this https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2008-july/000112.html