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strange thing: he get sound from the speakers when using the mic but it does not get recorded	dont know much about recording
anyone ? how do i navigate via terminal to /media/sistem ?	you need to add \ to include space
how can i figure out my suiduser?	whoami
i think that can be accomplished in compiz settings. not sure.	yes. i have configured it with compiz. thank you very much
hey guys,,, from a fairly default setup, no x, just terminal,, how do i add ~/bin/ to $path for all users? including root?	this line works for me. maybe it will help you. export path=$path:$home/base/mine/bin
where is the sourceslist menu in ubuntu 10.10?	right click the menu, edit menu, go to admin, and put a checkbox next to it.
question : irc can use in the command line ?	weechat irssi
hi guys. is there a way to show a different background on the lock screen than on my desktop?	ubuntu-tweak can do that i believe
no more answering questions to get in ?	it was only temp.
does anyone know how to use xsetroot	man xsetroot
on openbsd i can use ktrace and kdump to find where files are that a process accesses. what is the linux method for doing this?	lsof?
how can i output a webpage to the terminal? (i.e. 'cat http://google.com'	or wget -qo-
can anyone tell me how i can get itunes on linux ubuntu 9.04?	but you should try the alternatives ... rhythmbox or banshee
hey all. is it possible to execute a find command through the commandline interface that includes hidden directories, such as the .metadata directory for eclipse workspaces?	err find some_dir/ -name '.*' -type d
hi i am facing a strange problem. i have started nautilus as root from the command line and i hit delete on some files. i suspect they went to the trash. how do i find the trash for root?	turn on hidden folders in nautilus and look for a folder called .trash
hi. how i can open a log file and go direct to the end?	to go directly to the last line.
hello all...anyone have any suggestions on the best or most used mirroring app or script to mirror the entire archive.ubuntu.com	best and most used likely are not the same. personally, i've had a good experience using ubumirror for full archive mirrors - https://launchpad.net/ubumirror
i've a ubuntu box and i'd like to connect it dorectly to a winxp box. do i need a crossover cable ?	most modern nics are auto-sensing, making a crossover cable unnecessary; you should be fine with anything
seen that box say on ubuntu forums that it has trouble connecting either way with one would work and wireless wouldn't or the wireless would work and the eth0 wouldn't	i didn't encounter that problem, though i don't use ethernet much
hi people, where do i go with a question about installer translation ?	if there's a bug, you can file it on launchpad
is there keys to switch between desktop in the workspace switcher ?	ctrl + alt + arrows
is it possible to install kde 4.3 in ubuntu and switch between the desktop environments?	yes. install 'kubuntu-desktop' and then choose either gnome or kde when you log in under 'sessions'
where can i find the source code of the program 'sudo' ?	should be able to do sudo apt-get source sudo, and it'll dump it to your pwd
i have a dumb question that i can't seem to find the answer in the faq etc. is there an easy way to put the nick of the person you are talking to at the beginning of the line?	most clients will tab complete the nick for you
using terminal how do i obtain a timestamp for when a device was mounted	i don't thing there's a mount specific log, however you can check /var/log/fsck and /var/log/messages
how do i stop and restart samba	sudo /etc/init.d/smb restart (i think the daemon is called smb, not samba)
sorry - this question is not about ubuntu, but the gimp. how do i make a black frame around a picture?	eh no.. not image size. increase canvas size.
i somehow borked my wifi by editting my /etc/network/interfaces... any suggestions?	remove your changes to that file
hey what was that command that read from a file/device and wrote to a file/device? it's in the tongue of my mo--i mean the tip of my tongue :p	dd?
i'm trying to use sed in a bash script to read to the nth line of a file: sed -n 'linenum{p;q;}' filenum. but i can't find a way to use a variable as the line number, any suggestions?	sed -n '$linenum..' file
so how long is it gonna take to fix the flash plugin?	ask adobe
for someone new to ubuntu what are the first things i should do after a fresh install. i checked sound and wifi, they are good. i installed xchat hoping for some guidance. :)	install chrome, chrome-to-phone, flash plugin, umm . ..
does anyone know if this ssh/ssl issue also affects gpg key generation?	it does not.
hi, i want to uninstall an application using the command line, can you guys help me?	'sudo apt-get --purge remove packagename'
anyone? c'mon, i need some help here.	you can press ctrl+alt+f1 to drop to tty1
hello everyone. how can i check whether a cron is executed or not	just make a test entry in your cron, one which outputs to a logfile, then you'll know
what are the minimum hw requirements for ubuntu 7 desktop/server edition?	if it's really old hardware, you should go with the alternate install disc
i leave my notebook on 24/7, it is not a laptop (the fans are on the bottom of the notebook), and when i use it on my lap im careful not to cover the fans. i am asking about what i can do to cool it down, because at night i leave it on my table and shut the lid, but sometimes (once every few weeks) it overheats and shuts down, more frequently in summer it shuts down because of overheating (i am guessing) because no matter what os	there are laptop coolers you can set it on that will move air from under it
matlab was for windows, i don't know if matlab available on linux	yep, and it works now
who was i talking to about filezilla, ssh and ftp yesterday?	http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2009/02/ they are divided to days, and to channels
can anyone point me in the direction of a how to install firefox 2. i can't find the directions on the mozilla site anywhere. they just tell you what its going to do.	right, same steps though, just different filenames
ot: can someone tell me when there will be the first results for the us presidential elections on tue?	the networks aren't allowed to call the election until the polls close at 8:00, but results will be coming in and pundits talking their heads off for hours before that.
hi all, question:is there a centralised place where to discuss (in a civilised way) ubuntu's current and future decisions regarding unity? -no troll intended	check out http://uds.ubuntu.com/
is slapd comparable to active directory?	slapd is for openldap, which is more of a database style thingee than active directory, altho, i think ad uses a form of ldap
how can i browse available cifs shares on a network via command line?	smbclient
am i the only one who feels that upgrading to edgy has slowed down my computer a lot ?	unless the upgrade reverted you to a vanilla 386 kernel?
i am having trouble finding information on installing ubuntu as a second operating system onto a different partition other than windows, i want to be able to select which os i want to start in the boot menu	what kind of card is it?
how come the ppc version of ubuntu is so flawed?	do you have the codecs installed?
anyone know and of those macosx style tool bars for linux? osnews.com did an article comparing 4 a whie back but can't find the article	avant window navagator is one: http://awn.wetpaint.com/ theyve got ubuntu repositories too
gents/ladies - is anyone finding the apt-get update process slow this evening?	pick a different mirror if the download is slow.
can someone help me getting my audio card working in 9.10?	open up a private chat with me and i will message you in a bit
anyone know how to turn off opening things with a single click...its driving me crazy and i want to go back to doubleclicking	open a file browser, go to edit\|preferences \| behavious, and change double to single
when is 7.10 expected to be released? is there a place where i can find more info on that?	7 = 2007 10 is the month
hi, how do i find my ntfs drives in /dev	sudo fdisk -l
how can i check my cpu information (clock speed / type) within ubuntu?	cat /proc/cpuinfo
hi how can i remove software cache , and reinstall ? http://paste.ubuntu.com/1060156/	sudo apt-get purge php5
hi guys i got 1 question, if i switch user at ubuntu, will the programs running at my current user be closed?	it will keep your session running in the background (including any applications you left running)
i'm working on setting up the network manager, i reinstalled it but it doesn't come up in the systray when i start up.	nm-applet
noone uses oidentd?	idented is a bit outdated.. and rarely used these days
hi all, i have a problem with my keyboard, i speak spanish so i need my keyboard in spanish, when i change the config to spanish the '' works but the 'tildes' (small line above the letters like this: ) doesn't work.. and when i change to other languaje (or some with dead or not dead keys) tildes works but doesn't.. what can i do??	go systems >> preferences >> keyboard check under layouts
what are the combo keys to resize my x display ?	or minus to go down
in the installed ubuntu apache package. does anyone know what format locales must be? since i'm from denmark da_dk should work, it doesn't know.	probably only the utf-8 locale is generated by default, try da_dk.utf8
anybody a telnet guru?	use netcat
how do i play and convert .flv videos in ubuntu?	goto the forum and do a search for convertit
hi, i've installed ubuntu and have two issues now - first, that the solution given to my problem here - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=522139&page=2 is actually that after every reboot i have to another time write 'sudo modprobe ndiswrapper', because it doesn't start with boot, and that the connection still doesn't work, just the pings to ip's, not to google.com, ubuntu.com, etc, im's and so on	adding ndiswrapper to /etc/modules should load it automatically
are you guys planning on doing a security update for the rails vulnerability? i installed it on my 6.06 lts server through the repositories.	more than likely, since its a security issue
are the 12.04 us.archive.ubuntu repositories having issues today?	they were working earlier, why?
could anyone help me on this? i cannot play any video files right now using kaffeine+xine (or anything else plus xine, as far as i can tell.) it makes programs like kaffeine and crash. my debugging info looks like this: http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/4775/ i was up all night trying to fix this and am at an end. if i am not providing enough detail, please let me know\	there's a plugin in synaptic that gets you avi, wmv, and other compatibility.
hi i am trying to compile brutal chess but it is complaining that sdl is not available. i assume this is simple directmedia layer. but there are many sdl packages in apt-cache search. what should be installed?	probably libsdl-dev or so
how do i format my thumb drive?	there's a graphical program called qtparted you can use
i'm trying to follow hoary's cleartype-like fonts howto here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=20976 but when i edit xorg.conf and reboot xdpyinfo output doesn't change. anyone know why?	hoary is not supported anymore
how do i open up a file in bash (through nano or something) that starts with a -? \ and '' do not work	nano ./-
how does one install firefox 3 in hardy?	sudo apt-get install firefox-3
how do i get to the nvidia gui?	nvidia-settings
what app do i need to convert ogg to mp3?	audacity can do that
anyone can offer some assistance with an ati radeon hd2600xt?	http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/ubuntu
what is a fast ubuntu mirror for the us all i can find are 100k ones..	try removing the country prefix from the urls remove the us. for example
even on formating the parition in which ubuntu is intalled? will it do? (i jst want to reassure..sory to ask again)	if you choose 'manual partition' during install, and specify that the first partition is for /, and that the 2nd partition is not to be touched, it should be fine. but for complete safety, you should first make a backup of the ext3 partition if you can...
how do i check and see if i have an nvidia card or ati?	lspci
whats the minimal system memory i need for a apache+mysql+php dev server?	no gui 256
is anyone familiar with the 'create new wireless network' feature on networkmanager? i'm curious if it's possible to share an existing wireless connection with that (or will it just disable my current wireless connection?)	should do it all in one shot.
repeat: which is the correct channel to ask about after-upgrade hassles (8.04 -> 8.10)? touchpad stopped working.	here i would guess..
can any recommend a good rss reader for linux, one that preferably has good filtering functionality	sage for firefox was decentish, but simple
how do i move a directory? i want to move /desktop/images to /media/driveb/new	what stormx2 told you will move the contents of the directory, not the directory itself
are there any linux commands to display how a hard disk is partitioned without actually opening a partioning program?	sudo fdisk -l /dev/hda
i just installed ubuntu and am getting used to the commands, i forgot to make a fat32 partition so i want to do one now, the fat32 part. will be called 'shareddrive' and i want it to be 40gb, may i ask what the command for that would be?	use qtparted
hello everyone, i just upgraded and am stuck because gnome doesn't show the bar on top correctly http://i.imgur.com/pebjc.png	thers only one fix that i know of, reinstall, and dont upgrade always do a full install
what is the permission of umask 0022 (777 666 655 644)?	calculate it. for files, 0666 & ~022 = 0644
is there any repository with 64-bit version of firefox 3.5 beta4?	in official repo firefox-3.5
how could i after starting an application from terminal, then close the terminal without the application to get shut down too?	either like: firefox & or nohup firefox
hello you wonderful helpful people, i notice an option for vpn in the network appelet but its not enabled how do i enable vpn?	i never did vpn but ubuntugeek has a guide for pptp vpn: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-configure-pptp-vpn-in-ubuntu-intrepid-and-jaunty.html
how can i search for packages with a certain name that i can install through apt-get	apt-cache search string
anybody know what package contains html::tablecontentparser?	libhtml-tableextract-perl - perl module that simplifies extraction of information from html
trying to install 9.04 on an acer aspire one - double click wubi - i get nothing but a log. any ideas? https://paste.ubuntu.com/205938	you're in it.
i need to see what processes are taking up cpu time in real time. is there something other than task manager that can do this for me?	htop
how do i find out if im running breezy/dapper/warty etc?	look in /etc/apt/sources.list
then just change the permissions on the directory you want to drop folders into...then just change it back when you are done	i want to copy an icon theme to /usr/icons/
does anyone know how to remove gnome ftp links from the desktop ? they don't have a move to trash option (it is greyed out)	or maybe 'disconnect'
how can i find out what services are using tcp ports 8010, or 111 on my machine?	lsof -i should give you a list of connections and servers
does anyone know of an snmp application that can run a graph from my router in the background on the desktop or similiar?	yeah programs like zenoss/cactus/nagios can do that

strange thing: he get sound from the speakers when using the mic but it does not get recorded

dont know much about recording

anyone ? how do i navigate via terminal to /media/sistem ?

you need to add \ to include space

how can i figure out my suiduser?

whoami

i think that can be accomplished in compiz settings. not sure.

yes. i have configured it with compiz. thank you very much

hey guys,,, from a fairly default setup, no x, just terminal,, how do i add ~/bin/ to $path for all users? including root?

this line works for me. maybe it will help you. export path=$path:$home/base/mine/bin

where is the sourceslist menu in ubuntu 10.10?

right click the menu, edit menu, go to admin, and put a checkbox next to it.

question : irc can use in the command line ?

weechat irssi

hi guys. is there a way to show a different background on the lock screen than on my desktop?

ubuntu-tweak can do that i believe

no more answering questions to get in ?

it was only temp.

does anyone know how to use xsetroot

man xsetroot

on openbsd i can use ktrace and kdump to find where files are that a process accesses. what is the linux method for doing this?

lsof?

how can i output a webpage to the terminal? (i.e. 'cat http://google.com'

or wget -qo-

can anyone tell me how i can get itunes on linux ubuntu 9.04?

but you should try the alternatives ... rhythmbox or banshee

hey all. is it possible to execute a find command through the commandline interface that includes hidden directories, such as the .metadata directory for eclipse workspaces?

err find some_dir/ -name '.*' -type d

hi i am facing a strange problem. i have started nautilus as root from the command line and i hit delete on some files. i suspect they went to the trash. how do i find the trash for root?

turn on hidden folders in nautilus and look for a folder called .trash

hi. how i can open a log file and go direct to the end?

to go directly to the last line.

hello all...anyone have any suggestions on the best or most used mirroring app or script to mirror the entire archive.ubuntu.com

best and most used likely are not the same. personally, i've had a good experience using ubumirror for full archive mirrors - https://launchpad.net/ubumirror

i've a ubuntu box and i'd like to connect it dorectly to a winxp box. do i need a crossover cable ?

most modern nics are auto-sensing, making a crossover cable unnecessary; you should be fine with anything

seen that box say on ubuntu forums that it has trouble connecting either way with one would work and wireless wouldn't or the wireless would work and the eth0 wouldn't

i didn't encounter that problem, though i don't use ethernet much

hi people, where do i go with a question about installer translation ?

if there's a bug, you can file it on launchpad

is there keys to switch between desktop in the workspace switcher ?

ctrl + alt + arrows

is it possible to install kde 4.3 in ubuntu and switch between the desktop environments?

yes. install 'kubuntu-desktop' and then choose either gnome or kde when you log in under 'sessions'

where can i find the source code of the program 'sudo' ?

should be able to do sudo apt-get source sudo, and it'll dump it to your pwd

i have a dumb question that i can't seem to find the answer in the faq etc. is there an easy way to put the nick of the person you are talking to at the beginning of the line?

most clients will tab complete the nick for you

using terminal how do i obtain a timestamp for when a device was mounted

i don't thing there's a mount specific log, however you can check /var/log/fsck and /var/log/messages

how do i stop and restart samba

sudo /etc/init.d/smb restart (i think the daemon is called smb, not samba)

sorry - this question is not about ubuntu, but the gimp. how do i make a black frame around a picture?

eh no.. not image size. increase canvas size.

i somehow borked my wifi by editting my /etc/network/interfaces... any suggestions?

remove your changes to that file

hey what was that command that read from a file/device and wrote to a file/device? it's in the tongue of my mo--i mean the tip of my tongue :p

dd?

i'm trying to use sed in a bash script to read to the nth line of a file: sed -n 'linenum{p;q;}' filenum. but i can't find a way to use a variable as the line number, any suggestions?

sed -n '$linenum..' file

so how long is it gonna take to fix the flash plugin?

ask adobe

for someone new to ubuntu what are the first things i should do after a fresh install. i checked sound and wifi, they are good. i installed xchat hoping for some guidance. :)

install chrome, chrome-to-phone, flash plugin, umm . ..

does anyone know if this ssh/ssl issue also affects gpg key generation?

it does not.

hi, i want to uninstall an application using the command line, can you guys help me?

'sudo apt-get --purge remove packagename'

anyone? c'mon, i need some help here.

you can press ctrl+alt+f1 to drop to tty1

hello everyone. how can i check whether a cron is executed or not

just make a test entry in your cron, one which outputs to a logfile, then you'll know

what are the minimum hw requirements for ubuntu 7 desktop/server edition?

if it's really old hardware, you should go with the alternate install disc

i leave my notebook on 24/7, it is not a laptop (the fans are on the bottom of the notebook), and when i use it on my lap im careful not to cover the fans. i am asking about what i can do to cool it down, because at night i leave it on my table and shut the lid, but sometimes (once every few weeks) it overheats and shuts down, more frequently in summer it shuts down because of overheating (i am guessing) because no matter what os

there are laptop coolers you can set it on that will move air from under it

matlab was for windows, i don't know if matlab available on linux

yep, and it works now

who was i talking to about filezilla, ssh and ftp yesterday?

http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2009/02/ they are divided to days, and to channels

can anyone point me in the direction of a how to install firefox 2. i can't find the directions on the mozilla site anywhere. they just tell you what its going to do.

right, same steps though, just different filenames

ot: can someone tell me when there will be the first results for the us presidential elections on tue?

the networks aren't allowed to call the election until the polls close at 8:00, but results will be coming in and pundits talking their heads off for hours before that.

hi all, question:is there a centralised place where to discuss (in a civilised way) ubuntu's current and future decisions regarding unity? -no troll intended

check out http://uds.ubuntu.com/

is slapd comparable to active directory?

slapd is for openldap, which is more of a database style thingee than active directory, altho, i think ad uses a form of ldap

how can i browse available cifs shares on a network via command line?

smbclient

am i the only one who feels that upgrading to edgy has slowed down my computer a lot ?

unless the upgrade reverted you to a vanilla 386 kernel?

i am having trouble finding information on installing ubuntu as a second operating system onto a different partition other than windows, i want to be able to select which os i want to start in the boot menu

what kind of card is it?

how come the ppc version of ubuntu is so flawed?

do you have the codecs installed?

anyone know and of those macosx style tool bars for linux? osnews.com did an article comparing 4 a whie back but can't find the article

avant window navagator is one: http://awn.wetpaint.com/ theyve got ubuntu repositories too

gents/ladies - is anyone finding the apt-get update process slow this evening?

pick a different mirror if the download is slow.

can someone help me getting my audio card working in 9.10?

open up a private chat with me and i will message you in a bit

anyone know how to turn off opening things with a single click...its driving me crazy and i want to go back to doubleclicking

open a file browser, go to edit|preferences | behavious, and change double to single

when is 7.10 expected to be released? is there a place where i can find more info on that?

7 = 2007 10 is the month

hi, how do i find my ntfs drives in /dev

sudo fdisk -l

how can i check my cpu information (clock speed / type) within ubuntu?

cat /proc/cpuinfo

hi how can i remove software cache , and reinstall ? http://paste.ubuntu.com/1060156/

sudo apt-get purge php5

hi guys i got 1 question, if i switch user at ubuntu, will the programs running at my current user be closed?

it will keep your session running in the background (including any applications you left running)

i'm working on setting up the network manager, i reinstalled it but it doesn't come up in the systray when i start up.

nm-applet

noone uses oidentd?

idented is a bit outdated.. and rarely used these days

hi all, i have a problem with my keyboard, i speak spanish so i need my keyboard in spanish, when i change the config to spanish the '' works but the 'tildes' (small line above the letters like this: ) doesn't work.. and when i change to other languaje (or some with dead or not dead keys) tildes works but doesn't.. what can i do??

go systems >> preferences >> keyboard check under layouts

what are the combo keys to resize my x display ?

or minus to go down

in the installed ubuntu apache package. does anyone know what format locales must be? since i'm from denmark da_dk should work, it doesn't know.

probably only the utf-8 locale is generated by default, try da_dk.utf8

anybody a telnet guru?

use netcat

how do i play and convert .flv videos in ubuntu?

goto the forum and do a search for convertit

hi, i've installed ubuntu and have two issues now - first, that the solution given to my problem here - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=522139&page=2 is actually that after every reboot i have to another time write 'sudo modprobe ndiswrapper', because it doesn't start with boot, and that the connection still doesn't work, just the pings to ip's, not to google.com, ubuntu.com, etc, im's and so on

adding ndiswrapper to /etc/modules should load it automatically

are you guys planning on doing a security update for the rails vulnerability? i installed it on my 6.06 lts server through the repositories.

more than likely, since its a security issue

are the 12.04 us.archive.ubuntu repositories having issues today?

they were working earlier, why?

could anyone help me on this? i cannot play any video files right now using kaffeine+xine (or anything else plus xine, as far as i can tell.) it makes programs like kaffeine and crash. my debugging info looks like this: http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/4775/ i was up all night trying to fix this and am at an end. if i am not providing enough detail, please let me know\

there's a plugin in synaptic that gets you avi, wmv, and other compatibility.

hi i am trying to compile brutal chess but it is complaining that sdl is not available. i assume this is simple directmedia layer. but there are many sdl packages in apt-cache search. what should be installed?

probably libsdl-dev or so

how do i format my thumb drive?

there's a graphical program called qtparted you can use

i'm trying to follow hoary's cleartype-like fonts howto here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=20976 but when i edit xorg.conf and reboot xdpyinfo output doesn't change. anyone know why?

hoary is not supported anymore

how do i open up a file in bash (through nano or something) that starts with a -? \ and '' do not work

nano ./-

how does one install firefox 3 in hardy?

sudo apt-get install firefox-3

how do i get to the nvidia gui?

nvidia-settings

what app do i need to convert ogg to mp3?

audacity can do that

anyone can offer some assistance with an ati radeon hd2600xt?

http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/ubuntu

what is a fast ubuntu mirror for the us all i can find are 100k ones..

try removing the country prefix from the urls remove the us. for example

even on formating the parition in which ubuntu is intalled? will it do? (i jst want to reassure..sory to ask again)

if you choose 'manual partition' during install, and specify that the first partition is for /, and that the 2nd partition is *not* to be touched, it should be fine. but for complete safety, you should first make a backup of the ext3 partition if you can...

how do i check and see if i have an nvidia card or ati?

lspci

whats the minimal system memory i need for a apache+mysql+php dev server?

no gui 256

is anyone familiar with the 'create new wireless network' feature on networkmanager? i'm curious if it's possible to share an existing wireless connection with that (or will it just disable my current wireless connection?)

should do it all in one shot.

repeat: which is the correct channel to ask about after-upgrade hassles (8.04 -> 8.10)? touchpad stopped working.

here i would guess..

can any recommend a good rss reader for linux, one that preferably has good filtering functionality

sage for firefox was decentish, but simple

how do i move a directory? i want to move /desktop/images to /media/driveb/new

what stormx2 told you will move the contents of the directory, not the directory itself

are there any linux commands to display how a hard disk is partitioned without actually opening a partioning program?

sudo fdisk -l /dev/hda

i just installed ubuntu and am getting used to the commands, i forgot to make a fat32 partition so i want to do one now, the fat32 part. will be called 'shareddrive' and i want it to be 40gb, may i ask what the command for that would be?

use qtparted

hello everyone, i just upgraded and am stuck because gnome doesn't show the bar on top correctly http://i.imgur.com/pebjc.png

thers only one fix that i know of, reinstall, and dont upgrade always do a full install

what is the permission of umask 0022 (777 666 655 644)?

calculate it. for files, 0666 & ~022 = 0644

is there any repository with 64-bit version of firefox 3.5 beta4?

in official repo firefox-3.5

how could i after starting an application from terminal, then close the terminal without the application to get shut down too?

either like: firefox & or nohup firefox

hello you wonderful helpful people, i notice an option for vpn in the network appelet but its not enabled how do i enable vpn?

i never did vpn but ubuntugeek has a guide for pptp vpn: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-configure-pptp-vpn-in-ubuntu-intrepid-and-jaunty.html

how can i search for packages with a certain name that i can install through apt-get

apt-cache search string

anybody know what package contains html::tablecontentparser?

libhtml-tableextract-perl - perl module that simplifies extraction of information from html

trying to install 9.04 on an acer aspire one - double click wubi - i get nothing but a log. any ideas? https://paste.ubuntu.com/205938

you're in it.

i need to see what processes are taking up cpu time in real time. is there something other than task manager that can do this for me?

htop

how do i find out if im running breezy/dapper/warty etc?

look in /etc/apt/sources.list

then just change the permissions on the directory you want to drop folders into...then just change it back when you are done

i want to copy an icon theme to /usr/icons/

does anyone know how to remove gnome ftp links from the desktop ? they don't have a move to trash option (it is greyed out)

or maybe 'disconnect'

how can i find out what services are using tcp ports 8010, or 111 on my machine?

lsof -i should give you a list of connections and servers

does anyone know of an snmp application that can run a graph from my router in the background on the desktop or similiar?

yeah programs like zenoss/cactus/nagios can do that