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has anyone got an m600i mobile phone to connect to linux? it uses symbian os	most symbian phones should work just fine using obex.
hi. why does hardware drivers not bring up the official ati driver as an option? i'm stuck with opensource radeon driver that doesn't so what i need. any ideas? tried downloading official, but that fails too. x1300/r500 series. many thanks....	talk to ati, or go back to an older ubuntu... nothing you can do in jaunty
hello. i'm installing mumble server on my ubuntu server 8.10. i need an application that is able to send simple mails. is it a complicatied process to make a server able to send mails?	sendmail
i'm attempting to configure evolution for gmail, following one of the many guides. i'm told to chose smtp as my server type but i don't see it as an option. how do i remedy this?	im not sure many people here actually use evolution
i have feisty fawn on my system now. will i have an option to update to the new 7.10 or do i have to do a total reinstall?	you can upgrade
is there any software for mounting *.iso?	yes -- mount
how do i undelete something i emptied from the trash bin?	you cant
oh, so a pastebin command does exist! nice... i used to use a python script i did long time ago	sudo apt-get install pastebinit
geforce 7600 agp has opengl 2.0 support. is this any good for playing linux games and or basic ms games under wine?	check appdb if the game itself will run
i get segmentation faults on programs like firefox. but if i reboot the seg faults go away. the seg fault will be something like cannot find a variable name. what is happenning?	thats rather odd. i'd say try a memtest... but thats really odd.
my pointer preferences is not showing up under my mouse preferences like it's supposed to. is there something i need to install additionally?	it is in preferences>appeaerence>themes>customize>pointers
lucid window controls vanish on login. i reinstalled the metacity packages with synaptic. no fix. i have to go to appearances and re-enable visual effects but that only works until next login. any ideas?	pretty strange, i don't have a sound card i this pc, i plugged in a logitech usb headset, viola! sound works, skype works (even with the mic), so it must be issues with native sound boards huh.
how do i run a sh file	sh ./filename
hello all, i am new to linux. how do i install something from a tar.gz?	the install instructions should be in the directory that gets extracted
hey, does anyone know how to mount a ntfs partition so it is writeable? i have it mounted with the same options as my writeable fat32s but i still can't modify the disk	unless you want to lose your data
what's that package that gives you make and all those other useful development tools	build-essential
is there a text editor in ubuntu 8.10 that will put a number on each line?	mousepad has that feature too...a very lightweight editor
but opera uses a lot of ram, depending of how many tabs you're using	i think you're confusing it with firefox.
i am about to upgrade to jaunty from intrepid when i get this message this computer is currently using the amd 'fglrx' graphics driver. no version of this driver is available that works with your hardware in ubuntu 9.04.	i would say so
hi everyone! does anybody know of a application to create divx movies?	avidemux i think
how do i get ubunto to boot in to runlevel 3? i don't want x running as i'm thinking of running this on a server.	runlevels on ubuntu/debian do not work like other distributions. if you don't want x running, remove it from startup: sudo update-rc.d gdm remove
hi - when opening virtualbox i got a note about a new version (4.1.20) being available and a link to download it from virtualbox.org do i need to uninstall the old one first?	http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=921670
hi guys, could somebody tell me what these desktop widgets are called: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/content-pre1/119767-1.jpeg (the clock, the weather one), thanks in advance. :)	http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/screenlet?content=119767
what is command to update the db for locate?	updatedb
hi guys, i get a configure error when trying to build edb from enlightenment cvs : checking how to run the c++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp	install build-essential
ok, got my system back to working the way i like it :d	visudo and edit the definitions there
i am considering swapping the motherboard in my ubuntu server. is there anything special to be aware of? i am not using onboard raid or anything else special, although obviously i'd need to redo my sensors.conf	is it to a board of the same type.
hello, i can't install languages in ubuntu 9.04, can you help me?	what kind of languages?
i'm trying to remember the name of gnome media player -- totem isn't what i'm looking for. something minimal. i used it once. (i know there is vlc too). ;o	it looks like it's not in ubuntu before 10.10, so you'll need to use the ppa link on that page
hey guys is there a way so i don't see kde's apps on my gnome menus? thx	you can probably edit the menus by hand, but it's been a long running goal for both kde and gnome communities, and for distros like ubuntu, to help people to use the disparate suite of apps offered by both communities and more..
probably a dumb question, but how do i search for a file?	find [path...] [expression] example
hey can you tell me some app which lets you chose what to run at startup	just use sessions from the main menu
hi, how do i enable desktop effects in gutsy? where is it on the menus?	right click then desktop ppties
how do i restart apache? i changed apache2.conf and want the changes to take effect.	sudo invoke-rc.d apache2 restart
hello, i upgraded to ubuntu 10.04 about 2 days ago and sometimes my actual time on the system shows wrong, but the package gdesklet with time was right, is that a bug or a error probably on my side?	are you running windows as well?
what torrent client is the most like utorrent? i tried ktorrent, but in my resolution the rss feed deal caused some major ui problems	how about deluge?
can someone help with grub please?	what i'd try to do is let grub use hda1 and merge the relevant sections from (hda3)/path/to/menu.lst to (hda1)/path/to/menu.lst. but that's me.
hi. are there any digital video cameras (not a webcam) which can be accessed via /dev/video0 when connected to the pc?	probably the ones that use firewire
any chance that 8.10 rc will release today as scheduled?	it is released, follow the beta link on ubuntu.com
to set the default home directory permissions in the system so everytime a new user is added the permissions are set so their account can't access others and others can't access them i mean with cd they can view everyones folders	/etc/adduser.conf
does anybody know how i can use ubuntu to format and write to a hfs+?	see if this url helps you http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=392287
how can i extract all word contains the characters 'ns' form a file please	harder, but not impossible. use tr to change all spaces to newlines so you only have one word per line, then use grep as before...
i'm trying to get my sound working, and i have to do some alsa work.. when i am compiling the files, i get this error 'configure: error: no acceptable c compiler found in $path'	sounds like you don't have the build-essentials package installed.
the mercurial package shipped with ubuntu is horribly old. and even if it weren't, i sometimes do development work with mercurial. so, i would very much like to be able to create my own mercurial packages.	https://wiki.ubuntu.com/howtobuilddebianpackagesfromscratch
a windows software running in wine has frozen ...what to do ?	wine has problably frozen. i press alt + f2 and type xkill and click on the windows app
quick question: does ubuntu use vanilla-soures as standard? and what version is the current stable?	no. it uses a patched kernel and dapper (the latest stable ubuntu release) uses 2.6.15
how can i connect a mac os x and ubuntu directly over ethernet cable to share files ?	but you have to set the ips manually to the same subnet but the last number has to be another
does ubuntu come with samba?	if not you can install it
could someone explain the difference between alsa, pulseaudio and oss (which i read now is deprecated)	alsa and oss both handle the hardware and lets you use it to play sound.. pulseaudio is a system above this.. it lets you mix sounds and move sounds between different soundcards.. it uses alsa to do the actual sound playing
how do i add an open in console context menu item?	install nautilus-open-terminal
how do i change the desktop manager that starts at bootup?	install an alternative and you should be asked which you want to use
how do i connect via rdp to my windows computer at work??	using grdesktop (or rdesktop from command line)
using wine/ies4linux/ietab is it possible to run ietab in linux firefox?	not without modifying the source of that extension. you'd have to signficantly rewrite it
how do i move a file to the trash can through the terminal?	mv /path/file ~/.trash
does anyone know if the new version of ubuntu supports the atheros ar5007eg out of the box?	the atheros adaptor in my aspire one worked right away on 9.04
hi. i have a horribly noob question to ask. how do i use terminal to send a file via ftp? i want to transfer it to my /public_html/ dir, but it keeps transferring it to the '/' home directory.	there is a cd command in ftp to change the remote directory...
i can't have x connection to this server only ssh	then it wont start untill you run it yourself.
hi guys. my ubuntu doesnt like my microphon (internal and external). i added a specific line to the alsa-base.conf following a alsa-configuration-tutorial. could someone help me to configure my sound device thus i can use my mic?	that's on terminal btw
i cant enable my normal effects anymore .... :( can anyone please help me? i would love to slide my applications into different desktops....	if you've got nvidia or ati, you'll need to install or re-enable the restricted drivers in system>admin>restricted drivers manager
anyone else running virtualbox on 64-bit 8.10? for some reason, when i start it up, it crashes gconf.	run virtualbox from terminal, you my get smart outputs
hello there. im trying to configure a 22inches lcd panel and i just got the 1680x1050 res working. but ive got some screen missing. its like 4 or 5cm to the right and i cant use the monitors panel to bring it more to the right. any ideas?	look for auto config in your settings, that is how most of the lcd work
tro: what does access path mean?	so access path is where you want it to show up in the filesystem.
how can i change ownership of a file?	right click > properties > permissions :)
anyone know a way to get network security alerts thru gnome notify?	you can use: notify-send to make notify-osd show the text you want
what is the difference between 'workspace' and 'view port'?	the viewport is the little area on the panel that shows another workspace.
how to find to what package given file belogs ?	elsae install apt-file
how do i ssh tunnel in ubuntu?	why do you need it? :)
is any of the flash-players better than the others?	free and open source software
anyone here familiar with xubuntu and knows how to not have to have the disc in to apt-get?	remove the cd from your sources.list
hi, i currently have my pc as dual-boot with vista and ubuntu, using the grub bootloader. i am thinking about installing xp and triple-booting but i'm not sure how i'd go about fixing grub after installing xp. i'm assuming that the xp install will destroy grub and i will somehow have to restore it. how would i do this?	you need the 'recoveringubuntuafterinstallingwindows' link
is there a special way to tag ogg files or easy tag should be able to handle it?	easy tag for the win.
how do i get to being a root user instead of just me?	sudo su
i seem to remember that prior to this unity stuff it was easy to add yourself to a group. is there a graphic utility that can be used for group management?	users & groups menu is not installed by default, iapt-get install gnome-system-tools
http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download says that i need a usb stick with 'at least 2gb of free space'. really? 1gb not gonna cut it? you need more space on a usb stick than the iso takes?	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/installation/fromusbstick
so any words of advise before i take the plunge and update ?	or watch a movie -- i recommend 'spaceballs'.
hi - can someone point me to an article on how ubuntu synchronizes its system time in a networked environment?	it has something to do with the ntp service. look about restarting it, perhaps, assuming the windows master is in the configurations.
how do i install python 2.6? this one didnt exist: sudo apt-get install python2.6 is there a way to upgrade from 2.5 to 2.6, maybe its easier for my case, or?	if you're using hardy, then you'll need to find a ppa, i'm not sure once exists though, since python is rather integral to ubuntu.
when dapper comes out am i going to have to start from scratch or will i be able to apt-get the upgrades??????????/	it's called 'seamless upgrade'
which file do i edit to change the default login manager from kdm to other?	/etc/x11/default-display-manager
hi all, are servers still busy or is it a good time to upgrade now?	or torrent the alternate install cd and upgrade from that -- very fast that way
how to remove programs in ubuntu through	just create a file with a name starting with '.'
hi. i want to copy some files which contain '--' in their names. how can i copy them via cp ?	cp /path/to/-- /path/to/dest/
hello, ubotu states that automatix uses something like echo -e blahblah, which is considered 'unsafe'. could anyone elaborate?	it automatically answers yes to questions which the user is supposed to answer
what is the equivalent for /etc/rc.local in ubuntu?	man update-rc.d
anyone know how to disable the system beep whenever i backspace to far or do anything really? it is quite irritating.	i had to disable that in my bios
hey everyone, can i somehow tell ubuntu not to write grub into my mbr when installing?	with the alternate install cd you can
what exactly do the colors in bash indicate? sorry if i'm not in the right area to be asking this :\|	see http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/where-is-color-of-ls-command-defined.html
can anyone suggest me a good web-camera software?	cheese
anyone know the name of the application to manage archive?	file-roller
anyone knows a way to solve problem of sun java firefox plugin blocking sound from other programs?	check the 'edgy ubuntu guide'
don't know who should be told - but with the update of claws-mail the other day, package claws-mail-feeds-reader is now broken (technically the package isn't broken, but the plugin is not compatible)	in hardy or intrepid?
what's the equivalent to '~/.bashrc' on the 'sh' shell?	.profile is similar, though only sourced at login.
i am having some trouble with a tutorial. the tutorial is teaching me how to write shell scripts and as an example it had me create the directory bin in my home directory which properly added like it was supposed to and i can execute from it. but the tutorial also asked me to create a .bash_profile in the bin directory and restart. i put the two alias examples in it but neither one seems to work. what's wrong?	no, it's just supposed to be in your homedir
hello there, i want to run in background a program and save the pid in a file named myprogram.pid, i have this, this run the program in background ./myprogram > /dev/null & , but how i get the pid to save it in myprogram.pid?	the process id of the current bash is $$
can anyone tell me the symlink to get java working in ububtu6 ... please ?!?	ubotu will have sent you instructions about java in ubuntu 6.06.
does anyone know about hidden pci busses, found lots of references but no solutions... someone must know	maybe lspci -vv
hey, i'm looking for a desktop thing that i saw in a screen shot once and cant remember where or what. what it was, was just a simple bit of text on the right hand side of the desktop, sort of a ticker that told the time, date, cpu usage, weather, etc ? anybody know what that is?	conky or gkrellm
http://www.malibyte.net/iptables/scripts/functions	/etc/init.d/skeleton is the thing you looking for
what package do i install, so that i get all the latex packages? (the sty-files).	and tetex-extra maybe
how do you do that 'personsname:' thing before every reply?	some irc clients have auto-complete, so you just type a few letters and hit tab, for instance

has anyone got an m600i mobile phone to connect to linux? it uses symbian os

most symbian phones should work just fine using obex.

hi. why does hardware drivers not bring up the official ati driver as an option? i'm stuck with opensource radeon driver that doesn't so what i need. any ideas? tried downloading official, but that fails too. x1300/r500 series. many thanks....

talk to ati, or go back to an older ubuntu... nothing you can do in jaunty

hello. i'm installing mumble server on my ubuntu server 8.10. i need an application that is able to send simple mails. is it a complicatied process to make a server able to send mails?

sendmail

i'm attempting to configure evolution for gmail, following one of the many guides. i'm told to chose smtp as my server type but i don't see it as an option. how do i remedy this?

im not sure many people here actually use evolution

i have feisty fawn on my system now. will i have an option to update to the new 7.10 or do i have to do a total reinstall?

you can upgrade

is there any software for mounting *.iso?

yes -- mount

how do i undelete something i emptied from the trash bin?

you cant

oh, so a pastebin command does exist! nice... i used to use a python script i did long time ago

sudo apt-get install pastebinit

geforce 7600 agp has opengl 2.0 support. is this any good for playing linux games and or basic ms games under wine?

check appdb if the game itself will run

i get segmentation faults on programs like firefox. but if i reboot the seg faults go away. the seg fault will be something like cannot find a variable name. what is happenning?

thats rather odd. i'd say try a memtest... but thats really odd.

my pointer preferences is not showing up under my mouse preferences like it's supposed to. is there something i need to install additionally?

it is in preferences>appeaerence>themes>customize>pointers

lucid window controls vanish on login. i reinstalled the metacity packages with synaptic. no fix. i have to go to appearances and re-enable visual effects but that only works until next login. any ideas?

pretty strange, i don't have a sound card i this pc, i plugged in a logitech usb headset, viola! sound works, skype works (even with the mic), so it must be issues with native sound boards huh.

how do i run a sh file

sh ./filename

hello all, i am new to linux. how do i install something from a tar.gz?

the install instructions should be in the directory that gets extracted

hey, does anyone know how to mount a ntfs partition so it is writeable? i have it mounted with the same options as my writeable fat32s but i still can't modify the disk

unless you want to lose your data

what's that package that gives you make and all those other useful development tools

build-essential

is there a text editor in ubuntu 8.10 that will put a number on each line?

mousepad has that feature too...a very lightweight editor

but opera uses a lot of ram, depending of how many tabs you're using

i think you're confusing it with firefox.

i am about to upgrade to jaunty from intrepid when i get this message this computer is currently using the amd 'fglrx' graphics driver. no version of this driver is available that works with your hardware in ubuntu 9.04.

i would say so

hi everyone! does anybody know of a application to create divx movies?

avidemux i think

how do i get ubunto to boot in to runlevel 3? i don't want x running as i'm thinking of running this on a server.

runlevels on ubuntu/debian do not work like other distributions. if you don't want x running, remove it from startup: sudo update-rc.d gdm remove

hi - when opening virtualbox i got a note about a new version (4.1.20) being available and a link to download it from virtualbox.org do i need to uninstall the old one first?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=921670

hi guys, could somebody tell me what these desktop widgets are called: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/content-pre1/119767-1.jpeg (the clock, the weather one), thanks in advance. :)

http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/screenlet?content=119767

what is command to update the db for locate?

updatedb

hi guys, i get a configure error when trying to build edb from enlightenment cvs : checking how to run the c++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp

install build-essential

ok, got my system back to working the way i like it :d

visudo and edit the definitions there

i am considering swapping the motherboard in my ubuntu server. is there anything special to be aware of? i am not using onboard raid or anything else special, although obviously i'd need to redo my sensors.conf

is it to a board of the same type.

hello, i can't install languages in ubuntu 9.04, can you help me?

what kind of languages?

i'm trying to remember the name of gnome media player -- totem isn't what i'm looking for. something minimal. i used it once. (i know there is vlc too). ;o

it looks like it's not in ubuntu before 10.10, so you'll need to use the ppa link on that page

hey guys is there a way so i don't see kde's apps on my gnome menus? thx

you can probably edit the menus by hand, but it's been a long running goal for both kde and gnome communities, and for distros like ubuntu, to help people to use the disparate suite of apps offered by both communities and more..

probably a dumb question, but how do i search for a file?

find [path...] [expression] example

hey can you tell me some app which lets you chose what to run at startup

just use sessions from the main menu

hi, how do i enable desktop effects in gutsy? where is it on the menus?

right click then desktop ppties

how do i restart apache? i changed apache2.conf and want the changes to take effect.

sudo invoke-rc.d apache2 restart

hello, i upgraded to ubuntu 10.04 about 2 days ago and sometimes my actual time on the system shows wrong, but the package gdesklet with time was right, is that a bug or a error probably on my side?

are you running windows as well?

what torrent client is the most like utorrent? i tried ktorrent, but in my resolution the rss feed deal caused some major ui problems

how about deluge?

can someone help with grub please?

what i'd try to do is let grub use hda1 and merge the relevant sections from (hda3)/path/to/menu.lst to (hda1)/path/to/menu.lst. but that's me.

hi. are there any digital video cameras (not a webcam) which can be accessed via /dev/video0 when connected to the pc?

probably the ones that use firewire

any chance that 8.10 rc will release today as scheduled?

it is released, follow the beta link on ubuntu.com

to set the default home directory permissions in the system so everytime a new user is added the permissions are set so their account can't access others and others can't access them i mean with cd they can view everyones folders

/etc/adduser.conf

does anybody know how i can use ubuntu to format and write to a hfs+?

see if this url helps you http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=392287

how can i extract all word contains the characters 'ns' form a file please

harder, but not impossible. use tr to change all spaces to newlines so you only have one word per line, then use grep as before...

i'm trying to get my sound working, and i have to do some alsa work.. when i am compiling the files, i get this error 'configure: error: no acceptable c compiler found in $path'

sounds like you don't have the build-essentials package installed.

the mercurial package shipped with ubuntu is horribly old. and even if it weren't, i sometimes do development work with mercurial. so, i would very much like to be able to create my own mercurial packages.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/howtobuilddebianpackagesfromscratch

a windows software running in wine has frozen ...what to do ?

wine has problably frozen. i press alt + f2 and type xkill and click on the windows app

quick question: does ubuntu use vanilla-soures as standard? and what version is the current stable?

no. it uses a patched kernel and dapper (the latest stable ubuntu release) uses 2.6.15

how can i connect a mac os x and ubuntu directly over ethernet cable to share files ?

but you have to set the ips manually to the same subnet but the last number has to be another

does ubuntu come with samba?

if not you can install it

could someone explain the difference between alsa, pulseaudio and oss (which i read now is deprecated)

alsa and oss both handle the hardware and lets you use it to play sound.. pulseaudio is a system above this.. it lets you mix sounds and move sounds between different soundcards.. it uses alsa to do the actual sound playing

how do i add an open in console context menu item?

install nautilus-open-terminal

how do i change the desktop manager that starts at bootup?

install an alternative and you should be asked which you want to use

how do i connect via rdp to my windows computer at work??

using grdesktop (or rdesktop from command line)

using wine/ies4linux/ietab is it possible to run ietab in linux firefox?

not without modifying the source of that extension. you'd have to signficantly rewrite it

how do i move a file to the trash can through the terminal?

mv /path/file ~/.trash

does anyone know if the new version of ubuntu supports the atheros ar5007eg out of the box?

the atheros adaptor in my aspire one worked right away on 9.04

hi. i have a horribly noob question to ask. how do i use terminal to send a file via ftp? i want to transfer it to my /public_html/ dir, but it keeps transferring it to the '/' home directory.

there is a cd command in ftp to change the remote directory...

i can't have x connection to this server only ssh

then it wont start untill you run it yourself.

hi guys. my ubuntu doesnt like my microphon (internal and external). i added a specific line to the alsa-base.conf following a alsa-configuration-tutorial. could someone help me to configure my sound device thus i can use my mic?

that's on terminal btw

i cant enable my normal effects anymore .... :( can anyone please help me? i would love to slide my applications into different desktops....

if you've got nvidia or ati, you'll need to install or re-enable the restricted drivers in system>admin>restricted drivers manager

anyone else running virtualbox on 64-bit 8.10? for some reason, when i start it up, it crashes gconf.

run virtualbox from terminal, you my get smart outputs

hello there. im trying to configure a 22inches lcd panel and i just got the 1680x1050 res working. but ive got some screen missing. its like 4 or 5cm to the right and i cant use the monitors panel to bring it more to the right. any ideas?

look for auto config in your settings, that is how most of the lcd work

tro: what does access path mean?

so access path is where you want it to show up in the filesystem.

how can i change ownership of a file?

right click > properties > permissions :)

anyone know a way to get network security alerts thru gnome notify?

you can use: notify-send to make notify-osd show the text you want

what is the difference between 'workspace' and 'view port'?

the viewport is the little area on the panel that shows another workspace.

how to find to what package given file belogs ?

elsae install apt-file

how do i ssh tunnel in ubuntu?

why do you need it? :)

is any of the flash-players better than the others?

free and open source software

anyone here familiar with xubuntu and knows how to not have to have the disc in to apt-get?

remove the cd from your sources.list

hi, i currently have my pc as dual-boot with vista and ubuntu, using the grub bootloader. i am thinking about installing xp and triple-booting but i'm not sure how i'd go about fixing grub after installing xp. i'm assuming that the xp install will destroy grub and i will somehow have to restore it. how would i do this?

you need the 'recoveringubuntuafterinstallingwindows' link

is there a special way to tag ogg files or easy tag should be able to handle it?

easy tag for the win.

how do i get to being a root user instead of just me?

sudo su

i seem to remember that prior to this unity stuff it was easy to add yourself to a group. is there a graphic utility that can be used for group management?

users & groups menu is not installed by default, iapt-get install gnome-system-tools

http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download says that i need a usb stick with 'at least 2gb of free space'. really? 1gb not gonna cut it? you need more space on a usb stick than the iso takes?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/installation/fromusbstick

so any words of advise before i take the plunge and update ?

or watch a movie -- i recommend 'spaceballs'.

hi - can someone point me to an article on how ubuntu synchronizes its system time in a networked environment?

it has something to do with the ntp service. look about restarting it, perhaps, assuming the windows master is in the configurations.

how do i install python 2.6? this one didnt exist: sudo apt-get install python2.6 is there a way to upgrade from 2.5 to 2.6, maybe its easier for my case, or?

if you're using hardy, then you'll need to find a ppa, i'm not sure once exists though, since python is rather integral to ubuntu.

when dapper comes out am i going to have to start from scratch or will i be able to apt-get the upgrades??????????/

it's called 'seamless upgrade'

which file do i edit to change the default login manager from kdm to other?

/etc/x11/default-display-manager

hi all, are servers still busy or is it a good time to upgrade now?

or torrent the alternate install cd and upgrade from that -- very fast that way

how to remove programs in ubuntu through

just create a file with a name starting with '.'

hi. i want to copy some files which contain '--' in their names. how can i copy them via cp ?

cp /path/to/*--* /path/to/dest/

hello, ubotu states that automatix uses something like echo -e blahblah, which is considered 'unsafe'. could anyone elaborate?

it automatically answers yes to questions which the user is supposed to answer

what is the equivalent for /etc/rc.local in ubuntu?

man update-rc.d

anyone know how to disable the system beep whenever i backspace to far or do anything really? it is quite irritating.

i had to disable that in my bios

hey everyone, can i somehow tell ubuntu not to write grub into my mbr when installing?

with the alternate install cd you can

what exactly do the colors in bash indicate? sorry if i'm not in the right area to be asking this :|

see http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/where-is-color-of-ls-command-defined.html

can anyone suggest me a good web-camera software?

cheese

anyone know the name of the application to manage archive?

file-roller

anyone knows a way to solve problem of sun java firefox plugin blocking sound from other programs?

check the 'edgy ubuntu guide'

don't know who should be told - but with the update of claws-mail the other day, package claws-mail-feeds-reader is now broken (technically the package isn't broken, but the plugin is not compatible)

in hardy or intrepid?

what's the equivalent to '~/.bashrc' on the 'sh' shell?

.profile is similar, though only sourced at login.

i am having some trouble with a tutorial. the tutorial is teaching me how to write shell scripts and as an example it had me create the directory bin in my home directory which properly added like it was supposed to and i can execute from it. but the tutorial also asked me to create a .bash_profile in the bin directory and restart. i put the two alias examples in it but neither one seems to work. what's wrong?

no, it's just supposed to be in your homedir

hello there, i want to run in background a program and save the pid in a file named myprogram.pid, i have this, this run the program in background ./myprogram > /dev/null & , but how i get the pid to save it in myprogram.pid?

the process id of the current bash is $$

can anyone tell me the symlink to get java working in ububtu6 ... please ?!?

ubotu will have sent you instructions about java in ubuntu 6.06.

does anyone know about hidden pci busses, found lots of references but no solutions... someone must know

maybe lspci -vv

hey, i'm looking for a desktop thing that i saw in a screen shot once and cant remember where or what. what it was, was just a simple bit of text on the right hand side of the desktop, sort of a ticker that told the time, date, cpu usage, weather, etc ? anybody know what that is?

conky or gkrellm

http://www.malibyte.net/iptables/scripts/functions

/etc/init.d/skeleton is the thing you looking for

what package do i install, so that i get all the latex packages? (the sty-files).

and tetex-extra maybe

how do you do that 'personsname:' thing before every reply?

some irc clients have auto-complete, so you just type a few letters and hit tab, for instance