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i want to use the package libgnumail-java does anyone know where it is after apt installing it ?	'dpkg -l libgnumail-java' will list the files
this is so weird i did install kvirc via apt-get but i dont find where kvirc got installed any1 could help me ?	just type kvirc in a terminal
hi all. i made put a vfat partition and a luks partition on a usb drive today. however, i am unable to access the vfat partition from windows. would this be because i made it the second partition? i'm pretty sure i did this on my last usb drive without any problem. any ideas?	- windows will need the fat32 partition on a usb stick to be the 1st one
where can i get drivers for a nvidia geforce go 7400 to run with opengl?	i'm not sure, i've been sifting through forum posts all day for my problem, did you try your restricted devices manager?
how do i create a new group?	adduser -m
could anyone tell me how to launch a bash script by alias? for example i can just type in 'myapp' anywhere in the terminal and it will launch.	bash basics.. make a 'bin' directory. keep all your scripts in there.. thats in your 'default path' so it will work that way
hi, im using the ubuntu netbook version and im trying to get my main menu to the default ubuntu style and not with those big symbols on the left side. can anyone help me? =/	that is essential compontent in the netbook-interface. you should best reïnstall with normal gnome. you cannot have both gnome and netbook remix.
is anyone else having trouble with enabling unity?	if there is more than one proprietary driver in the list try another one
hi, i was looking in /etc/network/interface but how to configure an static ip always up with or without cable connected ..	i don't know i gave this to someone today and they didn't think it worked but i can give you a script or a sample of the file
is there a gui for gpg?	look at kgpg
do you guys mind repeating what the problem is?	whenever grav sees a flash content on his browser, the screen gets messed up
is there a terminal calculator that is included in ubuntu by default?	but it's kind of hard to work with and you have to run 'bc -l' to even get float division (else you get integer division)
hi, i just installed intrepid 64 bits on a new machine, and now pulseaudio crashes after playing sound for a while (flash, mplayer and mpd all caused the problem at least once). when this happens pavucontrol says it can connect anymore and the easiest way to get things working again is by restarting x, after which it usually crashes again after a while. does anyone know what to do?	that page contains a short blurb about removing pulseaudio
any body have some reading material for vpn?... tried some from google but nothing works	vpnc is a great vpn client, compatible with cisco vpns
i'm trying to setup a linux server running in vmware server. and i want that linux server to have an external ip, (host machine is windows 2003 server). can anyone point me to where i can learn how to do this?	i believe that man interfaces will give you docs
not specifically ubuntu related, but does anyone know how to compile a program in say pascal on linux (ubuntu) and have it be executable on someone else's windows machine? is it compatible by default? i'm very new to programming :-)	you might consider using an interpreted language like python or java. then you wouldn't have to worry about compiling
i love how all the grub fixes listed online assume you have a ubuntu cd lying around.	unless you have another version of ubuntu or something installed on the same computer, as far as i know... you can't.
where are gnome themes saved when installed through appearance?	they are in /home/user/.themes
does anyone know of a way to code for ios in ubuntu, maybe even with a simulator like in xcode? or is there a way to run xcode in ubuntu?	you can try monotouch but you'll need a mac for publishing
has he been doing that a lot?	hah
hey guys, quick question. where are the apps installed? i need to get the path for vlc.. and i cant find it	'dpkg -l packagename' will tell you where everything in the package is installed. 'which programname' will tell you where the executable is
ok, so when sound stops working, kill pulseaudio with extreme prejudice ;-)	it does
how can i shutdown my firewall so others will ping me?	ubuntu doesn't have a firewall that blocks pings by default
xgl keeps incrementally using more and more memmory until it eventually uses all my memmory. what causes it and how can i release the ram it's wasting?	don't do this
why is my fan on my laptop constantly going when using linux? any ideas?	what brand?
can i change my terminal background color, i want it to be black and the text to be white.	just edit the default profile in the terminal menu
if i am going to run ubuntu inside vmware is there anything i need to know ? is there a special kernel i should use ?	nope, live cd is fine
quick question, is there any reason that my xorg.conf file would revert or change on it's own?	driver updates, maybe?
when i try to run opengl based apllication i got an error when i check with glxinfo i got http://pastebin.com/a9jyreyu can some one help me	looks like you might not have your graphics drivers installed
how do i list all the packages installed on my machine?	dpkg -l\|grep ii
hi. anyone can tell me if there is a core install available for ubuntu?	ubuntu-minimal
hi guys ! i have a problem. i'm installing a lamp (linux/apache/mysql/php), but when i go to firefox and try to execute my test script, an error message 'call to undefined function mysql_connect() appears', what configuration file do i need to touch ?	try: # apt-get install apache2 php5 php5-mysql mysql-client mysql-server mysql-admin phpmyadmin
hey? anybody tried kde 4 ( the earliest alpha version ? )	i'm planning to, next week :)
hi all, is it possible to have the manpages (from the man command) in plaintext so i can process them?	i belive theres other ways to get the man pages in other formats as well. i recall using troff, or nroff years ago to make nice printable versions
where does compiz log it's error messages? can't enable it on my stupid nvidia card	i have the gtx280 nvidia pain in the * have patience
how do i stop this pinging?	ctrl + c will cancel a command in the terminal.
hi. need help regarding external hdd. get an error where it states it has an 'unclean shutdown'. prob. because i forgot to 'safely remove hardware' in winxp. followed the mount instruction, but did not work	quick fix, plug it into a windows machine, eject it the proper way
according to system monitor i am using bandwidth i don't expect to be using - how can i see network activity for processes?	-- netstat -ntap will show what is connected
ist possible to list all packages i installed with apt-get install ?	- type dpkg -l
where is the config file for apache2 in ubuntu?	/etc/apache2
firefox in karmic crashes very often here.. is this a known issue?	there are some bug reports for it.
-how do i retrieve the uuid for a new partition	try blkid
hello, i want to install as many proprietary codecs and so on as possible to have an ubuntu computer that will never tell me i can't play this file or that dvd. is there a handy guide for that?	use video lan client :d all build inside
what tool can i use to create a complete snapshot/backup of an ext3 filesystem?	i've been using duplicity recently, works well enough
how do you hide a folder?	start it's name with a .
i'm installing ubuntu on my desktop right now, it didn't ask me to configure grub (to dual boot with windows) yet....i'm kinda worried, don't want to loose the ability to boot into windows just yet. is grub autoconfigured?	don't worry
hello everyone, i've just install compiz on my machine but don't know how to start. does anyone here can give some help?	when your system boots, press 'shift'. this will bring up the grub bootloader menu. load into recovery mode and then select 'load failsafe graphics mode'.
i work mostly with php, but also sometimes with asp, can anyone suggest a way i could host asp pages accessing mdb's without relying on a windows box please?	i use beryl + glx and i have the ability to make certain windows semi-transparent: enough to see the window content behind them.
if i have some iptables rules i want to take effect every time i boot, where's the 'ubuntu standard' place to store them ?	place the script in /etc/init.d/
quick question: when im in gnome, my external usb device automounts, when i load up in another wm, like i3, it doesnt. how can i get this to work like it does in gnome?	its a gnome service doing it.
how do i make 'find' be case insensitive?	find --help
hello all, does anyone know of a ubuntu application that will accept windows media 9 audio stream?	try opening it with totem, it will give you an option to download the codec from the repository
what i need to enable two screens on two monitors on ati card with fglrx? by default both monitors shows same things at same resolution	i wanted to do the same thing earlier with my old laptop. in the end, i couldn't do it. i wish you luck.
how can i change the font size for the login window?	use another gdm theme, or edit the .xml file that coresponds to that theme you use
hey, i'm having ridiculous problems w/ hibernate on critical battery power on karmic. first is that it hibernates even after i plug in the adapter, sometimes seemingly when it still has tons of power left (and always right after); second is that when it wakes up often it blackscreens and freezes until i press the power button and force shut down.	hibernate is a real pita to get working
okay i have a massive question that i really need answered: whats the worst that can happen if i decide to do a version upgrade? im in feisty still	the worst that could happen is your monitor implodes sending glass into your eyes blinding you, where you then trip over something breaking your neck.
anyone know how to use vncviewer (xtightvncviewer or similar) to connect to a non-standard ssh port?	just searching for that but only come up with links for ssh
the shebang? is that an official term?	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/shebang_(unix)
how can i watch dvd's on my dvd-rom with ubuntu?	kaffeine, totem, xine can play dvds. libdvdcss needed if encrypted
anyone here using amd64?	apt-get install libxxf86vm-dev
what's the best way to run photoshop in ubuntu?	if you don't mind trying other stuff, you might perhaps want to experiment w/ cinepaint
whats the command for changing the gnome menus again?	alacarte
anyone know of a modern mail client that actually supports ordinary features like imap-idle and mapping of imap folders like 'trash', 'sent' etc. ? evolution don't	check out http://email.about.com/od/linuxemailclients/tp/linux-unix-email-clients-fo---.htm at the top of the list is... you guessed it 'thunderbird' woot!
what else is available for image creation/manipulation? or is the gimp pretty much the best thing available?	krita?
what's the name of the ugly blue shell app that you can run to configure video and keyboard?	dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg?
hello. could someone please tell me what version of xorg/xfree comes with ubuntu? i can't seem to find a package list.	xfree86 version 4.3.0.1 (ubuntu 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu22)
what is the cli command to query if a package is installed and what version is installed?	dpkg -l packagename
help! why arent my sda1 and sda2 partition not showing up anymore?	sudo mount -a
if you are using multiple columns/rows for your desktop, is there a way to set different backgrounds for each workspace?	it's a common request
is there anyway to have the software update tool use a different set of repositories than synaptic or apt-get	i've not seen one.
if you wine an installer, will the installer put stuff all over your system or does wine stick it all in 1 folder?	contains a virtual windows c drive there
anyone: when i go to 'applications > add/remove' are all those programs to install up to date everyday? or can i make them that way if not?	whenever there are upgrades available, an orange buttone will show up in the top bar
hi, what is the best way to convert a 3g video to avi, mpeg etc	mencoder ?
how do i mount a usb memory stick in lubuntu? in ubuntu i just pop it in and it automatically mounts it. lubuntu does not. nothing on desktop, in file manager, nor in /mnt or /media.	you have to manually mount it. sudo mount /dev/usb /path/to/folder to figure out the correct /dev name look at the output of sudo fdisk -l
what is a good program for writing cds on ubuntu?	and colorful too. kinda trippy, actually.
is there anyway to install ubuntu over itself without erasing everything? or have it repair itself?	see /msg ubotu clone
i have an entry in crontab that was created by ubuntu upon installation, and it has the dow set to 7. i thought it only went from 0(sun) to 6(mon) ?	0 and 7 are both sunday (`man 5 crontab` is the manpage that covers this) because it works out better that way (sunday first and monday first both make sense numerically)
what command do i need to use to have awm start up with my ubuntu?	just add a custom launcher, with the command avant-window-manager
anyone know about using gnome3 for ubuntu? (not looking forward to unity desktop after f15a) should i look to debian instead?	most likely the gnome packages will still be around so you can just install them yourself
any chance you use ubuntu with ham radio? i'm wondering specifically about stuff that directly interfaces with a rig like a logger or satellite tracker.	not personally, but two months ago there was a whole issue on it from linux journal.
what is the absolutely technically correct command to call a reboot?	you could do a 'shutdown -r now'
is it fairly simple to switch from ubuntu to kubuntu? do you just sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop && sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop?	you dont need to remove ubuntu
g'morning, is it possible to change the default email client to thunderbird in the messaging menu? i've already made the change in 'preferred applications' but the messaging menu will only launch evolution.	no, thunderbird isn't a part of gnome so doesn't integrate with the menues
strange problem with my server... for some reason networking has gone down, i can't ping any hosts beyond my lan, was working fine up until yesterday, i can ping the server lan ip and other ip's on the lan, but no ip's on the internet	do you have a default gateway? 'ip route show'
how stable is gutsy?	stable enough to be a beta <shrug>
anyone here set up pgp? can i use pgp with gmail email?	firegpg extension for firefox can do gpg with gmail
anyone here can suggest good guide for installing beryl? (got nvidia card)	wiki.ubuntu.com/berylonfeisty
how fast are fresh ubuntus suppose to start up	mine starting in ~80 seconds, fresh from dell.
i'm trying to edit xorg.conf (to configure my mouse), but it's read only. how should i edit xorg.conf?	system config files need to be edited with root user permissions, normally with sudo, or gksu, or similer ways
hello i have a problem with linuxdc++. when i am downloading with high speed > 1 mbps, disk is overloading and every process is getting slower included downloading. some ideas??	run vmstat 10 and do man vmstat - it should tell you the bottle neck and you can give it more disk / ram / cpu as your pocket figures out
lol! what's the default admin password?	none
hey guys can i switch to 'classic' in the new ubuntu version?	you need to install gnome .. its removed in new ubuntu
is the best method for supporting virtual domains with ubuntu+postfix/dovecot using mysql database?	i find it works nicely
anyone know how to not have your monitor turn off if playing a video (flash) (whether its fullscreen or not)?	the settings you need are tucked in the screensaver and power management prefs
hello, can anyone tell me how i can set up an internal drive to mount at boot time?	set it up in the /etc/fstab
seriously? none of the people i helped out today want to bother spending 10 seconds checking if their window buttons highlight on mouse hover for me? i'd get annoyed if i wasn't so handsome and witty and charming and so on	mine don't do anything but i'm on 10.04
does linux support crossfire or sli?	hell. yes..
how do i use wine	wine prorgam.exe
i need to install the java plugin (for firefox) for a friend who can't access the internet. is there an apt command that downloads the package and all its dependencies to a specified folder? he needs java to authenticate with his isp.	the packages will appear in /var/cache/apt/archives
hey guys! anyone know how i can know what /dev/xxx is for my external drive? i can only see it as a '300gb disk drive' :/	look at dmesg, that will tell you. run dmesg in a tereminal

i want to use the package libgnumail-java does anyone know where it is after apt installing it ?

'dpkg -l libgnumail-java' will list the files

this is so weird i did install kvirc via apt-get but i dont find where kvirc got installed any1 could help me ?

just type kvirc in a terminal

hi all. i made put a vfat partition and a luks partition on a usb drive today. however, i am unable to access the vfat partition from windows. would this be because i made it the second partition? i'm pretty sure i did this on my last usb drive without any problem. any ideas?

- windows will need the fat32 partition on a usb stick to be the 1st one

where can i get drivers for a nvidia geforce go 7400 to run with opengl?

i'm not sure, i've been sifting through forum posts all day for my problem, did you try your restricted devices manager?

how do i create a new group?

adduser -m

could anyone tell me how to launch a bash script by alias? for example i can just type in 'myapp' anywhere in the terminal and it will launch.

bash basics.. make a 'bin' directory. keep all your scripts in there.. thats in your 'default path' so it will work that way

hi, im using the ubuntu netbook version and im trying to get my main menu to the default ubuntu style and not with those big symbols on the left side. can anyone help me? =/

that is essential compontent in the netbook-interface. you should best reïnstall with normal gnome. you cannot have both gnome and netbook remix.

is anyone else having trouble with enabling unity?

if there is more than one proprietary driver in the list try another one

hi, i was looking in /etc/network/interface but how to configure an static ip always up with or without cable connected ..

i don't know i gave this to someone today and they didn't think it worked but i can give you a script or a sample of the file

is there a gui for gpg?

look at kgpg

do you guys mind repeating what the problem is?

whenever grav sees a flash content on his browser, the screen gets messed up

is there a terminal calculator that is included in ubuntu by default?

but it's kind of hard to work with and you have to run 'bc -l' to even get float division (else you get integer division)

hi, i just installed intrepid 64 bits on a new machine, and now pulseaudio crashes after playing sound for a while (flash, mplayer and mpd all caused the problem at least once). when this happens pavucontrol says it can connect anymore and the easiest way to get things working again is by restarting x, after which it usually crashes again after a while. does anyone know what to do?

that page contains a short blurb about removing pulseaudio

any body have some reading material for vpn?... tried some from google but nothing works

vpnc is a great vpn client, compatible with cisco vpns

i'm trying to setup a linux server running in vmware server. and i want that linux server to have an external ip, (host machine is windows 2003 server). can anyone point me to where i can learn how to do this?

i believe that man interfaces will give you docs

not specifically ubuntu related, but does anyone know how to compile a program in say pascal on linux (ubuntu) and have it be executable on someone else's windows machine? is it compatible by default? i'm very new to programming :-)

you might consider using an interpreted language like python or java. then you wouldn't have to worry about compiling

i love how all the grub fixes listed online assume you have a ubuntu cd lying around.

unless you have another version of ubuntu or something installed on the same computer, as far as i know... you can't.

where are gnome themes saved when installed through appearance?

they are in /home/user/.themes

does anyone know of a way to code for ios in ubuntu, maybe even with a simulator like in xcode? or is there a way to run xcode in ubuntu?

you can try monotouch but you'll need a mac for publishing

has he been doing that a lot?

hah

hey guys, quick question. where are the apps installed? i need to get the path for vlc.. and i cant find it

'dpkg -l packagename' will tell you where everything in the package is installed. 'which programname' will tell you where the executable is

ok, so when sound stops working, kill pulseaudio with extreme prejudice ;-)

it does

how can i shutdown my firewall so others will ping me?

ubuntu doesn't have a firewall that blocks pings by default

xgl keeps incrementally using more and more memmory until it eventually uses all my memmory. what causes it and how can i release the ram it's wasting?

don't do this

why is my fan on my laptop constantly going when using linux? any ideas?

what brand?

can i change my terminal background color, i want it to be black and the text to be white.

just edit the default profile in the terminal menu

if i am going to run ubuntu inside vmware is there anything i need to know ? is there a special kernel i should use ?

nope, live cd is fine

quick question, is there any reason that my xorg.conf file would revert or change on it's own?

driver updates, maybe?

when i try to run opengl based apllication i got an error when i check with glxinfo i got http://pastebin.com/a9jyreyu can some one help me

looks like you might not have your graphics drivers installed

how do i list all the packages installed on my machine?

dpkg -l|grep ii

hi. anyone can tell me if there is a core install available for ubuntu?

ubuntu-minimal

hi guys ! i have a problem. i'm installing a lamp (linux/apache/mysql/php), but when i go to firefox and try to execute my test script, an error message 'call to undefined function mysql_connect() appears', what configuration file do i need to touch ?

try: # apt-get install apache2 php5 php5-mysql mysql-client mysql-server mysql-admin phpmyadmin

hey? anybody tried kde 4 ( the earliest alpha version ? )

i'm planning to, next week :)

hi all, is it possible to have the manpages (from the man command) in plaintext so i can process them?

i belive theres other ways to get the man pages in other formats as well. i recall using troff, or nroff years ago to make nice printable versions

where does compiz log it's error messages? can't enable it on my stupid nvidia card

i have the gtx280 nvidia pain in the * have patience

how do i stop this pinging?

ctrl + c will cancel a command in the terminal.

hi. need help regarding external hdd. get an error where it states it has an 'unclean shutdown'. prob. because i forgot to 'safely remove hardware' in winxp. followed the mount instruction, but did not work

quick fix, plug it into a windows machine, eject it the proper way

according to system monitor i am using bandwidth i don't expect to be using - how can i see network activity for processes?

-- netstat -ntap will show what is connected

ist possible to list all packages i installed with apt-get install ?

- type dpkg -l

where is the config file for apache2 in ubuntu?

/etc/apache2

firefox in karmic crashes very often here.. is this a known issue?

there are some bug reports for it.

-how do i retrieve the uuid for a new partition

try blkid

hello, i want to install as many proprietary codecs and so on as possible to have an ubuntu computer that will never tell me i can't play this file or that dvd. is there a handy guide for that?

use video lan client :d all build inside

what tool can i use to create a complete snapshot/backup of an ext3 filesystem?

i've been using duplicity recently, works well enough

how do you hide a folder?

start it's name with a .

i'm installing ubuntu on my desktop right now, it didn't ask me to configure grub (to dual boot with windows) yet....i'm kinda worried, don't want to loose the ability to boot into windows just yet. is grub autoconfigured?

don't worry

hello everyone, i've just install compiz on my machine but don't know how to start. does anyone here can give some help?

when your system boots, press 'shift'. this will bring up the grub bootloader menu. load into recovery mode and then select 'load failsafe graphics mode'.

i work mostly with php, but also sometimes with asp, can anyone suggest a way i could host asp pages accessing mdb's without relying on a windows box please?

i use beryl + glx and i have the ability to make certain windows semi-transparent: enough to see the window content behind them.

if i have some iptables rules i want to take effect every time i boot, where's the 'ubuntu standard' place to store them ?

place the script in /etc/init.d/

quick question: when im in gnome, my external usb device automounts, when i load up in another wm, like i3, it doesnt. how can i get this to work like it does in gnome?

its a gnome service doing it.

how do i make 'find' be case insensitive?

find --help

hello all, does anyone know of a ubuntu application that will accept windows media 9 audio stream?

try opening it with totem, it will give you an option to download the codec from the repository

what i need to enable two screens on two monitors on ati card with fglrx? by default both monitors shows same things at same resolution

i wanted to do the same thing earlier with my old laptop. in the end, i couldn't do it. i wish you luck.

how can i change the font size for the login window?

use another gdm theme, or edit the .xml file that coresponds to that theme you use

hey, i'm having ridiculous problems w/ hibernate on critical battery power on karmic. first is that it hibernates even *after* i plug in the adapter, sometimes seemingly when it still has tons of power left (and always right after); second is that when it wakes up often it blackscreens and freezes until i press the power button and force shut down.

hibernate is a real pita to get working

okay i have a massive question that i really need answered: whats the worst that can happen if i decide to do a version upgrade? im in feisty still

the worst that could happen is your monitor implodes sending glass into your eyes blinding you, where you then trip over something breaking your neck.

anyone know how to use vncviewer (xtightvncviewer or similar) to connect to a non-standard ssh port?

just searching for that but only come up with links for ssh

the shebang? is that an official term?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/shebang_(unix)

how can i watch dvd's on my dvd-rom with ubuntu?

kaffeine, totem, xine can play dvds. libdvdcss needed if encrypted

anyone here using amd64?

apt-get install libxxf86vm-dev

what's the best way to run photoshop in ubuntu?

if you don't mind trying other stuff, you might perhaps want to experiment w/ cinepaint

whats the command for changing the gnome menus again?

alacarte

anyone know of a modern mail client that actually supports ordinary features like imap-idle and mapping of imap folders like 'trash', 'sent' etc. ? evolution don't

check out http://email.about.com/od/linuxemailclients/tp/linux-unix-email-clients-fo---.htm at the top of the list is... you guessed it 'thunderbird' woot!

what else is available for image creation/manipulation? or is the gimp pretty much the best thing available?

krita?

what's the name of the ugly blue shell app that you can run to configure video and keyboard?

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg?

hello. could someone please tell me what version of xorg/xfree comes with ubuntu? i can't seem to find a package list.

xfree86 version 4.3.0.1 (ubuntu 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu22)

what is the cli command to query if a package is installed and what version is installed?

dpkg -l packagename

help! why arent my sda1 and sda2 partition not showing up anymore?

sudo mount -a

if you are using multiple columns/rows for your desktop, is there a way to set different backgrounds for each workspace?

it's a common request

is there anyway to have the software update tool use a different set of repositories than synaptic or apt-get

i've not seen one.

if you wine an installer, will the installer put stuff all over your system or does wine stick it all in 1 folder?

contains a virtual windows c drive there

anyone: when i go to 'applications > add/remove' are all those programs to install up to date everyday? or can i make them that way if not?

whenever there are upgrades available, an orange buttone will show up in the top bar

hi, what is the best way to convert a 3g video to avi, mpeg etc

mencoder ?

how do i mount a usb memory stick in lubuntu? in ubuntu i just pop it in and it automatically mounts it. lubuntu does not. nothing on desktop, in file manager, nor in /mnt or /media.

you have to manually mount it. sudo mount /dev/usb /path/to/folder to figure out the correct /dev name look at the output of sudo fdisk -l

what is a good program for writing cds on ubuntu?

and colorful too. kinda trippy, actually.

is there anyway to install ubuntu over itself without erasing everything? or have it repair itself?

see /msg ubotu clone

i have an entry in crontab that was created by ubuntu upon installation, and it has the dow set to 7. i thought it only went from 0(sun) to 6(mon) ?

0 and 7 are both sunday (`man 5 crontab` is the manpage that covers this) because it works out better that way (sunday first and monday first both make sense numerically)

what command do i need to use to have awm start up with my ubuntu?

just add a custom launcher, with the command avant-window-manager

anyone know about using gnome3 for ubuntu? (not looking forward to unity desktop after f15a) should i look to debian instead?

most likely the gnome packages will still be around so you can just install them yourself

any chance you use ubuntu with ham radio? i'm wondering specifically about stuff that directly interfaces with a rig like a logger or satellite tracker.

not personally, but two months ago there was a whole issue on it from linux journal.

what is the absolutely technically correct command to call a reboot?

you could do a 'shutdown -r now'

is it fairly simple to switch from ubuntu to kubuntu? do you just sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop && sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop?

you dont need to remove ubuntu

g'morning, is it possible to change the default email client to thunderbird in the messaging menu? i've already made the change in 'preferred applications' but the messaging menu will only launch evolution.

no, thunderbird isn't a part of gnome so doesn't integrate with the menues

strange problem with my server... for some reason networking has gone down, i can't ping any hosts beyond my lan, was working fine up until yesterday, i can ping the server lan ip and other ip's on the lan, but no ip's on the internet

do you have a default gateway? 'ip route show'

how stable is gutsy?

stable enough to be a beta <shrug>

anyone here set up pgp? can i use pgp with gmail email?

firegpg extension for firefox can do gpg with gmail

anyone here can suggest good guide for installing beryl? (got nvidia card)

wiki.ubuntu.com/berylonfeisty

how fast are fresh ubuntus suppose to start up

mine starting in ~80 seconds, fresh from dell.

i'm trying to edit xorg.conf (to configure my mouse), but it's read only. how should i edit xorg.conf?

system config files need to be edited with root user permissions, normally with sudo, or gksu, or similer ways

hello i have a problem with linuxdc++. when i am downloading with high speed > 1 mbps, disk is overloading and every process is getting slower included downloading. some ideas??

run vmstat 10 and do man vmstat - it should tell you the bottle neck and you can give it more disk / ram / cpu as your pocket figures out

lol! what's the default admin password?

none

hey guys can i switch to 'classic' in the new ubuntu version?

you need to install gnome .. its removed in new ubuntu

is the best method for supporting virtual domains with ubuntu+postfix/dovecot using mysql database?

i find it works nicely

anyone know how to not have your monitor turn off if playing a video (flash) (whether its fullscreen or not)?

the settings you need are tucked in the screensaver and power management prefs

hello, can anyone tell me how i can set up an internal drive to mount at boot time?

set it up in the /etc/fstab

seriously? none of the people i helped out today want to bother spending 10 seconds checking if their window buttons highlight on mouse hover for me? i'd get annoyed if i wasn't so handsome and witty and charming and so on

mine don't do anything but i'm on 10.04

does linux support crossfire or sli?

hell. yes..

how do i use wine

wine prorgam.exe

i need to install the java plugin (for firefox) for a friend who can't access the internet. is there an apt command that downloads the package and *all* its dependencies to a specified folder? he needs java to authenticate with his isp.

the packages will appear in /var/cache/apt/archives

hey guys! anyone know how i can know what /dev/xxx is for my external drive? i can only see it as a '300gb disk drive' :/

look at dmesg, that will tell you. run dmesg in a tereminal