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Does anyone know any simple Ubuntu music software for me to have fun composing with my eight year old son? [more inside]
posted by Sch01ar
on Oct 26, 2009 -
4 answers
I need to put an older version (2.x) of Firefox onto my computer. I am using the latest Kubuntu version (Karmic, still in beta for a few more days). How do I do this? [more inside]
posted by mannequito
on Oct 20, 2009 -
9 answers
LinuxFilter : I seem to have lost sudo privileges in Ubuntu. How to fix please? [more inside]
posted by mannequito
on Sep 20, 2009 -
8 answers
Trying to install XP and Ubuntu as dual-boot on a Dell Dimension 3100. The first menu, where I select which operating system to load, is off-centre and starts halfway down the screen. Some of the bottom of the menu appears at the top of the screen. Which means some of the options can't be seen. Help! [more inside]
posted by Cantdosleepy
on Sep 10, 2009 -
5 answers
Windows xp and Ubuntu? PCI video card? Mac Mini? Opinions? [more inside]
posted by snowjoe
on Sep 2, 2009 -
7 answers
LaTeX + pdf = employment fail? I am looking for a job and have been using LaTeX to generate my resume and cover-letter. At a recent job interview I was told that they weren't able to print my resume. It looked fine on their computer but when they printed it, it was as if most of the document had been whited-out: a couple of phrases appeared approximately where they should but, most of it was just missing. [more inside]
posted by geos
on Aug 18, 2009 -
23 answers
I am having problems getting a dialup internet connection to work under ubuntu 8.04. [more inside]
posted by ackptui
on Aug 16, 2009 -
2 answers
What's the best way to configure my PC as an internet television hub? [more inside]
posted by superbird
on Jul 15, 2009 -
6 answers
Virtual Machine sharing between Ubuntu/Vista dualboot and some general virtual machine / virtual machine software questions. [more inside]
posted by Javed_Ahamed
on Jul 14, 2009 -
8 answers
I need to help my friend upgrade from Intrepid Ibex to Jaunty Jackalope. I'd appreciate any tips or advice for doing this. What's the best backup tool to use, and how do I restore from the backup if things go wrong? I'm thinking something like Time Machine would be nice, but I can do command line stuff, too. Any other best practice tips for the upgrade itself? Thanks so much in advance.
posted by zenja72
on Jun 19, 2009 -
10 answers
I just bought an asus eee pc from woot.com (here's the link so you can see the specs.) I need suggestions. [more inside]
posted by SuperErin
on Jun 11, 2009 -
18 answers
I am getting a new computer, and the infinite possibilities on how to partition two hard drives to put two operating systems is keeping me up at night. [more inside]
posted by madeinitaly
on Jun 5, 2009 -
11 answers
Does anyone know a way to create alerts in Ubuntu every x number of minutes of how long spent on the computer that day? [more inside]
posted by LaszloKv
on Jun 1, 2009 -
8 answers
Advice for a server newb who needs help getting started with a simple media/backup/torrent server? [more inside]
posted by wastelands
on May 29, 2009 -
12 answers
Global SOCKS5 Proxy in Ubuntu? (Or, MacOS/Widnows:Proxifier :: Linux:???) [more inside]
posted by SpiffyRob
on May 11, 2009 -
4 answers
.I have been using Ubuntu and XP in a dual boot configuration but suddenly XP does not show up under the "other operating system" in the boot menu.Nothing happens when I do enter "other operating system" While going pure Linux would be great-I am not at that point yet and I have external hard drives that Linux will not mount. Help!!
posted by plumberonkarst
on May 10, 2009 -
5 answers
How can I triple-boot OS X, Windows XP and Ubuntu on my Macbook? [more inside]
posted by ilumos
on May 2, 2009 -
6 answers
So I have this growing movie collection. What I want is a file browser that lets me tag each movie (either my own tags, or metadata from the files). Basically something like labels in Gmail or tags in Flickr/Delicious etc. Ubuntu here. I've heard of Gnome Meta-Tracker, is there anything else that will help organize my collection?
posted by sidr
on Apr 15, 2009 -
7 answers
I'm installing Ubuntu 9.04 remix on a friend's eeePC and I'm looking for suggestions on cool and useful programs for netbooks (or not) to install beyond the defaults that come with Ubuntu.
posted by tdreyer
on Apr 15, 2009 -
13 answers
RAID 5 on the (Gigabyte) motherboard in Ubuntu Server? [more inside]
posted by xmutex
on Apr 13, 2009 -
18 answers
I have been a Ubuntu 8.10 user for about 2 months and I'm having some internet trouble (explained inside). [more inside]
posted by Pseudology
on Apr 11, 2009 -
6 answers
There are currently 4 File Browsers open on my desktop, all displaying either the contents of my external hard drive or the folder where it's mounted (/media/). I didn't open them—they just showed up. This morning when I woke up there was 40+ File Browser windows open of the same. Another window just opened; it seems to occur at random intervals. I'm running Ubuntu Linux 8.10, wtf is causing this? [more inside]
posted by carsonb
on Apr 2, 2009 -
11 answers
Why can't I install Windows XP Pro on my Dell laptop? I get an error message that says "acpi.sys is corrupted". I can install Ubuntu 8.04 just fine. [more inside]
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints
on Mar 24, 2009 -
47 answers
What is the best light OS for my mom that is very easy to install? [more inside]
posted by mateuslee
on Mar 23, 2009 -
18 answers
I'm about to move one of my computers to Linux, but I don't know much about the various distributions. Can you recommend resources that compare the strengths and weaknesses of the various distributions, so that I can assess any relevant tradeoffs? [more inside]
posted by philosophygeek
on Mar 21, 2009 -
21 answers
Recommended HDTV tuner cards for Linux? Preferably inexpensive? And where to find them? [more inside]
posted by middleclasstool
on Mar 19, 2009 -
12 answers
I am used to Mac OS X and I really like the default fonts, the way anti aliasing works and the default theme as well.
Now I am working with Ubuntu 8.10 on other machine, but it kind of frustrates me visually.
I'd like to ask general tips on how could I make Ubuntu more visually appealing. I have found a couple of links about how to make fonts smoother.
That improved a bit, bit still not there yet. I'd like to hear from you what font you use, themes, etc...
So, what are the tricks you use to make your Ubuntu install beautiful?
posted by fcoury
on Mar 19, 2009 -
9 answers
Is there any way to get the standard OS X touchpad acceleration curve working under Linux? I've tried messing with the "synaptics" driver settings many different ways, but nothing yielded anything close to what I was looking for. [more inside]
posted by korpios
on Mar 3, 2009 -
0 answers
I'm having a problem with an Ubuntu 8.04 LTS server that seemed to have stumped the stars on the Ubuntu forums. It deals with disk drives and power management. [more inside]
posted by tommasz
on Feb 26, 2009 -
9 answers
Whats the Difference between a file system and a partition in Ubuntu? [more inside]
posted by complience
on Feb 25, 2009 -
13 answers
What kind of netbook should I get? [more inside]
posted by CwgrlUp
on Feb 21, 2009 -
19 answers
I recently lost a raid array on a ubuntu 8.04 server forcing me to rebuild it from scratch and/or restore data from backup. (I have copies of /var, /etc, and /home) The problem is I can't seem to rebuild the server so that it works exactly the way it did before, this is killing me!! (fyi... I inherited this system). My specific problem seems to be with Samba. I'm looking for help in two different ways... help 1) either figure out how to restore this system with what I've got backed up. Or fix samba so it works. See details below: [more inside]
posted by purenitrous
on Feb 17, 2009 -
9 answers
C++ and the rand() function. Please explain why this piece of code works the way it does: cout << rand() % 20 << endl; [more inside]
posted by Ziggy Zaga
on Feb 17, 2009 -
13 answers
As a moderately experienced Ubuntu user, what should I know before giving Debian a try? [more inside]
posted by mannequito
on Feb 16, 2009 -
15 answers
UbuntuFilter: Help me find a well-organized note-taking or notebook program. [more inside]
posted by nayten
on Feb 12, 2009 -
9 answers
Hopefully simple Ubuntu display question. [more inside]
posted by le morte de bea arthur
on Feb 12, 2009 -
9 answers
Recommend me an ubuntu friendly program that reads idv3 tags, can create playlists & burn them to a CD. [more inside]
posted by saxamo
on Jan 24, 2009 -
7 answers
VMWare Server 1.0.8 on Ubuntu Linux 8.10 Host: Is it possible to use an encrypted disk on the host machine as a physical disk for a virtual machine? [more inside]
posted by Ziggy Zaga
on Jan 18, 2009 -
7 answers
Help me get my OSX back! Ubuntu/Mac questions inside. [more inside]
posted by war wrath of wraith
on Jan 9, 2009 -
8 answers
What folders to back up from a dead windows pc when booting ubuntu in live cd mode? [more inside]
posted by FidelDonson
on Jan 9, 2009 -
5 answers
For the purposes of using Amarok on my laptop, which can not be told that my music folder is located in a shared folder on my media center (as far as I can see), I need to permanently mount the shared music network folder in Ubuntu. They don't make it very easy it seems. Have to use a bunch of comand line editing to get it done? Come on Ubuntu!
posted by Jackie_Treehorn
on Jan 9, 2009 -
4 answers
So i partitioned my pocket 320gig USB drive and installed the lastest ubuntu. My intent was to use it like a live CD to virus scan windows XP worksations (to avoid imaging). Odd thing though, I can not access any data on this drive when running WinXP. in windows, it tells me that the drive isn't formatted. I checked the drive and see the Ubuntu partition, the original partition and a small 1gig partition I assume was created during the Ubuntu install. Grub loads when I restart the machine and boot from USB and Ubuntu runs fine.
Is my data irrevocably lost? I was thinking of deleting the MBR, but I figure that'd just make the drive useless. ideas?
posted by Davaal
on Jan 4, 2009 -
14 answers
Recommended route for encoding avi to smaller file size for upload to youtube in ubuntu? [more inside]
posted by The_Partridge_Family
on Dec 25, 2008 -
16 answers
Is it wise to setup Ubuntu for my parents virtual box for ie? [more inside]
posted by erifneerg
on Dec 20, 2008 -
10 answers
What's the best way to play N64 on your laptop? (Controllers question) [more inside]
posted by scission
on Dec 18, 2008 -
14 answers
Why can't I see any flickr photos? Whether they're embedded on a website or on the Flickr site itself, for some reason I can never see flickr images. Nothing shows up - not even an empty placeholder. WHat can I be doing wrong? [more inside]
posted by stvspl
on Dec 9, 2008 -
4 answers
Is Ubuntu right for me? Thinking about switching from Vista -> Ubuntu and I want some reassurance before I leap into the void. [more inside]
posted by gnutron
on Dec 1, 2008 -
21 answers
Why can't I see my Ubuntu 8.10 shared folders and computers on a network with Samba installed and started and the folders shared. [more inside]
posted by jeffreyclong
on Nov 25, 2008 -
2 answers
First-time Windows user. Brand new Asus Eee running Windows XP. Will installing Ubuntu get rid of these nasty viruses? [more inside]
posted by rebekah
on Nov 23, 2008 -
17 answers
Long time Mac guy stuck for the foreseeable future using Windows. I'm out of the loop, but very computer literate. Looking for the BEST software for everything. What can't you live without? [more inside]
posted by sindas
on Nov 23, 2008 -
31 answers