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How can I find my hardware details?

Is there any built-in software or terminal method allowing me to view the hardware profiles on my system? Windows equivalent of such a feature would be Device Manager.
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How to restart nautilus without logging out?

How do I just restart the nautilus after adding a nautilus script without having to log out.
Riyaz Mohammed Ibrahim
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System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate

I use WSL2 on Windows 11. I want to run the systemctl command in Ubuntu 20.04, but it gives me the following error: System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate. Failed to connect to bus: Host is down How can I fix…
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How to uninstall a package installed from snapcraft?

I used this command line sudo snap install pwgen-tyhicks to install pwgen but I can't findout how to use it. So I want to uninstall it. How to uninstall it?
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How do you set a default audio output device in Ubuntu?

Every time I boot up, I have to switch my audio output device to my "Line Out" headphones because for some reason my microphone defaults as a speaker. See this screenshot:
tiddlesticks
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What can I do if a repository/PPA does not have a Release file?

When updating, I get the following error message: W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/mc3man/trusty-media/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file. Here, I find another statement on this error: How can I fix a 404 Error when…
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How to install Chrome browser properly via command line?

I am trying to install chrome browser via command line. I tried this: $ apt-cache search chrome browser The results show that the proper term is "chrome-browser," so I tried that: $ sudo apt-get install chrome-browser And then "Y" for the Y/n…
user33877
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How do I override or configure systemd services?

Many sysv init scripts used a corresponding file in /etc/default to allow the administrator to configure it. Upstart jobs can be modified using .override files. How do I override or configure systemd units, now that systemd is the default in Ubuntu?
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How do I find the version of bash I am running?

(learning bash) I was trying to check the bash version so I typed /bin/bash -v. That outputted a whole lot of text to the screen (contents of .bashrc, and other files sourced from it). Could I have screwed up something (like overwriting some config…
Zabba
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Kworker, what is it and why is it hogging so much CPU?

I recently upgraded to the Kubuntu Natty Beta 1 and I've been having a lot of issues with the process kworker. At moments it uses almost half my CPU. Also, strangely enough it seems to affect my USB ports; whenever I plug in an USB drive, the…
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How to use Undo functionality in Nano?

I use the commmand line text editor nano. How do I undo an action while editing text? For example: I typed some text and then changed my mind. Now I want to return to previous state. How?
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How to Search for Files Recursively into Subdirectories

I am trying to look for all XML files in a particular directory and all sub-directories (recursively) inside it. ls -R *.xml is only listing files in the current directory. I am quite sure, the sub-folders themselves have several .xml files, but…
Shamim Hafiz - MSFT
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Is there a Google Drive client available?

I'd like to install a Google Drive client for Xubuntu (12.04). I'm getting non-English Google results, and I didn't find grive in the Xubuntu repositories. Does anyone know of a client that works well for Ubuntu or it's supported derivates (or…
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Is there a lightweight tool to crop images quickly?

I need to crop images often - photos, printscreens, etc., and loading gimp for such a simple task takes way too long. Can you recommend a faster alternative?
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29 packages can be updated - How?

I see the following message when I login: 29 packages can be updated. 6 updates are security updates. How can I perform the updates? I tried apt-get upgrade and some stuff was installed but the message still remains.
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