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Tips to extend battery life for laptops and notebooks
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Is it possible…
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What lenses for Unity are available?
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What lenses are…
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How to make a sound once a process is complete?
I have started a long process through a terminal. Is it possible to make the Ubuntu terminal make a sound once the process is complete? This way, I don’t need to keep checking, but will instead be notified through a sound.
Goaler444
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How can I use a .ovpn file with Network Manager?
I have a .ovpn file with my VPN config - it works fine when I do
sudo openvpn --config ~jrg/Documents/vpn-config.ovpn
in the terminal, but I'd like to use Network Manager. How can I do this?
jrg
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I have a hardware detection problem, what logs do I need to look into?
I am trying to ask a question about getting my hardware to work but I don't know what information to add to my question to get help, what do I need to do?
Related if you don't have access to a GUI:
How do I get information from the logs on my…
Jorge Castro
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Force update from unsigned repository
I'm using an unsigned repo in Ubuntu 16.04 from Debian multimedia:
deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org jessie main
To install deb-multimedia-keyring, I'm running:
apt-get update && apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring -y
This gives an error:
W:…
Shan
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Enable fractional scaling for Ubuntu 18.04
I recently installed Ubuntu 18.04 and discovered that the fractional scaling option that was in 16.04 is no longer there. 200% is too big for my display, and this answer didn't work for me (the options didn't change after running the command).
Is…
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How do I disable the guest session?
How do I disable the guest session in Ubuntu 11.10 or higher? I don't want people to be able to use my computer without using a password to log in!
Jeremy Bicha
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"kill " not really killing the process, why?
I am trying to improve my command line skills and I have encountered a problem where I cannot kill a process. I type kill 2200 where 2200 is my PID and the process is not killed. After few minutes wait is still in the top and ps aux.
I have even…
Patryk
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How to permanently switch Caps Lock and Esc
How can I permanently switch the Caps Lock and Esc key functions in Saucy? I can use this command to do it temporarily (until reboot):
/usr/bin/setxkbmap -option "caps:swapescape"
I tried adding that command as a Startup Application, but it doesn't…
Isaac Dontje Lindell
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What's the difference between set, export and env and when should I use each?
Every so often I'll bash out a bash script and it strikes me there are a few ways of setting a variable:
key=value
env key=value
export key=value
When you're inside a script or a single command (for instance, I'll often chain a variable with a Wine…
Oli
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How to copy files via terminal?
I have read about copying files with terminal but these examples will help me a lot. So here is what I want to do:
Examples:
I have a file in /home/levan/kdenlive untitelds.mpg and I want to copy this file to /media/sda3/SkyDrive and do not want to…
Levan
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How do I reset my Unity configuration?
I've been messing around with Unity and broke something, how do I "start over"?
Jorge Castro
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What do VIRT, RES and SHR mean in the top command?
I've been learning about the top command. There are some terms on which I am confused. I need some clarification.
What are the WA, HI, SI and ST terms in the CPU(s) row, and also
VIRT, RES and SHR?
Ankit
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How to install NVIDIA.run?
I have a Nvidia Ge force Ge6150 SE graphics card. I am running ubuntu 12.04. When I try to install the .run file it fails. It shows the message like this:
I tried to install it after uninstalling the old driver.still same message. Here is the log…
Kiranraj
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