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Dual monitor workspaces in Ubuntu 18.04

Dual monitor setup on Ubuntu 18.04; when I hit activities only the left monitor switches workspaces while the right monitor just keeps whatever is on its screen. Is there a way to make the workspace span both monitors so that when I switch from one…
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How do I increase the size of swapfile without removing it in the terminal?

Is there a way to increase my existing "swapfile" without having to destroy and re-create it? I would like to up my swap space from 1GB to 2GB. Currently it is set up as such: $ sudo swapon -s Filename Type Size Used …
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How do I install the Nvidia drivers?

I just ordered the Nvidia GTX card. I have a dilemma, though. Should I keep using the driver which is available in "additional drivers" in Ubuntu, or should I install the driver from the Nvidia site? So which driver is the best for me?
Frantisek
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How do I run executable scripts in Nautilus?

When I double-click on a script in Nautilus to run it, the script just opens in my text editor with no option to run it. Using Nautilus, how do I run executable text files and/or scripts?
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How do I install dig?

How do I install dig (the DNS lookup tool)? I can't figure out what the package name is.
Eric Johnson
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How do I disable swap?

I have some sensitive data in RAM that I prefer not to be on disk. How do I disable swap? I have more than enough RAM. If RAM consumption gets too high I have no problems with processes being terminated. How do I disable swap? Note: I do not have a…
user4482
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How to find the Process ID (PID) of a running terminal program?

I am running a program in the terminal that I can't escape with Ctrl-C and that I want to kill. How can I find its PID?
Jjed
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How do I install Ubuntu?

I would like to see a full how-to guide on how to install Ubuntu.
yehhhimanshu
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How do you select the fastest mirror from the command line?

I want to update my sources.list file with the fastest server from the command line in a fresh Ubuntu Server install. I know this is trivially easy with the GUI, but there doesn't seem to be a simple way to do it from from the command line?
Evan
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Is it possible to have different DPI configurations for two different screens?

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.3 with NVidia drivers (319) for my Quadro K2100M graphic card, and when I switch my main 3200x1800 laptop screen to mode 1920x1080 (using nvidia-settings), the display goes blurry... I am using two screens: My main screen is…
Anthony O.
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How do I install Visual Studio Code?

I just downloaded VSCode-linux-x64 from the Microsoft website. It's a 62 MB zip file. How can I install it on my Ubuntu system?
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How do I increase the resize margin on windows?

It takes me about 5 tries to resize a window on my computer. Is there a way to increase the resize margin on the edge of windows?
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What alternatives for sticky notes are available?

I like the Sticky Notes very much, they are always on the desktop. But I can't find it in Ubuntu since 12.04. Other programs like gnotes & Xjournal are not giving a feature to stay on the desktop. So, is there any application similar to the old…
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Why does a Ubuntu guest in VirtualBox run very, very slowly?

I'm using currently Ubuntu 12.04 LTS as a host machine, and I've virtualized three machines: a Xubuntu 12.04 guest a Windows 7 guest a Ubuntu 12.10 guest All the guests have the same VirtualBox default settings, but Ubuntu 12.10 is slower! The…
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"GPG error: Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG"

I ran this command in the Terminal: sudo apt-get update Updating ends with the following error report: W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error:…
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