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How do I enable automatic updates?
Update Manager is constantly offering me updates (e.g. security fixes, updates from PPAs).
How can I tell my Ubuntu installation to automatically download and install updates whenever they become available?
David Siegel
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Bash history handling with multiple terminals
I use mainly Terminator, and it's usually opened with 3 split terminal windows. I also use Gnome terminal for various reasons.
I'm wondering how is bash history handled in this case as I sometimes miss previously issued commands when I run…
zetah
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Installing PHP 5.6 on Xenial (16.04)
I need to use php5 (5.6) because I'm working on a Drupal 7 project which doesn't support php7. The problem is I recently updated to ubuntu 16.04 Xenial which seems to no longer support php5.
I tried to install it from this repo, however when It try…
Nikolai
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How do I install the latest stable version of Firefox?
I want to install the latest Firefox on my Ubuntu (64bit) box.
What is the best way to do this? Is there a specific update site or should I download the binaries manually? If doing manually, in which directory should I put the files? In my home…
danimajo
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How do I patch/workaround SSLv3 POODLE vulnerability (CVE-2014-3566)?
After the BEAST attack and Heartbleed bug, now I've heard about a new vulnerability in SSL/TLS called POODLE. How do I protect myself against being exploited?
Are only servers or also clients affected?
Is this OpenSSL/GnuTLS specific?
What kind of…
gertvdijk
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How to navigate long commands faster?
Is there a way speed up Linux CLI navigation when I must enter long commands?
I simply use arrows right now, and - if I have a long command it takes some time to get from start of the command to the middle of it.
Is there a way to for example jump…
Stann
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Complete Installation Guide for Android SDK / ADT Bundle on Ubuntu
What all needs to be done to install Android SDK / ADT Bundle on Ubuntu?
Each of the steps in the answer was found on some different forum as I encountered obstacles getting started with my Android SDK and posted questions in appropriate forums…
Karthik C
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How do I SSH to machine A via B in one command?
I want to access a computer, say machine A which is based in my university's network. However, this computer is only accessible via the internal network of the university, so I can not use SSH to this computer from home directly.
Here's what I do…
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How do I set fish as the default shell?
Is there a way to set fish as the default shell in ubuntu netbook remix? I put in my .bashrc to run fish, which works fine, but ubuntu recognizes it as fish running inside bash, which means that when I try to close the shell it warns me that a task…
Xodarap
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Why have both /mnt and /media?
It seems to me that having both /mnt and /media is a little redundant. Is there any tangible difference between the two that I'm not aware of?
Is there a standard that most people follow for where to mount things, e.g. use one for certain types of…
goric
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File and directory comparison tool?
I'm looking for something that will compare directories and files like Beyond Compare does for windows.
Its mainly for use of source control, but I need to use it for deployment as well.
DevelopingChris
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How to restart GNOME Shell from command line?
I would like to implement a keyboard shortcut to restart gnome-shell whenever this one crashes (some bugs aren't currently fixed just yet). For this I would need a command line to restart the shell.
The Alt+F2 and restart command won't work when the…
neydroydrec
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How to Zip and Unzip a directory and its files in Linux
I am a newbie in Linux.Whats is the complete process to zip and unzip a directory and its files.Please mention if any installation has to be done.
Phoenix
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How do I re-run boot loader?
Running sudo apt-get -f install said that The link /vmlinuz.old is a damaged link and:
you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]
Here's the full output:
user@chrubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency…
TevinYoungz
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How to find (and delete) duplicate files
I have a largish music collection and there are some duplicates in there. Is there any way to find duplicate files. At a minimum by doing a hash and seeing if two files have the same hash.
Bonus points for also finding files with the same name apart…
Hamish Downer
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