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How do I enable full-color support in Vim?
I have a lovely Vim colorscheme (xoria256) and it looks brilliant in GVim, but when I use normal vim in Terminal, the colorscheme is only partially supported -- for example, the default semi-...
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Upgrade experiences from 8.04 LTS to 10.04 LTS?
I am running 8.04 desktop as a server and hosting my own web server, has anyone experienced any issues with upgrade from 8.04 to 10.04?
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How can I make Empathy retry connecting when it has a network problem
I have added Empathy to the list of applications that open by default, and it's configured to auto-connect to MSN when started, but when I login to my laptop the wifi connection takes a few seconds ...
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Indicator Applet: How to get rid of the clock?
There are currently 2 clocks on my panel: one in the "Indicator Applet" and one in the "Clock". The one in the "Indicator Applet" is redundant and isn't as good as the "Clock".
Does anyone know ...
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Going from a shared NFS /home to a full LDAP solution
I recently deployed about a dozen Ubuntu (Karmic) desktops in a small office. Everything was going great, but storage became an issue. I then moved /home to an NFS mount which solved the immediate ...
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How do I submit wallpapers to be considered for inclusion in Ubuntu?
I take photos from time to time, and if I take an exceptionally beautiful one, I'd like to submit it for inclusion in Ubuntu. Where do I send/upload it?
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How to log out if the session applet is missing from the top panel?
For some reason, sometimes when I log in the top panel applets appear garbled. For instance the session applet is missing its icon, and the current username is repeated twice. This doesn't happen very ...
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How do I change how long notifications are displayed?
Is there a way to change how long the libnotify notifications last? I've googled around for this for months and no still no luck.
I'm actually starting to think that you can't change it. I can't ...
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KATE keeps forgetting I have the shell plug-in enabled
I'm using Kubuntu (Karmic) and KATE is my favorite editor. I don't enable many plug-ins, but I really like the inline shell.
The problem is, across re-starts, KATE seems to forget that I enabled ...
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Resetting gnome panel
How does one reset the gnome panel to the initial state?
During use, gnome panel applets move and get replaced with the ones users like. After some time the panel becomes so cluttered that it ...
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How to configure mail server to report a hostname distinct from server name [closed]
I have a VPS set up with Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid running exim4 as the MTA. The machine name itself is something easily recognizable to us (in this case, 'Fermat'), but the machine itself is responsible ...
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When installing I'm given the option of encrypting my home folder -- what does this do?
Does encrypting my home folder make my computer more secure?
Do I have to enter my password more if my home folder is encrypted?
What else should I know about encrypting my home folder?
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What is the performance loss if you run Ubuntu desktop edition on a server machine?
We have installed Ubuntu desktop edition on our dev server.
I was wondering if there is any noticeable performance loss compared to the server edition.
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What's the easiest way to set up a LAMP stack?
I set up a new VPS instance of Ubuntu and am wondering what the easiest way is to get up and running with a basic LAMP stack (i.e. which packages are required, which configuration options need to be ...
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What is the easiest way to strip a desktop edition to a server edition?
We have installed Ubuntu desktop edition on our development server. Now that we have it in a data center we would like to strip it down to a server edition.
Is there an easy way of doing so rather ...
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Sane path to distribution upgrades
I'm using Hardy (server) on quite a few machines and I'd like to upgrade to the latest LTS. Is it safe to edit my sources.list file to just point to the new LTS, or should I do a succession of dist ...
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Remove online status menu, but keep the logout menu?
In the upper right panel there is by default a drop down menu where you can set your online status, interact with Ubuntu One, etc. It is placed right next to the drop down menu which lets you logout, ...
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Where should I install sagemath?
Sage's installation instructions basically tell me to just untar it and run it from wherever I'd like. Not being experienced with the Linux way of where things should go in the filesystem, I'm kind of ...
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What might prevent mouse movements between xrandr screens? [closed]
I've followed the steps outlined in this HowTo.
Right after I log in to Gnome I can move the mouse back and forth but as soon as the task bar loads, the mouse becomes jailed in the screen its in (can'...
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How can I make Ubuntu check for updates less often?
I'd like to have Ubuntu not check for updates as often. How do I accomplish this?
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How do I install Adobe Flash player?
I have had significant problems with watching flash video in 64-bit Ubuntu. Does anyone know of a good way to get flash running on the platform?
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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 ...
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How do I go back to KDE splash / login after installing XFCE?
I started with Ubuntu Karmic, and wanted to try KDE. So I installed kubuntu-desktop. Then I wanted to see how XFCE progressed, so I installed xfce4. I now have Kubuntu with an XFCE splash and login.
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How do I run a successful Ubuntu Hour?
I'm taking my be-stickered laptop to a coffee shop tonight for an Ubuntu Hour. I've let a bunch of local LUG people know about it. How can I ensure people come away from it feeling like the ...
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How to graphically interface with a headless server?
I have a ubuntu development server at work. It is an old rack server that is located somewhere in the company's dungeon, where nobody ever goes. The only way it can work is as a so-called headless ...
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What are some alternatives to upgrading without using the standard upgrade system?
What are some alternatives to upgrading without using the standard upgrade system? Suppose for example that I wanted to upgrade an Ubuntu installation on a machine with a poor Internet connection. ...
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How can I set the Software Center to install software for non-root users?
How can I set the Software Center to allow non-root users to install stuff from the Ubuntu repos without having to type in their password?
I'm fully aware of the security implications, and I am ...
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How to get the "Your battery is broken" message to go away?
Every time I turn on my computer, I see a message saying something like:
Your battery may be old or broken.
I am already aware that my battery is bad. How do I suppress this message?
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How to force tracker to re-index a folder?
I'm using the tracker indexing tool to search for and in files on my Ubuntu 10.10 amd64 system. Having recently added some of files into a single folder I wondered how to force tracker to re-index ...
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How do I disable GDM and Graphical User Selection?
The new Ubuntu features a completely unkillable GDM. Is there a way to disable it?
It is not enabled in services , the GDM startup script is deleted, it is removed from update.rc but it still starts ...
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How to check if a LaTeX package has been installed?
How to check if a LaTeX package has been installed in Ubuntu?
When installing, I followed the methods mentioned in math.arizona.edu and n.wikibooks.org.
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Guest account files lost, how to recover?
We were working on writing a paper while logged into an Ubuntu guest account. The paper was saved in the guest account's home directory. The computer froze, so we restarted. Ubuntu purged the files. ...
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How to add a directory to the PATH?
How do I add a directory to the $PATH in Ubuntu and make the changes permanent?
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What keypress will take me to tty13?
Trying out Ubuntu Intrepid, I have discovered that RightAlt+F1 doesn't take me to tty13.
I've exhaustively tried every option presented to me in dpkg-reconfigure console-setup, the best I've been ...
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How to see packages installed on a given date using 'aptitude'?
Does anyone know if there's an easy way to find a list of packages installed, sorted by date, when using aptitude (or apt-get)?
I installed a bunch of packages to try something new, but it didn't ...
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