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If you need an MS Office compatible package, there are several versions available that are near 100% compatible, e.g. LibreOffice, version 4.2+ is available in the Ubuntu Software Center as 'LibreOffi …

Firefox 35 on Ubuntu 14.04 detaches itself from the shell, still printing errors though, to eliminate that output, try: firefox >/dev/null 2>&1 www.google.com & The >/dev/null makes firefox's 'stdout …

The copying is likely to be cached and/or buffered (in memory) which is why you see the high numbers. To see "real" speed you would need to remove any caches and buffers, but the effect of it would p …

For Ubuntu 14.04: System Settings → Text Entry → Lower left corner: [v] Show current input source in the menu bar …

Please see https://askubuntu.com/a/484923/289138 - You're on Linux 3.13.0-29-generic -- as per the link, I suggest you downgrade to linux 3.13.0-24-generic (plausible fix), or check linux 3.13.0-30-ge …

Here is a variant of the above, and a solution - for THIS case, possibly helping in the other cases too. SIDENOTE 1: if you do not run nvidia-settings with gksudo ... THE FIRST TIME (and do not hav …

If you look at the results from this Google search result, you might get an idea of the cause of the trouble. I think this issue is due to some broken package and to clean out broken packages, I thin …

-- Boot menu, 14.04 LTS -- Ubuntu Advanced options for Ubuntu System Setup ... if not, try hitting ESC while the computer starts up... before and/or while "Ubuntu ....." is shown (if it is shown). … sudo update-initramfs -u # remakes boot ramdisk sudo update-grub2 # re-creates boot menu update 2015-05-17 How to use kernel 3.16 on 14.04 LTS …

Sadly, my experience is that: sudo apt-get purge nvidia* sudo apt-get install nvidia-current is not guaranteed to work. Sadly it also is true that kernel updates and xorg or other graphics driver …

Your disk probably contains partitions that do not mount automatically... By checking the content of dmesg | less ... you may look for what kind of action the addition of the drive actually tri …

Basic Shell commands: $ cd $HOME $ mkdir tempdir $ cd tempdir $ tar -zxvf ../archive.tar.gz At this point you have a copy of the contents of archive.tar.gz in $HOME/tempdir/ $ zip -rmp password …

There are at least two plausible major reasons for it not working: Software created for an older version of an OS, and you're trying to run it under a newer version, where the new OS has had numerou …

I run the first update and restart and then I get that log. Try this AFTER the update, before the restart. sudo apt-get install linux-image-3.13.0-24-generic sudo apt-get purge linux-image-3.13 …

Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS Release: 14.04 Codename: trusty Linux wkbox 3.16.0-46-generic #62~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 11 16:27:16 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU … /Linux Neither of the above will leave 14.04 using the 3.13 series of kernels. …

After a lot of trouble, solved by dpkg --audit # and then dpkg --configure # for packages listed