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How to resize and convert mov to mp4 on Ubuntu 16.04
I have a very heavy mov video that I need to convert to mp4 and resize.
I tried some applications like Mencoder and Ffmpeg but none worked.
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.
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How to install minitab on Ubuntu?
I want to install minitab on my machine, running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
How can I install it, or something similar?
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System-wide key-value store with fuzzy search
I often have to access some pieces of data, e.g. my public ssh keys, ips of specific servers, links to repositories etc.
It would be great to have some application to store key-value mapping with ...
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Is there a good alternative hex editor instead of HxD editor?
I am using now the HxD editor (which is a windows program, with wine).
I also have tried some GUI based (I am not interested in CLI) hex editors for linux.
Some criteria which is important for my ...
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Dolby equivalent for Ubuntu
I got a chance to try Dolby audio from Windows 10 store. Just wondering whether Ubuntu (16.04) has an alternative.
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Unity Like Desktop Environment [duplicate]
Now that Unity is no longer going to stay forever, which is the Desktop Environment that can be most easily tweaked to give a very close Unity Like Experience?
I am looking for features such as
One ...
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Fuzzy logic simulation software
I am trying to find the best fuzzy logic simulator for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. In Windows, I have fuzzy logic working in MATLAB, but in Ubuntu, Octave doesn't seem to compile fuzzy logic code.
Is there ...
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Anonymous internet browsing (2017) [duplicate]
This question was last answered 6 years ago: Anonymous Internet browsing.
What has changed? Tor website suggests not using Tor for Ubuntu. I'm running a 16.04 LTE. Is there any way to browse the ...
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Visually impaired friend wants to try Ubuntu [duplicate]
I've got a friend who is using Windows 7 and I "sold" him the benefits of open source, and he actually wants to try Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (that's the good news)! The bad news are: he is visually impaired ...
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how to manipulate mp3 songs and remove the vocal and leave only the background music? [duplicate]
I want to karaoke but my mp3 files hold vocal music.
I want to make music instrument because I want to karaoke
How can I manipulate mp3 songs and remove the vocal and leave only the background music?...
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Is there any music player that can hide its main window and only show the playlist? [duplicate]
I use JetAudio basic on Windows and I'd love to have the same modularity that it has on Ubuntu. Specifically, the ability to customize displays and the ability to separate playlist from the main ...
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How to crop all the pages of a PDF
I saw this Command line tool to crop PDF files. Being ignorant couldn't understand it.
How can I crop all the pages with same dimension(except last and front)? This is precisely the book. Also how to ...
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Is there an alternative to Windows Hello for Linux?
I purchased an alienware 15 r3 which comes with Windows Hello enabled which means all hardware included.
Windows Hello is basically a face detection system added on Win10. It works with dual-camera ...
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taxonomy related software to draw tree like structure
I want to know is there any taxonomy software that I can install in Ubuntu 16.04 to build tree like structure? How can I install it?
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Dividing my desk into two work areas
What program or system utility can I use to convert my desktop into two work areas using a single monitor?
Some recommendations for an easy to use application?
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Detect port scans performed by own computer
I was told that my working PC is massively scanning the ports of somebody else's PC, which is not intended by me. How can I find out which program is doing that?
Following the advice of ByteCommander'...
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WPS-Office equation editor
I have recently installed WPS-office on my Ubuntu 16.04 and I have a few problems. The first problem is that when I start any of the WPS-office programs it gives me a error saying that "Some formula ...
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How to run Streets of Rage 5 remake on Ubuntu (Natively)?
I downloaded Streets of Rage 5 from bomber games on my computer running Ubuntu but I am unable to make it work!
I edited the file sorr to include my directories which made the application launch and ...
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I lost power during an upgrade to Ubuntu 16
During a recent attempt to upgrade to the newest upgrade for Ubuntu (16.something something) I lost power. Now when I turn on my computer, it starts to boot then pages of code start flashing across ...
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Software for web design [closed]
I am looking for software that I could use for web design. I know one of my options would be gimp, but I am looking for anything that would work better than it.
edit: I need something like Photoshop ...
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Suggest a decent distro for an 10+ year old laptop [closed]
I own an older model laptop and I'm finally ready to jump ship to linux, a quick google search and I downloaded puppy (hated it) and downloaded Lubuntu 16.04 and it won't boot on my laptop at all, won'...
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How to have a daily statistic of keys pressed?
I want to analyse how often I press a certain key in my daily typings and hence I would like to set up tracking of my keyboard. (It also might be the case I was challenged that the key I would press ...
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libmono-winforms2.0-cil missing (deleted) from xenial release
The package libmono-winforms2.0-cil isn't available in the repositories for 16.04. Is there a replacement for it?
I see that it was deleted about 4 months ago (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/...
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To-do app for Ubuntu? [duplicate]
Is there any good to-do app for Ubuntu?
Need some to plan my university life.
Best would be with a chance to pin it on desktop screen like sticky notes in Windows.
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MS Office for 16.04
I have been using Ubuntu for two months now, and I am loving it. However, I cannot install MS Office 2013/2016, which I need! I couldn't install it with Wine. Please don't tell me to use LibreOffice ...
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Quick check to find if ogre is installed and then uninstall if required
How can one do a quick check to find if ogre is installed? For example querying the current version of ogre like OpenSceneGraph allows osgversion. A command will be preferred like this. Solution for ...
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Looking for EPS slideshow software
I hope this is not a doubled question, but I haven't been able to find anything using the search.
I produce lots of eps files containing histograms, but the viewer I am using at the moment let me ...
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What antivirus program can I use on Ubuntu? [duplicate]
Are there any antivirus applications that work on Ubuntu 16.04? Thanks!
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How to revert back to a full featured Totem release?
After upgrading to Ubuntu 16.04 I noticed that Totem (the default video player) is no longer portraying its sidebar, which includes the much useful stack playlist. I judged this to be a bug, but it ...
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CalDAV client for Ubuntu
I am looking for a functional CalDAV client for Ubuntu, preferably open source. I was originally looking for one that works on 14.04, and now on 16.04.
Ubuntu 16.04
Following the advice of some ...
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