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Warren Hill replied to a thread Tug of war - Community vs Mods - to 200 (or -200) in Cafe Games

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Warren Hill replied to a poll Your thoughts on Ubuntu.com without Community? in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

The community is providing support here. Sometimes the best way to provide support is to point out failings and help to get them fixed before it...

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Warren Hill replied to a thread how to write a c program in ubuntu 10.04 LTS in Absolute Beginners Section

10.04 stopped being supported a few days ago so I suggest you upgrade first. Once you have installed 12.04 or later install the tools sudo...

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3 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread Can't install new software in Eclipse - software list empty in Programming Talk

First you need to tell it what site. "All Available Sites" means all the sites it knows about, not all sites that exist somewhere. From the...

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3 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread Tug of war - Community vs Mods - to 200 (or -200) in Cafe Games

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3 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread Graphical sudo in General Help

Pretty much. I'm sure it will get easier but pkexec needs to be configured see the man page gksu still works in 13.04 it's just not part of the...

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3 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread Tug of war - Community vs Mods - to 200 (or -200) in Cafe Games

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3 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread Reinstall ubuntu 12.04 in Installation & Upgrades

If your data is important to you backup. You can then install fresh and restore your data from the backup. External USB drives are not expensive...

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3 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread software of web design in Absolute Beginners Section

Gedit is good. Web pages are just text after all and you get more control that way. You will need to learn html, css and depending on what you...

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3 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread How to mark a thread I posted as SOLVED ? in Forum Feedback & Help

See here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnansweredPostsTeam/SolvedThreads

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3 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread Graphical sudo in General Help

pkexec is not just a new name For example gksu nautilus runs the file manager as root while pkexec nautilus Doesn't work.

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3 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread Graphical sudo in General Help

Thanks for the correction. Yes I did mean gksu-properties.

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3 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread Graphical sudo in General Help

When you use sudo you have elevated privileges but $PATH and $HOME are yours When you use gksu you have elevated privileges and $PATH and $HOME are...

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3 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread Graphical sudo in General Help

For Ubuntu prior to 13.04 use gksu for 13.04 you can install gksu or follow the instructions here ...

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3 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread 12.04 or 13.04 in Absolute Beginners Section

Personally I would go with 12.04 as its supported until April 2017 while 13.04 is only supported till January 2014. If you want the latest...

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3 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread Why is Wubi being stopped? in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

Modern computers with Windows 8 installed use GPT drives and have secure boot. Wubi does not work with secure boot. If you want to try the OS...

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3 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread Ubuntu.com redesign in The Cafe

+1 million Ubuntu: "I am because we are". This affects all of us. We have the products PC, tablet, phone to support the community. Not the...

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3 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread When will 13.04 be launched? in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

Yes it does. At least Tuesdays daily build did -- so I would be very surprised if it's not in the final version. sudo apt-get install gnome-panel

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3 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread When will 13.04 be launched? in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

Just read my email -- Yes But please don't everybody rush --It will still be there tomorrow and for some time to come. But if you must use...

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3 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread Anyway to Kill Apache ...please....for network testing? in Networking & Wireless

One thing you could try on the local network is to put another machine on the same static IP address as the Apache server has. Should confuse things...

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3 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread Can Any body recomended me Best Photoshop Alternative in Art & Design

+1 for Gimp I haven't found anything I can do in Photoshop that I can't do in Gimp.

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4 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread Tug of war - Community vs Mods - to 200 (or -200) in Cafe Games

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4 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread gksu will not authenticate in Ubuntu +1

Take a look here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2138386 gksu has been added and removed a few times in the last few weeks and there...

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4 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread Lucid 10.04LTS user - what should I move to? in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

Have a look at Ubuntu Gnome. As of 13.04 its an official release and it should be the closest thing to 10.04 available in terms of feel/performance...

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4 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread which is the best web designing software in The Cafe

I use gedit I get the html I want and I can add php or javascript as required without using a separate editor Vim is good too

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4 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread When will 13.04 be launched? in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

Its out sometime tomorrow so the OP can't install it a week before release. I suggest waiting; let other users discover if there are any problems...

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4 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread Will Web Designers become obselete? in The Cafe

Very true most of them create code that won't pass standards testing too. May display OK in most browsers but you cant do better than a simple text...

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4 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a thread sharing home folder with other group users in Absolute Beginners Section

+1 The only bit missing is what to do about users not in the group. You obviously don't want to let them change anything but you may want to let...

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4 Weeks Ago

Warren Hill replied to a poll Name change in Ubuntu +1

I think its useful information to keep at least for a while say until 13.10 (Something Something) comes out. When it does remove the Ubuntu +1...

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