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1 Day Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread upgrade failed, want to copy text from terminal and paste into chrome browser in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

Doesn't seems to me that the issue here is in the operating system. it works on install with no PPA's added or no special additional setups. ...

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2 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Really bad experience with Ubuntu Linux (Unity, 13.04) in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

actually they are not just forks.

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2 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Version I use has reached "end of life" in Absolute Beginners Section

depends on the speed of your internet connection. i have a stable connection but i did it in virtualbox on old mashcine. so the system wasn't fast to...

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3 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Alternatives to Unity GUI. in Absolute Beginners Section

KDE is really customizable out of the box. XFCE comes to a very close second as it is easy to customize it.

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3 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Making Secure PDF files in General Help

how are you offering your PDFs? by mail? otherwise you could add watermark to them. but anyway when you click "export to PDF" in Libre office...

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3 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread how to do a clean uninstall of mysql and phpmyadmin on ubuntu 12 in General Help

man apt-get will display documentation/manual for apt-get command. should look something like this: http://linux.die.net/man/8/apt-get using the...

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3 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Where to buy OS'less Laptops in The Cafe

I was reading a post form Linus that those high res screen chromebooks are excelent as well. he hacked them a bit ofcourse.

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4 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Chrome => Chromium in Absolute Beginners Section

here is a nice list of differences and similarities between the two: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/ChromiumBrowserVsGoogleChrome

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4 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Distro for old hardware? in Absolute Beginners Section

m9 is marked here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver as having good 3D support with opensource driver. so it's worth a shot i would...

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4 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Some Wish and Question about LibreOffice 4 in Absolute Beginners Section

In KDE you set your own shortcuts. so i haven't seen alt being problematic there. i bet you could also set unity to appear at something else than...

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4 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Confused as to what this means in Absolute Beginners Section

It should be gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list as gedit is graphical application. read more on sudo for graphical applicaitons here:...

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4 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Unable to play video and mp3 in General Help

OP is already using VLC. To the OP - install ubutnu restricted extras package found in software center. ...

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4 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Pavilion g6 overheat during installation in General Help

install the proprietary drivers. but before you do post the specs. you may need top install additional programmes (especially if you have...

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4 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Help need with installation! in Absolute Beginners Section

better write exactly what you typed/copied (commands) and what you got and also what you are trying to do.

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4 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Which Ubuntu will be best for Sony Vaio E Series VPCEG28FN? in Absolute Beginners Section

all verison have same software in repositories (software center) and more can be installed form websites and from source. the difference is their...

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4 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Chromioum ask about unlocking keyring at start in General Help

sort of. your saved passwords (if you checked for example save my password in browser) are encrypted and stored in this keyring. so if someone breaks...

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4 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Software equivalents in Absolute Beginners Section

i think Kubuntu comes with Calligra Office now. You might want to add Libreoffice to it. Calligra is still young. for raw have a look here if it...

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5 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread live dvd XUbuntu in Absolute Beginners Section

wait! what? do you have Kubutnu installed on computer? and you want to install xubutnu to it now? just open muon software center and search for...

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5 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Ho do you speed up ubuntu in Installation & Upgrades

just because they are on the disk it doesn't mean they are slowing the operating system they are onyl taking disk space. and they take a very small...

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5 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread first less than good thing..... in Absolute Beginners Section

it's better to use torrent for these downloads (if yOu can). the way you are doing it just calls for troubles imo. well unelss the md5sum get's...

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5 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 will not load after installing 12.04 in General Help

use the boot repair tool to generate the bootinfo summary and then post it here using the code (the # icon) tags. :...

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5 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Battery ran empty, now does not boot. in Absolute Beginners Section

press esc when the dots come up to reveal any possible error messages.

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5 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread "My Computer" in Absolute Beginners Section

how did you install Ubuntu? via wubi? if those are NTFS file system drives then you can't set permissions on them. root drives are owned by...

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5 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread "My Computer" in Absolute Beginners Section

my computer is widnows explorer which is a file manager. nautilus is default ubuntu file manager. what do you actually need? there are GUI for...

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5 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Graphics Driver Problem in Absolute Beginners Section

what CPU is that? does the laptop use Nvidia optimus technology? if so, you need bumblebee. lshw to get the list of hardware in terminal. copy...

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5 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread live dvd XUbuntu in Absolute Beginners Section

yes you must be "misisng it". assuming tou plan to go with DVD: 1. download the iso 2. burn the .iso to DVD 3. reboot the maschine and open the...

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5 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Help me chose a distro in Absolute Beginners Section

what kind of games? there is a distro that fits on 2 DVD that has preinstalled games on it.

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6 Days Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread Best distro for a netbook? in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

as desktop Ubuntu and Kubutnu (with netbook plasma) are both good options for those small screens. Word in wine or use Libre office. Or use...

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1 Week Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread hello, brand new........ in Absolute Beginners Section

Those should work just fine. Yes backup. Linux uses different file system(s) than windows. some systems are way more advanced than NTFS or FAT32...

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1 Week Ago

mastablasta replied to a thread using copy & past in a terminal window in Absolute Beginners Section

what programme? where id you find it? usualyl you woudl install from software centr or add a PPA and then install from software center. if not...

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