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I'd like to mark ths thread as "Solved" but can't find a way to do so. Any advice?

-Dr. Bob

Gifford: That's exactly what I did. Thank you for your response! Works great.

-Dr. Bob

untrustytahr:

Thanks! That worked great. Also gave me a chance to re-learn a little command line stuff in the process.

-Dr. Bob

From the printers list, I see the printer I have on my wireless network. Actually the printer appears twice on the list. I think that may be because it is hard-wired to one of my computers and I'm...

Wow! Good things come to those who wait! This afternoon I went into the Software Center and Voila! there was the Skype client. I opened it and it works fine. I guess it takes time for the Software...

OK, I now have a fresh copy of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installed and I went to the "Software Center" and added the canonical sources so my current sources.list file looks like the below. But after doing...

ibjsb4: Thanks. I'll try the new editor, but I had a crash so I've been spending my time re-installing 12.04 LTS and now I'm back to the beginning. I'll tackle the Skype installation next and let you...

Thanks guys. Yes, I simply booted from the USB drive and reinstalled over the old version and all is working great! Thanks for all the replies!

-Dr. Bob

OK, but can I work it so that Windows XP still stays on the computer?

In trying to get Skype working on my 12.04LTS I managed to cause all sorts of problems (for example, Software Center won't open now...) so I have a question...

Can I reload/install from my flash...

OK, now when I do an gedit I get a black screen with black text. is there a way to change the text or bg color so i can see what I'm trying to edit?

ibjsb4: OK, I'll make a copy of the list, comment out lines 56 and 57. Then do an "update" How do I do the update? (sorry for the stupid questions, I've only been running Linux for about 20 hours...

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http://ubuntuforums.org/images/ubuntu-VB4/statusicon/user-online.png: After I comment out lines 56 and 57 what would be...

OK, Here's the list:

43 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse
44 deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse
45
46 ...

Here's what I get:

bob@Muffin:~$ tail /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party...

I guess I don't know what I'm doing. I typed ur code into terminal and here's what i get:

bob@Muffin:~$ cat -n etc/apt/sources.list
cat: etc/apt/sources.list: No such file or directory

rocker I agree with you. unfortunately a number friends use Skype so I'm stuck with that program. thanks for your comments.

Hi guys. I'm new to Ubuntu and Linux. I installed version 12.04LTS on my Acer netbook with absolutely no problems. I have it runing alongside my soon-to-be-obsolete Windows XP. So, here's what i've...

Ian, that did not work for me. I get the following errors:
E: Malformed line 56 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)
E: The list of sources could not be read.

Any ideas? I'm a brand...