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    [SOLVED] Re: XFCE 4.8 - No Applications Found

    I just had the same problem and this is what I did. Right click on the Applications Menu and go to Properties. Select "Use custom menu file" and browse to ~/etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu
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    [SOLVED] Re: Rebooting/Restarting the Wireless Card

    I've got the same question since my wireless is having difficulties starting up after suspend.

    I used to be able to use the following commands to renew the wireless connection:


    sudo ifup...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Networking Restart Required

    First make a script

    sudo nano /etc/init.d/wireless.sh
    Put the following line into the file:

    /etc/init.d/networking restart

    ctrl+x, y to exit

    Make this script executable
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    Poll: Re: HOWTO: Wireless Security - WPA1, WPA2, LEAP, etc.

    This guide is godsend!

    I just purchased a Linksys wpc54g v4 card to replace my old laptop integrated network adapter. When I tried to configure it to use WEP, didn't work, so I thought maybe I'll...
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    Re: using Ubuntu in schools

    Unless your school is planning to upgrade/replace the computers, it would be hard to make a case for switching to Ubuntu. Here's an analogy:

    Your school purchased a volume license for photoshop,...
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    Re: Gcc Compiles Correctly But No Output

    Try this:

    ./test

    It worked for me.
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    Poll: Re: thought this was easy

    Wow for someone that's not really good at English from looks of the first few posts, you sure seem more articulated in your last post.
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    Re: What is story the best for you.

    You mean favorite game storyline?

    Max Payne 1/2
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    Re: The true cost of linux.

    Now that you've got Linux working after messing with it for a few months, hopefully with all the hardware problem fixed, are you still wasting valuable time? What exactly is still taking up your time...
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    Re: Seriously thinking of running Linux Only

    I keep Windows around for peripheral hardware support.

    Webcam, printer, scanner, digital camera. It takes time to find the right driver for them if they aren't automatically detected. Even if...
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    Re: wow.. I am sick of school..

    University's not about learning technical skills. For my first year, I had to take Bio, Chem, Physics, English even though I'm in CS. In university, I may only have learned Java in my first year, but...
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    Re: A Question about Ubuntu Women

    Vagina impaired means you have a damaged or unfit vagina.

    And you're already posting here, there's nothing else preventing you as long as you stay on topic.
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    Re: Well, I'm proud.

    Is this a high school or university/college Comp Sci course?
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    Re: letter to Win9x/ME users

    Not everyone uses Win9x/ME because they don't know any better. Some just have a low end machine and still want support for their printer, scanner, webcam video conversation, etc. Is it worth it to...
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    Re: Running very old PC games

    You may want to try doing a search at WineHQ http://appdb.winehq.org/. Sometimes there's a HOWTO guide on game installation and various fixes.
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    Re: Learning Chinese?

    I see what you mean. When I learned the language I also realized that the character 日 is differently pronounced in several occasions. But I guess I've always thought of it as hiragana first and then...
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    Re: Learning Chinese?

    Hmm. I took Japanese from grade 9-11 and IMHO the writing system was pretty easy to learn. Basically there's five "main" sounds a, i, u, e, o and then all the other characters are a variation of...
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    help with AVI to DVD ISO script

    Hi, I wrote a script to convert AVI files to a DVD ISO file using the HOWTO guide http://smorgasbord.net/convert_video_linux:



    #!/bin/bash

    # Written by: Alice Leung
    # Thanks to jtpratt who...
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    Re: Learning Chinese?

    That's actually pretty close to what I would translate "Hello World" to, but instead of 你好世界, I would say 世界你好.

    For a character by character translation, 你 is you, 好 is good, 世界 is world. But if...
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    Re: Learning Chinese?

    That's very true. I'm a native Cantonese speaker and I can imagine how hard it'd be to learn the language if I wasn't born a Chinese. The best advice would be to learn Mandarin (first) since it's...
  21. Re: Trick: Firefox: click to select url in address bar

    Oh, but when I click on the google icon, it only shows the drop down menu of all the search engines I have. Though if I choose Google again from the menu then it'll "select all".
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    Under Ubuntu (I think this works in Windows too), I just click the little icon next to the url bar to select the address.

    BTW, does anyone know an efficient method (ie. one click) to "select all"...
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    Re: Dapper shipit cds arrival thread

    Finally! I thought they'd never come. 2 more days and it'd have been over six weeks (from June 1).
    Ordered on May 18th, Received July 11. 1 Ubuntu, 1 Kubuntu + 4 stickers. Thank you so much!
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    Re: Clear terminal history

    ooo turns out it's more simple than that...

    history -c

    EDIT: weird...the content of .bash_history didn't get deleted though

    EDIT again: nvm, I just had to refresh
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    Re: Clear terminal history

    I'm not sure if there's a command to clear the history, but I know they're stored in ~/.bash_history so I guess what I'd do is open the file up and manually delete the entries.


    sudo gedit...
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