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I am in the process of trying the lighter GUI maybe that will help a bit. The HDD is the stock 20GB model and it is IDE.

Thank you all for the help. Here is what I mean by slow....From a fresh reboot it takes 10-15 seconds for Firefox to load, I have visual effects set to none and when switching from window to window...

Hello everyone. I am using an older Gateway laptop for when I am away from home. It is not my main computer. It has these specs:

Intel Celeron M 1.5Ghz
1.2GB RAM
20GB HDD

It is running Ubuntu...

My iPod Classic works just fine in Ubuntu 10.04 but my 4th Gen iPod Shuffle does not. The iPod is seen by Linux on the desktop and as a folder in Rythmbox and I can drag& drop to it, but the iPod...

Thank you for the help. It is fixed now. :) Have a great day.

Hello everyone. I have Ubuntu 10.04LTS and my bottom taskbar is no longer showing open programs or minimized programs. How do I fix this?

When I connect the Nook and/or iPod classic to the laptop directly they show up on the desktop as USB0, not there name and the iPod still does not show up in Rythmbox. :(

I have in the past used the iPod Classic with Rythmbox and just drag files from the music folder on to the iPod and it worked. Now it is not showing up at all on the desktop or in Rythmbox. My...

The devices do not show up in the OS on the GUI desktop...that is what I mean. I do not know enough about Linux to find them elsewhere. Here is the result of lsusb:

paul@paul-laptop:~$ lsusb...

Hello everyone. I am having this strange issue in 10.04. Some USB items work fine while others are not being seen or loading at all. I am using a 24 port powered usb hub. Items that work are:
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Thank you for the help on this issue. The printer is working fine now. :)

Hello everyone. I have an Ubuntu laptop running 10.04LTS. I want to share its printer with a WinXP laptop. How do I get WinXP to find and use my printer connected to an Ubuntu 10.04 laptop over a...

Hello everyone. I want to use my laptop for watching cable TV and as a DVR. I need to buy a TV tuner card for the laptop. What I want to know is what brands and cards work with Ubuntu 10.04? Are...

Hello everyone. I am using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. I installed SDLmame and GmameUI from synaptic package manager. I have all that working fine. However I want to add the cheats file, but using the GUI...

Hello everyone. I have a VPN service called BTGuard that I use. How do I configure Transmission or another BT client to use the VPN? I already have Ubuntu set to use it and it works fine.

yes, compiz is installed and Ubuntu says I have the current Nvidia driver installed. :) Hmmm, wonder what next?

Hello everyone. I have a slow computer. When I click on an icon say Firefox it can take 10 seconds to load. when I minimize and maximize windows you can see it happening. I get "ghost" screens...

Yes they are and they work well, but what about a program such as DVDShrink? :) Thanks for all this help. Sometimes i wish Linux while being safe could be easier to use. For example Tor on...

I joined the forum back then, but I have been on and off with Linux in general as I find it frustrating. For example you can not "really" game with it and from the little that I know I can not find...

Hello everyone. I recently installed Ubuntu 10.04 32bit on my laptop. I am trying to learn the command line and also install software via the command line. I type in su and hit enter it asks me...

Hello everyone. I would like to learn how to set up a VPN in Ubuntu for someone who has never done it before. Where and how do I start? I have tried itshidden but the free service never stays...

Hello everyone. I have my college textbooks in for class and they are in a .pdf format. I know there are TTS programs out there, but what about pdf to speech. How would I go about doing this in...

Thanks for the help. Ubuntu 10.04 is up and running on the laptop and working just fine. I find Ubuntu easier to use day in and day out than Fedora. I mean Ubuntu found Nvidia drivers and my...

Hello everyone. I have Fedora 12 on a laptop and I want to move to Ubuntu 10.04 without losing anything. How do I do this? I find that Ubuntu is easier to use day in and day out on my other laptop...

OK I added the GUI for Espeak and it does work but sounds like a computer. So how do I get human sounding speak from it? I looked at the Sourceforge page but only saw the main program files. :)