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Ah yeah, that's the one. Thanks, forestG.

Guess I have to wait for a fix.

No ideas?

Hi all,

Running 12.04 and loving it. Only issue to date is that since this install my laptop speakers will not mute when I plug in a headphone jack.

Laptop is Acer Aspire 5920. Sound is...

I'm 51.

I use Ubuntu for writing; recording, editing and mixing music; editing video; website design; image editing; watching movies; contact with family and friends (Skype, social networks,...

Have to use Windows in the office, but on my own machine it's Linux all the way. I hardly ever even use Wine.

Actually, even at work I cheat. I take my laptop in and work on that 70% of the time,...

I always do a fresh, full install. That way fewer probs seem to arise and it eliminates intermediate upgrades should they be necessary for the normal upgrade path.

Not just for Ubuntu... I prefer...

IMHO if your install is running well and without issues then it is worth giving Unity a trial run.

My own initial reaction was "WTF! I want Gnome back", but faced with redoing all my config of the...

OutRec is a very simple prog that will record from the soundcard. I use it with Spotify and Grooveshark, no prob.

http://outrec.sourceforge.net/

Ah, ya beauty! Sorted.

Now I have Spotify and TopStyle back, and I am happy!

Thanks very much indeed for the speedy assistance. :)


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I had Wine working fine on a previous install of Maverick, but since the most recent time I installed I get the following message when I try to use Wine to install the very few Windows apps that I...

Hi,

After further research I seem to have fixed the issue by following instructions found at:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1581099

I hope that is useful to someone else with...

Hi all,

After happily running a persistent install from a USB stick for a week I decided to delete my Windows install and replace with Ubuntu.

I did the install from the USB stick, selecting...