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  1. Poll: Re: Share with us your Focal installation/Upgrade Experience

    Upgraded to kernel 5.7.1 using mainline.

    Thinkpad 11E with Intel core M-5Y10C, and Windows 10 was snappier on this machine than either Ubuntu, Kubuntu, or Linux Lite using 5.4.

    Now with 5.7.1,...
  2. [SOLVED] Kubuntu 20.04 tearing with intel card - fix

    I was seeing a lot of flickering and tearing in KDE on two different machines and one machine, the LCD keys also did not work and I remembered some various "fixes" for the issues. One I already...
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    [SOLVED] LCD Brightness keys fix

    This wasn't terribly easy to find, but if you have an intel card on your laptop and the brightness keys, create this file

    /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf


    Section "Device"
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  4. [ubuntu] Re: I would like to repair or restore my Laptop Ubuntu GRUB

    If it is sata, you could try connecting it to a cheap SATA to USB converter cable and see if you can "see" it on another computer or if booted from a USB device on the one you have with the...
  5. [ubuntu] Re: Fix for flaky Intel N-6205 Wifi (wlp3s0) in 20.04 Focal

    IF YOU HAVE THIS ISSUE: the only thing that may help is manually setting your router channel (if it has dynamic channel selection). And if it is a 2.4/5 GHz, connect to the higher frequency band...
  6. [ubuntu] [SOLVED] 20.04 - boot splash stops boot process

    [Edit- this was the fix] For some odd reason, "vt.handoff=7" wasn't being added to my grub.cfg. I added it to my /etc/default/grub after "splash" and it works now. I always remember seeing it in...
  7. [ubuntu] [SOLVED] Fix for flaky Intel N-6205 Wifi (wlp3s0) in 20.04 Focal

    IF YOU HAVE A SIMILAR ISSUE, SEE MY POST (#3) Where if figured out that my router settings and Ubuntu 20.04 at least with my hardware, were not being nice at the party together.

    I had been using...
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    Re: Why No Night Mode in 20.04

    um OMG... I was looking for this since I started working with 20.04 since the beta release. I was looking for an "orange" switch like in 18.04. Too funny.
  9. [ubuntu] Re: Windows Printer - requires python3-smbc which is NOT available

    Yep, had that enabled. How very strange. I tried to add it up to today (several times) and no good. Today, it is in the repos. Thanks
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    [ubuntu] Re: No ISO's boot with grml in 20.04

    Thanks, I just did that. I read through it and nope, no iso will then boot with the setup it uses.
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    [ubuntu] No ISO's boot with grml in 20.04

    For 18.04, grml is a reat package for auto configuring the boot for any ubuntu based iso that is placed in the created /boot/grml folder. Nothing put into that folder, including the Ubuntu 20.04 iso...
  12. Re: WiFi Indicator Turns To Question Mark - But Still Works?

    This happened in 18.04 for me
  13. [ubuntu] [SOLVED] Windows Printer - requires python3-smbc which is NOT available; pkg added

    When I go to attach to my network printer attached to a Win 10 machine, the printer manager barks that it needs to install extra software, and when clicked, it is not a package that exists in the...
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    Re: Things that you dislike in Ubuntu

    It has been a while. I started using Ubuntu since 6.06 Dapper stopped seriously using Ubuntu after 14.04 Trusty. I had 14.04 on a net-top connected to my TV (asus eb1033 - a dual core atom based...
  15. Re: Getting External Hard Drive Ubuntu installation bootable without rEFind

    I found this whole issue tiresome for years. EFI dual booting both in PC and MAC seems cumbersome and annoying. My MAC AIR is actually easier to dual boot than one of my Windows 10 machines.
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  16. Thread: Itunes.

    by maestrobwh1
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    Re: Itunes.

    If it is music you bought in the past few years, it should be DRM free if you bought it. Can you play a file natively from a live cd or by installing "unbuntu-restricted-extras" while running live? ...
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    Sticky: [SOLVED] Re: Laptop COMPATIBILITY List.

    Asus EEEpc 1015pe

    The only thing that that I cannot get to work is hibernate... it just won't shut down all the way... hangs and power button has to be held down to turn it off and apport on...
  18. Re: Nouveau dirver "disappears" in 14.04.3 with any upgrade GeForce 320M

    Partial solution: since I kept getting low resolution message on boot and part of the message suggested it could not configure other input devices so I plugged in a mouse on the next boot AND it...
  19. Re: Nouveau dirver "disappears" in 14.04.3 with any upgrade GeForce 320M

    Partial solution: since I kept getting low resolution message on boot and part of the message suggested it could not configure other input devices so I plugged in a mouse on the next boot AND it...
  20. Nouveau dirver "disappears" in 14.04.3 with any upgrade GeForce 320M

    I am not sure what the heck is going on. I have tried this 4 times on a late 2010 Mac Air. The usb key boots fine in EFI mode, installs to a partition fine, boots fine but if any upgrades are done,...
  21. [ubuntu] Re: Seriously thinking of installing Ubuntu; hope to have some questions answered.

    Firstly, I have tried Debian, Arch, and even Suse. I always come back to Ubuntu/Kubuntu due to the "just works" and "looks great" factor/ Arch always killed me at some point on dependencies and...
  22. [all variants] Re: Gparted clone gpt parts, smaller drive?

    I found this: I need another set of eyes to verify that I should be able to do this, as I am somewhat sure of what I am doing but GPT is somewhat foreign to me:...
  23. [all variants] Gparted clone gpt parts, smaller drive?

    I have ubuntu (yeah) on a GPT drive, EFI dual boot Windows 8. It is on a 320 GB drive. I wish to go to a 240 GB SSD. I have found some posts around the web about using a combo of clonezilla and...
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    [lubuntu] Re: Touchscreen help

    Issue is LXDE for ubuntu. I installed KDE and am running netbook desktop and at least now right click via OnBoard keyboard works. Would still like long press but at least I have functionality so i...
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    [lubuntu] Re: Touchscreen help

    It did seem promising. i created the file and put it in place and rebooted. no change. Even OnBoard's built in right click feature doesn't work: I've got no right click availability? insane.
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