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    Re: Startup Manager

    Thank you, Anne. That did the trick.
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    Startup Manager

    I just installed the latest bild of 13.04. I would like it to default to Windows (Vista) on startup but I can't find the startup manager either installed or in the software center. How do I do this?
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    [ubuntu] Re: new in linux/ install xbasic

    Welcome to the forums! What I would do would be to open a terminal (xterm) window and type

    sudo nautilus
    to open the file browser with root privilages. I would then click on 'File System' and...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Nice

    Thanks everybody! I was curious as to what this was.
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    [SOLVED] Nice in System Monitor

    In System Monitor, Processing Tab, there is a column labled "Nice". What does that mean? The values are all zero except for pulseaudio (-11) and update-manager (10).
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    Re: Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 tomorrow

    I know it's early in the day but where can we (or be able to) get it? So far, I can't find any download buttons.
  7. [ubuntu] Re: mi hanno appena installato Ubuntu ma non visualizza il desktop che devo fare ???

    My translator plugin handles it somewhat but I just don't know what to tell him about his problem.
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    [all variants] Re: How do you copy files from a usb device?

    Right-click on the file you want to copy and select 'Copy to'. It give you a choice of your home folder or desktop. You can move it around from there.
  9. [SOLVED] Re: How do I remove a program with the Terminal?

    You probably read my review on it lol:

    Back in 10.04 it wanted to remove 'Caffeine' from my system even while it was running, apparently just because I had not installed it through the package...
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    [ubuntu] Re: desktop environments for ubuntu

    Another desktop is Enlightenment. It is ...uh...enlighenting:
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1901791
  11. [ubuntu] Re: Horizontal bars at the top of my desktop screen

    One more wild thought: You say your F11 key is messed up -- do you have another keyboard to try?
  12. [lubuntu] Re: Can not start Thunderbird after UBUNTU update

    I just got an email that Thunderbird 10 is released:
    http://download.cnet.com/Mozilla-Thunderbird/3000-2367_4-10213643.html?tag=api&tag=nl.t700
    If its a bug it might have been fixed.
  13. [lubuntu] Re: Can not start Thunderbird after UBUNTU update

    There is a Thunderbird forum which helped me with an obscure problem:
    http://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/
  14. [ubuntu] Re: 2 Unity usage questions: dock icons and alt-tab

    I don't know if it will solve your particular problems but I installed Gnome from Synaptic and chose it as my session after clicking the cog on the Login screen. Its different than the classical...
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    [ubuntu] Re: apps. directory...

    Did you look at /usr/share/applications/ ?
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    [ubuntu] Re: operating system 10.10

    10.04 LTS is supported till April 2013 if you're trying to stay with the old desktop.
  17. [SOLVED] Re: How do I remove a program with the Terminal?

    Back around Ubuntu 10.04 there was an app called 'Computer Janitor' that appeared to want to remove programs that weren't installed through Synaptic or the Software Center. I considered this to be a...
  18. Re: Application for Ubuntu Membership - Joseph Mills

    +1 here too.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Log Out command

    Thank you all for the input. On the login screen I had changed the session from 'Ubuntu' to 'User Defined Session'. When the screen came up it had no panels or shutdown buttons. I could bring up...
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    [ubuntu] Log Out command

    Is there a way to log out from the terminal? I know about the 'reboot' and 'shutdown' commands but sometimes I just want to log out or switch user.
  21. [ubuntu] Re: Horizontal bars at the top of my desktop screen

    It seems to me that my system already had compiz installed. It was the CompizConfig Settings Manager (CCSM) that I had to download in the Software Center to see what the settings are and to change...
  22. [ubuntu] Re: Horizontal bars at the top of my desktop screen

    Phooey! Made it worse. Anyway, you can always uncheck that box. What happens if you press [F11] (toggles the panel on/off)?
  23. [ubuntu] Re: Horizontal bars at the top of my desktop screen

    Welcome to the forums! I don't have the problem myself so I can't test it but I'll tell you what I'd try. Open the Terminal and install gconf-editor

    sudo apt-get install gconf-editor

    Then run...
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    spam as replies

    I occaisionally receive spam disguised as notification of a reply to my subscribed threads. Just wanted to let you know:
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    [ubuntu] Strangeness in Cairo-Dock

    In 11.10, when I open cairo-dock I get a window in the upper right corner of the screen that appears to be a piece of a nonfunctional google search page. Clicking on the show desktop app gets rid of...
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