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  1. Poll: Re: Unity, Shell or Classic Gnome what wil you use with Natty?

    Unity hasn't been the most productive environment for me. I enjoyed a few of the Compiz plugins but generally I didn't customize much. Visually Unity is as ugly as anything I have ever seen. There...
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    Re: GNOME vs. Unity

    I've recently tried Unity, and now I'm using Gnome Shell compiled from GIT. Between the two Unity strikes me as a train wreck. GS has matured and if you add Avant Window Navigator to it to make up...
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    [gnome] Re: GNOME-Shell wont run correctly

    Excellent! I'm glad that you got it working. Have a great Holiday season!
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    [gnome] Re: GNOME-Shell wont run correctly

    The same thing happened to me yesterday. Everything I'll try to tell you came from a few minutes spent on IRC figuring out what to do. I do not necessarily understand everything I'm going to pass...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Network Single Logon - Ldap, NFS

    This is the HOWTO that I've followed successfully.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Backup installed packages

    I've used AptOnCD to do that in the past.

    Cheers!
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    [SOLVED] Re: no webcam: /dev/video0 not found

    I have a Dell M1330 with a camera that worked perfectly until Lucid. After the install I had to install linux-firmware from the repos to make the camera work.
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    [ubuntu] Re: OS disk cloning/transfer?

    I'm a huge fan of Remastersys it has solved an awful lot of problems for me, and has always been reliable.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Trouble Updating to Karmic

    I discovered that I had the same problem today at work upgrading a computer lab. It turns out that the http content filter in my school district was objecting to "sexy" in libsexy2.
  10. Thread: iphone 3G

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    [ubuntu] Re: iphone 3G

    I stumbled across this some time ago. I have never used it, and have no experience with it but it may help you on your quest.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Previews of minimized windows?

    Currently there is no way to do it with Compiz. I agree with you, that a preview of a window that's already open isn't exactly the most useful feature
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    [ubuntu] Re: How to sync Palm Centro

    There are a couple of ways to do it. The easiest, and most "Palm" like way is to use JPilot.



    There is a thread that has other users Centro/JPilot experiences that might be worth a read HERE....
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    [gnome] Re: Evolution-mapi working or not?

    I got it to work following this bug report here.




    Restart Evolution....

    Enter whatever account information applies...

    I then restored smb.conf
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    [ubuntu] Re: HD to HD transfer

    That number you see as an estimate will change during the file transfer. Many small files take much longer than several large ones because the file system has a lot more work to do. If that is the...
  15. [ubuntu] Re: Anyone know a client control program....

    I use iTalc to administer my students machines in conjunction with Webmin. The combination is fantastic!


    iTalc
    Webmin

    Good luck!
  16. [ubuntu] Re: Bluetooth just suddenly stopped working...?

    I'm sorry that I can't offer a solution. I just experienced the exact same problem. An hour ago BT was working fine... now not so much.

    bump

    Any ideas?

    Jan 27 17:22:21 bluetoothd[6110]:...
  17. Thread: boot issue

    by defishguy
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    [ubuntu] Re: boot issue

    Mis-read the original post. That sounds like a kernel panic. Check out this thread. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=968792
  18. Thread: boot issue

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    [ubuntu] Re: boot issue

    You need to edit the Grub menu so that the Kernel you want to use is the default.

    The information here should help you with that. Please remember to make a backup copy of the list before making...
  19. Thread: Ping Pong?

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    [all variants] Re: Ping Pong?

    If you are comfortable compiling apps there are several options for you. HERE

    If you want to download and use a pre-compiled binary then this one looks like it might be fun.

    Good luck!
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    [ubuntu] Re: Remove password requirement

    You could use a small and cheap usb flash drive to authenticate him and not worry about a password that is too simple.


    Here is the project homepage. The instructions for getting it working are...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Network-manager-openvpn VPN failed to start

    OpenVPN worked for me using Intrepid until yesterday and then began to exhibit the same symptom as above.

    A bug has been filed here

    We'll have to wait I suppose.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Update issues....

    Are you using a laptop with a Dlink network card by any change?
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    [ubuntu] Re: Can't start gksu displayconfig-gtk

    AFAIK displayconfig-gtk is not included in 8.10.
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    [ubuntu] Re: scanner install

    Click on Applications then Graphics and finally XSane. What happens when you do or what error message do you get?

    Could you please post the model of scanner you're using?
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    [ubuntu] Re: automatic inherit file permissions ?

    AFAIK!

    Windows permissions are first based on a security template that evolves gradually based on the permissions of the parent folder and any administrative changes made along the way. The ACL...
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