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    [SOLVED] Re: Lenovo Thinkpad LiveUSB

    I'm not sure why one of them is not being recognised, however, the other worked after I reformatted and put the Live USB back on again.
    I have a feeling that at some point I had that one formatted...
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    [SOLVED] Lenovo Thinkpad LiveUSB

    I have 2 LiveUSBs that I have used with multiple computers (Dell laptops and Desktops, homemade Desktops etc).
    However, neither will boot into the Lenovo Thinkpads I have.

    I have upgraded the...
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    [all variants] Re: Moving to Trash deletes immediately

    Just remembered something else that I did when I had a separate partition mounted.
    Had to modify the fstab
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9536737&postcount=7
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    [all variants] Re: Moving to Trash deletes immediately

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=180635
    Check you haven't accidentally set the flag.
  5. [ubuntu] Keep Same Icon Size Regardless Of Content

    How can I get Nautilus to display all icons the same size regardless of content?
    I am most concerned on the Desktop where I have some files arranged in rows.
    However, if I add a png to the Desktop...
  6. Thread: Pinguy OS

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    Poll: Re: Pinguy OS

    So how exactly do you keep it under a specific size?
    Do you just build it with remastersys and check the size?
    If it is too big do you just take some stuff out and rebuild and check again?
    Or is...
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    [all variants] Re: Create Resize Move LVM Partition

    OpenSuse have an application as part of Yast2 called 'Expert Partitioner' that seems to handle LVM quite well.
    Fedora/RedHat have one called Disk Druid as part of their installer Anaconda.
    ...
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    [all variants] Create Resize Move LVM Partition

    As mentioned here I am planning on installing with encryption.
    This involves using LVM in the partition scheme.
    I am following this guide here which uses Mandriva to do the installation....
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    [ubuntu] Re: /boot location

    Cool. Thanks for the quick reply.
    I'll create a 100MB /boot partition in the extended partition then see how difficult the LVM and LUKS is to setup.
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    [ubuntu] /boot location

    I am going to reinstall with LVM, LUKS encryption and a /boot partition.
    Does it matter where the /boot partition is?

    My thoughts are to leave the 2 primary Windows partitions and encrypt them...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Need Help Recovering Partiton Table

    Thanks for that it was a very useful page.
    Unfortunately I chickened out of making the changes from the command line and when I read that TestDisk could sort it out for me!
    Parted Magic is a...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Command line history not working

    This sounds more like you have the wrong keyboard setup.
    Typically an Ubuntu installation uses American English :roll: (if it isn't British it isn't English! :biggrin:)
    The American Keyboard has...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Remote desktop

    The first thing you should do is see if you can ping the server.
    e.g.
    ping 10.1.32.251
    However, that DNS error makes me suspect that you can't.

    Second, its worth trying out with the correct...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Command line history not working

    Post the contents of your config files
    .bashrc
    .bash_profile
    .profile

    These are hidden so you will have to press Ctrl-H to see them in Nautilus.
    I'm wondering if you accidentally turned on vi...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Editor for C++

    Try out Code::Blocks
    http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=Installing_Code::Blocks_nightly_build_on_Ubuntu
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    [SOLVED] Need Help Recovering Partiton Table

    I've messed up my partition table again!

    I think it was when I deleted what appeared to be a Swap partition when I was using the Mandriva LiveCD.
    GParted doesn't show the individual partitions...
  17. Thread: Pinguy OS

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    Poll: Re: Pinguy OS

    What is the best way to go about trying to create a 'lite' version that would fit on a CD?
    If I installed the system and immediately ran Remastersys would you expect the ISO to be 1.3 GB (i.e....
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    [ubuntu] rdesktop Manager

    At the moment I am using rdesktop from the command line.
    In windows I use mRemoteNG (http://www.mremoteng.org/home) to manage my connections.
    Whats the best equivalent in Linux (ignoring KDE...
  19. Thread: Pinguy OS

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    Poll: Re: Pinguy OS

    What about Lotus Symphony as the office suite?
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    [all variants] Re: TrueCrypt Existing Multi-Boot System

    OpSecShellshock: Its not as bad as all that :)
    They are being fairly flexible, saying you are allowed to have a different O/S to the standard image if you want to, but if you do, you have to do the...
  21. Thread: Pinguy OS

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    Poll: Re: Pinguy OS

    I have to say I have never noticed that before! :redface:

    Maybe I should edit my original post to hide that fact and just suggest it as a better alternative instead :-\"
  22. Thread: Pinguy OS

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    Poll: Re: Pinguy OS

    Unless I missed something, I couldn't immediately see a CD ripper.
    Since you are already over a CD size, how about including Rubyripper next time?...
  23. Thread: Pinguy OS

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    Poll: Re: Pinguy OS

    Whats up with the boot times?
    I installed bootchart to time it.
    I have Linux Mint installed on one partition and it starts in 25 seconds.
    However, PinguyOS installed on another partition takes...
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    [all variants] TrueCrypt Existing Multi-Boot System

    I currently have the following setup:
    Primary Partition - NTFS Vista
    Primary Partition2 - NTFS Vista Home
    Extended Partition
    - EXT4 - Linux Mint9
    - EXT4 - PinguyOS
    - EXT4 - Data directory...
  25. Thread: Pinguy OS

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    Poll: Re: Pinguy OS 10.04 x64, Please Try.

    Since you have heavily customised Firefox, here are some more addons that you might want to consider adding to it
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collection/operafeatures
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