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    Re: Is Linux a Cult?

    Don't worry; we'll be gentle. Just FYI, though: It hurts less if you don't fight it.
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    Re: Best Linux Book?

    A bit of both. It's about 2/3 new books, at 20% off cover price. The other 1/3 is the remainders room, where you can get some really great deals. I got *Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell*, in...
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    Re: Best Linux Book?

    <grin>I'm lucky: there's a warehouse bookstore near me. So I can browse and get Amazon-esque prices in the same place.</grin>
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    Re: Best Linux Book?

    Don't worry; that part's a reflex with me. I just wanted to know where to start looking. :) And I'll take any excuse to go into a bookstore anyway.
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    Re: Best Linux Book?

    Are the O'Reilly and Wiley books suitable for someone less technical?

    I'm a longtime Windows/Mac user with little technical background, who moved to Ubuntu about a month ago. I've learned tons so...
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    Re: HOWTO: Restore GRUB (if your MBR is messed up)

    I'm stuck on steps 3 and 4. For step 3, the computer gives me the following ambiguous message: does this mean that I've successfully mounted what needed mounting?


    root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu #...
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    Re: HOWTO: Restore GRUB (if your MBR is messed up)

    Can't I just reinstall Grub through Synaptic?
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    Re: Enlightened Gnome: The Ultimate in Ubuntu Eye Candy

    Hmm. This is odd: I don't have that option. The closest I can come is apps->system tools->file browser->edit->preferences; but there's no "show desktop" option. Is there another menu I might look...
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    Re: Enlightened Gnome: The Ultimate in Ubuntu Eye Candy

    Ah...didn't realize that. Light dawns -- in fact I am Enlightened. Thanks.
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    Re: Enlightened Gnome: The Ultimate in Ubuntu Eye Candy

    OK, so I got E16 to replace Metacity. New question:

    How do I get all the cool E backgrounds to work in GNOME? Right now I've only got access to the awful backgrounds that came with Ubuntu, plus...
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    Re: HOWTO: Restore GRUB (if your MBR is messed up)

    So if my computer is using the notation "hd0" for this sort of thing, I would type

    mkdir hd0
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    Seems almost too easy.

    Will this conflict in any way with the current location of Grub? And,...
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    Re: HOWTO: Restore GRUB (if your MBR is messed up)

    For some reason the Live CD method doesn't work for me. I boot from the Live CD and open a terminal, which tells me "command not found" when I type "grub."

    Anyone know what this is about?
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    Re: HOWTO: Hear multiple sounds using Both ESD & ALSA

    I tried this procedure because I have no audio in Totem -- video only. But I *still* have no audio. What else can I try?

    I already have libdvdcss2 and libdvdread.

    All I want is to play...
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    Re: HOWTO: E17 using apt and Smoon's repo

    What about the menu editor? Is anyone having any luck there? It's almost totally unresponsive for me.
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    Re: HOWTO: E17 using apt and Smoon's repo

    Is that a complete path, or does the tilde represent something that's been elided?

    The menu editor doesn't seem to work quite right, but I'll keep playing around with it...
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    Re: HOWTO: E17 using apt and Smoon's repo

    I'm a little late getting into the e17 game, so I have two pretty basic questions:

    1. Has anyone else had trouble with themes? I downloaded two of them (the "clean" and "japan" themes,...
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