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  1. Re: Stop Firefox from automatically installing updates

    In our world with many security issues the idea of updating asap isn't wrong but as the OP says it shouldn't be forced upon us, And the problem lies with Firefox because after an update the program...
  2. Re: Ubuntu 20.04 Windows 10 dual-boot on one disk.

    As far as I know that is normal Windows behavior: it doesn't take other OS in account. So you have to fix it by booting in Ubuntu with the startup usb/DVD you used in the first place. A way to do...
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    Re: I mean, why though?

    The only reason not to use the Edge browser is that it would attain a large part of the market and then it would introduce features that were limited to their browser and then they could force...
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    Re: Bad upgrade 20.04LTS to 20.10

    Well of course you can try to solve the problem and that will be more satisfying than a reinstall but then I can add the following: your problem seems to be linked with the display manager. So go to...
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    Re: Bad upgrade 20.04LTS to 20.10

    The information provided doesn't allow a concrete answer but if I were in your situation I would make a USB bootable medium from the Windows side and reinstall. Personally I had a good experience...
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    [ubuntu] Re: What version 20.04 have I downloaded

    It's often difficult to understand the real question. So there are no problems with the 20.04 iso but why are you asking advice how to connect the 19.04 version that you upgraded and didn't work,...
  7. [SOLVED] Re: The point of Facebook online account in Ubuntu?

    In this world it's an illusion to think we have privacy, and certainly not in the google universe. Facebook or MS are also bad so the only question is: what is my advantage of sharing data with other...
  8. Re: What is your fav DE (desktop environment) or WM (window managers)

    Recently I switched to KDE and it has a reason that's rather long so I'll spare you the reading. KDE is user-friendlier than other versions and that compensates for me the fact that it uses more...
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    Re: Weekly/monthly Chores for Ubuntu?

    You might be interested in the state of your drive and then there is this https://www.fosslicious.com/2019/08/check-ssd-health-in-xubuntu.html It's about ssd and xubuntu but actually the info is...
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    Re: Having to install after every boot

    Or change the boot order back to where it was starting with the HDD, that would also work. And it's cleaner, avoiding accidents later.
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    Re: Is this first time user exp normal???

    Some people have had issues with the 2020 LTS release. Actually, for people using (a previous version of) the OS the upgrade doesn't show yet and if you force it then it tells you that it's still in...
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    Re: What makes ubuntu secure?

    One reason remains valid over time: Linux desktop simply has no important market share so there are fewer attempts to break a system that doesn't have a lot of followers. You can make your system...
  13. Poll: Re: Share with us your Focal installation/Upgrade Experience

    After reading that relatively negative review on Distrowatch I decided to upgrade (by force) a 19,10 Laptop and see for myself. It works flawless (not that I tested a lot) but there is no problem...
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    Re: Chess engines end the fun of playing

    Well, if you play often, you get better. The problem with a chess engine is its tactical ability, it simply calculates fast and with no errors. scid allows import of games of good players. (see chess...
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    Chess engines end the fun of playing

    I used to play chess, and with the confinement due to that virus I spent some time with a front like scid and an engine like stockfish. i even ended up with the latest version, stockfish 11 but it...
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    Re: Why Ubuntu instead of Manjaro?

    You may be right, because my experience dates from a few years ago, but as an example in that time the standard was to download packages and never purge them so that eventually one would run out of...
  17. Re: Why has my computer become slow since about a month

    The same hardware/software and different experience? Look at disk space. Maybe a partition is (nearly) full. Don't install extra software, that won't help.
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    Re: Why Ubuntu instead of Manjaro?

    I've tried out most of the distributions, including Manjaro and at a certain point I experienced problems. Ubuntu is way more stable than Arch-based distributions. Of course these problems have...
  19. Re: Do I have to reinstall Ubuntu if I upgrade to a newer version of it?

    in my experience there are two conditions in order to upgrade with minimal risks; the first is to keep your data safe and if you use cloud storage that is a big plus. Less safe is a separate /home...
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    Re: Fstrim is killing my boot time :-(

    This issue seems solved with the last upgrade. now - 19.04 - fstrim runs in the background and login works fine. Mind - the hardware is identical.
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    Re: Ubuntu 19.04 Upgrade

    jdc@johan-Latitude-E6430:~$ cat /etc/issue
    Ubuntu 19.04 \n \l
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    [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu Install Problems on Laptop

    Assuming you can't download or else you probably wouldn't use the service osdisk it still pays to examine if your media is good and there is a possibility like...
  23. Re: Widnows doesn't recognize any input devices after dual boot

    You can always restore Windows. Simply download the iso of your version and boot from it. Activation is not an issue if the hardware is the same. The problem is that it may delete the Ubuntu boot...
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    Re: Ubuntu Software Update Issue

    Well, looking at the post in askubuntu there are two issues: there is a locale setting that gives a lot of warnings so please address that issue first like in...
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    Re: I'm starting to feel it...

    You're looking at it from the opposite side. First, there should be a need to do something and then you collect hardware and then you try to achieve whatever you wanted to do. Here, you say that you...
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