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  1. Re: What was your rection the first time you used Linux/Ubuntu?

    I was completely fed up with Windows and tried Ubuntu 7.10. It was enlightenment. I hardly ever booted Windows since, except at work. Linux can be as much a pain in the rear as Windows, but at least...
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    [SOLVED] Re: copy text from one file to another?

    cat file1.txt >> file2.txt
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    Re: Zenity : How to change some dialog icon

    --icon-name doesn't take a path, you put in an icon-name. Check the filenames for the icons in your theme, or check here for some defaults.
  4. [ubuntu] Re: Receiving files via Bluetooth on 12.10 (64 bit)

    It's more a solution to your problem (hopefully) than an answer to your question, but try this
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    Re: What drives people away from Linux?

    A friend of mine tried it, didn't follow through:
    - his printer wasn't found (linux-incompatible network printer)
    - some specific software he uses at work doesn't run on linux
    - he didn't like...
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    Re: Has anyone here used f.lux?

    Try redshift
  7. [ubuntu] Re: Recommendation needed for a lightweight text viewer

    Try with zenity:
    cat <file> | zenity --text-info
    or
    zenity --text-info --filename <file>
    You can also specify --height=<px> and --width=<px>

    Or you can use a lightweight text editor like x2.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Keyboard Layout customization

    Why not use US (international) layout so you can do 'e to get é and `e for è etc.? That's called dead keys and I'd say it's much easier to remember than Ctrl+Alt+D and what not.
  9. [SOLVED] Re: Unable to get permission to internal harddrive

    That's the folder where you mount the drive to. /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc is the hardware. Now you need to mount them to a folder where you can browse them and use them to copy files to. Those mount...
  10. [SOLVED] Re: Unable to get permission to internal harddrive

    You need to own the mount point, or at least have rw permissions. So if you mount the drives to, for example, /media/drive1 and /media/drive2, make sure you have permissions to those folders before...
  11. [ubuntu] Re: Are DVD and ext hard drive equally good as back up media?

    Depends on what you need to backup and how important it is. An usb-stick (which is the same idea as ext hard drive) can be ok to backup an os. If you have data, a dvd can be useful and portable...
  12. [SOLVED] Re: 12.04: VLC won't play DVDs no matter what I do

    Run vlc in a terminal, try the DVD again and check the output. Post it here if it says something useful.

    Also, can you read the DVD files in nautilus or whatever file manager you use?
  13. [SOLVED] Re: Prep for delete & re-install: couple of Q's

    You give username and pc-name during install (like here). It's converted to lowercase for username and the username-pcname part in the terminal is the prompt setting. You can change that, but...
  14. [SOLVED] Re: Prep for delete & re-install: couple of Q's

    Backup only the useful part of your home dir, like docs and pics and stuff. Maybe some config files if you've edited them.

    Then reinstall, choose custom partitions or what's it called during the...
  15. [SOLVED] Re: Bash: trying to run a text string as a command

    If you need the output of "ls | grep t" to do stuff with, then:

    do_command $(ls | grep t)
    This won't work I guess if the filenames have spaces. Also you don't want ls in this case, read this. so...
  16. [ubuntu] Re: How can I list all files recursively with absolute paths?

    with bash >= 4.0 and globstar enabled (shopt -s globstar), you could do:

    for i in **/*.{flac,mp3}; do echo $(pwd)/$i; done

    meaning: for each file ending with .flac or .mp3 found recursively...
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    [ubuntu] Re: conky running but not visible, icewm

    post your conky config so some guru can check. It may be related to the own_window_type setting in there. Did you try something else there, like
    own_window_type panel
    or
    own_window_type override...
  18. [ubuntu] Re: Transmission wont download after connecting to peers

    Check properties > options > maximum peers for the new torrents. I remember some problem with default max peers being set to 0. Then it won't download. Just a thought, may not be your issue.
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    [SOLVED] Re: How to Get More RAM

    Or you can download free RAM here :lolflag:
  20. [ubuntu] Re: script to automate extracting audio from video

    First, I'd skip the part where you have to enter the wav-filename. You just take the input filename without extension and append .wav, and also you can have the script accept multiple files: ...
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    Re: Beginners programming challenge #26

    My contribution in bash. Use as "script <int(s)>", or "script file(s)", or just "script" to enter number interactively. Accepts multiple files or numbers, but only either files or numbers, not both...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Directories & Commands

    1. Append & after your command to put it to background and be able to continue using shell. If you're annoyed by output of backgrounded commands, use "command >/dev/null 2>&1 &". Or use screen, byobu...
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    Re: Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

    vnstat -d gives MM/DD/YY, while date +%D gives MM/DD/YYYY, so grep `date +%D` won't find anything. Also the search syntax in awk is: command | awk '/search this/ { do this }', but the /search this/...
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    [lubuntu] Re: GUI program launching from terminal

    Put nohup in front of your usual command, then you can close the terminal.
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    Re: Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

    Also you can clean it up and only use awk like this:
    sensors -f | awk '/Core 0/{print $3}'
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