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  1. [ubuntu] (flash content missing) Re: Can't play videos on YouTube with Firefox

    Firefox displayed a blank area where the flash content should have been.
    Using the advice of darkod, I downloaded the file
    http://github.com/downloads/webgapps...ux.i386.tar.gz
    unzipped it and...
  2. [ubuntu] Ubuntu 12.10 - Firefox shows blank space where Flash content should be.

    I did the following to try to fix; no dice. Any ideas?

    me@a620n:~$ sudo apt-get --reinstall install flashplugin-installer
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading...
  3. Re: How many of you completely switched to Linux?

    I have about ten computers that I manage and all of them have Ubuntu as their primary OS. A few also can boot Microsoft Windows, which is an old-school OS that some of you may have heard of....
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    [ubuntu] Re: Capturing Online Audio Stream

    Some of those can be captured pretty easily using VLC.
    In VLC, click on "Media"-"Convert-Save"
    Then you choose your source, which can be a stream URL.
    ... Good luck. Sometimes the popup player...
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    [ubuntu] Re: USB will just not boot

    I have a Vaio that will boot from the USB port on one side of the computer, but will not boot from the USB ports on the other side!
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    [all variants] Re: Finding "near-duplicate" files

    That is a good idea. I would use that program. I want to weed out near-dupes from my video collection and music library. I haven't found one yet that is user-friendly (me being "user") :-)
  7. [ubuntu] Re: making copy of my installed system

    ---This might work if the computers are identical ----
    But not normally a recommended procedure.
    Clonezilla is GREAT for backing up a system . . . .
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    [ubuntu] Re: Bare metal backup on Ext4 partitions EASY with Clonezilla

    I just finished restoring this system from a custom rescue DVD which I created a few minutes ago using Clonezilla Live! I'm so happy I could shout!
    It was very easy. I burned the AMD64 stable...
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    [ubuntu] Re: What's ubuntu all about? - Freedom!

    I wrote a little article a few years ago about what linux is . . .
    http://threeeighthsspacer.com/blog/what-is-this-linux-you-speak-of/
    It's the free, as in "free beer" and free as in "the Right of...
  10. [SOLVED] Re: Fan noice and 191 processes running

    about the fan noise - you ought to check to see if there's an issue with your motherboard by googling the model # with "fan" or some keywords . . . If the speed sensor or the thermostat are not...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Problems with Intel video in Karmic

    I have the 82845G Brookdale intel chipset, on my HP Pavillion 754v and no AGP or PCIx slot, and man it's been a headache trying all sorts of "fixes" for this problem of being stuck in 800x600 in...
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    [SOLVED] Re: do I need 3 kernels on GRUB?

    The kernels are listed because they were from upgrades. The purpose is so that if your computer becomes unstable due to a kernel upgrade, you can roll back to a previous one.
    One way to control the...
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    Re: Are there many Mint people here?

    I've just installed Mint 8 Helena. It works great and is very beautiful. Flash and a few other things, not everything, worked out of the box. It's green :-)
    only thing that bothered me is that...
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    Re: Are you a thread killer?

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    Hyperthread killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
    Bahpa ba ba -
    ba pa papa paH </reference>
  15. [ubuntu] Re: What's the point of the encrypted home folder?

    The point is so that if your computer or drive is stolen, no-one can steal your identity/files without your passphrase.
  16. [ubuntu] Re: Home folder mistaken for desktop folder

    Just type gconf-editor at the terminal, and hit enter to start the gconf-editor.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Canon MP620 print support

    I don't know much about printers, but I do know that HP printers almost always install instantly and work well. Sorry that you had a bad trip with your Canon. Maybe if you give more specific...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Why ?????????? - Possible to recover data.

    I think people here are missing the point.
    There are ways to recover that data.
    Testdisk is a program that can do wonders. Fire up a usb linux stick, (I would use ubuntu) and then run testdisk. I...
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    [ubuntu] Re: files will not open

    That makes sense. To remove the whole directory (folder) you will have to do "rm -r" not just "rm". If you want to follow the previous directions, you could add the -r to the command right after rm,...
  20. [SOLVED] Re: chmod to make a file/folder undeletable

    I tried the following:

    me@m64:~$ sudo mkdir testy
    [sudo] password for me:
    me@m64:~$ rm testy
    rm: cannot remove `testy': Is a directory
    me@m64:~$ touch testy/test
    touch: cannot touch...
  21. [ubuntu] Re: Having trouble with live streaming

    I agree. Try doing the procedures outlined in the post linked above.
    Read carefully and apply the appropriate commands for your distro.
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    [ubuntu] Try this . . .

    This thread looks promising for fixing the problem of not being on the sudoers list . . .
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=162867
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    [ubuntu] Re: Keep trying . . .

    It's a bit of a learning curve, but you will be surprised at how much you can do . . .
    The PS3 is an awesome machine. There is a lot of processing power in there. I bet you can do stuff fast with...
  24. [ubuntu] some pages load thru web proxy, but not directly . . .

    I started noticing this a day ago or so and sporadically it does load, but now for a few hours I haven't been able to load http://www.opendns.com or http://stash.norml.org. The former loads all but...
  25. [ubuntu] Re: Komposer not presenting webpage correctly on a MS Windows PC

    It's showing you where it catches the error. Sometimes what you have to change is before or after the line indicated, but it often is right at the line. Often I have found that the first syntax error...
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