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Oh, that's fine then, thank you both!!

I have Ubuntu 20.04

This message popped up in a little window this morning:

Pending update of "snap-store" snap

Close the app to avoid disruptions (13 days left)

What should I do about...

Hi!

Yesterday I installed the latest Ubuntu LTS 20.04 (I paid for it too, because I think Ubuntu is great for non-geeks like me.)

One thing: the Software program doesn't have a search function,...

Thanks a lot, seems to have done the trick! This is the first time I ever had this problem.

This is an ssd drive I put in my old laptop to speed it up. Maybe it is too much for this old Samsung!
...

Hi,
I've been getting this error since yesterday:


Preparing to unpack .../cpp-7_7.5.0-3ubuntu1~18.04_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking cpp-7 (7.5.0-3ubuntu1~18.04) over (7.4.0-1ubuntu1~18.04.1) ......

pandoc is great! Gives great control! Thanks a lot for the tip!

pandoc --variable=geometry:a5paper -V geometry:margin=0.5in -V geometry:landscape ILSU1GreenDesignHV1.txt -o ILSU1GreenDesignHV1.pdf

Thanks to both of you!

pandoc looks very interesting. Do you know if it has a python module? If not I can call it with

import subprocess

I'm discovering that pdfs are tricky customers.
...

I am trying to convert text files to pdf. I want the pdf pagesize to be A5, landscape.

To my great surprise, I found the Python script text2pdf.py below on my laptop in: /home/pedro/.local/bin/ I...

I just added the sane-git repository, but it is disabled by default. How do I get it going on Ubuntu 18.04?

I get: 403 Forbidden [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]

Works fine on my laptop, but I added the...

A sad story: home from holiday in Spain, I want to send some photos from my mobile to this laptop. Worked before the holiday. Bluetooth won't switch on on the laptop.

I followed these...

I also tried all the latest Linux drivers from Epson to get the scanner in my printer scanner going. Drove me crazy! The following worked for me:

Do this:

1. look here:...

Do this:

1. look here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/547364/canoscan-lide-120-on-ubuntu-14-04
2. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rolfbensch/sane-git
3. sudo apt update
4. sudo apt -y install...

Just recently I have this strange problem in Ubuntu 16.04:

I use the Unity Desktop and Compiz, have done for a long time.

Along the top of the screen is a bar, with info things in it, time,...

I am using Ubu 16.04

I cannot play sound from my laptop over my bluetooth speakers. It seems quite a few people have this problem. Ubuntu sees the device, but the connection fails. I get "device...

I use Ubu 16.04

I wanted to get some photos from my phone to my laptop. I paired them.

I can send a file to my phone from the laptop, but I cannot send from my phone to the laptop. I just get...

Yes, 16.04



Is this the best advice?

User Libvirt Qemu is a normal user with no password. I won't start a session for this user.

I have a new user. I did not create this new user. It is called Libvirt Qemu.

Is this a problem?

I have been away for a month without my computer. Before I went away, I installed boxes to run...

I use Ubu 16.04 with all the latest updates.

Since about 2 or 3 days, when I click on 'open a file' in any program, the order of directories and files is reverse alphabetical. I don't know exactly...

For about a week now, when I play music with Rhythmbox I sometimes get a message 'missing codec'. It wants gstreamer1.0-libav

I tried this:



So it is installed and up-to-date.

What does...

Maybe I got that wrong, further down the page it mentions ATIV Book 5, I assumed it was the laptop they mentioned above.

https://item.jd.hk/1976514464.html

I'm not really a computer person, so I don't know about these things. I think, when you want to watch a a film on the laptop, or you have a lot of programs open, more RAM is good. Sometimes I have...

I want to buy a new laptop. Not high end, not expensive, I don't really do much with it, it's basically just a typewriter with internet. I'm looking at a Samsung ATIV Book 5, because the price is...

I want to send photos from my mobile to my laptop. I have bluetooth on, see screenshot. My mobile says it is connected with ubuntu-0.

No file gets sent. I get the message on my mobile: Bluetooth...

Thank you very much! Worked like a dream! I always wonder how people know all these things, it's a mystery to me, but I very glad you do know!

I'll keep an eye on it at update time, see if the...

I am using Ubu 16.04
For a while now, when I update, I get a message about 'updating flash plugin'. A tarball is downloaded, unpacked, then it tries to get something called andale.exe from...