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So I'm pretty new with Linux. I have my matlab installation files in /tmp/matlab.


I first did


chmod +x install

./install

So i'm trying to wipe off ubuntu and install back windows. when i tried to do a fresh installation of windows 7, i ran into some sort of partition problem, and it said that windows cannot be...

yeah, i'm trying to burn ubuntu.
i have brasero pre-installed. can this work too? i just drag the .iso on there, and it'll be able to boot from startup, right, or do i need to make it bootable...

so i have an iso i want to burn on dvd, and have my laptop boot into it when it first starts up. how can i burn this on ubuntu? what burners can i use? i tried searching for nero in software center,...

i've decided not to use linux anymore. how can i install back windows? can i just put in the cd and install it from there?

******* bump this ****.

nope. it's a game. not a virus. it worked fine in windows. what's appdb?

so i downloaded a game and used wine to install/run it. it plays perfectly fine the first time, until i exit the game and want to run it again. when i try to run the game again, it says that the...

alright, so i'm editing /etc/sysctl.conf and want to add the line "vm.swappiness=10" at the very end of the document. do i need to add a "#" before vm.swappiness=10.
so
vm.swappiness=10
or...

do you need a # in front of a command when editing a file on your computer?

i executed the line from the very first post and got this after it put everything into backup.tgz:

Exiting with failure status due to previous errors.
what does this mean? because i see...

9.10

how do i update my kernel, with the update manager? because startup manager's not working. i set the timeout to 0, but when i boot, it stays on the grub menu screen, and i can't boot into ubuntu...

lol. but the grub menu never appeared before. do you guys know what might have caused it to suddenly appear?

how can i get rid of that grub menu that lets you choose between 4 different boot options on startup? i only have ubuntu on my laptop and want to boot automatically into it.

great guide, but i have some questions: does lowering frequency use less power? using less power would result in less heat coming from laptop too, right? but wouldn't your laptop run slower because...

yeah. open office formula is installed. but it still doesn't work.

I'm not understanding the blog. what i'm getting from it is to lower my frequency from like 2.10 Ghz to 1.3 GHz. wouldn't this slow down my computer and not take advantage of the 2.10 GHz laptop i...

here are the specs when i did sudo lshw>specs:

david-laptop
description: Notebook
product: HP Pavilion dv4 Notebook PC
vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version: F.55
serial:...

i don't think it's dust. i've cleaned it. while on windows 7, my laptop stays cool, even after hours of extreme usage. on ubuntu, it overheats even after half an hour of watching a movie. i'm...

overheating seems to be a problem for laptops. is ubuntu the only distro having this heating issue? is this a driver problem?

hmm. nope. double-clicking doesn't work.

here's what the page looks like:
i can't read the squares and the question marks.
http://img191.yfrog.com/img191/4771/screenshotvp.png

it's something for school. i think the symbol is an absolute value sign. (for math).

so i loaded something on open office, but i can't read some of the things on it because i'm guessing i don't have a certain font or a certain symbol installed? what i see instead are some squares...