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  1. Message during update of 22.04 after upgrade

    I upgraded from 20.04 to 22.04 from the command line. Along the way I selected configurations as they were rather than accept the new ones. When I did a sudo apt upgrade I have a series of messages...
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    [xubuntu] Re: What happened to GRUB ?

    I thlnk that the result of this is that my attempt to install GG to replace an installation of FF in a dual-boot environment with another FF on a Lenovo laptop with a /boot partition just won't work....
  3. [xubuntu] Re: Brother ADS-2400N scanner on Xubuntu 18.04 - can only scan as superuser

    I just found this thread, and the suggestion worked like a charm. I installed the Brother scanner driver, but simplescan and scanx didn't find the scanner. The suggestion to use brsaneconfig4 for...
  4. New Brother printer doesn't show toner status

    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: I have replaced a brother HL-2270DW laser printer with a HL-2370DW. For the old printer I could select Settings/Printers/Additional Printer Settings and view the toner level. For...
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    [ubuntu] Re: cannot change wallpaper

    I gave up on wallch and installed Variety. It's available in the through Synaptic Package Manager.
  6. Re: need to know about installed pycharm software in ubuntu 16.04

    When you extract the tar file you'll find a bin directory with pycharm.sh. That's the file you want. Execute that, and you'll be running pycharm and can lock a link to it in your launcher.
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    Re: Finish learning python or learn C++

    Assuming that you will be beginning C++ with other students at the same time and learning it at the same speed as the rest of the class, I think that you should continue to learn Python. You will...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Still problems with Canon printer

    sudo apt-get install libcups
    sudo apt-get install libcups2-dev
    then follow the instructions for installation again

    BTW, the email address of the author is on the last line of the README file.
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    [SOLVED] Re: Still problems with Canon printer

    There's a suggestion about installing libcups2 and libcups2-dev. Have you done that?
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    [SOLVED] Re: Still problems with Canon printer

    I couldn't use the generic Ubuntu drivers when I upgraded to 16.04. I had some notes that I had made when I installed 14.04, and they were what I needed.

    My information came from...
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    Re: How to copy to clipboard in Vim

    If I want to copy something from vim I highlight the section to copy and type Ctrl-Shift-c. If I want to paste into vim I go into insert/append mode at the appropriate insert point and type...
  12. [lubuntu] Re: Monitor won't turn off screen anymore with Ubuntu 14.04 64bit !

    i have the same problem, and it started a week or so ago only on my desktop.

    System settings on my laptop has a checkbox to "Dim screen to save power." The desktop doesn't have one. Did it ever?...
  13. Re: Is Windows Defender good enough for Windows 8.1 ?

    The free versions Avast and probably all of the others no longer allow you to opt out of installing more "stuff" like a new taskbar or messing with your choice of default search engine. Windows...
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    Re: Best free Python IDE?

    I second the recommendation of PyCharm. It has a debugger and seamless integration with a local git repository as well as github. Refactoring works like a charm. Although I've not tried PyCharm's...
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    [Unity8] Re: cant open trash icon in dash

    Have you moved Trash from its default location? My Trash folder is /home/<myname>/.local/share/Trash.
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    Re: Condition in Python

    Read about

    try:

    do your arithmetic
    except:

    handle the error in a graceful way so that you don't get error messages from the Python interpreter
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    Re: GUI list of programs

    In my experience you don't have to know the exact name of the program. I wanted to get a screen image and didn't remember the name of the tool. I typed snapshot in the dash; it showed me screenshot.
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    Re: ubuntu day 1 and already im stumped

    I use vanilla Ubuntu with Unity, and I think that the Network Manager is visible across the top of your window. (I don't recall ever installing anything to be able to manage Ethernet and wireless...
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    Re: So what do you name your stuff?

    My devices are named for opera composers: puccini, beethoven, mozart, verdi, bizet, ...
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    Re: cd command not working?

    You're trying to cd to the name of the file. Instead use

    cd /home/hierophant/downloads

    so that you'll be in the directory containing the file.
  21. Re: One Time A Guy Gave A Homeless Man A Computer, And The Recipient Did Exactly What

    I get syntax hightlighting like that with vim.
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    Re: staples has ubuntu!

    The one at Staples has 4GB of RAM, and the one at Amazon has 2GB.
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    Re: New Cloud Sync service Copy.com

    I've experimented by placing symbolic links to other directories in my Copy folder. They are synced with my Copy directory at copy.com. The icons for the directories appear to imply that the...
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    Re: python. cant run code ?

    As an alternative to making the source file executable you can
    1) Be certain you're in the same directory as your Python program, say test.py
    2) Type python test.py

    You can also start Python by...
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    Re: Cannot point hostname to new ip

    You can have a line in your /etc/hosts file such as

    123.123.123.123 mywebsite

    and then enter either http://mywebsite or mywebsite as a url in your browser.
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