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i'd put the extracted directory into /opt/ and create a link to the (browser) executable in /usr/bin or maybe /usr/local/bin.
Maybe you have to copy a .desktop file into...

Yeah, I can resize the Zoom or OnlyOffice window alright but that does not scale the fonts or the icons.
I did in the meantime find a work-around to scale down Zoom by using a QT variable in the...

I tried already different icon themes, but that does not seem to make a difference. Installation was done with justz .debs.

Thanks!

Dear all,

I have the issue, that some (so far only third party) applications appear zoomed in with large and kinda fuzzy fonts and icons. So far that concerns only third party apps in this case...

When my laptop crashes, the power button so far always worked. Did you try that?

Probably safer than pulling the battery ...

I'm sure during my fruitless attemps last night to get the wireless back online I also turned the laptop off completely and not jjust reboot it ...

Anyway, guess what when I booted it up at home...

Dear all,

since tonight I cannot connect to my wireless network using WPA2 Personal anymore. As far as I can tell from the installation history nothing was updated in that domain.
...

Hi,

check this post as reference for a successful MS Office 2010 install:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1885051

If you desperately need MS Office to work, you may consider...

Coming back to the original question, I suppose you could just add the Mint repos and install Cinnamon into your Ubuntu installation:


deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ maya main upstream import...

Dear all,

I'm in the process of setting up a new laptop using the option to encrypt my home directory.

The laptop will be the host of a Windows XP and a Windows7 virtual machine running under...

Hi,

there seems to be a long standing incompatibility with the Ubuntu kernels and recent releases of VMware. I can't unterstand, how VMware can afford not to fix that themselves. Anyway, you need...

Thanks for the general hints. That is certainly also helpful for people starting to use virtualization.

What helped me in the end was reducing the VM RAM to the recommended value by VMware (1 GB)....

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I have compiz with various effects enabled on 12.04 with unity shell. it's a 64 bit installation running VM WS 8.0.4 and VMplayer 4.

Starting a Win7-64bit guest in VMware slows down the...

Glad to hear, that VM WS works for you now.

To get back to your earlier question, I did not modify the patch in any way. The only thing I did was *not* use the script included in the download...

May I asked why you don't just stick to Virtualbox, since it works for you and money is obviously an issue?

I use VMware because I like the way their unity mode integrates into the linux desktop....

Hi,

I'm afraid I can't help you much in solving your problem, except maybe suspecting you applied the wrong patch!?

I'm running VM WS8.0.3 64bit in Mint 13 (which is under the hood just Ubuntu...

Hi,

I did downgrades of the xorg drivers a few time. I posted some instructions earlier:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10165272&postcount=4

(adjust to the Ubuntu releases you need)...

Maybe is a vendor specific configuration of ICS that I don't have USB storage support. This is on a Sony Ericsson Neo (with an removable SD card).

So far, everything I found about mounting he SD...

Hi,

thanks for the suggestion, however, I don have a /run/media directory. I have a /run/mount but that doesn't seem to contain anything related.

In the mean time I figured out, it's actually a...

Dear all,

when I used to plug-in my Android phone via USB, the SD card of the phone would just be mounted as a filesystem under /media/some-cryptic-id. This was under 11.10 and version 2.4 (I...

Dear all,

how do I execute a custom script when gnome3 shuts down either via logout or shutdown of the computer?

I always have VMware virtual machines running in the background. I want to...

Dear all,

I have a bin folder in my home directory which contains a whole bunch of scripts useful for starting e.g. wine applications or applications on virtual machines.

it would be very...

OK, after doing some toying around, I settled for Evernote for now.
The real show-stopper was for me was, that I'd like to be able to also get the notes on my by now ancient X1 with WM6.1.

Even...

Thanks for your thoughts!

So far it indeed seem like Evernote would be the best choice. Maybe I'll bite the bullet after all and try it out. I'll wait some more, maybe somebody else has some tips,...

Dear all,

I'm looking for a note taking application available for Ubuntu and Android so that I can keep my notes in Sync on both devices. Best would be to have also have a WM6.1 client as well,...