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The only reliable ocr I have found for ubuntu is tesseract and you have to convert pdf to tiff. Works well, but not as good as convincing my wife to just type the stuff manually.
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I run a small catering company and am looking for software to handle event scheduling and invoicing. A quick google / sourceforge search doesn't yeild anything much that stands out. I will probably...

Any suggestions?

I have a fresh wubi install of xubuntu, and after updating everything wifi no longer works. "Enable Wireless" is selected in the right click menu, but no networks are visible in the left click menu....

I need to share files between an Ubuntu and a Kubuntu box over the network, it seems like Samba would do what I need. Is it the best option if I don't need windows compatibility?

I would have to agree. Switching to Linux when your only OS experience is preinstalled windows can be really frustrating, sometimes you need to vent. Of course if you spend time looking for a...

I don't know if this will help, but I've always had issues with grub using more than one keyboard at once. Have you tried each of your keyboards one at a time?

I did a fresh install of 8.04 on my amd64 PC, and was able to install flash through the included Firefox 3 beta 5 browser. Point your browser at youtube or something and you will be prompted to...

I just use a cheap Belkin router, and I'm very satisfied. However, Linksys has some linux based routers that are able to use custom firmware, and are incredibly flexible because of it.

I had the same card and it gave me grief with every distro I tried it with, so I ditched it for a comparable Nvidia card. There's definitely a cheaper solution somewhere, but there you go...

I was seriously considering the eee a couple months ago, but I figured that a device with such low res / memory / speed should either be much cheaper or smaller, so I went with the nokia N810...

Try uninstalling flashplugin-nonfree and pointing firefox at something like youtube. You should be prompted to install flash through the browser. This will automaticaly set up the symbolic links...

Have you tried running "dpkg --configure -a" in terminal like it says?

If you're not down with Rythmbox, AmaroK is pretty killer. I like the way it organizes my tunes and how it deals with portable MP3 players, but it's a little bulky. Still, it's worth a try; you can...

If you are installing from a Live CD you should easily be able to resize your Windows partition (without affecting any other partitions) using the guided option like this:...

I'm no expert, but I always use the Gparted live cd to change partitions, and have never had any problems. You can get it HERE. Gparted might also be included in the Ubuntu live cd, but I'm not sure.

That's odd. Right-click on the icon. If "Lock to panel" is selected, deselect it. Right-click on the icon, and click move. You can re- lock the icon if you want.

Sound like maybe 8.10 should have been the LTS release.