Changing permissions on the top level of a user's home directory so that another user can gain access -- even read only access -- is profoundly bad advice.
Leave the permissions alone.
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Changing permissions on the top level of a user's home directory so that another user can gain access -- even read only access -- is profoundly bad advice.
Leave the permissions alone.
Where did the iso come from? How was the iso prepared? What medium contains the iso?
If it is NTFS and it is mounted when Windows is hibernated, then whether it is internal or external, it will be in a hibernated state and it Linux will not touch it. If it is unmounted/ejected prior...
First, let's deal with Workbench.
You should be able to open Manage Server Connections by right-clicking on the connection and then clicking "Edit Connection". You can then set Connection Method...
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Please do not post large inline image files or links to large image files in img tags. Believe it or not in this day and age, many of our users have slow internet connections and data...
@bhuether:
Please use the default font and color in your posts.
Enclose all terminal commands and results in code tags:
1. If you are using the "Reply to Thread" button then type or paste...
UbuntuDDE is an independent distro BASED on Ubuntu. It is not an official flavor of Ubuntu. You can't "cross-grade". You would have to install Ubuntu fresh, but you'd also likely have to do some...
Threads merged.
Moved to its own thread from here.
Hello!
Please do not hijack the threads of other users with an issue of your own. Please allow all users, including yourself, to get one-on-one support for...
If I might make a suggestion: A leap often leads to a fatal fall. Using a bridge is a course of action less fraught with danger.
For your learning period, I would recommend using Ubuntu (or...
Was this battery included with the device from the OEM?
Have you read the OEM's user manual? That would be the best thing. Batteries and charging protocols are usually built into the machine's...
Moved to Apple Hardware Users.
Please be aware that after 16.04 goes EOL, we will likely close any posts requesting help -- with a note that we would rather the community not be asked to continue to help with an EOL version.
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Would you care to share the URL of the tutorial so others may benefit?
Yeah. I'm not sure that website is what one might think ...
If you tell me which of the usernames you want to have and I associate your SSO login (I will explain "SSO" in a moment) with that Ubuntu Forums user, when you sign in via SSO you will be associated...
I note that you actually make 5 posts up to a week after the user name had been changed (not merged, as we do not do that).
That clearly worked. Now that you have apparently modified your SSO...
Threads merged.
Moved to its own thread from here.
Please don't hijack the threads of others. Your issue, while similar in symptoms, may not stem from the same root cause. Hijacking threads quickly causes...
We can't know what you are doing wrong unless you tell us what you are doing.
Would you please paste the exact command(s) you are entering in the terminal and the results?
The next question was implicit in TheFu's response: did you disconnect the original drive before attempting to boot? Did you alter your BIOS/EFI to attempt to boot first to the cloned drive?
Is our machine set to boot BIOS/Legacy or UEFI?
Did you attempt to install in BIOS/Legacy or UEFI mode -- that is: did you create an EFI boot partition?
All set.
You seem to have conflated the ideas of "bloated" and "more useful, powerful and feature-rich". "Bloated" indicates more stuff with no benefit.
Imagine if Ford attempted to sell a 2021 Falcon...
Hello.
Please start your own thread and describe your symptoms rather than attempting to raise an old thread from the dead.
Thanks.
Closed.