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    Re: Problems with favourites bar

    That's mighty kind of you to help me out like that. I'll give it a go.

    Thanks.
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    Re: Problems with favourites bar

    Thanks for pointing me to that link. I have no idea how to do any of what is asked there, but I will do my usual googling and see if I can conquer it. I've got a lead and usually that's enough as I...
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    Problems with favourites bar

    Hi everybody
    I have had this problem with a number of programs that I have just put up with until now.

    With a couple of programs only (balena etcher and now the Brave Browser) I install it...
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    Re: Clam AV update problem

    Thanks for the replies. I will take the advice of not needing it. I did try the command line above, thank you for that, but it didn't work as I suspect it was supposed to. But, yes, I will remove...
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    Clam AV update problem

    Hi everybody
    I have installed ClamAV successfully but I am unable to get it to update. I am using this command:

    sudo freshclam

    but I keep getting this response:

    ERROR:...
  6. [SOLVED] Re: Installing fresh ubuntu alongside win 7 over existing ubuntu

    Thank you so much for the reply. I'm glad that its a doable thing. I'll check out that guide. My installs aren't anything unusual as far as I remember but I'll have a look at that.

    Thanks again.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu freezes on Acer laptop

    I'm no expert here but I have a couple of ACERs with win 10 that I intended to install ubuntu on. I had all sorts of issues and the forums were all talking about a problem with the bios versions in...
  8. [SOLVED] Installing fresh ubuntu alongside win 7 over existing ubuntu

    Hello everybody,
    Thanks for any help that I may get here in advance.

    I have an existing set up where I have Ubuntu 18.04 and win 7 dual boot. I'm an Ubuntu newbie so this ubuntu system is full...
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    Re: Appearance of "Backup" icon

    Thanks for that reply. So that's what it is! I have no idea why it is making it presence seen now on the top bar. I haven't used back up before but I will. Thanks for the heads up.
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    Appearance of "Backup" icon

    Hi everybody
    My ubuntu 18.04 system had recently started to take longer to shutdown. It happened once before and I identified the culprit as java that was running following an install of freenet...
  11. [ubuntu_mate] Re: Bluetooth not working on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

    It appears that this may not be solved. I don't know if I have an answer for your circumstances or not. But I had the same problem. Two dells that I have (same model) would pick up bluetooth, but...
  12. [SOLVED] Re: How to get GNU privacy assistant (GPA) to run?

    Thanks for that last reply. Linux does open doors. No?
  13. [SOLVED] Re: How to get GNU privacy assistant (GPA) to run?

    Thanks for reply. I finally got it going by literally unistaling everything and then reinstalling via synpatic package manager. I have no idea just what happened.

    But all good.

    And yes, that...
  14. [SOLVED] How to get GNU privacy assistant (GPA) to run?

    Hi everybody
    I have GNU privacy assistant (GPA) set up on one of my machines and it works perfectly (Ubuntu 18.04). I am attempting to get it up and running on another machine, I have checked that...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Making a bootable usb

    Ah, interesting info about UNetbootin. I couldn't work out why and I didn't really care provided I found something else. Thanks for the tip!
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    [SOLVED] Re: Making a bootable usb

    Ok, thanks heaps y'all. I've got enough to keep me occupied and busy I think :)

    Many thanks for the replies.
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    [SOLVED] Re: Making a bootable usb

    Thanks for the reply. I downloaded UNetbootin from the Ubuntu store icon from within ubuntu. Not only does it not work on my main pc I couldn't get it to work on my 'experimental' laptop either. ...
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    [SOLVED] Making a bootable usb

    Hi everybody,
    I have been trying out a few distros but have made ubuntu 18.04 my "home" so to speak using a spare laptop to trial different flavours. One thing that I have had trouble doing within...
  19. [SOLVED] Re: Mouse hovering to reveal open windows in 18.04

    Thank you so much for taking the time to reply.

    All fixed now. Great work.
  20. [SOLVED] Mouse hovering to reveal open windows in 18.04

    Hi everybody
    I am a brand new refugee from Windows and have been mucking around with a lot of Linux distros and have settled on Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic beaver) as where I will stay for now. I've been...
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