Thanks for the info!
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Thanks for the info!
Tell them Linux is a great foundation for a secure and stable OS. There are a plethora of distros tailored to users needs out of the box. I always tend to dual-boot for new users, theres no need to...
Saving valuable hard disk space
Each time you install an application using apt-get, the package is actually cached in a location on your hard disk. It is usually stored in the location...
I'd use puppylinux or slitaz (30MB)..
Samba is what enables you to see networked windows shares in the first place. If you're accessing windows shares from your netbook than samba is installed. You do not need samba to ping a network...
To check if you \have effects enabled go to
System -> preferences -> Appearence -> visual effects
None = disabled
or right click on your desktop select 'Change Desktop background' -> visual...
Try this.
Thanks for this, I'll try this later.
Ensure the workgroup is the same and enter your windows username password not the homegroup password.
You can convert the .OGV file to a format you're more familiar with using WinFF or Arista - Multimedia Transcoder for GNOME with .
It should have worked. You should have been able to access computers/shared folders on the vpn while utilizing your own broadband. try pinging a resource on the vpn network just to be certain samba...
check your /etc/hosts.deny file to see if there is something that shouldn't be there .
you could probably have a firewall issue.
If all else fails try purging the sshd install/configs &...
I would suggest backing up and starting from scratch by formating if you suspect the disk geometry to be erroneous.
I'm not sure if you'd be able to mount teh capser-rw upon boot. I've mbeen able to mount the casper-rw under live mode to backup my /home directory.
create a folder 'casper' on the desktop(or any...
Go to: Partition -> Manage flags
If you want to reinstall grub than here's the guide.
The solution to your problem can be found here.
P.S once your problem is fixed please mark the thread as solved.
ensure that you have smbfs installed.
cifs needs a username to be entered to gain access to the network share.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountWindowsSharesPermanently#cifs will not...
Are you talking about reencoding the video to sync the playback or do you you want to just sync the audio just for playback? you can use VlC or SMplayer to sync audio playback.
VLC:
MENU-> Tools...
You can remove .deb files in your cache located at
you can run this command in the terminal to remove those files which should free up some space
P.S Use the command with care if you...
You can access only the resources on the VPN network.
Go to the vpn properties/settings. select the 'IPv4 Settings' -> 'Routes' -> check 'Use this connection only for resources on it's network'
Now, plug-in your iphone and it should appear in gtkpod(Rhythmbox):
P.S remove the space between "ppa: & pmcenery/ppa" THe formatting made it into a smiley face.
As a distro hopper, Ubuntu rightly has a place in top Linux distro's. I think most haters are pissed that Ubuntu usually gets first class support from application developers.
Somebody already worte himself a script to solve this problem here. but the router config is far better in the long run.
You can just remove the virtualbox source repo from "Software Sources".
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu Go to "Removing & Disabling Repositories".
Recursive Permission Changes
To change the permissions of multiple files and directories with one command. Please note the warning in the chmod with sudo section and the Warning with Recursive...