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I have a Macbook Pro 6,2. I would like to switch around some modifier keys, but I am unable to. I have heard using xmodmap is the best way to do this, but none of my changes work. I know the current...

Does Ubuntu have both graphics cards run at the same time with the Macbook Pro 6,2 or just the Nvidia?

Yes there are only two partitions available through the LiveCD. I do not have rEFIt installed, I run it via a bootable CD. Would such an issue with messed up boot options still exist then? I can boot...

How do I make sure Ubuntu is fully uninstalled from my system?
I have removed the corresponding partitions and only remain with the EFI and OS X partition. However, when I load refit, the option to...

Is there a way I can customize the Ubuntu install to make it a super lightweight distribution that ONLY runs amarok? Is there a way that upon startup it just loads amarok, nothing else, nothing else...

Is it just me or does ImageMagick's conversion of pdf's to image files terrible? I need to convert this one pdf to a png and the resulting quality of the image I get is completely terrible. Not to...

That sorta sucks, I was looking forward to getting an HP envy, but they're all loaded with ATI. And all of the Dell lappies are loaded with ATI too. What the hell happened to Nvidia...

How do the drivers of current ATI gpu's on linux compare with the ATI gpu performance on Windows? How developed are the drivers for ATI on linux, compared to the Nvidia drivers?

I was always told...

I need help getting Conky to work with the Compiz wallpaper plugin. Without the wallpaper plugin it works fine. I have it set up such that it is transparent. Now if I set conky as a "widget" using...

Is there a way to change the scrollbar style of an ubuntu theme without having to install a new one? I want the scrollbars of another theme with another theme, but I am not sure how to do it. I am...

http://www.gearfire.net/6-fun-things-to-do-with-your-new-usb-drive/

Check out number 6. I never figured there would be a problem but this got me a little worried.

Is it safe to partition a USB drive? I heard somewhere that partitioning a flash drive is unsafe/unstable and could cause damage to it. Is this true? I have an 8 GB and was planning on having a linux...

Is video (both 3D and 2D) performance accepted to be worse in linux than windows with nvidia cards? I am not necessarily referring to games, but just normal UI things like scrolling, switching tabs...

I have install the 64 bit version of Ubuntu Karmic Koala on my laptop. Compiz fusion effects seems to run a little slower (I have an nvidia graphics card) than in jaunty jackelope. Is there any...

I have ubuntu karmic installed on my primary hard drive with grub2. I have another hard drive with just windows xp installed on it. How do I add an entry to grub2 to have my second hard drive...

When I am transferring a file from my HDD to an external media device, like an SD card or my mp3 player, the nautilus file operations window opens showing the progress of the transfer, as usual....

If I wanted to set up amarok so that it would only be visible when I activated the widget layer, what do I need to set in the settings for that Compiz Fusion plugin (in the "Widget Windows" field)?

How do I apply new Pidgin buddy list themes? And where do I get them?

Do you think there's less pixelation with the full screen youtube videos? I haven't noticed any but I was just wondering if there was/is.

How is the quality of a video on youtube different when I go into full screen or if I use the compiz fusion zoom plugin to zoom all the way into the video until it occupies the entire space of my...

Is there a way to make either my boot up screen, login screen, or just the splash screen that pops up upon logging in animated? Or more precisely, if I have a video, can I make that play in the...

I tried using both the command line and GUI (secpanel) and I just can't seem to connect. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong...do I need to change the firewall settings?

I have aircrack set up and working. But when its packet injecting, I may send out 750,000 packets and gain 50,000 IVs, but the decryption of the wireless key still fails. How long does decrypting a...

I have IMAP set up with gmail in mozilla thunderbird. I have filters set up on the "All Mail" folder of the Gmail mail. When I run it, it works, but after closing thunderbird and re-opening it, all...

I tried creating a symlink, and it worked fine. But if I set up a symlink directed at my original user's thunderbird profile, thunderbird doesn't load for the other user (it doesn't load the...