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I've been using Ubuntu for quite a while now. It has been my main OS for 6 months. I understand a lot of the lesser-popular decisions made and I have a lot of respect for everyone involved. One...

I don't know if that still works in 13.04 but right-click on desktop and uncheck "keep alligned" ?

From an older thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1702818):

Busybox is a simple "shell" included in the initramfs and is used as a fall back if your system does not boot. Busybox says...

First, the background of the login screen should look like the wallpaper of the user that is selected. If no user is selected, the default wallpaper is chosen.

Are you sure you switched to...

We cannot help you until you tell us what you mean by "installed Ubuntu through terminal". That's as specific as saying "I ate something blue and then my stomach hurt". Which packages did you...

Could you please give some screenshots of what you are seeing exactly? I have no idea what could be wrong but maybe I figure something out when I see what you're seeing.

I can't help you unless you tell me what the error is you're getting.

I tried the clean Ubuntu Gnome but it crashed a lot. I had the same problems with installing Gnome over normal Ubuntu and with Gnome on Fedora. I think it's a Gnome problem...

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Oh, I forgot: If you don't have a ubuntu DVD or USB, look at these guides:

Burn a ubuntu DVD on windows: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/burn-a-dvd-on-windows
Make a ubuntu USB on windows:...

I think this is a really good guide on how to do a fresh install of ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-desktop-latest

I suggest you do it that way for all your laptops, if you...

You can try the startx command to start the GUI manually. However, you will have to do this every time, and if it really is a driver problem, startx will not work properly.

You can remove the...

Install classic gnome (old gnome interface): http://www.liberiangeek.net/2013/04/no-unity-here-enable-classic-gnome-in-ubuntu-13-04/

Install Gnome shell (new gnome interface): sudo apt-get update...

Remove global menu in Libreoffice: http://askubuntu.com/questions/206448/how-do-i-disable-app-menu-in-libreoffice

This might be a dumb answer, but have you tried logging off-on again?

add the noauto command to the line for the HP_TOOLS partition in /etc/fstab. More information here:...

I have no idea how skilled you are with a computer, but do you know that your personal files are located in [windows8]/users/[username]/ ? "my documents", "my pictures", "desktop", ... They're all in...

Most software you can remove using the software center. Just search for fotoxx in installed programs and click on the remove button.

I cannot find any specific benchmarks about mass effect 1, but normally, it should not make a big difference. Remember Wine Is Not Emulation, it is a "native" implementation of the windows API.
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You can play a lot of high end games in Linux with Wine. The easiest way to do that is to use "playonlinux". You can see the supported apps here: http://www.playonlinux.com/en/supported_apps-1-0.html...

It seems that it is a known issue, the workaround is to install gnome-screensaver. More information here:
https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/issues/1984

if you really want the old interface back, there is something called "gnome classic". This is a very good blogpost on how to install it:...

the autoremove command also removes packages that are installed but no longer needed.

I installed Ubuntu GNOME 13.04 when it came out and switched back to unity after a few days because of all the bugs. Windows freezing up, whole OS freezing, ..

I had the same experience with...

GNOME is a bundle of different pieces. Every distribution is free to add, remove, change different pieces.

Then you have the different versions of GNOME: GNOME 2, GNOME 3, GNOME fallback... Then...