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    [kubuntu] Re: About root passwd

    Linux is designed to require a root or administrator account with password and separate additional user accounts with limited privileges. Ubuntu developers have chosen to do things differently...
  2. Re: Ubuntu server installation - grub observation

    Regarding scene 2 - Ubuntu desktop does not know about Ubuntu server on partition #1 of HDD #2.
    Solution: Load into Ubuntu desktop and in a terminal run


    sudo update-grub

    Watch the printout...
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    Re: Install help.

    Is this version of Ubuntu actually Ubuntu Touch? It is a version of Ubuntu developed for mobile devices abut discontinued by Ubuntu developers. Development of Ubuntu Touch has been taken over by a...
  4. Re: Attempting clean install and get username reserved?

    I do not know. I think that the live system has a user name of ubuntu and a password of ubuntu or in your case mythtv and mythtv.

    Have your tried using capital letters? Or, adding some numbers?
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    [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu 22.04 upgrade to 24.04

    From my experience, what breaks the system is the removal of obsolete packages. In the development version the obsolete packages would normally be removed as their replacements are installed.
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  6. [SOLVED] Re: First time updating Firefox - a bit confused

    I was not sure if your minimal install was command line only. If we have a desktop user interface and can run Software Updater then snap packaged applications are indeed automatically updated as @VMC...
  7. [SOLVED] Re: First time updating Firefox - a bit confused

    What version of Ubuntu are you using? And how did you get that minimal install? How did you install Firefox?

    If you used this command


    sudo apt install firefox

    then Firefox was installed...
  8. Re: im not new to ubuntu but this option is not in ubuntu by default without gnome tw

    Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (at present under development) has an option in the settings utility>mouse & touchpad. There is a touchpad tab. We can disable the touchpad while typing. We can also disable the...
  9. Re: postfix installed during upgrade

    That happened to me a hour ago. I did not know what it was about. I choose the default options. I am just glad that it did not break the Thunderbird settings to the ISP.

    I have yet to test today's...
  10. Re: Xubuntu Noble - New bootstrap installer.

    I have experienced similar behaviour with the Ubuntu ISO installer. Perhaps my USB stick is 1.0 speed when 2.0 at least would be better. But my experience over the last three weeks is a) the blank...
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    Re: How to format my memory stick?

    I have often created a bootable Ubuntu on a USB memory stick/flash drive, or whatever you want to call it. I have never formatted the the drive. I think the official term is "burn" the ISO image to...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Dual Boot On Encrypted SSD

    I think that the correct policy is to use Windows tools with Windows partitions and Linux tools with Linux partitions. And always defrag the Windows partition before making any changes and make sure...
  13. Re: Partitioned disk with / root file system and /home

    Most of your question I cannot answer. I can tell you this. When we have a /root partition and a separate /home partition we can re-install without overwriting the /home partition. This is how:
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    Re: Ubuntu stuck at boot screen

    You also forgot to tell us the version of Ubuntu and the hardware specification of your machine. How well does Windows 10 work? The amount of system memory and the video adapter are important.
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  15. Re: Ubuntu 22.04.3 HDMI audio out does not work and the screen colors are wonky on ne

    System Settings>Sound>Output device. Is the HDMI port selected? I am just stating the obvious. It is sometimes overlooked.

    Regards
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    Re: Stuck in Boot Menu

    I am curious about the boot menu. Is it Grub or is it the motherboard BIOS/UEFI utility boot menu?

    What happens when Ubuntu is selected? If Ubuntu is dual booting with Windows and then Windows is...
  17. Re: How to open apps by left clicking on taskbar ?

    When a version of Ubuntu (in your case, Lubuntu) reaches the end of its support life the archives/repositories are closed and moved to another address:

    http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/

    But...
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    Re: How do I make this go away?

    In my opinion if Canonical did not publicize the availability of Ubuntu Pro then people would complain that Canonical was being secretive and only interested in earning money from commercial...
  19. [SOLVED] Re: How do I give a SNAP app. (read) access to /tmp?

    I do not know. I only know that Ubuntu Software Lists Libreoffice as the deb package installed. And then there is this:



    Funny things happen on a rolling type development version that has had...
  20. Re: SOS Greetings, I am 76 years old,

    I am 75 years old. I started using Ubuntu in 2007. I could not afford and did not want Microsoft Windows. I have learnt a lot from this forum. Reading the posts of other uses can help with our own...
  21. [SOLVED] Re: How do I give a SNAP app. (read) access to /tmp?

    I am running 2404 LTS (development version). My installed Libreoffice is a deb. But this install is an upgrade from 22.10. Interestingly, Ubuntu Software does offer to install the snap versions of...
  22. [ubuntu] Re: How to switch from nvidia to nouveau drivers on the CLI

    It is my understanding that using Advance options for Ubuntu>Linux kernel with recovery mode and then Resume should load to a desktop using the open source video driver. That was my experience when I...
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    Re: Total noob question

    Not at all. The full answer to this question would require a history lesson on the development of the Personal Computer (PC) and the computer processors that have been created to make the PC what it...
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    Re: Twelve years of support?

    I think that this is, on the one hand, competition with Redhat for the enterprise market. And on the other hand, an assurance that an apt based Ubuntu will still be around in 12 years time.

    In the...
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    Re: Total noob question

    Could you please provide a link to the ComfyUI web site. We would like to see the instructions you are following. I have found this:

    https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI#installing

    I do...
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