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Regarding your missing Volume Control look here:
Volume Control Missing From Panel

Moving back to right. Reasons:
- At work I (have to) use Windows, so it is to confusing going back and forth all the time. My movements are so automatic by now, that I will move the mouse to the...

You may have figured it out yourself meanwhile, but here the solution anyways (for others maybe then to read).

I just started playing around with Nagios myself a few days ago. To make my life...

Yep.

From the User Manual (from the same website):
1.6 64-bit guests
Starting with Version 2.0, VirtualBox also supports 64-bit guest operating systems.
Starting with Version 2.1, you can even run...

I have edited my post to clarify. I meant free of charge, because in the context of the OP, piracy was meant to obtain programs which normally would need to be paid for in an illegal way. Most people...

Actually there is no relation at all, unfortunately terms are being used inaccurately (again):

- Open Source does NOT imply, that it is free of charge (it often is, but it is quite alright to...

I simply can't stand holsters.

Either the phone is flat enough to fit into the pockets of my pants or I won't use it.

Not automatically, but if the person having created the DEB package has done the job properly a menu entry should be created using a "application-name.desktop" file, which is normally put in the...

Okay, if speed is your single criteria, whether an OS is better, maybe so.

I have installed Windows 7 RC on one of my test laptops and used it a bit and this was my experience.
Windows 7 can:
-...

At least for Jaunty I was not given a choice. 32-bit only.

Or you could just leave it ugly on purpose. That's the reason, I have never changed the themes or icons for root. Everytime I see the (admittely) ugly interface I know I work with root privileges and...

:(

May I quote from the Ubuntu Forums Code of Conduct

When answering technical support issues:
... New, or "green" users may not be able to follow you, and many will not ask you for an...

If you buy a laptop specifically for college, then my first question would be: What courses do you intend to take?

- Will you do science courses (e.g. number crunching may be important because you...

+1

- I upgrade my test machine every 6 month (upgrade and clean install) to verify the new version
- If I can't find any serious problems AND the live CD also seems work fine on the hardware of my...

Add two more (I'll post on their behalf as none of them is member of this forum):
- My wife. Migrated her PC from Windows XP to Ubuntu. She doesn't care what OS she is using. In the first step I got...

Which thread?

Applications in Ubuntu will normally not be updated on a continuous base, i.e. no updates between releases. That's why so many are disappointed that OpenOffice 3.0 did not make it into 8.10, because...

Have you tried to change the paper default size in:

Menu: System/Administration/Printing
Select your printer
Select printer options tab
Select paper size and change it to A4

I also have US...

I agree the theme for Nautilus run with root looks not very nice, but to be quite honest, that's the best way for me to be aware that I am doing things with root permissions.

I am afraid, if I...

But Earnestly, Any Nonsense Succeeds!

You are absolutely right and I never argued that. On the contrary, that's what this forum is all about. To share your experience with other's so all can profit from it. All I wanted to point out,...

Try this tutorial:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome

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Option 1: I have this hardware, that really sucks on Linux. Don't buy it.
Option 2: I have this hardware and it is really lousy on Linux. Linux sucks, I am...