I'm trying to set up a used PC for my 6 year old using Edubuntu 11.10.My hardware is a P4 2.8 on an Intel D945GNT (http://http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/highlights/dsktpboards/d945gnt) board.Now I think that it worked fine at first (but im not sure since the first few things I did was to updat ...
I am currently using Ubuntu 11.10 edition with Unity desktop. After the last update, I am having trouble accessing my applications. I click on the Dash Home and then I try to search for some application, but it does not return any results. Also, under 'More applications' or 'Internet Applications' I ...
I require help from you allI have recently downloaded the UBUNTU 8.04 LTS,desktop edition and i am windows user but really wanted to try the UBUNTU,I have burnt the cd image and i am able to use the UBUNTU from the live CD but does not know how to configure my internet connection. I am using Zyxel r ...
I am wondering how to set up ubuntu so I can view my home folder and / or computer as a menu. I am looking for something akin to MacOS 9's apple menu, or OS X's home folder in the dock. I know KDE has feature called quicklaunch, that allows this. anything similar in Gnome?Chad ...
i want to know dat how to configure samba in ubuntu linux?what r d changes we have to make in smb.conf file?tnx nishant ...
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Ubuntu Humans and Aliens:This query sort of follows from an earlier query I made where I asked about how large an SSD I'd need for the Ubuntu opperating system. See: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1776199 if you are interested.To summarize that discussion, some responders said to get a sec ...
sorry, 1 st post but was wondering can I remove/change banshee for another mp3 player that is installed in the dash home.i've right clicked and set mp3 to default to audacious but banshee is in the dash and i would prefer audacious.i've got a clean 11.10 install , no gnome running 3d unity. only rec ...
I upgraded to 11.10 about three weeks ago and I have two things that perturb me constantly since upgrading.1. When doing a cold boot, Ubuntu will start then just hold without completing, so I have to power off, then power on again and it sometimes boots to the login prompt. Other times I have to pow ...
How can I move the `Dash Home` button, in 11.10 (currently on the Unity Dock), back to the Unity Panel?Don't tell me it can't be done, I've seen how to forcibly remove the button by editing unity's dock code, and I've edited the source code to my unity panel for improved transparency. ...
OK, let me begin by saying that I am a complete newbie to Ubuntu.Background: I am running Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit. I am dual booting with Windows 7. I have three partitions on my hard drive. The first one (/dev/sda1) is where I have Windows 7. Then on the second on (/dev/sda2) I have it labled "Sto ...
My Dash Home doesn't work at all. When I click on it, it does show me the a few default shortcuts. However when I type in anything even a letter "a" in the search box it doesn't return nothing. When I click on "Media Apps" and "Internet Apps" it crushes and restarts my ...
Ubuntu Community:First of all, I wish all of you a Joyful Christmas, and/or Happy Holidays! ):P The Ubuntu community is very important to me!!I'm on vacation and decided to give Unity (Ubuntu 11.10) a try! I like it well enough! :) I'm ready for touch-screen!!I want to create and customize shortcuts ...
How to relocate HOME directory?My present directory is too small... ...
Does anyone give some instructions to configure wireless for ubuntu in HPze5300 ? ...
Tomorrow I will be reinstalling Xubuntu with the intention of continuing to store all media and documents on a separate 'DUMP' partition.200MB for /boot1GB for /optI think if /home and / were on the same partition 15GB would cover it, but as they are not what I am asking is how much for /home and ho ...
sorry for my english level :DHow configure DNSSEC on bind9. i'm configured bind9 DNS & working. It is my bachelor diplom's topic. i'm reading & can't understand because my enlglish is bad. Experts! answer my posts. E.g step by step tutorial & .... ...
How to move /home from a partition (i donno where is the /home located) into a partition /dev/sdb6. I have Gparted. ...
both those application start up but do not load or show any application moun software center does work so does synapic.while i can live without software center I really could use dash home to load the applicationI did a search and tried a few things but none seem to work ...
Referenceshttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/DisklessUbuntuHowtohttp://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/HOWTO:_Convert_Ubuntu_to_DisklessI spent 12 hours saturday and figured out how to setup diskless ubuntu 9.04 desktop version on my linux cluster w/ just one hdd at the moment for 5 quad core nod ...
How-To: Completely Customize Ubuntu 10.04I am writing this tutorial for the beginners of Ubuntu/Linux to the more advanced users of Ubuntu/Linux. It is meant to show you how to customize the Ubuntu/Gnome 10.04 desktop with everything to call it home. It also may set records for longest post ever (Fi ...
OK, it's not the regular full blown gnome desktop, but I think it's alot better than the stock OS.How To: Install regular Ubuntu onto a 2G SurfI suggest printing this before beginning.Like many people, i have tried to get a "real" install of Ubuntu on my 2G Surf, but found myself reinstall ...
how make ntfs in ubuntu 10.10 side to root ,home ,swap and what's the suitable size for root and home and swap in my computer MOTHERBORAD GIGABYTE G41 COMBORAM 4 GIGA(2*2GIGA)CPU DUALCORE 2.7/2MHARDDIAK 1000GBDVDSONYSCREEN LCD PENQ 19HOW MAKE SPECIAL SPACE FOR APT FOLDER ...
How do i configure a home network using suse 10.2? 2 computers running 10.2. ...
How to install a Ubuntu 8.04 on a dual boot machine (Ubuntu 8.10+ Windows)I have a computer with two OS's, Ubuntu 8.10 and Windows. For Ubuntu 8.10/usr/local//home/are kept in separate partitionsFor Windows, I have a partition for the OS. I also have partition for data which is shared between Window ...
This is harder than the title makes it sound. Right now, I have ubuntu AND GRUB intalled on an external hard drive in its own ext3 10GB partition. When I turn on the computer with the external HDD attached, it will show me the grub menu. I select ubuntu from the menu, and press enter. The red gradie ...
This computer is a dual-boot system with Windows Vista Home Premium and Ubuntu 8.04. I installed Ubuntu by following this: http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_linux_vista_installed_f irst.htm. I want to remove the Ubuntu partition and give its space back to Vista.I've been poking around the ...
Hi, I have a dual boot between Ubuntu 8.10 and Windows Xp Home Edition and I want to know how I can make Ubuntu the first OS on the dual boot screen?Any Ideas? ...
everyone, this is a continuation of the thread "How to make your ubuntu (gnome) desktop look amazing" but this is more focused on the cairo dock instead of awn. Both are good-looking osx dock imitators but cairo doesn't slow login and is a bit more flashy...unfortunately cairo is more comp ...
Turn Your Ubuntu Jaunty Into Mac OSX Leopard1.Download the Mac4Lin themes and extract it to your Home folder.2.Go to your home directory and press CTRL + H to view all the hidden files. Check to see if there exists folders named .themes, .fonts , .emerald exist. If not create three folders and name ...
I spent a week figuring this out. You can boot Ubuntu from a flash drive on an intel mac and easily. These instructions are for Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04.You will need:rEFItA working ubuntu installation, VM or real1GB or larger flash driveWorking OS X installationgpartedAdministrator privileges on both ...
Reposted from IYCC.org (http://www.iycc.org/node/107)This is a how-to on installing Ubuntu Server Edition on a computer that is not used anymore. If you have an old computer with Internet connecting capabilities that has, as least, a Pentium II processor, you can use that computer to run as a web se ...
how do i connect ubuntu to my windows xp pc? im not running a server, im just a normal home user ...
Themes for me are a very big deal, how a computer looks really enhances the experience. In Ubuntu changing themes is incredibly easy, but if anyone doesn't know how I'll show you how here. Everything in ubuntu is customizable, GDM (your login screen), icons, themes, and even your splash screen.Befor ...
This tutorial will show you exactly how to skin your Ubuntu build (preferably 7.10 Gusty Gibbon) to look almost exactly the same as the new Mac OS X Leopard introduced by Apple. Pretty much I just got tired of answering peoples "Linux to Mac" questions, so I made this guide... I took me aw ...
How do I prevent Ubuntu 7.10 (network manager) from connecting to random wireless networks in the neighborhood?I've got my own locked wireless home network set up. However, there are other open wireless networks in the neighborhood. On many occasions Ubuntu will connect to a random network other tha ...
How to autologin to Ubuntu Edgy and NetworkManagerFirstly, I have written this because I only use this pc at home and dont care about any local security issues do do with login passwords etc. I am the only person using this pc and am fed up with having to type my username and password, and then anot ...
Ubuntu for desktops and laptopsDo you want have an easy way to configure your new Ubuntu (6.06 or 6.10) installation? Do you need some multimedia codecs but you don't know what needs to be installed to get those videos working? This is what I have done with several Ubuntu PCs:1. Install Ubuntu accor ...
This is how I made my ubuntu live usb (USBuntu) and the bootcd to boot on older computer that not have boot from usb. updated 19/12/2005 I have two partitions in fat32 on a cibox proton 2gigas, so I can share in one partition with other systems.Base on howto by DaBruGo and henk.1955 here. http://ubu ...
I am permitted to "get" my Ubuntu to company's lab, where Internet access is limited.But the problem is how to "get" my Ubuntu into lab?My current solution is to use tar to tar the root directory from my home Ubuntu and untar it to a whatever version of Ubuntu in lab, to form my ...
I'm working on a distribution Hardy 8.04. Until now I have encountered many problems with mysql.Two questions:1) to uninstall and clean well what the command ?2) What is the best way to install and configure MySql on Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 (my Slice config)? ...
I have Ubuntu 10.10 running as guest OS via Vmware player on Windows 7 host.I need to increase size of Ubuntu virtual disk. I've increases size of virtual hard disk via VMware olayer and now able to see extra unallocated space in Ubuntu Gparted utility.But obviously I am not able to re-size partitio ...
How to sync home directory of one server with the other server. Can I have detailed steps to do this. ...
How does one install Ubuntu on a external hard drive without making a mess out of the MBR on my laptops internal hard drive? My current laptop is new and has Win7-64 on it. While I test out this new laptops ability to work well with Ubuntu I would prefer not to install Ubuntu on that internal drive. ...
I'm working on making my computer more "green" by shutting down my computer automatically using crontab and shutdown after it has completed scripts that I've written.No sense in burning electricity needlessly. However, this poses a problem for me. Afer getting crontab and shutdown to shut ...
How do I: Install Ubuntu to a bootable USB and then make the USB dual bootable by launching a Windows Virtual box vm.Can Grub boot a windows vm? if so how? Can you provide an example of the coding?I am wanting to be able to boot ubuntu from usb as well as Windows from a VM that I can install trouble ...
I am a Ubuntu newb. I took the plunge and replaced Vista with Ubuntu 9.10 only. I have endured a week from hell & can not get this ro work. How do I uninstall Ubuntu so I can install XP? ...
I want it just to be all xp again, I have both the windows cd and ubuntu cd. I'm all backed-up too. How do I remove ubuntu and give xp back all the space, also, when looking through the partitions I saw smaller other partitions like 20mb,etc. not too big. Are those part of ubuntu? ...
Hi, how can i replace ubuntu logo,(white logo with black background) which comes very first while booting (it also comes while shuting down) in ubuntu 9.10. I am able to replace other images, which comes after this image. I have done it by replaceing my images with the images present in /usr/share/i ...
I have a computer that I want to use as a server of sorts. I have a monitor attached to it for the time being but this is going to be used as a stand alone PC with no keyboard, mouse or monitor attached. It's sole purpose is to sit there and await VNC remote desktop session requests.Now, anytime I r ...