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Hello guys, I have Laptop with Ubuntu/Vista Multiboot I would like to connect to my office place Domain. Mind you that this is my personal Laptop and I cannot tell the Office Admin to configure it for me. I have to do it my self which is good practice. So …

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I hope I'm posting this to the right forum; if not, I apologise. Here's what I'd like to do: I have a PC running Linux and a notebook running Vista, both "talk" (ping) to each other over the network. I'd like to be able to open a terminal window on …

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Is there any way that I can install Linux on my desktop that have windows already(corrupted don't work), without loosing my data on drives. I have 160 GB hard in it and C:\ has windows but now I want that my windows drive is replaced with Linux and D:\, E:\ …

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Hi, I am using kubutu and my computer is using vishal-laptop 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux I am able to change the display resolution in kubuntu but when I change from 1240x768 to 1024x768 then the resolution does change but the new resolution does …

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Hey All, I want to try Linux so I was wondering what was the best way to go about it (the way that would cause the least casualties). I guess I can either go the dual boot route or I can install it inside Windows Virtual PC. ANy recommendations?

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Hello, Last week I converted my girlfriend's computer after yet another windows virus. I gave her an openSuSE 11.1 install and set the whole thing up including wine. So far everything goes well, the only trouble she has with running linux is where to find things. the Gnome menu does …

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Hello Friends, Iam a new guy to linux and i installed suse 11.1 linux in my system and with that Macromedia dreamweaver 8.0 also i installed but the dreamweaver icon is not came on the desktop and i am unabling to start the dreamweaver. The Dreamweaver is installed in my …

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I have windows vista home basic installed on my system. Now i need to format and reinstall vista. The problem is that along with vista i have Ubuntu linux installed inside windows (on other partition). So i am afraid that on reinstalling vista ,there would be a problem with the …

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Hi, I am following a programming tutorial and it has asked me to enter the following line in the Terminal: aspell dump master | uniq | sort > wordlist When i type this it spits out the following: Error: The file "/usr/lib/aspell/en_AU" can not be opened for reading. It seems …

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I recently decided to take a chance and install some unstable upgrades (I love unstable things). So I upgraded many of my applications via apt-get. One of the big things I upgraded was libc6. I think that my be the issue, not sure. After the upgrades, I had many many …

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I just installed Linux Mint 7 Gloria yesterday:) . I just want to know, how to access the desktop cube because there are no desktop button in the taskbar(the bottom panel):( . I have enabled the 3d Desktop effect in compiz but I don't know to change to the next …

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hello, im using ubuntu 9.04 and i was looking for a way to change my wallpaper randomly when the computer boots is this possible.. google was no help thanks in advance. benjdee

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i try to remove[COLOR="Red"] application places system[/COLOR] on tool bar but i can't bring it back. i want to know the way bring it back again. please :sad:

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In ubuntu if i click the left and mouse buttons at once it middle clicks. Im prone to doing this by accident so i dont want it to happen how to disable?

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hello, I've been using ubuntu from a month or above.My lab instructor has asked me to make my own administrative tools.Please help me how should I began my task,actually I'm having no clue how to start my assignment.I've know core java and C/C++. So please tell me which language should …

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In my computer, I couldn't use a search function. When I right click the start menu I couldn't found in the list, I could use it in the explorer. It is there but it is not functional. What is the solution ? Regards,

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Hi All, Is there any way to invoke an Window Application (for eg say calc.exe) from a Unix Server. I think we might be needing a Windows X Server running. I am not sure how to invoke an application from the unix server. Any help on this. Regards, Ahamed.

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Hi everyone, I am studying graphics programming using Direct3D in windows............To write a Direct3D program on windows..........I use the native Win32 API.........which includes all the datatypes, functions and other operations for the Windows OS & its windowing system.......... I wanna learn OpenGL so that i can develop graphics programming on …

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Hey peoples, I have a little problem that i cant figure out on my own. Ive been running kubuntu with compiz effects basically all on and enjoy booting into linux every now and then for a little learning experience. Anyways i wanted to trry a new windows manager so i …

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hi friends.. i had one problem..my windows xp didnt boot bec of viruses.. now i have installed ubuntu in my laptop.. i want to install windows xp again.. but the cd's setup.exe file doesnt run in ubuntu.. how can i fix the problem? whats the command for running cd in …

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Hi Guys... i'm sure the topic has given you a braod hint and if u've still been brave enough to open this just help me out... i have a dual boot system, windows XP and Ubuntu 7.1. i need to change this setup to a virtual machine setup, host xp …

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I've just installed Slackware version 12.0 on an Acer Aspire 5520. When I boot to Linux, I just get a command line. Why am I not getting a GUI? I selected for X and KDE to be installed during setup, so why do they not work? BTW, I'm a Linux …

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Ubuntu Linux 8.04. System > Preferences > Appearance A few issues. 1. The application uses 100% of my CPU until I kill it with [icode]killall -9 gnome-appearance-properties[/icode]. Just pressing close does nothing. 2. All of my theme, control setup, etc. thumbnails and previews don't show up at all. A few …

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I just finished installing Redhat 9 onto VMWare Workstation. I was able to install the VMWare tools but cannot seem to get into the x windows gui. I try to type in [B]startx[/B] but it returns with: [I](EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no …

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Hi if anyone can help me with this problem it would be greatly appreciated. I ve just installed kubuntu on my desktop as second os, my other is xp of course. During initial startup i came accross some problem because of my hardware. I am running an athlon 64 dual …

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My themes on GNOME are messed up, ie: Black on black. All of the dark ones have this problem. And all of them in "Appearance" are missing their thumbnail (themes and icons). This is only under my user [icode]alex[/icode], however, and if i log into my other user, [icode]test[/icode], the …

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Hi there everyone, I've just started with Ubuntu 7.10 and KDevelop 3.5.8 (just installed, true greenhorn to Ubuntu) . First, I created this hello-world program: #include <cstdio> int main() { printf("Hello World\n"); return 0;} with gedit, compiling and linking it with g++ -o hello hello.cpp. Running it with ./hello worked …

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Its mr. question/linux noob, I am now wondering about windows managers: were to find them and how to install. Since every question ive asked in these forums have been answered quickly there no reason to stop. Thanks in advance. SW

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