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Can I use the Unity launcher icon to minimize applications/windows?
I don't know if this is a feature or a bug, but clicking on an active application's launcher icon doesn't minimize it. It is terribly inconvenient for folks using a persistent Unity bar to click minimize button every time. Is there any way to add…
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How do I change the font or the font size in the TTY (console)?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04. Recently, the font size for all of my TTYs became much larger.
How can I change the font size back to the default?
Aaron Hill
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How to create an ISO image from a bunch of files on the file system?
Considering I have a bunch of files in a directory, I would like to bundle them into an ISO image file. How should I proceed to do that?
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How to launch application as root from Unity Launcher?
Mainly I am looking for a way to pin an application to the Unity launch bar, and run it as root.
Currently, even if I start the application with sudo, and pin it after it starts, it will start as current user next time.
Sad, but there is no context…
sorin
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How do I find out the name of the SSID I'm connected to from the command line?
Neither iwconfig nor iwlist seem to be able to do this for me.
John Baber-Lucero
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How to change the password of an encrypted LVM system (previously alternate Installation, now advanced feature)?
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 with the alternate CD and encrypted the whole system (except boot) with the encrypted LVM. Update 2020: Encrypted LVM can be selected at the Installation type step of the Ubuntu install, click on Advanced features and choose…
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MongoDB loads but breaks, returning status=14
So im trying to setup Mongodb on Ubuntu 16.04 but im running into trouble.
when running :
sudo systemctl status mongodb
I get the following:
mongodb.service - High-performance, schema-free document-oriented database
Loaded: loaded…
user2915962
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"Failure to download extra data files" with ttf-mscorefonts-installer on Ubuntu 16.04
I have been receiving notifications about "failure to download extra data files" from update notifier. It asked me to download fonts in request from the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package. However, whenever I click on the "run this action now", a…
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List of Ubuntu Versions with Corresponding Linux Kernel Version
Is there a list of Ubuntu versions with default corresponding Linux kernel versions somewhere?
I would specifically like to know the most recent version of Ubuntu that still used Linux Kernel 2.x.
Jonathan Mee
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How to install libpng and zlib
I'm completely new to Ubuntu. I got installed it because my school uses a lot of Linux type stuff in my school's Computer Science program so I figured I would use Ubuntu on my own machine and just do my code from there instead of the computer labs.…
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How to extend my root (/) partition?
Till today I was using ubuntu 13.04 in my windows7/ubuntu dual boot. Just now I have upgraded to ubuntu 14.04. My software updater showed an updates available message. I proceeded with Install Now . Soon I got the following window.
Then I tried…
Ramvignesh
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How to install Python 3.4 on Ubuntu?
If I open Terminal and type in python, I see the version is 2.7.4. How do I get python 3.4? And do I need IDLE if I have sublime text?
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How do I unmaximize full screen view in virt-manager?
After activating full screen view for a virtual machine in virt-manager there is no obvious way to un-full screen. Any ideas?
Anders Wallenquist
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Reboot a Server from Command Line?
How do I reboot a Ubuntu Server from the command line? sudo reboot now never seems to work for me. Because its a server, I don't have a window manager installed, so I can't do it from a GUI (which always seems to work).
I've had the problem for…
user207039
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How do I make Sublime Text 3 the default text editor
I'd like to replace gedit, and use Sublime Text 3 as my default text editor for all text files on my Ubuntu system. Can you let me know how do I go about making this change?
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