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hi.. if i have a 64 bit processor.. is it recommended to install the 64bit kernel?!

mostly not

i am setting up an ubuntu 6.06 lamp server, and want to be able to use openoffice.org and inkscape from the command line (which requires me to install x) should i install x, or just start over with a standard desktop install and add apache, php , and mysql?

no need at all to start over, just install the additional packages you need, including x.

ok, i downloaded sun-java6 using terminal, now i get some graphics stuff, how to press ok in terminal

just hit right button on the arrow pad and the option should be avaliable

is there a fuse filesystem i can use to create a union of two directories? ideally i could do this in the same directory (but i had a memory that just doesn't work) ie, ${home}/music merge 'in place' with /media/remote/music or something

ln -s?

hi guys; i'm looking to make my ubuntu laptop and windows 7 desktop work together. this would include synching certain folders, ability to control my windows box from linux (is this ssh? i'm not too familiar with networking) and so on. does anyone have any pointers?

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/configure-a-system-to-automount-a-samba-share-with-etcfstab/ may or may not help

uhm can anyone recomend me a sound control program?

alsamixer

hi, can someone tell me how to install otr (off-the record) plugin for gaim. there is a packet for kopete, but not for gaim, help?

install the pidgin-otr package

hey guys, would anyone know how to extract a .tar on ubuntu which has been split so that i have both a .tar.001 and a .tar.002?

cat foo.001 foo.002 > foo.tar.gz then try to extract it.

hi there, i need to create ubuntu usb stick but i haven't any compatible os at the moment (only netbsd and openbsd), is it possible to just download an .img file and simply dd it (copy) to usb stick device ?

that only works with 11.10 - not the earlier ubuntu releases

can anyone give me a census on what java to install for 8.10x64 ? since from reading at least, the sun java doesnt work for browsing?

dunno. just try both sun and icedtea and use whatever works best

hello! i'm having sound problems with ubuntu 11.04. when i try to open sound from preferences, i get 'waiting for sound system to respond'. my audio is working fine, only the volume is too low. is there anything i can do? :)

adjust it via arrow keys up/down and left/right, break out with control+c

how do i stop these edid issues, my lvsd1 monitor that i have connected to my netbook keeps tblanking out, i have a 945me intel graphics card anybody help me plz? it happens when i go to resolution 1024x768

sounds like your graphics card can't handle that resolution

i use windows xp daily, but more and more i am trying to convert my work to ubuntu (save gaming, of course). one problem i have is that apparently linux inherently uses the middle-mouse button for copying/pasting (in winxp you middle-mouse click to slide down), so firefox cannot use it to rapidly scroll down the page. is there any alternative to scrolling it with the wheel or dragging the scrollbar manually? the middle-mouse click

pagedn/pageup ?

can anyone help me understand when the release of 12.04 will happen in terms of hours?

sometime after it becomes april 26th in kiritimati (it already has) and sometime before it becomes april 27th in midway.

any body have some reading material for vpn?... tried some from google but nothing works

vpnc is a great vpn client, compatible with cisco vpns

i just compiled audacity from source, and i'm not sure where to put the executable. where's a good place to put it?

put everything in a folder called /usr/share/audacity, then make a link from /usr/share/audacity/audacity to /usr/bin/audacity

would like to install kde in terminal - what would i need to type in?

no is fine

anyone try xubuntu?

sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

hi , i am using ubuntu 8.10 the is it normal that update manager try to download kde?

nope they work pretty well together

still unable to play a dvd have tried vlc (disc starts running then vlc closes down) mplayer starts to read disk (can hear music form dvd start to play then gives me some sort of connection error) kaffine player does not work

you need libdvdcss2

how do i list all the users and groups in the system?

getent passwd, getent groups

my hard drive is full, where is a good place to start removing files? it's my test box, so i'm not worried about munging it up.

run disk usage analyser application-->accessories

what package to i install to choose which desktop effects i want?

ccsm

hello all, how can i write this letter: ô 'u+00f4 latin small letter o with circumflex'; in windows: alt+ansii code, here in lucid?

alt+0244