It looks like Ubuntu 11.04 will come with overlay scrollbars by default. I do like them, but I don't like the current mix of scrollbar types as many applications don't yet use those overlay scrollbars.
Is there a way to disable overlay scrollbars (without removing the overlay-scrollbar package)?
This has already been mentioned here:
'livedvd' should be a synonym for 'live-cd'
Correct term for 'LiveCD'?
There hasn't been a change yet it seems.
Do we really need live-cd, live-usb, livedvd, and live-environment?
It seems that is a bit of overkill.
I can understand there is some sort...
I started using Linux Mint on my laptop, I dumped Windows. I love it, found Cinnamon very easy to use.
How do I stream movies from the USB NAS (WD passport) that's attached to my router to Mint? I can access/download the files on it via the guest account over SMB, but getting them to play via V...
In order to answer a question, I copied and pasted my own answer from another question, modifying it slightly so as to fit the fact that the question was put differently.
My answer was deleted by a moderator who gave me a public warning not to copy and paste answers: "especially my own".
Now, I...
I installed Ubuntu using live cd by selecting Replace Windows 8 with Ubuntu. I want to get my data back.My windows partition details:
c: 40GB
d: 110GB
c: 160GB
e: 130GB
So shall I reinstall windows 8 and run some recovery software?
According to:
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Linux_Viewer#Installing_and_Running
The Second Life Linux client entirely runs out of the directory you
have unpacked it into - no installation step is required.
How is that possible? Isn't that a security risk?
I tried it, and it indeed r...
Asking my first question just a few hours ago, and almost immediately receiving excellent answers, I did my best to show my gratitude, which included voting up the answer as well as green-checking it. Moreover, I added comments thanking + commenting on the two answers, which seemed absolutely nat...
the following test question for the First Post review queue seems to be broken (neither comments nor flags work):
http://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/312931#
The original question:
System hanging after my log in
I have installed Ubuntu 14.04LTS on my PC using CD. But after the successful
i...
My partition table looks like this:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 32505855 16251904 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 32505856 33554431 524288 83 Linux
When I I went to lay down a FS on sda2 it threw this error:
sudo mkfs -t ...
currently the list of off-topic subjects include the following:
Linux Mint, Backtrack, Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04) and other Linux distributions (try our friends at Unix & Linux Stack Exchange).
I want Elementary OS to be added here as well. Since it's off topic and quite popular, of cours...
I set up a user to ssh to Windows Server 2008 R2.
I was able to change de default directory.
The only piece I could not figure out is how to restrict user to just that directory.
In other word I don't want the user to be able to change directory.
Please advise.
I have lubuntu installed on my old Compaq Presario v5000 computer and it runs nicely for a lightweight os, but I would like too have a Mac OS X style appearance. I tried a tutorial I found online but it just didn't work right. Do you have any ideas or suggestions?
