I found my answer here: what is KDE, GTK, GTK+, QT, and/or GNOME? Ok, so I would love to use Ubuntu more. I know it is based on Linux and that is great. However, whenever I search for help regarding certain things for example "themes", I am faced with what I think is GUI questions - is it Gnom...

Possible Duplicate: What different desktop environments and shells are available? I'm new to Ubuntu (and linux in general). Some times when looking at programs in the Ubuntu Software Center, I see things about the programs being 'for the GTK+ environment', or 'for GNOME', or a whole l...

I upgrade from 10.04 to 12.04, install gnome 3 and remove unity. My gnome version is 3.4.1. The GNOME Shell extensions is installed and enabled. When I use firefox to visit each extension page in https://extensions.gnome.org/, for example, https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/5/alternative-stat...

Hello everyone and thanks in advance. I am new in Ubuntu and have the 12.04 version dual boot with Windows XP. I have the following problem. The laptop can reboot using the reboot option from the menu but it cannot shut down. It starts shutting down, the dots appear but then it freezes and does ...

can anyone tell me which would be the better choice for my Acer Aspire One with Intel GMA500 video card? which would give me better graphic performance?

I was having a similar problem with my Samsung N150 Plus on 11.04. The solution for me was to install the 'Linux On My Samsung' ppa provided by Voria and install the 'samsung-backlight' and 'samsung-tools' packages. The ppa can be found here: https://launchpad.net/~voria/+archive/ppa and install...

I'm using SugarSync on my Windows and Ubuntu. SugarSync doesn't have a native Linux client, so I installed Windows version via Wine. If someone uses it in that way - where a hell is "Magic Briefcase" folder? I looked in home/.wine/... and found something, but SugarSync don't recognize any change...

I used Startup Disk Creator on my Ubuntu (11.10)(this computer) and I found out that when I boot it from my old computer, it's extremely slow. My internet is out right now and I'm looking for ways to move the boot files to the preinstalled Windows 2000 (on the old computer) and boot it off from t...

You cound try to downgrade the driver package. Did you install the driver from the repositories? If yes you can downgrade a package using: sudo apt-get install package=version I think you are looking for the package xserver-xorg-video-intel. To find out your current version, use dpkg -s xse...

How can I create a folder or move files to system partitions? Where are the Software Center folder? - where all the installation that you download are saved. Can I return to previous version of Ubuntu (11.04)? If yes, how?

I'm using the Dev Chrome, but it's interfering with unity launcher, whenever I press Win key to access the dash nothing happens neither the Alt+Tab works, at least over chrome, but in the background they do, I can see the notification bar icons change color, just like when the dash is opened, but...

I'm trying to install the PHP-PDO Mysql in Ubuntu. I tried to use the follow command: sudo apt-get install php5-mysql But when I install it, it began to desinstall the NDB Cluster. Is there any method/option to use the PHP PDO extension with NDB Cluster?

These might work for you (they all achieve the same thing!): sed '/^exit 0/i\echo deadline > /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler\necho 1 > /sys/block/sda/queue/iosched/fifo_batch' file Search for line beginning exit 0 and insert 2 lines. Or: sed '$i\echo deadline > /sys/block/sda/queue...

I have a 24inch, VM2453mh-LED, Viewsonic monitor using a Radeon 6570HD video card. Both are new. Viewsonic says the optimum size is 1920x1080. At this size the picture is beautiful, but it overlaps the screen vertically and horizontally. I am using Ubuntu 11.10, the Gnome 3 version, not Unity. On...

I have a Galaxy Spica (GT-i5700) Android v2.1, rooted with Leshak dev 7 #123. But never mind the root info, the problem would be the same unrooted. The photos from this phone is stored in "sdcard/images", nevertheless the phone also creates a "sdcard/DCIM" but only stores some thumbnails there. ...

I try to install apps on software center and nothing happens it does'nt ask me to enter my password or anything when i click install it so annoying > <

The BIOS The BIOS (Basic In and Output System) software is built into the PC, and is the first code run by a PC when powered on. Its job is to check for hardware and load operating systems it may find. For more information you can check out the Booting article on Wikipedia. Editing the boot-...

Is it an elantech or synaptics touchpad? try opening a terminal and modprobe -r psmouse modprobe psmouse proto=imps If it works make it permanent by options psmouse proto=imps | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/options.conf (this is an old workaround, I'm not 100% it will work in 11.10 64bit)...

I am using Deja-Dup to backup my home directory to Ubuntu One. Doing a full backup seems to take at least a day. My broadband upload speed is measuring about 3Mb/s at the moment, but when I use system monitor and look at the network traffic whilst Deja-Dup is running, it seems to only be upload...

Keyboard gets sluggish a while after login. Originally reported a few weeks ago here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11869633 Short recap: At a random time after login (never less than half an hour so far), approximately once every other day (after upgrading 6 weeks ago), the keyboar...

When I run lsusb, this shows up: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Dev...

I really admire the Pantech Line-up with the cheap unlocked phone options. I understand that We have only seen Ubuntu Phone running on the Galaxy Nexus, however I was wondering if any Pantech users would be able to estimate the possible availabilty for Ubuntu on Pantech Burst or other devices in ...