I recall there was a question on meta, asking if questions about running Ubuntu One on Windows are on-topic for this site. I've searched a bit and not found it. Am I misremembering? Does anyone know about this?
@stueng: from the directory structure of the source tarball, it appears Synology NASs are running 2.6.32, possibly uclinux, with busybox and using mdadm for their "hybrid-ness", along with all the syno directories containing the internal works. Kudos to them -- they seem to have done very well by the GPL. My "NAS" is a 4U with hardware raid 6, but this makes me much more likely to consider/recommend them for SOHO NASs in the future.
My understanding is that we consider questions about running Ubuntu One in Windows to be on-topic for this site (thanks to Jorge Castro for clarifying this in chat).
But we close at least some questions about running official Ubuntu software (by which I mean, software developed by Canonical and ...
for example, I've got a machine with 4GB of ram, but only a 1.6GHz CPU. It can't handle that many tabs, but my 2.1GHz CPU 2GB machine can handle that no sweat.
Can you answer this? How to use gettext to make QML files translatable http://askubuntu.com/questions/142012/how-to-use-gettext-to-make-qml-files-translatable?atw=1 #applicationdevelopment
Can you answer this? How to make Xbox joypad work with Bastion? http://askubuntu.com/questions/145615/how-to-make-xbox-joypad-work-with-bastion?atw=1 #games
I would like to enable the root account on my Ubuntu installation.
I realise the security implications of this.
Mod Warning: Running as root is a bad idea - You never need to do it but if you do you can very easily and irreparably destroy your system and your data.
What is the equivalent of Windows System Properties in Ubuntu? http://askubuntu.com/questions/146621/what-is-the-equivalent-of-windows-system-properties-in-ubuntu?atw=1 #hardware
When I try to run something with wine, nothing happens!
I have many had problems with ubuntu so i have tried to get windows 8 back on the computer, but because ubuntu can't run exe files I can't open the installer. Furthermore my computer can't boot from a CD/DVD anymore after i installed ubuntu,...
actually. I changed my analysis. "yes i am unable to boot to a windows installation cd AND a ubuntu cd so i cant even reinstall. its called : Windows8-ReleasePreview-UpgradeAssistant.exe" I think he is trying to boot from a data CD with that binary on it.
When I connect my 3G USB Modem to my laptop with 12.04, nothing shows up in Network-Manager. This modem is working in 11.10 and the modem is shown in Network-Manager but not in 12.04 !!
Here are the outputs of lsusb and usb-devices on two machines , one with 11.10 and the other with 12.04 :
Ubu...
@adempewolff You know about the SPP (shareholder) discount, right? Usually shaves 10% or so off of the lowest consumer price, except for random long weekend sales with coupon codes (not that you actually have to own stock)
@adempewolff lenovo.com/spp, sign up, sign in and check it out (well, they don't ask you send in certified copies of your stock certificates ;)); @aking1012: T430s has only HD4000
@adempewolff Wait...it costs $50 to remove pre-installed office? I'm reminded of an article I read where MS offered or was thinking about offering a bloat-free windows install for an extra $99
Is there a way to find questions with a high closed as dupe points here count?
If there were, I think it would be a great way to get a list of questions for people with close-votes without as much digging.
It would also allow easier canonical question/answer transitions.
@adempewolff Since you were going to get the Sys76 behemoth, the T520 is a perfect alternative with quads -- and since it's bigger, you don't pay the ultraportability tax
@aking1012: then again i'm running 5 systems at the moment, 2 at my deskone by my dad, one desktop we share that never gets turned off, and said atom box... so i shouldn't complain about power use.
`Barnard said any smartphone OS would not be directly released for download, but be available for device makers to load on smartphones. He did not provide further insight into the OS, saying people would have to wait until later this year when the announcements are made.`
@izx hmmm, similarly spec'd T530s and system76 behemoths come to about $1600 and $1300 repectively--even after all discounts. I like thinkpads (they have the only trackpoints I would even consider using) but that price differential is a lot more than just the Windows tax. The T430 is a bit more competitively priced though if I just give up on my quad-core dreams...
@adempewolff Yes, that $300 appears to consist in major part of the NVidia tax -- that GPU is a $200-300 upgrade on the 400-series. Win7 runs reasonably well on 512, flies on 1024 (backed by SSD though).
@izx nah these specs were with Intel HD 4000, I don't particurarly feel like dealing with optimus for a few more releases at least
@izx oh wait, you're right, I don't think Intel HD was an option on the 530
the gap between the 430 and sys76's 14.1" is only like $100 after accounting for the better screen etc. This is a much more believable Windows tax figure.
@aking1012 i did a lot of parallelized computing stuff a while back, not the right person to look to for a simplified explanation (neurons still recovering) ;)
@aking1012 I think we mean the same -- what I was trying to say is, you know how when someone has gotten too deep into something they can't simply explain it without having to use technobabble....that sort of thing :)
a Thinkpad would have some more expansion slots, and some more nice features (trackpoint) but with the price difference I could buy a fricken 180GB SSD
@izx well they have a national day. I just get confused, I'm from the US, I work in China and my employer is a Canadian company--keeping track of holidays requires a lot of double-checking...
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 (fully up-to-date) and have also installed gnome-shell. Everything seems fine except when I press ctrl+alt+up/down, only 1 monitor switches desktops, the second monitor doesn't.
Also, when I click activities, on the desktop bar on the right, it only shows the left ...
Great answer: Is there a way to clear password mid-entry? http://askubuntu.com/questions/143687/is-there-a-way-to-clear-password-mid-entry/143691?atw=1#143691 #terminal
this this is the second time I've heard someone claim that installing mesa-utils actually improved the graphics experience/fixed a problem other than just making system settings display the graphics card.
@jrg they can't afaik. also it wasn't a stolen of forged certificate particularly. it was using terminal services certificates having a goof where they were actually signing certificates. see the tweet from Mikko
cool. looking at the possibility of packaging Ext4JS desktop apps across multiple platforms with portable-nginx and opening the default browser with a localhost URL
ugh, there is an answer that really needs a downvote with a comment explaining why, but I think it's the same person who serial downvoted izx for doing the same thing...
here blatantly copy/pasted, to the point that it was left "hdX,Y" without noting that the user needs to change these variables and that the grub drive/partition numbering is different than the kernel's.
@MarcoCeppi I hope that's the goal. Citing a sort of relevant page that is overly verbose when almost his exact answer comes up in google doesn't convince me to reverse
@aking1012 no, what happened was perfect. Not only was it apparent that it was copy-paste (and not verified), no source was given and it was copy-righted material (at least the page he got it from is Copyrighted)
that method is going to be the same method documented in 20 different places simply because it is how to do it. However not knowing to explain about the hdX,Y but posting the answer anyway...
@aking1012 I would be glad to provide similar W7-native screenshots to enhance your answer -- good job, btw.
@MarcoCeppi Oh the schadenfreude!! This peer-pressure-badger is the guy that was serial downvoting my old answers yesterday because he didn't like my downvote on his question in spite of an extended discussion in the comments and an invitation to chat! @jrg @Takkat @adempewolff
@jrg -- I was just spreading my schadenfreudic joy at the perp getting a peer-pressure badge :D I'm now at the kind of rep-age where these little things shouldn't matter :P
It's not that I prefer Germanic derived terms, it's that I have seen exceedingly intelligent native English speakers use this in conversation and get this face:
I would like to enable the root account on my Ubuntu installation.
I realise the security implications of this.
Mod Warning: Running as root is a bad idea - You never need to do it but if you do you can very easily and irreparably destroy your system and your data.
When I connect my 3G USB Modem to my laptop with 12.04, nothing shows up in Network-Manager. This modem is working in 11.10 and the modem is shown in Network-Manager but not in 12.04 !!
Here are the outputs of lsusb and usb-devices on two machines , one with 11.10 and the other with 12.04 :
Ubu...
Is there a way to find questions with a high closed as dupe points here count?
If there were, I think it would be a great way to get a list of questions for people with close-votes without as much digging.
It would also allow easier canonical question/answer transitions.
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 (fully up-to-date) and have also installed gnome-shell. Everything seems fine except when I press ctrl+alt+up/down, only 1 monitor switches desktops, the second monitor doesn't.
Also, when I click activities, on the desktop bar on the right, it only shows the left ...
