What is the best IDE for C + GTK2 programming? I currently use gedit and try MonoDevelop.

After Upgrading to 11.10 Evolution convert at first start the my Mails into the Maildir format. Now I want to change my Mail Program to Thunderbird. Is there any Migration Guide (maybe a official one; since this Migration many User are doing, since the default changed) or similar for this. I fo...

I don't like unity much. I have no trouble to log out and log back in with gnome, but if I reboot my computer it goes back into unity by default. How can I make gnome default instead?

On referencing following question : Good Download Manager for Ubuntu I had found this not working for 10.10? Are there other options?

lshw -C Video *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: G96 [GeForce 9600M GS] vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 version: a1 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom config...

I am a newbie to Ubuntu/Linux. I am using Ubuntu in office campus and we have a proxy server. I want to update or install new software like flash ,media player, networking tools etc., but I am unable to install from the Synaptic Package Manager. I have created an apt.conf file which contains Acq...

I use sshfs to handle transfers between servers, but have been running into problems since installing 11.04. I'm not sure if the problem at this point is in my wireless driver (Atheros 9285) or SSH/SSHFS. My wireless does work fine other than when transferring across SSHFS, but when I copy a larg...

I was very used to the window-picker-applet in previous Ubuntu releases and I don't think I will get used to the new unity dock. Is there a window-picker-applet replacement in 11.10 that shows the open windows icons on the panel? EDIT: I was looking for som way to only have the top panel and ...

Pretty all in the question. I can choose "Gnome" at login, but I set "automatic login" and always come to Unity...and I do prefer Gnome Shell. Thanks.

I am interested in installing experimental and unsupported plugins for Compiz-fusion from Git. My primary interest is in the plugin Snow. I followed the instructions on the Compiz website, and created a directory called compizplugins in my home folder. After that, I navigated to that directory u...

I am trying to replace Software which I used on Windows/Mac. Know I am looking for software, which helps me track my finances and plan e.g. budgets etc. Is there any Software you would recommend for Ubuntu? Best would be a cross platform thing, but if it is a very good one, a Ubuntu/Lunux specif...

Upgrading from 11.04 to 11.10 did away with my themes, without warning me. I can't seem to find any way to customize the themes (short of going into theme files and messing with those, and I'm not quite ready to do that yet). And I can't find any themes online. I'm not enjoying Ambiance, or Radia...

I have been using 11.10 for a couple of weeks but I am not a big Fan of Unity interface. So is it possible to downgrade to a previous version?

I use auto-mounting of external USB devices, and it works as expected, except that NTFS partitions are mounted with executability flag on. For example: /dev/sdb1 on /media/Elements type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_permissions) All normal files are -rwxrwxrwx on th...

Will the new version be using the improved unity shell or gnome3? If it's using unity, can I still install gnome3 on it???

I just used Wubi to install Xubuntu to my computer. The install seemed successful. I rebooted my computer, and I selected Xubuntu from the options (the two options were Xubuntu and Windows 7, my default OS). However, Xubuntu just sort of flashes some text across the screen then lets me choose fro...

I mean installing things to get familiarized with. I really want to depend more on Ubuntu for my dad's business, for example, I really got scared when looking about mounting a server, etc... Well, writing this you're going to realize that I don't know nothing haha. Thanks!

As you say, in order to have use launchpad to its fullest and have the ability to submit patches, help in certain projects that you find interesting and overall be involved in the launchpad community and other related communities in launchpad there is a "Code of Conduct" that you must first agree...

I am using Catalyst version 11.12 from AMD's website. I have enabled Tear free desktop. When I try to use gnome shell, everything works fine, until I use an app that uses the notification area in the activities overview (ex: Desura) Gnome shell starts to lag heavily and sometimes crash/restart (s...

While looking out to solve another problem, I've disturbed the opening of Unity session by altering (suppresssing) GConf (as suggested somewhere between, Ubuntu doc, forums and Ask Ubuntu) - now Unity opens on my wallpaper, with a top command bar but without panel or launcher, and with mouse arro...

Apparently AMD confirmed that the bug is gone with the release of 12.1. Please refer to this question to remove this and install the newest version. Is my ATI graphics card supported in Ubuntu? If the problem maintains this should be reported to AMD as a new bug for the new driver version, I...

I installed ubuntu server on a computer and it seems to work fine, I can ssh into it and everything but I can't understand anything that appears on the screen. It has a white background and instead of normal characters it just shows garbage text. This is a picture of the screen This is a vid...

Kile worked nice for me on 10.04 and 10.10, but when I upgraded to 11.04 it is EXTREMELY slow. Simply opening a projects (what would typically take 5 seconds in under the previous ubuntus) now takes close to 30 minutes! I use the Kubuntu variant; I also tried it with Fluxbox (without the KDE), b...

I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my PC but it hangs after OS is booted. When I load from Live CD it works fine. I checked my hardware on all tests are succeed. Could you help me in solving my problem?

I've somehow accidentally uninstalled Software Center and I can't seem to reinstall it. I don't have a web browser currently on the computer, as I uninstalled Firefox to get Chrome, and didn't install Chrome before my Software Center disappeared. When I search "software center", it comes up in ...

I am brand new to Ubuntu. I want to have my daughter-in-law share videos of our first grandson. Can you send me instructions on how to have her upload videos so we can watch them? Thank you.

Since 2-3 weeks GNOME nautilus 2.32.0 dumps frequently and unexpectedly. This happens every 3-10 minutes, when I navigate between several tabs and between remote and local folders. A don't have any idea what could be the problem. No I installed newer packages.I do the same steps as 2-3 weeks ago....

Here's my code and I simply cannot figure out why my top level window doesn't become transparent. xwininfo says that windows has 32 Bit depth. I am running Ubuntu 11.10 and if I call .set_opacity(.5) on the window itself, it will become transparent. But all the content of the window too. I'd lik...

I have 64bit version of Ubuntu. I'm unable to play songs from the site musicindiaonline.com. One solution is to install real player but real player works only on 32bit. What is the solution to this. Some plugins for real player, mplayer etc and all are installed in firefox but of no use. Its the ...

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