Ask Ubuntu General Room

Normally: General discussion around Ask Ubuntu, Ubuntu & offic...
May 18, 2012 13:11
i need to start learning to create a website using apache,php,html/xhtml but i dont want to learn in windows
May 18, 2012 13:06
could anyone show me a good website for learning LAMP in ubuntu
May 5, 2012 20:47
@wisemonkey hehe hope so.yeah sure i've started telling them about this place when i got great responses to my very 1st question.Gudnite
May 5, 2012 20:45
im gonna tell my buddies about this place
7
May 5, 2012 20:44
@wisemonkey done :)
May 5, 2012 20:44
@jrg thanks a lot .faith in linux restored :).its 2 AM in india now i've got to get some sleep
May 5, 2012 20:42
should i check em all
May 5, 2012 20:42
@wisemonkey important security updates ,recommended updates,pre-release updates unsupported updates
May 5, 2012 20:42
@wi
May 5, 2012 20:39
@wisemonkey i don't know what ppa means
May 5, 2012 20:38
@jrg by the way it shows there are no updates as of now but could you tell me how to adjust settings on update manager? i mean tweaking update manager is okay right?
May 5, 2012 20:36
@jrg so its a problem with that hud thing right?
May 5, 2012 20:36
@jrg hey thanks a lot :)...got it :)
May 5, 2012 20:32
waiting....
May 5, 2012 20:31
@wisemonkey hehe yeah got it :)
May 5, 2012 20:31
okay
May 5, 2012 20:31
ok done.next?
May 5, 2012 20:29
May 5, 2012 20:27
rm: cannot remove `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.list.save': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `unity-team-hud-precise.list': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `/etc/apt/sources/list.d/kilian-f_lux-precise.list': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `unity-team-hud-precise.list.save': No such file or directory
May 5, 2012 20:25
is it the dropbox thingy?
May 5, 2012 20:24
dropbox.list kilian-f_lux-precise.list.save
dropbox.list.save unity-team-hud-precise.list
kilian-f_lux-precise.list unity-team-hud-precise.list.save
May 5, 2012 20:24
@wisemonk dont know just started my update manager and tried to update
May 5, 2012 20:22
so what should i do now? should i wait for the link to get active or something like that
May 5, 2012 20:21
yeah i saw that when i clicked the link on my terminal
May 5, 2012 20:12
same GPG error
May 5, 2012 20:12
nope didnt work
May 5, 2012 20:11
hmm sorry if i irritate you people im a newbie
May 5, 2012 20:10
"updating packages" is taking some time..it didn't take this much time when i tried your solution in the beginning
May 5, 2012 20:09
im trying the procedure again..sudo ppa-purge
May 5, 2012 20:08
but no use
May 5, 2012 20:08
and changed it back
May 5, 2012 20:08
i've changed source:from india server to main server
May 5, 2012 20:08
does it have something to do with the update manager settings
May 5, 2012 20:04
@jrg it's not working :
http://askubuntu.com/questions/132269/failed-to-download-repository-information-12-04
May 5, 2012 19:37
@jrg thanks ill look into it and report it asap
May 5, 2012 19:35
@jrg thanks a lot i hope it gets solved quickly
May 5, 2012 19:30
@jrg yeah i think updates solved my problem with display drivers during the fresh installation even though i don't know how it worked.im believing in updates for solving my problems as of now
May 5, 2012 19:26
i've got few other problems,my webcam doesnt worth,cheese photo booth always encounters errors,f.lux doesn't work well,so installed redshift,but that doesn't work at all, i've problems editing fstab file,oh god ubuntu is frustrating and its not even a week since i've installed it
May 5, 2012 19:22
hmm,can someone help me out with this : askubuntu.com/questions/132269/… ,
 
May 5, 2012 19:34
@jrg actually in india its CSE,computer science and engineering .so it's kinda like both but i still havent figured out the difference
May 5, 2012 19:33
sorry people
May 5, 2012 19:32
@stuffe OMG is that true..damn it took time figuring out "ask different"
May 5, 2012 19:32
@jrg i've just finished my computer science graduation without even touching linux
May 5, 2012 19:28
@stuffe but you can't get formula one cars on the road for everyone right,hehe yup the pick 2 triangle is true
May 5, 2012 19:27
@jrg hmmm but linux users are geeks right.im a non linux geek too
May 5, 2012 19:21
people wont do things if its free
May 5, 2012 19:21
i think its with the free thingy
May 5, 2012 19:21
i mean the linux people out there are geniuses right.couldn't they figure out a way to make linux as easy to use as windows.
May 5, 2012 19:20
yes it sure is.i mean doesnt anyone come out with a tender way to help newbies with linux
May 5, 2012 19:18
but its more irritating than windows .im sure linux wont penetrate masses this way