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Please recommend a hex editor for shell
Can you recommend a hex editor that can be run from shell? I need to be able to edit not only view the content.
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What does 'Ign', 'Get' or 'Hit' mean when running an apt-get update?
I had a bunch of errors in the output of sudo apt-get update: duplicate entries and 404 not found errors.
Figured those out, I hope: I removed PPAs that didn't have any packages associated with them, then I removed out a duplicate entry in…
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How to not install recommended and suggested packages?
I use Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit, I did the following: sudo gedit /etc/apt/apt.conf and added
APT::Install-Recommends "false";
APT::Install-Suggests "false";
But it did not work. When I try to install a package, it still wants to install the suggested…
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How can I move all the window controls to the right (or left)?
Downloaded Ubuntu tweak and set window controls to the right side. Only some programs follow the rule. Pidgin as an example has window controls on the right. But Chrome, Thunderbird, Geany, still have controls on the left.
How can I move ALL window…
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How do I remove a website from Ubuntu's web applications?
I thought I would try out the new webapps ppa and everything seems to be working fine. However, google reader now floods my messaging menu with all my feeds and turns the icon blue. How can I remove a specific site (google reader) from accessing…
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How do I find out the name of the SSID I'm connected to from the command line?
Neither iwconfig nor iwlist seem to be able to do this for me.
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What is the difference between "service restart" and "service reload"
I'm trying to understand the difference between service restart [someservice] and service reload [someservice]. I understand that restart restarts the service whereas reload reloads the configuration. But I don't understand the practical…
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How to keep the audio profile at A2DP while using a mic with Bluetooth headset? (Push-to-talk)
I have a CEL-TEC F5A headset.
The spec says:
Bluetooth 4.0, profiles: Headset, Hands free, A2DP, AVRCP/HSP/HFP
It plays nicely with High Fidelity Playback (A2DP sink) profile.
When I want to switch audio input to the headset's microphone, the…
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How do I create a deb package for a single python script?
I have a single python script that I want to distribute as a deb package. It is a indicator which shows local date in Unity panel. I did follow create a .deb Package from scripts or binaries but I could not create a deb package because it fails.…
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Where is "journalctl" data stored?
When I issue journalctl I get a massive log of all system services, but where is all this information stored?
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Dual Boot Windows 10 and Linux Ubuntu on Separate Hard Drives
How would I go about dual booting Windows 10 and Ubuntu, the windows drive is on an ssd as my c drive and my s drive is a hdd that I want to use for Linux. I have no idea what I need to download it or anything.
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How to remove icons/shortcuts from Unity menu?
I have installed Chromium and Tweet Deck on it (trough Chrome Store), now I uninstalled Tweet Deck and after that Chromium, the problem is, when I installed Tweet Deck it asked me if I want to create a shortcut to it and I chose YES. Now that both…
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Is it possible to run a Windows .msi installer?
Is it possible to install a Windows program from an MSI installer so that the installed program can be run with the Wine program loader?
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apt-get update stuck: Connecting to security.ubuntu.com
When I run apt-get update on my machine it gets stuck at:
100% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com (2001:67c:1562::15)] [Connecting to archive.canonical.com (2001:67c:1360:8c01::16)]
I have made no recent changes to the system and use my home…
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What is Snappy Ubuntu Core?
Before everyone rushes to mark this as a duplicate, I have indeed read the other threads here and here, googled this, and visited the snappy homepage here searching to clear my confusion, and I couldn't. I ask here because I still remain confused. I…
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