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How do I disable automatic remote printer installation?

In Raring, everytime I connect to the network, Cups installs all the printers in the network automatically, some more than once. Furthermore, I connect a USB printer to the laptop every now and then. ...
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How do I create a completely unattended install of Ubuntu Desktop 16.04.1 LTS?

Purpose I want to install Ubuntu Desktop 16.04.1 LTS completely unattended. Put ISO CD in and walk away. Issues Boot parameters incorrect Questions still being asked and needing mouse clicks ...
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How do I turn off automatic updates COMPLETELY and FOR REAL?

Running Ubuntu 18.04 on x64. I need to COMPLETELY turn off the "automatic updates reminder" stuff on my Ubuntu system. The problem is that the machine is doing some unattended processing ...
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How to disable automatic updates on Kubuntu 20.04?

I would like to disable automatic updates in kubuntu 20.04. I disabled it on Muon package manager, but Discover still getting updates and showing notifications. Thank you.
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Automatic network card configuration?

We have lots of different servers with different network cards, is there a way to have Ubuntu 20.04 automatically configure the network cards with DHCP? Right now we have to manually change the .yaml ...
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How to inhibit suspend temporarily?

I have searched around a bit for this and can't seem to find anything helpful. I have my PC running Ubuntu 12.10 set up to suspend after 30 minutes of inactivity. I don't want to change that, it works ...
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Server autoinstall: How to customise storage section?

By following instructionf from here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam/AutomatedServerInstalls#Running_a_truly_automatic_autoinstall When I use for storage: storage: layout: name: lvm It ...
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16.04 switches from default audio device when not available, but doesn't switch back when the default becomes available

I have a laptop hooked up to a TV via HDMI. When the TV powers off, the audio output switches from HDMI to the built-in laptop speakers. This behaviour is new, as previous Ubuntu versions would always ...
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Is there a way to automatically update installed programs?

I have enabled automatic system updates, but I also have non-system applications installed (like Google Chrome, Atom, Sublime Text, Spotify, etc.). Is there a way to include these in the automatic ...
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How can I run a python script with out the prompt "Run in terminal, Display, cancel, Run"

I added #!/usr/bin/env python to the script and chmod +x in terminal, but on double clicking it still asks for these 4 options. I want it to automatically open in terminal. Is it possible? I'm using ...
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Chromium automatic updating

My chromium is automaticaly updating.please tell me a solution to disable that.I had disable all updates in software updater.
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Auto Power On and Off

I have a old laptop set up as a media server with Ubuntu 12.04 on it. I was wondering whether it was possible to set a time for it to automatically turn off at night and then in the morning ...
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Real-Time Volume Leveling & Audio Outputs

I've been looking around for something like this, but the only solution I found here only works for one output, and is very inelegant. I want something that will raise quiet sounds, lower loud ones, ...
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Ubuntu gnome 16.04 xenial xerus - Changing Automatic Brightness Response Time

I am using Ubuntu gnome 16.04 LTS version. I love automatic brightness feature but it is getting changed so quickly, so responsive, so fast response, it is so annoying. How can I change the ...
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Why am I asked for a password after automatic login? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Keyring On Startup popup I use automatic login because I don't want to enter a password every time I start the system. Although automatic login works, I'm still asked for my ...
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Auto, or semi-automatic disk space management?

Is there an automatic method of adding hard drives to an LVM? I get as far as formatted the second drive in gParted, then the most basic tutorials I find contain a novel's worth of terminal commands. ...
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