Questions tagged [google]
a company that runs a popular search engine and associated suite of applications
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Ubuntu 16.04 set up with google online account but no drive folder in nautilus
Pretty much as the question says. I followed the steps to set up the online accounts through system settings but my drive folder is not showing up on Nautilus.
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Very much offset (mkchromecast)
I downloaded and installed mkchromecast to cast my desktop audio to my google home mini. Everything works fine, but if I hit play on my computer, it needs about 30 seconds till the audio is played on ...
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Google Online Account setup not working on fresh install Ubuntu GNOME 16.04
I did a fresh installation of Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 (april 26, 2016) and, when i'm going to setup a google online account, the process doesn't work. It stop in the step 3, with a blank screen. I guess ...
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How to remove Google Safe Browsing?
Google has infiltrated my Ubuntu 16.04 system with a program called "Google Safe Browsing" It is a pain in the neck, restricting access to various websites. How can I get rid of it? I am not a ...
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How to upload a file from Google Colab to GitHub or Kaggle?
As you all know we are able to load a file from a site such as Kaggle and GitHub to Google Collab, we apply the bellow code to download from other sites into Google Collab:
wget nlp.stanford.edu/data/...
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How can I get system-wide, stay-on-the-screen Google Calendar alerts (like I get in Windows and Mac OS X)?
Can anyone tell me if the following is possible in Ubuntu 16.04? And if so, how?
On Windows and Mac OS X, Google Calendar provides pop-up reminders no matter what application I’m working in.
I’m ...
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Libreoffice doesn't show google cloud printers
My google cloud printer is not listed in Libreoffice printing dialog window (and in other programs that have their own printing utility). Programs that use default Ubuntu printing utility (Evience, ...
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How do I install Google's "Drive File Stream"?
I was wondering if it is possible to install Google Drive File Stream on Ubuntu 18.04. I recently bought G-Suite and want to use it in Ubuntu. I have tried "Is there a Google Drive client available?", ...
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Google calendar reminders not imported in thunderbird
I have thunderbird with the lightning and the google calendar extension. It works almost perfect, which means that the tasks and events are imported correctly, the calendars synchronizes properly and ...
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How to sync calendar with GNOME without letting it to access dozen of other services?
I want to sync calendar (located on top-bar on Ubuntu 18.04) with Google Calendar. In order to do that, I need to add Google to Online Accounts in system settings. When I log in, I'm informed that I ...
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Google account security
I use Ubuntu 17.10 and recently received a warning from Google that:
Some apps & devices use less secure sign-in technology, which could
make your account vulnerable. Google recommends ...
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Can only connect to Google services
I am quite new to Ubuntu and Linux in general and have been experiencing the following issue for the last week or so:
I am only able to connect to websites from Google when using a wireless ...
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Font does not change in google chrome and chromium
I tried to change the font settings in google chrome and chromium, re-install them, restart my computer, delete the related folders in .config, the font still remains the same.
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Install and Log into Virtualmin on Google Cloud Compute
i am attempting to run virtualmin on Google cloud engine.
I have used the install script and the installation appears to be ok, however i cannot access virtualmin on port <webserveripadress>:...
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Google Cloud Printers doesn't show after registering "online account" at Ubuntu 18.04
I've added by Google Account to Online Account and enabled everything (calendar, contacts, printers), but printers I've already have registered there (and which I regularly print as a Google Cloud ...
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All Google sites unreachable
I cannot reach Google sites by browser on Ubuntu 14.04.
It is not due to Chrome, as Firefox gives the same problem. It happens also in incognito mode.
It is not due to the network, as all other ...
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How to create customized "google search bar" gifs [duplicate]
I am using Firefox on Ubuntu 16.04.
What is the best way to create customized "google search bar" gifs like this one?
Is there a software for doing this? A website? Or should I just record my screen ...
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Google security. Thunderbird risk [closed]
I use Ubuntu 18.04 and recently received a warning from Google that:
Some apps & devices use less secure sign-in technology, which could
make your account vulnerable. Google recommends ...
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AdWords editor installed ok but disappears when run
Goal: Use Adwords editor in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS normally as I can with Windows.
Background:
I installed AdWords Editor 12.3.3.0 using the .msi with Wine set to Windows 7. Worked perfect.
The program ...
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YouTube "resume where you left off " doesn't work in Ubuntu in Chrome or in Firefox
I noticed that Windows PCs have this cool feature to resume YouTube videos where you left off.
There is also a progress bar at the bottom of a video that shows how much you have watched of a video.
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Is Ubuntu participating as a mentoring organization in google code in 2018
Last year(2017), Ubuntu participated as a mentoring organization in Google Code-in 2017. Will Ubuntu participate this year too? Asking because I reviewed old stats from archives and saw Ubuntu ...
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Can't Access gnome-online-accounts
After installing KDE PLASMA, how do I use gnome-control-center and online-accounts?
I need to access my google drive from my Ubuntu 17.
When I open gnome-control-center it's just blank.
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Is there an email handler for gcal like gnome-gmail
I like using gnome-gmail for the simple reason that it makes is possible for me to use gmail as my default mail handler (as configured in System Settings:Details:Default Applications in 16.04).
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Black screen of death on ubuntu, need the chrome passwords anyway to get them back? [duplicate]
I have a dell inspiron notebook with ubuntu on it, absolutly love it and use it as a work laptop. Everytime my harddrive fails i just grab an old 30gig xbox hdd. Well a few days ago i ended up with ...
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Q: How to interpret "COGNAC_ERROR" from juju deployment in GCE
I'm trying to get JuJu to deploy openstack on nine virtual nodes in Google Compute Engine. On the 9th node, I get an error in GCE; it doesn't seem to care what type of service is being deployed. It ...
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Unable to get authorization code Google Assistant for Ubuntu Desktop
I am trying to install the Google Assistant with voice command on at least one of my computers. I started with the Raspberry Pi 3 last night. The install was smooth all the way up to getting an ...
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Google Cloud SDK Instalation
I'm installing Google Cloud SDK to use it ask my source code repository (for now) for Android apps using the install.sh script included in the root of the SDK however, I am having a few issues.
First,...
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17.10 latest Ubuntu Version Install Unsupported Files [closed]
I am currently very frustrated with 17.10; I am unable to install Opera browser or google chrome because unsupported ... via Ubuntu Software or Terminal using apt-get install DEB file such as "/...
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Unable to connect to vncserver on google cloud VM Ubuntu 17.10
Good evening all,
I have been trying to connect to my google cloud VM instance Ubuntu 17.04 via VNC viewer for a good few hours and have tried everything.
i can see the port is open to connections ...
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ubuntu 17.10 google drive takes more than 10 minutes to load
I have been looking for a solution for this for a while, but I haven found one on my own.
I am using the native Google drive mounting in gnome with online accounts and nautilus, but it takes forever ...
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Is there any way to feed output of a shell script to google sheet?
I wanted to to make some reports on uptime of some a using google sheet. I wanted to update google sheet every day with the reports. I wanted to make report of uptime of at least 100 computers ...
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VNC For Ubuntu16.04 on Google Compute Engine
I have setup Ubuntu16.04 LTS as VM on the Google compute engine platform. I am trying to install a vnc on this platform.
I installed the gnome desktop using
sudo apt-get install gnome-core gnome-...
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google chrome web dynpro
How to solve this error message on Google chrome running on Ubuntu 14.04
"Sorry, your browser/program is not supported by Web Dynpro!"
but when i use firefox the site is working fine (on Ubuntu 14....
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS freezes often when browsing
I have only recently installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS in my machine. It is dual booted alongside Windows 10.
I have an NVidia graphic card, Intel i5 7700 and 8gb RAM.
Changing intel_idle.max_cstate = 1 did ...
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Desktop Client for Google+ and Hangout
Is there any app that I can use to do Google Hangout from within my Ubuntu Desktop like Skype?
Also, How can I integrate Google+ account with Ubuntu?
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Force set Google safe-search in incognito tabs?
I am trying to make my laptop as safe as possible. I've set up opendns, but the problem is it doesn't work on Google image results.
So, I use Google safe search and it's great! But not on incognito ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 new install, Firefox 57.0 (64-bit) can't play videos on Google Photos
Brand new install of 17.10, love it so far. I especially love the new Firefox browser but I can't seem to get my videos to play on photos.google.com. All I get is a static screen with "This video ...
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Google Hangouts not working in Firefox on Ubuntu 17.10
I was wondering why Google Hangouts doesn't work in Firefox.
I don't want to download another web browser but I'm looking to get Google Hangouts working.
Any help with this appreciated!
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search on Google returns DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN
I've installed ubuntu gnome 17.04 on my laptop and I can't search on Google.
I can use others search engine and they work, if I ping a website he will respond.
Can anyone help me please?
Thank you
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Please login with your GNOME Account (online account)
In trying to login to gnome paste, " Please login with your GNOME Account", I get Authentication failed, please try again. -- fair enough. But what are my login credentials? How do I find them?
So ...
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Thunderbird :: Stuck at Google sign-in (xenial)
Can't get past this thunderbird dialog:
even though less secure apps are enabled:
Thunderbird is explicitly allowed:
Mozilla Thunderbird Email
Has access to Gmail
Homepage:
https://www.mozilla.org/...
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Helvetica font screw Google Chrome on Ubuntu
I have installed "Helvetica" in Ubuntu, but it have a bug with Google Chrome. Well, I removed it from ~/.fonts/ folder, but the problem persist.
The problem is that Chrome (and also any Electron app, ...
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Unable to sync Kontact with Google Contacts with Kubuntu 17.04
akonadi-kde-resource-googledata seems to be unable to sync.
I'm looking for a way to sync Kontact with Google Contacts.
I was able to do it on previous releases.
Akonadi is working. I'm looking for ...
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Google Earth has a screen glitch, and copies the background [duplicate]
I installed google earth, using the 32bit google-earth-pro.deb for linux from google's website.
Since then, however, I've had a repeating error: Whenever I open google earth, the it copies my ...
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Google Chrome - FATAL:NSS_util.cc(632) Aborted (core dumped) [duplicate]
When I try to open Google Chrome, I get this:
[2922:2958:0913/051621.681319:FATAL:nss_util.cc(632)]
NSS_versionCheck("3.26") failed. NSS >= 3.26 is required.
Please upgrade to the latest NSS
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Both Google Chrome & Chromium are not working
I used Google Chrome all the time in by browsing time; I think then I tried to upgrade the system to 16.04 (but failed) and now google chrome is not working (not sure if that is the reason or not).
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Uploading photos to Google photos
I am not able to upload photos from my PC to Google photos. Their web address is 'photos. google. com'. I tried both Chromium and Firefox. Chromium closes down. In Fire fox, it takes a long time, even ...
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How to start Google Chrome in background on boot?
How can I start Google Chrome at boot in the background, i.e. not opening an entire window?
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Encrypted backup to Google drive
I have a computer that is having serious issues, and I don't know how long it will last. I would like to backup my home directory, and upload it to the cloud like my Google drive, how would I do that?...
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How to start after setting up a cluster through jujucharms.com?
I've setup a kubernetes cluster through the jujucharms.com gui.
The machines are correctly provisioned in the google cloud console. I can ssh into them. I'm a little lost regarding the next steps.
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