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Why aren't new programs showing up in the KDE menu?
I have run into a very odd problem in Kubuntu 12.10. Whenever I add a program through Muon or `apt-get`, it doesn't show up in the menu. For example, I installed Opera from a deb package and ...
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What are the F6 options during installation?
What is the meaning of different options in the F6 context menu of Ubuntu installation dvd ?
i.e.
acpi=off
noapic
nolapic
edd=on
nodmraid
nomodeset
Free Software only
How do they affect the ...
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Will ubuntu 12.04 LTS run faster when installed individually instead of in the windows folder? [duplicate]
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What performance differences are there when installing with Wubi?
I have lots of freezes and stuff... So I was wondering if I installed Ubuntu individually instead of ...
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Cannot get hidden GRUB2 menu to appear?
I have a dual boot (Ubuntu/Ubuntu) system and have configured GRUB2 to hide the boot menu unless I press the shift key (or another key). Here is my configuration in /etc/default/grub:
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
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Installation after boot shows no display
I just booted 12.04 for installation from USB-stick. But there is a problem with the display.
After boot I see a rectangle on the lower left corner of the screen, after a while I see "Ubuntu 12.04 ...
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How is it possible to install MintMenu in Ubuntu 12.04?
I know that there were some PPA's for older Ubuntu versions (11.04 and previous ones),when Gnome 2 was the default desktop environment.
Now, I have installed the MATE D.E. on Ubuntu 12.04, but it does ...
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No boot menu after installing Ubuntu 11.10 on a Dell Windows Vista Home laptop computer?
I just installed Ubuntu 11.10 on a friends Dell Inspiron laptop. I normally boots up to Windows Vista Home Edition. As part of the install procedure I reduced the size of the largest ntfs partition ...
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Boot options menu disappeared
I had Windows 7 and Ubuntu both installed on my machine, but for some reasons I re-installed Windows 7, and now when the system starts, I can't see GRUB menu, which normally appears asking using for ...
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How do I specify several folders (/tmp and /var for instance) to mount in a same partition using the installer?
I my next Ubuntu installation I want to put /var and /tmp folders together in the same partition, but differente from /.
It's possible to do this from installer menu? As far as I know you can only ...
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User account messed up. How to restore functionality?
Complete story:
When I installed Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection via Ubuntu software center, I noticed some of the newest puzzles were missing. So I decided to get the source files and ...
