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How to get a snapshot of system processes on a specific day

Hi I was wondering if you can get the processes running on a specific day? I was getting the output of this command a few days ago : > /usr/sbin/lsof -ap 18790 | less but i only get a short ...
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Java wait() and sleep() not behaving correctly on a pariticular Ubuntu machine [closed]

I have a very strange Java issue which occurs only on a particular computer running Ubuntu. When I call the wait(timeout) function it always waits exactly 1000ms less than the time out amount I ...
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How to start application in other workspaces? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to automatically start programs in specific workspaces on start up When I login how do I start an application to open on other workspaces! for example... System ...
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Find (and reinstall) packages with corrupted files (without breaking anything)

I usually prefer to fix a Linux system than to reinstall from scratch. My computers have seen many distribution upgrades and a list of PPAs or third-party repositories. APT usually makes sure that ...
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how do I recreate my ubuntu account?

I ran sudo apt-get remove wine* and it removed my account. When I try to log in a nivida screen flashes (that's normal) and then I'm back at the log in screen. What can I do? I have files that I don't ...
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Dbus-daemon using too much RAM

Yesterday I discovered that dbus-daemon was taking from 10% to 30% of my RAM. How can I reduce the amount of RAM being used?
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What's the best approach to triggering a distro upgrade for an OEM build?

The product I develop for work is a customised Ubuntu 8.04 LTS system with a number of back ported packages and a number of our own for the application specific stuff. Now that 10.04 has been ...