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How to upgrade from Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04 (when 'Fetching the upgrade failed')? [duplicate]

I've been running an Ubuntu desktop for a couple of years. I regularly update the security and recommended updates via Upgrade Manager. However it seems I didn't have Upgrade Manager set up to tell me ...
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Has anyone installed Real Player?

I have recently defected to Linux from Windows and no regret, almost. I sort of miss Real Player. I have found that it IS possible to have it installed which I did through Helix Player website, but ...
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How can I install packages from Debian's squeeze repo on Ubuntu 12.10?

I am using Debian Squeeze but I want to test Ubuntu with Unity. I just downloaded Ubuntu 12.10 ISO and installed it, but I can't find a way to add Debian's local repository. How can I use Debian's ...
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Ubuntu Driver Support

Can Ubuntu OS detect, support and update my driver especially wireless LAN card, Display driver, etc like Microsoft Windows?
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why is Ubuntu 12.10/12.04.1 adding unsupported updates by default?

after installing Ubuntu 12.04.1 and 12.10 respectively for over a few times, i noticed that within the Software Sources, by default, the Unsupported Updates (precise backports / quantal backports) are ...
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Ubuntu 12.04: Missing RAM and Unsupported hardware driver issue

I've just install ubuntu 12.04 64-bit on my new PC: MoBo: Gigabit F2A75M-D3H CPU: AMD A6 5400K Ram: 2*4GB 1st problem From BIOS, I can see 4096 MB RAM installed but from System Monitor are ...
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How do you use or what is wrong with ubuntu-support-status?

I read this: "The ubuntu-support-status command will print the exact status of your system. " but when i try i get this: $ ubuntu-support-status Traceback (most recent call last): File ...
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How can I install gcc 3.3, g++ 3.3, cpp 3.3? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Old version of gcc for new Ubuntu I am trying to follow the directions for installing the Dyna language in Ubuntu, here: http://dyna.org/wiki/index.php?title=Download ...
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How to detect unsupported packages?

I upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04LTS. I choose Ubuntu to have a secure system for 5 years. Unfortunately I don't wrote down all packages which get no longer updates from canonical like defoma. So I wonder ...
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How can I copy quanta from 11.04 ubuntu to 11.10 install?

I did a fresh install of 11.10 and found that, Quanta is no longer available, as the kde packages are no longer supported, but I copied the .kde folder to the new install and the folders inside ...