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What does "sudo apt-get update" do?

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How to fix "Package is in a very bad inconsistent state" error?

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What is the CVE-2014-6271 bash vulnerability (Shellshock) and how do I fix it?

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How to fix "sudo: unable to open ... Read-only file system"?

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What is the equivalent of an "exe file"?

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What does bamfdaemon do?

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Installing Times New Roman font

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Cannot update grub with parameters on live USB

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Error: invalid environment block. Press any key to continue

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Should I install programs from a source tarball (`.tar.gz`), from the Ubuntu Software Centre, or from elsewhere?

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How do I legally make an open-source version of a closed-source game?

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Is there a Google Drive client available?

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What are the differences between sudo, su, visudo, chroot, and gksu?

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What does "sudo apt-get update" do?

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Does Ubuntu only work on Desktop PCs?

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How can I convert an ext4 partition to btrfs (or other file systems) without losing data?

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'teamviewer depends on (...)' while trying to install TeamViewer

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How can I fix broken sudo - sudo: parse error in /etc/sudoers near line 23?

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apt: ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot

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What are the F6 options during installation?

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sudo credential caching on by default

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Why limit the number of open files and Running processes in Linux?

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What command-line options are available for Ubuntu One?

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Restarted computer during update; "the system network service is not compatible with this version"

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Is it possible to recover a secret key from a GPG public key?

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Why does Ubuntu 12.10 only see 8 cores?

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Do I need to back up my swap partition?

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How to install VirtualBox to use Windows or other OS?

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Can I update Ubuntu from a point release CD?

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Not getting GUI mode on ubuntu 12.04 desktop edition after installation on vmware workstation 7

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