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James
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84 votes
4 answers
84k views

How can I convert a ppt to a pdf from the command line?

16 votes
2 answers
35k views

How can I create an alias so that when I enter "kt" it executes "killall gnome-terminal"?

16 votes
3 answers
70k views

How can I convert a 1080p wmv video to a 720p video?

10 votes
5 answers
4k views

How can I convert a folder of .pngs to .jpgs while setting the background color?

8 votes
4 answers
60k views

How can I execute commands in a text file?

7 votes
4 answers
7k views

How can I easily retab html files according to some sane default?

7 votes
2 answers
4k views

How can I create a a playlist file of all of the mp3s in the current directory from the terminal?

6 votes
2 answers
34k views

How can I tether my android phone with pdanet to my laptop via usb?

4 votes
4 answers
7k views

How can I install Windows from within Ubuntu so that I can boot into it Windows when I start my computer?

4 votes
4 answers
2k views

Is there a teminal command to get the most recently created file or folder?

4 votes
2 answers
4k views

How can I make a shortcut key to disable the mouse pad?

2 votes
2 answers
3k views

Problem installing the latest eclipse IDE

1 vote
1 answer
263 views

After copying my itunes library to my Ubuntu partition, how can I rename mp3s to their correct name?

1 vote
1 answer
461 views

Command line autocomplete no longer escapes special characters on certain operations

1 vote
1 answer
471 views

How can I stop bluetile from changing the window manager theme? [closed]

1 vote
2 answers
3k views

Brightness control not working on HP Pavilion dm3t (Intel GMA 4500MHD)

1 vote
2 answers
1k views

Kernel compile error with iw_ndis.c

1 vote
1 answer
744 views

'make: *** [TLS.o] Error 1' while installing nzbget

0 votes
1 answer
176 views

How can I get the specific colors that are being used in my vim ruby plugin / theme?

0 votes
1 answer
43 views

What packages do I need to install in order to bulld postgres from source?