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Two or more files that exactly same.

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Duplicate sources.list entry but cannot find the duplicates? [duplicate]

I'm running 12.04 64bit, and every time I update using the command land, I always get W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/restricted amd64 Packages (/var/lib/...
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Find & Delete duplicated files on multiple harddisks at once

I have 4 hard disks and want to find out which files on this four harddisks (including sub directories) are duplicates. It should be checked not only within a harddisk but against all the others as ...
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How to remove duplicate imported photos in Shotwell

I've noticed that Shotwell has imported many images twice (e.g. from my camera SD card). Apparently the duplicate detection is buggy once a photo is imported, tagged and then re-imported. I have "...
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Copy Ubuntu distro with all settings from one computer to a different one

I'd like to copy my exact setup from my computer at work to my computer at home. I'm trying to figure out how to go about doing that. So far I've figured this much out. On the source computer run ...
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sudo apt-get update giving error about duplicate

Getting an error about duplicate sources, how can I get around this?
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Locate command is returning too many results

I made the mistake of copying the same files to different partitions with good intentions of pruning (deleting) them from the source or target(s) later. Now when I try to locate them I get too many ...
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htop showing duplicate applications with very odd bizarre results upwards of 20,30,40 or more, see screen grab

I have attached screen shots of htop and it's bizarre results. Can anyone explain what is happening here? It shows this new copy.com app taking up like 500% of my memory if you count it up.
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Duplicate panel items after upgrade to 21.04

Hi folks. I just upgraded from Xubuntu 20.10 to 21.04 and seem to have loads of dupes in my panel icons. Including 2 copies of redshift twice. Is this because I had indicator plugin and the upgrade ...
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Gnome shell does not log out properly in Ubuntu 11.10

My problem is that when I log out from a gnome shell session I get a blank screen instead of the display manager. If I close the lid to suspend and then open it again, I get the display manager and I ...
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Must i cut some duplicate entry from System settings >> Software and Updates >> Other Software from the list?

I have some duplicated entry like this : so must it be delete some entry which duplicated by end text:... main and ... main source Code? Thanks for your attention.
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Restore with deja-dup

I recently had a hard drive failure on my PC (ubuntu 12.04), I purchased a new Hard Drive & installed 14.04. After installing the new Hard Drive my old one 'came back to life' so I continued ...
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