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What is the purpose of ctrl+alt+f8?
In systemd ctrl+alt+f8 through ctrl+alt+f12 do nothing and show an empty screen. The first six (F1-F6) show classic text based terminal. F7 (some distros use F1 or F8) is used to show the desktop.
You ...
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Does software distributed for Ubuntu work for Ubuntu flavors?
but will software distributed for Ubuntu work with Lubuntu?
Yes they do.
Lubuntu is just the same Ubuntu underneawith a different user interface and a different choice of default programs which make ...
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"Cannot connect to the Docker daemon ...." when running docker on Ubuntu/WSL
It comes from nftables used instead of iptables
I found this solution
sudo update-alternatives --set iptables /usr/sbin/iptables-legacy
from these threads:
https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/...
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remove permanently eclipse from ubuntu system
Sounds like you actually used the Eclipse Installer, which doesn't use the APT package management system. It just plops Eclipse into a folder on your system, and that's it.
To uninstall Eclipse, you ...
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How to disable - Lubuntu's graphical grub theme
The appearance of grub is managed by /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme. Remove the executable bit from this file with sudo chmod -x /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme
Create the file /etc/grub.d/04_set-colors with ...
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I deleted `tracker-miner-fs` from Lubuntu because I thought it was a cryptominer! How can I reinstall it?
The package is tracker-miner-fs and isn't required but can be easily reinstalled:
sudo apt install tracker-miner-fs
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Ubuntu to Lubuntu? What would I lose?
Does security matter to you?
Lubuntu 18.04 LTS is no longer supported; refer
https://lubuntu.me/bionic-eol/
https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2020/08/14/ubuntu-18-04-5-lts-released/
where you'll note only ...
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Viber does not open in Lubuntu 22.04 . Problem with keyboard layout settings
I found acceptable solution for the problem. In keyboard layout settings you should place in my case Bulgarian at first place in order.(but I think Serbian and other languages may cause same problem.) ...
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How to change the default terminal in dolphin?
Open the following file:
nano ~/.config/kdeglobals
And add this at the end of the file:
[General]
TerminalApplication=gnome-terminal
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How do I get NetworkManager to assign a fixed MAC address to eth0?
For wifi connections using network manager (nmcli -v 1.40.0) you can configure a fixed cloned mac address using:
nmcli con show
nmcli con modify HotelWifiName wifi.cloned-mac-address 70:48:f7:1a:2b:3c
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systemd timer unexpected behaviour
systemd timers are not accurate to the second by default ... They are allowed a window of 1 minute from either(in your case) OnBootSec= or OnUnitActiveSec= and others(OnCalendar=, OnActiveSec=, ...
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Where "Application Autostart" of Lubuntu 20.04 keeps its data?
A quick way to see the list of directories is via About LXQt
You'll see it lists a number of Xdg Autostart Directories, plus the user's directory I mentioned earlier in comments for items added by ...
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Is it possible in lxqt (lubuntu 22.04) to maximize-left/right as in LXDE (lubuntu 18.04)?
Thanks to @guiverc answer, I've found the solution: it was sufficient to disable the keybindings of the menu Super_L. Now everything works fine.
From the Lubuntu manual
Global-keys will take ...
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How to install Ubuntu on a PC with a 32-bit UEFI?
Lubuntu installed the 32-bit version on GRUB on the EFI system partition and everything works as expected!
Maybe I should have tried to install it before asking this question but this information ...
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I deleted `tracker-miner-fs` from Lubuntu because I thought it was a cryptominer! How can I reinstall it?
Lubuntu does not include the package tracker-miner-fs on it's ISOs, so no it is not important (to Lubuntu).
You didn't provide any release details, but a look at what is included can be achieved ...
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How can I install Chaotica on Ubuntu?
Download the archive and move it to /opt/ by doing
cd ~/Downloads
sudo cp chaotica_x64_v2.2.2.tar.gz /opt/
cd /opt/
sudo tar xvfz chaotica_x64_v2.2.2.tar.gz
It will create directory /opt/...
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Can't get Compose key in Lubuntu to work
Well, in further sleuthing, I found that in Lubuntu, apparently, the gnome-tweaks settings don't have any effect. I used
setxkbmap -query
And it showed nothing for the compose variable.
So I then ...
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Access an e-reader via USB on the command-line
As hinted in the comments by user535733, plugging in the e-reader creates a directory in /run/user/`id -u`/gvfs for the e-reader's filesystem. The name of the new directory (mtp:host=Boyue_Likebook-...
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Lubuntu vs. Ubuntu + LXQt desktop?
There is guaranteed support on packages found in main which include all the packages found on Ubuntu Desktop/Server etc. ISOs.
There is no guarantee on packages from universe or community supported ...
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Why can my system not find the /cow file mounted on root?
Your system isn't installed it looks like; thus the use of COW (Copy On Write).
The live media is intended to test out the system and not be used in real-life situations (you install for that purpose) ...
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Lot of dpkg package missing, but I can't reinstall them
TL;DR
dpkg -r PACKAGE1 PACKAGE2 PACKAGE3 ...
Short explaination:
dpkg -r removes an installed package without removing the config files.
In this case, dpkg -r did not perform a real "uninstall&...
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Dual Windows + Luks Lubuntu on same HDD. No password on boot
Any way to input password only after choosing and starting Lubuntu?
No, for obvious reasons.
As with most, almost all, Windows-Linux dual-boot arrangement the OS selection is enabled by GRUB wich is &...
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How to lock and immediately turn off screen in LUbuntu 18.04?
It turns out that the lxhotkey program has an extra "save" step after editing the command and clicking the checkmark. My script was not working because it was not being executed. When the ...
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Autoinstall Lubuntu
I can't speak with authority here sorry, but you want features that exist in ISOs that use the debian installer, ubiquity and subiquity, but no effort has been made to make those features work with ...
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Corrupt Background
My above problem had to do with a bug with the Openbox Window Manager (window manager is abbreviated WM). By installing a new WM I was able to fix the freaky background problem, but I am still not ...
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In tel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 stopped working on 22.04 after a few days from installation
In your message log, we see:
iwlwifi 0000:28:00.0: retry init count 2
It is often the case that a failure to initialize is because, in a dual boot environment, Windows doesn't really shut down the ...
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Linux not booting up due to 2 graphic drivers installed. How do I switch to the original one without the machine being started/ booted?
You can not have 2 graphics drivers installed on a (L)ubuntu system.
Can I retrieve my data without booting the machine?
Yes.
3 ways. Easiest first, the risky one last:
That is what the live ...
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unattended-upgrades ignores Google Chrome upgrade
Shame on me. I found the answer myself on askubuntu:
How can I enable silent automatic updates for Google Chrome?
The allowed origins above don't include 3rd party sources.
So I added
"Google LLC:...
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How to install BIOVIA Discovery Studio on Lubuntu?
You can download the source for libpng15.so.15 from SourceForge. Find the .tar.gz or .tar.xz archive and download it.
Then, unzip the package, cd into the directory with the source code, and run ./...
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