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4dummies

Member for 9 years, 11 months
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California, USA

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Retired contract programmer / professor of computer science. Currently I putter around with computer solutions to board games, mostly "hex".

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14

How do I get a readable printed copy of a man page

Mar 28, 2022

4

How best to copy just parts of a tar file

Mar 17, 2022

2

How do I report a bug when Launchpad fails?

Sep 3, 2018

2

How to use the display (e.g. a browser) when sudo-ed into root or another user

Sep 8, 2018

2

How to remove desktop icons in Xubuntu?

Nov 6, 2020

1

How can I tell how a panel item was set up

Jun 25, 2013

1

How to get my backup and restore working using FOSS tools

Oct 31, 2018

1

What can be causing disk activity in empty external drives as soon as I mount them

May 29, 2020

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My screen keeps going black, and I cannot resurrect it

May 16, 2021

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Where are the terminal preferences saved in Xubuntu 20.04

Apr 5, 2022

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17

what does 'tar --overwrite' actually do (or not do)?

9

In Django, how can I generate csrf token when not using templates

7

How to disable moving the cursor with the mouse

5

Can I get vim to indent correctly after a here document?