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How to get my software into Ubuntu?

answered Dec 6, 2010 at 17:34

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What are PPAs and how do I use them?

answered Oct 3, 2010 at 3:06

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How do I create a deb package for a single python script?

answered Dec 30, 2011 at 19:25

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Change folder permissions and ownership

answered Oct 13, 2010 at 22:04

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How do I use the gconf editor?

answered Dec 14, 2010 at 5:09

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What does `~/ ` mean?

answered Dec 4, 2011 at 19:48

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What are the differences between linux-generic, linux-server and linux-virtual kernel packages?

answered Aug 19, 2012 at 2:26

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How to convert a m4a sound file to mp3?

answered Dec 22, 2012 at 16:56

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Generic solution to prevent a long cron job from running in parallel?

answered Jun 3, 2012 at 18:14

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How to configure Chrome to open magnet URI's with Deluge?

answered Mar 10, 2012 at 4:34

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E: Package 'guile-1.8-dev' has no installation candidate this is an error i got

answered Jun 9, 2011 at 16:47

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Restore the Ctrl + Alt + Num Pad 4 and 6 window positioning commands?

answered Mar 28, 2012 at 23:51

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What are the Default $PATH Values?

answered Dec 5, 2013 at 18:08

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How to add fonts on Libre Office Writer?

answered Nov 14, 2013 at 23:08

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How do I develop an Ubuntu application in HTML and JS?

answered Aug 28, 2011 at 17:32

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How To Customize Ubuntu Bash to make it like Mint?

answered Jun 28, 2011 at 16:58

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What has Ubuntu contributed to the Linux Kernel?

answered Apr 1, 2012 at 21:16

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Are PPAs safe to add to my system and what are some "red flags" to watch out for?

answered Jun 5, 2012 at 14:14

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How can I list all packages I've installed from a particular repository?

answered Oct 11, 2010 at 15:05

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Is there a Visual Studio style tool/IDE?

answered Oct 14, 2010 at 16:02

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What is the size of Ubuntu repository?

answered Jan 15, 2011 at 1:51

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How do I look inside apt/trusted.gpg?

answered Jul 11, 2013 at 0:56

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What Terminal command will dump all Gconf keys and values? ie the ones seen in gconf-editor

answered Oct 11, 2010 at 3:46

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Any complete GUI interface for Mercurial?

answered Oct 29, 2010 at 21:04

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How do you view the contents of a .CAB file?

answered Oct 6, 2010 at 19:01

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I want to fix a bug. Where do I start?

answered Feb 1, 2011 at 18:23

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Recover personal PGP key from old home

answered Feb 2, 2011 at 15:10

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How to view an XPS file?

answered Oct 4, 2010 at 4:25

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How and why to create -dbg, -dev, -doc packages?

answered Aug 31, 2012 at 19:48

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How can I find the version number of an installed package via dpkg?

answered Nov 30, 2010 at 18:59

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238 Answers

How to get my software into Ubuntu?

What are PPAs and how do I use them?

How do I create a deb package for a single python script?

Change folder permissions and ownership

How do I use the gconf editor?

What does `~/ ` mean?

What are the differences between linux-generic, linux-server and linux-virtual kernel packages?

How to convert a m4a sound file to mp3?

Generic solution to prevent a long cron job from running in parallel?

How to configure Chrome to open magnet URI's with Deluge?

E: Package 'guile-1.8-dev' has no installation candidate this is an error i got

Restore the Ctrl + Alt + Num Pad 4 and 6 window positioning commands?

What are the Default $PATH Values?

How to add fonts on Libre Office Writer?

How do I develop an Ubuntu application in HTML and JS?

How To Customize Ubuntu Bash to make it like Mint?

What has Ubuntu contributed to the Linux Kernel?

Are PPAs safe to add to my system and what are some "red flags" to watch out for?

How can I list all packages I've installed from a particular repository?

Is there a Visual Studio style tool/IDE?

What is the size of Ubuntu repository?

How do I look inside apt/trusted.gpg?

What Terminal command will dump all Gconf keys and values? ie the ones seen in gconf-editor

Any complete GUI interface for Mercurial?

How do you view the contents of a .CAB file?

I want to fix a bug. Where do I start?

Recover personal PGP key from old home

How to view an XPS file?

How and why to create -dbg, -dev, -doc packages?

How can I find the version number of an installed package via dpkg?