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Urhixidur
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Started programming back in the late 1970s (FORTRAN and APL at first, later C and Pascal) on mainframes, then my own 8-bit Atari (BASIC, 6502 assembler) and so on ever since.

I'm also quite active in various Wikimedia projects, using the same handle.

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How do I get add-apt-repository to work through a proxy?
Jan 21, 2015
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My postinst script launches a service successfully but apt-get apparently shuts it down. Why? [closed]
Sep 16, 2013
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"Security updates for current Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) ended on 2016-08-04”
Sep 26, 2016
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How to properly detach a command?
Sep 11, 2014
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"Security updates for current Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) ended on 2016-08-04”
Sep 26, 2016
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How can I elevate nautilus privileges to move or copy a folder as root?
May 7, 2012
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How to seed the apt and/or dpkg database of packages?
Jul 30, 2014
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Why does dpkg give me this parsing error?
Sep 25, 2014
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How to seed the apt and/or dpkg database of packages?
Jul 25, 2014
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File caching virtual machine problem?
Jan 20, 2017
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How can I check if a package is installed and install it if not?
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What is the difference between "system32\java.exe" and "Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_33\bin\java.exe"?
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Strange disconnect between Eclipse CDT, included system headers, and the underlying C build
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How to force eclipse to use a specified interface language?
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Should the command line "usage" be printed on stdout or stderr?

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