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Found a good tip here: http://ubuntuguide.net/quickly-close...kill-in-ubuntu
It's very useful for terminating unresponsive programs. |
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You can easily set up a keyboard shortcut by clicking the column next to xkill under shortcut. It should change from "Disabled" to "New shortcut..." Type out the combination you want and it will be set. Next time you type your shortcut, xkill will appear. |
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I have the following doubt (based on lack of knowledge) and because I haven't yet looked at the links so kindly provided by Ritho: Could the download of Ubuntu be made smaller by making a version that: does not include the source code. This would appreciated by end-users who have no competence whatsoever in tinkering.The end-user then has the choice of downloading whatever he or she needs. Just a thought ![]() |
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The light version will likely be a much smaller download. It does not state how big the file is however. Ubuntu light is designed to be an instant boot enviroment and I believe it contains only what is needed to get online. The idea is you can boot almost instantly and check your email, or write to your blog, etc. Then if you need more power you boot into the full desktop.
So in a way it is what you are asking for, but I don't know if it will allow you to install much more. However, there are another choices for a lighter version of Ubuntu. 1. http://u-lite.org/ about 350MB 2. http://lubuntu.net/ about 570MB 3. You might want to have a look at all these http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=575456 You can also build your own version from scratch. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Li...ionFromScratch.
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Installed Amarok on Ubuntu 10.04, playback an mp3 file but has no sound, though playback the same from Banshee has sound.
![]() After some searching, I entered sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg into Terminal as it says Amarok is using xine backend. Then logged out and logged back in the system, still no sound. ![]() At the end, I went to System > Preferences > Sound and adjusted the Hardware Profile settings. The sound came back. ![]() |
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OK, so now here's the latest from MC's excursion into Linux. Moved to Ubuntu 9.04 ages back but the upgrade to 9.10 did not support my USB modem so drifted back to Windoze. 10.04 does though and after more issues with W7 my tech persuaded me to try this which was duly installed a couple of days ago. He installed the OS in his native Portuguese in order to script the modem configs and then reverted to English. This caused a few problems, especially with my UK bred keyboard but after hunting with Synaptic and removing all items Portuguese and adding a few more English packs all was well.
I added usual restricted packages plus VLC, Deluge, Gufw, XSensors, Screenlets and theme pack to make the system habitable and was back in business. Also downloaded the latest BitDefender scanner to avoid inadvertently sending a Windoze virus to Gizmo ![]() Originally my intention was to run PC Linux OS as soon as we moved and got a landline connection sorted but now I may well stick with Ubuntu. None of the issues I experienced before with fonts, sound and network are present in this release and so far the whole thing just "works" and with very little input required from me (which is just as well ![]() Attachment 570 Attachment 571
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Now I've worked out how easy it is to convert and re-size the images you can be bored by same in a readable format
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