lamcro's questions

I have a Galaxy S3 (SGH-I747; Android 4.1.1; AT&T) and a Galaxy Note (SGH-I717; Android 4.1.2; AT&T). They are both on the same AT&T family plan, which includes the tethering/wi-fi hot-spot (i.e. no need to root the phone).

The wi-fi hot-spot works with both phones to connect my laptop (Ubuntu 12.10; Asus A53E). But I can only use the USB tethering with the Galaxy Note. Any problems with the GS3 I don't know of?

I installed Ubuntu (11.10 64bit) to my new laptop (Asus A53E-XT4), and would like to test capabilities, especially it's 6GB's of RAM.

Is there any software in the Software Center (or on the web), that can help me do this?

I tried running a couple of applications, but the RAM hasn't even passed to 3GB mark!

I have an Ubuntu PC (10.04) which I plan to use as a home server. It's main use will be NAS and media server with MediaTomb.

Should I:

1. backup and reformat PC, and install Ubuntu Server.
2. leave it how it is, and just install necessary software.

I've been using this PC as my main computer for three years+ now, so there is a lot installed. But I don't have much time to properly do option 1.

I've set up both mediatomb and minidlna on my ubuntu 10.04 PC. They both stream media perfectly to my Android phone (Samsung Galaxy) and Google TV (Logitech Revue) using UPNP. Yet my laptop (Ubuntu 11.04), does not see my PC's services on the network.

Update

Forgot to mention that, on my laptop, I've tried both boxee and totem, with the Coherence plugins, with no results.

I used Ubuntu's Startup Disk Creator to make the Live USB, for recovery purposes, and update it often. I have also installed additional software from Ubuntu's Software Center.

If I use that same Live USB to install Ubuntu on a machine, will it also install all updated and new software or will it just install what came in the original image?

I installed Ubuntu, on my work PC, a couple a years ago(2007?) on a separate partition. Typical setup that comes with the installation CD. The primary partition has WinXP. Due to new policies (and lack of use) I want to eliminate Ubuntu from my machine.

How can I do this without breaking my machine?

I was planning to just use GParted to reformat the partition th NTFS, but I fear there's a lot more to do. Does GRUB stop working?

• What is the purpose of a swap partition?
• How do I know I have just enough swap partition? Not too much/little.

My Ubuntu PC is used for typical stuff:

• Web (email, facebook, etc.)
• Some movies
• gaming is rare

When I install Ubuntu to a set of computers that are not connected to the internet, and I need to get the lastest software updates, do I still need to connect them so they download the latest updates? Or is there a better way?

• Download the updates in one connected PC, then copy them to a pen drive and intall it on the others (How?)
• Find an image of the installation CD with the latest updates (possible?)

I installed Xubuntu 10.04 on a couple of PC's with no connection.

Update (10/15/2010)

I made a Xubuntu 10.04 VM on my own PC, and I'm downloading all updates and necessary software. I will then use one of the below mentioned alternatives to upgrade the computers. Hopefuly I'll update them next Monday.

I started scanning personal documents recently and storing them in a folder in my account, now I'm adding text, related to each document, on the Notes tab of each document's Properties window.

When I enabled this folder to be shared by my wife from her account, she can see the scanned documents, but not the notes themselves; the tab appears empty.

• Is there a way to enable sharing those notes? I got to re-check if I enabled sharing correctly.
• Should I place those document in a separate folder; one not inside my own account?
• Is there an application that is better suited for this type of job? Some document management software?
• Some documents are in JPG while others are in PDF.

A couple of days ago, when I came back to my computer after a couple of hours, the following window was on my desktop:

The title bar said "gnome-screensaver-dialog". That's it. I just clicked OK, and went on. This has happened to me once before, but a long time ago.

Please note, I just have the plain blank screen as the screen saver.

I installed the latest Lubuntu image on a pen drive(2GB), using Ubuntu's Startup Disk Creator. My goal for this pen drive is for maintenance of old Windows XP machines.

What software should I install for this? Whether it is already in the Ubuntu repository or not.

Note:

• This is a Community Wiki page.
• I already know some of what to install and that that there are preconfigured distributions for this purpose. I just want a public list for reference (In case I missed something).
• Please mention ONE software per question posted, for better voting.

In Windows XP, you can find out how often an installed application was used by going to the Add/Remove Programs section. You can also get an estimate of how often the application was used.

Is there a way to do this in Ubuntu?

I'd like to make an account for my daughter in which:

• Only the Applications menu is shown. Maybe Places. Definitely no System.
• The Applications menu only shows the applications I choose for her (games, education, etc.)
• There's no internet connection

Whenever I install Ubuntu there are certain applications I automatically install, instead of using Ubuntu's default (VLC comes to mind).

My question is about how some software is chosen over others to a . Is it by the community? Is there a committee?