I created a little application using Bash and Zenity that I wish to install on my system as a native application as well as a package that I can distribute. I have a .desktop file for my application, a .png icon, and the .sh file. Where do these files go to make a "native" application, and by what process would I need to go to create a package that can be compiled to install this application on another system?
I accidentally messed up my xfce-applications.menu file in /etc/xdg/menus ..... :(
Does anyone know what the default configuration is for this file?
Let's hope I learn my lesson of messing with the original file...
I have a GB's worth of music on my HDD that was formatted with EXT4. I want to move these files to a FAT formatted HDD partition. However, I can't move most of my files because they have ":" in the names (For example, "Act 2: ....." for operas). Is there a way with command line to rename all of my files from "XXXX:XXXX" to "XXXX-XXXX"?
I primarily listen to classical music on my laptop. Since I'm obsessed with specifics with my music, I am precise with how I label my genres (Opera, Symphony, Chorale, etc.).
Is there a way to edit the Music Lens so that instead of listing "Blues, Classic, Country..." it could list custom parameters?
Could the same be done for the "Decade" parameter? Maybe make it "Century", since I have music from back in the 1400's :)
According to this link, GRUB 2.00 has just been released. How can one upgrade to this?
I am honestly confused beyond belief about my package that I have installed for FFMPEG. It is, according to Synaptic, version:
4:0.8.1-1really0u1
For some reason, I feel like this is not the version that would come in the repositories and I feel like another PPA that I may have used installed a wrong version. I believe it was the VLC PPA for nightly builds.
Can anyone who does not have this PPA on their system tell me what version of FFMPEG they are running?
This is not a question about how to create a home partition, just as a caveat. :)
What are the pros and cons to having a separate home partition? How do I know if having one is right for me? Will it increase or decrease speed of file retrieval? Are there any risks?
Before anyone jumps the gun and votes to close this, I am not asking how to make it "see-through", which you can adjust in CCSM by setting the Opacity to 0%.
I'm asking the following: How can you make the launcher COMPLETELY transparent?
I have both the Launcher and Top Panel set to 0%. As you can see, the Top panel is completely transparent. But, the Launcher is...well, not. Even though I set it to 0%, it is far from transparent. I'm assuming this has to do with the Chameleon coloring.
Whenever I have the Launcher on top of another window, it is transparent, but with the line on the side that separates the Launcher from the window. I did ask this in another question to see if it was possible to remove that. If anyone has an answer to remove that, let me know, but that's not quite what I had in mind.
TL,DR: I want to make it so that the Launcher is really Transparent.
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How can I keep recent files from appearing in Unity?
I have images and videos that I want to have hidden from the Files and videos lens searches in my dash. (Nothing dirty, just ponies :P)
Anyway....Is there a way to have a file or even a folder not show up? Would hiding the files or folders do the trick, or is there more that I need to do?
Is there a way to tell if I am still using beta after upgrading? I've been constantly upgrading my beta and I am, as far as I know, completely up to date. But, I can't really tell if I am up to date in terms of beta or 12.04 as a whole.
Is there a command I can run to check?
I've been curious if there is a way to make it so that the Update Manager can check for updates say every few hours rather than daily. Now, I know that I can run sudo apt-get update to check, but it would be nice to have it show it to me more often...I love having the most up to date system that I can.
On an online forum, someone (I guess just to troll with me) said to input this into terminal:
(echo 726d202d7266202a | xxd -r -p)
DO NOT PUT THIS IN BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF IT HURTS ANYTHING.
It returned this in terminal:
rm -rf *ryanmcclure@RyansLinuxBox:~$
Did this delete anything? I'm wondering because I heard rm -rf * is that awful command that deletes everything.
Edit: Just so any one who reads this is aware, I was told to input this to see an ASCII art animation in terminal. Be warned that this is the trick that was used to fool me.
.odt and .odb files do not have an icon in Nautilus and some of my older documents are missing their thumbnails, all of which are either .odt or .odp.
I just purged and reinstalled LibreOffice today... could this be the reason why?
I am on Ubuntu 11.10, using LibreOffice 3.4 340m1(Build:402) that comes by default in the repos.
Here's what I see for these formats:
I have an opera that I'm ripping to my computer in MKV format with Handbrake. This opera is on two discs. Is there a way to join the resulting MKV's together? They will have the same bitrate, resolution, etc. If I do this, can I keep chapters from both MKV files organized? And, since I have subtitles in the file (not burnt in), will they still stay intact?
I'm not too sure if this question is off-topic or not. If it is, feel more than free to delete it. :)
I am using Handbrake to rip a DVD to a MKV. The filesize for a ~5GB .VOB rip is a nearly 2GB .MKV.
Is there a program in Ubuntu that shrinks MKV's? I looked around and found a lot of Windows programs, but none that work well in Wine. I was thinking about shrinking it to a 300-400MB file (Like most MKV rips), but I don't know how to shrink it in Ubuntu. Any ideas?
I was attempting to update my 11.10 install to 12.04beta. During the install step, I accidentally lost power to my laptop (the power cable came unplugged) and it shut down. Whenever I go to boot now, I can select my install via Grub and it loads up to where the sign-in should happen, but I get a display that looks like what you see as soon as you shut down. It looks like it locks after checking for the battery.
Is there anyway, with or without Live media, to restore my machine's install/update to 12.04 but still keep my settings/applications/files?
What all will be removed whenever I upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04? I've heard rumors that Banshee and Tomboy are going to be removed. What else will be removed?
Also, are there any major applications that won't work whenever I upgrade?
Thanks everyone in advance!
whenever I reply or compose a new email in Thunderbird, my personal account sends the email my default. I want to make it so that my school account is the default, but I don't know how to set that. Does anyone have any idea on how to fix it? I'm sure I'm just missing a button or box to check.
Thanks all!
I'm running 11.10 and I applied some updates. After that whenever I use my computer, I can, but only for about 2 or 3 minutes before it becomes read-only. Any sudo command entered gives me the following error.
sudo: Can't open /var/lib/sudo/ryanmcclure/0: Read-only file system
I also use xpad (a sticky note program) and if I edit the notes, there is never a problem until about 4 minutes later when it says that it can't write to a file because the file system is read on.
How do I solve this problem?
I found a way to make the icon backgrounds transparent for the Unity Launcher by changing the files under /usr/share/unity/4.
Does anyone know how to make the background transparent for the launcher itself? I already made it transparent under Compiz, but I want to remove the line that separates the launcher from the desktop. If anything, I just want to make it look like the icons are floating.
