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Martin Hope
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Asked: 2012-09-15 13:54:48 +0800 CST
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I've searched the net for such information and found different command lines, like these ones:

sudo apt-get remove application
sudo apt-get remove application*

sudo apt-get remove --purge application
sudo apt-get remove --purge application*

sudo apt-get purge application
sudo apt-get purge application*

So, what is the correct way? Is it necessary to use that "*"?

After that, I also found these commands:

sudo updatedb
sudo locate application
sudo rm -rf (file/folder name)
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Martin Hope
user48949
Asked: 2012-04-17 03:39:34 +0800 CST
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is there any difference between using Ubuntu Unity and GNOME Classic/Fallback? Just to be clear, I'm not talking about the Launcher or the Dash. Of course Ubuntu Classic/Fallback doesn't have the Launcher/Dash, but this is not the difference I'm talking about. I mean differences related to performance, features, functionalities, compatibilities, etc. These kinds of differences. I'm asking this because I've heard the Fallback Mode is kind of "incomplete" when it's compared to Gnome Shell or Ubuntu Unity, so I just wanted to know whether or not it's true, because if it's true, I don't think using Fallback Mode is worth it.

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Martin Hope
user48949
Asked: 2012-03-09 03:15:36 +0800 CST
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When I have more than one instance of a program running and I minimize all of them, they are grouped in a single icon on the launcher. For example, I'm chatting with three people on Emesene: Joe, Mary and Paul. Then I minimize all three windows and they are grouped in the same Emesene icon on the launcher. Then, if I want to restore only Joe's window, I can't because if I click on the Emesene icon on the launcher, it restores all three windows automatically (or it shows that animation with all open windows available for me to choose - but this is laggy for me here - probably my computer - so it's useless).

I'd like to know if there's any way to either "ungroup" windows, showing a separate icon for each of them, or have a kind of a "context menu" or a quick list, showing a list of all grouped windows so I could choose and click on the one I want only.

If I can disable windows grouping, excellent. I think that would be better. If not, I thought of something like this...

  1. Right-click on the icon with grouped windows.
  2. A menu appears showing all windows available: Restore all, Joe, Mary, Paul.
  3. I pick what I want from the list and the window(s) is(are) shown.

That's it. Does this exist yet? If so, please, could you help me find it or do it?

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Martin Hope
user48949
Asked: 2012-03-03 18:09:05 +0800 CST
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This is something new to me, so I need help, please.

I need to buy a wifi mouse, but I don't know if it's going to work on my Ubuntu 11.10. I've seen some mice here and all of them mention Windows or Mac. None of them mentions Linux.

So, what do you have to say? With the experience you have, do you know if this kind of mouse works normally on Linux (Ubuntu)? Do you recommend any specific brand?

Another doubt I have is... When they say "wifi" mouse, what is this "wifi" exactly? Is it bluetooth or a specific wifi system just for the mouse? All the mice I've seen come with a USB dongle. So, is this dongle a bluetooth adaptor or a specific wifi adaptor just for the mouse itself? I'm asking this because, if this dongle is a bluetooh one, I guess I won't need it because my laptop has a native bluetooth feature.

Thanks for your time, guys. :)

brunces

wireless mouse bluetooth