Ubuntu uses a DNSMasq instance for Network Manager starting in 12.04 - how can I disable it?
I have a .ovpn file with my VPN config - it works fine when I do
sudo openvpn --config ~jrg/Documents/vpn-config.ovpn
in the terminal, but I'd like to use Network Manager. How can I do this?
I keep hearing about Nagios, a really powerful tool for monitoring servers. How do I install it?
Occasionally, when I'm installing stuff, I get an error like the following:
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
package1 : Depends: package2 (>= 1.8) but 1.7.5-1ubuntu1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
How can I resolve this?
How do I make a PGP key? I'd like to have it for signing PPA uploads and such.
So I was browsing the web the other day, and I came across a few places that wanted me to download .deb files - and since those are installed by root (and as such have the "powers" and capabilities of root), I wasn't sure about that.
I run byobu on my home server, and I noticed this today - what is it?
It's part of the byobu notification/status bar, on a 64-bit 11.10 server.
The title says it all. I'd like to know how I can install software - an example is the Chromium web browser.
I keep hearing about these things known as tty's.
what are they
how can I access them
what do they do?
I'd like to use Xubuntu in 11.10 instead of Unity, how do I install it and switch to it?
I've got an laptop with a intel chip, and I'd like to setup dual monitors in Xfce.
How do I do this?
So I'm building a .deb, and I need to do a few post-install commands (linking libraries paths, and a few other things).
Is there a way to have it so when you do a sudo dpkg -i <pacakage-name>.deb, a script runs?
I was playing around with some settings, and now I need to reset GNOME to it's defaults - how do I do that?
Is there a way I get the amazing Deja-dup to make me hourly backups in addition to daily, weekly, biweekly etc? If not, is there something else that I could use instead?
How do I install the latest node.js on Ubuntu? I've been looking around, and I can't find anything. Is there a Ubuntu package for node.js, or do I have to compile it myself?
I've got a .dmg file, and I can't figure out how to open it. How can I open it?
I've been wondering why most Ubuntu projects use Launchpad.net instead of GitHub for the Version Control and bug tracking system. Is there a specific reason as to why Ubuntu uses launchpad (and hence bzr)?
I heard about the Ask Ubuntu Unity Lens over in the chat, and I was wondering how to install it. What are the step-by-step instructions to get it installed, activated and once that's done, how do I use it?
When I login, nothing happens.
I am presented with my desktop wallpaper.
No Dash, no Launcher, nothing.