Ubuntu: browser hijacker won't go away after deleting Vista

Question: I recently downloaded Ubuntu and deleted the old OS, windows vista, however, a browser extension called Frontier search has ...

Ubuntu: How to install ubuntu on an old mac-mini [duplicate]

Question: This question already has an answer here: Xubuntu or Lubuntu on a Mac mini? ...

Ubuntu: PPTP VPN in ubuntu cannot connect

Question: I use ubuntu 14.04,Today when I connect to my pptp vpn,it failed;And I do not know how to do it. I see the following messa...

Ubuntu: Connecting to VPN server closes SSH tunnel

Question: Once I start to connect the VPN, I immediately lose the connection to my dedi-server. My aim is to still be able to ssh to ...

Ubuntu: Start Dropbox on Startup

Question: I installed Dropbox (2.0.26) via the command line instructions here . Dropbox is running great except that it won't ...

Ubuntu: Pencil 2.0.9 opens a new firefox window instead of the software itself

Question: Pencil Project is being actively developed here . I have firefox installed and I copied the linux package files to their res...

Ubuntu: Why don't my lightdm.conf edits affect my desktop screen resolution?

Question: I wanted to change my desktop screen resolution to 1366x768 . But my VESA drivers(AMD REDWOOD) did not detect that resoluti...

Ubuntu: Fix unmet dependencies libc-bin

Question: I am trying to install some programs, but I met with unmet dependencies. For example, sudo apt-get upgrade yields Read...

Ubuntu: How to install TP-LINK TL-WN722N on Ubuntu? [closed]

Question: I'm new to Ubuntu and I'm trying to install my TL-WN722N. I'v seen several tutorials on how, but the don't s...

Ubuntu: How to close the Terminal?

Question: I found many questions about how to open the terminal but cant find a question with an answer on how to close the terminal a...

Ubuntu: How to change the spacing of formula objects in Libreoffice Writer

Question: I'm inserting scientific formulae into a document in Libreoffice Writer within a paragraph using Insert>Object>For...

Ubuntu: Unable to mount Windows (NTFS) filesystem due to hibernation

Question: Whenever I boot Ubuntu, I get a message that it cannot mount my windows partition, and I can choose to either wait, skip or ...

Ubuntu: Clicking sound when playing audio

Question: Before flagging this question as duplicate, this is not a random or periodic clicking sound. It only happens once a sound is...

Ubuntu: Can connect to only some networks after update 14.10

Question: I'm using Lubuntu 14.10 on my Macbook 3,1. I'm using the only available Airport driver bcmwl-kernel-source and it i...

Ubuntu: LAMP server installation stops at 79% configuring MySQL (EC2 BitNami AMI)

Question: I have created an ubuntu 10.04 cloud server on the Amazon cloud (EC2) I am encountering a stalled LAMP install each time I t...

Ubuntu: checking what the previous versions of a package that were installed or checking transaction records for apt

Question: I've got an ubuntu system that was upgraded from 12.04 (I think) to 14.04. I have a bunch of packages that were held, wh...

Ubuntu: What does '~$' mean? [closed]

Question: I just reset my username and password and am logging in for the first time since reset. After entering username and password...

Ubuntu: How do I make a Theme from scratch for Unity?

Question: I'd like to make a theme from scratch for Unity. What knowledge and information/skills are needed? Are there any too...

Ubuntu: Change permissions to a specific user in Ubuntu 12.04 [closed]

Question: How can I change the permission (555 or 755) to a user in a specific folder in Ubuntu 12.04. I used this command, but it d...

Ubuntu: Unique problem facing installing Ubuntu 14.04 alongside preinstalled windows 8.1 on laptop lenovo z7080

Question: I have recently buy lenovo z7080 laptop which has windows 8.1 pre-installed. I updated all the drivers and started to dual b...

Ubuntu: Missing letters in menus and folder names

Question: The names of my folders and the menus are not displayed correctly (even the tabs names in firefox). A lot of letters are mis...