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Create a Bootable USB drive based on the confiuration on my desktop

Posted Tue, 2010-08-31 04:25 by chapslawgeek

I currently have Ubuntu 10.04 installed on my desktop and I want to make a bootable usb drive with the same setup as on my desktop.

Can I create an image from my current machine that will run from a usb without having to install and configure the applications separately?

Thank You,

Barb

Step By Step Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) LAMP Server Setup

Posted Mon, 2010-08-30 08:35 by gg234

In around 15 minutes, the time it takes to install Ubuntu Server Edition, you can have a LAMP (Linux, Apache,MySQL and PHP) server up and ready to go. This feature, exclusive to Ubuntu Server Edition, is available at the time of installation.The LAMP option means you don’t have to install and integrate each of the four separate LAMP components.

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How to install Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.6 beta in ubuntu 10.04/9.10

Posted Fri, 2010-08-27 08:15 by gg234

Ubuntu Tweak is an application to config Ubuntu easier for everyone.It provides many useful desktop and system ptions that the default desktop environment doesn’t provide.With its help, you will enjoy with the experience of Ubuntu!

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taskbar

Posted Mon, 2010-08-23 10:50 by s4b1an

i'm using ubuntu 10.04 and now my laptop don't play the sound while i'm playing music. I lost my top & bottom panel too. please help to solve the problem. thx

Webcamera with no picture (worked before)

Posted Fri, 2010-08-20 20:54 by aavola

I am new user in Ubuntu Community. I have a problem with my webcamera. I am using Ubuntu 10.4 and Skype (Beta) version 2.1.0.81. Well, in Videodevices, there is USB20 Camera (/dev/video0) and a black rectangle with TEST button. If I press it, I can't see any picture...

Sorry for bad English.

How to install Mint Style Gnome Menu in Ubuntu

Posted Fri, 2010-08-20 13:26 by gg234

For those of you who ave ever tried Linux Mint, a distro which is run off the back of Ubuntu, you will have oticed that it has it’s own special and somewhat unique gnome menu to select your applications to run, folders to browse etc

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Can't get past initial login (10.04)

Posted Thu, 2010-08-19 04:56 by Aaron P.

I think I just ruined my family's computer! Any help would be greatly appreciated....

The system appears to be accepting my user name password combination, but isn't letting me go any further.

Here goes: after running through the initial installation process for version 10.04, I enter in my user name and password, the screen flashes black for a second, and I get bounced back to the login screen.

I know I am using the correct user name and password, as 1) I just created it in during the installation process (it's very simple, definitely not making a mistake), and 2) When I have tried the wrong user name/password combinations to test, the system catches it immediately and says that this is incorrect info.

Background/possible clues:

I was attempting to replace XP. Rather than partition the disk and install them side by side to be safe, I was an idiot and decided do a complete replace, so I'm basically stuck with this.

Torrent Search - Torrent searching application for the Gnome desktop environment

Posted Wed, 2010-08-18 10:27 by gg234

Torrent Search is a torrent searching application for the Gnome desktop environment. It looks for torrent files on different websites, and allows the user
to filter the results, making it very easy to find the torrent you want.

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Creating a VPN in Minutes Using Remobo

Posted Wed, 2010-08-11 12:02 by gg234

Remobo is a free software which can be used to replace the paid versions of existing difficult to use VPN setups as it can create a VPN instantly and securely. It lets you login easily and add users to your buddy list, and create a secure network for you. In private chat messaging, the file sharing client helps share information within the buddy list as well. Remobo lets you control your computer and access files securely while away from the system.

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Ubuntu login

Posted Wed, 2010-08-11 02:53 by karthik srinivasan

When i installed ubuntu 9.10, it does not ask anything about root. So, i gave my name as a user name and passwrd. After intalling it, ubuntu does not allow to create/delete/ edit a folder and and file. It just display you are not a root. Why?

How To Make Windows 7 look like Ubuntu

Posted Sun, 2010-08-08 07:19 by gg234

This tutorial will explain step by step how to Make your Windows 7 look like Ubuntu.

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Setting up HP Printer via USB print server

Posted Thu, 2010-08-05 05:50 by Labhrain

I've been working at this for a few days. I've searched all over and as far as I can tell, I'm setting up my printer correctly. I have hpcups (latest version.) My printer is an HP Officejet 5610. It works perfectly if I set it up directly (USB to Ubuntu machine.) No configuring is required. I just plug it in and it already has the drivers. However, when I set it up through the print server, it acts very strangely. It appears to start sending the file, the printer starts to pull the paper, then it just hangs. The printer states "printing" and stays in that state until I turn it off. CUPS states that the printer is "processing" and it stays that way until I cancel the print job.

GCstar - An application for managing your movie/games collection

Posted Wed, 2010-08-04 09:19 by gg234

GCstar is a free open source application for managing your collections. Detailed information on each item can be automatically retrieved from the internet and you can store additional data, such as the location or who you’ve lent it to. You may also search and filter your collection by many criteria.

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Authentication error at initial Login after installation

Posted Mon, 2010-08-02 21:39 by saravubuntu

Hi,

I'm new to Linux, just installed Ubuntu on my VM Ware(on windows).

At booting, i skiped the file mounting error and my user name & password worked well in terminal. But when i try login into the GUI, it throwing "AUTHENTICATION FAILED" Error.

I try googling and got few suggestions but they were not clear enough for me :)
Any help please...

I'm Having a Major Problem booting Ubuntu

Posted Sun, 2010-08-01 19:45 by NineKeh

For the last couple of days, I've been attempting to install Ubuntu 10.04 on my computer from CD. I'm switching over from Windows XP, because Ubuntu seems to take care of everything I need to do on a PC. I burned the .iso image (burned the contents... I didn't burn the actual .iso file) to a 700MB CD, and the burning process finished. The PC reads the burned CD as Ubuntu Linux, and when I boot the CD from Windows, it gives me the options to try it, and reboot my computer to install, et cetera.