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Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx), is the twelfth release of Ubuntu from Canonical.

Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) was released on 29 April 2010 and is a LTS (Long Term Support) release of Ubuntu. This means that unlike normal releases, it will be supported until 2013 on the desktop and 2015 on the server, in contrast to the 18-month support period of non-LTS releases.

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How to check which timezone in Linux?

Is there a way to check which time zone I'm currently in on Linux?
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How to install rmagick on Ubuntu 10.04?

Here's what I've done so far: sudo apt-get install imagemagick libmagickcore-dev This did not throw any errors, so I think that ImageMagick is installed fine. Then I tried installing the gem: sudo gem install rmagick This resulted in the following…
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Why is the CPU usage reported by top in Linux over 100%?

I've seen the CPU usage go over 100%. How is this possible? Is it because I have four CPU cores, so 100% isn't really the max? Also, when a program does this, what else can I do in top besides using the k command?
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Where are man pages stored in Ubuntu?

I hope my question isn't too trivial, but I've never actually needed to know this before. In which directory can I find the files of the man pages, i.e. the read-only text file opened when you type man foo? I assume different distros may keep them…
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Disable WLan if Wired/Cable Network is available

The question says it all. All i want is that my W-Lan connection should be disabled whenever a wired connection is available. What would be the easiest way to do that in Ubuntu/Gnome? In all guides (for instance some about guessnet) i found i had…
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Get a list of open windows in Linux

ps ax shows all the running processes. I want to do something similar, but instead of the names of the actual processes, I want the window names listed instead. What Linux command will do this?
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What does "sudo -s" actually do?

I am using ubuntu 10.04. I notice that after I run in terminal: sudo -s The prompt changed from: my_user@my_hostname to: root@my_hostname Seems it changed to root privilege. But when I check the documentation of sudo command here, it explains…
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Disable MySQL startup in Ubuntu 10.04

I want to prevent MySQL from starting in Ubuntu 10.04 I have used update-rc.d -f mysql remove and confirmed that there is no link to the /etc/inid.d/mysql script from any of the rc?.d directories. I also ran sysv-rc-conf and it shows me that MySQL…
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What do do when Linux gui freezes

I'm running Gnome with compiz in Ubuntu 10.04. Sometimes the gui will freeze. I can move the mouse, but I can't interact with programs. The only thing I can do is go to a terminal window with Alt+Ctrl+F(n). From there I login and do a sudo reboot.…
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What is the meaning of kill %1

I have seen the following command: $ kill %1 What is the usage of this statement?
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How can I properly set sudo/visudo's editor?

I am using Ubuntu 10.04 Server and trying to set up sudoers to respect a user's EDITOR choice (within limits) In my sudoers I have: Defaults editor=/usr/bin/nano:/usr/bin/vim Defaults env_reset And in the user .bashrc: export…
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RSS feed reader from the terminal in Linux

Is there a way by which I can read RSS feeds from the terminal itself? Something that would display the titles and a link to follow. Or maybe a software which works from within the terminal.
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why is nautilus slow?

I'm wondering why Nautilus is very slow when opening a directory containing lots of files. My /usr/lib dir for example has 1900 files and it takes approximately 5+ seconds to show everything. It has been like this since I installed Ubuntu few months…
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Open terminal on start in a specific place and size

I want that each time I login to my account (Ubuntu-desktop) a Terminal will open in a specific location and in a specific size. In which file do I put the command, and what is the command?
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VLC - how to show FPS

Is there any standard way in VLC to show FPS ?
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