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Ubuntu 11.04 (aka Natty Narwhal) is the 14th release of the Ubuntu Linux distribution.

Ubuntu 11.04 (aka Natty Narwhal) is the 14th release of the Ubuntu Linux distribution. It was released in April, 2011, and will be supported by Canonical until October 2012. Canonical is the company which supports the development of Ubuntu and related software products.

The previous release of Ubuntu was 10.10, (Maverick Meerkat). To see how Natty is different from Maverick, view the Release Notes.

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sudo keeps asking me for my password in fish shell

sudo in Ubuntu keeps asking me for my password for every command. Previously, I only had to enter the password once, and then it would be remembered for a period of time. This recently changed, probably after "upgrading" to Natty. I've done sudo…
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How to automatically execute a shell script when logging into Ubuntu

How do I get a script to execute automatically when I log in? Not when the machine starts up, and not for all users, but only when I (or any specific user with the script) login via the GNOME UI. From reading elsewhere I thought it was…
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How to install the latest version of Ruby and Ruby on Rails in Ubuntu?

I installed Ruby with the command apt-get install ruby1.9.1, but when I enter ruby in the console, nothing happens. I have to use the command ruby1.9.1-v ruby 1.9.2p0 (2010-08-18 revision 29036) [i686-linux] But how do I call it with ruby and not…
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How do I find out how my USB/harddrive has been formatted on Linux?

I for some reason can't find anything on google that tells me how to figure out what my drive has been formatted to. Any search for my question gives me results for "how to format" and not "what my format is." By format I mean NTFS, FAT32, HFS+,…
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How do I open gnome-terminal in a maximized window by default?

I am using Ubuntu 11.04. When I launch gnome-terminal, how do I make it open in a maximized window by default? Currently it's only taking part of the screen and I always have to maximise the window.
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Gnome: Change title of current terminal from bash command line

I know there are options to start a new terminal with a specified title, and that is is possible to change the title from a terminal using the menu: 'Terminal' -> Set Title. However, I want to change it for a current terminal from command line. How…
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Making Synaptics Palm Detection Work Under Ubuntu 11.04

I'm currently using a MacBook Pro (5,5) with Ubuntu 11.04. Everything works great except palm detection with the Synaptics driver. If I use the "multitouch" driver, palm detection works great. In the past this is what I've done but the multitouch…
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Files in red, what do they mean

What does it mean when a file is in red. I change into one of my directories and run ls and it shows these files I've never seen in red. duplicity-full.20120405T013825Z.vol10.difftar.gz and goes all the way to vol 20. What does this mean?
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How can I make my shell behave like vim?

How can I make my shell behave like vim? I've seen other developers do it but I never got it installed/set up on my machine. Ubuntu 11.04
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cat: /tmp/st.socket No such device or address

I am getting this report when i use the cat to view files within the /tmp directory. cat /tmp/st.socket cat: /tmp/st.socket No such device or address Cheers
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disable everything in update-motd.d dir in ubuntu server

mitjab@server:/etc/update-motd.d$ dir 00-header 10-help-text 91-release-upgrade 98-fsck-at-reboot 99-footer mitjab@server:/etc/update-motd.d$ i need to remove all auto updates or notifiers in my ubuntu server becouse it is to slow. How can i…
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How can I disable the wheel-button paste feature in Ubuntu?

In Ubuntu, the mouse middle-button (wheel-button) pastes the clipboard contents when clicked. When I'm scrolling it keeps pasting things between my codes and most times I don't notice. I can solve this problem temporarily with doing this. But…
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How to use arrow keys while navigating through file tree?

How can I use the arrow keys ← → (right and left) to fold or unfold directories (tree nodes) within e.g. Nautilus or Eclipse instead of using the space bar Space? Is it possible to bind this? (Note: This is very useful if you want to fold a parent…
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Disable SSH Timeouts

Possible Duplicate: ssh terminal session times out, how can this be changed When ever I connect to a server using SSH with multiple windows, few connections get closed. It is probably because of ideal time. I have followed through this blog…
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installing the latest R version (2.13.0) on Ubuntu 11.04

I just upgraded my Ubuntu desktop 10.10 to 11.04. I everything works fine except when trying to update the current R 2.12.1 to R 2.13.0. I followed the readme: http://cran.r-project.org/bin/Linux/Ubuntu/README and added deb…
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