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Ubuntu 12.04 (aka Precise Pangolin), is the sixteenth release(version) of Ubuntu from Canonical.

Ubuntu 12.04 (aka Precise Pangolin) was released on 26 April 2012 and is the latest LTS (Long Term Support) release of Ubuntu. This means that unlike normal releases, both the desktop and server version will be supported until April 2017, in contrast to the 18-month support period of non-LTS releases.

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Why Virtual Box won't give me option to create 64 bits guests?

My host is x64 bits Windows 8.1. I downloaded the latest Virtual Box (4.3) and I'm trying to create a VM with a 64 bits Ubuntu OS (ubuntu-12.04.3-desktop-amd64). When I go to New VM wizard, it doesn't give me option to select "Ubuntu (x64)" as I…
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How to whois new TLDs?

How can I look up new TLDs, such as .email, .guru, etc., using the whois command in linux? Running whois on a new TLD only gives the response: No whois server is known for this kind of object.
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Install public key via ssh-copy-id for other users

ssh-copy-id can be used to install your public key in a remote machine's authorized_keys. Could the same command be used to install other users' public keys, if you have sudo ability? Update: both local and remote are using Ubuntu 12.04. Update 2:…
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How to disable a keyboard key in Linux (Ubuntu)?

my keyboard is damaged, the keyboard key [é] is always pressed and it prevents me from working. On windows I found the software sharpkey to disable the [é] button but on Ubuntu I can't found no solution. On many forums they talks about Xmodmap…
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How to tab completion when typing command in tmux?

Some commands (kill-session and kill-server) have the same prefix. When I type (prefix:kill-seTab), tmux won't give me any result. Is there a option to show wildmenu for auto-completion inside tmux? I'm using Ubuntu 12.04
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How do I reactivate my MDADM RAID5 array?

I've just moved house which involved dismantling my server and re-connecting it. Since doing so, one of my MDADM RAID5 arrays is appearing as inactive: root@mserver:/tmp# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [linear] [multipath]…
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How can I remove the ssh last login info?

Whenever I log into a server using ssh. The prompt gives me "last login" information. I was wondering where this information comes from. How can I remove this record so when someone else log into the same server, the person would see my login info…
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How to best clone a running system to a new harddisk using rsync?

I have a system running as a server that has a failing harddrive. While all important data is on a RAID and backed up and all that, I don't have an image of the system itself. There is no specific need as I can do the install of course, but I still…
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What means * and ! at second field of /etc/shadow?

As far as I know, the 2nd field of /etc/shadow is the encrypted password of the user. But some user e.g. daemon user have * in the field, in my environment(Ubuntu 12.04) root have ! in the field. I assume ! means like "all password is invalid, you…
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Ctrl+Alt+T doesn't open a Terminal in Cinnamon 1.6

I just updated to the stable version of Cinnamon 1.6 in Ubuntu 12.04 x64, but I found a bug which just get's me out of my skin. The key combination CtrlAltT which is supposed to open up the Terminal doesn't work. Any ideas? P.S. I would really like…
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WARNING: terminal is not fully functional

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS. But my terminal get to a bit probem sice two or three month ago. You know, when I want to see man page, git diff or something like that, I got a warning and I can't go up and down throw the results (e.g in man…
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VirtualBox Ubuntu VM doesn't automatically sync time with host even with Guest Additions installed

I'm running a Ubuntu VM with VirtualBox and I have both the dkms and virtualbox-guest-additions packages installed. I read in this answer that the system clock should sync with the host automatically with the Guest Additions, but mine doesn't seem…
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Why is my crontab not running

I have this cron 38 * * * * /bin/bash -l -c 'cd /var/rails/site/releases/20120705144335 && script/rails runner -e qa '\''Play.load_lists'\''' I have this cron under the a different user so I switch users to deploy sudo su deploy crontab -e and i…
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Why does the command mv return the message mv: cannot move Device or resource busy on Linux?

I was attempting to move files from one directory to another and was displayed the following message although the files were moved. Why does display the "error" and what does it mean? When does it occur? The directories are on the same device and…
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Where should I export an environment variable so that all combinations of bash/dash, interactive/non-interactive, login/non-login, will pick it up?

Here's the motivation for the question: I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2 with the Unity desktop. In my .bashrc file, I append several directories to my PATH variable and define a few environment variables, such as JAVA_HOME. When I launch applications…
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