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Whats the .local folder for in my Home Directory
What is the ~/.local folder good for and is it safe to remove the content within this folder?
Elitmiar
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How can I update Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu?
I downloaded the .tar.gz version of VS Code for Ubuntu (64-bit) and have been able to run it smoothly for some time. Some extensions have been installed too. How can I efficiently update this VS Code installation? One thing I can think of is to just…
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How do I download a YouTube video?
What are instructions on how to download videos from YouTube? Notice: Terms of Service Violation Please be aware that by following any of the answers below, you will be violating YouTube's Terms of Service (TOS) . In particular, from Section 5.B.:…
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How to Search for Files Recursively into Subdirectories
I am trying to look for all XML files in a particular directory and all sub-directories (recursively) inside it. ls -R *.xml is only listing files in the current directory. I am quite sure, the sub-folders themselves have several .xml files, but…
Shamim Hafiz - MSFT
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How to make Gimp run as a single window?
Gimp is nice, but the one thing that drives me nuts is that everything floats around in front of each other, often hiding the main window and forcing me to minimize all open windows until I find the one floating window that I am looking for. I'd…
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Annoying flickering in 16.04 LTS - Chrome
I've upgraded from 4.4.0 to 4.4.8 and then 4.5.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit, and it's still happening. At 4.5.2 it's even more frequent, and mainly in Chrome (haven't tried firefox or opera just yet). Every time I open a new web page. Any way to fix…
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How do I open a text file in my terminal?
There is a file named RESULTS.txt and I want to open this file in my terminal. (I mean I want to see the file contents be displayed in the terminal and not in some text editor) How do I do that ?
Suhail Gupta
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dpkg error: "trying to overwrite file, which is also in..."
For example: $ sudo apt-get install curl Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: bsh :…
missingfaktor
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How do you set a default audio output device in Ubuntu?
Every time I boot up, I have to switch my audio output device to my "Line Out" headphones because for some reason my microphone defaults as a speaker. See this screenshot:
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What does this apt error message ("Download is performed unsandboxed as root...") mean?
I get it after updating in Synaptic Manager I recently did a clean install of Ubuntu 17.04 from 16.10. error message:- W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file…
Julian Arthurs
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How to install many font files quickly and easily?
I need to install more than 100 fonts, so I was wondering if there is an easy way to do this task? I know you can opening every single one and pressing install font, but installing more then 100 fonts this way will be very time-consuming. In my home…
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Where can I look up my update history?
Is there a place where I can look what updates I've installed?
vrcmr
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Ubuntu 17.10 and later: can't change the input switching shortcut to alt+shift
When I try to set the default combo for switching to different language layouts in my keyboard from Shift + Super + Space to Alt + Shift I can't. I used to have this combo since Ubuntu 14 and even before that when I used to have Windows. Now for…
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Any app on Ubuntu to open and/or convert HEIF pictures (.HEIC, High Efficiency Image File Format)?
A certain cellphone maker has changed the default format of taking pictures to HEIF (.HEIC, High Efficiency Image File Format), without asking the users (although there is still the option to use jpeg/jpg). Is there an app/program on Ubuntu that can…
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How to install Chrome browser properly via command line?
I am trying to install chrome browser via command line. I tried this: $ apt-cache search chrome browser The results show that the proper term is "chrome-browser," so I tried that: $ sudo apt-get install chrome-browser And then "Y" for the Y/n…
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