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Difference between PGP and GPG

What are the main differences between PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) and GPG (GNU Privacy Guard) in relationship with security in Ubuntu and Launchpad?
Luis Alvarado
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How to create a Wi-Fi Hotspot (in Access Point mode)?

How to setup an Access Point (AP) mode Wi-Fi Hotspot? Point to be noted : Wireless access points aren't the same as ad hoc networks. They differ significantly. In short, ad hoc networks aren't supported on newer devices and most Android, Windows…
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How to get rid of Ubuntu Pro advertisement when updating apt?

Recently, whenever I run apt update/upgrade , I get the following message in the terminal: Try Ubuntu Pro beta with a free personal subscription on up to 5 machines. Learn more at https://ubuntu.com/pro Does anyone know any way to get rid of this?
Scotty_Trees
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How do I delete multiple lines in nano without affecting the clipboard?

I can select all file by going to the 1st line Alt + \ , start marking the text by Alt + A , go to the last line by Alt + / But there, I don't know which key to remove the selected text. Hit delete doesn't work for me but Ctrl + K to cut the text…
Nam G VU
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A start job is running for wait for network to be configured. Ubuntu server 17.10

i just installed ubuntu server on my laptop and everything works fine except for the fact that at boot if the laptop is not connected to ethernet or in range of my wi-fi i get this message "A start job is running for wait for network to be…
vlad27
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View history of commands run in terminal

Is there a way to save all my typed terminal commands and view it like history in a log book?
rgr
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How to install .bundle packages in Ubuntu?

I've recently downloaded a package with .bundle extension. it's VMware-Player-6.0.3-1895310.x86_64.bundle . I want to install vmware-player , but when I open that, it opens with text editor.
αғsнιη
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How do I increase the resize margin on windows?

It takes me about 5 tries to resize a window on my computer. Is there a way to increase the resize margin on the edge of windows?
RyanScottLewis
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How to remove Postgres from my installation?

I have ubuntu 9.10(karmic), and when I attempted to install a new program, the postgres was installed as a dependency of that program, no problem at all if the installation occurs with success, but there was an error, and the Postgres was not…
devasia2112
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Not enough free disk space when upgrading

I'm getting an error in software updater when I try and do my daily updates. it says: The upgrade needs a total of 25.3 M free space on disk `/boot`. Please free at least an additional 25.3 M of disk space on `/boot`. Empty your trash and remove…
carmatt95
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Where to install programs?

Possible Duplicate: What is the best place to install user apps? I've downloaded a .tar.gz and ran sudo sh install.sh . It's asking me where to install the program to. I don't want it cluttering up my home directory, and I want it to be available in…
mpen
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How to run 32-bit app in Ubuntu 64-bit?

I installed Ubuntu 14.04 and the current Android development SDK, which contains 32-bit executables. I found that I cannot run those 32-bit binaries. Trying to start them from bash gives me an error: $ ./adb bash: ./adb: No such file or directory It…
Thomas Stuefe
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Arrow keys, Home, End, tab-complete keys not working in shell

I have installed ubuntu minimal(mini.iso) on my vm. I then used recovery mode to login as root and create an account with useradd -m admin and then set a password with passwd admin . When I login on the new account, instead of the normal prompt I…
user145166
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How do I pipe terminal standard output (stdout) to the clipboard?

Say I want to list the contents of a folder and directly paste them into a chat window for a friend to see. I realize I could do ls > filename.txt to create a file ( filename.txt ) with those contents; I'd then have to open or print the file and…
Insperatus
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How do I delete my commands quickly?

I use terminal for almost all tasks. Let's say I have entered a huge command like this: sudo a-huge-command What is the easiest way to delete the whole command with a single shortcut, rather than keep on hitting backspace key? I'm a Ubuntu newbie…
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