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How do I hide a particular user from the login screen?

How do I hide a particular user from the login screen on a default install of 11.10 and higher? (ie. using Unity Greeter)?
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How to set Monday as the first day of the week in GNOME 2 Calendar applet?

What is the recommended way to change the first day of the week to Monday (instead of Sunday, as in the screenshot below)? I couldn't find anything related in Clock Preferences, nor in System -> Preferences, or System -> Administration. This…
Jonik
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How to exclude certain files in `ls`?

I would like to run ls and exclude certain files in the output. When I run the following command, I get all files, each on a separate line: $ ls -1 file1 file2 file3 temp I would like to run this command in a way so that it shows: $ ls -1 <insert…
Alice Ryhl
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Fix corrupt NTFS partition without Windows

MY NTFS Partition has gotten corrupt somehow (it's a relic from the days when I had Windows installed). I'm putting the debug output of fdisk and blkid here . At the same time, any OS is unable to mount my root partition, which is located next to my…
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How to create UEFI-only bootable USB live media?

Having live media that can boot both ways can be a problem when installing Ubuntu onto currently available Windows 8 computers. In other words the key advantage to creating UEFI-only bootable USB live media is: You know that it definitely booted and…
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How do I find out the kernel version I am running?

The path to previous driver is usually /lib/modules/<kernel-version>/kernel/net/wireless I need this info so I can finish updating my STA Broadcom wireless. However, I'm a noob at Ubuntu and I'm not sure how to find the kernel version or kernel. I…
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What is the command line equivalent of copying a file to clipboard?

What is the command line equivalent to pressing CTRL+C over a file in the file manager so that the file (not the filename) is copied to the clipboard? A situation where this can be useful and fast, for example, is when you want to copy to the…
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What is the difference between a desktop environment and a window manager?

I'm having a really hard time trying to understand what the differences between a desktop environment and a window manager are? EDIT: From this article by Jack Wallen : There are basically three layers that can be included in the Linux desktop: X…
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How do I install the latest TeX Live 2012?

Ubuntu 12.04 still includes the outdated and obsolete 2009 version of TeX Live. Other than installing manually from the TeX Live website, is there any alternative to install the latest 2012 version on Ubuntu Precise 12.04?
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How do I convert a PNG to PDF with only the default packages on 11.10?

Openning a png file in ubuntu, I can see the menu item for 'print to file'. How can I do the same on shell? PS: I prefer installing no extra package, due to lack of root access. EDIT: the operating system is ubuntu 11.10
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What is a command to compile and run C++ programs?

I am new to Linux. I am using Ubuntu 11.04 and do not know how to compile and execute C++ program in it. I need to know the commands to Compile and Execute a C++ program in Linux.
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How do I get add-apt-repository to work through a proxy?

I'm trying to follow the "Installing Cross Toolchain on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) and 10.10 (Maverick) Hosts" instructions on wiki.linaro.org (on my Ubuntu 10.04 VM). The first step is: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linaro-maintainers/toolchain But when I…
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After doing a sudo apt-get install , where does the application get stored to?

After installing apps via apt-get install -app name-. Where does the files get copied to? Are the copied to just one location or multiple locations? And if so how do I find this out? Here's an example:
Patoshi パトシ
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How do I take a screenshot?

I'm not really sure since I'm still new to Linux distros in general
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See configured rules even when inactive

I'm wondering if it's possible to get UFW to list the configured firewall rules even when it's not enabled. I only have ssh access to the server at this time, and I don't want to enable UFW if there's not a rule configured allowing ssh. However,…
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