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Where is the suspend/hibernate button in GNOME Shell?

In 17.04 I could suspend\hibernate from the power off menu button. I can't find how to do this in Ubuntu 17.10 GNOME Shell.
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installing pip3 (for python3) on ubuntu 16.04 LTS using a proxy

I have tried entering: sudo apt install python3-pip The error I get is: $ sudo apt install python3-pip Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed:…
Abisdad
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Reload bash's .profile without logging out and back in again

Is it possible to coerce bash to reload the .profile file without logging out and back in again?
Matty
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What's the difference between multiverse, universe, restricted and main?

I've been peeking into the ubuntu respository and I see four folders, multiverse, universe, restricted and main. What do they represent?
alexyorke
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What IDEs are available for Ubuntu?

This question exists because it has historical significance, but it is not considered a good, on-topic question for this site, so please do not use it as evidence that you can ask similar questions here. See the FAQ for more information. This is a…
RolandiXor
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Where is the X.org config file? How do I configure X there?

As Ubuntu 10.10 seems to neither detect my graphics card (Intel 82852/855GM) automatically nor use the corresponding Intel driver even after manually installing it, I am looking into manually configuring X (shouldn't I?). Where can I find the…
Ivan
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virt-manager can't connect to libvirt

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04.2 32 bits. The error doesn't show up if I start gksudo virt-manager . libvirt-bin is installed. I don't know how to check for the daemon. I am a member of libvirtd . Output of ps ax | grep libvirt : 9225 ? Sl 0:04…
That Brazilian Guy
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How do I stop Orca Screen Reader?

I accidentally opened Orca Screen Reader from the Dash when I was trying to open Screenshot. Now everything I type or click on is spoken out loud. How do I make it stop? For reference, here is a screenshot of Orca Screen Reader running:
ændrük
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Bash: delete from cursor till end of line with a keyboard shortcut

Consider the following bash prompt, where ^ denotes the prompt location: $ git commit -am "[bug 123456] Do this and that with the bug" ^ Suppose that I want to commit again to the same bug, with a different commit message. Is there a way to delete…
Adam Matan
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How do I sudo a command in a script without being asked for a password?

I want to turn my system on automatically every day. So I use the below code in my Python script, but sudo asks me for a password every time: os.system('sudo sh -c "echo date \'+%s\' -d \'+ \ 24 hours\' > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm"') How can I…
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How to enable numlock at boot time for login screen?

I am trying to force numlock to be on upon initial boot at the login screen on Ubuntu 12.04. The only solutions I have found so far switch numlock on only after initial login. I'm looking to force numlock to be on when the login screen is displayed,…
darryn.ten
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How to uninstall VMware Player?

I want to uninstall VMware Player on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS system. How should I uninstall it?
Fanoy
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Upgrade Ubuntu in WSL2 from 20.04 to 22.04

I'm new to WSL2-Ubuntu. My computer already had preisntalled the 20.04 version, but I saw there's already the 22.04 version, so I was wondering if it was worthy to have the new one. If so, how can I upgrade it?
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How to mount a NTFS partition in /etc/fstab?

I have two partitions that I want to mount on startup: /dev/sda3 /mnt/devel ext4 defaults 0 2 /dev/sda2 /mnt/excess ntfs defaults 0 2 The ext4 partition mounts fine (owned by me, writable only by me), but the NTFS mounts owned by root with R\W…
Amanda
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Is it possible to install a .deb from a URL?

Is there a way to install a deb package directly from a URL, using a shell ? Something like dpkg -i http://domain.com/path/to/package.deb (I know I could use wget and then dpkg, I'm just wondering if there's something that does it already)
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