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Cant start tor browser [duplicate]

I downloaded tor but can't start it. This is what I keep getting ~$ start-tor-browser start-tor-browser: command not found I did download it, but jus...

Published: Jul 29, 2026

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How to uninstall a game which is not letting me uninstall it? [duplicate]

I had downloaded feist and installed it just to test the gaming capability of ubuntu, since am new to it. Now as I can see it works perfectly fine, I am t...

Published: Jul 29, 2026

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Is it possible to control app volume from taskbar?

I currently have Pulse Audio Volume Control and I'm using it to control audio between my laptop & external monitor as well as volume of different...

Published: Jul 29, 2026

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How to uninstall Scangear

I installed Scangear to access my Canon Mx922 scanner(only way I could recognize it was wirelessly) cups recognized the printer fine. Ubuntu now wants to ...

Published: Jul 29, 2026

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Where does AdBlock Plus store it's settings

I have recently installed Ubuntu (14.04) on new partition. I still have the broken version of Ubuntu on the old partition and I want to copy some settings...

Published: Jul 29, 2026

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How to install the `htop` manpage?

I have htop installed via snap, but apparently the man page (man htop) is not installed. Is it possible to install this?

Published: Jul 29, 2026

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cannot ping localhost

I am not able to ping localhost ashish@ashishk:~$ ping localhost PING localhost (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. ^C --- localhost ping statistics --- 16 ...

Published: Jul 29, 2026

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CIFS shares not mounting after modifying /etc/fstab

I've been able to mount my nas shares by first making directories in the /media folder, then : sudo gedit /etc/fstab to include the following line fo...

Published: Jul 29, 2026

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os.mkdir() permission denied when running python using shell script

This is my python file wish to run: my_python.py import os import numpy as np os.mkdir(<some path>) example_code = np.empty(1) This is my script to ...

Published: Jul 29, 2026

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How to restart the Network Manager in 16.04 whenever Wi-fi is enabled?

Is there a way to restart the Network manager every time I check the "Enable Wi-fi" from the applet's dropdown menu?

Published: Jul 29, 2026