How to make alt-w close current tab, not current window, in Gnome Shell
I'm trying Gnome Shell, after moving over from Unity. In Unity, I'd press ctrl+w to close the current tab, and alt+F4 to close the current windo...
Published: Jul 19, 2026
Add a new APT mirror from command-line
I need to add a new APT mirror via command-line (I have to add it from a Bash Script). You can found the Bash Script I'm working on here: apt-rollbac...
Published: Jul 19, 2026
Changes for upload_max_filesize, memory_limit & post_max_size in the php.ini aren't affect
I'm trying to increase the upload_max_filesize etc in order to import bigger files with PHPMyadmin. I have changed the php.ini and restart Apache. I ...
Published: Jul 19, 2026
Is a shared library dynamically or statically linked?
I have a trivial static library prepared from two object files ld -shared -o libfoobar.so foo.o bar.o When I check the type of the library file with the f...
Published: Jul 19, 2026
Copy + paste MS Word doc into Libre office doc?
On Ubuntu 14.04 I tried to copy an MS word docx.into a blank libre office document ( control C + Control V) but nothing happens. How can I do this?
Published: Jul 19, 2026
VI won't let me save my vimrc file
I have changed the permissions to allow for: -rwxrwxr-- 1 root root 2214 Oct 4 09:45 vimrc and it still won't let me save to the file. I only have on...
Published: Jul 19, 2026
Can I use Ubuntu on my Mac to recover a FAT32 drive?
I installed a game on my PS3 which is formatted for FAT32 and it corrupted the drive. (The same game did the same thing on another PS3. Rats.) I need to r...
Published: Jul 19, 2026
Ubuntu 20.04 Graphics freezes for 1-2 seconds every 5 seconds
Since I recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my laptop, a few days after a reboot the graphics starts to freeze for about 1.5 seconds every 5 seconds. It go...
Published: Jul 19, 2026
Increase sudo timeout from within a bash script
I have a bash script that installs a lot of software. The whole process takes around 1h therefore I would like to increase the sudo timeout variable. I se...
Published: Jul 19, 2026
How do I upgrade WordPress Installed by APT?
I installed WordPress from the console of Ubuntu 20.10 on a local machine and after setting up a site and attempting to install some plugins, I saw a noti...
Published: Jul 19, 2026
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