I can use Alt-X to enter Unicode on an old machine. How is this possible?
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I can use Alt-X to enter Unicode on an old machine. How is this possible?

I dug out an old Acer Aspire E1-771 laptop and put Ubuntu 18.04 LTS amd64 on it (just Ubuntu, no Windows). I now find I can use Alt + X to insert Unicode ...

Published: Jul 20, 2026

Rhythmbox missing dependencies on Ubuntu 18.04
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Rhythmbox missing dependencies on Ubuntu 18.04

I have a brand new installation of Ubuntu 18.04. When I try to stream radio Rhythmbox I get the error Your GStreamer installation is missing a plug-in I h...

Published: Jul 20, 2026

how to allow VMs and host ping each other?
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how to allow VMs and host ping each other?

I'm trying to set up a few VMs of ubuntu on my windows 7 machine. I need the machines to be able to ping each other and I would like to assign them a...

Published: Jul 20, 2026

Terminal says Chromium is installed but I can't find it?
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Terminal says Chromium is installed but I can't find it?

I tried to install Chromium using sudo apt-get install chromium-browser and all seemed to be well but when I went to search the computer to open Chromium ...

Published: Jul 20, 2026

Ubuntu Server 20.04.1 LTS, not all disk space was allocated during installation?
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Ubuntu Server 20.04.1 LTS, not all disk space was allocated during installation?

During the installation of Ubuntu Server 20.04.1 LTS I chose to use the entire disk as partition (default partitioning that's recommended for beginne...

Published: Jul 20, 2026

Nvidia GPU heats up on idle on ubuntu 19.04
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Nvidia GPU heats up on idle on ubuntu 19.04

I have a MSI gs65 8sf laptop with ubuntu 19.04 and the latest driver of the nvidia. My problem is that when the Nvidia GPU is in idle (e.g. when I switch ...

Published: Jul 20, 2026

Automatic say yes to make ext3 file system on disk with mkfs.ext3
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Automatic say yes to make ext3 file system on disk with mkfs.ext3

I am working on a script where I make a ext3 filesystem on a disk, the problem is that the script ask user to either say yes or no: root@ubuntu:/home/scho...

Published: Jul 20, 2026

Is separate EFI boot partition required?
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Is separate EFI boot partition required?

In the past with BIOS, I've never created a separate partition for the bootloader. My question is, if i wish to use UEFI, is a separate boot partitio...

Published: Jul 20, 2026

How do I call a sed command in a python script? [closed]
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How do I call a sed command in a python script? [closed]

Through python script, I am trying to replace a string by a string in a file using sed command. I do that through subprocess.call as it in the script. Whe...

Published: Jul 20, 2026

Unable to verify the SHA256 checksum for Focal (20.04) LTS minimal cloud image
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Unable to verify the SHA256 checksum for Focal (20.04) LTS minimal cloud image

I'm attempting to follow the official How to verify your Ubuntu download tutorial to verify the checksum provided with the 20.04 minimal cloud image ...

Published: Jul 20, 2026

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