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Here is the launchpad project, they have a PPA...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:32:52 -0400https://liberty.io/what-does-local-do.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-does-local-do.htmlI've got several Ubuntu machines on my network at home, but the DNS is provided by a windows server (2K). When I ssh to them from another , if I ssh to them as "machine" I can't connect, but if I ...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:26:48 -0400https://liberty.io/is-there-a-tool-for-a-b-audio-comparison.htmlhttps://liberty.io/is-there-a-tool-for-a-b-audio-comparison.htmlI've been in this situation a few times where I would like to directly comare two audio files sonically to each other. 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Now I looking for a way to ...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:58:01 -0400https://liberty.io/prevent-supress-showing-popup-of-wifi-connection-asking-for-password-o.htmlhttps://liberty.io/prevent-supress-showing-popup-of-wifi-connection-asking-for-password-o.htmlIm working on a C++ program that can execute terminal commands for me, and one of its functions is wifi manipulation (connect, disconnect, forget). Right now I am trying to execute a wifi connection ...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:55:32 -0400https://liberty.io/give-specific-user-permission-to-write-to-a-folder-using-w-notation.htmlhttps://liberty.io/give-specific-user-permission-to-write-to-a-folder-using-w-notation.htmlI know I can assign the permission to write to an owner/group/others like this: chmod u+w myfolder Can I specify the specific user here? Some like this: chmod username u+w myfolder...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:53:44 -0400https://liberty.io/switch-dns-quickly.htmlhttps://liberty.io/switch-dns-quickly.htmlIn Android we have applications like daedalus which is a local VPN (Not remote) and used to change DNS quickly. I need such way in Ubuntu in order to change DNS whenever needed. Do we have any way......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:36:59 -0400https://liberty.io/problem-with-scp-syntax.htmlhttps://liberty.io/problem-with-scp-syntax.htmlI am trying to copy a .tar archive from remote server to my pc. Directory of the archive that I want to copy: canserhan@embserv:~/tar_files/rtl_archive.tar Destination: serhan@serhan-Lenovo-B56......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:33:33 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-install-brother-printer-drivers.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-install-brother-printer-drivers.htmlHave read previous answers and they do not solve my problem. I downloaded Brother printer drivers. From file cabinet search found Downloads, Properties show it went to /home/myname/Downloads. Confi......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:31:32 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-test-the-microphone-on-a-laptop.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-test-the-microphone-on-a-laptop.htmlEverything here works so far -- in that, crucially, the sound plays back. How is the microphone itself tested? nicholas@gondor:~$ nicholas@gondor:~$ sudo aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware De......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:25:17 -0400https://liberty.io/convert-images-to-pdf.htmlhttps://liberty.io/convert-images-to-pdf.htmlI have saved multiple images from google books. I wanted to convert them to a single pdf file, where in I need some inputs. The below two images(one png and one jpeg) are two continuous pages. first ...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:04:30 -0400https://liberty.io/black-screen-after-changing-screen-resolution-on-ubuntu-19-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/black-screen-after-changing-screen-resolution-on-ubuntu-19-04.htmlI have a laptop with AMD Ryzen 2500u, Vega 8 graphics card. I installed Ubuntu 19.04 with GNOME. But my issue is that I can't change the screen resolution from my current (1920x1080) to any other o......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:03:27 -0400https://liberty.io/copying-ssh-key-from-root-to-another-user-on-same-machine.htmlhttps://liberty.io/copying-ssh-key-from-root-to-another-user-on-same-machine.htmlI am trying to create a server setup script. On initialization of the server, I add my ssh key which then gives me access to the root user via ssh. I now have created another user and gave them sudo ...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:00:40 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-reset-the-terminal-properties-and-preferences.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-reset-the-terminal-properties-and-preferences.htmlI fooled around with the colors and stuff, in the terminal, and now want to go back to the maroon and white default config of the the terminal. What files do I have to delete?...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:47:33 -0400https://liberty.io/differences-between-command-disown-and-nohup-command-disown.htmlhttps://liberty.io/differences-between-command-disown-and-nohup-command-disown.htmlThis is my understanding about the usage of &, disown and nohup: <command>: runs the process within the Terminal's current bash instance, in the foreground (i.e. the process is listed as a ...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:41:37 -0400https://liberty.io/wrong-webcam-driver.htmlhttps://liberty.io/wrong-webcam-driver.htmlI have two Logitech C920 PRO HD webcams connected to my system via USB. However, one of these cameras displays the wrong name in the lsusb command output: Bus 003 Device 003: ID 046d:0892 Logitech......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:25:53 -0400https://liberty.io/error-401-unauthorized-with-apt-install-on-surface-book-2.htmlhttps://liberty.io/error-401-unauthorized-with-apt-install-on-surface-book-2.htmlI’m trying to set up my Surface Book 2 using Ubuntu 20.04. I first used following commands: wget -qO - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/master/pkg/keys/surface.asc | gp......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:19:20 -0400https://liberty.io/user-cnxsoft-ask-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/user-cnxsoft-ask-ubuntu.htmlQ&A for Ubuntu users and developers...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:17:16 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-permanently-save-the-content-of-etc-resolv-conf.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-permanently-save-the-content-of-etc-resolv-conf.htmlAs I mentioned in the title, ctrl+s doesn't permanently save the content of that file, if I rebooted my machine I lost all the configuration I did in there, an help, please....Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:15:46 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-use-an-ipad-as-a-graphics-tablet-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-use-an-ipad-as-a-graphics-tablet-duplicate.htmlI would like to use my iPad as a graphics tablet to draw stuff on Ubuntu. Is there any solutions to this? As to see that Ubuntu has built-in Tablet support....Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:13:53 -0400https://liberty.io/nvml-driver-library-mismatch-after-libnvidia-update.htmlhttps://liberty.io/nvml-driver-library-mismatch-after-libnvidia-update.htmlI'm running Ubuntu 18.04 and have recently (about a month) installed CUDA 10.2 with runfile installation after A LOT of trouble with the slightly recommended .deb installation. Everything was fine: ...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:11:08 -0400https://liberty.io/umake-unity3d-installation-failed.htmlhttps://liberty.io/umake-unity3d-installation-failed.htmlwhen I install Unity3d via umake utility i get following error message. Choose installation path: /home/unknown/tools/games/unity3d Downloading and installing requirements ......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:05:10 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-device-flash-touch-hangs-at-waiting-from-virtualbox.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-device-flash-touch-hangs-at-waiting-from-virtualbox.htmlAim: to install Ubuntu Touch on my Nexus 7. Environment: I have installed Ubuntu Mate 1.10.2 in a VirtualBox machine (Win7 as host) and I can successfully connect to my device through adb and fast......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:01:37 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-define-startup-applications-with-the-awesome-window-manager.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-define-startup-applications-with-the-awesome-window-manager.htmlI've been reading as much as I can online, but none of it seems to work (i.e. changing ~/.config/awesome/rc.lua). I've installed awesome window manager from the repos, and I log into it via GDM, ......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:57:44 -0400https://liberty.io/gparted-error-segmentation-fault-core-dumped.htmlhttps://liberty.io/gparted-error-segmentation-fault-core-dumped.htmlOn Ubuntu Gnome 15.04, Gparted will not launch from the icon. When launched from the terminal it gives the error 'Segmentation fault (core dumped)'. It works fine on Ubuntu & Ubuntu Mate 15......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:52:41 -0400https://liberty.io/mysql-5-7-cannot-start-again.htmlhttps://liberty.io/mysql-5-7-cannot-start-again.htmlFor the first time in my life, I have Ubuntu, so I do not know much how to manage and what should I be looking for; I'm using version 18.04. 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But I read a while back that Linux switched from init.d to systemd, and since that Q&A are 6 years o......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:28:00 -0400https://liberty.io/status-failure-test-failed-io-error-the-network-adapter-could-not-esta.htmlhttps://liberty.io/status-failure-test-failed-io-error-the-network-adapter-could-not-esta.htmlCurrently, I'm using ubuntu 20.04 and I've tried so much but still not able to solve it....Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:17:27 -0400https://liberty.io/gnote-ignoring-directory-sync-after-fresh-reinstallation-of-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/gnote-ignoring-directory-sync-after-fresh-reinstallation-of-ubuntu.htmlAccording to the good folks over at gnome, the default and only version of gnote available for Ubuntu 20.04 is gnote 3.36.0. And it is too old for them to provide support for, therefore the ubuntu......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:14:44 -0400https://liberty.io/free-iso-burner-application-uses-up-all-the-space-on-the-disk-when-try.htmlhttps://liberty.io/free-iso-burner-application-uses-up-all-the-space-on-the-disk-when-try.htmlWith Windows XP ending support next Tuesday, I was scrapped for time to find another replacement OS. I was told to install a Linux-based operating system as a replacement and I decided to try this ...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:00:35 -0400https://liberty.io/accidentally-deleted-windows-boot-partition.htmlhttps://liberty.io/accidentally-deleted-windows-boot-partition.htmlWhen setting up a fresh ubuntu, I accidentally deleted the windows boot partition, now Windows is not available in the boot menu. But through Fedora I still have access to the C drive and I have ad ...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:00:01 -0400https://liberty.io/is-there-a-benchmark-tool-for-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/is-there-a-benchmark-tool-for-ubuntu.htmlIs there a benchmark tool to measure computer performance for Ubuntu like SuperPI, 3DMark, or PCMark?...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:49:56 -0400https://liberty.io/what-do-the-different-colors-mean-in-ls.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-do-the-different-colors-mean-in-ls.htmlWhat do the different colours in Ubuntu's ls command mean? For example, when I type the ls command in one of my folders, I get one of the files in light green, the other (which is a folder) in blue......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:43:30 -0400https://liberty.io/mount-external-my-passport-for-mac-to-vm-ubuntu-14.htmlhttps://liberty.io/mount-external-my-passport-for-mac-to-vm-ubuntu-14.htmlI am struggling trying to figure out how to mount my external mac drive to my virtual Ubuntu 14 Desktop. I am using VM Workstation 10 and have updated my Ubuntu desktop to the most current release. ...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:34:03 -0400https://liberty.io/is-there-alternative-to-ietester.htmlhttps://liberty.io/is-there-alternative-to-ietester.htmli used to use ietester in windows for testing site. but i found that it has no downloads for linux. is there any alternative for ietester in ubuntu....Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:25:24 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-install-kindle-on-ubuntu-18-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-install-kindle-on-ubuntu-18-04.htmlThe title says it all. Ubuntu 18.04.* wine 3.04 KindleForPC-installer-1.25.52064.exe (latest) I'm not knowledgeable about error messages. In a console, when I run ... $ wine KindleForPC-instal......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:25:09 -0400https://liberty.io/qualcomm-atheros-qca9377-wireless-not-working-on-lenovo-with-14-04-3.htmlhttps://liberty.io/qualcomm-atheros-qca9377-wireless-not-working-on-lenovo-with-14-04-3.htmlHelp, I've tried the other fixes used for ubuntu 15.10 and the Qualcomm adapter but nothing is working for my lenovo ideapad 500 with the Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 wireless adapter running 14.04.3. ......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:18:28 -0400https://liberty.io/can-039-t-log-in-on-ubuntu-20-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-039-t-log-in-on-ubuntu-20-04.htmlI've just installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my PC (this is a completely clean install) and I've had nothing but problems. Firstly it would keep booting into GRUB and absolutely nothing in BIOS settings fix......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:11:43 -0400https://liberty.io/18-04-xrdp-black-green-screen.htmlhttps://liberty.io/18-04-xrdp-black-green-screen.htmlI've been trying to get xrdp working on 18.04 for 2 days, and am about to throw in the towel. No matter what I do all I get is a green screen after trying to log into X11. If I wait long enough (......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:10:25 -0400https://liberty.io/windows-dxdiag-msinfo32-alternatives-for-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/windows-dxdiag-msinfo32-alternatives-for-ubuntu.htmlAre there any commands or tools for that?...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:09:13 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-enable-integrated-graphics-on-my-laptop.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-enable-integrated-graphics-on-my-laptop.htmlI recently acquired a Acer Aspire 7741G for cheap. It has Intel i5-460M and a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650. I installed Ubuntu 16.04 It runs at 60 C and eventually will shut down from overheating e......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:06:57 -0400https://liberty.io/selenium-chromedriver-doesn-039-t-load-javascript-in-webpage.htmlhttps://liberty.io/selenium-chromedriver-doesn-039-t-load-javascript-in-webpage.htmlI'm running python code in a VPS with Ubuntu 18. After much trying, I was able to run the selenium Chromedriver there headfully. Now, I'm finding that the webpages sometimes loads fully, but more o......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:55:11 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-stop-the-left-alt-key-opening-the-application-menu-on-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-stop-the-left-alt-key-opening-the-application-menu-on-ubuntu.htmlI have Ubuntu 18.04 installed with GNOME. My left alt key opens application menu while right alt works as expected (left alt + F4 doesn't work for example, right alt + F4 works perfectly). How ......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:50:03 -0400https://liberty.io/wireshark-does-not-show-any-interface-to-capture-packets.htmlhttps://liberty.io/wireshark-does-not-show-any-interface-to-capture-packets.htmlI've installed Wireshark in Ubuntu 16.04 with the command: sudo apt-get install wireshark After program start, Start Capture and Stop Capture buttons are disabled. Even opening Capture Options wi......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:49:09 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-15-10-busybox-built-in-shell-initramfs-on-every-boot.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-15-10-busybox-built-in-shell-initramfs-on-every-boot.htmlEvery time we reboot the Ubuntu PC, it's showing this screen, and not going anywhere, even when we typed exit. How to get rid of this nightmare permanently, so that it never ever happens? BusyBo......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:47:52 -0400https://liberty.io/computer-boots-only-to-grub-rescue-mode.htmlhttps://liberty.io/computer-boots-only-to-grub-rescue-mode.htmlI set up a dual boot with Windows 8 and Ubuntu. İ uninstalled Ubuntu, but my PC can't boot Windows 8. Instead I get an error message that says: Error: No such partition grub rescue> There are ...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:47:36 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-make-psql-to-default-to-localhost.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-make-psql-to-default-to-localhost.htmlI have the following scenario: saji@geeklap:~$ psql -U postgres psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "postgres" saji@geeklap:~$ psql -h localhost -U postgres Password for user postg......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:46:48 -0400https://liberty.io/i-can-039-t-install-steam-properly.htmlhttps://liberty.io/i-can-039-t-install-steam-properly.htmlHere's my specs and stuff: https://pastebin.com/w3SCkLAN. I have tried multiple ways to download Steam. First is using the .deb, it required the 32-bit libraries I can't, and don't know how to, ins......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:46:03 -0400https://liberty.io/unable-to-remove-a-file-which-has-a-name-like-a-command-argument-dupli.htmlhttps://liberty.io/unable-to-remove-a-file-which-has-a-name-like-a-command-argument-dupli.htmlI inadvertently created a file called -r in my home directory. Now I cannot get rid of it: rm -rf rm: missing operand Try 'rm --help' for more information. Other attempts: rm /-/r rm: cannot rem......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:44:42 -0400https://liberty.io/python-selenium-import-error.htmlhttps://liberty.io/python-selenium-import-error.htmlI am trying to execute some python project and I am getting following error:- File "feed.py", line 17, in <module> from selenium import webdriver ImportError: No module named selenium I ...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:38:01 -0400https://liberty.io/terminal-icon-and-command-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/terminal-icon-and-command-duplicate.htmlThis is a double question. The first one is: can I put a terminal shortcut on an Ubuntu desktop and how (the double-click is supposed to launch the terminal window) The second is: is it possible to ...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:32:46 -0400https://liberty.io/check-how-space-is-distributed-on-a-linux-system.htmlhttps://liberty.io/check-how-space-is-distributed-on-a-linux-system.htmlI know how to check space left with: df -h and I know to check the space of a folder with: du -ch /path/to/folder/ But let's say I have a 500 GB HardDisk and 350GB are used: Wich is the best t......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:26:52 -0400https://liberty.io/in-this-picture-what-does-raspi3-mean-and-does-ext4-mean-it-supports-r.htmlhttps://liberty.io/in-this-picture-what-does-raspi3-mean-and-does-ext4-mean-it-supports-r.htmlenter image description here In this picture what does raspi3 mean and does -ext4 mean it supports raspberry pi 4...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:05:20 -0400https://liberty.io/usb-sound-adapter.htmlhttps://liberty.io/usb-sound-adapter.htmlI just bought a USB sound adapter 7.1 channel and it works well on windows but it doesn't work on Ubuntu as the sound is still getting out from the laptop speakers. How to solve this problem? I have ...Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:48:08 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-log-out-of-qtile.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-log-out-of-qtile.htmlI installed and launched qtile in ubuntu(mate) but as I do not know how to use it yet, I want to log out. Unfortunately, my computer is set to log in automatically on startup so I am not given the ......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:41:27 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-upgrade-gnome-in-ubuntu-20-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-upgrade-gnome-in-ubuntu-20-04.htmlI'm currently using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with Gnome 3.36.8. But I like the new GNOME 40 look. I've been using this system for almost 2 years, and I've many programs installed here and everything set up......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:40:47 -0400https://liberty.io/what-is-my-cpu-temperature.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-is-my-cpu-temperature.htmlto get my CPU temperatures i first typed sudo sensors-detect and confirmed everything with yes. Then i typed sudo service module-init-tools restart Now this is the output of sudo sensors, but whi......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:37:46 -0400https://liberty.io/bind-software-to-different-network-interfaces.htmlhttps://liberty.io/bind-software-to-different-network-interfaces.htmlI have two different network interfaces, connected to 2 networks. One is an eth0 and the other one a wlan0. How can I tell a software to use only a specific interface? Basically I want Firefox to......Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:32:24 -0400https://liberty.io/bash-sh-command-not-found.htmlhttps://liberty.io/bash-sh-command-not-found.htmlI wanted to switch the shell to sh so I typed: rakinar2@hotspot:~$ sh But it says: -bash: sh: command not found How do I fix that? Note: test -e /bin/sh returns 1! 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