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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. 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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? 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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. 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