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The problem is that despi......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:11:06 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-use-qt-creator-with-python.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-use-qt-creator-with-python.htmlI want to use Qt for developing Ubuntu desktop, phone and tablet applications but I don't want to learn a new programming language (C++, JavaScript). Is it possible to write Qt application in Python ...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:04:11 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-configure-onedrive-to-sync-business-shared-folders.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-configure-onedrive-to-sync-business-shared-folders.htmlI'm quite new to Linux, and have been trying this client to sync OneDrive files. It initially works for personal files, but not for shared folders. I believe I need to configure this functionality ......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:59:43 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-auto-mount-exfat-drive-allow-other-non-root-users-access.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-auto-mount-exfat-drive-allow-other-non-root-users-access.htmlIssue I have an exfat formatted drive. I'm able to unmount and mount it on an ubuntu 20.04 desktop. I can read files from it, however, I can only write files as root/sudo user. I've tried a lot of ...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:57:08 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-make-windows-guest-running-on-qemu-kvm-obtain-ip-address-from-p.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-make-windows-guest-running-on-qemu-kvm-obtain-ip-address-from-p.htmlI am running Windows XP as a guest on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with qemu/kvm. I want to use this Windows instance to manage my CCTV IP camera which uses ActiveX applets. 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I'm not TE......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:29:46 -0400https://liberty.io/making-a-keyboard-shortcut-to-open-the-screenshots-app.htmlhttps://liberty.io/making-a-keyboard-shortcut-to-open-the-screenshots-app.htmlI have recently switched from windows 10 to Ubuntu 20.04 everything is going pretty well so far but one feature from Windows I kind of miss was that, when you pressed the print button, an app called '...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:24:55 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-manually-insert-my-signature-in-thunderbird-in-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-manually-insert-my-signature-in-thunderbird-in-ubuntu.htmlHow can I manually add my signature in Thunderbird ? I have set up my Thunderbird signature and it works perfect on my new messages and replies and forwards. 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The NFS fails at every boot, I noticed that when the Unity Greeter comes up the network icon on the top right of the scr......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:30:08 -0400https://liberty.io/reformat-only-the-home-partition.htmlhttps://liberty.io/reformat-only-the-home-partition.htmlI have 3 partitions: swap, / and /home. How can I safely reformat /home? 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I have my wireless password but it doesn't work to......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:05:09 -0400https://liberty.io/invalid-partition-table-error-after-attempting-to-upgrade-to-ubuntu-21.htmlhttps://liberty.io/invalid-partition-table-error-after-attempting-to-upgrade-to-ubuntu-21.htmlOn my Dell Inspiron 5558 I used to have the double booting of Windows 8.1 alongside with Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS. Now I decided to upgrade the Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 21.04. However, I met some technical ...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:04:28 -0400https://liberty.io/take-user-name-as-input-if-user-is-logged-in-display-running-processes.htmlhttps://liberty.io/take-user-name-as-input-if-user-is-logged-in-display-running-processes.htmlI want to write a script that takes the name of a user as command line input. If that user is logged in then it will display the processes the user is running. 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