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But I can't find htdocs folder anywhere to put my php codes and test them....Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:50:21 -0400https://liberty.io/can-039-t-refresh-snap-store.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-039-t-refresh-snap-store.htmli've started to use Ubuntu last month. I'm getting this error in the terminal while i'm trying to refresh snap-store $ sudo snap refresh snap-store error: cannot refresh "snap-store": sn......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:48:08 -0400https://liberty.io/which-of-these-paths-should-i-use-as-the-value-of-java-home.htmlhttps://liberty.io/which-of-these-paths-should-i-use-as-the-value-of-java-home.htmlI am running Ubuntu 16.04. I have downloaded JDK 7.0 from Oracle website and untar'ed and put it in a folder /opt/JDK/, such that the final install directory is /opt/JDK/jdk1.7.0_80 Then I executed......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:35:29 -0400https://liberty.io/why-eclipse-can-not-find-the-hidden-project-file-until-i-press-ctrl-h-.htmlhttps://liberty.io/why-eclipse-can-not-find-the-hidden-project-file-until-i-press-ctrl-h-.htmlI am using eclipse on Ubuntu 11.10 When I try to open an project in eclipse IDE, it complains that the .project file can not be found. Now if I open the project folder in Ubuntu file browser and p......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:32:01 -0400https://liberty.io/change-kubuntu-laptop-display-scale.htmlhttps://liberty.io/change-kubuntu-laptop-display-scale.htmlI' ve install the kubuntu 18.04 into my HP ZHAN 99 G1. At first it display in 1080P and have no scaling(maybe, because it have tiny logo and tiny font), but after I have tried to install latest Nvi......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:29:09 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-grep-without-hidden-files-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-grep-without-hidden-files-duplicate.htmlI have two different regular files: myscript2 and myscript3 with word 'dash' inside. I want to grep them, but because of '-r' addition to grep I got hidden files as well. I tried to use 'grep -v' ......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:27:42 -0400https://liberty.io/dash-to-dock-is-not-showing-what-it-039-s-supposed-to.htmlhttps://liberty.io/dash-to-dock-is-not-showing-what-it-039-s-supposed-to.htmlI'm new to Ubuntu. I tried to install some themes and followed some tutorials. after installing dash to dock and applying some themes, when i change the position of dock from left to bottom the doc......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:27:38 -0400https://liberty.io/apt-get-update-cannot-find-ubuntu-servers.htmlhttps://liberty.io/apt-get-update-cannot-find-ubuntu-servers.htmlRunning sudo apt-get update fails on my server (that has an internet connection). Are the servers temporarily broken, or is my APT misconfigured and using old servers? In short, how do I fix this? ......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:24:44 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-unpack-and-read-android-abd-file-system-image-file-on-20-04-lts.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-unpack-and-read-android-abd-file-system-image-file-on-20-04-lts.htmlOne of the "editors/moderators(?)" of this list insists that I start with: Begin with file samsung-a51-5g.adb. Edit your question to add the info, don't respond in comments. – waltinator ......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:23:05 -0400https://liberty.io/laptop-screen-flickering.htmlhttps://liberty.io/laptop-screen-flickering.htmlI'm having problems with my laptop screen glitching on Ubuntu 20.04. I had this issue while back, reinstalling graphics card drivers didn't help and I ended up reinstalling the whole system. ...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:12:59 -0400https://liberty.io/problem-booting-with-geforce-940mx-closed.htmlhttps://liberty.io/problem-booting-with-geforce-940mx-closed.htmlI have an issue while booting Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver, development edition). I freshly installed it, and after the reboot (started from terminal) it stops at the checklist. At the second try it ...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:02:36 -0400https://liberty.io/do-i-have-to-always-re-install-the-system-after-a-power-failure.htmlhttps://liberty.io/do-i-have-to-always-re-install-the-system-after-a-power-failure.htmlKubuntu 15.10 - Single OS - Desktop Computer After a power failure the computer will only boot to Emergency Mode Screen - I have tried all the options listed on that screen - It still goes back t......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:00:46 -0400https://liberty.io/flatten-directory-with-incrementing-names.htmlhttps://liberty.io/flatten-directory-with-incrementing-names.htmlI need a bash script for flattening a directory with same names, and get an ordered output after a conversion. input folder structure: /in1/file1.wav /in1/file2.wav /in1/file3.wav /in2/file1.wav......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:58:58 -0400https://liberty.io/trying-to-change-scroll-bar-width-in-ubuntu-20-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/trying-to-change-scroll-bar-width-in-ubuntu-20-04.htmlI have found numerous suggestions on how to do this by editing the gtk.css file in the Theme folders. 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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. But , sometimes I need to edit the forw......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:23:29 -0400https://liberty.io/export-a-multipass-vm-to-a-qcow2-file.htmlhttps://liberty.io/export-a-multipass-vm-to-a-qcow2-file.htmlI was working with Multipass to create a VM machine of Ubuntu Bionic. I have made a lot of changes to the initial installation (one includes kernel changes) and that's why I would like to export in a ...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:10:45 -0400https://liberty.io/firefox-how-to-open-tabs-from-the-history-in-the-background.htmlhttps://liberty.io/firefox-how-to-open-tabs-from-the-history-in-the-background.htmlIf I search for an page visited I sometimes need to check several similar history entries. Default of Firefox is, that every time I right-click and select open in new tab, the new tab opens and the ...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:56:26 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-pretend-to-browse-from-a-different-country.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-pretend-to-browse-from-a-different-country.htmlHow to pretend to browse from a different country for view Streaming Online Television From Another Country or to use programms that don't work in my country or to Buying (shop). Edit: The best ...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:42:23 -0400https://liberty.io/disable-xhci-by-another-way-than-bios-usb-3-0.htmlhttps://liberty.io/disable-xhci-by-another-way-than-bios-usb-3-0.htmlI'm having troubles with the communication between a NXT-Lego device and a Notebook with USB 3.0 port. 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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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PPA is https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+archive/......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:20:05 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-install-glmnet-on-r-3-2-3.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-install-glmnet-on-r-3-2-3.htmli need to install glmnet package for my R, but it said it doesn't support the version i installed (3.2.3). I have tried to install R 3.6. the problem i am facing is that to install R 3.6, i need l......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:13:41 -0400https://liberty.io/to-disable-ctrl-shift-c-in-google-chrome-of-ubuntu-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/to-disable-ctrl-shift-c-in-google-chrome-of-ubuntu-duplicate.htmlThis keybinding is very irritating because it is very close to the copy-command Ctrl+C. 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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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It's an 256 GB SSD drive with Windows SP3 32-bit and it's encrypted with PGP Whole Disk Encryption. The file system is corrupt and unreadable. I first ran Clonezilla to ...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:15:06 -0400https://liberty.io/changing-default-terminal-in-krusader-file-manager.htmlhttps://liberty.io/changing-default-terminal-in-krusader-file-manager.htmlI am using Krusader as my file manager. And I wanted to know if there is anyway that I can change the default Konsole terminal to Terminator in the Krusader file manager. My Linux distribution is K......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:09:22 -0400https://liberty.io/gimp-dark-theme-can-039-t-see-menus-with-kde-plasma.htmlhttps://liberty.io/gimp-dark-theme-can-039-t-see-menus-with-kde-plasma.htmlI installed KDE Plasma 5.18.5 on standard Ubuntu 20.04, and I'm enjoying it. However, something is badly wrong with the colors of Gimp (I've always used Gimp's Dark theme). Maybe I also have some KDE ...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:04:39 -0400https://liberty.io/spam-entries-in-mail-log-but-doesn-039-t-appear-to-be-from-a-php-scrip.htmlhttps://liberty.io/spam-entries-in-mail-log-but-doesn-039-t-appear-to-be-from-a-php-scrip.htmlI'm new to linux, and it appears that my server was blacklisted in the CBL. It looks like one of my Wordpress installations was compromised, and some Malware was installed. I ran ClamAV, and it f......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:02:09 -0400https://liberty.io/what-039-s-the-difference-between-btmgmt-and-bluetoothctl.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-039-s-the-difference-between-btmgmt-and-bluetoothctl.htmlWhat are these commands and what's the difference between them? btmgmt bluetoothctl...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:57:15 -0400https://liberty.io/reset-the-password-in-ubuntu-linux-bash-in-windows.htmlhttps://liberty.io/reset-the-password-in-ubuntu-linux-bash-in-windows.htmlI have installed Linux Bash on Windows 10 (available from Microsoft), but I've forgotten my password. I've searched for a solution but I only find suggestions that involve doing something before the ...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:52:26 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-16-04-display-setting-while-ubuntu-18-4-scalling-is-missing-whe.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-16-04-display-setting-while-ubuntu-18-4-scalling-is-missing-whe.htmlHere I have Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and I can adjust the scaling. In 18.4 LTS the scaling is missing?????...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:32:59 -0400https://liberty.io/external-mic-not-detected-macbookpro-11-1-cs4208.htmlhttps://liberty.io/external-mic-not-detected-macbookpro-11-1-cs4208.htmlMy external combo jack mic always not detected, I used different headphones, And All working fine in OSX but not working when switching to Linux, I tried different distributions using the live boot......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:28:11 -0400https://liberty.io/find-out-cause-of-kernel-panics.htmlhttps://liberty.io/find-out-cause-of-kernel-panics.htmlI've been getting these kernel panics for a while now and been looking for help. I've tried turning of acpi and such. I've just installed newest version of ubuntu server 11.10 and doesn't seem to......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:27:40 -0400https://liberty.io/why-image-in-virtualbox-5-2-18-doesn-039-t-work-with-latest-virtualbox.htmlhttps://liberty.io/why-image-in-virtualbox-5-2-18-doesn-039-t-work-with-latest-virtualbox.htmlIn Ubuntu, VirtualBox installation via apt install virtualbox only offers the old version v5.2.18. user@linux:~$ apt show virtualbox Package: virtualbox Version: 5.2.18-dfsg-2~ubuntu18.04.5 Priori......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:22:13 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-18-10-no-scaling-settings.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-18-10-no-scaling-settings.htmlI’ve just installed 18.10, and have no scaling settings availble in setting applet somehow. I’ve set com.ubuntu.user-interface scale-factor to {‘eDP-1’: 16} in donf-editor and it’ve scaled the login ...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:19:41 -0400https://liberty.io/list-of-free-mmos-for-ubuntu-closed.htmlhttps://liberty.io/list-of-free-mmos-for-ubuntu-closed.htmlIs there a list of free MMORPG games for Ubuntu somewhere? I know of Regnum Online. Any others?...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:09:32 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-disable-nvidia-mx230.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-disable-nvidia-mx230.htmlI am using Ubuntu in Vivobook and am experiencing terrible battery life. It could be due to the MX230 included. Is there a way to shift to iGPU?...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:08:01 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-read-mount-a-gz-dd-image-file.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-read-mount-a-gz-dd-image-file.htmlI have a partition file (a .gz.dd file) that I need to read the files from. I'm new to Linux and I don't know how I can read/mount .dd files in Ubuntu. Would you guys tell me the procedure of readi......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:00:43 -0400https://liberty.io/gpg-no-valid-openpgp-data-found-while-downloading-kubernetes-cluster.htmlhttps://liberty.io/gpg-no-valid-openpgp-data-found-while-downloading-kubernetes-cluster.htmlI am trying to download using this command : curl -s https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | apt-key add - on ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS server and I am getting this error message: gpg: no ......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:54:33 -0400https://liberty.io/i-039-ve-got-a-radeon-r5-graphics-card-what-drivers-do-i-need.htmlhttps://liberty.io/i-039-ve-got-a-radeon-r5-graphics-card-what-drivers-do-i-need.htmlWhat drivers do I need to make my graphics card work? My details are below. VGA compatible controller Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Kaveri [Radeon R5 Graphics]...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:53:49 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-display-custom-installed-debian-package-on-ubuntu-software-inst.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-display-custom-installed-debian-package-on-ubuntu-software-inst.htmlI have create a package call google for test the debain packages. I installed it and now we can see it on application window as well. In here 3rd row, 3rd one is my installed package. When I right ......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:47:15 -0400https://liberty.io/user-hakuna-matata-ask-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/user-hakuna-matata-ask-ubuntu.htmlQ&A for Ubuntu users and developers...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:44:59 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-list-all-available-printers-from-terminal.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-list-all-available-printers-from-terminal.htmlI need a command to list available printers in my Ubuntu. The printers list could be installed or shared? This list also should state the state of the printer . 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How do I access KeePass with all my passwords on another computer?...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:19:06 -0400https://liberty.io/default-route-through-vpn-tunnel.htmlhttps://liberty.io/default-route-through-vpn-tunnel.htmlHere we go again trying to make a friendship with Linux I've installed ubuntu and I use remote VPN to connect to my workplace I've used to use OpenVPN on windows and everything worked fine for me N......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:18:24 -0400https://liberty.io/can-039-t-connect-to-google-starbucks-wifi-on-ubuntu-17-10.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-039-t-connect-to-google-starbucks-wifi-on-ubuntu-17-10.htmlBug Report Summary For some reason Ubuntu loses track of the IP address associated with the router URL that processes the login to the router. I posted an answer that addresses this. 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