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I can connect to a Speaker with the tool by selecting devic......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:26:15 -0400https://liberty.io/update-manager-error-invalid-package-name.htmlhttps://liberty.io/update-manager-error-invalid-package-name.htmlI get the following error when trying to perform an update in Ubuntu 12.04 64bit: installArchives() failed: Preconfiguring packages ... Preconfiguring packages ... 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The Ubuntu guide says to do something like bel......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:01:43 -0400https://liberty.io/what-packages-do-i-need-to-add-the-functionality-of-nodezero.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-packages-do-i-need-to-add-the-functionality-of-nodezero.htmlNodeZero is a distribution optimized for Penetration testing and security auditing specialist tools NodeZero comes around 300 tools for penetration testing and set of basic services which are need......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:59:04 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-switch-user-in-terminal.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-switch-user-in-terminal.htmlI am currently: root@sensu-server-client:/# I wish to change to: sensu@sensu-server-client:/# How does one do this. I tried: su sensu but nothing happens....Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:54:46 -0400https://liberty.io/to-move-all-file-with-certain-common-string-except-the-extension-of-th.htmlhttps://liberty.io/to-move-all-file-with-certain-common-string-except-the-extension-of-th.htmlSuppose there is directory with files and most of them have "ubuntu" string in common to the name of file . i used the command mv ubuntu1 ubuntu2 ubuntu3 ubuntu/ now i want to move all these f......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:38:37 -0400https://liberty.io/add-bash-script-folder-to-path.htmlhttps://liberty.io/add-bash-script-folder-to-path.htmlI have some bash scripts in an application folder that I'd like to use as if they were on my path. If they were straight-up applications, I'd just add the directory to ~/.bashrc, but these are scr......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:19:36 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-16-04-broadcom-bcm43142-can-039-t-detect-5ghz-wifi-networks-eve.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-16-04-broadcom-bcm43142-can-039-t-detect-5ghz-wifi-networks-eve.htmlI installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my Windows laptop a while ago and i noticed that the wifi connection worked worse than before: now 5ghz wifi networks don't show up on the network manager interface even......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:18:14 -0400https://liberty.io/brother-dcp-7065dn-ubuntu-14-04-64bit-can-print-to-network-printer-but.htmlhttps://liberty.io/brother-dcp-7065dn-ubuntu-14-04-64bit-can-print-to-network-printer-but.htmlI'm using brscan4 and can ping it using brsaneconfig4 and it finds it but i cannot scan from the computer using either simple scan or xsane image scanning. 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With a tool like Yaourt, you can really easily install bleeding-edge software, s......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:08:32 -0400https://liberty.io/some-basic-simple-lightweight-text-editor-for-graphical-desktop-enviro.htmlhttps://liberty.io/some-basic-simple-lightweight-text-editor-for-graphical-desktop-enviro.htmlI'm looking for a very fast simple basic text editor for graphical desktop environment. I'm user of Ubuntu (mate) and Mint (cinnamon) Using Windows 7, the notepad.exe is very lightweight and fas......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:06:00 -0400https://liberty.io/external-monitor-not-detected-on-13-04-on-a-dell-xps-13-via-mini-dp-du.htmlhttps://liberty.io/external-monitor-not-detected-on-13-04-on-a-dell-xps-13-via-mini-dp-du.htmlI upgraded my Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition laptop from 12.04 to 13.04 and now it seems the Mini Display Port isn't working at all. I've tried using an Apple-branded Mini DP to VGA adaptor and a ge......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:53:11 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-cross-compile-a-qt-package-for-armhf-with-sbuild.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-cross-compile-a-qt-package-for-armhf-with-sbuild.htmlI have a Qt application that I would like to cross-compile for armhf. I've set up an sbuild chroot using the following command: mk-sbuild --target armhf trusty However, when I run debuild -S and ......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:47:59 -0400https://liberty.io/can-i-play-cod-mw3-on-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-i-play-cod-mw3-on-ubuntu.htmlI use Ubuntu 12.04. Before that I used Windows 8. Can I play "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" through wine? The games that I could play before, can I play them now? I only care about single-playe......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:46:45 -0400https://liberty.io/grub-shows-windows-recovery-instead-of-normal-windows.htmlhttps://liberty.io/grub-shows-windows-recovery-instead-of-normal-windows.htmlI just installed Windows 10 + Ubuntu on my Lenovo laptop. Windows is installed on SSD and Ubuntu is installed on HDD. sda1 is Windows recovery and sda2 is Windows 10. Ubuntu is installed on sdb. ...Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:37:33 -0400https://liberty.io/w3m-to-display-image-inline-and-quit.htmlhttps://liberty.io/w3m-to-display-image-inline-and-quit.htmlIn a Lubuntu 16.04 system, w3m does display png and jpeg image files inline on a gnome terminal, but it enters the command mode, so the image only shows when you press some key (like down arrow, th......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:35:26 -0400https://liberty.io/cut-command-inside-if-statement-fails.htmlhttps://liberty.io/cut-command-inside-if-statement-fails.htmlInside a bash script, I have an if-statement. 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