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Ot......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:40:57 -0400https://liberty.io/is-there-an-eraser-tool-in-inkspace-vector-graphics-editor.htmlhttps://liberty.io/is-there-an-eraser-tool-in-inkspace-vector-graphics-editor.htmlI am new to ubuntu.I tried to use inkspace vector graphics editor for graphic designing but could not find any eraser tool.Please help...Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:40:54 -0400https://liberty.io/brother-hl-l2325dw-wifi-unable-to-locate-printer.htmlhttps://liberty.io/brother-hl-l2325dw-wifi-unable-to-locate-printer.htmlIt began with trying to install WiFi printer. After resolving that bug, new bug: Bug: Brother HL-L2325DW (WiFi) “Unable to locate printer” Installed driver tool from : https://support.brother.com/g/b/...Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:40:15 -0400https://liberty.io/open-eog-preferences-panel-on-ubuntu-18-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/open-eog-preferences-panel-on-ubuntu-18-04.htmlThis is a very odd one for me. I just installed a new system under ubuntu 18.04, and with it the last version of eog. 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For backstory, I am running a LXC container on proxmox with ubuntu server 20.04, with all the ...Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:13:31 -0400https://liberty.io/apache-maven-3-6-0-zip-permission-denied.htmlhttps://liberty.io/apache-maven-3-6-0-zip-permission-denied.htmlwhile running the below command i am facing this error wget http://us.mirrors.quenda.co/apache/maven/maven-3/3.6.0/binaries/apache-maven-3.6.0-bin.zip -O apache-maven-3.6.0.zip apache-maven-3.6.0.......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:13:15 -0400https://liberty.io/what-are-the-differences-between-su-sudo-s-sudo-i-sudo-su.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-are-the-differences-between-su-sudo-s-sudo-i-sudo-su.htmlI already read it from manual but I can't see difference.. su - change user ID or become superuser sudo -s [command] The -s (shell) option runs the shell specified by the SHELL environment varia......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:12:40 -0400https://liberty.io/can-i-use-zesty-artful-bionic-packages-in-xenial-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-i-use-zesty-artful-bionic-packages-in-xenial-ubuntu.htmlI have xenial Ubuntu and wanted to install espeak by this command: sudo apt-get install espeak-ng-espeak But I got this error message: E: Unable to locate package espeak-ng-espeak Then I went t......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:09:01 -0400https://liberty.io/file-aspx-on-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/file-aspx-on-ubuntu.htmlI'm changing my server from Microsoft to Ubuntu. The current box hosts a website using an ASPX file (www.seaserchne.com). I've imported all the files and structure, and can view the home page, ho......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:08:54 -0400https://liberty.io/error-message-ubuntu-is-not-installed-on-this-virtual-machine-insert-t.htmlhttps://liberty.io/error-message-ubuntu-is-not-installed-on-this-virtual-machine-insert-t.htmlHi I am trying to install Ubuntu 20 on VMWare, Windows 10. I thought I had installed the ISO, but when running the VM, I get the error message in the title. The choice is between restarting (with s......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:02:27 -0400https://liberty.io/using-ubuntu-to-save-a-dying-hdd-disk-completely-unreadable-even-thoug.htmlhttps://liberty.io/using-ubuntu-to-save-a-dying-hdd-disk-completely-unreadable-even-thoug.htmlI have an old dying hard drive with loads of faulty sectors that I'm trying to save as much data from as I can (before ultimately throwing it out). Using ddrescue on my laptop on macOS did wonders,......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:41:55 -0400https://liberty.io/scp-command-returned-no-such-file-or-directory-error.htmlhttps://liberty.io/scp-command-returned-no-such-file-or-directory-error.htmlI am trying to copy files from my laptop to a host via ssh command: roberto@xxxxx1:~$ scp /home/roberto/Metagenoma_MEL_COLS/Mix-MEL_S10_L002_R1_001.fastq.tar.gz roberto@xxxx.xxx.xxx.es:/media/disk7/...Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:31:35 -0400https://liberty.io/using-etc-environment-d-conf-to-set-global-environment-for-all-users.htmlhttps://liberty.io/using-etc-environment-d-conf-to-set-global-environment-for-all-users.htmlIs /etc/environment.d/*.conf a valid place to put environment config on Ubuntu 18.04 for all users? I've tried a file with the following contents: BRAD_TEST=true However, after logging in and ru......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:29:26 -0400https://liberty.io/brother-printer-mfc-l2710dw-not-working.htmlhttps://liberty.io/brother-printer-mfc-l2710dw-not-working.htmlI've connected my new printer, a Brother MFC-L2710DW, via wi-fi to my home network. It works smoothly on Windows, however I am encountering problems, on my Ubuntu 18.04 distribution. Whenever I try......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:23:59 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-add-support-of-scala-syntax-highlighting-in-vim.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-add-support-of-scala-syntax-highlighting-in-vim.htmlHow to configure VIM to be able to highlight scala language (.scala files extension)? Current VIM configuration (.vimrc file): :syntax on...Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:19:50 -0400https://liberty.io/replacing-pulseaudio-with-pipewire-in-ubuntu-20-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/replacing-pulseaudio-with-pipewire-in-ubuntu-20-04.htmlSince I have installed ubuntu 20.04 I am facing problems with my bluetooth headset microphone not detected by the system. My headset worked perfectly with Windows. Also, I am not able to switch to ......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:18:45 -0400https://liberty.io/pip-won-039-t-run-throws-errors-instead.htmlhttps://liberty.io/pip-won-039-t-run-throws-errors-instead.htmlI am running into problems when ever I run pip with any arguments or flags. I've tried doing apt-get install --reinstall python-pip but it does not help and am at a loss how to fix this Version of ...Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:14:53 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-customize-on-screen-notifications.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-customize-on-screen-notifications.htmlThere was a tool to configure notifications in earlier versions of Ubuntu as described here. I tried to install it in Ubuntu 12.04 too but I failed. I want to have the notifications dynamically lo......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:01:46 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-20-04-ricoh-printer-problem.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-20-04-ricoh-printer-problem.htmlI've just installed new Ubuntu 20.04 and started experiencing printing problems with my RICOH-SP-3225SNw, which I installed via network. I am able to print the "Printer Test Page", but I ......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:59:01 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-setup-and-save-vlans-on-ethernet.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-setup-and-save-vlans-on-ethernet.htmlI am trying to setup vlans on my eth0 network card. The following are the steps that I've taken: Install vlan with sudo apt-get install vlan Edit /etc/network/interfaces in vi by adding: auto e......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:52:18 -0400https://liberty.io/emacs-column-editing-cua-mode-is-it-possible-to-select-rectangular-reg.htmlhttps://liberty.io/emacs-column-editing-cua-mode-is-it-possible-to-select-rectangular-reg.htmlIs it possible to select a column (rectangular) region with the mouse in emacs? A simple yes or no will be helpful to me at this point. Here are more details: Column editing is possible in emacs......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:46:17 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-install-origin-software.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-install-origin-software.htmlI need to install "Origin" software for graph plottings, analysis, etc. It is basically windows supported. But I have installed WINE, thereby installed few windows supported softwares and using it.......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:32:21 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-edit-gnome-unity-menus-without-using-alacarte.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-edit-gnome-unity-menus-without-using-alacarte.htmlAlacarte crashes every time I attempt to edit a submenu or move an item from one submenu to another and then I'd have to wipe the application.menu files or my gnomeshell desktop would be useless. Is ...Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:15:54 -0400https://liberty.io/booting-android-with-grub-but-how.htmlhttps://liberty.io/booting-android-with-grub-but-how.htmlI have a small problem. I have seven partitions: Device Boot Begin End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 206848 219013119 109403136 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT <-- ...Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:15:49 -0400https://liberty.io/modulenotfound-no-module-named-039-imutils-039.htmlhttps://liberty.io/modulenotfound-no-module-named-039-imutils-039.htmli have already installed imutils using pip (which is upgraded to the last version), and imutils is supposed to be on PyCharm ExternalModules directly after installation , but the thing is this , w......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:11:46 -0400https://liberty.io/alternative-to-microsoft-outlook.htmlhttps://liberty.io/alternative-to-microsoft-outlook.htmlI recently switched to Ubuntu from Windows 10. I used to rely heavily on MS Outlook, and still do, and I want something similar in Ubuntu. I need an alternative that provides/supports/integrates ......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:56:54 -0400https://liberty.io/no-file-save-dialog-for-snap-applications.htmlhttps://liberty.io/no-file-save-dialog-for-snap-applications.htmlusing a fresh ubuntu 22.04 install i can no longer save or download any files in firefox. it did work when i first installed firefox, now it no longer does. File -> Save page as does not even o......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:53:16 -0400https://liberty.io/headset-microphone-not-working-while-internal-built-in-microphone-work.htmlhttps://liberty.io/headset-microphone-not-working-while-internal-built-in-microphone-work.htmlI have a Dell Inspiron 5759 laptop running Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS. My laptop's internal in-built speakers and microphone works well. But when I plug in my headset(3.5 mm 4-pole [TRRS]), headset output ......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:47:56 -0400https://liberty.io/in-a-bash-script-what-does-a-dot-followed-by-a-space-and-then-a-path-m.htmlhttps://liberty.io/in-a-bash-script-what-does-a-dot-followed-by-a-space-and-then-a-path-m.htmlI came across this example when trying to mount a usb device inside a openvz container and I have never seen the construct in the second line before. Can you explain what it signifies? #!/bin/bash......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:29:21 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-unlock-selected-files-from-root.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-unlock-selected-files-from-root.htmlI am trying to unlock files from my root to a admin account. I've tried by going into the account and moving the files into it, but when I go to the account its all locked. And when I do CTRL+A and......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:26:15 -0400https://liberty.io/bind9-unable-to-resolve-external-names.htmlhttps://liberty.io/bind9-unable-to-resolve-external-names.htmlEDIT: Now works, but please see comment below. I have setup bind9 following this tutorial. I am now able to ping my NS by name, as well as my main computer, each of which I correctly entered A &a......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:23:28 -0400https://liberty.io/updating-thunderbird-78-to-91-on-ubuntu-20-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/updating-thunderbird-78-to-91-on-ubuntu-20-04.htmlI propably took a wrong way to update Thunderbird. I found in Ubuntu Software the TB icon for the new 91.4.0 version (December 29th 2021) and clicked the Install button. When restarting email, it s......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:22:58 -0400https://liberty.io/gimp-how-to-remove-background-of-scanned-text.htmlhttps://liberty.io/gimp-how-to-remove-background-of-scanned-text.htmlI have a scanned text with white background how can i remove the background so that as result, i would have the text on a transparent background? for example I have this scanned text And I want t......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:11:22 -0400https://liberty.io/cannot-enter-bios-after-setting-up-dual-ubuntu-boot-acer-aspire-5.htmlhttps://liberty.io/cannot-enter-bios-after-setting-up-dual-ubuntu-boot-acer-aspire-5.htmlI have an Acer Aspire 5 where I removed the existing hard drive partitions and installed two LUKS-encrypted instances of Ubuntu 20.04.2. (There is no Windows operating system or recovery disk anymo......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:06:13 -0400https://liberty.io/a-program-is-constantly-opening-and-closing-every-5-seconds-it-039-s-r.htmlhttps://liberty.io/a-program-is-constantly-opening-and-closing-every-5-seconds-it-039-s-r.htmlSo there is this program named "@!0,27;BDH" that's constantly opening and closing in the background and i don't know how to stop it. The problem is that, because the program opens, it's ...Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:51:23 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-stop-green-flashes-when-playing-video.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-stop-green-flashes-when-playing-video.htmlI have Ubuntu 15.10, running Gnome Retro/Flashback/Fallback... whatever it's being called right now. I also have Compiz. 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I don't think it is a variable, because you can't have any special ...Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:18:41 -0400https://liberty.io/pkg-config-path-environment-variable.htmlhttps://liberty.io/pkg-config-path-environment-variable.htmlConsider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you installed software in a non-standard prefix. What does this mean ?...Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:18:40 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-launch-sh-from-third-party-program.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-launch-sh-from-third-party-program.htmlI have the program Lutris installed on my computer and I am going through adding all my linux games. However some are .sh execs others are .bins and executables which both added fine. the .sh ones ......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:17:37 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-with-high-resolution-computer-have-very-small-title-or-header-b.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-with-high-resolution-computer-have-very-small-title-or-header-b.htmlI have HP Envy laptop (15.6 inch with high resolution 1080P ). I have installed Ubuntu 16.10 and I find many application looks too small. I tried to increase the overall font of the system, but still ...Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:52:32 -0400https://liberty.io/remove-mariadb-mysql-databases.htmlhttps://liberty.io/remove-mariadb-mysql-databases.htmlHow do I completly remove MariaDB so I can reset the root password?...Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:51:30 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-tell-ubuntu-not-to-use-certain-memory-addresses.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-tell-ubuntu-not-to-use-certain-memory-addresses.htmlI'm sorry if this is poorly worded, but I've done a memory test on one of my computers, and certain memory addresses have errors. This is the first time I've searched. If you need more information,......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:50:32 -0400https://liberty.io/find-with-wildcard-path-and-export-the-result-to-a-file.htmlhttps://liberty.io/find-with-wildcard-path-and-export-the-result-to-a-file.htmlI need to find files that match this pattern: find root_folder/*/match_string/*.ext "*" means any levels of folders or files. So it means any file with an extention "ext" under root_folder or its......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:48:33 -0400https://liberty.io/intellij-idea-not-working-on-ubuntu-17.htmlhttps://liberty.io/intellij-idea-not-working-on-ubuntu-17.htmlI installed IntelliJ and it got installed successfully then when I tried to configure project structure, it wasn't working. I was clicking that option but nothing was happening. Also when I tried to ...Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:45:57 -0400https://liberty.io/questions-tagged-i915.htmlhttps://liberty.io/questions-tagged-i915.htmlQ&A for Ubuntu users and developers...Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:35:36 -0400https://liberty.io/blu-ray-vlc-problem.htmlhttps://liberty.io/blu-ray-vlc-problem.htmlI got a problem with blu-ray player in VLC Blu-ray error: Blu-ray Disc is corrupted. Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'bluray:///dev/sr0'. Check the log for details. It's......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:22:24 -0400https://liberty.io/what-does-039-h-039-flag-in-039-sudo-h-039-mean.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-does-039-h-039-flag-in-039-sudo-h-039-mean.htmlWhen I was installing Python 3 on Ubuntu 18.04, I came across the command sudo -H pip install -U pip What does -H do?...Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:20:11 -0400https://liberty.io/broadcom-bcm5880-ubuntu-compatibility.htmlhttps://liberty.io/broadcom-bcm5880-ubuntu-compatibility.htmlI have a question about the Broadcom bcm5880 fingerprint scanner. I've been doing some research and I'm mostly seeing that there is no Linux support for this model (even though every model above and ...Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:17:06 -0400https://liberty.io/kvm-installation-prerequisite.htmlhttps://liberty.io/kvm-installation-prerequisite.htmlBefore Installation of KVM we have to check our processor support visualization or not and we run a command i.e: egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo Which gives output 0/1/2/3/4 depends on process......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:11:00 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-eliminate-unused-packages-in-version-15-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-eliminate-unused-packages-in-version-15-04.htmlWhen upgrading to version 15.04 from 14.10 there was a "clean up" time period where I received a query to eliminate 18 unused or unnecessary packages. Can anyone show me where I can make sure that......Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:55:55 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-stream-mic-input-with-little-to-no-delay-over-lan.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-stream-mic-input-with-little-to-no-delay-over-lan.htmlSeems the default answer is icecast + darkice but many people mention a delay of anywhere from 1-5 seconds. Is this due to hardware limitations?...Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:53:34 -0400