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Has it ceased to......Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:23:27 -0400https://liberty.io/is-ubuntu-geoip-geoclue-used-for-tracking.htmlhttps://liberty.io/is-ubuntu-geoip-geoclue-used-for-tracking.htmlI am happily learning Ubuntu more closely now. I came across the process ubuntu-geoip-provider in system monitor. 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I tried restarting pulseaudio with killall pulseaudio and pulseaudio -k, followed by pulseaudio --start pavucontrol screenshots: Also I looked up how to list audio i......Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:12:49 -0400https://liberty.io/where-is-enp4s0-configured.htmlhttps://liberty.io/where-is-enp4s0-configured.htmlIn Debian Jessie, a typical /etc/network/interfaces contains a line that looks like this: auto eth0 allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp This causes eth0 to be configured when ifup -a is ...Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:12:17 -0400https://liberty.io/why-would-an-application-window-go-dark.htmlhttps://liberty.io/why-would-an-application-window-go-dark.htmlKubuntu 21.10 Working along, minding my own business when all of a sudden the application I'm in goes dark, like someone dimmed the lights. I can still use the application, and it doesn't affect an......Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:07:00 -0400https://liberty.io/shouldn-039-t-blueman-manager-tray-applet-list-paired-bluetooth-device.htmlhttps://liberty.io/shouldn-039-t-blueman-manager-tray-applet-list-paired-bluetooth-device.htmlUsing Bluetooth Manager to administer bluetooth devices (run as blueman-manager, from blueman package), all works fine, only I want a panel applet/plugin in order to connect/disconnect more easily ......Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:49:45 -0400https://liberty.io/i-can-039-t-find-javafx-jar-files-on-after-running-apt-get-install-i-d.htmlhttps://liberty.io/i-can-039-t-find-javafx-jar-files-on-after-running-apt-get-install-i-d.htmlI'm trying to build a JFX app on IntelliJ. I installed JavaFX using the command: sudo apt-get install openjfx I found somewhere that I am supposed to add jfxswt.jar and jfxrt.jar to the class pat......Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:46:37 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-install-otter-browser-on-ubuntu-18-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-install-otter-browser-on-ubuntu-18-04.htmlThis site doesn't make sense to me although I provides some instruction. Can someone make it more accessible?...Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:46:04 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-enable-bluetooth-on-atheros-ar5b225.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-enable-bluetooth-on-atheros-ar5b225.htmlI changed wireless card in my Asus EB1505 to Atheros AR5B225 to use Bt. After some time trying to make it work I didn't made it. =( I installed bunch of packages recommended for ath3k, installed a......Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:43:07 -0400https://liberty.io/double-os-with-full-disk-encryption.htmlhttps://liberty.io/double-os-with-full-disk-encryption.htmlCan I install two instances of Ubuntu with two separate partitions for each one and still have full disk encryption? I will do this on a laptop that I will carry to work and also use for personal ......Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:38:03 -0400https://liberty.io/loop-variable-error-in-for-loop.htmlhttps://liberty.io/loop-variable-error-in-for-loop.htmlWhen I’m using for like for i in 1 2 3 4 5 then my file contains #!/bin/sh at the top. 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But when I have t......Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:53:46 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-install-debian-package-within-ubuntu-installation.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-install-debian-package-within-ubuntu-installation.htmlI would like to install my project (deb package) with Ubuntu installation. I have seen some of the deb packages in Ubuntu source code, but I couldn't find out from where and how they would be inst......Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:50:02 -0400https://liberty.io/unable-to-upgrade-or-remove-broken-virtualbox-package.htmlhttps://liberty.io/unable-to-upgrade-or-remove-broken-virtualbox-package.htmlI'll start with some details of what led up to this: I'm using Ubuntu 14.0 (KDE on top although presumably that's irrelevant) a few days ago I let the system do an auto-upgrade. It crashed partway ...Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:43:00 -0400https://liberty.io/what-is-masquerade-in-the-context-of-iptables.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-is-masquerade-in-the-context-of-iptables.htmlIn iptables many times I see the target MASQUERADE. What is that? I searched and found lots of things. But I need someone to explain to me what MASQUERADE is in an easy to understand way? An ex......Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:30:48 -0400https://liberty.io/trying-to-configure-a-wifi-bssid-on-netplan-need-some-examplesthat-wor.htmlhttps://liberty.io/trying-to-configure-a-wifi-bssid-on-netplan-need-some-examplesthat-wor.htmlI'm trying to force a wifi connection thru a specific 5GHz network using the bssid on netplan configuration but it always report an error when I ran netplan apply command. 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Everything was working great for a ......Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:10:39 -0400https://liberty.io/can-039-t-install-midnight-commander-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-039-t-install-midnight-commander-duplicate.htmlHow do I install "Double Commander" or "Midnight Commander" file managers in Ubuntu 18.04? I tried to install Midnight Commander with sudo apt-get install mc but got Reading package lists... Done ...Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:09:44 -0400https://liberty.io/what-does-the-apt-get-dselect-upgrade-command-do.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-does-the-apt-get-dselect-upgrade-command-do.htmlWhen running the command apt-get I got all the possible options and commands for apt-get. But one of these commands and definitions I have not seen before: dselect-upgrade - Follow dselect selecti......Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:07:25 -0400https://liberty.io/the-popup-bar-isn-039-t-shown-any-more-in-firefox.htmlhttps://liberty.io/the-popup-bar-isn-039-t-shown-any-more-in-firefox.htmlI accindentally clicked on "Diese Nachricht nicht mehr einblenden, wenn Popups blockiert wurden"- I don't know the exact english text, but I tried to get the popup information bar back....Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:56:49 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-install-chrome-on-a-server.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-install-chrome-on-a-server.htmlI'm a complete newbie to Ubuntu Server and am looking for a web browser which I am learning to use as it is a requirement of the course I'm doing. It's been many a year since I've spent any time po......Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:50:52 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-20-04-slack-desktop-version-notification-sound-not-working.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-20-04-slack-desktop-version-notification-sound-not-working.htmlI recently changed from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.04 and overall I'm very pleased with 20.04, however one odd thing I've since experienced is that Slack (desktop version) does not successfully play......Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:46:44 -0400https://liberty.io/appleid-apple-com-will-not-loaded-on-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/appleid-apple-com-will-not-loaded-on-ubuntu.htmlI have tried to open appleid.apple.com on my Ubuntu 18.10 machine and I can not get it work right. I am getting a "502 Bad Gateway" error. I thought it was something on their end but the website wo......Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:45:20 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-14-10-3-monitors-on-laptop-with-intel-hd-graphics-4000.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-14-10-3-monitors-on-laptop-with-intel-hd-graphics-4000.htmlI have an HP Touchsmart laptop that has a 3rd-gen Intel Core i3-3120M with integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000. I'd like to be able to use my internal display, an HDMI display, and a VGA display (I h......Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:36:00 -0400https://liberty.io/dotnet-sdk-5-0-not-found-on-ubuntu-20-04-2-lts.htmlhttps://liberty.io/dotnet-sdk-5-0-not-found-on-ubuntu-20-04-2-lts.htmlI'm currently using the net core 3.1 and want to upgrade it to 5.0. I tried following this guide from Install the .NET SDK or the .NET Runtime on Ubuntu wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/u......Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:33:46 -0400