https://liberty.ioCurated star highlights with fresh energy.en-usThu, 23 Jul 2026 04:36:56 -0400https://liberty.io/terminal-permission-denied-logged-in-as-admin-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/terminal-permission-denied-logged-in-as-admin-duplicate.htmlI have some tenacious problem with installing my printer driver since I set up Ubuntu 14.4 new. Until this time everything worked fine and I could use/install the printer driver successfully . Also......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:36:12 -0400https://liberty.io/make-3-82-on-ubuntu-12-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/make-3-82-on-ubuntu-12-04.htmlI'm trying to compile some software on Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit). 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I fail to see why this process co......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:25:44 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-switch-from-libinput-to-synaptics-in-ubuntu-18-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-switch-from-libinput-to-synaptics-in-ubuntu-18-04.htmlThere is a problem with my laptop — jumping cursor. I think the hardware is the source of the problem. Maybe toucpad is just very inaccurate when getting finger coordinates and touching events. On ...Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:21:56 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu16-04-external-monitor-not-recognized-with-radeon-hd-8250-8280g-.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu16-04-external-monitor-not-recognized-with-radeon-hd-8250-8280g-.htmlI have a notebook with graphics card Radeon HD 8250/8280G (it's a Sony ATIV book 9 Lite). 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The keyboard did not......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:06:06 -0400https://liberty.io/home-directory-for-the-www-data-user.htmlhttps://liberty.io/home-directory-for-the-www-data-user.htmlAs I understand the www-data user is the user that owns the apache service. From the /etc/passwd file I have: www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/usr/sbin/nologin So the home dir for www-data is......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:05:27 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-install-driver-for-linksys-ae6000-wireless-usb-adapter.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-install-driver-for-linksys-ae6000-wireless-usb-adapter.htmlI am very new to linux and don't quite understand how to install/update anything via the command line. I am running 64 bit ubuntu 14.04 and have connected to the internet only when using the Ethernet ...Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:59:40 -0400https://liberty.io/dhcp-test-script.htmlhttps://liberty.io/dhcp-test-script.htmlI would like to write a simple test script which can test the DHCPD. Below are my settings. interface=eth0 dhcp-range=192.168.100.2,192.168.100.11,255.255.255.0,192.168.100.255,86400s dhcp-option=o......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:59:22 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-use-simpleproxy.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-use-simpleproxy.htmlCan some one give me an example scenario where this package can be used? http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/simpleproxy...Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:54:39 -0400https://liberty.io/user-carson-darling-ask-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/user-carson-darling-ask-ubuntu.htmlQ&A for Ubuntu users and developers...Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:49:48 -0400https://liberty.io/volume-slider-not-working.htmlhttps://liberty.io/volume-slider-not-working.htmlEvery once in a while, my sound stops working. So, I did what I normally do and reinstalled alsa-base, pulseaudio, and libasound2 then restarted. After reboot, the sound worked again, but the vol......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:43:44 -0400https://liberty.io/meaning-of-the-free-space-indication-in-deluge.htmlhttps://liberty.io/meaning-of-the-free-space-indication-in-deluge.htmlRecently I installed Ubuntu 12.0.4 using Wubi with my current Windows Vista. I have already installed all the 265 updates from the Ubuntu software center and downloaded Deluge from there. My hardri......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:41:14 -0400https://liberty.io/install-downgrade-specific-version-of-node-js-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/install-downgrade-specific-version-of-node-js-duplicate.htmlI have this: RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_11.x | sudo -E bash - RUN apt-get install -y nodejs=11 but I get: E: Version '11' for 'nodejs' was not found I also tried: RUN apt-......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:36:51 -0400https://liberty.io/disabling-lock-screen-18-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/disabling-lock-screen-18-04.htmlI've just installed Ubuntu 18.04 and I want to disable the lock screen. I don't want to see it at all, neither on power-on nor after suspension. I tried: Settings -> Privacy -> Screen Lock......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:25:24 -0400https://liberty.io/create-vpn-server-using-the-ubuntu-vps.htmlhttps://liberty.io/create-vpn-server-using-the-ubuntu-vps.htmlI have an Ubuntu (Debian) VPS in USA, NOW want to make up VPN service on it. Can you help me to handle it, please. 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Currently, I only see strange characters instead of text. % locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE= LC_CTYPE="en......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:08:15 -0400https://liberty.io/why-does-scp-get-stalled-how-do-i-resolve-it.htmlhttps://liberty.io/why-does-scp-get-stalled-how-do-i-resolve-it.htmlWhen I attempted to copy a file (of size, ) over the network using scp I get a error <file> stalled Why does this happen? How do I resolve it?...Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:02:07 -0400https://liberty.io/gimp-export-every-layer-as-a-separate-png-image.htmlhttps://liberty.io/gimp-export-every-layer-as-a-separate-png-image.htmlI have come to a situation where I have an image in Gimp with multiple layers. 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I want i......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:43:45 -0400https://liberty.io/is-there-any-way-to-controll-the-keyboard-leds-of-gigabit-saber-15g-cl.htmlhttps://liberty.io/is-there-any-way-to-controll-the-keyboard-leds-of-gigabit-saber-15g-cl.htmlI recently intalled ubuntu in my laptop (Gigabyte Saber 15G a copy of Clevo N850HK) and I can't control the keyboard leds. I tried use xset and some solution for clevo laptosps of github like http......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:23:42 -0400https://liberty.io/kdenlive-speed-up-the-audio-and-video-without-losing-pitch.htmlhttps://liberty.io/kdenlive-speed-up-the-audio-and-video-without-losing-pitch.htmlI am using Kdenlive Version 17.12.3 in Ubuntu 18.04. I have increased the the speed of the video and it resulted in the pitch variation of audio. Is there any way to change the pitch? I even tried ...Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:23:31 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-edit-usr-bin.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-edit-usr-bin.htmlI'm trying to run Chromium OS from within Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit. I'm running into a couple of issues, and one of the possible solutions I've found requires editing a file called usr/bin/chromeos. I a......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:16:33 -0400https://liberty.io/netflix-drm-error-ubuntu-12-10-virtualbox-win7-closed.htmlhttps://liberty.io/netflix-drm-error-ubuntu-12-10-virtualbox-win7-closed.htmlHas anyone seen the Netflix DRM error described below? If so, is there a way around it? To attempt to solve the problem of viewing Netflix on Ubuntu, I have created a virtual machine running Windo......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:11:29 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-autorestart-an-exited-process-with-exit-status-0-in-superviso.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-autorestart-an-exited-process-with-exit-status-0-in-superviso.htmlI am executing some PHP script with supervisord. Sometimes one of my processes is stopping with error log: INFO exited: worker_push_notif (exit status 0; expected). I already set in config autor......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:09:40 -0400https://liberty.io/will-the-atheros-ar9002u-wifi-chipset-work-out-of-box-with-ubuntu-18-0.htmlhttps://liberty.io/will-the-atheros-ar9002u-wifi-chipset-work-out-of-box-with-ubuntu-18-0.htmlI'm trying to find one locally today and would like to avoid having to troubleshoot to get it working....Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:07:17 -0400https://liberty.io/enable-fractional-scaling-for-ubuntu-18-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/enable-fractional-scaling-for-ubuntu-18-04.htmlI recently installed Ubuntu 18.04 and discovered that the fractional scaling option that was in 16.04 is no longer there. 200% is too big for my display, and this answer didn't work for me (the opt......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:45:20 -0400https://liberty.io/user-daniel-kasen-ask-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/user-daniel-kasen-ask-ubuntu.htmlQ&A for Ubuntu users and developers...Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:45:08 -0400https://liberty.io/touchpad-keyboard-issues-with-laptop-fujitsu-lifebook-e5511-same-issue.htmlhttps://liberty.io/touchpad-keyboard-issues-with-laptop-fujitsu-lifebook-e5511-same-issue.htmlProblem with all of them: Drivers get mental thinking its a TABLET ! The Laptop is no tablet .... keyboard not working touchpad not working Applies to Ubuntu, Xubuntu, ... 18.x, 19.x, 20.x, 21.x......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:35:16 -0400https://liberty.io/installing-vs-code-on-ubuntu-20-04-with-auto-updates-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/installing-vs-code-on-ubuntu-20-04-with-auto-updates-duplicate.htmlI did see How do I uninstall Visual Studio Code? and https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux Mentions snap and apt as ways to install with auto-updates. Wanted to know which is the way to ge......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:32:04 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-resize-pictures-changing-the-aspect-ratio.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-resize-pictures-changing-the-aspect-ratio.htmlCurrently running Ubuntu 15.04. I am trying to resize a set of photos where the original size of each is 3906*2602. Whether I try with darktable or mogrify specifying 1920*1080 I end up with 1621*......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:31:23 -0400https://liberty.io/is-it-100-safe-to-rename-a-file-while-it-039-s-being-written.htmlhttps://liberty.io/is-it-100-safe-to-rename-a-file-while-it-039-s-being-written.htmlIn Ubuntu, unlike in Windows, I can rename a file while it's being written onto the hard disk (for example because it's the output of a program or the copy of another file), and I can also rename a ...Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:30:24 -0400https://liberty.io/xdg-desktop-portal-always-crashes-at-startup-in-ubuntu-19-10.htmlhttps://liberty.io/xdg-desktop-portal-always-crashes-at-startup-in-ubuntu-19-10.htmlxdg-document-portal always crashes when Ubuntu 19.10 starts up. Is there a way to prevent it crashing or to disable it without interfering with system functionality? update: It crashes almost on ......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:18:50 -0400https://liberty.io/which-version-control-system-to-use.htmlhttps://liberty.io/which-version-control-system-to-use.htmlI am looking at using a version control system to ensure that I can go back in time to a particular version for all documents in ~, if I have to. What is the best suited tool for this given that: ......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:17:06 -0400https://liberty.io/kill-sudo-with-specific-time-every-time.htmlhttps://liberty.io/kill-sudo-with-specific-time-every-time.htmlwe all know that in Ubuntu sudo password will be auto saved for 15 minutes and expires after that. But I want to make it for quick expire. I mean I dont want to change any settings and when I ever ......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:08:30 -0400https://liberty.io/tensorflow-is-not-working.htmlhttps://liberty.io/tensorflow-is-not-working.htmlI installed Tensorflow by using pip, but when I import it in python I'm getting such error. 2020-11-13 11:59:23.274303: W tensorflow/stream_executor/platform/default/dso_loader.cc:59] Could not load ...Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:08:11 -0400https://liberty.io/chrome-font-became-very-small.htmlhttps://liberty.io/chrome-font-became-very-small.htmlAfter I ran the command sudo apt-get upgrade, fonts in chrome became very small. On pages everything is OK. But tab names, the bookmark bar, right click menu, autofill in forms are too small even t......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 03:54:42 -0400https://liberty.io/mac-mini-server-late-2009-cannot-connect-to-network-on-ubuntu-20-04-lt.htmlhttps://liberty.io/mac-mini-server-late-2009-cannot-connect-to-network-on-ubuntu-20-04-lt.htmlI cannot connect my computer to the network. The Wi-Fi does not appear to be recognized at all within Ubuntu. The ethernet jack shows up, and I can see the wired connection in Settings, but the s......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 03:50:51 -0400https://liberty.io/turn-a-manually-program-start-to-automatically-program-start-on-boot.htmlhttps://liberty.io/turn-a-manually-program-start-to-automatically-program-start-on-boot.htmlI have installed osrm on my server in home/myname/osrm if I manually start the process from beyond dir with osrm-routed data/map.osrm it works fine, but unfortunately in foreground and after reboot......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 03:35:02 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-clean-var-cache.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-clean-var-cache.htmlWhen I woke up this morning, I found my root had filled overnight du -hx --max-depth=1 / 132M /boot 4.0K /media 16K /lost+found 16M /root 702M /lib 4.0K /OLDHOME 8.2G /......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 03:32:52 -0400https://liberty.io/add-executable-error-cmake.htmlhttps://liberty.io/add-executable-error-cmake.htmlI created a package and source file in my Ubuntu 20.04 computer. My goal is to visualize dummy sensors and objects in Rviz2. To do that I followed the How to visualize sensor data in ROS2 article.......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 03:27:12 -0400https://liberty.io/howto-save-alsamixer-settings.htmlhttps://liberty.io/howto-save-alsamixer-settings.htmlHello I have tryed out the programm "EarCandy", now I had/have a lot of problems. At first I did not get any sound and now it is very low volume. PS Earcandy is now deleted from my harddisk. When Im ...Thu, 23 Jul 2026 03:02:38 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-obtain-the-debian-installer-for-ubuntu-server-18-04-3-lts.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-obtain-the-debian-installer-for-ubuntu-server-18-04-3-lts.htmlWhere can I find the debian-installer iso cd for Ubuntu Server 18.04.3 LTS?...Thu, 23 Jul 2026 02:52:15 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-dynamically-enable-and-disable-ipv6-on-an-interface.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-dynamically-enable-and-disable-ipv6-on-an-interface.htmlHow to dynamically enable and disable IPv6 on an interface so that it gets link local address when enabled? I have tried: sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1 to disable IPv6 and sysctl net......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 02:31:08 -0400https://liberty.io/no-manual-entry-for-pthread-could-not-find-man-page-by-name.htmlhttps://liberty.io/no-manual-entry-for-pthread-could-not-find-man-page-by-name.htmlI am new to Ubuntu, wanted to code for reader-writer block in Operating System, but when I fired the command man pthread it gave me an error no manual entry for pthread. What can be done to resolve......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 02:25:16 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-turn-on-qualcomm-atheros-wireless-nic-with-ubuntu-14-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-turn-on-qualcomm-atheros-wireless-nic-with-ubuntu-14-04.htmlI bought a Lenovo Z70-80 last week and installed Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr. I've been on the forums ever since trying to find a reason why my wireless adapter doesn't work. It worked under Windows......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 02:09:56 -0400https://liberty.io/enable-touchpad-scroll-button-on-fujitsu-s752.htmlhttps://liberty.io/enable-touchpad-scroll-button-on-fujitsu-s752.htmlI have a Fujitsu Lifebook S752 and it's got a nice up-down button for scrolling located between LMB and RMB on the touchpad. It did not work on Ubuntu 20.10 and neither on 21.04. It works fine in W......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 02:05:48 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-set-the-default-java-version.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-set-the-default-java-version.htmlI have been using Java 6 on Ubuntu 11.10, but now I want to update to version 7. I've installed version 7 via PPA as described here. If I run sudo update-alternatives --config java I get the foll......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 02:05:11 -0400https://liberty.io/error-the-package-lists-or-status-file-could-not-be-parsed-or-opened-w.htmlhttps://liberty.io/error-the-package-lists-or-status-file-could-not-be-parsed-or-opened-w.htmlI was trying to : sudo apt-get update Didn't work with error: Hit:1 http://security.debian.org buster/updates InRelease Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports InRelease Hit:3 http://f......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 02:01:51 -0400https://liberty.io/is-there-an-ubuntu-upnp-interface-or-api-for-xbmc-kodi.htmlhttps://liberty.io/is-there-an-ubuntu-upnp-interface-or-api-for-xbmc-kodi.htmlI am in the process of developing a voice controlled home automation system, a big part of which is my media center...currently XBMC running a Rasberry Pi, soon to be Kodi running on a Rasberry Pi ......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:37:31 -0400https://liberty.io/vi-shortcut-to-delete-until-the-next-x-character.htmlhttps://liberty.io/vi-shortcut-to-delete-until-the-next-x-character.htmlI understand that vi has shortcut keys to delete characters, words and lines with various options. However, I could not find this: delete from the cursor to the next specified character For exa......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:34:38 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-try-ubuntu-18-04-live-server.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-try-ubuntu-18-04-live-server.htmlI downloaded an Ubuntu 18.04 Live Server ISO. I burned it onto a DVD-RW. I can boot from that DVD-RW. I press "tab" while booting as described here: If you act quickly enough, hitting the TAB key ......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:31:12 -0400https://liberty.io/can-039-t-connect-usb-wireless-mouse.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-039-t-connect-usb-wireless-mouse.htmlI am having trouble connecting a wireless USB mouse on Ubuntu 20.04 on both Lenovo Thinkpad and Dell Inspiron. This is a used mouse that I haven't tested on other operating systems. It has batter......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:30:29 -0400https://liberty.io/find-system-service-by-conf-file.htmlhttps://liberty.io/find-system-service-by-conf-file.htmlSetup: The task is to remove all proxy settings. Now I came across a proxy.conf file at /root/http-proxy.conf that contains this (with different IP ): [Service] Environment="HTTPS_PROXY=https:......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:27:41 -0400https://liberty.io/use-clonezilla-to-create-copy-of-my-machine-and-revert-from-17-10-to-1.htmlhttps://liberty.io/use-clonezilla-to-create-copy-of-my-machine-and-revert-from-17-10-to-1.htmlI recently switched to 17.10 and it conflicts with many of the utilities I use for work. It's past the point of frustration. I want to backup/clone my laptop to: revert to 16.04 create a back-up m......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:21:23 -0400https://liberty.io/can-not-boot-failed-to-start-apparmor-initialization-computer-hanging-.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-not-boot-failed-to-start-apparmor-initialization-computer-hanging-.htmlMy HP Elitebook 2570p cannot boot! Failed to start AppArmor initialization... Computer hanging in booting process starting gnome display manager, dispatcher service....system changes .. p link was ......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:20:47 -0400https://liberty.io/replace-all-sub-domains-in-a-file-with-the-another-domain-name-using-s.htmlhttps://liberty.io/replace-all-sub-domains-in-a-file-with-the-another-domain-name-using-s.htmlReplace all sub-domain names in a file with a different domain name using wildcard. Ex : In a file, I have the following domains : example1.domain1.com example2.domain1.com example3.domai......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:07:30 -0400https://liberty.io/enabling-relative-tracking-mode-on-wacom-tablet-ubuntu-18.htmlhttps://liberty.io/enabling-relative-tracking-mode-on-wacom-tablet-ubuntu-18.htmlI'm user of Ubuntu 18.04.04. Having trouble to make my -one wacom- tablet work. I followed the next instruction: sudo apt install --install-recommends linux-generic-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-hwe-18.04......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:00:42 -0400https://liberty.io/screen-tearing-on-ubuntu-xorg-20-04-with-intel-graphics.htmlhttps://liberty.io/screen-tearing-on-ubuntu-xorg-20-04-with-intel-graphics.htmlI am fairly new to Linux and Ubuntu. Just swapped it with Windows 10 on my ASUS ZenBook S13 yesterday. I noticed a LOT of screen tearing, not only in videos with fast moves but even when I hover o......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:55:16 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-enable-font-anti-aliasing-in-wine.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-enable-font-anti-aliasing-in-wine.htmlFonts in some Wine applications (Word 2007 for example) are heavily aliased. 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Dragging or clicking the s......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:44:21 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-enable-ati-open-source-drivers.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-enable-ati-open-source-drivers.htmlI have a ATI Radeon 3600 and I am kind of new to Ubuntu and Linux. I have read that proprietary ATI drivers aren't good enough and that open source drivers do work very well....Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:44:03 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-fix-this-hard-drive.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-fix-this-hard-drive.htmlI recently bought a 2TB WD Black hard drive and installed it in an enclosure to use as media storage for my Micca Spect media player. The installation went well and I booted into Ubuntu (14.04 LTS ......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:38:28 -0400https://liberty.io/ntpd-server-always-in-039-init-039-mode.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ntpd-server-always-in-039-init-039-mode.htmlI'm running ntpd server in my ubuntu (10.04) machine. But it is always stays in the 'INIT' state as shown below. lyra@ws07475:~$ ntpq -p remote refid st t when poll reach del......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:38:25 -0400https://liberty.io/error-cannot-find-openscenegraph-3-2-or-later.htmlhttps://liberty.io/error-cannot-find-openscenegraph-3-2-or-later.htmlI am trying to setup omnet++ when I run ./configure I endup with follwoing error: . . . configure: error: Cannot find OpenSceneGraph 3.2 or later - 3D view in Qtenv will not be available. Set WITH_......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:38:00 -0400https://liberty.io/starting-load-fallback-graphics-devices-fail-at-the-boot-time.htmlhttps://liberty.io/starting-load-fallback-graphics-devices-fail-at-the-boot-time.htmlI had some problem when Ubuntu is booting. After BIOS windows it trows this mistake: Starting load fallback graphics devices [fail] After this I see terminal with suggestions to enter login......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:28:23 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-14-04-google-chrome-broken-closed.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-14-04-google-chrome-broken-closed.htmlI'm running Ubuntu 14.04 and Chrome seems to have broken with no way out. I was fiddling with the command line flags, and I activated something that I did not want. I disabled it and restarted the ...Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:24:30 -0400https://liberty.io/where-can-i-find-the-meaning-of-ro.htmlhttps://liberty.io/where-can-i-find-the-meaning-of-ro.htmlI'm having trouble booting my netbook so I'm looking at the grub boot parameters. I know what splash, quite and vt.handoff=7 do. 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I have TP-Link Archer T6E AC1300 installed to my computer. However, I cannot use the WiFi on my Linux Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS because I don't have the drive for the wireless ...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:45:15 -0400https://liberty.io/user-alator-ask-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/user-alator-ask-ubuntu.htmlQ&A for Ubuntu users and developers...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:34:58 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-add-a-new-file-to-hide-x-039-s-library.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-add-a-new-file-to-hide-x-039-s-library.htmlI'm running Ubuntu 14.04, and Hide X 0.3. I've setup the library, and configured the database. I already asked a different question about saving a file with Hide X, but I want to learn how to do some ...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:25:15 -0400https://liberty.io/canon-printer-setup-errors-model-ts3522.htmlhttps://liberty.io/canon-printer-setup-errors-model-ts3522.htmlI bought a Canon printer and can't get it to connect with Ubuntu. 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