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(I remember I saw someone doing something like ......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:17:06 -0400https://liberty.io/can-i-use-ubuntu-12-04-on-a-laptop-with-768mb-ram-and-a-pentium-m-proc.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-i-use-ubuntu-12-04-on-a-laptop-with-768mb-ram-and-a-pentium-m-proc.htmlMy Laptop has 768MB RAM and a Pentium-M 2.00 GHz processor. Can I use Ubuntu 12.04 on my Laptop? Will it slow down?...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:14:41 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-install-h-265-hevc-codec-on-ubuntu-linux.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-install-h-265-hevc-codec-on-ubuntu-linux.htmlI have seen that the new DivX Player 10 shows off H.265/HEVC playback, the successor of H.264. I wonder how I may get this support in Linux. Is there a need to install a codec specific for this for......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:11:53 -0400https://liberty.io/bash-cd-desktop-no-such-file-or-directory.htmlhttps://liberty.io/bash-cd-desktop-no-such-file-or-directory.htmlI'm trying to type: cd Desktop from the /root directory, but when I do it comes up with the error: -bash: cd: Desktop: No such file or directory What am I doing wrong?...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:07:56 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-check-when-the-ubuntu-server-was-rebooted.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-check-when-the-ubuntu-server-was-rebooted.htmlI need to know when my server was rebooted? I only see my last login when I login. Where is this info stored?...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:07:16 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-seamlessly-upgrade-webkitgtk-in-ubuntu-18-04-and-20-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-seamlessly-upgrade-webkitgtk-in-ubuntu-18-04-and-20-04.htmlWebkitgtk has released latest stable version 2.30.0 https://webkitgtk.org/2020/09/11/webkitgtk2.30.0-released.html However I dont see the same version updated in ubuntu 18.04 and ubuntu 20.04 repos......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:59:41 -0400https://liberty.io/error-when-trying-to-install-scip.htmlhttps://liberty.io/error-when-trying-to-install-scip.htmlI try to install scip package in Ubuntu 16.04 but I encounter this error: "bin/scip-3.2.1.linux.x86_64.gnu.opt.spx" not found. This is needed by ./check.sh to work. Check your $PATH ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:43:31 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-search-strings-in-certain-files-using-absolute-path-by-grep.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-search-strings-in-certain-files-using-absolute-path-by-grep.htmlI want to search for a certain string in several files using absolute path, say that I want to find all occurrences of inheritDoc in sevral java files, I have tried the following command: grep -in......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:42:09 -0400https://liberty.io/graphics-problem-on-ubuntu-12-10-gnome-3.htmlhttps://liberty.io/graphics-problem-on-ubuntu-12-10-gnome-3.htmlI've been using 12.10 for about two weeks now with no problems. The whole time I have been using Gnome 3. Then suddenly the system spontaneously rebooted. When it came back up there were lots of ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:37:49 -0400https://liberty.io/imagemagick-convert-on-a-multiple-files.htmlhttps://liberty.io/imagemagick-convert-on-a-multiple-files.htmlI have 3 files in a directory: aaa.jpg bbb.jpg ccc.jpg I can scale down an image using ImagkMagick convert: convert aaa.jpg -resize 1200x900 aaa-small.jpg I want to do all the images in......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:30:05 -0400https://liberty.io/what-file-permissions-should-i-set-on-web-root.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-file-permissions-should-i-set-on-web-root.htmlI use Ubuntu Server 10.10 and have installed Nginx web server with apt-get install nginx. It creates a default web page at /var/www/nginx-default/ and that directory has the permissions drwxr-xr-x ......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:24:06 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-vlc-be-made-to-stretch-a-video-such-that-it-fills-a-display.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-vlc-be-made-to-stretch-a-video-such-that-it-fills-a-display.htmlI have a video of dimensions 960 x 720 (aspect ratio 4:3) and I have a display of 1920 x 1080 (aspect ratio 16:9). I want the video stretched -- with no respect given to its original aspect ratio -......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:21:48 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-convert-document-from-google-docs-to-text-file.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-convert-document-from-google-docs-to-text-file.htmlHow would I capture all the text in a document from Google Docs and convert it to a text file, preferably a way that can be used in a script? Would wget work? such as: wget https://docs.google.com/...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:21:44 -0400https://liberty.io/what-is-gateway-in-my-route-table.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-is-gateway-in-my-route-table.htmlI just ran "route" on my laptop's terminal and see this line for the default entry in my route table: enter image description here In examples I am seeing in books and online, the default......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:20:50 -0400https://liberty.io/critical-differences-between-ubuntu-server-and-ubuntu-desktop-for-20-0.htmlhttps://liberty.io/critical-differences-between-ubuntu-server-and-ubuntu-desktop-for-20-0.htmlWhat are the actual meaningful differences between Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Desktop, particularly for 20.04? I know people say among other things that Desktop has GUI by default and Server has text......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:18:35 -0400https://liberty.io/samba-setup-for-windows-domain-access.htmlhttps://liberty.io/samba-setup-for-windows-domain-access.htmlBackground: I am setting up a Linux box for a local accounting office. The purpose of the box is to alleviate the threat of viruses that have access to the network via USB drives. Please keep in......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:16:16 -0400https://liberty.io/nfs-permissions-get-reset-as-non-root-user.htmlhttps://liberty.io/nfs-permissions-get-reset-as-non-root-user.htmlNFS Question I'm trying to mount a network drive on a nearly fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 Server, and I'm getting some puzzling behavior. I mount the drive as root, and list the permissions: # ......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:15:35 -0400https://liberty.io/can-039-t-install-apache2-again.htmlhttps://liberty.io/can-039-t-install-apache2-again.htmlI have previously had apache2 installed, I upgraded to php5.5 and this broke my install so i tried to fix a few files. But that didnt work, I autoremoved apache but I still get this error when I tr......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:12:35 -0400https://liberty.io/gtk3-themes-look-wrong-corrupted.htmlhttps://liberty.io/gtk3-themes-look-wrong-corrupted.htmlI recently lost access to my account due to a loss of permissions (for example .ICEauthority was owned by root). When I fixed everything, I recovered access to my account, but the gtk3 themes that ......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:11:27 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-16-04-2-in-virtual-box-does-not-start.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-16-04-2-in-virtual-box-does-not-start.htmlI wanted to install an Ubuntu Server in my Virtual Box, the installation works fine but after I reboot to start the VBox I get a black Screen. I already have tried reinstalling it but nothing works......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:10:03 -0400https://liberty.io/juju-fails-to-download-charm-with-proxy.htmlhttps://liberty.io/juju-fails-to-download-charm-with-proxy.htmlI've succesfully deployed juju-gui with : juju deploy --to 0 juju-gui and I add-machine as well juju statustibo@maas:~$ juju status environment: maas machines: "0": agent-state: started ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:00:13 -0400https://liberty.io/iwlwifi-8000c-33-ucode-failed-and-iwlwifi-8000c-32-ucode-failed.htmlhttps://liberty.io/iwlwifi-8000c-33-ucode-failed-and-iwlwifi-8000c-32-ucode-failed.htmlI had installed Ubuntu 17.10 on my ASUS GL502VMK During the boot, i get KLINGON:~$ dmesg | grep wifi [ 4.408487] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) [ 4.412642] iwlwifi......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:56:49 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-server-crash.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-server-crash.htmlHello 1 of my 2 servers keeps crashing randomly. the latest uptime of the machine was 17days but it then it suddenly crashes without any warning. This is the log from kern.log http://paste.ubuntu.c......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:50:21 -0400https://liberty.io/logitech-mx-master-is-lagging-in-ubuntu-but-not-in-os-x-or-windows.htmlhttps://liberty.io/logitech-mx-master-is-lagging-in-ubuntu-but-not-in-os-x-or-windows.htmlI recently purchased a Logitech MX Master 2S, and have found that there is some mouse lag (input lag issues, and stuttering) on Ubuntu 18.04. I tried it on Windows and OS X to make sure that it was......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:48:00 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-write-a-keyboard-symbol-e-g-with-a-key-combination-e-g-ctrl-fn.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-write-a-keyboard-symbol-e-g-with-a-key-combination-e-g-ctrl-fn.htmlMy 1 key broke and I just used the key-mapper program to move this key to the one on the left (the ~ key). Or in other words - I remapped the ~ key to take the functionality of 1. My problem now is......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:45:34 -0400https://liberty.io/quick-method-to-wget-my-local-wiki-need-advice-without-dumping-mysql.htmlhttps://liberty.io/quick-method-to-wget-my-local-wiki-need-advice-without-dumping-mysql.htmlI need advice. I have a webserver vm (LAN, not on the internet), it has 2 wikis: http://lanwiki/GameWiki http://lanwiki/HomeworkWiki I want to wget only the homework wiki pages, without crawling ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:37:13 -0400https://liberty.io/intel-centrino-wimax-6250-constant-slow-and-dropped-signal-ubuntu-13-1.htmlhttps://liberty.io/intel-centrino-wimax-6250-constant-slow-and-dropped-signal-ubuntu-13-1.htmlI've been surfing the forums for a while now, and I have hit a brick wall. I have a Sony Viao computer with the above mentioned Wireless Adapter. It constantly slows to speeds of under 20 kb/sec, g......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:31:46 -0400https://liberty.io/kadmin-client-not-found.htmlhttps://liberty.io/kadmin-client-not-found.htmlI'm attempting to join ubuntu 16.04 LTS to a windows AD. My goal is for this client machine to be able to log in with the Windows AD username and be able to access the Windows shares. I started by ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:30:58 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-18-04-stuck-at-verifying-the-installation-configuration.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-18-04-stuck-at-verifying-the-installation-configuration.htmlI am installing Ubuntu 18.04 desktop (64 bit) on vmware player 12.5.9 using windows 10. I was able to install Ubuntu 16, but 18 keeps hanging permanently at this step each time I try (I have left ......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:29:52 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-access-the-scanner-functionality-of-my-samsung-clx-3175n-ove.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-access-the-scanner-functionality-of-my-samsung-clx-3175n-ove.htmlI have a Samsung CLX 3175N network capable color laser printer/scanner which was sold as being Linux compatible. Whereas the printer undeed works in the network. It has been impossible up to now ......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:23:56 -0400https://liberty.io/install-fast-cgi-in-apache-server2.htmlhttps://liberty.io/install-fast-cgi-in-apache-server2.htmlI am trying to install fastcgi in Apache2: sudo apt-get install -y libapache2-mod-fastcgi Results in a: Package 'libapache2-mod-fastcgi' has no installation candidate. It seems that also fastcg......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:10:47 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-redirect-the-output-of-a-command-to-a-function-but-suppress-the.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-redirect-the-output-of-a-command-to-a-function-but-suppress-the.htmlI need to redirect the output of a command that I am running to a log file with timestamp (hence a function instead of the log file itself) but the error and the output, both should not be showing ......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:07:04 -0400https://liberty.io/in-kubuntu-arabic-keyboard-layout-does-not-has-right-alt-key.htmlhttps://liberty.io/in-kubuntu-arabic-keyboard-layout-does-not-has-right-alt-key.htmlThe following screen shot explain the issue well, in which there is no key assigned for the right alt key or alt gr. This situation cause a problem with keyboard layout switching when the current a......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:50:04 -0400https://liberty.io/touchscreen-not-found-on-notebook-using-lubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/touchscreen-not-found-on-notebook-using-lubuntu.htmlLubuntu (and any other Linux distro) cannot recognize the touchscreen on my Trekstor Primebook C11 although it works well with Windows I would be very grateful any help! Thank you!...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:26:47 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-set-dark-light-mode-from-the-gnome-session-in-ubuntu-22-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-set-dark-light-mode-from-the-gnome-session-in-ubuntu-22-04.htmlBack on 21.10, just picking whichever theme, dark or not, in GNOME Tweaks, set the desktop to that theme. Now on 22.04, due to the switch of some apps to libadwaita I assume, you need to set Dark/L......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:24:44 -0400https://liberty.io/chrome-rdp-not-connecting-to-ubuntu-pc.htmlhttps://liberty.io/chrome-rdp-not-connecting-to-ubuntu-pc.htmlI am trying to connect my android phone to Ubuntu pc using chrome RDP on both. I setup and go online in chrome RDP in Ubuntu and tried to connect from android. I get a screen like below, Screenshot I ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:23:12 -0400https://liberty.io/postfix-ubuntu-sasl-login-authentication-failed-authentication-failure.htmlhttps://liberty.io/postfix-ubuntu-sasl-login-authentication-failed-authentication-failure.htmlOn Ubuntu 18.04 server, I use Webmin and Virtualmin to manage the server and the virtual host. Looking at the file: /var/log/mail.log I have this: Sep 5 12:11:50 ns3147326 postfix/smtpd[17356]: ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:16:26 -0400https://liberty.io/computer-boots-automatically-into-gnu-grub-no-other-options.htmlhttps://liberty.io/computer-boots-automatically-into-gnu-grub-no-other-options.htmlCurrently, when I start my computer, this screen is shown. I do not have any other options, it boots into this within a second of starting my computer. I used to have Windows 8.1 dual booted with ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:08:57 -0400https://liberty.io/windows-is-hibernated-refuses-to-mount-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/windows-is-hibernated-refuses-to-mount-duplicate.htmlHaving done all the steps to get Ubuntu in USB. Starting from USB, I have Ubuntu running properly BUT I cannot open Windows files because Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Failed to mo......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:01:40 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-get-the-mac-address-of-my-router.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-get-the-mac-address-of-my-router.htmlIs there a Linux command that allows me to get the MAC address of my router?...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:59:12 -0400https://liberty.io/keep-kde-pannel-in-background-eg-always-covered-by-windows.htmlhttps://liberty.io/keep-kde-pannel-in-background-eg-always-covered-by-windows.htmli can't figure out how i can keep a pannel from "unhinding" when i touch the corner it's placed in. Ultimately i just wanna see it when i have no window open and am on my desktop. Does an......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:48:29 -0400https://liberty.io/virt-manager-can-039-t-connect-to-libvirt.htmlhttps://liberty.io/virt-manager-can-039-t-connect-to-libvirt.htmlI'm running Ubuntu 12.04.2 32 bits. The error doesn't show up if I start gksudo virt-manager. libvirt-bin is installed. I don't know how to check for the daemon. I am a member of libvirtd. Outpu......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:39:44 -0400https://liberty.io/what-is-gnome-gnome-classic-and-gnome-classic-no-effects.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-is-gnome-gnome-classic-and-gnome-classic-no-effects.htmlI am using ubuntu 12.04 lts and I was using unity 2D and i wanted to switch to unity 3D so i logged out and clicked on the ubuntu sign and there were 3 new options: 1 GNOME 2 GNOME CLASSIC and 3 G......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:34:14 -0400https://liberty.io/configuring-huawei-e3276-modem.htmlhttps://liberty.io/configuring-huawei-e3276-modem.htmlI'm having trouble with my mobile broadband modem (Huawei E3276) on Ubuntu 14.04. lsusb output: Bus 002 Device 024: ID 12d1:1506 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E398 LTE/UMTS/GSM Modem/Networkcard ......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:31:22 -0400https://liberty.io/shut-down-quickly-a-stop-job-is-running.htmlhttps://liberty.io/shut-down-quickly-a-stop-job-is-running.htmlIn systemd based systems, such as debian 8 and ubuntu 16.04, I have this issue whereby the machine will refuse to shut down if I forgot to stop my openvpn connection before sending the command to s......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:18:06 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-add-xpra-repository-list.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-add-xpra-repository-list.htmlOn this page, https://xpra.org/trac/wiki/Download, you see a list of repository list for xpra. But what commands do I need to run it? Confused. Completely new to linux and ubuntu. I am on Ubuntu ......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:12:57 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-send-elm327-command-via-usb-and-fetch-the-answer.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-send-elm327-command-via-usb-and-fetch-the-answer.htmlcan someone help me please, how to send an ELM327 command to my OBDII dongle, connected via USB and fetch the answer in a $Var? Kris Occhipinti made a great video on YouTube, where he show how to d......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:11:49 -0400https://liberty.io/keep-highlight-tool-on-in-document-viewer.htmlhttps://liberty.io/keep-highlight-tool-on-in-document-viewer.htmlI'm using the default Document viewer to open and highlight pdfs in Ubuntu 18.04. After I highlight something, the "Add highlight annotation" tool is automatically switched off, and I have to press......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:06:14 -0400https://liberty.io/hardware-epson-l365-scanner.htmlhttps://liberty.io/hardware-epson-l365-scanner.htmlI've managed to install some packages provided by Seiko Epson and have my printer work normally. However, I can't get the scanner to work. It's a EPSON L365 Multifunction printer/scanner/photocopi......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:01:54 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-show-ascii-art-at-the-top-of-the-terminal-when-it-039-s-opened.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-show-ascii-art-at-the-top-of-the-terminal-when-it-039-s-opened.htmlAs you can see on this screenshot of Mik's Guake he has a startup message of ASCII art when he opens it, and that's what I'd like to do, can someone help me?...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:57:11 -0400https://liberty.io/copy-from-libreoffice-to-ckeditor.htmlhttps://liberty.io/copy-from-libreoffice-to-ckeditor.htmlIf I copy a LibreOffice Table (spreadsheet, not writer) to CKEDitor4 it does copy and past an image. With CKEditor5 the table gets copied. Is there a way to get this working with CKEditor4? http......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:54:59 -0400https://liberty.io/what-lubuntu-chose-amd64-or-i386-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-lubuntu-chose-amd64-or-i386-duplicate.htmlI have the Intel Atom® Processor N450 (supports x64 but its not amd processor) on my netbook but here http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/16.04.2/release/ says: If you have a non-64-bit pro......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:51:21 -0400https://liberty.io/how-install-xfce-and-remove-gnome-on-ubuntu-20-0-4-lts-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-install-xfce-and-remove-gnome-on-ubuntu-20-0-4-lts-duplicate.htmlWas running xUbuntu 18.0.4 LTS and upgraded (re-install via DVD) to Ubuntu 20.0.4. I'd like to get back to the XFCE Desktop as it find gnome unusable for my application. In particular I have a lot of ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:44:26 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-get-a-messaging-menu-indicator-with-unread-count-of-my-new-g.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-get-a-messaging-menu-indicator-with-unread-count-of-my-new-g.htmlBack in Ubuntu 12.04, installing the gm-notify application allowed did these things: Shoe me the number of unread messages in my inbox Show me a blue envelope when an email was received Show me a ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:42:11 -0400https://liberty.io/user-brad-solomon-ask-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/user-brad-solomon-ask-ubuntu.htmlQ&A for Ubuntu users and developers...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:39:04 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-limit-the-cpu-and-ram-usage-for-a-process.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-limit-the-cpu-and-ram-usage-for-a-process.htmlI'm on a Ubuntu VPS with SFTP and a console. I need a specific process to only use 60% of my CPU and 2048 MB of RAM. I also need that another process only uses 30% of CPU and 1024MB of RAM. How can I ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:36:10 -0400https://liberty.io/lv2-and-lv2-dev-libraries-or-equivalent.htmlhttps://liberty.io/lv2-and-lv2-dev-libraries-or-equivalent.htmlI'm compiling ardour3 from source and as far as I can tell I have all the libraries mentioned in http://ardour.org/building_ardour3 Unfortunately running ./waf configure gives the following error ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:16:11 -0400https://liberty.io/blocking-start-of-terminal.htmlhttps://liberty.io/blocking-start-of-terminal.htmlIf you type this simple test command: gnome-terminal -x bash -c "ls;sleep 3" You will find that it returns immediately (the newly created terminal, of course, lingers for three seconds). This is......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:15:46 -0400https://liberty.io/acpi-bios-error-bug-could-not-resolve-symbol-sb-pcio-sato-prto-gtf-dss.htmlhttps://liberty.io/acpi-bios-error-bug-could-not-resolve-symbol-sb-pcio-sato-prto-gtf-dss.htmlMy Ubuntu 18.04 system has been working fine for quite some time (a few years). It suddenly threw up this error. Causes the system to auto-reboot several time. Sometimes it is able to boot into the......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:05:49 -0400https://liberty.io/what-exactly-does-a-bad-signature-mean.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-exactly-does-a-bad-signature-mean.htmlAbout 16 hours ago I downloaded the Ubuntu 18.04.5 image from releases.ubuntu.com alongside its checksum file and GnuPG signature. Verifying the checksum file using the signature results in a BAD ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:56:45 -0400https://liberty.io/difference-between-home-and.htmlhttps://liberty.io/difference-between-home-and.html$HOME and ~ usually refer to the same thing. That is, they are the path to the "user's home" directory which is of the general form "/home/userName". When, if ever, do these not refer to the same ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:54:17 -0400https://liberty.io/curl-not-working-in-the-latest-version-of-php-7-2.htmlhttps://liberty.io/curl-not-working-in-the-latest-version-of-php-7-2.htmlI tried to install the CURL in my server but failed. My server is running in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS & PHP 7.2 version. I used the command to install the CURL in my server. The command I used: sudo......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:44:54 -0400https://liberty.io/select-disk-to-boot-from.htmlhttps://liberty.io/select-disk-to-boot-from.htmlI have a desktop computer with Windows 10 on one SSD and another HDD with files, programs, etc. I also have another empty SSD in which I want to install Ubuntu, and let it connected with the others. ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:41:25 -0400https://liberty.io/unable-to-send-mail-with-mailx.htmlhttps://liberty.io/unable-to-send-mail-with-mailx.htmlCould someone kindly assist with this error?: mailx -s "test message" recipient@gmail.com Cc: This is a test message cannot send message: Process exited with a non-zero status I'm gettin......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:35:06 -0400https://liberty.io/kubuntu-using-wayland-nvidia-kde-on-21-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/kubuntu-using-wayland-nvidia-kde-on-21-04.htmlI've just updated Kubuntu from 20.10 to 21.04. When trying to start a new session with Wayland it freezes at the vendor splash screen. How would I go about it to debug this? Suspecting it might has......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:30:13 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-install-d3dx9-43.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-install-d3dx9-43.htmlIn order to use a certain Windows program on Wine, I need to install d3dx9_43 (a Directx driver) but I am not sure how to. Without this, it gives me this error: Unhandled exception: page fault on......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:18:29 -0400https://liberty.io/dell-latitude-rugged-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/dell-latitude-rugged-duplicate.htmlGood day Ubuntu community, I'm a Master of Law, currently studying Data Science, after a Bachelor in Business Informatics. I am not that new to coding and my new field of studies requires me to swi......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:52:07 -0400https://liberty.io/use-a-command-inside-zim-desktop-wiki-with-run-command-func.htmlhttps://liberty.io/use-a-command-inside-zim-desktop-wiki-with-run-command-func.htmlThere is a function inside Zim Desktop Wiki program for run a commandline command but I'm getting error. For paste a date, it works. (My command is: date "+Date: %d %b %Y - %H:%M:%S" ) But when I......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:30:29 -0400https://liberty.io/where-is-catalina-base-and-catalina-home-located-for-tomcat6.htmlhttps://liberty.io/where-is-catalina-base-and-catalina-home-located-for-tomcat6.htmlI recently installed tomcat6 with apt-get and have got it up and running. Ubuntu doesnt set the $CATALINA_BASE and $CATALINA_HOME environment variables during the install. How can I locate these ...Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:20:10 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-change-helo-address.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-change-helo-address.htmlRight now my Helo Address = localhost (helo=localhost). Is it better to set this to my server's domain name? If so, how do I change it? I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and Postfix. Thanks....Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:14:38 -0400https://liberty.io/is-there-a-list-of-usb-4g-modems-that-work-as-is-in-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/is-there-a-list-of-usb-4g-modems-that-work-as-is-in-ubuntu.htmlI've been trying out different usb modems from different networks in Portugal, and each time I get a new one it's always a week-long adventure of trying to get it to work with Ubuntu, which usually......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:10:26 -0400https://liberty.io/add-short-date-format-for-nemo-file-manager.htmlhttps://liberty.io/add-short-date-format-for-nemo-file-manager.htmlI am using Nemo File manager for some time now and one of the things that annoyed me a little is the date format it uses for any of the date columns (Date Modified, Date Accessed, etc.). I know the......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:08:07 -0400https://liberty.io/is-there-a-gui-tool-for-managing-systemd-on-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver.htmlhttps://liberty.io/is-there-a-gui-tool-for-managing-systemd-on-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver.htmlIs there a GUI tool for managing systemd on Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver)? I want to be able so see the status of services and/or units (and/or whatever else systemd calls them). Ideally, I could ......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:06:28 -0400https://liberty.io/why-i-can-039-t-i-telnet-to-a-specific-port.htmlhttps://liberty.io/why-i-can-039-t-i-telnet-to-a-specific-port.htmlthe port 7778 is in listen, netstat -tulpn tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:7778 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 22776/java but I can't telnet that port from remote machine while I can telnet other ......Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:21 -0400https://liberty.io/run-instagram-igdm-appimage.htmlhttps://liberty.io/run-instagram-igdm-appimage.htmlI am trying to run IGdm.appimage (which I downloaded from http://igdm.me/). I try to run it via terminal and it show me this error adie@adie-X550DP:~/Desktop/Apps$ ./IGdm-2.5.1-x86_64.AppImage mo......Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:59:37 -0400https://liberty.io/making-python-script-reading-messages-from-activemq-web-console.htmlhttps://liberty.io/making-python-script-reading-messages-from-activemq-web-console.htmlI recently had a task to make Python script which can read/receive and show message from ActiveMQ web console.It has classes on_message and on_error. But, unfortunately it doesn't show anything. For ...Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:47:08 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-make-a-file-executable-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-make-a-file-executable-duplicate.htmlHow can I make my file so that I can double click on it, and it runs. 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