I've been a computer hobbyist since before the IBM PC, and a professional programmer not too long after that. I've had experience with electronic repair, manufacturing, and testing of professional audio.
I tutored other students in Fortran before PCs existed, built my first computer from bare circuit boards and reject parts (S-100 CP/M system), and transitioned from stereo repair, to professional audio manufacturing at Dolby Labs, where I set up the automated functional testing for Dolby professional equipment. From there, I went into programming full-time as a C programmer for Mac presentation graphics systems, then to Windows C++ video programming. My last 10 years was as a C++ Windows software engineer for a corporate source code control system.
I'm now a Linux user, doing part time website development using all open source tools like Vim, PHP, Javascript/jQuery, etc for local businesses. I'm semi-retired, so I only do jobs that I want to do.
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May
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How to handle windows on multiple screens? I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for, but one way would be to run the System Settings, Display app, and turn off that display. The command is " gnome-control-center display" if you don't want to look for it in the menu. Then just click on the TV display, and click on the on/off switch below.
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May
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Where are read permission limits to guest user stored? Yes, see your answer from May 10 below. |
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Apr
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awarded | Enlightened |
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Apr
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awarded | Nice Answer |
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Apr
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awarded | Yearling |
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Apr
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Installed 12.04 LTS onto external hard drive, will not boot Have you ever booted anything from that drive? Do you have more than one partition? I've never tried to use FAT32 for booting linux, so I don't know if there are problems, but I'd say not to use it - I see no reason to do this. There must be some problem reading the GRUB MBR, but it's hard to say what the cause may be. |
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Apr
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Installed 12.04 LTS onto external hard drive, will not boot @user147014: The reason I asked about how you wanted to approach this is that I (and probably others) can answer specific questions, but don't necessarily have all the answers or the time (or inclination) to invest when unexpected problems arise. Asking specific questions is always best, but requires an investment on your part. |
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Apr
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Installed 12.04 LTS onto external hard drive, will not boot Do you want to learn and understand what is going on so you can solve the problem knowing what was wrong, or do you want someone to hold your hand and tell you what to do step by step? I'm not trying to be negative, but some people are better at one or the other, and it's best to get it straight right off the bat. |
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Apr
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awarded | Nice Answer |
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Mar
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awarded | Supporter |
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Mar
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awarded | Notable Question |
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Mar
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Virtualbox guests no longer getting shortcuts? By "he", you mean "me". I was answering my own post after figuring it out. I wouldn't call someone else an idiot (well, not without provocation). :) |
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Feb
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Download 12.10 gives 12.04.01 LTS Have you previously downloaded 12.04.1? If so, it's possible that you're just accessing the wrong location. Not trying to shift blame or anything, but personally, I've found that user error has been the source of many of my problems in the past - so much so, that I double-check every assumption when I have a problem before assuming a bug. The link at ubuntu.com seems to be OK, though. |
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Feb
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How to make GRUB remembers what I boot last time? A little more detail |
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Feb
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answered | How to make GRUB remembers what I boot last time? |
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Feb
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What is creating a folder named ".mediaartlocal" in all my music folders? I just did a find on my music folder, and there are no new copies, so it must not be anything I'm using now. It's possible it was created when I uploaded files to Google Music - I'll check next time I do that. |
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Feb
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accepted | What is creating a folder named ".mediaartlocal" in all my music folders? |
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Jan
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Boot issues with Windows 8 after installing Ubuntu, how to fix from terminal? ...and for what it's worth, the simple answer to the main question that got overlooked somewhat: you don't uninstall an operating system, you reinstall another (or the same), choosing to reformat and/or repartition the disk. It's much easier to get rid of it than to get it. :) |
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Jan
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Howto auto-mount windows-partitions using /etc/fstab This solution sucks for two reasons - one, every file and folder is writeable to everyone in the universe; and if you use an ansi terminal, this makes the folders hard to read because they are highlighted, by default, with a green background and blue letters - very low contrast. Also, every file is green. Much better to use a less-simple setting with dmask, fmask, etc. |
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Jan
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asked | What is creating a folder named ".mediaartlocal" in all my music folders? |
