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Why does update-mime-database complain about uri/rtspt and other unusual types?

apt aptitude updates mime-type asked Dec 25, 2010 at 9:19

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bash completion processing gone bad, how to debug?

bash autocomplete asked May 17, 2010 at 19:05

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No application to launch when plugging in ipod

nautilus launcher banshee ipod asked Dec 12, 2010 at 17:53

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8 votes

Is there a term for authorial name expurgation?

single-word-requests ellipsis typography asked Nov 18, 2011 at 4:33

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7 votes

meta-package dependencies

package-management apt dependencies asked Nov 8, 2010 at 0:54

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6 votes

Bootstrapping a DSL installation onto a machine with no BIOS boot support

grub2 boot-loader asked Sep 7, 2010 at 2:41

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