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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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9 votes

bash completion processing gone bad, how to debug?

bash autocomplete asked May 17, 2010 at 19:05

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9 votes

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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Can a local variable's memory be accessed outside its scope?

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Background color for Tk in Python

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bash, Linux: Set difference between two text files

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Is it possible to have Notepad++ show two rows of file tabs?

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Is there a ".bashrc" equivalent file read by all shells?

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Why are there no ++ and -- operators in Python?

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Why is there a * when there is mention of Unix throughout the Internet?

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Python SQLite: database is locked

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File mode for creating+reading+appending+binary

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Why do modern keyboards have Scroll Lock?

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Choosing a Programming Language Systematically

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Force a core to dump from an active, normally running program on FreeBSD

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How can I make Perl and Python print each line of the program being executed?

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Making a string out of a string and an integer in Python

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What is the best way to explain refactoring to non-technical people?

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Generating Silence with pyDub

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Why does deleting a file on a USB stick not free up space?

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Getting csv.Sniffer to work with quoted values

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Assigning to a positional parameter

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change first line of a file in python

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What is the best way for checking if the user of a script has root-like privileges?

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Detect Alpha Channel with ImageMagick

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Why is Linux's filesystem designed as a single directory tree?

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How to use ``xlrd.xldate_as_tuple()``

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How to pass 'yes' to python manage.py flush?

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Is it possible to overload Python assignment?

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How to undo `hg pull`?

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Storing currency values in SQLite3

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Is it possible to get a graphical representation of gprof results?

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Where can I look up my update history?

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