Ek kan vir jou wys hoe om jou hdd's te swap met 'n switch in plaas van om in die bios in te gaan.Xp3reMental wrote:okay so i just changed the drive order in the bios and I was back in XP so no need to reinstall!
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How can you be downloading compiz? I thought it was included with 7.10...Xp3reMental wrote:okay.. so i reinstalled ubuntu with the Xp drive in.. busy downloading compiz and all that jazz
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thanx man... its really nice.. no need for motherboard drivers and all that.. it even downloaded the nvidia drivers for me!
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Well i dont know its in the update list im downloadingD3PART3D wrote:How can you be downloading compiz? I thought it was included with 7.10...Xp3reMental wrote:okay.. so i reinstalled ubuntu with the Xp drive in.. busy downloading compiz and all that jazz
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Im downloading all the updates!
DAE i see you have a font in ubuntu!
How do I make a screenshot in ubuntu?
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DAE i see you have a font in ubuntu!
How do I make a screenshot in ubuntu?
Do I use OpenOffice to paste?
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DAE wrote:Eh?DAE i see you have a font in ubuntu!
DejaVu Sans
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Why cant I listen to music? It says
The playback of this movie requires a MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) decoder plugin which is not installed.
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You need the MP3 codecs - open Synaptic and search for gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse.Xp3reMental wrote:Why cant I listen to music? It saysThe playback of this movie requires a MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) decoder plugin which is not installed.
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Synaptic - it's the Ubuntu package manager (System->Administration->Synaptic).Xp3reMental wrote:Synapric?
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Ubuntu n00b guide
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Open the file manager and have a look in Edit->Preferences... I'm using KDE at the moment so I can't tell you exactly where the option is, but it's in there somewhere .Ark wrote:Is it possible to configure gnome to open folders in the same window? This windows 95 behavior sometimes gets on my nerves
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Thanx guys!DAE_JA_VOO wrote:Vampyre_2099 wrote:Heres a website you shoudl read through, it'll help with your questions
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Okay I need a little help with that I googled it and then downloaded a file compiz-fusion-gnome.ymp what do I do now?DAE_JA_VOO wrote:He's probably downloading an Update to compiz. Since i installed 7.10 i think there was an update.
X, i suggest you download the Compiz Config Settings Manager
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Install it all from Synaptic rather dude, gonna save yourself a lot of effort!
Or, open a terminal and type this:
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
Or, open a terminal and type this:
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
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