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Xp3reMental wrote:okay so i just changed the drive order in the bios and I was back in XP so no need to reinstall!
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.
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Xp3reMental wrote:okay.. so i reinstalled ubuntu with the Xp drive in.. busy downloading compiz and all that jazz
How can you be downloading compiz? I thought it was included with 7.10...
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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! :D

Im impressed!
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D3PART3D wrote:
Xp3reMental wrote:okay.. so i reinstalled ubuntu with the Xp drive in.. busy downloading compiz and all that jazz
How can you be downloading compiz? I thought it was included with 7.10...
Well i dont know its in the update list im downloading
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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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Im downloading all the updates!

DAE i see you have a font in ubuntu! :D

How do I make a screenshot in ubuntu?

Do I use OpenOffice to paste?
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DAE i see you have a font in ubuntu! :D [/quote]
Eh?
Xp3reMental wrote:How do I make a screenshot in ubuntu?
Dude, just press prt scr on your keyboard
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DAE wrote:
DAE i see you have a font in ubuntu!
Eh?

DejaVu Sans ;)
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You can also go into the GIMP, it has a screenshot feature and imports it directly into the program for saving, which is useful.
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There's a font called DJV
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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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Xp3reMental wrote: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.
You need the MP3 codecs - open Synaptic and search for gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse.
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Synapric?
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Xp3reMental wrote:Synapric?
Synaptic - it's the Ubuntu package manager (System->Administration->Synaptic).
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Xp3reMental wrote:Synapric?
System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager
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Thanx.. sorry im a bit of a n00b..

I cant open it now because im busy downloading the updates!
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Okay now for my emails.. I have a backup .pst file is it possible to import this file in this mail client?
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Heres a website you shoudl read through, it'll help with your questions
Ubuntu n00b guide

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Vampyre_2099 wrote:Heres a website you shoudl read through, it'll help with your questions
Ubuntu n00b guide

EDIT: :lol:

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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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Ark wrote:Is it possible to configure gnome to open folders in the same window? This windows 95 behavior sometimes gets on my nerves
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 ;).
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DAE_JA_VOO wrote:
Vampyre_2099 wrote:Heres a website you shoudl read through, it'll help with your questions
Ubuntu n00b guide

EDIT: :lol:

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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 ;)
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?
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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
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