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Ubuntu - Mic. Mute notification pop up random

laptop dell with ubuntu 18.04 upgraded to 20.04 but the issue is still appearing. I changed a few headsets but this mute pop up notification is not disappearing, and continue showing randomly on my ...
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notify-send with sudo not showing any notifications

In short: I have a scripting finding, fixing and mounting a partition, thus this needs sudo / su permissions. System: Gnome 16.04 - amd64 notify-send "a message" that shows a notification as ...
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kdialog --passivepopup notification only shows up after second message

On an up to date Kubuntu precise, my notifications will only pop up after the second one. I'm using: kdialog --title "foo" --passivepopup "bar" The first one is shown in the system tray only – the ...
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Silence Notifications from Ubuntu One

I have Ubuntu One syncing my code folder. Every time a save is made (I save every other line), Ubuntu One displays a notification that it has synced changes. Is there a way to make Ubuntu One be ...
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How to get better Skype notifications in Ubuntu?

In Ubuntu, I want to be notified in a customizable way when someone speaks in a Skype conversation (but not in group Chat 'channels'). The problem is: I have lots of windows open, so I often don't ...
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How to clear balloon popup from bash

I am setting a notification with notify-send in a script. The only problem is that when the script is called several times, all the notifications are added to a notification stack and only called one ...
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modal dialog popup alarm

In Linux, specifically Ubuntu, is there a way to set a simple command to alert me at a specific time? preferably w/ a pop-up so I won't miss it. Perhaps pair some command w/ "at" ?
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notify-send to other user on the same system

Is it possible to use notify-send to send messages to other users on the system? preferably to a specified user, but system wide would work aswell. Ubuntu/Debian with libnotify installed
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Disabling empathy balloon

How can I disable empathy's balloon that shows up when someone sends me a message?
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Yahoo! Mail Notification in Ubuntu

I have installed the following: sudo apt-get install mail-notification sudo apt-get install mail-notification-evolution sudo apt-get install fetchyahoo sudo apt-get install getlive and ...
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SVNNotify Where is it? how do I find it?

I am on ubuntu. ok first of all I am running a post-commit script. I need the path to svnnotify to run it. The path the turotial I am reading has it as /usr/local/bin/svnnotify but nothing is in that ...
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Add GMail to Ubuntu Indicator Applet

How do I add GMail to the "Me" menu, aka the Indicator Applet, in Ubuntu 10.04?
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Is it possible to run a personalized command when Evolution receives new mail?

I'm using Evolution for reading my emails at my Ubuntu 9.10. I would like to run a personalized command when it receives a mail, like checkgmail. Example: blink --scrolllockled --rate {number-of-new-...
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No new mail icon in panel when using evolution

I am using Ubuntu 10.04, kernel 2.6.32-21-generic, with Evolution 2.83.3. I have noticed that when I get a new email, it never shows a new mail icon in the panel. I had the same problem with 9.10, ...
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Setting alarms in Linux to alert user

I am running a few tasks in my Linux console and want to be notified by some kind of alarm, so I don't keep checking the progress of the task. Is there a way to customize the alarm by specifying ...
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