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How do I detach a process from Terminal, entirely?
I use Tilda (drop-down terminal) on Ubuntu as my "command central" - pretty much the way others might use GNOME Do, Quicksilver or Launchy.
However, I'm struggling with how to completely detach a ...
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Make grub keep its default boot under kernel updates
I dual-boot my machine and I want it to default to boot into windows so that whenever I restart the machine remotely from my home it will be able to get back into Windows (instead of Ubuntu).
The ...
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Where is the Linux Subsystem's filesystem located in Windows 10?
It's pretty clear that Windows' 10 "host" filesystem is mounted at /mnt/c/ from "Linux" perspective of view. But is it possible to get an access to "Linux" filesystem from Windows? If so, where it is?
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Automatically mount external drives to /media/LABEL on boot without a user logged in?
This question is similar, but kind of the opposite of what I want. I want external USB drives to be mounted automatically at boot, without anyone logged in, to locations like /media/<label>.
I ...
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How to wipe free disk space in Linux?
When a file is deleted, its contents may still be left in the filesystem, unless explicitly overwritten with something else. The wipe command can securely erase files, but does not seem to allow ...
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Getting macro keys from a Razer BlackWidow to work on Linux
I picked up a Razer BlackWidow Ultimate that has additional keys meant for macros that are set using a tool that's installed on Windows. I'm assuming that these aren't some fancypants joojoo keys and ...
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How to extract text with OCR from a PDF on Linux?
How do I extract text from a PDF that wasn't built with an index? It's all text, but I can't search or select anything. I'm running Kubuntu, and Okular doesn't have this feature.
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Can I create an SSH user which can access only certain directory?
I have a Virtual Private Server which I can connect to using SSH with my root account, being able to execute any linux command and access all the disk area, obviously.
I would like to create another ...
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How can the bash shell on Window be completely reset?
I'm new to Unix but interested learn, so started trying to use bash/Ubuntu on Windows. Unfortunately, bash crashed and now bash/Ubuntu seems to be broken as most folders are now missing from the ...
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Can I make a script always execute as root?
How to make a script execute as root, no matter who executes it?
I read about setuid but I'm not sure how to do this.
I'm using Linux, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
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Join multiple MP3 files (lossless)
How do you join multiple MP3 files into one? "cat" and "mp3wrap" are no good as they produce non standard MP3 files. I know I can use audacity, but when you have 1000's of MP3 files to join into one,...
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VirtualBox to use dual monitors
I am running Kubuntu Hardy Heron, with a dual monitor setup, and have VirtualBox on it running Windows XP in seamless mode.
My problem is, I can't get VirtualBox to extend to the second monitor.
How ...
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How do you track which packages were installed on Ubuntu (Linux)?
(This question is very similar to 10458. It was suggested that Fedora and Ubuntu/Debian are different enough to warrant different answers.)
As I use any Ubuntu setup I gradually install a number of ...
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How to connect to Windows subsystem for Linux from another machine within network?
I set up my Ubuntu WSL instance and am running an SSH server on it. However, when I do ifconfig on the Ubuntu console, my Ipv4 is 172.26.66.223, which is different from my regular machine's ipv4 192....
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Remap Keys in Linux
I'd like to switch my Ctrl and Alt keys under Linux (to make it more Mac-like). How do I do this?
If it helps, I'm running Ubuntu 9.04.
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