Forum: Ubuntu Linux

Hey. As you can tell I am new to the forums. I hope to be here for quite some time :). I am completely new to Linux, because I've wanted to give...

I have a PIII-500 with Dapper Drake : 1. How do I get a joystick recognised ? It plugs into the sound card. There's nothing in help. 2. ...

hi.. my friend borrowed me his laptop where he has Kubuntu and Windows Vista on it for dual boot. Both worked fine for a while and then suddenly i...

I'm new to Linux.. i cannot install this damn bastard tar.gz file ... i've followed everything exact tar -xzvf /home/xyience/BLAH BLAH.tar.gz ...

I am trying to install linux for the 1st time but do have some xp (used unix for many years at uni) with non-windows OSes. I am trying to install...

Hi, I can't get sound to work on my laptop. It is an Acer Aspire 3680. I went into alsa and adjusted all the volumes up, but there is still no sound....

I recently installed VMware server... happily all went well. But it does not appear in the applications list. I start it from the terminal with...

I just installed Ubuntu and did all my updates, for the second time. I've been trying to get the latest nvidia drivers but I've been having...

I'm having a bit of trouble, a friend (using windoze) sent me a jpg file that can be accessed as a rar file, in windows this is done by changing the...

I installed Tor: sudo apt-get install tor privoxy Everything installed correctly & I got no errors in terminal. Yet when I try to find Tor...

Hello, Please help with this issue! WEll, I just installed ubuntu, i formatted my harddisk, created 13 gigs, set all my files on it, used the free...

I got a Lexmark Z600 Driver Which im hopein will be compatable for my Z640 Printer But how do i install it i extract to a new folder i go to Add...

:confused: I too am a "newbie" after almost two decades with the "opposition" from Redmond. I have installed Kubuntu on a dual boot, and I must say I...

hi all, i recently was given an old win98 pc & decided to install ubuntu linux.so its the only os i have & im new 2 it and request help if...

Hi I'm a new linux user and still don't know how to do a lot of stuff in it. I'm sorry if this topic has been covered before, but I havn't found...

O.k. long story short: Girlfriend gets herself Linux/Ubuntu on her computer (no dual boot) and now wants to go back to Vista... So she asks me to...

Does anyone know how i can get rid of the Log On Screen everytime i start up my Ubuntu I dont need it as im the only user of the PC:confused:...

I have a PCMCIA (i think thats the abbreviations lol) Netgear wireless card, and I just recently put Ubuntu on my laptop. The only issue I have is I...

I got a Lexmark Z600 Driver Which im hopein will be compatable for my Z640 Printer But how do i install it i extract to a new folder i go to...

i NEED A DRIVER FOR A LEXMARX Z640 Or a compatable driver Somethin to get my Peinter goin as i need to print somethin I jus switch to ubuntu its...