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Since I can’t find any alternative to Linux’ sudo elevation command, I have the following question: How to define a PowerShell function which requires elevation? I mean UAC prompt. Say, such function … Uac – How to define a powershell function which requires elevation?Read more

I installed the Ubuntu desktop on a Ubuntu 9.10 VPS server and am able to connect to the server using TightVNC. However, the VNC server on this VPS can only be started … Ubuntu – Automatically start VNC server on startupRead more

I want to buy a Samsung Chronos notebook and install Ubuntu alongside Windows. Will there be any trouble with the hardware? I’d hope all the ports should work fine, keyboard special buttons, … Ubuntu – Compatibility of Linux with Samsung series 7 ChronosRead more

I successfully created a RAID (mirroring) by utilizing mdadm. However, I must run the following commands after each boot: mdadm –stop –scan // to stop /dev/md127 – I don’t know where the … Ubuntu – How can I make mdadm auto-assemble RAID after each boot?Read more

  Possible Duplicate:  How do I fork a process that doesn't die when shell exits?   Sometimes I remotely connect to my Ubuntu using NX. I then run some jobs in the … Ubuntu – How do I keep jobs running after logout?Read more

Ctrl+Shift+U is a combined shortcut in Eclipse. But when I press it, it shows up a u, just like input with an underline. I guess this shortcut has been declared by Ubuntu, … Ubuntu – How to disable Ctrl+Shift+U?Read more

For all answers i found about this topic, the solution was to create, in a certain computer A where i need to install the package, a file containing all dependencies it needs … Ubuntu – How to download .deb package and all dependencies?Read more

The TL;DR, added in the edit: The question is: How can I make the BIOS prefer GRUB over Windows Boot Manager on the same UEFI boot partition? The problem is not with … Ubuntu – How to make UEFI bios start GRUB, not Windows?Read more

I am running Ubuntu 10.04 server and am having some very counter-intuitive experiences with users/groups. For example: sudo touch test_file                    # create empty filesudo groupadd test                      # create ‘test’ groupsudo chown root:test … Ubuntu – Linux Group Permissions not being enforced correctly.Read more

I was wondering how low you could go with hardware that would still be able to smoothly run HD movies. My current plan is around $215 CAD w/o a hard drive: Intel … Ubuntu – Minimum specs needed to run 1080p HD movies?Read more