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An Ubuntu-based operating system featuring the Elementary theme and the Pantheon desktop environment. Be aware that Elementary OS is off-topic, ask in Elementary OS Stack Exchange instead.

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"Are you sure you want to proceed?" message on login

I am getting the message below each time I am logging in. I am using Ubuntu 14.04 x64. The message first appeared after I tried to install Elementary OS Pantheon session, which didn't work. I had to completely reinstall my system, but the message…
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Blacklist a Nvidia gpu for qemu/kvm passthrough

I am trying to run Windows in a virtual machine while giving the VM a direct passthrough to the GPU for better performance. I have an integrated intel GPU (I will use this one for the host) and a Nvidia GTX980 (I want this one for the VM). I use…
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Maya Calendar from Elementary OS on Ubuntu

The Maya Calendar from Elementary OS seems really nice: Has anyone been able to run it on Ubuntu ? Is it available on some repository ? After installing the dependencies, I only get a ton of error messages when I try to build it from source. This…
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Cannot set other resolution at VirtualBox guest: Elementary OS

I've installed VirtualBox and also the extras that are posted here in other questions. But I haven't managed to set a higher resolution. The only ones that are available are: 1024x768 800x600 As mentioned at the question title, the host is…
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How to remove Pantheon DE from Ubuntu 16.04?

Can anyone help me remove elementary-desktop? I installed it in my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS x64 system. I already did the "solution" from this question: How to completely remove Elementary-Desktop from Ubuntu 14.04 and also sudo apt-get purge…
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How can I use the eOS terminal notification in Ubuntu?

elementaryOS has the following feature to notify the user of a finished terminal process. Is it possible to use this feature in Ubuntu? Figure 1: Example of eOS terminal notification
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How to collapse page index in Evince

I have a PDF file that contains thousands of page. How do I collapse the index from the file so I could only see the main topic all at once. For example, from the image below I only want to see Preface without the subtopic.
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Elementary OS website spontaneously opens up in Chrome throughout the day. I have no idea why or how to stop it. Any solutions?

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 on my chromebook. However I'm 100% sure the chromebook has nothing to do with it as the problem just started up a couple days ago some time after visiting elementary.io . I have not installed Elementary on this laptop ever.…
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Install Themes and Icons from Elementary OS without pantheon

I know How to install the Pantheon desktop environment?, but I'd rather not install the whole desktop environment but only the theme and iconset. I can install Cairo dock That looks alike Plank (the docker used in Elementary OS): sudo apt-get…
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Installed Pantheon on Ubuntu 14.04, can't access it

I have installed Elementary OS's Pantheon on Ubuntu 14.04 following the instructions in here installation guide. After doing what the first answer says, I rebooted and found that there is no icon to choose a session on the login page. Upon logging…
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How to Remove elementary desktop environment?

I'm running ubuntu 12.10 and yesterday I installed elementary from ppa:elementary-os/daily. I later realized that elementary replaces the stock nautilus with another version that looks misplaced in Unity which is my main environment. Any one know…
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Very Slow Download speed in terminal

The download speed in Terminal is very slow. about 40kBytes. But the speed in the browser works fine I have chosen the best server but I still get the problem by the way loot at the output of tracepath 1.1.1.1 output if it helps:
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I got message this message in rails "The dependency tzinfo-data"

I just install ruby on rails couple days ago and every time a create a new project in the console I got this message: The dependency tzinfo-data (>= 0) will be unused by any of the platforms Bundler is installing for. Bundler is installing for ruby…
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Install Elementary Pantheon desktop for Ubuntu 16.04?

Is it possible to install the pantheon desktop environment on Ubuntu 16.04? For many previous versions, it was only possibly by adding the unstable PPA, and installing from there, as explained here. Is this still the case or is there a stable build…
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Is there a way I can zoom in gala window manager?

I want to record a high res video of a zoomed in part of my screen. Is there any way that I can increase the zoom level of my desktop?
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