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What does `lsb` stands for in `lsb_release`?

I can get Ubuntu version by lsb_release -a. To remember this command I want to know what stands for the lsb? I found "Linux Standard Base" here. Is this right?
ironsand
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How can I find the name of a Package?

I want to create links to software within Software Center using the APTURL - However, I'm not sure how to find out the true "package name". What is the easiest way to discover a package's name for use with the APTURL or apt-get command?
Marco Ceppi
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Why is the default background image named "warty-final-ubuntu.png"?

Why is the default background image still named /usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png? It's not Warty, and it's not even a PNG: $ file /usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png /usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png: JPEG image…
ændrük
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73-usb-net-by-mac.rules issue with net.ifnames

I am seeing strange issue with 73-usb-net-by-mac.rules file. This udev rule file has the check if the net.ifnames is defined in kernel command line then it will go to the end and skip the rules in between as below: IMPORT{cmdline}="net.ifnames",…
sparty
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Why doesn't Ubuntu know the word 'Ubuntu'?

It seems odd that I have to teach Ubuntu the word 'Ubuntu'. Why doesn't it know itself. Are there any plans to fix this? It's been like this for as long as I can remember. I'm currently on 10.10. Question inspired by this.
boehj
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Renaming virtio network devices in Ubuntu 16.04 is not working

I am trying to rename some virtio ethernet devices on an Ubuntu 16.04 VM. I've done this successfully many times on non-Ubuntu systems with physical interfaces and older Ubuntu systems. Yet, despite following the advice from Renaming network…
Seth Robertson
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How to download and number all videos in a youtube playlist as best quality and also set the directory that they are downloaded to?

I have found a few solutions as to how to do this, however I am not sure how to put them together. I know if I do this: youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 then I can download a video and it will convert it…
Joseph
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Is it possible to create a series of text files with names based on a pattern and fill them with X characters from /dev/urandom?

Is there a script/tool that will allow me to create N files following a pattern like '[user-defined-string]-N', with N being incrementally increasing numbers ideally starting with a 0 until reaching 10 and the contents of the files being unique so…
user428026
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Kubuntu 18.04 LTS named Ubuntu in GRUB and tlp-stat

In GRUB Kubuntu 18.04 LTS is named just "Ubuntu". Here's part of tlp-stat output (Kubuntu 18.04 LTS is named here "Ubuntu 18.04 LTS"): +++ System Info System = LENOVO ThinkPad X200s 7470BB1 BIOS = 6DET60WW (3.10 ) Release =…
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how to configure file naming in Cheese

the timed 'burst' photos taken by cheese are named year-month-day-time_1 then _2, _3,..._10,_11 etc.. How can I configure file naming to be year-month-day-time_0001, _0002, etc.. so that the sequence stays the same when importing as block in to…
leslie ross
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error 503:Packages.gz naming problem

Possible Duplicate: error 503: service unavailable when using apt-get update behind proxy Here is the detailed information(I have choosen the best source server): W:Failed to fetch…
Jace Ho
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Help needed for finding the script for moving and naming tv folders to tv folders compatible with emby

I need help I don't know how to do it at all. I have some older tv series which have mostly for each tv episode own folder and for some with the season folder. I will list the examples below. Original folder and files should stay in their original…
Loop1
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Does posting my computer name publicly make my system vulnerable?

I am wondering if it is paranoia and/or privacy overkill to block out one's computer name when posting terminal output in public forums? I don't know enough about networking to know if it's possible that this information could make one's system…
onyinyang
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I created the file \.sh , am I in trouble?

I had a really bad idea: Curious about what could happen, I wanted to try to use various non-alphanumerical characters as file names. Think may have been a bad idea. I created the a file in the terminal, using nano: nano \.sh I just wrote echo…
SE - stop firing the good guys
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Why does NVMe naming always changed randomly in Ubuntu 22.04 after system reboot?

Procedure: Install NVMe SSD*16 to SUT. Power on SUT. Into OS and type "nvme list" Node SN Model --------------------- --------------------…
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