Questions tagged [testdrive]

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Why am I unable to "Test Drive" applications in the Software Center?

I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 Beta. One of the new features that I've seen being advertised is the ability to "Test Drive" an application. I wanted to try this out so I installed qtnx like so: sudo apt-get install qtnx. However once I went back into the…
Kredns
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Region deployment from Openstack Autopilot Test Drive fails at "Deploying 'mysql' service"

I am currently trying to deploy an Openstack Cloud using Ubuntu's autopilot test drive. I have followed the instructions in http://www.ubuntu.com/download/cloud/install-autopilot-testdrive. They deployment is made using KVM as the compute service,…
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Ubuntu - USB drive fixing after interrupted formatting

I have a problem with already 2nd USB drives, most probably due to the reason of choosing slow formatting option. Because it takes a LOT of time, I probably forget about it and accidentally break the formatting process. Now I have 2 completely…
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Installing a video driver on the demo system

I want to test the latest Kubuntu distribution DVD on a new computer, but with this twist: I also want to install a video driver from a hardware website to see how well it works. If I simply try to install the driver in the running demo and do…
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How can I make a folder read-only for just a specific application?

Past experience has taught me never to test out unfamiliar media players on my existing media library, lest nosy "convenience" functions automatically rearrange, re-tag, sloppily import into, or otherwise alter my carefully-curated data. How can I…
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Testdrive not downloading release

I'm just trying Testdrive. I have problems downloading maverick release, natty iso download is working. Could you help?
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How to force Testdrive to use zsync?

While using testdrive gui, how to configure it to use zsync? There seems to be no option to change that. Or is there a config file somewhere which can be edited?
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Am new to Kubuntu. First time tried it on Flash-drive. Desktop had only one icon on it. Entitled "Install". Any help please?

KDE scared me, mostly because I'm new and unfamiliar with it. I set it up on a flash-drive to try it out and all the desktop had was one icon that said "Install". My hard drive runs both Ubuntu and Winslows. I would like to try KDE before doing any…
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how do I bring a vm created with testdrive under kvm or qemu?

After installing oneiric with testdrive, how do I bring it under aqemu or kvm?
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For MOTU packaging, to try or to install Ubuntu?

When using testdrive for Precise release, do you "install ubuntu" or "try ubuntu"?