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How to make keyboard work like OSX System Wide?

I switch back and forth between two computers constantly: OSX Snow Leopard Ubuntu 10.10 I'd like to be able to make Ubuntu use the same keyboard shortcuts as OSX System Wide, for the following keyboard sequences only (ie I don't want to make…

shortcut-keys

asked Oct 28 '10 at 13:29

brad parks

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How to show hidden folders in File Manager (Nautilus) on Ubuntu?

How do you show a hidden folder (whose name starts with .) in File Manager a.k.a. Nautilus on Ubuntu? I am somewhat new to Ubuntu and can't seem to find the "view" menu.

nautilus files hidden-files

asked May 22 '14 at 23:07

Strato1

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What is the difference between Hibernate and Suspend

Logout, Restart and Shutdown are all self explanatory to me. What are the differences between Suspend and Hibernate on the shutdown menu?

hibernate suspend

asked Aug 31 '10 at 17:22

Richard Holloway

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How can I change or hide the ~/snap directory?

I'm not particularly fond of apps cluttering my $HOME directory with their own files or directories. It's rarely a problem, because most apps have the courtesy to hide their data by prefixing it with a dot or conforming to the ~/.config standard.…

configuration home-directory snap default

asked Feb 12 '17 at 14:45

Stephan Henningsen

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How to install certificates for command line

So in school we need to install a certificate to access https sites. In firefox, I can import the certificate. However, I can't do so with the command line. For example, running git push I get: fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/user/repo':…

command-line certificates https

asked Jul 08 '15 at 08:16

Universal Electricity

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How do I create a WiFi hotspot sharing wireless internet connection (single adapter)?

I know how to create a hotspot when connected to a wired network, but when I am using internet from a WiFi connection, this disconnects the wireless connection the moment I activate the hotspot. In Windows I can use Connectify Hotspot, which enables…

wireless wireless-access-point hot-spot

asked Jul 11 '13 at 15:39

Ruppesh Nalwaya

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Realtime noise-removal with PulseAudio?

Is it possible to do realtime noise-removal with PulseAudio, so the sound output that's coming out is smoother?

sound pulseaudio noise

asked Dec 27 '10 at 02:46

Vadim Peretokin

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How to execute a script just by double clicking like .EXE files in Windows?

How can I make a bash script executable by double clicking just like .exe files in Windows? I tried creating a launcher and assigning the script to it, but there are two consequences: the terminal twinkles, disappears, and nothing is done. you must…

launcher scripts executable

asked May 18 '12 at 12:37

user61928

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A command-line clipboard copy and paste utility?

In Windows I used command-line clipboard copy-and-paste utilities... pclip.exe and gclip.exe These were UnixUtils ports for Windows (but they only handled plain text). There were a couple of other native Windows utilities which could…

command-line software-recommendation clipboard

asked Nov 07 '10 at 13:47

Peter.O

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How can I find *.desktop files?

To the best of my knowledge, all shortcuts in the Unity Launcher have a corresponding *.desktop file. I have one shortcut (for skrooge) that doesn't have an icon. How can I find the *.desktop file corresponding to this shortcut so that I can add an…

unity launcher .desktop

asked Mar 30 '12 at 13:52

KOVIKO

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How can I install Adobe AIR?

I am a heavy user of certain applications that are built on AIR. It appears that AIR has discontinued support for Linux. Even the older versions in the Adobe AIR Archives seem to support only 32 bit Linux distributions and I am on 64 bit…

software-installation adobe-air

asked Dec 13 '11 at 14:51

Vamsi Emani

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How do I create a PPA?

How do I create my own custom PPA to share with the Ubuntu community? I am trying to create my own custom package set and I would really like to share it with the community.

ppa

asked Oct 24 '11 at 15:54

Jebeld17

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How to start a GUI software on a remote Linux PC via SSH

Sometimes I need to start XMBC media player or other GUI software on one of my remote PC (small Xubuntu PC used as a media center). Usually, I do this by starting an X11vnc server on the remote PC via SSH and then connecting with an Xvnc client to…

ssh gui remote

asked Jun 08 '11 at 13:55

Raben

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How to navigate long commands faster?

Is there a way speed up Linux CLI navigation when I must enter long commands? I simply use arrows right now, and - if I have a long command it takes some time to get from start of the command to the middle of it. Is there a way to for example jump…

bash command-line

asked May 27 '11 at 15:17

Stann

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How do I install make?

/usr/bin/perl install-module.pl --all ERROR: Using install-module.pl requires that you install "make". I need to install make on my ubuntu on AWS EC2. How can I do that ? I could finally install build-essential also successfully. # make make: ***…

software-installation make

asked Jul 08 '12 at 02:57

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