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Thanks here ......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:15:03 -0400https://pop.com.sg/install-ubuntu-on-usb-stick-error-loading-operating-system.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/install-ubuntu-on-usb-stick-error-loading-operating-system.htmlI want to install Ubuntu 14.04 on USB stick, then install some drivers and programs on it and use it when I need. I have one USB stick with Ubuntu 14.04 that I have used to install the OS on other......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:10:58 -0400https://pop.com.sg/can-somebody-explain-what-is-meant-by-code-source-tree.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/can-somebody-explain-what-is-meant-by-code-source-tree.htmlI am trying to build a deb package from source code. when I run: debuild -b -uc -us From the source code directory I get: debuild: fatal error at line 679: cannot find readable debian/changelog an......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:06:45 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-downgrade-a-package-via-apt-get.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-downgrade-a-package-via-apt-get.htmlHow can I downgrade a package to an older version via apt-get? Other tools are also acceptable but apt-get is preferred....Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:02:27 -0400https://pop.com.sg/lastlog-command-output-contains-duplicate-lines.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/lastlog-command-output-contains-duplicate-lines.htmlAFAIK, until yesterday the output of the lastlog command contained unique lines for each user. Today I see two identical lines for root and nobody: # lastlog Username Port From ......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:00:10 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-get-from-terminal-total-number-of-threads-per-process-and-total.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-get-from-terminal-total-number-of-threads-per-process-and-total.htmlI tried googling it, but I can't find it. I am looking for: number of threads in process X total number of threads running currently...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:58:06 -0400https://pop.com.sg/krusader-and-putty-not-working-on-ubuntu-22-04-raspberry-pi-desktop.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/krusader-and-putty-not-working-on-ubuntu-22-04-raspberry-pi-desktop.htmlI installed Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop on my RPi 4 and then installed Krusader and Putty. Both state "connection refused" when I try to start a session connection. OpenSSH server is installed and ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:55:42 -0400https://pop.com.sg/ubuntu-22-04-installing-old-nvidia-driver.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/ubuntu-22-04-installing-old-nvidia-driver.htmlI have an old computer with integrated graphics in the motherboard (geforce 7025/nforce 630). I managed to install ubuntu 22.04 without any mayor issues, but the graphical interface doesn't look qu......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:55:16 -0400https://pop.com.sg/what-is-the-best-windows-application-emulator-for-ubuntu-20-04.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/what-is-the-best-windows-application-emulator-for-ubuntu-20-04.htmlI was just wondering, what may be the best emulator for windows .exe programs? So far I was using wine (that was long ago few years passed). My question mainly came from seeing that in Ubuntu Softw......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:53:14 -0400https://pop.com.sg/dropbox-039-copy-public-link-039-in-thunar-file-manager-xfce.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/dropbox-039-copy-public-link-039-in-thunar-file-manager-xfce.htmlI'm using XUbuntu and was a bit saddened that I couldn't use Dropbox within Thunar file manager. Can I make a custom context menu option to 'copy public link' in Thunar?...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:51:26 -0400https://pop.com.sg/ubuntu-14-04-issues-setting-up-email-encryption-in-thunderbird-with-en.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/ubuntu-14-04-issues-setting-up-email-encryption-in-thunderbird-with-en.htmlI am having trouble setting up Email Encryption in Thunderbird using Enigmail. I created encryption keys on another Linux machine running Zorin without any issues & exported it to my external h......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:48:29 -0400https://pop.com.sg/i-just-noticed-that-the-repo-http-dl-google-com-linux-chrome-deb.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/i-just-noticed-that-the-repo-http-dl-google-com-linux-chrome-deb.htmlFor years, the way that Google Chrome was updated on Ubuntu was via the repository http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ As of now when I visit this URL I get a 404. Yet somehow Chrome appears to ......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:39:51 -0400https://pop.com.sg/can-i-recover-my-windows-product-key-from-ubuntu-duplicate.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/can-i-recover-my-windows-product-key-from-ubuntu-duplicate.htmlI am struggling right now with using ubuntu and would like some help. So right now i'm running ubuntu from a USB flash drive after Windows 7 somehow left. How can I get my windows product key wh......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:36:49 -0400https://pop.com.sg/no-sound-from-headphone-jack-ubuntu-20-04-with-nuc107i.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/no-sound-from-headphone-jack-ubuntu-20-04-with-nuc107i.htmlI'm running Ubuntu 20.04 on a NUC107i. The system does not appear to recognize the 3.5 mm headphone jack with mic. When I plug in a HDMI monitor with speakers, the audio comes through the monitor f......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:25:59 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-revert-firefox-89-to-the-old-design.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-revert-firefox-89-to-the-old-design.htmlHow can I restore the Firefox 89 design to the old one? Specifically the tab design. I can't tell (easily) what tab is open. I can't find anything in the menus. I'm running Firefox 89 on Ubuntu 21.......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:22:45 -0400https://pop.com.sg/wacom-intuos-pro-not-detected-in-settings.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/wacom-intuos-pro-not-detected-in-settings.htmlAlthough I can use the stylus, I am not sure that this device is properly installed and all properties are working as they should because of this in the settings: Also it says "no stylus foun......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:11:08 -0400https://pop.com.sg/user-mohiuddin-abdul-kader-ask-ubuntu.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/user-mohiuddin-abdul-kader-ask-ubuntu.htmlQ&A for Ubuntu users and developers...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:06:50 -0400https://pop.com.sg/delete-ubuntu-from-dual-boot-windows-8-1-in-gpt-disk-duplicate.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/delete-ubuntu-from-dual-boot-windows-8-1-in-gpt-disk-duplicate.htmlI'm using Windows dual booting with Ubuntu. I have uninstalled, and at that time my disk was formated as MBR. After deleting all partitions of Ubuntu I choose to rebuild the MBR in my disk. That w......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:06:14 -0400https://pop.com.sg/simple-image-reducer-does-not-start-importerror-no-module-named-image.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/simple-image-reducer-does-not-start-importerror-no-module-named-image.htmlProblem: ~$ simple-image-reducer Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/simple-image-reducer", line 28, in <module> import Image ImportError: No module named Image Reaso......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:56:45 -0400https://pop.com.sg/why-do-we-need-wayland-or-x-duplicate.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/why-do-we-need-wayland-or-x-duplicate.htmlI'm not sure why we need Wayland (or X) at all. Since under wayland applications will be drawing themselves then what is the point of wayland? Applications can draw their own windows and widgets, c......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:49:02 -0400https://pop.com.sg/what-039-s-the-easiest-way-to-unrar-a-file.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/what-039-s-the-easiest-way-to-unrar-a-file.htmlI just realized I can't unrar .rar files on my Ubuntu machine! What's the easiest way to accomplish this fundamental task? If possible I'd love something like 7Zip that I can just right Click, and ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:46:57 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-download-an-entire-youtube-playlist-as-a-single-mp3-file-duplic.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-download-an-entire-youtube-playlist-as-a-single-mp3-file-duplic.htmlWhat are recommended solutions to download an entire YouTube playlist as a single .mp3 file? I open to solutions other than youtube-dl....Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:44:07 -0400https://pop.com.sg/cannot-run-any-sudo-command.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/cannot-run-any-sudo-command.htmlI am getting an error when trying to run any command in sudo mode. Error: sudo: /usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set I found a number of questions and accepted answ......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:42:09 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-mount-a-windows-drive-in-ubuntu.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-mount-a-windows-drive-in-ubuntu.htmlWe have a Windows Dell Server with a corrupt RAID array. We ran Ubuntu from a USB stick and managed to copy some files from the C drive, but the D drive (DATA) we cant mount or access, I guess its to ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:19:02 -0400https://pop.com.sg/need-to-use-recovery-mode-to-boot-when-i-change-kernel.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/need-to-use-recovery-mode-to-boot-when-i-change-kernel.htmlI have setup a VMware with Ubuntu 20.04 and my kernel version is 5.4. I download kernel version 4.4 and write some simple system call. And then compile and install to my system. When I boot with ke......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:15:13 -0400https://pop.com.sg/copy-user-interface-broken-on-ubuntu-16-04.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/copy-user-interface-broken-on-ubuntu-16-04.htmlcopyQ clipboard software User Interface Broken on Ubuntu 16.04 like this image. I have re-installed several times but user interface same. How do I fix this ?...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:14:22 -0400https://pop.com.sg/rsa-keys-not-authenticating.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/rsa-keys-not-authenticating.htmlJust trying to get a basic setup of openSSH going on an Ubuntu box to work remotely. Main issue: RSA keys fail auth. ssh DOES work using the password for auth, but I would much rather limit it to o......Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:14:10 -0400https://pop.com.sg/use-source-within-039-script-039-command.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/use-source-within-039-script-039-command.htmlI want to use the script command to see my output both in the command line and also store it at the same time, as suggested here. Now, I can do in my command line: script source activate foo python ...Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:07:24 -0400