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Does anybody know what to do about this?
Machine is a 2008 Core 2 Duo iMac with 4GB RAM. (And 64bit Debian 7 boots OK, but I've not tried installing under the latest version of VirtualBox as I have just upgraded VBox today.)
VirtualBox 4.3, upon trying to boot a machine with the Ubuntu 13.10 (64bit)…
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I am running sudo update-manager -d and start the upgrade process. I select upgrade option and when then manager enters Setting new software channels it throws an error.
Could not calculate the upgrade
An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.
This can be caused by:
* Upgrading…
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In trying to install the latest version of Ubuntu, I made a bootable USB and proceeded to give it a shot. As it loaded, the upper half of the screen displayed staticy, multi-colored horizontal lines, but continued to boot into the installer. The installer appeared to be functional using the keyboard…
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I have an internet connection that is using pppoe. In my windows I do not assign an ip address for my network and I am able to connect using password and username. I installed Ubintu 13.10 today, and I did pppoeconf, and I setup an ip/network mask and changed the mac address in the options, and I…
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The long wait for the latest stable version of Ubuntu is finally over. Now you can download your favorite UI version of Ubuntu 13.10, try out the Phone Edition, and grab a copy of the official manual using the compiled set of download links we have put together for your convenience. Download Links…
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Does your GIMP installation need a little super-charging? Using Gimp Paint Studio you can add a wonderful set of brushes, tools, and more to GIMP and take your work up to the next level.
For our example we chose to install the beta version of Gimp Paint Studio on Ubuntu 10.10. Once you download the…
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GIMP lovers are going to be disappointed to hear that GIMP is going away in the next release of much awaited Ubuntu 10.04. Today we take a look at installing in on Lucid Lynx using PPA.
The reason for getting rid of it as cited by the GIMP developers, is that GIMP is too professional a software to…
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I use the Faenza icon collection in Ubuntu 12.04 Unity with no issues. I decided to change my Gimp launcher icon, so I made my own (gimp-ak.png) and added it, and its appropriately sized derivatives, to the Faenza icon folders:
/usr/share/icons/Faenza/apps/16/gimp-ak.png
/usr/share/icons/Faenza/apps/22/gimp-ak…
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Gimp launches every time I log into Xubuntu (v. 13.10).
Gimp is not shown under Settings Manager- Sessions and startup.
It does not appear in ~/.config/autostart.
I immediately close Gimp in these cases, so it is not running when I shut down the session.
How do I stop Gimp from autolaunching on…
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Looking to do a simple cut image portion and move it to cover over another portion. The image has a transparent background. When I copy and paste to a new layer and view only the new layer, nothing's there. I tried copy visible, paste into, no good.
How do you do a simple copy, paste and move?
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