Ask Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter - Monday, June 29, 2015

Top new questions this week: How does Ubuntu synchronize time without ntp? By clicking "System settings -> Time & Date -> Automatically from the Internet" I can synchronize time from the Internet. However, I find that I don't have a ntpd daemon (It's not even ... time ntp   asked by n3v3rm03 15 votes answered by Maythux 15 votes Renaming files to add a suffix I need a command to rename all files in the current working directory, in a way that the new filename will be the same as the old, but including a suffix corresponding to the number of lines of the ... bash batch-rename   asked by Martin Yeboah 11 votes answered by terdon 11 votes Image Magick suddenly installed? I was taking a look at my installed programs, when I saw a program called Image Magick, I took a look at it in the Ubuntu Software Center, and it's a program to manipulate images. That's ok, but I ... software-center imagemagick   asked by Nori-chan 8 votes answered by Maythux 12 votes sudo permission doesn't time out durring apt-get upgrade Consider this: You type $sudo apt-get upgrade and get a list of things that need upgrading with a "Y\n" confirmation. before you can read the list, and type "Y" or "n", the phone rings, or your boss ... sudo security   asked by j0h 8 votes answered by saiarcot895 18 votes What's the advantage of using the Ubuntu web apps browser? I wanted to know if there is any advantage of using Ubuntu web apps rather that my browser as I can not see why I would like to load the same page using an external app rather than my browser. Also ... browser webapps comparison   asked by akabhirav 7 votes answered by Tim 10 votes Difference of two big files I have "test1.csv" and it contains 200,400,600,800 100,300,500,700 50,25,125,310 and test2.csv and it contains 100,4,2,1,7 200,400,600,800 21,22,23,24,25 50,25,125,310 50,25,700,5 now diff ... grep sed awk diff   asked by Lynob 7 votes answered by terdon 11 votes What happens if you Trash the Trash? I was just wondering what would happen if I went and moved the Trash located here: /home/neo/.local/share/Trash To my Trash? I mean if I go to that folder and right-click on the contents and tell ... files delete trash   asked by Paranoid Panda 6 votes answered by Maythux 8 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: How do I install a .deb file via the command line? How do I install a .deb file via the command line? command-line software-installation   asked by da Boss 393 votes answered by Luis Alvarado 455 votes How do I check if I have a 32-bit or a 64-bit OS? I downloaded and installed the latest 11.04 version from the official Ubuntu site. However I don't know if it installed the 32-bit or 64-bit version. In Windows 7 I could right click My PC and there ... cpu-architecture   asked by Only Bolivian Here 245 votes answered by Rinzwind 289 votes Can you answer these? Samba recycle bin on ubuntu 14.04 doesnt put the file in only folders When I delete something in Samba on a Windows system the file goes to recycle bin by default. That works on the share on anywhere in that / filesystem but when I try the same thing on another drive ... 14.04 server permissions samba 32-bit   asked by popcorn 2 votes In Ubuntu 15.04 the sound settings no longer work as they did in 13.04 I have no idea what is going on but my sound settings now no longer work properly in 15.04. I firstly upgraded to 14.04 and then to 15.04. Before I had sound control buttons on the very top status ... 14.04 sound 15.04   asked by Neil Burns 2 votes Ubuntu 15.04 crashes or freezes when I select text Ubuntu 15.04 crashes or freezes when I select text by dragging with the mouse in LibreOffice Writer. It also occurs to me when I click on the menu to select it. The only solution is to turn the PC ... 15.04   asked by Pedro Camacho 2 votes

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