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'file --mime-type' and 'mimetype' Commands Returning Different Resultsview story

http://askubuntu.com – Hi I am trying to work out why PHP is returning an 'msword' file type when it should be 'excel' so have tested on my Ubuntu box using both the 'file' and 'mimetype' commands. As you can see from the results below they return different results. (HowTos)

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interrupted nautilusview story

http://askubuntu.com – i ordered many softwares from ubuntu center then the electricity goes down and when i relaunch my laptop the problem was with Dropbox or nautilus as it wrote i tried gsku nautilus and i deleted all files in /var/lib/dpkg/updates and when i try to install or remove or update any software it doesnt allow me it says i have to go to terminal and typesudo apt-get install -f when i applied it says (HowTos)

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What's the best way to have a backup image of system disk?view story

http://serverfault.com – Under windows system I'm used to create an image of HD with driveImageXML. What's the best approach to have an Image of the hard-drive containing the OS, with Ubuntu Server? I'd like to have a snapshot of the current configuration so If ever happens that the primary disk will fail I could simply restore this image on a new HD, unplug the broken one, plug the newly created. (HowTos)

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Unable to EFI boot after Ubuntu 12.10 install (Lenovo E30)view story

http://askubuntu.com – Basically the system won’t boot. After the BIOS screen I get the message: “Error 1692: No operating system found” I ran the ‘boot-repair’ utility without success. Here is the boot info that utility generated: http://paste.ubuntu.com/5695250/ Everything looks correct as far as I can tell. I booted a liveCD, mounted /dev/sda1, and poked around the “EFI” directory. (HowTos)

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upgrading problemsview story

http://askubuntu.com – I get this problem when ever I tried to do update: Could not initialize the package information An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information. Please report this bug against the `update-manager` package and include the following error message: E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists (HowTos)

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Ubuntu 10.10 release-upgrade failsview story

http://askubuntu.com – Just tried to upgrade my ubuntu 10.10 using "do-release-upgrade" from console and fails: Error is: alex@spse:/# do-release-upgrade Checking for a new ubuntu release Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [198B] Get:2 Upgrade tool [1306kB] Fetched 1307kB in 0s (0B/s) authenticate 'natty.tar.gz' against 'natty.tar.gz.gpg' exception from gpg: GnuPG exited non-zero, with code 2 Debug information: gpg: Signatu (HowTos)

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Intel: risolti i bug del suo installer dei drivers su sistemi a 64bitview story

http://www.oneopensource.it – Qualche tempo fa vi avevamo parlato del nuovo progetto di Intel per Linux, ovvero un programma che tiene aggiornati i vostri driver per schede grafiche Intel. (Software)

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how can I reinstall ubuntu without internet connectionview story

http://askubuntu.com – I was installing updates and ubuntu crashed. Now I don't have the internet connection anymore. How can I install ubuntu back without internet connection? (HowTos)

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Wubi Needs to Die a Quick and Painless Death, Says Ubuntu Developerview story

http://news.softpedia.com – Wubi or Windows-based Ubuntu Installer has caused quite a stir among the Ubuntu developers, but its story is far from over. A few Ubuntu developers have come to the conclusion that Wubi should skip the next Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) release. The development for this particular piece of software has stalled and ... (read more) (IT news)

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Ubuntu Users Beware, NVIDIA Driver Exploit Foundview story

http://news.softpedia.com – On April 10, Canonical published in a security notice details about an NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability for its Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS operating systems. According to Canonical, NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to run programs as an administrator. It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly handled large ARGB cursors. (IT news)