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How can I install CUDA on Ubuntu 16.04?
For TensorFlow I would like to install CUDA. How do I do that on Ubuntu 16.04?
Martin Thoma
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How to install skype in ubuntu 16.04
How to install skype in ubuntu 16.04? Please provide step by step process for installation.
star_in
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How can I upgrade pip to the latest version?
I installed pip using get-pip.py , but the following error happened after pip freeze gets executed: Exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 122, in main status =…
Raja Simon
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How to download a youtube playlist with numbered prefix via youtube-dl?
I have a Youtube playlist, I want to download it but I want youtube-dl to name the files like 1-{name}, 2-{name}, ... n-{name} in order to be able to watch them in the same sequence as original Youtube playlist. In other words I need my downloaded…
Iman Mohamadi
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Can't find httpd.conf
I have installed Ubuntu 14.04 on a laptop and installed apache 2 (version 2.4.7) and PHP 5. I cannot find httpd.conf . I need to change it because when I try to open a .php page I see a download box. How should I proceed?
fosslinux
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How to create a bootable USB with multiple ISO images in it
What I want is to create a bootable pen drive that shows GRUB menu and I can select any of the several bootable systems from there to install/run. I have several ISO images that I want to install in the USB like Ubuntu, Fedora, System Rescue CD,…
Luis Alvarado
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How can I find duplicate photos?
What can I use to find duplicate photos, including photos that have been resized?
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How to make selected tab in terminal more prominent
Something about the color scheme changed in 11.04, and now it's very difficult for me to tell which tab is the selected one. On my screen, the colors look more similar the further down I slouch in my chair (i.e. angle of view). If I change the color…
itsadok
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Is there a way to make a fullscreen on VirtualBox?
I tried many ways to make a bigger screen in VirtualBox because I do not like the small size of the guest window? Is there is a way to make it big?
tyblo
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Gconf, Dconf, Gsettings and the relationship between them
I'm trying to understand how Gconf, Dconf and Gsettings works and what the relationship is between them. All I know is: Gconf - XML based database (backend system). The older one. Dconf - BLOB based database (backend system). The newer one.…
idgar
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How to install the locate command?
I wish to have the command locate in ubuntu 12.04 (which is used for finding files. I believe there is such a command but I cannot see it in ubuntu 12.04 Is it part of any package?
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How can I download an entire website?
I want to download a whole website (with sub-sites). Is there any tool for that?
UAdapter
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How to prevent my screen from either dimming or the screen-lock starting when watching YouTube?
My screen brightness used to dim after a few seconds to preserve battery. This is default in Ubuntu 12.04. However when watching video it should not dim. This works correctly when I watch videos using native applications like VLC. With in-browser…
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How to get coloured terminal over ssh?
When I connect over ssh to remote hosts everything is just a single font/color. I would like to have colours like I do locally e.g. green for executable and blue for symlinks etc. And such that when I run $ git diff on the ssh host it shows me diff…
Dima
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Why does "ps aux | grep x" give better results than "pgrep x"?
I've just tried the following command on my Ubuntu, it doesn't show a thing: pgrep php5 shouldn't it return the process ID of php5 (which the following command just does)?: ps aux | grep php5 So, what's the difference between these two commands?
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