This question already has answers here: What’s the difference between the server version and the desktop version? (4 answers) Closed 7 years ago. I found two separate OS Ubuntu Desktop Edition (like Ubuntu 14.04 LTS which I am using ) and Ubuntu Server Edition OS available. Server Edition is used to do the performance for … Read more
Can anyone please recommend an application similar to universal-usb-installer? I intended to run this software on my Ubuntu 14.10 regular desktop and to create a Fedora USB boot disk. I don’t have a Windows PC so I can’t use universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3. I have already tried YUMI on Ubuntu, but it cant detect the pendrive no matter … Read more
I have created an audio playlist file (m3u) from a list of around 40 mp3s. I need to be able to combine/join these files into one large audio file (mp3 or wav) that maintains the order that they are in in the playlist file. Is there software – command line or gui – that can … Read more
This question already has answers here: Is there an Ubuntu theme available to make it look like Windows 7? (10 answers) Closed 6 years ago. Are there any desktop environments designed to look exactly like a Windows machine? Not like Cinnamon or GNOME, but exactly the same? Answer An easy way to do this would … Read more
I have got the standard gnome-calculator installed, but as I am dealing with rather large numbers at the moment, I need something more powerful which can actually deal with them without falling over. So for instance at the moment I need to convert this large binary value to decimal, but when using the standard Ubuntu … Read more
I am looking for a file converting program to trim and convert videos into .webm format. I am currently using Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS. Answer Try the ffmpeg program: ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -ss 00:00:03 -t 00:00:08 output.webm This should get 8 seconds (-t 00:00:08) of input.mp4 (starting 3 seconds into the video -ss 00:00:03) and put … Read more
I am running Ubuntu GNOME 15.04, and I have got a Mac program in the Mac installation format (I believe it to a .dmg) which I wish to use, however I don’t really have a functioning Mac to use it on and would prefer to use Ubuntu, so is there a similar program to Wine … Read more
I need an application I can use to compress pictures without losing the quality. I’ve heard about Trimage and GIMP. Answer png is the way to go. In very specific cases, you get a better lossless compression by saving the file as a bmp and then compressing it using 7zip, but this makes it impossible … Read more
I need to rename a bunch of files (about 167k), and only part of the title in each file. From: Aaaa.bb – 2 tag tag_tag 9tag Aaaa.bb – 125 tag_tag 9tag Aaaa.bb – 3567 tag 9tag To: Aaaa.bb – 000002 tag tag_tag 9tag Aaaa.bb – 000125 tag_tag 9tag Aaaa.bb – 003567 tag 9tag Everything is … Read more
I love a good old game of breakout! Though I really hate GUIs and prefer TUIs and the command-line, so I was wondering if there is a command-line version of the game breakout? I searched in the Ubuntu Software Center but all I found was kbreakout which is not a command-line game, but rather a … Read more
