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Fixing Open Office Issue – User Installation could not be completed

Encountered this issue while trying to run Open Office from a newly installed Ubuntu box: This application could not be started. User installation could not be completed. To fix this issue you need to basically reset the config of LibreOffice. This can be done using the following command (Warning: This deletes all your settings and […]

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How to Download Youtube Playlist Ubuntu

Here is the simple step by step process of how to Download Youtube Playlist in Ubuntu. The following method makes it very easy to download entire playlists onto your system. For this we use the command line tool youtube-dl. To install youtube-dl use the following commands: {adinserter 4} $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get […]

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Fixing USB Keyboard & Mouse Boot Problems in Ubuntu

Sometimes on startup, Ubuntu does not recognize my USB Keyboard & Mouse. This problem is frustrating as Windows seems to recognize them. It took me a while to recognize the root of the problem was with the USB 3.0 ports on the Motherboard. By moving the usb connections to the USB 2.0 ports on the […]

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ssh-copy-id – Perform SSH Login Without Password

If you regularly ssh to same system, ssh-copy-id allows you to login to the system directly without having to type the password each time. ssh-copy-id is a small script which copies your ssh public-key to a remote host. It appends the key to your remote authorized_keys enabling you to login without having to type your […]

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Choqok – Patch for Twitter API 1.1

With the recent move by Twitter to support only clients that use its API version 1.1, Choqok has stopped updating feeds in its latest official build. There is frantic work going on in the background to get the support up and running but till its available via official channels here is a quick way to […]