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I called Foxit Support and I am of the opinion they are not developing any of their products for Linux . . . notably the Reader. The support person did say that Foxit places annotations INTO the PDF file BUT that some PDF readers do NOT show the annotation . Evince does not show annotations. He said...

ocular allows me to highlight certain text in a PDF file. okular seems to work well for highlighting and it is trim and easy to use. I have 2 questions: 1. How do I save a PDF document WITH the annotations such that evince or other PDF reader will display the PDF text AND the anotations (highlighted...

Thanks for your early and useful help. I installed PDFEdit. I have to go for a moment but at first look I cannot find where I can annotate a PDF file. I will probably find it. Do you know how to get PDFEdit to a state where I can annotate? I installed Foxit and called Foxit support . They said they ...

Mint 11 Kaykat 64 bit

How do I highlight passages in a PDF file as I read it?

I would prefer a Linux rather than a Wine/Windows app.

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Bob

How do I get my Katya 32 bit system to work WEP?


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Bob

No, I cannot change the AP encryption.

Is there a way to use WEP?

Earlier versions worked WEP of course.

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Bob

Mint 11 Katya 32 bit Dell Latitude D600 latptop An access point I use has WEP encryption. The WIFI detects the AP but the pull-down only lists WPA. When I edit the network wireless connection the pull-down includes WEP but when I select it the Save button goes gray (inactive) whether I enter the PW ...

Mint 11 Gnome 32 bit

After installation I selected the "highly experimental" 3D driver for NVIDIA.

The display works. but I want to install the proprietary driver that was at the top of the list.

What do I do to replace the experimental driver with the proprietary one?

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Bob

Using Synaptic I installed ubuntuone-client-gnome and found the app in System-->Preferences-->Unbuntu One.

It provides the front-end for which I was looking.

Previously I had installed Ubuntu One from Synaptic but I there was no front-end.

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Bob

I did a complete install of Mint 64 including format of /. I only mounted /home.

synaptic showed Ubuntu One ()U1) was NOT installed. I installed U1 from Synaptic.

I would like to have a dashboard or something to control U1 but I don't see it anywhere.

Please tell me what to do.


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Bob

When I shut down I am warned that Ubuntu One is running and I need to disconnect it before shutting down. I cannot find anywhere to start or stop Unbuntu One. Where is it? Ubuntu 11.0.4 has an a list at the envelope in the right top of the screen that includes a Ubuntu One. Where is it in Mint? Shou...

Installed: linuxmint-11-gnome-dvd-64bit.iso || Firefox 5.0 || Chromium 12.0.742.91 In the Software Manager I have installed Flashplugin-installer. Installed Googleearth. When I click on a Youtube icon I get this error message: Viewing this content requires Adobe Flash Player. I select Ubuntu versuio...

How do I delete an application I accidentally set to start at boot?

What file do I edit to delete the unwanted application?



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Bob

I repartitioned and that of course did the trick.

/ 15 GB
/home 30 GB
Swap / 2 GB

Thank you for your answer. I will save your comments about get-clean.


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Bob

After log in I see:
I select Examine and select Analyzer-->Scan Home Folder and see:
What should I do or do I have to install the system again?


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Bob

My Creative Labs sound board works fine in XP but does not peep in Mint. Here is lspci: lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8375 [KM266/KL266] Host Bridge 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP] 00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioP...

Propnet, http://www.propnet.org is a Windows amateur radio propagation program.

I want to run it on Linux.

I have installed the Wine 1.2-rc6 and Winetricks dated 04 July 2010.

What should I install from the extensive list on Winetricks?


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Bob

F11 did it!

Thank You!


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Bob

Some parameter got incorrectly set such that Firefox covers the entire display so I have no access to the task bar at the bottom or the one on the top.

What parameter file do I delete or edit in ~/mozilla/firefox . . . ?

. . . Or, what do I do?

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Bob

I did what you suggested and refresh returned NO errors.

This is what I did:

I opened Software Sources from Administration the menu. I removed the Wine repository. Then I clicked Add and entered this APT line:

ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

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Thanks, Bob