In Kubuntu 15.10 (happened earlier as well), I frequently get the following error message:
Data files for some packages could not be downloaded
This is a problem regarding the update (?) of the Flash plugin. I don’t know why it occurs or how to fix it for good.
I’ve set up my Brother MFC-7820N ages ago to print and scan over the network from Kubuntu. Once in a while the router decides to change the IPs of my network devices. So just as a note to myself, here’s how to set up the scanner again:
See also Brother’s guide.
The following command can be used to copy dot files (i.e. configuration files starting with a dot, e.g. .bashrc) without copying all the dot directories:
find . -maxdepth 1 -name “.??*” -type f -exec cp -ia ‘{}’ /dest/path \;
For a while (it might have started in the days of Intrepid/Kubuntu 8.10) my Thunderbird window never remembered its geometry between restarts. When starting TB, I always got a small window which I then had to resize to the desired size. No changes to prefs.js seemed to make a difference. Today, I came across a post which pointed me into the right direction. On Jaunty (Kubuntu 9.04), I had to do the following: Open System Settings, click on Window Behaviour in the section Look & Feel.