Running Ubuntu 18.04.3 Desktop, Virtual Machine Manager (virt-manager) seems to be stuck at v1.5.1.  I've added the universe repo and tried the cli 'apt-get install virt-manager'  The current version is 2.2.1 (July 03 2019)
Why are packages in the official Ubuntu repositories older than the latest (upstream) versions from Debian Sid, PPAs, the authors, etc.?
I am new to Ubuntu and want to install VMWare Player. What is the step by step procedure to install that? The definite and zero article with the word "civilization" Create a hexadecimal colour based on a string with JavaScript Spambots causing server crashes. How do I block them? \foreach not behaving in axis environment Am hesitant to ask yet one more embarrassing question, but I can't seem to see the problem with the \foreach in the MWE. It should produce several horizontal lines but only produces the one with the yValue as specified in the \newcommand{\yValue}{0.3}:  Code: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{pgfplots}  \newcommand{\yValue}{0.3}  \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis} [  ymin=0,  ymax=1,  xmin=0,  xmax=1, ]  \foreach \yValue in {0.00,0.1,...,1.00} {     \draw [red] (axis cs:0,\yValue) -- (axis cs:1,\yValue); }  \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} Error: Declaration of MyClass::start_lvl() should be compatible with that of Walker_Nav_Menu::start_lvl() I have many tags marked as "interesting" and others as "ignored". (I use Java at work, I'm a Cocoa guy by night, any anything dealing with Windows/.NET/C# simply doesn't apply to me.) When tags are added to the list in the right navbar, they appear in the order in which they were added. There are several problems with this:   It can be difficult to visually locate a tag quickly, unless you have memorized its location. The tags appear as the same gray boxes like everywhere on SO, but with a small "x" afterward, and they wrap based on size. This tends to leave a ragged right margin and wasted space. Ordering based on when the tag was added is not always the most intuitive default. Various users might prefer to view them alphabetically, by popularity, recent activity, etc.   It would be nice to introduce a tabbed interface to switch between various orderings, and remember the value in the cookie, profile, etc. Coupled with this, perhaps users could specify a custom ordering that works best for them? (Currently the workaround is to copy all the tag names, remove them all, and re-add them in the desired order, but this is obviously annoying.)  Thoughts? Is it true that if $f(x)$ has a linear factor over $\mathbb{F}_p$ for every prime $p$, then $f(x)$ is reducible over $\mathbb{Q}$? We know that $f(x)=x^4+1$ is a .  My question is:     Is it true that if $f(x)$ has a linear factor over $\mathbb{F}_p$ for every prime $p$, then $f(x)$ has a linear factor over $\mathbb{Q}$?   Edit: Thanks for @Jyrki Lahtonen's answer, I want to do some modifications:     Is it true that if $f(x)$ has a linear factor over $\mathbb{F}_p$ for every prime $p$, then $f(x)$ is reducible over $\mathbb{Q}$?   Thanks in advance! How to make a cyclorama I can create a collection of pictures giving a 360-degree view from a certain spot, just taking a bunch of photographs from the same spot but in a different direction.  However, what software could I use (on Windows) to stitch these images together to get one big image?  I prefer something that would stitch them together without showing any seams. I was trying to experiment with docker, Ubuntu 14.04, 64-bit. I managed to run an image, and I gave it the path on one of my removable drives, /media/Drive1.  Now, whenever I reboot, I see there is a /media/Drive1 with only a docker directory inside it, and the actual drive which should be Drive1 ends up mounted on /media/Drive11, and this happens every reboot - even when I unmount these drives, and do a sudo rm -rfv /media/Drive1 before rebooting!  So something probably creates /media/Drive1 before it is fully mounted, and I guess that something is docker, because when I boot, I have:  $ ps axf | grep docker  2085 ?        Ssl    0:00 /usr/bin/docker -d   So, how can I disable the docker autostart, so it doesn't interfere with the mounting of external USB drives at boot? I'm one of very few people at my company who does graphic work, and I do quite a lot of it. Headquarters doesn't quite get that graphics work requires different hardware than, for example, sales work, which is pretty much email/Excel/Powerpoint/web browser and that's it. So they give everybody the same low-end rental PCs to work on.  This was tolerable when we were all on XP.  Recently I got "upgraded" to a new computer, which happens every two years or so as leases expire. The catch: the new PC had the same Core 2 Duo processor that the previous one did, less RAM, it runs Windows 7 instead of XP, and all the Creative Suite applications have been upgraded from CS3 to CS5! I am the first in my office to get 7.  So now I am in a situation where I have the slowest machine in the office, yet I have to do the most demanding work. I got them to OK 2 more gigabytes of RAM, and I hoped that would solve the issues, but it just isn't helping that much at all. I actually have to reboot every day after lunch because the machine stops responding after wake if you leave it asleep for too long.  I am currently talking to Information Systems to see if I can get a capable machine, but it does not bode well for me. Can anyone share any performance optimizations for Win7 that I might be able to use?  Thank you very much in advance! SS Mobile phones and mobile internet in Italy Buongiorno! Suppose I step down from the plain in Fiumicino. What is the fastest way to get hold of Italian SIM-card with some talking minutes and some Internet? The latter is more important than the former.  So, my requirements:   Good coverage in main cities (Rome, Venice, Milan, Florence) Good for 2 weeks (after that I'm going to leave the country, the SIM is going to lose its value anyway) Good for massive internet usage is in store for maps, orientation, etc. Cheap. :)   Now, I know that there are 3 main communication providers in Italy: Vodafone, Wind and the third one. :) Which one? Which one won't leave me destitute and won't sue me over the border months after for some unknown reasons? What I have to look for? Standard graded algebra Why is the \bf command applied to more than I asked? MWE:  \documentclass{article}  \usepackage{bm}  \begin{document} $$x(t), \bf{x}(t), \bf{x(t)}$$ \end{document}   Result:    Question:  Why are the second and third x(t) typeset the same? In the second  expression, it was asked to apply \bf to only x.  EDIT:  I had not payed attention to it when asking the question, but I would like to have a bold and italic x. If $x^n + a_{n-1}x^{n-1} + ... + a_0 = 0$ has a rational root, then such root is an integer Let $n &gt; 0$ and let $a_{n-1}, ..., a_0$ be integers. Prove that, if $x^n + a_{n-1}x^{n-1} + ... + a_0 = 0$ has a rational root, then such root is an integer.   I understand that posting questions without showing your work is frowned upon, but I don't know where to start with this one.. thanks in advance. I'm just starting to learn LaTeX. I tried typing \begin{equation*}  (math goes here)  \end{equation*}  and I got a whole bunch of errors. It seems LaTeX interpreted the empty line as the equation: when it saw nothing there, I guess it just ended math mode? It then said my other commands needed $'s so I assume that's what happened. When I typed \begin{equation*} (math goes here) \end{equation*}  everything was fine. So I'm confused. If LaTeX sees an empty line in an environment, does it just interpret this as me changing my mind, and deciding not to use the declared environment? Why does US Customs & Immigration ask the purpose of my trip when I'm returning home? As a US citizen, when I re-enter the US, I am often asked where I was, how long I was there, and the reason for my visit.  Why am I asked these things?  Am I required to answer? Don't I have a legal right to enter the US (as long as I'm not doing or carrying anything illegal)?  If I were to refuse to answer these questions, would I be permitted entry?  Note: I'm not really bothered by the questions (except when the agent asking them is especially rude), I'm just curious. Is it safe to have laptop turned on 24/7? How do I use a small font size in questions and answers? Is there any way to use a small font size in questions or answers? That is, for the purpose of minor and possibly irrelevant information?  I've checked the Markdown syntax but couldn't find anything. However I feel I've seen it on the site somewhere... I have recently upgraded Ubuntu 19.10 to latest LTS Ubuntu 20.04. After updating, I get serious artifacts on my screen. Every time I reboot (or log-in), my screen is fuzzy or scrambled (picture attached):     This is temporary. The fuzzy screen goes away when I change the background. But it reappears the moment I reboot or log back in.   I have Intel HD Graphics 520 (Skylake GT2).  The output of lspci -nn |grep -E 'VGA|Display' is:  00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] [8086:1916] (rev 07)   Update:   On enabling Wayland in Ubuntu 20.04 and logging in to, these artifacts are however cured.   This is okay for now, but I am not sure about Wayland as I have not yet used it before.   Is there a way to correct the graphic issue with normal Ubuntu startup?