I am using Ubuntu 14.10 and gnome-metacity is my current windows manager application. Recently, the apps bar at the top just disappeared and it is not available in metacity. I tried switching back to gnome-3 and the X-face which works, but i prefer using metacity. Anyone with an Idea on how i can bring it back?

I recently installed lubuntu on my PC so that I can use it for general computing tasks but now I am getting a lot of problems with IBUS application. this app keeps on breaking the input stream for applications such as Chromium yet it is supposed to allow me change the stream. Now I need to remove it from autostart since it stops users from doing anything. Help me uninstall it since every time I try it needs me to uninstall the Ubuntu-desktop too.

I bought a new Intel NUC5i5RYK which has an i5-5250u processor and the intel HD 6000 graphics. However, I have tried to install Ubuntu 14.04 or and 14.10 on it without succeeding. During installation, it only loads the grub and then shows a picture with broken graphics. The windows have bars only but no text or anything else within it. They seem to appear when I pass the mouse within the windows and then it freezes. This has happened twice today. Help me

I used Ubuntu as a live user last night and I downloaded many software for it including Wine, AbiWord etc. Today, I checked my hard drive and those software were nowhere to be seen. They were not on the CD either. Where have the software gone? Aren't the data of live session saved?

I'm a researcher and I use many OS on my PC. Today morning, I tried Bodhi Linux. I have downloaded the latest version of the OS from bodhilinux.com and burned it to a CD. But the problem is that the OS is taking forever to load. A infinity symbol is shown on the screen and I think the PC has freezed. What can I do now?

I downloaded Linux Console OS few days back and it was the latest version. It is still not updated. I used a DVD to burn the files of .iso files and tried to boot the OS as a live user. It says to press ALT+F2 button to start the console but when I press the buttons, I get a black screen and nothing after that. How can I boot the OS?

I'm really confused on the above mentioned topic. Whenever I try to install Linux on my system, the setup always provides me with the only option to install Linux over Windows which I don't want to. How can I dual boot Windows and Linux? If possible, share me a video link so that I will understand the steps properly.

I have a Samsung laptop that I bought with Windows OS in it. I needed to use windows OS and Linux Mint; therefore, I had to format the OS. I installed Linux but I did not set a password, however, I set one for Windows, as it is compulsory. The computer boots fine but whenever I access Linux, it asks for a password. I have tried all sorts of passwords including the windows password but none seems to work. How am I to go about this? 

I have a large amount of data that have been deleted from my hard disk. I tried to recover the data by using the recovery softwares but the recovery procedure is completed. And it asks to run the CHKDISK to repair the damage files it runs, but after running the files it displayed an error that insufficient disk space to recover lost data. How can solve this problem to get my data back.

Linux is as powerful as Windows though it doesn't run all Windows applications. I can't understand why people use illegal copies of Windows OS when Linux is available for free with the same capabilities. What will Microsoft do to stop piracy and free distribution of its Windows OS in the near future?