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the Authentication tab. Then click the Import Key File button and navigate to what you downloaded. Perhaps it goes without saying that key files can be faked, just like packages. You should ensure you download the key file from the official website of the application in question, and not from a mirror site.
2.5 Using gconf-editor Like all versions of Linux, Ubuntu is actually a compilation of many different software projects. The desktop interface is a modified form of that offered by the GNOME Desktop Project (http://www.gnome.org). Because of this, several tips in this book use a program called gconfeditor, which is designed to change the settings of the GNOME desktop, or various GNOME applications. This program doesn’t have a menu entry so must be started from either a terminal window, or by hitting Alt + F2 and typing gconf-editor. Note that gconf-editor changes your personal GNOME desktop software settings, so doesn’t require root privileges. The configuration files it affects are stored in your /home
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