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08-02-2018, 10:08 PM

Thread: Saving and/or Transferring Entire Desktop Panels?
Post: Re: Saving and/or Transferring Entire Desktop Pane...

Robo_Pi link Wrote: (02-12-2018, 12:21 PM) -- Supposedly the data describing the panels is in the following folder and file Code: -- /home//.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml ...

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02-12-2018, 02:13 PM

Thread: Replicating the desktop settings for one user based on another user
Post: Replicating the desktop settings for one user base...

This helpful tip is ideal for when you are setting up more than one user and want a similar desktop look for all - without manually pointing and clicking the settings for each new user. I used this m...

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06-02-2018, 05:36 PM

Thread: Replicating the desktop settings for one user based on another user
Post: Re: Replicating the desktop settings for one user ...

NN link Wrote: (06-02-2018, 06:44 PM) -- I would do the operations just by copying and pasting the files in Thunar opened as a root - by right click and choosing the root option, or by opening Thunar...

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06-03-2018, 02:17 AM

Thread: Replicating the desktop settings for one user based on another user
Post: Re: Replicating the desktop settings for one user ...

Thanks [member=7594]NN[/member] ! I can't believe all this time I've been doing workarounds to deal with the hidden files. I tried "view" -> "show hidden files" like you said, and it worked fine. I do...

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06-05-2018, 05:58 PM

Thread: unable to remove the suspend an hibernate buttons from user logout
Post: Re: unable to remove the suspend an hibernate butt...

I had no idea that removing these buttons was even possible so I was thrilled to hear that I can do this with Lite Tweaks! I tried it on my LL 4.0 laptop and it all went smoothly. The only thing tha...

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09-21-2018, 05:52 PM

Thread: How to install fonts in LL so that my other users can see & use them too?
Post: How to install fonts in LL so that my other users ...

I installed some additional fonts I wanted to use in my LL4.0 machine. I did this as shown in the pic below. I just pressed the "Install" button on the font, and voila! - the font was installed and I ...

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11-25-2018, 02:01 PM

Thread: How to install fonts in LL so that my other users can see & use them too?
Post: Re: How to install fonts in LL so that my other us...

Awesome!! Thanks so much [member=5916]trinidad[/member] and [member=5414]firenice03[/member] . I did what Trinidad said, and it worked 100% ;D 8) I put the TrueType fonts into /usr/share/fonts/truet...

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11-25-2018, 08:33 PM

Thread: What to do if laptop freezes during a game?
Post: What to do if laptop freezes during a game?

My son was playing Factorio on my LL 3.8 laptop. It froze during the stage of joining a multiplayer game. I tried Ctrl-C and it did not work. I also tried Alt-tab and Ctrl-Alt-Delete. Finally I did ...

Games Support

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02-12-2018, 11:18 AM

Thread: Bug, or non-intuitive behavior when mounting USB drive in multi-user LL?
Post: Bug, or non-intuitive behavior when mounting USB d...

I'm not sure if the following issue would be considered a bug, or simply non-intuitive behavior of LL. Either way, if users in a multi-user setup are not aware of this, they may think they cannot moun...

Hard Drives and SSDs

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06-05-2018, 06:56 PM

Thread: Bug, or non-intuitive behavior when mounting USB drive in multi-user LL?
Post: Re: Bug, or non-intuitive behavior when mounting U...

Wow! Thanks for trying this out and for getting back to me so quickly, [member=47]Scott[/member] . I did exactly what you said, and tested it out. It works like a charm! I didn't even have to go to ...

Hard Drives and SSDs

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06-06-2018, 02:23 AM

Thread: Tips please on install for setting multi-user desktop preferences efficiently?
Post: Re: Tips please on install for setting multi-user ...

I eventually figured this out for LL 3.8 and posted it in the desktop customization section: https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/desktop-customization/replicating-the-desktop-settings-for-one-user-base...

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06-02-2018, 06:18 PM

Thread: v4.0 very slow start up
Post: Re: v4.0 very slow start up

Ooh, thanks for the link! I will be trying this too - I noticed a rather long boot-up time for my laptop on 4.0 vs 3.8. I had read that section in the release announcements, but set it aside as I was ...

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06-05-2018, 10:49 AM

Thread: Tips please on install for setting multi-user desktop preferences efficiently?
Post: Tips please on install for setting multi-user desk...

Hi, I have 2 machines, each of which have more than one user. I'm currently on LL 3.8, FYI. I'd love to move to 4.0, and I'm wondering about setting it up for multi-user. I feel there must be a more e...

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06-01-2018, 01:35 AM

Thread: Is it possible to install LL keeping an existing partition (an ext4?)
Post: Is it possible to install LL keeping an existing p...

I'm looking to install LL4.2 as the sole operating system on my computer (replacing the 3.8 that is currently running). In the pic below is my current disk partitioning scheme. I'd like to know if it'...

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11-28-2018, 01:26 AM

Thread: Is it possible to install LL keeping an existing partition (an ext4?)
Post: Re: Is it possible to install LL keeping an existi...

Thanks so much [member=5414]firenice03[/member] ! OK I will try it like you said and I will see what happens. To answer your questions, yes /home is part of sda1 and I understand it will be reformat...

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11-28-2018, 02:42 AM

Thread: Opera Browser Install
Post: Re: Opera Browser Install

Whoops sorry 1032, while Opera does appear for me in Synaptic, that's probably because I already had it installed (I'd installed it awhile ago, using the exact method that [member=6935]supergamer[/mem...

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10-16-2017, 01:48 PM

Thread: Opera Browser Install
Post: Re: Opera Browser Install

[member=6925]RandomBoy[/member] , thanks, Opera is working out great for me. I've used it for creating and ordering a photo book online (which I think should be a fairly good test of a browser), and i...

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10-21-2017, 12:58 PM

Thread: Synaptic vs apt install
Post: Re: Synaptic vs apt install

Thank you, [member=7657]dihonomo[/member] for the answer and the link. I hadn't thought to check Wikipedia for an answer, I had searched on other Linux forums but that confused me a bit. Marking this ...

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07-09-2018, 03:30 PM

Thread: Synaptic vs apt install
Post: Synaptic vs apt install

Sorry for this very basic question, but for the interactive Synaptic package manager that I use on LL 4.0, does that reach exactly the same repository as the command-line apt install command? The rea...